Sunday, April 5, 2009

Man U v. Villa Open Thread

Man U's injury ward


It's a good one today, and not just because Man U has some serious injury issues....

Manchester United: Van der Sar; O'Shea, Neville, Evans, Evra; Carrick, Giggs; Fletcher, Tevez, Nani; Ronaldo.
Bench: Foster, Park, Welbeck, Gibson, Martin, Macheda, Eckersley.

Aston Villa: Friedel; L Young, Cuellar, Davies, Shorey; Milner, Petrov, Barry, A Young; Carew, Agbonlahor.
Bench: Guzan, Delfouneso, Knight, Salifou, Reo-Coker, Gardner, Albrighton.

That's right, Tevez is fit, but Neville and Evans are in at central back today. Can Villa take advantage and right their season? Meanwhile, in addition to injuries, Man U seem to be floundering, and are now facing rumors of C-Ron off to Real Madrid (again!) and training ground bustups featuring you-know-who. Oh and they turn around and play Porto in 48 hours.

Have your say after the jump, or feel free to chat about Everton-Wigan, Luton, Serie A, your pets, etc.

57 comments:

Spectator said...

Wow, Juve v. Chievo is pretty compelling... 3-3 at the death.

The NY Kid said...

Have I mentioned that Jonny Evans is a rapist?

phil said...

I think Villa really miss Laursen.

Spectator said...

Oh good, Mike Riley

phil said...

Coming soon to a Real Madrid match near you....

phil said...

No way Petrov was off. That is pisspoor.

The NY Kid said...

I do believe Rod Carew just scored. Who knew he played footy?

Spectator said...

And Gary Neville with the poor marking. Game on!

phil said...

Wonderful effort by Barry in the build-up. He absolutely ruined Evra.

phil said...

Everton are massacring Wigan. 4-0, Jo with a brace.

Spectator said...

Meanwhile, Everton are destroying Wigan 4-0.

Spectator said...

Ha point to Phil.

phil said...

WTF? How do you leave CR unmarked? Villa are lucky not to concede there.

Spectator said...

Rio Ferdinand and Ian Dowie... Best fwiends forever!

Jim Hendry said...

I like what I'm seeing.

Spectator said...

FSC having some technical difficulties at the half, eh?

BackBergtt said...

"Tevez runs with ball down the United right, but is tackled and United have a throw. Save an occasional late goal, I'm not sure what he does."

Listen Soccernet, when the sign says 'Don't feed the bears', man you better not feed the bears.

Jim Hendry said...

2-1! Villa! Holy shit!

(need to calm down)

Jacob said...

Gabby may be dead, but dammit, so might Man U.

Jacob said...

VdS has become a useless statue, has he not?

Anonymous said...

*runs in, slides across the turf*

Jacob said...

What a game for John Carew so far. It's like he and Ibrahimovic are equals today.

The Fan's Attic said...

does that guy look like Lampard to anybody else?

Anonymous said...

Oh, this is delicious... SAF turns to his bench... and comes up with a 17-year old.

(JT, sorry I didn't get a chance to return your last text yesterday... busy evening)

Jim Hendry said...

if Rooney were playing, he'd be working up enough anger to lash out and get himself sent off right about now.

Jacob said...

Like Macheda is? Young gun has learned his Man U lessons well, right?

Jim Hendry said...

Macheda just seems like a C-Ron clone. Not re: talent, but re: his ability to fall down and gesture wildly for penalties and free kicks.

BackBergtt said...

Paging Keith to the main concourse, Keith.

BackBergtt said...

Is that guy the cocksmoker that United had to give money to his dad to get him to sign?

The Fan's Attic said...

Lampard+Crispy Ronaldo=
Macheda?

BackBergtt said...

He's got caverns in his cheeks for storing pies in the winter!

Jacob said...

Aww. He fixed his hair up today. Who says modern kids have no sense of occasion?

Jacob said...

@TFA-needs more MSPaint.

Jacob said...

Nice tights, nancy boy sub.

Jim Hendry said...

don't put Reo-Coker at fullback!!

The NY Kid said...

@TFA - I was told there would be no math.

Jacob said...

dagnabbit

The NY Kid said...

and the twat has a brace

Jim Hendry said...

dammit

BackBergtt said...

Third feels inevitable. At least six minutes of stoppage time.

BackBergtt said...

Who else didn't know Welbeck was black?

Anonymous said...

5 minutes at OT.

Shocker.

Jacob said...

I like the announcer acting like the amount of added time is a lottery.

The NY Kid said...

well then. that was quite the strike

Jacob said...

Look at all those white guys going crazy.

BackBergtt said...

Can't blame Friedel, but I can blame the terrible defense. Just let everyone dance with the ball in the box you fucking pansies. Maybe if your boss wasn't so shrewd and bought a defender or two your season wouldn't have collapsed.

The Fan's Attic said...

yeah, i'm pretty sure that ginger was related to the italian goalscorer.

BackBergtt said...

Where's the PIRA when you need it.

The Fan's Attic said...

can't you do anything right Villa? hosers.

BackBergtt said...

That was the chance. Now every other manager is going to lay down for SAF just like every other title year. Fuck. If I hadn't spent the last twelve hours puking my guts out, I'd probably be sick.

Anonymous said...

lol manutd are never going to drop pts again

Anonymous said...

this hurt more than liverpool losing to boro haha. i wish villa at least sealed their loss EARLY so i could have avoided falsely believing in them for 90 mins UGHHHH.

they have their confidence and their players back after this match. fergie will know what to do and porto are basically dead

Jim Hendry said...

to try and watch the limp, turgid efforts of Serie A after a 5-goal EPL thriller like that is utterly impossible.

Jim Hendry said...

agreed, c0rrine. They'll go back to their shit-eating grins, smug attitudes and complacency as if March never happened. Now, I root for Sunderland, who are due for a good result.

I mean, we're still winning any which way, and doing everything we can at this point to keep it close. We need someone to stand up and take these cunts on squarely. We even showed the league how to do it! And STILL nothing. Villa dominated for 74 minutes, kept Ronaldo quiet (except for his two world-class goals, no doubt), and they leave with nothing.

O'Neill couldn't make one change or tactical adjustment in that last 10? He hung them out to dry. Fucking hate that entire team right now.

Teeknuts said...

At least it's Opening Night tonight. The start of baseball season will wash away any bad feelings I had today

Spectator said...

Weekend is still a success for me... Exeter City up to 2nd place. Two huge games coming up against Brentford and Wycombe. C'mon City!

jjf3 said...

Oh, and Congrats to the Hatters!! Great job this season staying positive and refusing to be beaten down!