Rene Muelensteen returns to Old Trafford once again but this time with Fulham. Both the teams have a battle in hand for sure. Fulham is fighting to avoid relegation and on the other hand Man Utd's pride is at stake. Manchester United are lying 7th in the premier league table 10 points adrift of the Champions league places but do have a game in hand. Last week the trinity of Rooney Mata and RVP started the fixture at Stoke but lost 2-1. Thus piling more pressure on David Moyes.
In these circumstances this game would prove crucial for the Red Devils as they cannot afford any more slip ups. With the announcement by Nemanja Vidic that he is not going to be in United for the next season has piled on more misery. Fulham game looks easy but United will go into the fixture keeping in mind mid week fixture against Arsenal at the Emirates. Thus we don't expect a full strength line up today. But Fulham alongside United had a great transfer window. They acquired the services of Mitrogolou and Holtby along with Clint Dempsey. Thus it is not going to be easy three points for United. With due respect to all the players I think David Moyes has tried different formations like the 4-4-2 and the 4-2-3-1 none of which has really flourished. It is so because the wingers haven't lived up to their expectations. Antonio Valencia has not been consistent. He has just played in patches. Same has been the case with Ashley Young. Nani hasn't yet got chance to show his quality and class because of injuries this season. Thus it is better to go with a formation of 4-3-3 and go all out attack because we have to win most of the matches from here on. With wingers not providing much help 4-3-3 will be liberating experience for the Reds which will give them the liberty to go all out attack.
My Predicted line up for United keeping in mind the mid week fixture against Arsenal.
Formation 4-3-3
GK-David De Gea
RB-Rafael Da Silva
CB-Phil Jones
CB-Chris Smalling
LB-Patrice Evra
RCM-Antonio Valencia
CM-Darren Fletcher
LCM-Shinji Kagawa
RS-RVP
ST-Wayne Rooney
LS-Danny Welbeck
Subs-Anders Lindegaard , Adnan Januzaj, Javier Hernandez, Michael Carrick, Juan Mata, Nemanja Vidic, Alex Buttner
In these circumstances this game would prove crucial for the Red Devils as they cannot afford any more slip ups. With the announcement by Nemanja Vidic that he is not going to be in United for the next season has piled on more misery. Fulham game looks easy but United will go into the fixture keeping in mind mid week fixture against Arsenal at the Emirates. Thus we don't expect a full strength line up today. But Fulham alongside United had a great transfer window. They acquired the services of Mitrogolou and Holtby along with Clint Dempsey. Thus it is not going to be easy three points for United. With due respect to all the players I think David Moyes has tried different formations like the 4-4-2 and the 4-2-3-1 none of which has really flourished. It is so because the wingers haven't lived up to their expectations. Antonio Valencia has not been consistent. He has just played in patches. Same has been the case with Ashley Young. Nani hasn't yet got chance to show his quality and class because of injuries this season. Thus it is better to go with a formation of 4-3-3 and go all out attack because we have to win most of the matches from here on. With wingers not providing much help 4-3-3 will be liberating experience for the Reds which will give them the liberty to go all out attack.
My Predicted line up for United keeping in mind the mid week fixture against Arsenal.
Formation 4-3-3
GK-David De Gea
RB-Rafael Da Silva
CB-Phil Jones
CB-Chris Smalling
LB-Patrice Evra
RCM-Antonio Valencia
CM-Darren Fletcher
LCM-Shinji Kagawa
RS-RVP
ST-Wayne Rooney
LS-Danny Welbeck
Subs-Anders Lindegaard , Adnan Januzaj, Javier Hernandez, Michael Carrick, Juan Mata, Nemanja Vidic, Alex Buttner
