Who to play in the cup

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I think we should make a go of the cup this year, and seeing as our next Prem game isnt until the 11th, I think we should put out a fairly strong team.

---------------- Carroll ----------------

O'Shea --- Rio --- Wes --- Silvestre

Becks --- Roy --- Seba --- Richardson

---------- Ole --- Diego ----------
 
Think that both Nevilles will get a run - neither of them played badly before being dropped and it makes sense to rest a couple of players.
 
Originally posted by Gazza:
<strong>I think we should make a go of the cup this year, and seeing as our next Prem game isnt until the 11th, I think we should put out a fairly strong team.

---------------- Carroll ----------------

O'Shea --- Rio --- Wes --- Silvestre

Becks --- Roy --- Seba --- Richardson

---------- Ole --- Diego ----------</strong><hr></blockquote>

I don't think Richardson will start. Though the opponent is not from PL, it's still a one-off match so we cannot take it too lightly.
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Richardson because scholes needs a rest, and giggs has to have a spell on the sidelines.

Ruud may or may not be back, but i'd rather not risk it.

Phil playing is a possibility. I think if he does play it would be in defence though.
 
I'm a bit perplexed by a few of your posts uran.

Here you say richardson should be given a chance:

Originally posted by uranushk1:
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Yes, Scholes just can't play as LM.

I was impressed with what I saw with Richardson yesterday. May be Fergie can consider to give him a try?</strong><hr></blockquote>

and yet here you say he shouldnt get a chance in a lesser competition against an inferior opponent

Originally posted by uranushk1:
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I don't think Richardson will start. Though the opponent is not from PL, it's still a one-off match so we cannot take it too lightly.</strong><hr></blockquote>

bit contradictory isnt it?
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Originally posted by Gazza:
<strong>I'm a bit perplexed by a few of your posts uran.

Here you say richardson should be given a chance:



bit contradictory isnt it?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Previously, I hope Fergie can give richardson a try in one of the more easy PL games, such as home game against Brimham or Sunderland. But to try him in a one-off cup match which cannot afford any slip may be a bit too risky.
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So basically you're saying you'd rather play him in an important Prem game (they all are) where 3 points is vital instead of easing him in with a few cup starts.

Each to his own but personally i'd get my priorities right.
 
I would hope Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would be given a complete rest this weekend. He was missing that killer touch this afternoon in front of goal, and the guy has made like 33 appearances from 35 matches. Time to give him a bit of rest.

Certainly see at least Gary Neville earning a recall in this fixture. Gary to revert to his right fullback role. As for Phil Neville, I doubt that he should be played in the midfield, but will Mikael Silvestre be rested for this game?

Would be good to see young Kieran Richardson be given a start in this match. Paul Scholes has been fantastic for us over the period in which we were hitting top form. Good chance to give Scholesy a rest and let Richardson get some decent minutes under his belt.

Keano to play alongside Juan Sebastian Veron. Keano keeps improving with every game back and more minutes on the pitch to get his match fitness back up. David Beckham picks himself on the right side of midfield.

Diego Forlan and Daniel Nardiello. Give the kid a try. We lacked having that extra striker on the bench tonight. Lets see what he can do. Be great if he was to score.
 
We need a striker and quick.

Ole may have lacked his usual clinical finish but still worked hard yesterday, thus knackering himself even more - but I would still bet on him to score ahead of any of the youth. And I want to see us have a decent cup run.

He deserves, and needs, a break - but without Ruud, we have no-one of any quality to put into such an important game, so if Ruud isn't fit, it should be Ole for at least the first half, and then maybe bring on Richardson and stick Giggs behind Diego.
 
Has FA Cup become another worthless cup for United? If not, why so many people want us to play the lads in this match? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
 
It's a funny situation this. When everyone is fit we know Fergie's preferred formation is the 4-5-1 with Ruud up front, hence leaving Ole and Diego on the bench unless we need to chase the game. If we got another striker that would mean 3 strikers on the bench, 3, and that's alot if Ruud remains fit. When he's injured though we need to play 4-4-2 because we haven't really got a striker who can play the one man up front role, hence meaning we have to play with 2 up front with nothing on the bench. The best solution would probably be to buy someone on the cheap who could do a job but doesn't mind sitting on the bench for considerable periods of time. Bizzarely, an established big name striker isn't really desirable in our situation.
 
