Who is in your Utd starting 11?

[Owenzy]

We've had close to 6 months to judge our current squad of players so I want to know what starting 11 you would like to see playing consistently? The majority of the team picks itself, but there are some areas of the pitch where members have contrasting opinions i.e. Rooney's strike partner, the left wing and right back positions.

Here is my starting 11:

Van der Sar

Rafael Rio Vidic Evra

Valencia Fletcher Anderson Giggs

Berbatov Rooney

Players such as Evans, Nani and Scholes are great back up players to have in reserve.

[yesuka]

I wouldnt start giggs in left since his legs are gone. I rather put Nani on left.

[JJtheRed]

VDS

Brown Rio Vidic Evra

Fletcher

Valencia Anderson Giggs

Bebatov
Rooney

[abojodeh]

Van Der Sar

O'Shea Rio Vidic Evra

Valencia Fletcher Carrick Anderson Giggs

Rooney

[Owenzy]

I wouldnt start giggs in left since his legs are gone. I rather put Nani on left.

Maybe but Giggs still has the ability to supply a quality cross from time to time e.g The winning goal against City. Nani is improving but he seems to play better on the right wing, Valencia might prove to be a stumbling block for him.

[Keanos Magic Hat]

Van der Sar

OShea Rio Vidic Evra

Valencia Fletcher Scholes Giggs Nani

Rooney

[Jazz 16]

everyone with Anderson !!!!
Scholes>Ando
Hargo>Ando

-------------VDS
O'Shea--Rio--Vidic--Evra
Val--Scholes--Fletch--Giggs
---Berb---------Rooney----

[PeeJay]

VDS; Rafael, Rio, Vidic, Evra; Nani, Hargreaves, Fletcher, Giggs; Rooney, Diouf.

[abojodeh]

a trio of Anderson Carrick and Fletcher is lethal

by your sense

Owen>Berba

why Berba is in your team ?

[Owenzy]

everyone with Anderson !!!!
Scholes>Ando
Hargo>Ando

I don't think we'll be seeing Hargreaves for the rest of this season. I love the ginja ninja, he's to be kept for special occasions/big matches like the City game. I want to see Ando play 10 games in a row, I'll be able to judge him accurately then.

[Jazz 16]

a trio of Anderson Carrick and Fletcher is lethal

by your sense

Owen>Berba

why Berba is in your team ?

If we were playing Hull at home would we play 3 CM's?

By my sense Owen>Berba?
Berbatov is in my team cos we play better with him in it.
And it's MY starting XI.

[PeeJay]

If we were playing Hull at home would we play 3 CM's?

By my sense Owen>Berba?
Berbatov is in my team cos we play better with him in it.
And it's MY starting XI.

You sure told him.

[abojodeh]

If we were playing Hull at home would we play 3 CM's?

By my sense Owen>Berba?
Berbatov is in my team cos we play better with him in it.
And it's MY starting XI.

No, but 4-5-1 is my ideal formation as it also forces out Rooney to play wider and use his creativity
when we played 4-4-2 we don't see Rooney going to the sides of the pitch to whip in a cross or a long pass
like the sexual pass to Giggs that created out first goal against City

it's THEIR starting XI. so they have the choice to use Anderson who can be counted from out best players and Ando is not a flop
Berbatov is our 3rd/4th(soon to be) choice striker and the biggest flop of all the time 30m down the shitter

[hdcantona]

----------------------VDS

Rafael-------Rio-------Vidic---------Evra

Valencia-----Hargo----Fletcher-----Nani

---------------Berba----Rooney

[Jazz 16]

Spose...
Thing is, Fergie doesn't even know his best XI and it's dependent on a multitude of factors thus rendering this thread void. OP should be 'best XI vs XYZ'.
when picking the team, Fergie will base it on a load of things; home or away, opposition, tactics of oppo (4 or 5 in mid) any midweek games, injuries, form of players, rotation, tiredness, formations etc.

Example:
If we were playing away to Arsenal, you'd rather have O'Shea/Brown at RB for instance. An 'easy' home game, you'd want rafael, so he could get forward and cause damage without having to worry too much about defending.
Your 4-51 formation is great in a lot of certain games, like the City game just gone and no doubt Arsenal on Sunday.

