*Official* United v Newcastle Match Thread. Teams & Let's get ready to rhumble.

Old Trafford
Barclays Premier League
Wednesday 26th December 2012
K.O. 15:00

De Gea, Smalling, Evra, Evans, Ferdinand, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Scholes, Hernandez, van Persie.

Rooney not in the squad.

Connor‏@RedHeartUnited

#MUFC XI vs Newcastle: De Gea, Jones, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Carrick, Cleverley, Young, Valencia, Rooney, v.Persie


lets hope he's forgotten the tombola

Newcastle: Krul; Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon; Anita, Perch, Bigirimana; Cisse, Ba, Marveaux

So Rooney's dropped out of the squad completely. Probably confirmation that he was on the piss before the Swansea game.

And the Giggsy/Scholesy duo start. Great.

Originally Posted by CockOfTheNorth

De Gea, Smalling, Evra, Evans, Ferdinand, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Scholes, Hernandez, van Persie.

Rooney not in the squad.

Wait til you see the bench ffs

Originally Posted by CockOfTheNorth

De Gea, Smalling, Evra, Evans, Ferdinand, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Scholes, Hernandez, van Persie.

Rooney not in the squad.

Originally Posted by redkev

Connor‏@RedHeartUnited

#MUFC XI vs Newcastle: De Gea, Jones, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Carrick, Cleverley, Young, Valencia, Rooney, v.Persie


lets hope he's forgotten the tombola

Clear as mud that lads.

Originally Posted by Sandman

Clear as mud that lads.

Second one is wrong - Rooney's not playing

Originally Posted by Sandman

Clear as mud that lads.

The first one is correct

Fergie can be an absolute £#%&!er sometimes.

Newcastle are missing their entire first choice midfield(Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Tiote and Gutierrez) yet we give them the bonus of facing a couple of pensioners + Antonio the cowardly winger.

De Gea; Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs; Hernandez, van Persie. Rooney not even on bench

CockOfTheNorth is correct

BREAKING TEAM NEWS - Man Utd v Newcastle (1500 GMT)
There is no Wayne Rooney for Manchester United, as Javier Hernandez starts alongside Robin van Persie. Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs both start in midfield.

right said fred, get the arse-seeing in

Apparently this is the bench: Lindegaard, Vidic, Cleverley, Fletcher, Buttner, Wootton, Tunnicliffe

I'm new here. Are rafabio and saffers always ballbags?

Nice to see Powell involved during our hectic schedule

Well I wish it could be Christmas every day, where Fergie gets a new tombola and can't resist having a play.

I said after the game against Sunderland that we'd be seeing giggs and Scholes a fair bit over this period. Tiote is suspended so they won't get bullied in there today.

I'm not surprised or angry for that matter. Rooney deserves to be dropped, no argument from me there.

£#%&! knows why valencia in in the team again. But thank god jones has been £#%&!ed off.

it's christmas time, we're at home to a shit team. Don't expect anything brilliant ,the game will probably be boring as shite.

Originally Posted by Sandman

Nice to see Powell involved during our hectic schedule

Ferie is such a mystery during xmas, He pretty much threw the title away last year at home to Blackburn, he just never learns.

A newcastle win here would be less shocking than what Blackburn did 12 months ago. Starting Giggs and Scholes together is simply outrageous at any stage of the season.

dont tell me this games not on the @#%&!ing box?