Originally posted by JSV:
<strong>It's a funny situation this. When everyone is fit we know Fergie's preferred formation is the 4-5-1 with Ruud up front, hence leaving Ole and Diego on the bench unless we need to chase the game. If we got another striker that would mean 3 strikers on the bench, 3, and that's alot if Ruud remains fit. When he's injured though we need to play 4-4-2 because we haven't really got a striker who can play the one man up front role, hence meaning we have to play with 2 up front with nothing on the bench. The best solution would probably be to buy someone on the cheap who could do a job but doesn't mind sitting on the bench for considerable periods of time. Bizzarely, an established big name striker isn't really desirable in our situation.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Agree totally - hence my post in the transfer forum. A big name striker is not going to want to be second choice.
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Originally posted by JSV:
<strong>It's a funny situation this. When everyone is fit we know Fergie's preferred formation is the 4-5-1 with Ruud up front, hence leaving Ole and Diego on the bench unless we need to chase the game. If we got another striker that would mean 3 strikers on the bench, 3, and that's alot if Ruud remains fit. When he's injured though we need to play 4-4-2 because we haven't really got a striker who can play the one man up front role, hence meaning we have to play with 2 up front with nothing on the bench. The best solution would probably be to buy someone on the cheap who could do a job but doesn't mind sitting on the bench for considerable periods of time. Bizzarely, an established big name striker isn't really desirable in our situation.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Agree. Someone who is inexpensive, quick and can do the job when needed will be perfect.
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We should of course play a strong team. Ole desperately needs a rest, I think that's obvious to all who have seen the last few matches. Scholes could also do with a rest.

I'd play Ruud if he's fit, and giving Richardson a chance might be a good idea.
 
Originally posted by oscar74:
<strong>Think that both Nevilles will get a run - neither of them played badly before being dropped and it makes sense to rest a couple of players.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I would love them to get to play this game. And I trust SAF to give them that game, surely.
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The Nevilles to start.
It would be good to let Brown a breather too maybe.

I would love to give Michael Stewart a start too.

Team:

-------------- Carroll ---------------

G. Neville - May - Ferdinand - Silvestre

Beckham - Stewart - P. Neville - Richardson

Forlan --- Davis/Webber/Nardiello

There's going to be a lot of slander to this, I would imagine...
 
Originally posted by Livvie20:
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Agree totally - hence my post in the transfer forum. A big name striker is not going to want to be second choice.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ideally one of the 4 strikers should be from the academy, and there's a few who might become that good, or are at least good players who can have runs of good form. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake has looked very promising, similar age to Rooney, just as physical and blessed with pace and power, as well as tricks.

Heath can't stop scoring goals, nor can Nardiello, they both score about a goal a game. I'd like to see our young players be given a chance in some competition, so far its only really been the CL matches when we're already qualified - thats not enough. O'Shea rose to the challenge, better than anyone could believe.
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Originally posted by Vinay:
<strong>The Nevilles to start.
It would be good to let Brown a breather too maybe.

I would love to give Michael Stewart a start too.

Team:

-------------- Carroll ---------------

G. Neville - May - Ferdinand - Silvestre

Beckham - Stewart - P. Neville - Richardson

Forlan --- Davis/Webber/Nardiello

There's going to be a lot of slander to this, I would imagine...</strong><hr></blockquote>
I think that would need one of Veron or Scholes in the middle instead of one of Stewart and Phil. At the back, May might want a start, but I'd try him with Wes - Wes doesn't need freshening. Keane could do with a game, but Phil deserves a game too - interesting to see what side he does pick.
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i'd run out both nevs - rest ole - o'shea and scholes. play richardson maybe even run giggs w/ forlan up top
 
Carroll
Neville G
Rio
Brown
Silvestre
Becks
Keane
Neville P
Richardson
Giggs
Forlan

Bench: Ricardo, O'Shea, Veron, Scholes, Ole.
 
It's a tough call when it comes to which strikers we should play. From what they're saying on MUTV tonight, it sounds like Ruud's not going to be back for Saturday or the Worthington Cup match against Blackburn next week. Ole looks absolutely knackered to me, and my first priority is the league. So, I'd put Ole on the bench for this one and bring him on if necessary.

We have a surplus of midfielders (and they said on MUTV that Nicky should be back within the next week), so this would be a great match to play 4-5-1. But I don't think playing as a lone striker suits Diego, so I'd play one of the youngsters up there with him.

I think Scholesy needs a rest, so I'd play Becks, Keano, Seba in the midfield and give Richardson a chance on the left (with Giggsy on the bench so we could bring him on if necessary).

I'd also like to see JOS and Wes rested (JOS's played in a lot of matches this year and Wes has played non-stop since he's come back from injury) and put Gary and Phil in the back four.

And Carroll would be my goalkeeper.
 
I mthink we should go for it in the F.A cup this year.
But, league first.So...

