man utd line up 2011/12 General Chat & Starting X1 Thread

papiss dog · **Posted:** 12 Jul 2011, 10:09

back 5 anyone??

Tadpole · **Joined:** Wed Jul 22 2009 **Posts:** 658

Rafael Vidic Ferdinand Evra

Expect Ferdinand to be rested with Jones & Smalling available.

Rafael could be the decent buy, with Brown & OShea gone.

murf · **Posted:** 13 Jul 2011, 17:08

Tadpole wrote:

Rafael could be the decent buy, with Brown & OShea gone.

Old man Neville too.

Seems a weak link for United still. I can't see Rafael playing (twice) every week.

chandler · **Joined:** Fri Aug 06 2010 **Posts:** 1154

Fabio was getting alot of minutes towards the end of last season wasn't he? Or was that just when Rafael was injured?

wabu · **Posted:** 19 Jul 2011, 08:28

New Man Utd Away kit (similar to the 10/11 Chelsea home kit?) http://www.fantasyfootballexpert.co.uk/2011/07/manutd/manchester-united-20112012-away-shirt-pics/

Welsh-Wizard · **Posted:** 19 Jul 2011, 23:51

De Gea
Rafael Vidic Rio Evra

Fabio tends to play left back but does sometimes fill in the right back slot. Rafael has played around twice as many games as his twin though if that's anything to go by.

marxist · **Posted:** 21 Jul 2011, 16:29

--------------De Gea--------------

Rafael--Ferdinand---Vidic-----Evra

--------Carrick----Anderson------

Valencia------Rooney-------Young

------------Hernandez-------------

Nani, Berbatov and Fletcher will be part of a rotation system amongst wingers, strikers and CMs respectively.

chandler · **Joined:** Fri Aug 06 2010 **Posts:** 1154

I didn't know we had a psychic among us? :lol:

timetogetfit · **Joined:** Wed Jul 21 2010 **Posts:** 270

valencia picked up an injury so i think nani will start the season ahead of him , i also expect sneijder to start ahead of anderson, failing that another new midfielder, linked with erikson

Knulpuk · **Posted:** 22 Jul 2011, 09:39

Hatrick for Rooney yesterday.

Hardly the toughest opponents - nevertheless...

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 18319.html

marxist · **Posted:** 22 Jul 2011, 11:18

chandler wrote:

I didn't know we had a psychic among us? :lol:

I have a crystal ball and everything.

sleuth · **Joined:** Sun Apr 03 2011 **Posts:** 2549

timetogetfit wrote:

valencia picked up an injury so i think nani will start the season ahead of him , i also expect sneijder to start ahead of anderson, failing that another new midfielder, linked with erikson

Didn't know Sneijder had even signed.

marxist · **Posted:** 22 Jul 2011, 11:32

sleuth wrote:

timetogetfit wrote:

valencia picked up an injury so i think nani will start the season ahead of him , i also expect sneijder to start ahead of anderson, failing that another new midfielder, linked with erikson

Didn't know Sneijder had even signed.

He must have the deluxe crystal ball. Mine is tesco savers.

Elvis77 · **Posted:** 26 Jul 2011, 07:24

Where's Fletcher in the line up guys?

sleuth · **Joined:** Sun Apr 03 2011 **Posts:** 2549

Still looking for Schnieder, perhaps the shark ate him afterall.

jonhoggy · **Posted:** 26 Jul 2011, 13:11

I'm torn so am awaiting Community Shield for clues to SAFs preferred XI.

bikosp · **Joined:** Tue Jul 27 2010 **Posts:** 46

Phil Jones played rb last night and did very well. Seeing how versatile he is(RB, CB, DM), is it not possible he will have played more minutes than Rafael at the end of the season?

Neath boy · **Posted:** 28 Jul 2011, 16:28

It's a valid question to which we will have little clue until at least the Charity Shield match. I had earmarked Rafael for a number of my 8 teams after the departure of O'Shea and Brown, but will be forced to reconsider.

Question marks over all the main defensive forces this year.

Neath boy · **Posted:** 28 Jul 2011, 16:33

Jones and his versatility-an O'Shea?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ility.html

marxist · **Posted:** 28 Jul 2011, 23:54

Neath boy wrote:

It's a valid question to which we will have little clue until at least the Charity Shield match. I had earmarked Rafael for a number of my 8 teams after the departure of O'Shea and Brown, but will be forced to reconsider.

Question marks over all the main defensive forces this year.

Yeah, this is a concern, but I'd still expect Rafael to be first choice at RB. Looking at SAF's comments I get the impression that he's pleased at Jones' capacity to act as cover for this position. I'm actually more concerned with Fabio.

blahblah · **Posted:** 28 Jul 2011, 23:59

The Mirror are strongly hinting that De Gea's position is under threat from Anders Lindthing :lol:

Achiles74 · **Posted:** 29 Jul 2011, 00:27

blahblah wrote:

The Mirror are strongly hinting that De Gea's position is under threat from Anders Lindthing :lol:

I really don't thin De Gea is cut out for the Prem. He is not that bulky a goalkeeper and looks very weak under crosses.
Could be a problem area for Man Utd this year.

pokermad · **Posted:** 29 Jul 2011, 22:20

Van Der Sar was hardly bulky!

blahblah · **Posted:** 29 Jul 2011, 22:27

But could speak English :wink:

chandler · **Joined:** Fri Aug 06 2010 **Posts:** 1154

blahblah wrote:

But could speak English :wink:

blahblah, we both know that the mirror is just trying to start a story, and De Gea will definitely be the number 1 keeper for Man Utd next season

blahblah · **Posted:** 29 Jul 2011, 23:06

Yes, we do :wink:

Yaya Velociraptoure · **Joined:** Thu Jul 28 2011 **Posts:** 42

My opinion, we'll start the season with --

de Gea

Rafael
Ferdinand
Vidic
Evra

Nani
Carrick
Anderson
Young

Rooney
Berbatov*

*Very much dependent on Berbatov staying, which is still a bit up in the air. If he goes, I fancy Welbeck to start.

SUBS:
Lindegaard, Fabio, Smalling, Jones/Cleverley, Park, Giggs, Welbeck. Or Owen/Macheda (toss a coin) if Berbatov goes.

Valencia and Hernandez will be eased in over the first few weeks. Fletcher needs reserve games. I fear for Evans Utd career.

shawpower · **Posted:** 09 Aug 2011, 09:42

I kind of agree with everyone here about that back 5. 4 of them are nailed on, with RB the only one in doubt. I had assumed Rafael was going to start there, and have him in my FPL team at a bargain 5.5m. But I'm getting more worried the closer we get. Didn't start on Sunday, and I've read reports in the papers (Sunday Times I think) about Fabio actually being more likely to get the nod after his good performances there last season...

Bottom line is that I think the low price is an accurate reflection of the doubt over whether he'll actually be a starter in over 50% of games.

FF_Loser · **Joined:** Thu Jul 14 2011 **Posts:** 57

Does anyone know if Berbatov will be starting?

plasticninja · **Posted:** 26 Aug 2011, 14:23

Anderson has looked pretty decent of late is he now the main man in CM?

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