Sep 14
Everton vs Reds: Preview
United visit Everton after a very long international break - which really seemed to go on for ages - and face a tough game at Goodison Park. The Blues are having a very good season, even on points with Liverpool. A win for us would send us to the top of the table - for exactly 45 minutes (at least!) - before Liverpool play Portsmouth.
For us, Fletcher and O’Shea appear certain injury casualties. Both picked them up on international duty. Otherwise, the return of Ronaldo and Saha to our starting line-up would be the best thing to happen to our side in a long while. Tevez should start alongside Saha but I wonder if the long trip from Australia - where the Argies played them in a friendly - would have any bearing on his fitness. We’ll have to wait and see.
Gary Neville continues his rehabilitation as he hopes to return for the Chelsea game, while Rooney would want to be back, at least on the bench, by then.
Goodison Park promises to be a tricky venue for us and in Yakubu lies a familiar tormentor. The Nigerian has managed to nick goals past us for Boro. Him and Andrew Johnson would keep our defence quite busy. Arteta would be their creative influence, and in Joleon Lescott, they have an in-form player.
We have an early kick off, while Rafa Benitez has shot his mouth off about overhauling the schedule and complaining about early kick-offs, especially after international games. To be fair, he does have a point though. The international games are a major evil during a season and surely FIFA could do something about their scheduling. Although I am not really well-placed to suggest a concrete alternative. At the moment though, clubs have to deal with it and stop complaining.
Back to the game, we expect a pretty well-fought game.
Prediction: United to win 2-1 (Saha and Ronaldo to score.) United to just nick the win.
Anyway, it’s nice to see the lads back in action, and hopefully those of you hibernating during the break would be back to our comment threads in full swing with your rants! 
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Tags: Game Preview
September 14th, 2007 at 11:46
Cant wait for tommorrow coz two reason one is pretty obvious second i’ll be upgrading my cpu 2morrow.
Dual core baby
Just cant hide the excitement
September 14th, 2007 at 12:51
With Saha and Ronaldo back on the pitch, it’s only natural to expect a victory.
(Actually I always predict UTD to win;)
The question is will we start to score more goals, like last season.
September 14th, 2007 at 13:14
lets do it boys. big match but our squad just excites me. great news bout wazza. lets do it. where can i watch it tho?
September 14th, 2007 at 15:01
Hopefully the win will be more than two goals.
I am tired of this petty one nil wins like the chelsea ones
Tommorrow guys
September 14th, 2007 at 15:01
First time we have a full forward line fit. I’m very excited.
Just hope that Tevez can finally get off the mark.
September 14th, 2007 at 20:49
you forgot to mention that they have phil neville
September 14th, 2007 at 22:40
winning by one nil may not be a great result but we are still getting the 3 points, and frankly thats all i care about, getting more wins under our belts
September 14th, 2007 at 23:13
this is gna be a good game to watch.. everton has been playing well so far, enjoyed their performance against spurs. very organised and tight at the back, with a good and skillful midfield to compliment the forwards. arteta’s the man to watch!
hope united fields a fast attacking side, i’d fancy carrick and scholes back in midfield. (i personally feel carrick should continue partnering scholes at the time being. he’s combination with scholes was brillant last season so i dont see a reason why he cant continue that. as for hargo, yes he’s a quality player, but united needs more attacking instincts now, good vision and passing and starting attacks from our own half. so i’d fancy carrick over hargo at the moment.
ronaldo’s gotta start with nani, however we can bet on giggs starting with ronaldo instead. i dont mind that, so long as he improves by 100000x since the first few games of the season. if not, i see nani replacing him on the left side for the run of the season.
September 15th, 2007 at 5:10
Will NANI start?
September 15th, 2007 at 8:26
If Hargreaves is ready, I see this as a probable starting lineup:
VDS
Brown Rio Vidic Evra
HArgo Carrick
Scholes
Ronaldo Tevez
Saha
Without Hargo, it’s more like this:
VDS
Brown Rio Vidic Evra
Ronaldo Carrick Scholes Nani
Saha Tevez