Team v dippers - The Official Thread

Not as confident as I would have been about this game 2 months ago...

Our home form is poor, we're not playing well.

i sincerely see a draw on sunday and maybe a loss if Liverpool score first.

I would start this team

Edwin

Hargreaves-Rio-Vidic-Evra

Ronaldo-Carrick-Scholes-Giggs

Rooney - Tevez

SAF will start this though

Edwin

Brown-Rio-Vidic-Evra

Ronaldo-Carrick-Scholes-Park/Nani

Giggs
Rooney

I don't really care who plays as long as Giggs and O-£#%&!ing-Shea aren't involved and Carrick is.

Originally Posted by legendary saf

Not as confident as I would have been about this game 2 months ago...

Our home form is poor, we're not playing well.

i sincerely see a draw on sunday and maybe a loss if Liverpool score first.

I would start this team

Edwin

Hargreaves-Rio-Vidic-Evra

Ronaldo-Carrick-Scholes-Giggs

Rooney - Tevez

SAF will start this though

Edwin

Brown-Rio-Vidic-Evra

Ronaldo-Carrick-Scholes-Park/Nani

Giggs
Rooney

how is our home form poor having failed to win all but 3 of our home games in all competitions this season? ok, we may of lost 2 out of the last 4 home games or whatever it was, but the pompey game was a freak result and city game a freak performance!

VDS (Foster)

Brown
Vidic
Rio (Pique)
Evra

Ronny
Carrick
Anderson (but it'll be Scholes)
Giggs

Rooney
Tevez

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

VDS
Wes
Rio
Vidic
[Evra]
Hargo
Carrick
Anderson
Ronnie
Tevez
Rooney

Lacks a Giggs for a start off, but could be decent I suppose

Originally Posted by El Calafate

[that's] our best team, imo.

hmm, that seems like a giant leap to me

Originally Posted by El Calafate

that team has not had one outing yet. love to see how they'd play.

the plot thickens

Originally Posted by Barca '91

Freudian slip?

Either way you appear to have accidentally selected Louis Saha. It's not 2004 Jem.

saha was injured in 2004 wasn't he?


my team would be VDS, the back 4 + Hargreaves, then Scholes, Fletcher, Giggs, Ronaldo & Rooney. On the bench: Tevez, Nutsack, O'Shea, Carrick, Wellbeck

it does amaze me slightly how quickly scholes has gone from main man in some peoples eyes to the bench in a matter of weeks. all the more astonishing that his replacement is a 19 year old brazilian who, for all his achievements thus far, has produced very little (if any) by way of goals and assists. not knocking him there at all, myself id have him in the team, but if it has to be a straight choice between him and scholes-for liverpool at home at this time of the season- it has to be scholes for me.

giggs shouldnt start however, i do agree with that. the way liverpool play though, its not at the tempo of an arsenal or with the power of chelsea, we dont really need to 'get in their faces' as much as we do when we play the other two, which is where anderson and even fletcher do come into their own.

and finally, tevez has to play imo.

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

Lacks a Giggs for a start off, but could be decent I suppose



hmm, that seems like a giant leap to me



the plot thickens



saha was injured in 2004 wasn't he?


my team would be VDS, the back 4 + Hargreaves, then Scholes, Fletcher, Giggs, Ronaldo & Rooney. On the bench: Tevez, Nutsack, O'Shea, Carrick, Wellbeck

Your stupidity knows no bounds.

Carrick has been our best midfielder this season, we have only looked comfortable when he has been on the pitch.

How you can put Mr Lazy, Fletcher (although he has been good) and a clearly off the pace Scholes in before him is mind-blowingly stupid.

Are you actually SAF, because your ridiculous selections suggest you might be.

Originally Posted by Pudge_Bear

it does amaze me slightly how quickly scholes has gone from main man in some peoples eyes to the bench in a matter of weeks. all the more astonishing that his replacement is a 19 year old brazilian who, for all his achievements thus far, has produced very little (if any) by way of goals and assists. not knocking him there at all, myself id have him in the team, but if it has to be a straight choice between him and scholes-for liverpool at home at this time of the season- it has to be scholes for me.

giggs shouldnt start however, i do agree with that. the way liverpool play though, its not at the tempo of an arsenal or with the power of chelsea, we dont really need to 'get in their faces' as much as we do when we play the other two, which is where anderson and even fletcher do come into their own.

and finally, tevez has to play imo.

Agree with all of this.

If we are going to play a middle two, it has to be Carrick and Hargreaves/Fletcher.

Anything else is just stupid.

Look you £#%&!ing imbecile, I'm picking a team good enough to win the match okay.

Tbf Tevez is seriously unlucky not to get the nod for this game, but I've had a quiet word and he understands that we need to try and get Ronaldo's potency unleashed and the confusion created by Rooney's energy alone should suffice early doors, allowing the class of Scholes and Giggs to cut the granny stabbers apart. When the time is right Hargreaves or Fletcher can be hooked for the devil, depending on who isn't performing and we can revert to a more rigid 4-4-2, possibly with Park on for the ageing Giggs by that stage.

VDS

Brown
Rio
Vidic
Evra

Anderson
Hargreaves

Ronaldo
Tevez
Giggs

Rooney

I hope Nani starts.

VDS/Foster
Wes
Rio (If fit)
Vidic
Evra

Nani
Hargo
Carrick
Ron

Roon
Tevez (Though if Saha is fit, I wouldn't be too arsed to see him start)

Bench: Anderson, Scholes, Saha/Tevez, Giggs, O'Shit, Fletch, a keeper

Originally Posted by redmike

Another positive prediction
If you'd got even half right this season we'd be in the bottom 5 and fighting to stay in the league.

I don't need to explain myself again do I? Do I?

Last two positive predictions I made we lost. It may be nothing but a bit of fun but I'm not tempting fate.

Originally Posted by Whalefish

I don't need to explain myself again do I? Do I?

Last two positive predictions I made we lost. It may be nothing but a bit of fun but I'm not tempting fate.

You may laugh but I won't be come 4pm Sunday.

I'm equally crap at predictions so 3-1 the rat munchers.