Mags v. Man United [R] 1 Oct 06

[tigerdave]

BBC Preview (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/5373484.stm)

I don't see how we're going to get anything out of this game. Granted, Manyoo have been getting progressively worse in the league, capped off by the loss to Assnal at OT and subsequent draw at promoted Reading, but I just don't think we can manage a draw. I'd be thrilled if we get anything at all.

Then again, Babayaro and Bramble are both suspended, which I reckon is actually -good- news for us. Maybe Martins can continue his fine form and give that back line some fits.

[mplsTOON]

I'll say 241-4 Toon. Martins witha treble and Milner and Duff with 22 overs each...

wait a sec wrong sport..

sorry, must insert humor in the face of a grim reality.

[tigerdave]

Well, they do play cricket at OT. :o

[colinh9]

I don't even want to watch this match. Every time we go to old trafford I'm sick for a week after it.

[conchobar7]

It's on Setanta in the US for anyone who has it. I have to go to a coaching certification at 12:00 on Sunday, if it's level or we are up at half, I'll be late I'm sure.

[BayernWake]

United 2, "United" 1

Oba 10'
Cronaldo dives in the box and someone converts a penalty 33'
Oba 89'

[mplsTOON]

I have a pub crawl I can go to in the afternoon where every bar on the crawl serves the Broon to drown my sorrows. (I will be wearing my older jersey with the Broon logo on it.)

Then again the The Twins are doing well so it'll all balance out.

In any case: Haway the Lads!!

The famous Man United went to Rome to see the Pope,
and this is what he said, "F*CK OFF",
Who the f*ck are Man. United,
Who the f*ck are Man. United,
Who the f*ck are Man. United,
as the mags go marching on on on.:D

[tigerdave]

I hope Parker stuffs Fake Ronaldo. Repeatedly.

[JayRockers!]

PremierLeague.com (http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=forwardOnly&nextPage=enCompFixtPrev&id=2722755) Preview.

Referee: Mike Dean
KICK OFF: 15:00(England Time) Sun 01 Oct 2006

DEFENSIVE DUO OUT FOR MAGPIES

Newcastle United will be without defenders Titus Bramble and Celestine Babayaro for Sunday’s Barclays Premiership trip to Manchester United

Red Devils defender Mikael Silvestre has been ruled out for six weeks with a broken metatarsal.

With Ryan Giggs still a fortnight away from recovery after a recent hamstring injury, Ferguson will stick with the same squad that defeated Benfica on Tuesday.

Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Brown, Heinze, Evra, Fletcher, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Richardson, Rooney, Saha, Solskjaer, Jones, Smith.

Newcastle United (from): Harper, Srnicek, Krul, Carr, Bernard, Bramble, Moore, Taylor, Ramage, Huntington, Parker, Butt, Duff, Emre, N’Zogbia, Milner, Pattison, Ameobi, Martins, Sibierski, Luque.

Thx,

Jay!

[BayernWake]

Who the ******** are Man. United??

Really excited about this game. Come on you Mags!!

[holytoledo]

I have a pub crawl I can go to in the afternoon where every bar on the crawl serves the Broon to drown my sorrows. (I will be wearing my older jersey with the Broon logo on it.)

Then again the The Twins are doing well so it'll all balance out.

In any case: Haway the Lads!!

The famous Man United went to Rome to see the Pope,
and this is what he said, "F*CK OFF",
Who the f*ck are Man. United,
Who the f*ck are Man. United,
Who the f*ck are Man. United,
as the mags go marching on on on.:D

Good to see a fellow 'sotan around.
We're still gonna win though. :p

[JayRockers!]

Teams
Man Utd Newcastle
1 Edwin Van der Sar (G) (G) Steve Harper 12
5 Rio Ferdinand (D) (D) Stephen Carr 2
4 Gabriel Heinze (D) (D) Craig Moore 18
2 Gary Neville (D) (D) Peter Ramage 26
15 Nemanja Vidic (D) (M) Nicky Butt 22
16 Michael Carrick (M) (M) Damien Duff 11
24 Darren Fletcher (M) (M) Belozoglu Emre 5
7 Cristiano Ronaldo (M) (M) James Milner 16
18 Paul Scholes (M) (M) Scott Parker 17
8 Wayne Rooney (S) (D) Steven Taylor 27
20 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (S) (S) Shola Ameobi 23

Substitutes
29 Tomasz Kuszczak (G) (G) Tim Krul 40
6 Wes Brown (D) (M) Charles N'Zogbia 14
3 Patrice Evra (D) (M) Matthew Pattison 35
22 John O'Shea (D) (S) Albert Luque 7
9 Louis Saha (S) (S) Obafemi Martins 9

[Trackman20]

Christ...look at that lineup.

[Trackman20]

Gonna need updates people.......at the office.

[JaredSS07]

Gonna need updates people.......at the office.

Watch gamecast or listen to Century FM.

[Trackman20]

For some reason my computer at work doesn't play streaming from some sites...I have no idea what happened, it used to work.

[JaredSS07]

Ole scores from roughly the same area as the penalty spot.

11 shots for Manu

1 for Newc.

[JayRockers!]

4-5-1 is useless against ManU. Ameobi is a plodding target forward. No one in the midfield is man-marking Ronaldo (which is the whole point of the 4-5-1, shut down ManU midfield). Whilst Rooney and Ole aren't getting service, it was a long shot from Fletcher which bounced off the post, a long shot from an unmarked Ronaldo off a corner which bounced off the post and settled right in front of Ole for the put back. Harper has come off his line about 3 or 4 times, looking shakey but getting the play done. He had a stellar save off a Vidic header. ManU should be up by 4-0, by all rights. We had one chance. After a fair bit of sustained pressure by ManU, Milner broke free and took a weak shot straight at VDS.

My changes... Zoggy in for Milner, switch duff to left. Butt out, Martins in. We need pace to counter Fletcher and Ronaldo.

Thx,

Jay!

[JayRockers!]

And I called it. Zogs in for Milner, Duff to the right.

And Heinze came out in the first half for Evra, for those of you scoring at home.

Thx,

Jay!

[JayRockers!]

Ole another goal-e. Deflects one in.

Thx,

Jay!