Bad feeling about this game, our backline is decimated at the moment, but CM is where we might struggle. Will take any kind of result if you offered it me now. I expect:
------------Da Gea
Smalling - Jones - Vidic - Evra
Nani-Anderson-Fletcher-Young
--------Rooney-Welbeck------
Interesting that I should come on here to read this post from a United fan! I just came on to say that I had changed my mind since yestersday, and after looking at how United are most likely to line up, I felt that midfield is where this game is there for the taking from us... In my United team I had Rio CB with Jones at RB, no Smalling, and I had Hernandez partnering Rooney up front, not Welbeck, but the same basic principles still apply - 442, with Fletcher and Anderson centre mid
I proposed yesterday that we play 442 as i felt that Carroll merited keeping his place in the team, more so than Adam definitely, but I really think we should play 451/4231 now, ala:
Reina
Kelly Carragher Agger Enrique
Lucas Adam
Kuyt Gerrard Downing
Suarez
Bench: Doni, Johnson, Skrtel, Spearing, Henderson, Bellamy, Carroll
That midfield triangle of Lucas, Adam and Gerrard will allow us to control the game, yet i don't see going 451 at home to United as negative, coz like i said, you can just as easily call it 4231 as I have set it out above... I believe Downing is interchangeable for Bellamy, or even Maxi, but whoever the 4 personel, the fluidity, the creativity and the quick passing football between those 4 would be just a potent as United's front 4