I've been thinking about this game for 2 weeks, I woke up with a feeling in the pit of my stomach like this was a crunch title game or a CL final, it's crazy how much I'm anticipating this match.
FA Premier League
Manchester United 4:0 Queens Park Rangers
Old Trafford
- Kick-off
- Sun, 14 September 2014 @ 4:00pm BST
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Yeah, been the case that we stay at hotels the night before home games. Means that the players can be pretty focused and under control rather than being occupied with other activities............De Gea
Rafael-Evans-Rojo-Shaw
........Herrera--Blind
Januzaj-Mata/Rooney-Di Maria
.............Falcao
For me is our strongest 11 and formation but no doubt we'll play it.
That's always a possibility. The only alternative is to play Rooney as the No.10 instead, employing RVP and Falcao upfront, dropping Mata entirely for this game. That might make sense since the three guys behind Rooney have the legs to give Rooney less responsibility for defensive duty; the pace comes from the middle in Rooney and Di Maria running out wide.Haven't been this excited to see United play in a while! I don't want to get my hopes up too much though until we go through at least a month of solid results. I'll be happy with a 1-0 win.
Agreed. I think he (Blind) might struggle physically.
Exactly the same mate - I'm a little bit nervous tbh and got that feeling in my stomach now. I've never anticipated a line up so much !We MUST win this game.. no doubts about it.. I'm so anxious right nowFeels like a cup final, madness! Can't wait!
When's the absolute soonest we could get team news?
Might be a leak for 1-2 players starting (journos posting it on Twitter), but I'd expect team news 55 minutes before KO.
Yeah I've seen that a couple of times on twitter with player leaks, even up to two hours before KO. Not always right though.
Best to just wait I guess!And so, for the first time since 27th October 2001, Rio Ferdinand comes to Old Trafford as an opposition player.
On the last occasion, he was a Leeds United player and played as his side earned a 1:1 draw. Viduka put the visitors ahead on 77', while Ole Gunner Solskjaer helped us avoid defeat by scoring the equaliser on 89'
The teamsheets that day:
Manchester United XI: Barthez; G Neville, Silvestre, Blanc, Brown; Veron, Beckham, Butt, Giggs; Scholes, van Nistelrooy.
Leeds United XI: Martyn; Harte, Mills, Matteo, Ferdinand; Dacourt, Kewell, Bowyer, Bakke; Robbie Keane, Viduka.
In total, as a non-United player, Rio Ferdinand has played against us ten times previously and has never been on the winning side. In the five times he's played for another club at Old Trafford, he has lost four and drawn once.We need this win in order to avoid mass Cafe genocideIf Falcao scores, I have been given permission by the Mrs to burst into the bedroom singing the Falcao song.
It's almost midnight. Practising my lo lo lo's...
Bench: Amos, Blackett, Januzaj, Valencia, Mata, Herrera, LingaardI tried not to get caught up in it but feck it. I can't wait for the game. Just to see how we line up and perform. I know even if we somehow thump QPR 6-0 it is not really a sign of anything. It's one game, at home against a team who's dodgy at best. But will provide a huge confidence boost
If we don't win then I can imagine there will be a meltdown of some serious proportions on the caf.We need to make a statement today, one with a good fast performance and two with a big win.90 minutes to kickoff !
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOOO RADAMEL FALCAO.Cant wait for the game!
Hope all new signings start today if they are fit.
I hope this is the game were we turn things around,get a win,score a few goals and get the 3 points.
Then we kick on from here.Team News
Four players could be in line to make their debut today. Shaw returns from injury, Rojo has finally had his work permit troubles sorted, and Blind and Falcao are the other two.
Van Gaal has said that he sees Blind as a defensive midfielder and that Shaw will feature but whether he'll start or play the whole match is another story as van Gaal has said he isn't fit enough.
