EPL : Manchester United vs Charlton - Feb 10th
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EPL : Manchester United vs Charlton
With Edwin Van Der Sar out, can Charlton take this chance and score against Man Utd?
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Saturday, Feb 10th. 10.55PM. LIVE on ESPN! -
tat Polish Gk looks shaky to me
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2-1 !
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Please make the scoreline convincing.. 2-0 win.
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3-0.
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aiyo, give them 1 goal due to new keeper lo..
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the polish saved a penalty on his debut, but was unable to do anything to prevent a gunners win at OT.
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2-0 to Utd
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3-1 win ! goals are realli flying in all over the place. Kuszczak still looks kan chong whenever he plays.
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Put O'Shea in goal la. Anyway, this looks like a 3-0 victory for United to me.
Cheers.
C.K -
Arsenal won at the 80 something minutes, no injury time winner.Originally posted by iceFatboy:the polish saved a penalty on his debut, but was unable to do anything to prevent a gunners win at OT. -
Dear Sexy, OT - Old Trafford.Originally posted by SexyChin:Arsenal won at the 80 something minutes, no injury time winner. -
Come on people.. have some faith in Kuzsaczk!!
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we will if he gives commanding displays at the back
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yea Kucz still look shaky to me as well..lack of confidence maybe...? anyway this is his chance to prove to SAF he'sgotwhat it takes when VDS retires or leaves OT. we still have our back four and the midfield and lethal forwards upfront for this game..
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but to be fair, man utd is a big club. the pressure is certainly there
and GKs' mistakes are usually very obvious. strikers can miss open goals but if keepers miss the ball ala taibi, the keeper will be condemned to death whereas the open goal miss is overlooked. -
Rooney tempted by Ferguson's holiday offer
Wayne Rooney faces a race to be fit for Manchester UnitedÂ’s Barclays Premiership match against Charlton Athletic at Old Trafford tomorrow.
The forward was expected to be fit after pulling out of the England squad for the midweek friendly defeat by Spain with a back problem, but Sir Alex Ferguson will check the 21-year-oldÂ’s fitness today and again tomorrow morning before deciding whether to field him against Charlton.
Rooney is suspended for UnitedÂ’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at home to Reading a week tomorrow, having picked up his fifth yellow card of the season during SundayÂ’s 4-0 victory away to Tottenham Hotspur. Ferguson has toyed with the idea of giving the forward time off before the away leg of the Champions League tie against Lille on February 20, as he did with Cristiano Ronaldo recently, but the final decision is likely to rest with Rooney.
Tomasz Kuszczak, United’s Poland goalkeeper, will deputise against Charlton and Reading after Edwin van der Sar revealed that he is only ready to resume light training after breaking his nose against Tottenham on Sunday. “A couple of weeks and I’ll be fit,” Van der Sar said. “I don’t know when I will be back in the team. I’m going to see how it goes when I do my first physical training session — I want to make sure I’m 100 per cent.”
Van der Sar’s injury has coincided with the England debut of Ben Foster, the goalkeeper who is expected to challenge the Dutchman for his place at Old Trafford next season. Foster has yet to play for United, having spent 18 months on loan at Watford since signing from Stoke City in a £1.2 million deal in July 2005, but he will return to United in the summer.
United are scheduled to pay Stoke £250,000 when Foster makes a first competitive appearance for England and an additional £500,000 after his fifth. Further appearances and success could increase the final fee to £3 million. -
Rooney Fit To Face Addicks
Wayne Rooney has been passed fit for Manchester United's Barclays Premiership clash with Charlton at Old Trafford. Rooney missed England's midweek defeat to Spain with a hip injury but came through training on Thursday and should be in Sir Alex Ferguson's starting XI.
Goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak will also start as Edwin van der Sar has been ruled out with a broken nose. John O'Shea (ankle) is out, while Michael Carrick (groin) and Cristiano Ronaldo (heavy cold) are both minor doubts.
Charlton manager Alan Pardew will not risk striker Darren Bent. The England international has recently resumed training after a knee injury but is not ready for a first-team return, so Marcus Bent is expected to continue in a lone striker role.
Luke Young (knee), Herman Hreidarsson (knee), Andy Reid (hamstring) and Talal El Karkouri (suspended) are also ruled out, but Pardew will hand debuts to two of his new signings, Alexandre Song and Madjid Bougherra.
Teams
Manchester United : Kuszczak, Heaton, Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Silvestre, Evra, Heinze, Ronaldo, Park, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Fletcher, Richardson, Rooney, Saha, Larsson, Solskjaer.
Charlton : Carson, Sankofa, Bougherra, Song, Thatcher, Rommedahl, Kishishev, Faye, Diawara, Holland, Hughes, Thomas, Hasselbaink, M Bent, Ambrose, Myhre. -
looking lively for us!
GO UNITED!! GO PARK!! -
2-0 to us
Park and Fletcher scored in either half with headers if im nt wrong.. -
Hmm, i was expecting more than just 2-0 win. Looks like United really depended alot on Ronaldo's run and Carrick's laser-like passes.
Yesterday's match was frankly, a disaster. Fletcher was practically out of radar before he scored that goal. Park plays like a headless co,ckroach. Neville(as always) and Evra looks vulnerable at the back. Giggs and Scholes kept losing possession needlessly. Rooney was just jogging around the field. Even the reliable Vidic was caught in sudden lapse of concentration - Ferdinand-effect?
Credit to Charlton. Their consistant pressing forced United to abandon their famed passing game.
However, a win is a win. Glory glory Man United~
Cheers.
C.K -
Originally posted by Spica:2-0 to Utd
Kuzsaczk had a goal-free record for this game! Kudos!!
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the best player was the keeper..
even scholes was found wanting...
it seems that our plays were as lousy as the field.