Team for Wednesday

Originally Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop

£#%&!ing hell.

Vds
Raf/Fab Rio/Smalling Vidic Evra
Valencia Carrick Gibson Nani
Rooney
Hernandez

Just when you think he's about to submit a serious post.....

Originally Posted by Baron_van_Marlon

I think how we line up is hugely dependent on how Chelsea line up.

Will they leave Drogba on the bench, go Torres up top, 4-3-3 ?

Or will they play both Drogba & Torres, & go 4-4-2 ?

We lined up with O'Shea at right back last time & his attacking intent & ability to retain the ball, offer an out, was shit. I can't imagine he'll be back in after a days training from a hamstring... likewise Rafael, & Fabio has looked pretty assured as he's gone on there - I'd love to see him keep his place but we all know about Fergie's fear of the big lads.

Valencia is back, Nani was rested imo for the West Ham game... our Player Of The Season & current best attacking weapon surely have to start together, which means Rooney up front on his own in a Euro away. But we went 4-4-2 & I thought were really very good against Chelsea in the first 45mins in the league before we ran out of steam & did our usual 'sit back' after taking the lead. Luiz, who was comfortably their best player, is not eligible for the game, so will they move Ivanovic in & play Bosingwa... I £#%&!ing hope so - because surely we should then play 4-4-2, 2 wingers up against their full backs - that would leave their creativity down to Essien, Lampard, Ramires... Malouda ? If they want to get their full backs forward then they'll be in danger of being caught on the break - so do you start with Hernandez, or do we keep the ball & play Berbs as Scholes having to chase around is a bad, bad look.... ?

Personally - if Chelsea line up 4-3-3 I'd go with



But if they line up 4-4-2, with Bosingwa at right back, Ramires on the right wing...


..........................vds

fabio......smalling........vidic......evra

Valencia....Carrick.....Scholes....Nani

...........Rooney..........Berbs...........

Which will probably only last an hour before Scholes is £#%&!ed, get Fletcher or Anderson on, depending who's fittest, & Cheech for Berbs.

Who's the £#%&!ing ref for this anyway ? If we get £#%&!ed over again there I think I'll puke.

Doubt Ancellotti will give us the team before hand though mate

Originally Posted by PaulParkersPubes

Doubt Ancellotti will give us the team before hand though mate

You'd imagine Fergie might have an inkling as to how they'd go though. I got the impression he changed the side in the league game after he saw their side, didn't we put our team sheet in 15mins late or something ?

Originally Posted by Baron_van_Marlon

You'd imagine Fergie might have an inkling as to how they'd go though. I got the impression he changed the side in the league game after he saw their side, didn't we put our team sheet in 15mins late or something ?

Skillzzz if true.

Originally Posted by PaulParkersPubes

Doubt Ancellotti will give us the team before hand though mate

Originally Posted by PaulParkersPubes

Doubt Ancellotti will give us the team before hand though mate

That's why we'll go with park instead of valencia so we can go

Nani------MF------MF-----Park

-------Rooney-Chic/berbs-------

or

------MF---------------MF---------

--------------Park----------------

Nani------------------------Rooney

------------Berbs/Chic---------

Depending on what chelsea do.

Originally Posted by forwardirektion

MF

Michael Flatley

Originally Posted by That Boy Ronaldo!

Only players missing from training are Wes, Fletcher (R.I.P) and Rooney.

Sheasy, Rafael and Rio all in training.

O'Shea trained with the youth team. :bi:

Originally Posted by eddie_red

O'Shea trained with the youth team. :bi:

Confidence builder for them.

Originally Posted by dunk

I was thinking that after I posted it, it's the away game, £#%&! it, go for the jugular if you get 2 or 3 away goals and don't lose, you've cracked it.

Too much emphasis is put on this away goal thing though. I work with a mong who thinks it's better to lose 2-1 than draw 0-0 away from home. 'Cause 'you have an away gooalll, durrr'.

Even when I try and tell him it's better to draw 0-0, than lose 23-22 and have 22 away goals, he thinks I'm the thick one!

--------vds

sheasy-vidic-rio-evra

--carrick-scholes--

nani-anderson-giggs

-------rooney


adrenaline will get rio through first game back

Originally Posted by dragflick

Too much emphasis is put on this away goal thing though. I work with a mong who thinks it's better to lose 2-1 than draw 0-0 away from home. 'Cause 'you have an away gooalll, durrr'.

Even when I try and tell him it's better to draw 0-0, than lose 23-22 and have 22 away goals, he thinks I'm the thick one!

But....they count double!

Originally Posted by Gypsum Fantastic

--------vds

sheasy-vidic-rio-evra

--carrick-scholes--

nani-anderson-giggs

-------rooney


adrenaline will get rio through first game back

O'Shea has just started training after a hamstring injury. Rio and Anderson havent played since...?

Risky, to say the least.

Originally Posted by Coracao

O'Shea has just started training after a hamstring injury. Rio and Anderson havent played since...?

Risky, to say the least.

if they're not fit we should pick someone else.

Originally Posted by dragflick

Too much emphasis is put on this away goal thing though. I work with a mong who thinks it's better to lose 2-1 than draw 0-0 away from home. 'Cause 'you have an away gooalll, durrr'.

Even when I try and tell him it's better to draw 0-0, than lose 23-22 and have 22 away goals, he thinks I'm the thick one!

0-0 away in a 1st leg is a shit result. All it takes is one moment of misfortune or downright stuffiness and you're £#%&!ed in the home leg.

Originally Posted by dunk

0-0 away in a 1st leg is a shit result. All it takes is one moment of misfortune or downright stuffiness and you're £#%&!ed in the home leg.

Better than a defeat though, obviously.

Originally Posted by Coracao

Better than a defeat though, obviously.

Well yeah. Prefer a score draw to both though.

Originally Posted by dragflick

Too much emphasis is put on this away goal thing though. I work with a mong who thinks it's better to lose 2-1 than draw 0-0 away from home. 'Cause 'you have an away gooalll, durrr'.

Even when I try and tell him it's better to draw 0-0, than lose 23-22 and have 22 away goals, he thinks I'm the thick one!

Refer him to the Bayern fiasco.

Originally Posted by dragflick

Too much emphasis is put on this away goal thing though. I work with a mong who thinks it's better to lose 2-1 than draw 0-0 away from home. 'Cause 'you have an away gooalll, durrr'.

Even when I try and tell him it's better to draw 0-0, than lose 23-22 and have 22 away goals, he thinks I'm the thick one!

Hoping your his senior here and he is not a brake pad fitter.....

VDS

Fabio
Smalling
Vidic
Evra

Valencia
Park
Carrick
Giggs
Nani

Rooney


bench is going to be strong no matter what we do this wed.

I actually think we're going to beat them 2-1