Official United v Sunderland match thread-Teams and hopefully some fireworks

Old Trafford
Barclays Premier League
Saturday 5th November 2011
K.O. 15:00

Man Utd: Lindegaard, Jones, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Rooney, Park, Nani, Welbeck, Hernandez

subs De Gea, Evans, Berbatov, Diouf, Carrick, Fabio, Valencia

I'd just like to re-iterate my disgust at the midfield and Diouf's inclusion.

Still, at least Carrick's on the bench. I can hardly contain my enthusiasm at the prospect of his return

Originally Posted by Sloppy

Man Utd: Lindegaard, Jones, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Rooney, Park, Nani, Welbeck, Hernandez

subs De Gea, Evans, Berbatov, Diouf, Carrick, Fabio, Valencia

a boring 2-1 utd

Rooney in midfield again?

Jesus christ.

Originally Posted by The Watcher

I'd just like to re-iterate my disgust at the midfield and Diouf's inclusion.

Still, at least Carrick's on the bench. I can hardly contain my enthusiasm at the prospect of his return

+1 in internet parlance.

Why is that sack of £#%&! Diouf on the bench when Pogba, Ravel & even £#%&!ing Anderson would be a far better option for the middle of the pitch & Rooney could go up front.

£#%&!ing hell. :shakehead:

Rooney in the middle again

That bench

I'd take 1nil now

£#%&!ing hell

Is that team a joke ?

Does Diouf have compromising pictures of the boss or something?? :shakehead:

Whenever he has been given a chance since at least the start of the year, he has £#%&!ing stunk the place out

Why in the name of £#%&! do we need 5 strikers in the 18 £#%&!ing Diouf, no wonder Pogba wants to £#%&! off :shakehead:

Originally Posted by Baron_van_Marlon

Why is that sack of £#%&! Diouf on the bench when Pogba, Ravel

Both those lads were infinitely better then Diouf at Aldershot, so why aren't they getting a chance? It's £#%&!ing madness really.

Watching Lee £#%&!ing Cattermole dominate midfield at OT will be a new low, even by our recently £#%&! standards.

You just know that, whatever the result, this afternoon is going to be even more £#%&!ing torture to watch

Hope I am proved wrong - but, somehow, don't think I will be

EDIT: Watcher, Pogba is injured allegedly

by SPORT WITNESS

It would take an age to go through every team so we've limited this to the top 7 and Bolton, for reasons that will become obvious. The following are percentages of games played against the top six, with the highest percentage, suggesting hardest run of games, at the top:

Arsenal 50%
Tottenham Hotspur 44%
Manchester United 40%
Bolton 40%
Manchester City 20%
Liverpool 20%
Newcastle United 10%
Chelsea 10%

Now, if you look at the easiest games, those against the bottom six, the percentage played by each team is below. The highest, indicating easier games, at the top:


Manchester City 60%
Newcastle United 40%
Tottenham 33%
Liverpool 30%
Chelsea 20%
Arsenal 20%
Manchester United 20%
Bolton 10%

So Manchester City have played every one of the bottom six teams but Bolton have only played one, yet Bolton have played twice as many top six teams as City have. Of course the two teams won't be competing but the difference in ease of the games is quite some gap.

To put it another way, here are the average positions of teams each side has faced:

Bolton 8.4
Manchester United 9.0
Arsenal 9.2
Tottenham Hotspur 9.6
Chelsea 11.2
Liverpool 11.2
Newcastle United 12.8
Manchester City 13.1

Diouf on the bench is a wum right............

This thread and team are a wum, surely...

The sad thing is, the more 'appearances' Diouf makes, the more money we're likely to make when moving him on. £#%&!in' sorry state of affairs when United are compromising the careers of talented kids with a chance of making it for the sake of an odd million but that's the situation we're in with those @#%&!s in charge. Still, whilst the ground's full..

Pleased to see Rio and Vidic back in tandem. And. . . Yep, that's about it. Just win the damn thing and get some players back after the international break.

Originally Posted by djsst

by SPORT WITNESS

£#%&!ing hell, its the par league

After scoring 21 goals in their first five Premier League fixtures Manchester United have managed only six in the last five

Originally Posted by The Return of JC

Pleased to see Rio and Vidic back in tandem. And. . . Yep, that's about it. Just win the damn thing and get some players back after the international break.

Classic Shoot crew mod.

Finds a £#%&!ing plus point in all the shit were becoming.