Manchester United - Fulham [R]

[Motterman]

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Manchester United - Fulham
Date: Sat 19 March
Competition: Premier League
Venue: Old Trafford
Kick Off: 15:00

10:00am ET on PPV in the USA

[sitati_kituyi]

Kleberson and Saha availability?

[johno]

I'm ashamed of you Motter, how come the crests are the same size? You've been slipping!!!

lol, good timing though... I think we were beginning to discuss the past 4-0 win a bit too much, not to mention the losses to Milan... this gives us something to look forward to.

I'd love to see Klebs in the 4-3-3 and it would be great for Saha to play his former club and get on the score sheet.

In terms of players not available I'm sure Smith is going to be missing and I'm not too sure about Gary Neville and his ankle problem... and as usual, Saha and Kleberson are a mistery...

[Ronaldo07]

I'd also like to see Kleberson play in a 4-3-2-1, if hes fit of course.

[listen_up_fergie]

I'd also like to see Kleberson play in a 4-3-2-1, if hes fit of course.

Whoa there KFC members! I agree we need to start playing Kleberson but not so soon! He's just back from injury and needs a few reserves games before he reaches full match fitness...if he starts now, and because of his lack of match fitness has a poor game, some fans just won't understand. I think we should just play with Howard, Heinze, Silvestre, Rio, Brown, Keane, Scholes, Ronaldo, Giggs, Rooney and RVN with Carroll, Kleberson, O'Shea, Smith, and Fortune on the bench.

[Motterman]

Whoa there KFC members! I agree we need to start playing Kleberson but not so soon! He's just back from injury and needs a few reserves games before he reaches full match fitness...if he starts now, and because of his lack of match fitness has a poor game, some fans just won't understand. I think we should just play with Howard, Heinze, Silvestre, Rio, Brown, Keane, Scholes, Ronaldo, Giggs, Rooney and RVN with Carroll, Kleberson, O'Shea, Smith, and Fortune on the bench.

I don't think with Scholes coming off a brace is the best time to bench him either.

[johno]

no one suggested benching Scholes... we'd have benched Fortune naturally... but I did not think Klebs would have been fit anyway.

[soso7df]

Lets' go in without any changes .. neither the first 11 nor the bench. Lets' reward our 4-0 heroes!

[haven]

I'm still bitter about the first Fulham game. Diop should have been sent off. To refresh anyone's memory, Diop stamped on one of our players (Smith, maybe?). The referee saw it. He gave Diop a yellow. Which was, given the conduct involved, a logical impossibility. Smith was on the ground - Diop was looking at him - either it didn't happen, or it was a straight red. So, Diop got away scot free...and then hit the tying goal a few minutes later.

Never say the small clubs don't occasionally get a call.

I say go for the 8-0 win in revenge. With Smith managing a hattrick, and Diop getting sent off for two minor infractions.

[johno]

LOL Haven... hmm you took that draw to heart huh? Yeah... I did too, that kinda killed some of our momentum and a chance to close the gap on the leaders... that's in the past though... while using past results to motivate your team is good, you have to win each game with the players on the field against the players on the other team and in the end, passion and pain don't count... its goals... we should have the mentality that we should beat every side equally, the hell with minnows, relegation battlers or table topplers... we are Manchester United... tremble when you hear us coming.

[JN13]

Well, we need to win this one not to avenge the 1-1 draw at Fulham but to keep us on a winning run before the FA Cup SF vs NUFC.
I heard that Gary will be back this Sat which will be good news and I hope Giggsy can play too. I just hope we remain injury free before the Cardiff SF
(fingers crossed.)
Anyway, I am going to predict a 2-0 win with Ruud scoring both goals in the 2nd half.

[robby241]

I'm still bitter about the first Fulham game. Diop should have been sent off. To refresh anyone's memory, Diop stamped on one of our players (Smith, maybe?). The referee saw it. He gave Diop a yellow. Which was, given the conduct involved, a logical impossibility. Smith was on the ground - Diop was looking at him - either it didn't happen, or it was a straight red. So, Diop got away scot free...and then hit the tying goal a few minutes later.

Never say the small clubs don't occasionally get a call.

I say go for the 8-0 win in revenge. With Smith managing a hattrick, and Diop getting sent off for two minor infractions.

well good to see im not the only one that was pissed off by that. the thing that really bothered me is that ESPN (useless twats) relpayed that diop goal on its plays of the day/week non stop.

[Winstan]

I predict a 1-1 Draw.

[Soccerholic]

Anyone know Giggs' status for this game?

[Motterman]

Anyone know Giggs' status for this game?

Apparently he's had to have minor surgery to repair the damage to his nose inflicted by our rumoured transfer target Gattuso in Milan. Gary Neville may return, probably at Wes Brown's expense. I bet Ruud will be happy with that, Gary puts in some tantalizing crosses....

[Ronaldo07]

The boss says Gary is fit, Giggs is out along with Fletcher and Saha but good news for Kleberson fans, hes back in training. :)

Read what the boss has to say on the manutd website.

[delmundo]

Funny that Saha is out for us but was named in the France squad.

[robby241]

Funny that Saha is out for us but was named in the France squad.


saha is a bum. ive never liked him.

[Soccerholic]

Giggs is out with a broken nose. Saha and Fletch are out with knee injuries.
Klebs and Gary are available.

Squads:

Man Utd (from): Carroll, Howard, G Neville, P Neville, Ferdinand, Brown, Silvestre, Heinze, O'Shea, Spector, Kleberson, Fortune, Ronaldo, Keane, Scholes, Miller, van Nistelrooy, Smith, Rooney, Bellion, Rossi.

Fulham from: Van der Sar, Volz, Goma, Knight, Bocanegra, Clark, Malbranque, Rosenior, Diop, Boa Morte, Jensen, John, Cole, Radzinski, McBride, Rehman, Crossley.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4343213.stm

[Soccerholic]

Funny that Saha is out for us but was named in the France squad.
I presume you mean funny ironic, not funny ha ha.