FA CUP - Man United vs Aston Villa
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ENGLISH FA CUP - "Road To Wembley"
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ManUnited vs Aston Villa
Ch 24 - 10:00 pm - (Live)
Henrik Larsson is expected to make his debut for Manchester United after joining the club on loan, partnering Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in attack.
Tomasz Kuszczak will make his fourth appearance of the season, replacing Edwin van der Sar in goal.
Aston Villa skipper Gareth Barry will return after suspension but Olof Mellberg serves a one-match ban.
With Thomas Sorensen still injured, Villa have been given permission to play on-loan keeper Gabor Kiraly.
Manchester United: Kuszczak, Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Silvestre, Evra, Heinze, Ronaldo, Park, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, O'Shea, Giggs, Richardson, Rooney, Solskjaer, Larsson, Heaton.
Aston Villa : Kiraly, Olejnik, Hughes, Cahill, Ridgewell, Bouma, Agbonlahor, Petrov, Davis, McCann, Barry, Osbourne, Gardner, Angel, Baros, Samuel, Whittingham, Agathe, Djemba-Djemba. -
man to win by 2 goals
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'I HAVE A CUNNING PLAN'
FA CUP 3rd RND DAY
MARTIN O'NEILL ON HOW VILLA WILL STOP RONALDO & FERGIE..
BLACKADDER fan Martin O'Neill last night revealed Aston Villa have "a cunning plan" to stop Manchester United sensation Cristiano Ronaldo tomorrow - but admitted it could prove futile.
Villa boss O'Neill and his team witnessed Ronaldo's devastating form this term first-hand when the Portuguese winger scored twice in United's 3-0 victory at Villa Park two weeks ago. Now O'Neill has a top-secret scheme to try and contain Ronaldo, 21, in their FA Cup tie at Old Trafford ahead of Villa's return visit to United in the league a week today.
O'Neill is a lover of Rowan Atkinson's comedy classic character Blackadder, whose sidekick Baldrick was never short of a clever way of dealing with a problem.
Ronaldo, who has 14 goals this term, has been so impressive he is hot favourite to scoop the PFA Player of the Year accolade. And O'Neill admitted Ronaldo's skill and ability is so imperious, Villa's attempts to shackle the star might well be a waste of time.
"We have a cunning plan to stop Ronaldo, hatched by Baldrick," smiled O'Neill. "It would be very hard to stifle Ronaldo for 90 minutes and not give him a chance at goal or a chance to play the correct ball.
"I always think great players have the ability to extricate themselves from being man-marked and they only need little moments of genius to decide games. "You can still have some sort of plan, though, which we have but executing that plan is the hard part."
O'Neill believes the star's recent display against Villa showed he has matured enormously since he first arrived in England as a teenager in a £12.2million deal from Sporting Lisbon in August 2003. He added: "Ronaldo showed against us he is not only a crowd pleaser but a great player." -
will villa cause an upset
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Man Utd win: mcfadden, dragg, felirox, anhydrouscoppersulphate, stevenliew, zocoss, a-Lost-9uY, mathirrahim, used.
Aston Villa win: SBS9828X
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back2back games for them same goes to Pool Arsenal..
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Yeah... so unusual...Originally posted by a-Lost-9uY:back2back games for them same goes to Pool Arsenal..
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last min goal by the super sub!!!!
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it's the show of 2 very experienced players
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Man U smoked thru once again..
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thats manchester united for you...
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our scandinavian veterans!
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kiraly why u........... -
oh they planned to stop ronaldo alright. but not larsson and solskjaer.
cheers to the scandinavians!
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You're my Solskjaer, My only Solskjaer.
You make me Happy when skies are grey.
Cheers.
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wa not bad larsson scored. and old sol saves the day
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the baby face assassin done it once again
everytime he come on as a late sub and his 1st shot will usually result in a goal for every game this season i have seen
except for one where by Man Utd Lost To Arch Rival Arsenal 0 - 1
where Jens.L save a excellent effort by the baby face assassin -
HENRIK LARSSON scored on his Manchester United debut to leave boss Alex Ferguson claiming: “He can be just like Eric Cantona.”
The Swede, 35, broke the deadlock at Old Trafford and sub Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hit a last-gasp winner to knock Villa out in a dramatic FA Cup third-round clash. Fergie said: “Henrik has always scored goals and some of them have been crucial.
“Eric Cantona was like that here as well. Henrik could have scored two or three goals and his movement was terrific. “The goal summed him up perfectly, there was no drawback for the shot.”
Villa boss Martin O’Neill, who managed Larsson for four years at Celtic, is also a fully paid-up member of the striker’s fan club. O’Neill said: “People said he would only score in Scotland but I always knew he could score in any league he chose. “He has gone on to show that and he is always capable of scoring goals.”
Larsson said: “I hope that is my first goal of many for the club. It was a great occasion and fantastic to score.” United received a further boost last night when Helsingborgs, Larsson’s Swedish club, said they would be happy for him to extend his planned three-month loan spell at Old Trafford. Their chairman Sten-Inge Fredin said: “It’s up to Henrik. If he wants to stay then we’ll open that discussion with United. We will not stand in his way.”
Villa keeper Gabor Kiraly was inconsolable after his late blunder allowed SolskjaerÂ’s shot to slide under him after Milan Baros had equalised for the Midlanders.
O’Neill said: “Gabor is distraught. “It is such a shame because we had played our best football to get back level. “Gabor had done well up until then and made some good saves.”
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did anyone notice the way ferdinand celebrate a goal is very exaggerating?
he likes to pull people's jersey, hair, head and then start shouting.
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Rio And Rooney is the most noisy and trouble maker type in the dressing roomOriginally posted by dragg:did anyone notice the way ferdinand celebrate a goal is very exaggerating?
he likes to pull people's jersey, hair, head and then start shouting.
you can see all his facial muscles contracting.
that what Micheal Carrick say And he further add on that fortunately for him Rio Ferdinard Never Ti-Siao / Disturb Him That Much -
another game when missed chances almost came back to haunt them
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Lol ya he's the enthu joker type la..he even hosted a show thats like candid camera for england footballers a while agoOriginally posted by ghimpheng:Rio And Rooney is the most noisy and trouble maker type in the dressing room
that what Micheal Carrick say And he further add on that fortunately for him Rio Ferdinard Never Ti-Siao / Disturb Him That Much -
His brother anton celebrate same way as him izzit?Originally posted by dragg:did anyone notice the way ferdinand celebrate a goal is very exaggerating?
he likes to pull people's jersey, hair, head and then start shouting.
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henrik larssoooooooooooooooooooooooon!!!