If Hargreaves was fully fit would he get a spot? Of course he would but at who's expense? Who knows?
I do like threads like this but they always just go round and round in circles. There is no definitive answer as it's game dependent.

[ScottE335]

Spose...
Thing is, Fergie doesn't even know his best XI and it's dependent on a multitude of factors thus rendering this thread void. OP should be 'best XI vs XYZ'.
when picking the team, Fergie will base it on a load of things; home or away, opposition, tactics of oppo (4 or 5 in mid) any midweek games, injuries, form of players, rotation, tiredness, formations etc.

Example:
If we were playing away to Arsenal, you'd rather have O'Shea/Brown at RB for instance. An 'easy' home game, you'd want rafael, so he could get forward and cause damage without having to worry too much about defending.
Your 4-51 formation is great in a lot of certain games, like the City game just gone and no doubt Arsenal on Sunday.

If Hargreaves was fully fit would he get a spot? Of course he would but at who's expense? Who knows?
I do like threads like this but they always just go round and round in circles. There is no definitive answer as it's game dependent.

Nicely summed up Jazz, since the OP's first post I have been editing my team and adding comments why i'd pick Diouf/Owen over Berba or Hargo over Fletch if fit, and Wes over Rafael because he's reliable but then Rafael is attacking minded and I cant answer this thread as it all does depend on the team we're playing.

All I can say is these lads are definitely in it:

VDS
Evra
Vidic
Rio
Rooney

The rest are changeable on any given day for me.

[Pinky]

VDS

Rafael Rio Vidic Evra

Valencia Fletcher Carrick Scholes Giggs

Rooney

I personally don't like 4-5-1, but untill Owen and Berbatov do SOMETHING constantly I can't justify taking anyone out of midfield. I'd swap them for Scholes if so.

[Owenzy]

Spose...
Thing is, Fergie doesn't even know his best XI and it's dependent on a multitude of factors thus rendering this thread void. OP should be 'best XI vs XYZ'.
when picking the team, Fergie will base it on a load of things; home or away, opposition, tactics of oppo (4 or 5 in mid) any midweek games, injuries, form of players, rotation, tiredness, formations etc.

Example:
If we were playing away to Arsenal, you'd rather have O'Shea/Brown at RB for instance. An 'easy' home game, you'd want rafael, so he could get forward and cause damage without having to worry too much about defending.
Your 4-51 formation is great in a lot of certain games, like the City game just gone and no doubt Arsenal on Sunday.

If Hargreaves was fully fit would he get a spot? Of course he would but at who's expense? Who knows?
I do like threads like this but they always just go round and round in circles. There is no definitive answer as it's game dependent.

I think that we rotate too much, injuries haven't helped but even still, we shouldn't be rotating as much as we are. I think Fergie has gone something like 100 games without selecting an exact replica of the team that he put out in the previous game. If you look at the 06/07 season I think you will find that we rarely changed our starting 11, maybe two changes every now and then. We played our best attacking football that season as the players knew each others' game inside out, you could see the chemistry on the pitch, it was a joy to behold.

A club of Man Utd's stature should be playing without fear in all games, we should stick with the same formation for every game except for Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool away, and in European knockout games as well. We're Man Utd at the end of the day so screw this 4-5-1 lark and let's go in for the kill early in every game except for the fixtures that I mentioned above.

Don't get me wrong, I do understand your points.

[TheFutureIsAnderson]

Nicely summed up Jazz, since the OP's first post I have been editing my team and adding comments why i'd pick Diouf/Owen over Berba or Hargo over Fletch if fit, and Wes over Rafael because he's reliable but then Rafael is attacking minded and I cant answer this thread as it all does depend on the team we're playing.

All I can say is these lads are definitely in it:

VDS
Evra
Vidic
Rio
Rooney

The rest are changeable on any given day for me.

Fletcher

[Prez49]

VDS
Evans
Rio
Vidic
Evra
Valencia
Fletcher
Hargo
Nani
Rooney
Diouf