*Official* United v Norwich Match Thread

Old Trafford
Barclays Premier League
Saturday 1st October 2011
K.O. 15:00

I thought you £#%&!ed this off sparkles?

Looks like Linda-guard is starting today.

Team:

Lindegaard, Valencia, Jones, Evans, Evra, Nani, Fletcher, Anderson, Park, Rooney, Hernandez

Subs: De Gea, Ferdinand, Owen, Berbatov, Giggs, Carrick, Welbeck

Rio on the bench, Young rested.

Hernandez/Rooney up front.

Any of these you can watch on your iPhone?

Can't find my charger now

good team that

bit odd De Gea has been dropped though

Originally Posted by Tronics

good team that

bit odd De Gea has been dropped though

"Dropped"?? Just giving the other one a chance, shurely......

Originally Posted by Tronics

good team that

bit odd De Gea has been dropped though

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

"Dropped"?? Just giving the other one a chance, shurely......

would have thought we were gonna do a Stoke with the keepers

and play one for Carling Cup/FA Cup and the other for League and Champions League?

Originally Posted by Sloppy

Think we'll struggle today, Lindegaard will make a mistake. Pissed Welbeck has been dropped.

Wasn't Fergie saying the other day the lack of a settled back 4 was effecting us. Why rest De Gea then?

Linda is a cracking keeper, but wanting to see more of De Gea.

I don't understand the chopping and changing at the back. I really don't. Fergie made the point himself that a lot of mistakes are being made because the defence is unsettled, so why make changes when they're not necessary? Rio doesn't need a rest, De Gea is getting better with each game. Obviously he's also giving a chance to others, which is fair enough, but considering how bad we were defensively the other night, we should be looking to get as much of a settled back five as possible, IMO.

I still think it will be enough to beat Norwich, but that's not really the point.

Originally Posted by That Boy Ronaldo!

Wasn't Fergie saying the other day the lack of a settled back 4 was effecting us. Why rest De Gea then?

Linda is a cracking keeper, but wanting to see more of De Gea.

dont see the point in taking him out, surely games like today should be perfect where he can just settle in even more without too much trouble?

Originally Posted by Sloane

dont see the point in taking him out, surely games like today should be perfect where he can just settle in even more without too much trouble?

Rio was woeful on Tuesday, should be made to play in order to regain some form.

Originally Posted by The Return of JC

I don't understand the chopping and changing at the back. I really don't. Fergie made the point himself that a lot of mistakes are being made because the defence is unsettled, so why make changes when they're not necessary? Rio doesn't need a rest, De Gea is getting better with each game. Obviously he's also giving a chance to others, which is fair enough, but considering how bad we were defensively the other night, we should be looking to get as much of a settled back five as possible, IMO.

I still think it will be enough to beat Norwich, but that's not really the point.

I think it has more to do with how abysmal he was in midweek, tbh.

De Gea is settling in fine as it is tbf; I don't think it was essential to play him today.

Fergie obviously knows that he has two quality 'keepers, and whist De Gea is clearly number 1, you have to keep the other guy happy through involvement, especially when they have earned their chance as Linders was not only excellent in pre-season but also in the Benfica game.

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

I think it has more to do with how abysmal he was in midweek, tbh.

I think that was due to rustiness. If we dropped everyone who was poor the other night, we wouldn't get an eleven out.