---------------Ricardo-----------------

G.Nev-----Wes-----Mickey-----John O'---

Beckham----Veron---Keane-----Giggs----

---------Scholes----------------------

-------------Diego---------------------

AND, if we start to stroll it in the 2nd half, which is un-likely but still, throw on naridello and rest diego till blackburn in the worthless.
 
Originally posted by Neil Thomson:
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I think that would need one of Veron or Scholes in the middle instead of one of Stewart and Phil. At the back, May might want a start, but I'd try him with Wes - Wes doesn't need freshening. Keane could do with a game, but Phil deserves a game too - interesting to see what side he does pick.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yes a senior guy in the side like Veron would surely be great. Maybe coming off the bench, if needed?
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hey guys
which cup do u prefer?
and which cup will Sir fergie prefer?

imo, i will put more key playes on tuesday, haha, because i think we will not reach that cup semi final in the next 5 years
that's a good chance to win it this year
 
I think this season the boss prefers the worthy cup.

That is finished in february while the fa cup takes place during the title run-in.
 
i'm tipping Ruud to return for this game.. Ole and Forlan didn't look their best against Sunderland, so it's a perfect chance to bring Ruud back into the side. And when is it better to bring a player's confidence back than to play him against a lower division team hoping he'd score a couple of goals.
 
Originally posted by Gazza:
<strong>I think this season the boss prefers the worthy cup.

That is finished in february while the fa cup takes place during the title run-in.</strong><hr></blockquote>

But the last league match is May 11 and the CL final is May 28 (second semifinal May 13 or 14). If we go all the way in CL we'll face two weeks without a competetive match and that can't be good...
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Originally posted by RUnited:
<strong>i'm tipping Ruud to return for this game.. Ole and Forlan didn't look their best against Sunderland, so it's a perfect chance to bring Ruud back into the side. And when is it better to bring a player's confidence back than to play him against a lower division team hoping he'd score a couple of goals.</strong><hr></blockquote>


Slight hitch to your plan there as Ruud was out because of injury and isn't expected to be fit.
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Originally posted by Livvie20:
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Slight hitch to your plan there as Ruud was out because of injury and isn't expected to be fit.</strong><hr></blockquote>

oh? i thought he was dropped from the sunderland game! my bad then..

won't he atleast be fit for the other cup tie? i'm sure SAF will want to put ruud in the running to bring up his confidence.. it'll be easier to do this in cup ties than in the important league games - wouldn't you agree?
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Neil Thomson:

Heath can't stop scoring goals, nor can Nardiello, they both score about a goal a game. I'd like to see our young players be given a chance in some competition, so far its only really been the CL matches when we're already qualified - thats not enough. O'Shea rose to the challenge, better than anyone could believe.

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I don't recall the likes of Heath or Nardiello playing in the Champions League for us and I hoped they would as if we have already qualified, I don't see any reason for the first team to play, SFA should give youth a chance. We will see if we beat Juventus twice then we will have two matches left to play the youngsters.
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Everyone is assuming the Keane will start. Don't forget he's only just back from a serious injury and he's had a lot of football in the past 10 days.
 
Originally posted by Ever hopefull:
<strong>Everyone is assuming the Keane will start. Don't forget he's only just back from a serious injury and he's had a lot of football in the past 10 days.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yes, I assume Keano will start. ;) At this moment he needs more games to regain his fitness.
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O'Shea is out with a calf strain according to the official site.


Fergie's View: Portsmouth preview

3/1/03 1:07

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that he has a couple of injury worries ahead of Saturday's FA Cup Third Round match against Portsmouth at Old Trafford.

Defence and goal may be below full-strength, but the attack may have a familiar face returning. Here's what the Boss told the press on Friday afternoon:

Injuries

"Fabien Barthez is doubtful, as is John O'Shea. He came off on Wednesday with a calf strain and we're not sure of his recovery time so I don't think he'll make it. Ruud van Nistelrooy trained yesterday, he'll train today and he should be available tomorrow."


Nicky Butt, according to BBConline is coming back next week against WBA.
 
whatever side he plays, let's hope the lads don't ease off. At least not in the third round as yet... <img src="graemlins/nervous.gif" border="0" alt="[Nervous]" />

Winning games on the trot would aid our PL campaign.

Come on, u Reds~!! <img src="graemlins/devil.gif" border="0" alt="[Devil]" />
 
Just saw Fergie's interview on MUTV. From his comments, it sounds like these players will definitely play:

Gary
Phil
Becks
Keano
Giggs

And it sounds like he's hopeful RVN will be fit.
Given that, this is the team I expect/hope to see tomorrow:

Carroll

Gary---------Rio/Mickey or Wes-----------Phil

Becks------------Keano/Seba----------------Giggsy

RVN/Diego
 
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