Two great games tonight with Real at United and Shakhtar at Dortmund. Tomorrow Celtic travel to Juventus. Both of tonight's matches start all square. Will Ronaldo come back to Old Trafford to wreck United hopes? Real have to attack so it should be a really open game. I'm going for a 2-1 Madrid win!
United will win tonight. Real aren't all that. Dortmund to narrowly beat Shakhtar, possibly on away goals. Celtic are boned.
Nor are United. Their midfield is not that good and Vidic isn't fully fit. Lopez, Ramos, Pepe, Varane, Contraeo, Alonso, Khedira, Ozil, Di Maria, Ronaldo, Benzema OR De Gea, Rafael, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Cleverley, Kagawa, Rooney, RVP. Lopez = De Gea, Ramos > Rafael, Pepe < Vidic, Varane = Ferdinand, Evra = Contraeo, Alonso >> Carrick, Khedira > Cleverley, Ozil > Valencia, Di Maria > Kagawa, Ronaldo > Rooney, RVP > Benzema. I think Alonso and Khedira will completely outrun United's midfield and Ronaldo will tear Rafael to shreds. I can't United progressing tonight, I really can't.
I don't think some of those players are quite as good as you're suggesting. There's no way Varane is as good as Ferdinand yet, and Evra is better than Coentrao. I also don't really rate Khedira or Di Maria that highly. Don't underestimate Kagawa or Valencia either, they make things happen.
has now been confirmed. Rooney and Kagawa are out, Giggs and Nani in. That's ludicrous from Ferguson.
That's, uh, wow. He's too good of a manager for little ol' me to criticize, but I'm really not sure what he is going for there. Not like they can expect to lump their way to a 0-0 match and advance on away goals.
That's mental. Rooney is a fantastic footballer but more importantly works his arse off. Ferguson must have identified a weakness that a player like Nani can exploit.
You never know what's going on in Fergie's head, but we should all know it would be stupid to criticize his team selections.
If United go through Tonight, Saints will play Reading on the Monday, if Madrid go through the Reading game is on the Saturday at 12:45. - tweet from a saints fan account. I hate monday night games.
Definitely. I'm just struggling to figure out the angle here. Looks like a 4-4-2, and my only guess is that he doesn't expect there to be much room through the center of the park, and wants a couple conventional wingers to provide supply for Welbeck/RVP up top.
Billy Sharp left out by Billy Davies again. Not even on the bench, and Forest have no striker on the bench. He's not injured, or suspended. Lots of Forest fans think Billy is done with them and will be coming back to Saints this summer.
