FA Cup - Fulham vs Manchester United - Mar 7
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Originally posted by limpper:
tevez ownage!
Rooney score leh... no hat trick for tevez yet.. -
when i said tevez ownage, it was still 2-0
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park ji sung scored
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4-0 now
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come on leh.. hat trick lah.. if not next season may not have chance already...
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think fergie miscalculated, and field a side that is too strong....
should have rested either evra, ferdinand or vidic...
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can sleep lo.. 4-0...
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Originally posted by skythewood:
think fergie miscalculated, and field a side that is too strong....
should have rested either evra, ferdinand or vidic...
not really. Fulham has one of the best defensive record too..
and he has to get some of the players some runout to maintain their match fitness..
the problem area is RB, and Rooney. these two are now precious and with no sub..
Rafael is out for a month, brown unsure and GaryN not even playing so no match fitness.
bet Inter will attack down that flank.. and I think SAF will place Park there for extra cover while Evra and Ronaldo and use their left flank.
being a while since last seen Fletcher down the right flank, think he has been molded into a CM,and can't really play a winger..
The biggest worry now is Rio cause I did see him gingerly walking off in the 1st half..
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lastly, do you all feel that Rooney-Tevez is a better partnership?
despite not playing much together, their understanding is still there, and it is a delight to see them putting/helping each other into good position..
with this pairing, they are fast cutting into the defense..
unsure whether SAF will prefer this or with berba where the ball is retained better...
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
not really. Fulham has one of the best defensive record too..
and he has to get some of the players some runout to maintain their match fitness..
the problem area is RB, and Rooney. these two are now precious and with no sub..
Rafael is out for a month, brown unsure and GaryN not even playing so no match fitness.
bet Inter will attack down that flank.. and I think SAF will place Park there for extra cover while Evra and Ronaldo and use their left flank.
being a while since last seen Fletcher down the right flank, think he has been molded into a CM,and can't really play a winger..
The biggest worry now is Rio cause I did see him gingerly walking off in the 1st half..
i mentioned defenders, not strikers or even midfielders... what has that got to do with defensive record? or you mean home record?
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I don't think Fergie has over estimated Fulham... This was an away match and nobody knew if it could get difficult with Fulham's good home record... What I think is, the match against Inter is at OT, so they will be going all out in an offensive style.
Scholes, though not as fast as Fletcher but his passing is still the best and should play on wed leaving only one more space which I think will go to Carrick... Fletcher may be kept as a reserve right-back... Tevez will be back on the bench and use if needed... The only question is who will play left-wing with Park running his lungs out already in this... I suspect Nani could be given a chance...
Man Utd squad:
Van der Sar
O'Shea / Ferdinand /Vidic / Evra
Ronaldo / Scholes / Carrick / Nani
Berbatov / Rooney
Sub:
Foster, Evans, Anderson, Park, Giggs, Fletcher, Tevez.
Or maybe Fergie may opt for a 4 / 3 / 3 formation...
Carrick / Scholes / Park
Ronaldo / Berbatov / Rooney
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Im surprised at the scoreline, I thought 2-0 for Man U would be a good result. Turned out to be a thrashing.
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
lastly, do you all feel that Rooney-Tevez is a better partnership?
despite not playing much together, their understanding is still there, and it is a delight to see them putting/helping each other into good position..
with this pairing, they are fast cutting into the defense..
unsure whether SAF will prefer this or with berba where the ball is retained better...
their partnership is really better, can see tevez like back to himself and he gets to pass the ball to his teammates more often.
yesterday our upfront attackers of park, anderson, tevez and rooney all work well with each other. whenever they counter attack, can be quite scary to the opponents.
the way we play last night was damn solid, closing down on every fulham players, giving them no chance to look up and pass the ball to their teammates.
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
lastly, do you all feel that Rooney-Tevez is a better partnership?
despite not playing much together, their understanding is still there, and it is a delight to see them putting/helping each other into good position..
with this pairing, they are fast cutting into the defense..
unsure whether SAF will prefer this or with berba where the ball is retained better...
Yea the football they play also more exciting.
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Originally posted by skythewood:
i mentioned defenders, not strikers or even midfielders... what has that got to do with defensive record? or you mean home record?
oh, I meant home record.. if I did not recall wrongly, fulham this season has improved defensively..
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Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:
their partnership is really better, can see tevez like back to himself and he gets to pass the ball to his teammates more often.
yesterday our upfront attackers of park, anderson, tevez and rooney all work well with each other. whenever they counter attack, can be quite scary to the opponents.
the way we play last night was damn solid, closing down on every fulham players, giving them no chance to look up and pass the ball to their teammates.
billion dollar question, will SAF use this pairing for the inter game??