It'll be good to rest evra but i doubt we have the option to do that. I think he has been our most consistent defender so far...we can't afford to lose this match...it's an epl game not CC or FA

Btw, IceDarling, don sleep so early le...just watch.....5 am sleep...its good to get used to it :P

This post has been edited by nshady: Dec 15 2009, 02:21 PM

I'm also working. Once/Twice in a week i will sleep less

I think the only way is to train one from the current team. Anderson/Gibson.

Anderson is a good candidate. But unfortunately, still not performing up to our expectations yet. He's got great left foot, doesn't shoot much(doesn't get much chances too but dont forget the freekick he scored) and his long passes are ok(so far maybe a few very nice ones). Doesn't dribble much here, but in his old club. Most of the time, he plays a little behind(more like a DM) and trying to win and hold the ball
But maybe, we're expecting someone who can dribble a lot, score, nice passes. We still have Obertan btw

This post has been edited by nshady: Dec 15 2009, 09:09 PM

Any resemblance between Anderson and Ronaldinho? LOL.

If you look at his old porto video, the way he dribbles. Their posture when moving with the ball.

Most likely, but usually we have suprises like defender coming back without even published on any website. But fabio is back

Argh..It's time for revenge. We lost to acmilan in 06/07 by aggregate 5-3. We could have been the team making it into the finals that year! Besides that, we're gonna face beckham!

Just make sure that we have purely defenders playing in our defender role. Majority of them must be back. I want fletcher and carrick in midfield.

We actually shifted two of our first choice midfielders into the defence. Clearly, we were missing giggs and I believe berbatov could have been a better threat than owen with his flicks and passes(and you know some of his crazy finishings). Gibson was just passing around, trying to shoot, anderson struggling to make any impact, some long passes which failed, he was lined up behind owen and rooney but i see him ended up as a defensive midfielder. Scholes looked out of concentration after losing the ball to danny murphy which led to a goal. So now we have another week to next match, neville, brown, vidic should be back.

I was dissapointed with the scoreline, but let's move on!

This post has been edited by nshady: Dec 20 2009, 12:25 PM

Anderson younger than Gibson

Boxing day match, Gary, Brown, Vidic to be back I suppose. Ah long time to go with evans and O'shea. The Chelsea legend, Zola has done us a favor tonight

It was a 3-5-2, with evra actually playing left wing back. De laet was actually fielded centre(left) since he has the capabilities to play any side of back four. So he probably feels more comfortable playing there than carrick/fletcher.

Same case when Chelsea drew Everton and we failed to grab the opportunity to be at the same points with them.

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Added on December 21, 2009, 1:52 pmHe actually rejected us earlier before joining Madrid, thus Owen ended up signing for us. He's a real good striker, power, shooting, strength. Similarity between him and Luiz Ronaldo.

This post has been edited by nshady: Dec 21 2009, 01:54 PM

Tough season there, Chelsea leading us, Arsenal will lead us by 1 point by winning games in hand. News that teams like ManCity, Tottenham and Aston Villa able to break into top 4. Fulham and Birmingham are doing very well and in good form at the moment too.

This post has been edited by nshady: Dec 21 2009, 03:35 PM

Nice nice...Evra and Vidic

Yeah topping the injury list..

But I'm glad that around 4 defenders will be back this weekend.

Gary Neville, Rafael, Vidic, Brown. Remember, we'll be having 7 matches in january =X

Giggs - 1 , Keano - 2 Paul Scholes - 3 CR7 - 4 Gary Neville - 5 Rio Ferdinand - 6 RVN - 7,Vidic - 8 VDS - 9 Evra - 10

This post has been edited by nshady: Dec 22 2009, 11:52 PM

Remove RVN for becks? Or maybe vidic isn't in the list yet?

This post has been edited by nshady: Dec 23 2009, 08:09 AM

I'm very proud with Evra and Vidic. Vidic only costed us 7m pounds 4 years ago and 5.5m pounds for evra. World class defenders

This post has been edited by nshady: Dec 23 2009, 12:04 PM

Well this season, in and out for vidic. But same goes to brown, and van der sar. You see them getting injury back after recovering. Not very serious one tho. Gary neville too.

I thinking of getting a jersey with vidic/evra nameset.

This post has been edited by nshady: Dec 23 2009, 02:59 PM

He tackles just like me too

I'm quite happy with our striking option now. Rooney + Berbatov and Owen as third choice. I don't think we're so desperate for a striker. I'm more worried about replacement for ryan giggs, or a playmaker. Another unhappy case if Berbatov stays on the bench while Villa partners Rooney on field