team vs bursaspor

sir alex ferguson's 2000th game as a manager

let's hope the lads put on the kind of show he deserves.

This evening, Sir Alex Ferguson arrives at another milestone in his remarkable career: his 2,000th match as a professional football manager.

After digging through the archives, we discovered United's Champions League encounter with Bursaspor brings the tally of his Reds tenure to 1,345; add that to 459 as Aberdeen boss, 169 games with St Mirren, 17 at first club East Stirlingshire and 10 with the Scotland national team and Sir Alex's total hits 2,000.

When informed of the stat on MUTV, Sir Alex replied: "Really? Two thousand? It's amazing, that. Two thousand games... dearie me. I feel old now!"

This isn't the first time Sir Alex has reached a landmark on a Champions League night at Old Trafford. Lyon were the visitors on 23 November 2004 for his 1,000th match at United.

team news

Wayne Rooney will miss United’s match against Bursaspor on Wednesday night after being stretchered off in training with an ankle injury on Tuesday morning.

The full extent of the injury is not yet known but Rooney will join Ryan Giggs (hamstring), Jonny Evans (hip) and Michael owen (hamstring) on the sidelines for the Turkish team’s visit. At a press conference held at Old Trafford on Tuesday afternoon, Sir Alex told journalists: "Jonny got a hip injury in training over the last week. He’s out.

"Michael [Owen] started training this week. He won’t be involved on Wednesday – I think it’s only fair to him that he should have 10 days’ training before he goes back into competitive games."

The boss confirmed those absences would mean opportunities for some of the younger players at the club.

"There’ll be some changes tomorrow," he said. "That’s not to say we’re taking Bursaspor lightly, though. We hope the changes we make are ones that are easy to carry, in terms of positions where we feel we can cope.

"In the past, these double-headers in the Champions League have always been important and the result at Valencia puts us in a very good position. We’d like to win these two games against Bursaspor, starting with tomorrow."

vds
rafael - smalling - vidic - fabio
nani - carrick - eikrem - anderson - obertan
hernandez

Missing Rooney

Should cancel it.

Rooney

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Ronaldo

hope rooney starts

vds

oshea rio vidic evra

nani fletcher scholes anderson park

berbatov

£#%&! resting anyone, done enough of that this season. + Berbatovs not played internationally either.

Eddy

Rafael
Rio
Vidic
Evra

Nani
Scholes
Carrick
Bebe(no wum)

Berbs
Chicharito

5-1 Reds, nft.

.............................pig

rafael.......smallers......vidic...........evra

nani......carrick.......anderson......obertan

...........hernandez......macheda

is bebe fit?

Originally Posted by Sloppy

vds

oshea rio vidic evra

nani fletcher scholes anderson park

berbatov

I hope not. That's the sort of side i'd expect away from home.

This turkish side are £#%&!ing garbage.

Originally Posted by borsuk

is bebe fit?

He's rather distignuished looking in a certain light.

Originally Posted by borsuk

is bebe fit?

no didnt train with 24 man squad yesterday

vds

rafael
ferdinand
vidic
evra

scholes
carrick
fletcher
anderson
nani

berbles

I hope Bebe plays.....a star could be born

Originally Posted by Sloane

no didnt train with 24 man squad yesterday

Really? Why was he in the pictures then?

practically impossible to second guess fergie for a game like this. personally i'd go for...

vds
rafael
smalling
vidic
evra
scholes
carrick
anderson
macheda
hernandez
berbatov

Originally Posted by Sloane

no didnt train with 24 man squad yesterday

Might as well get some young players a game, we're gonna need 'em in the next few games.

VDS
Rafael
Smalling
Vidic
Fabio
Carrick
Anderson
Nani
Bebe
Hernandez
Berb

No Rio for me 'cos of his idiotic Tweeting irritating the £#%&! out of me yesterday, definitely worth being dropped.

Pig

Rafael
Rio
Vidic
Evra

Park
Anderson
Carrick
Nani

Chicharito
Kiko

Big game tonight lads, really looking forward to it actually to see how the players react to all the shite this week aswell as the disapointing draw Saturday.

Bosnich

Gary Neville - Jaap Stam - Blanc - O'Shea

Roy Keane - Paul Ince

Ronaldo Tevez Rooney

Ruud


I'm having a bad day tbph hate everything