Carling Cup Semi-Final - Derby vs Manchester United

last SG · 2009-01-08T09:48:18+00:00

I don't think the future is going to be any different... Players, like most people are either left footed of right... Its not going to change... Most of us...

zocoss SG

DERBY COUNTY vs MANCHESTER UNITED

Man Utd squad:

Ben Foster, Tomasz Kuszczak,

Gary Woods, Tom Cleverley, Fabio, Rafael, Richard Eckersley, Jonathan Evans, David Gray, Gary Neville, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic.

Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Darron Gibson, Ryan Giggs, Sam Hewson, Nani, Anderson, Ji-Sung Park, Rodrigo Possebon, Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes.

Dimitar Berbatov, Manucho, Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez, Danny Welbeck.

Not expecting too many 1st team players to play in this as Fergie may rest them for their meeting with Chelsea on Sunday...

zocoss SG

As if they have not enough matches, now got another FA cup match against Spurs added in on the 24th... Really almost every 3 days one match man... No time for rest...

4 Southampton v Man United (A) - (FA Cup 3rd rd)

7 Derby v Man United (A) - (Carling Cup 1st leg)

11 Man United v Chelsea (H)

14 Man United v Wigan (H) - (Replacement for Postponed match)

17 Bolton v Man United (A)

20 Man United v Derby (H) - (Carling Cup 2nd leg)

24 Man United v Tottenham (H) - (FA Cup 4th Rd)

27 West Brom v Man United (A)

zocoss SG

Man Utd really this season like fated to meet Spurs again and again... Spurs are in the other semi-final of the Carling cup against Burnley which they should get pass... Then Meet United in the Final... lol

Daniel Levy is going to be so pissed off if United and Berbatov manage to put his side out of both cups...

Dead_Man_Inc SG

woah! we have 8 matches to play this month!

Sienx SG

fk la so many crammed fixtures..

zocoss SG

However, he was due to resume training with the Red Devils on Monday and is in line to figure in the first leg of the semi-final in midweek.

"Carlos will be back in training on Monday and he'll be involved on Wednesday," United boss Sir Alex Ferguson told MUTV.

Tevez has been instrumental in United's wins over QPR and Blackburn Rovers in the previous two rounds and is expected to start at Pride Park.

Ferguson will largely select from the same squad which overcame Southampton 3-0 in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.

He added: "It'll be virtually the same squad [that travelled to Southampton]. I might leave out one or two, but it'll be more or less the same group of players."

gigabyte14 SG

0-4

zocoss SG

Finally Wes Brown could make a comeback on 17 or 20 Jan... I think United have missed him.

Pitot SG

this is also chicken feat. really.

omgukilledkenny SG

Time for Manucho's first start...

omgukilledkenny SG

Nigel Clough has left Burton to become the new manager of Derby.

The 42-year-old former Nottingham Forest star has left Burton after 10 years to take up a new challenge with the Championship strugglers.

Clough, whose father Brian steered Derby to the League title in 1972, leaves Burton with the club at the top of the Blue Square Premier.

Derby, who are still in the Carling Cup, have been without a manager since Paul Jewell left on 28 December.

Pitot SG

wah lao i thought today. can go sleep liao.

omgukilledkenny SG

sian if its today, i got behind enemy lines to kill time.

zocoss SG

My guess for tonight's match should be fewer first team players...

Man Utd squad:

Ben Foster

Rafael, O'Shea, Evans, Fabio

Nani, Gibson, Possebon, Park

Tevez, Welbeck

SUB:

Kuszczak, Ferdinand, Vidic, Fletcher, Giggs, Manucho, Rooney,

zocoss SG

Maybe Tosic may be given a chance to play tonight who knows...

Pitot SG

will fabio even feature on the bench?

Tosic too fast la dont even have squad number? haha

Pitot SG

LOL, tosic confirmed number 14

sand king SG

Ben Foster

Rafael, O'Shea, Evans, Rafael (.. oh wait its Fabio... sorry ar look the same)

Nani, Gibson, Possebon, Park

Manucho, Welbeck

sand king SG

Nemanja Vidic insists Manchester United's lengthy Carling Cup campaign is a help rather than a hindrance. United head to Derby County on Wednesday for the first leg of a semi-final that means every January midweek is filled with competitive action. "This is not a distraction," Vidic said. "We want to win. We have a big squad, so we need a lot of games to keep everyone fit. This is an important time of the season. Injuries can happen at any time - which is why we need everyone to be ready when the big games come around. We also know there is a trophy at the end of it. Maybe the Carling Cup is not as big as the Premier League or even the FA Cup. But it is still a trophy, which is what Manchester United thrives on. We are in the semi-finals now, so there will be no messing about."

omgukilledkenny SG

Foster's finger heal liao ar?