Ever since Manucho left, everything have turned upside down. Started with his loan spell last season, we were changing our back four frequently because of injuries here and there, but with him still near, we were able to still feel his aura that lessens the burden on those injuries. Now with him gone, Rio's back got worse and worse, same with Evans ankle which requires surgery now. We need to buy him back.

BTW Sheep, this isn't you right, challenging for his balls the ball there in the middle.

United have flown to Wolfsburg for Tuesday’s Champions League encounter with only two recognised defenders… and only one with previous first-team experience.

Injuries have hit Sir Alex’s squad hard, with eight defenders – Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Wes Brown, Gary Neville, Rafael, Fabio, John O’Shea and Jonny Evans – ruled out of the trip. As a result, Patrice Evra and 19-year-old Oliver Gill (pictured) found themselves among a bevy of midfielders on Monday morning as the squad boarded the flight to Germany.

Michael Carrick is expected to drop into the backline after his impressive centre-half cameo at Upton Park on Saturday, while Darron Gibson has also indicated he'd feel comfortable in a defensive role.

"I've played centre-back before so I would have been all right," he said after the win at West Ham. "We have players who can step into unfamiliar positions and do a good job."

The boss’s selection woes for Tuesday's match in Wolfsburg were compounded by news that Ritchie De Laet is ineligible to play in the competition. The young Belgian defender would surely have been an automatic choice on Tuesday night given the current injury situation. Unlike Gill, however, he wasn’t able to be registered as a last-minute squad member as UEFA regulations stipulate additional players must have been at the club for a period of two years. De Laet signed for the Reds in January 2009.

Oliver Gill, a no-nonsense defender who’s made nine appearances for the Reserves this season, is yet to make his first-team debut but could find himself in the starting XI on Tuesday night. He’s not the only player on the trip yet to taste first-team action: Reserves midfielders Cameron Stewart, Matty James, Magnus Eikrem and Oliver Norwood all boarded the flight to Germany.

There were notable absences, too, with Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Dimitar Berbatov and Federico Macheda left behind in Manchester, presumably with one eye on this weekend’s league fixture against Aston Villa.

United’s 19-man squad for the game in Wolfsburg: Tomasz Kuszczak, Ben Foster, Patrice Evra, Oliver Gill, Gabriel Obertan, Magnus Eikrem, Paul Scholes, Darron Gibson, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Matty James, Darren Fletcher, Ji-sung Park, Anderson, Cameron Stewart, Nani, Oliver Norwood, Michael Owen, Danny Welbeck

im try not being too sceptical....
but.....let say we loose tomoro nite, tat means we gonna be in 2nd spot rite coz of goal difference..
damn...i doest sound rite man coz it might cause us to meet big gun in the K.O round.

i believe we can win even against big guns!

im try not being too sceptical....
but.....let say we loose tomoro nite, tat means we gonna be in 2nd spot rite coz of goal difference..
damn...i doest sound rite man coz it might cause us to meet big gun in the K.O round.

Is it that in the last 16 of UCL, team from the same country cannot be drawn to meet each other?

the disadvantage beside meeting big gun is...we have to play home first then only away..that's another big disadvantages

My lineup against wolfsburg:

--------------Ben Foster----------

Fletcher-----Gill----Carrick---Evra---

------Gibson---Scholes--Anderson--

------Park-----Owen---Nani-------