: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:14 pm  

flipper wrote:

Evra cost about 5.5m btw

or in other words half a Wayne Bridge.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:15 pm  

Uniteds squad does indeed look thin at the back


Man Utd squad: Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, Ferdinand, Evra, O'Shea, Evans, Fabio, Eckersley, Giggs, Park, Carrick, Nani, Scholes, Possebon, Gibson, Fletcher, Ronaldo, Rooney, Berbatov, Tevez, Welbeck

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:18 pm  

MrPhilb wrote: Uniteds squad does indeed look thin at the back Man Utd squad: Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, Ferdinand, Evra, O'Shea, Evans, Fabio, Eckersley, Giggs, Park, Carrick, Nani, Scholes, Possebon, Gibson, Fletcher, Ronaldo, Rooney, Berbatov, Tevez, Welbeck Berbatov to sweeper

MrPhilb wrote: Uniteds squad does indeed look thin at the back Man Utd squad: Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, Ferdinand, Evra, O'Shea, Evans, Fabio, Eckersley, Giggs, Park, Carrick, Nani, Scholes, Possebon, Gibson, Fletcher, Ronaldo, Rooney, Berbatov, Tevez, Welbeck Berbatov to sweeper

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:51 pm  

hope spurs do rugby league a favour by beating hull $hitty tonight

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:00 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

EE, do you honestly think Evra could play centre back?

As an emergency, yes.

Do you expect Michael Ball to play centre-half and Elano as RB? They did. They had to. United should just deal with it. thety are not the only team who has had selection problems due to injuries

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:00 pm  

flipper wrote:

or in other words half a Wayne Bridge.

Or in other words, about a 5th of Veron

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:01 pm  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 906404.stm Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has queried the regulations surrounding Andrey Arshavin's exclusion from the Champions League last-16 match against Roma. The Russia forward is cup-tied having played for Zenit St Petersburg in earlier rounds of the competition. "The logic is not obvious - he played for a team that cannot play in the competition anymore," Wenger said ahead of Tuesday's first leg. "But we cannot complain because we knew that when we bought him." What a moron.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 906404.stm Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has queried the regulations surrounding Andrey Arshavin's exclusion from the Champions League last-16 match against Roma. The Russia forward is cup-tied having played for Zenit St Petersburg in earlier rounds of the competition. "The logic is not obvious - he played for a team that cannot play in the competition anymore," Wenger said ahead of Tuesday's first leg. "But we cannot complain because we knew that when we bought him." What a moron.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:04 pm  

Enfield Exile wrote:

As an emergency, yes.

Do you expect Michael Ball to play centre-half and Elano as RB? They did. They had to. United should just deal with it. thety are not the only team who has had selection problems due to injuries

I know but surely a midfielder like Carrick or Fletcher would play centre half over Evra, he's what, 5ft 6 or something? I know Cordoba's small but he has terrific leap and over a decade of experience at centre back.

When did Ball play centre back? Not doubting it or anything, I just can't recall when he played there.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:14 pm  

O'Shea will play, done it in Rome he'll do it in Milan.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:18 pm  

Saint Stevo wrote:

At least you've got a team

We're in trouble if Arteta is out for a while, especially with no Yakubu and Pienaar and Osman still out.

If Moyes gets this team 6th with Arteta gone, he's Manager of the Year, doesn't matter what Fergie wins.

Edit: He's gone until August at least, Afroman needs a hell of a run-in now.

The only saving grace is that the fixture list is kind, apart from a Stamford Bridge visit, but it looks like the FA Cup dream is over. With 6 points over the chasing pack, hopefully 6th will be secured, and with it, UEFA Cup, assuming one of the top 5 win the FA Cup, or Man U beat Spurs.