United Vs Charlton (Sat 10/02/07 - 15:00)

[Rais.n.Hell]

bradfordmanc said:

is van der sar out??

Hopefully not. I rather have him start and may be then go out at half time.

[Busby Boy]

I forgot about his injury, the images of Sheasy in goal have messed up my head

Kuszczak in goal then.

[andoverred]

VDS will be out for at least another week I would have thought. He should return against Fulham.

Kuszczak should be fine against Charlton and Reading at OT.

I reckon that SAF will rotate again for the next 2 games. Expect to see Saha and Park start against Charlton.

Let's hope the Charlton game is far better than the last game (Engerland) played at OT.

[Sky Sports 1]

Van Der Sar is out for 2 weeks so he misses Charlton, Reading and first leg against Lille although he is supposedly targetting Lille to come back

[Busby Boy]

Watching anybody is better than watching England..

[rollinred]

I reckon Sir Alex should put John O'Shea Given in goal again. ;D

At times against Spurs I still don't think we played that well so this game against Charlton should be a perfect sharpener. Charlton aren't as tricky and thorny as they used to be under Curbishley but we have to guard against taking them too lightly. Put them to bed early and send another message out to the Chavs from Stamford Bridge.

[Tatty]

We should play our strongest team in as many games as possible. Imagine how gutted we'd be if we drew and Chelsea dropped points too.

[tomo]

'Larsson is expected to start on Saturday when United look to maintain their six-point lead at the Premiership summit against relegation-threatened Charlton at Old Trafford.

Rooney is a doubt after being ruled out of England's friendly with Spain after suffering an injury at Tottenham last week, although with Louis Saha now back in action after a minor knock, Ferguson still has plenty of striking options available.'

A bit of early team news. Rooney's suspended for the Reading game as well, so it could be a nice rest for him. We've yet to see a Larsson-Saha partnership yet (they played at Tottenham together but it was more like a Saha-Giggs up front with Larsson on the left wing).

[superparky13]

Well v.d.sar is out so i'd say

Kuszczak
Neville
Evra
Vidic
Rio
Ronaldo
Park
O'Shea
Scholes
Rooney
Saha

[A-t-S]

another 4 - 0 would do ... for the third game running

[aussiegraham (Ret.)]

tatty said:

We should play our strongest team in as many games as possible. Imagine how gutted we'd be if we drew and Chelsea dropped points too.

Equally gutted if we drew and they won

[missunited]

superparky13 said:

Sir Alex Ferguson has a number of injury concerns ahead of the Premiership clash with Charlton at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Edwin van der Sar is definitely out after breaking his nose in the victory at Tottenham last Sunday. Tomasz Kuszczak will deputise, with Reserves' stopper Tom Heaton likely to be on the bench.

John O'Shea - who took over in goal from van der Sar for the final ten minutes at White Hart Lane - is also unavailable after picking up an ankle knock whilst on international duty for the Republic of Ireland earlier this week.

Michael Carrick (groin) and Cristiano Ronaldo (head cold) should hopefully be fit to face the Addicks, while Wane Rooney has recovered from the hip injury which forced him off after an hour against Spurs.

[danishred]

Im sure that Ronaldo with a head cold is still better than whoever would take his place

[roonaldo]

Going to Old Trafford for the game tomorrow - my first game at Old Trafford so hopefully itll be a comfortable win.

If Ronaldo gets 2 more goals he becomes the all time top scoring midfielder in the Premiership - ahead of Fat Frank.

[Sky Sports 1]

roonaldo said:

If Ronaldo gets 2 more goals he becomes the all time top scoring midfielder in the Premiership - ahead of Fat Frank.

Are you sure of that?
Thats quite an achievement for someone his age, he's got ages to make it happen as well, must be around about Scholes' premiership mark as well.