Team v The Fighting Sbragias - The Official Thread

£#%&! it, we're at home, they are shit and in a total mess, i'm going with this :-

Foster

Rafael
Vidic
Rio
Senegalese Superman

Carrick
Fletcher

Ronnie
Rooney
Tevez

Berbie

vds
rafael---rio---evans---evra
------carrick---scholes-----
ronaldo-----------------nani-
------------rooney----------
--------berbs---------------

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

£#%&! it, we're at home, they are shit and in a total mess, i'm going with this :-

Foster

Rafael
Vidic
Rio
Senegalese Superman

Carrick
Fletcher

Ronnie
Rooney
Tevez

Berbie

vds will play, other than that i'll take it. wouldn't be surprised to see ronnie rested and nani in. possibly anderson for one of carrick or fletcher.

scholes to come on in the second half, please. needs the minutes.

VDS

Rafael Rio Vidic Evra
Anderson Carrick
Ronaldo Tevez Rooney
Garry Berbles

edwin the fireman

sol-glow/ vidic/ rio/ patrick

anderson/carrick

ronaldo/tevez/rooney
di-mi-tar

he probably shouldnt play all 4 of them but if he's not going to do it tmrw when will he?

Van Der Sar

Rafael
Ferdinand
Vidic
Evra

Park
Carrick
Anderson
Nani

Berbatov
Tevez

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

£#%&! it, we're at home, they are shit and in a total mess, i'm going with this :-

Foster

Rafael
Vidic
Rio
Senegalese Superman

Carrick
Fletcher

Ronnie
Rooney
Tevez

Berbie

Why Foster Jabbers?

not bothered what the team is - rotation is big over the next month or two

rather not see Neville if i'm being honest, but aside from that absolutely any balanced XI in a flexible formation will get the job done

we're on fire

only a handful of tough games (on paper and depending on cup draws) in the next two months

we're cruising into position

Originally Posted by dodger

Why Foster Jabbers?

I'd give the lad a bit of a run out...really want to see him given the chance to take over the number 1 jersey next year.

Originally Posted by Teville

Garry Berbles

Originally Posted by Teville

I'd give the lad a bit of a run out...really want to see him given the chance to take over the number 1 jersey next year.

I agree but given that Tommy K is getting as many games as Foster I can't see a clear policy. I also Foster looked ropey the other night.

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

£#%&! it, we're at home, they are shit and in a total mess, i'm going with this :-

Foster

Rafael
Vidic
Rio
Senegalese Superman

Carrick
Fletcher

Ronnie
Rooney
Tevez

Berbie

1-0 Sunderland.

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

£#%&! it, we're at home, they are shit and in a total mess, i'm going with this :-

Foster

Rafael
Vidic
Rio
Senegalese Superman

Carrick
Fletcher

Ronnie
Rooney
Tevez

Berbie

Still don't really think the Super Bishi-Bashi 4-2-4 will work. It's a little counter productive with too many cooks and massive gaps in midfield. It was terrible when all four players were on against Hull. There's just no need for so many strikers, it's fantasy stuff.
Sunderland may pack the midfield too and I wouldn't want 2 midfielders up against 5.
Tevez has to play. If someone scores four goals then they deserve to play.

Not sure Rafael will start three games in a week, but I really hope he does. Gary Neville makes me sad now

Considering Ronaldo still hasn't had that rest that Fergie wanted to give him, I think now is as good a time as any to do so.
I think Fletcher and Carrick will be back in midfield. So:

VDS

Rafael
Vidic
Rio
Evra

Fletcher
Carrick
Nani

Tevez
Rooney
Berbatov

Sunderland are in pieces at the moment. Cisse is decent, but I can't see them containing us. We're hitting our stride now and the goals are flowing steadily at home. I think it could be a big one for us tomorrow. I'll be surprised if it's less than 3.

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

not bothered what the team is - rotation is big over the next month or two

rather not see Neville if i'm being honest, but aside from that absolutely any balanced XI in a flexible formation will get the job done
we're on fire

only a handful of tough games (on paper and depending on cup draws) in the next two months

we're cruising into position

I agree. We've really trimmed the shit out of the squad in the last couple of years and we don't have such a thing as a weakened side anymore. Evans coming in for Ferdinand is not the same as a few years back when it was Richardson coming in for Giggs, or Fletcher on the right wing for Ronaldo. We replace quality with quality now and, as you say, any well balanced 11 is good enough to beat Sunderland.

Originally Posted by borsuk

glad it was noticed by someone.

Originally Posted by dodger

I agree but given that Tommy K is getting as many games as Foster I can't see a clear policy. I also Foster looked ropey the other night.

From what I saw it wasn't his best game by a long shot. Just want to see the lad given a decent run out. I don't know why, but for some reason I'd rather Foster got the number one jersey ahead of Tomas, even if Tomas is proven to be slightly better than him. Can't explain why, but just want Foster to be our new goalie.

Originally Posted by The Return of JC

Still don't really think the Super Bishi-Bashi 4-2-4 will work. It's a little counter productive with too many cooks and massive gaps in midfield. It was terrible when all four players were on against Hull. There's just no need for so many strikers, it's fantasy stuff.
Sunderland may pack the midfield too and I wouldn't want 2 midfielders up against 5.

VDS

Rafael
Vidic
Rio
Evra

Fletcher
Carrick
Nani

Tevez
Rooney
Berbatov

what's the difference between playing all the top front four and playing this? nani is no more defensive than ronnie, tbh, so you're just fooling yourself sticking him on the left of a m/f three.

Originally Posted by The Return of JC

Sunderland are in pieces at the moment. Cisse is decent, but I can't see them containing us. We're hitting our stride now and the goals are flowing steadily at home. I think it could be a big one for us tomorrow. I'll be surprised if it's less than 3.

Bet thats what Keano was thinking when he decided to write the text to Quinn.

Originally Posted by borsuk

what's the difference between playing all the top front four and playing this? nani is no more defensive than ronnie, tbh, so you're just fooling yourself sticking him on the left of a m/f three.

He's not the best defensively, admittedly, but I think he has more of a natural instinct to stay wide. He operates from a little deeper than Ronaldo and I think he does track back a little better. Picked less for his defensive duties and more for the natural width he brings to the side.

Originally Posted by Teville

glad it was noticed by someone.



From what I saw it wasn't his best game by a long shot. Just want to see the lad given a decent run out. I don't know why, but for some reason I'd rather Foster got the number one jersey ahead of Tomas, even if Tomas is proven to be slightly better than him. Can't explain why, but just want Foster to be our new goalie.

Potential, surely? I see nothing in Kusczcak to suggest he's anywhere near good enough to be United's No. 1. Whereas Foster has the potential to improve massively. It just a case of getting games, fulfilling that potential and seeing if he has the mental strength to be a United keeper.

Originally Posted by Teville

I don't know why, but for some reason I'd rather Foster got the number one jersey ahead of Tomas, even if Tomas is proven to be slightly better than him. Can't explain why, but just want Foster to be our new goalie.