With Jones and Smalling both injured, it is highly likely that Rojo will start alongside Evans in defence.No silly selections, no random youngsters starting out of the blue
Just a proper XI that will tear QPR apartWe need a good performance and a convincing win. The season really starts today for us.
Bench: Amos, Blackett, Januzaj, Valencia, Mata, Herrera, Lingaard
If you swap Fletcher and Herrera that would in my opinion be our best lineup for this game. Ofcourse you could also debate whether Mata should play instead of Rooney. This team should destroy QPR.Happy for Pereira if he makes the bench. Great talent and happy that LVG is trusting "the juice".He's going to pick a back 5 again with Young and Valencia both playing, cue a caf meltdown. Then we will dick QPR.I can't believe that in just over a hour I am going to see falcao In A united shirtQPR at 10-1 but I just can't bring myself to back them, they're woeful. Should be a fairly comfortable home win here regardless if it's the emphatic performance you're all hoping for.
Young is injured
Young's injured. Valencia is a dead cert to start though IMO.
Posted by FromTheBench hmm
The only reason I have put Fletcher in ahead of Herrera is because I can't see him risking too many coming back from injury to start. I reckon Herrera will come on for Fletcher in the second half.Is Rafeal fit for today?
Bench: Amos, Blackett, Januzaj, Valencia, Mata, Herrera, Lingaard
Fletcher ahead of Herrera?A win today and we're just 3 points behind Arsenal , 2 behind City and 1 behind Pool.
Massive match for us and will be a good morale booster
haha
I explained in post #1031Can't wait for this now, just hope the line-up keeps the caftards happy.
I don't know what the right thing is with regard to the starting 11, but I hope LVG does it.
Falcao and ADM, my Spanish mates are muchos annoyed :-)
Why? Eredivisie isn't a soft league and he's not a weak player. He played in a physically compromising position for Ajax last season and held his own in challenges. Don't think he'll have any problems. The Premier League physical worry is the default position for anyone who's not from the UK, but it's unwarranted. He'll be fine. Watched him plenty enough to be confident in that.- Status
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Score Predictions
1043,75,67
- Man Utd win
- Q.P.R. win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 20% Man Utd 3:0 Q.P.R.
- 14% Man Utd 3:1 Q.P.R.
- 13% Man Utd 2:0 Q.P.R.
- 12% Man Utd 4:0 Q.P.R.
- 9% Man Utd 5:0 Q.P.R.
- 6% Man Utd 2:1 Q.P.R.
- 6% Man Utd 4:1 Q.P.R.
- 5% Man Utd 1:0 Q.P.R.
- 3% Man Utd 0:5 Q.P.R.
- 3% Man Utd 0:0 Q.P.R.
- 2% Man Utd 1:1 Q.P.R.
- 1% Man Utd 5:1 Q.P.R.
- 1% Man Utd 3:2 Q.P.R.
- 1% Man Utd 0:1 Q.P.R.
- 1% Man Utd 0:2 Q.P.R.
- 1% Man Utd 4:2 Q.P.R.
- 1% Man Utd 5:2 Q.P.R.
- 0% Man Utd 0:3 Q.P.R.
- 0% Man Utd 2:2 Q.P.R.
- 0% Man Utd 5:5 Q.P.R.
- 0% Man Utd 1:2 Q.P.R.
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 Q.P.R.
- 0% Man Utd 5:4 Q.P.R.
- 0% Man Utd 2:4 Q.P.R.
- 0% Man Utd 4:5 Q.P.R.
- 0% Man Utd 1:5 Q.P.R.
- 0% Man Utd 0:4 Q.P.R.
- 0% Man Utd 3:3 Q.P.R.
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Q.P.R.
- Possession
- 69% 31%
- Shots
- 18 9
- Shots on Target
- 9 2
- Corners
- 3 1
- Fouls
- 11 8
Referee
Phil Dowd
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Antonio Valencia
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replaced by Adnan Januzaj
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replaced by Radamel Falcao
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