Manchester United (Red Devils) | Special Thread

[mfarisayo]

 

[Ubumuntu]

Safi sana mfarisayo kwa mafotoz..

 

[kalou]

Kama kuna mapungufu kwa De Gea especially kuhusu uzoefu amekuja Valdes kumsaidia kwa hilo
nice move Van Gaal

 

[Wacha1]

Na hii Je?​

 

[lonewolf ranger]

Na hii Je?​

imefanyaje?

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

Manchester United v Southampton: probable starters in bold, contenders in light. Photograph: Guardian
Manchester United
Subs from Lindegaard, Valdés, Vermijl, Fellaini, Janko, Pereira, Blackett, McNair, Da Silva, Wilson, Shaw, Blind, Rojo, Herrera, Fletcher, Januzaj


Doubtful Blind (match fitness), Rojo (match fitness)

Injured Young (hamstring, 21 Feb)

Suspended None

Form WWDWDD

Discipline Y37 R3

Leading scorers Rooney, Van Persie 8

Southampton
Subs from K Davis, Gazzaniga, Cropper, Gardos, Yoshida, McCarthy, Targett, Ward-Prowse, Reed, McQueen, Isgrove, Elia, Gallagher, Elia

Doubtful Clyne (ankle), Gallagher (knee)

Injured Cork (ankle, 17 Jan), Mané (calf, 24 Jan), Rodriguez (knee, 31 Jan)

Suspended None

Unavailable Mayuka (Africa CN)

Form LLWWDW

Discipline Y30 R1

Leading scorer Pellè 8

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

Hii mechi tunachotaka ni pointi tatu.

 

[Kyaiyembe]

Tukipoteza pointi leo ni hasara kubwa sana!.

 

[Mndengereko]

Tukipoteza pointi leo ni hasara kubwa sana!.

Hatupotezi mkuu tunarecord nzuri sana match za hme ila furaha yangu ni kuona kocha hawapangi falcao na rvp pamoja

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

Teams are here!

Manchester United (5-3-2, 3-5-2, 4-4-2, 4-2-3-1): De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Jones, Shaw, Carrick, Di Maria, Blind, Mata, Rooney, Van Gaal Persie.

Subs: Evans, Herrera, Fellaini, Valdes, McNair, Blackett, Wilson.

Southampton (4-2-3-1 or so): Forster; Clyne, Fonte, Alderweireld, Bertrand; Wanyama, Schneiderlin; Steven Davis, Ward-Prowse, Elia; Pelle.

Subs: Kelvin Davis, Gardos, Long, Tadic, Isgrove, Reed, Targett.

 

[ARV]

Nimefuraji sana Felaini amerudi..lakini leo full mziki lazima wakae..

 

[palalisote]

Hii ni habari njema sana....asante

habari ya jumapili everlenk

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

It is delightful to see Valdes on the dugout. It gives us plenty of comfortable options but leaving Radamel out in the cold seems not smart.

Radamel has come to our rescue severally and at least should have been on the bench but the question at whose expense? Tough questions when Vangaal is spoilt with five playmakers and because of balance of the team he can only pick four of those creative masterclasses.

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

So it is okay to give him a rest and spare him the rigours of this game.

My prediction is UNITED 4-2 SOUTHAMPTON.

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

I expect an avalanche of goals. Southampton never packs buses and defend. This is why I anticipate a galore of goals in an entertaining match h

.watch pace and accuracy of passes key in winning the midfield battle and a match as well

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

So, what does it mean? Well, to begin with, Robin van Persie is a very lucky man. Having played well just once this season, and hardly at all since January 2013, an injury to Radamel Falcao means that he remains undropped. And Van Gaal was thinking about it too, saying on Friday “wait and see if he is in my line up”, “he is always in my line up, till now....now you have to wait and see”. He is.

Ander Herrera, on the other hand is not - despite paying £28-oddm for him just a few months ago, Van Gaal does not appear remotely convinced by his qualities. United’s best player last weekend, he is dropped this, for a bloke who’s not played since November, and is not at all dissimilar to another already all the side. Elsewhere, Jonny Evans is dropped for continuing uniform awfulness, Di Maria returns from the start, Valencia returns, and Fellaini is on the bench.

For Southampton, things are simpler. Their new signing, Elijero Elia, is preferred to Dusan Tadic, Nathaniel Clyne makes it, Jack Cork does not, and Sadio Mane is injured, not away with Senegal. Crucially, Morgan Schneiderlin, absent when the teams last met, is back and nicely grooved.

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

So it is official Radamel Falcao was dropped because of picking an injury. That is a double edged sword. On one hand, Falcao was beginning to click but on the other hand his qualities are now questioned for lack of consistency in fitness. How sad!

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

The managers say very little, though are asked very little. Van Gaal reckons it’s harder to pick a team with a lot of players available, but no one bothers to wonder what Falcao’s up to. We also don’t know who’s playing where.

Koeman wants pace upfront, and for Elia to get into the swing of things.

 

[Cathode Rays]

Go Man United

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

Email! “Looking at the team sheets I’m wondering if the two most tactically innovative managers in the league this year might both be playing four four two,” ponders Ben Wilkinson.

I’m not sure - it seems like United are going three at the back, with Blind next to Jones and Smalling. Have that, Daley. Southampton will start 4-2-3-1, I reckon, but I reckon the players will run around and stuff.