Javi Moreno is awaiting international clearance in order to make his Bolton Wanderers debut against Manchester United.
The Atletico Madrid striker has signed on loan for the remainder of the campaign, and will give added punch to Sam Allardyce's attack ahead of their most eagerly-awaited game of the season.

Allardyce was able to rest several stars in the FA Cup draw with Tranmere Rovers on Saturday, and is only missing Mario Jardel and Florent Laville from his squad.

Jardel is reported to be suffering from a hamstring injury, which would explain his absence from the Prenton Park clash, despite Besiktas claiming they have been offered his services over the past week or so.

The influential Jay-Jay Okocha is available after delaying his link-up with the Nigeria squad for the African Cup of Nations.

United will recall Roy Keane and Ruud van Nistelrooy to their starting line-up after the duo turned the cup tie at Aston Villa on Sunday when they entered the fray as second half substitutes.

Diego Forlan looks certain to be one of the men to make way after a below-par display at Villa Park, but Rio Ferdinand should be fit enough to return after recovering from a bug.

Wes Brown may be rested after making his first start since last season's final day win at Everton, but John O'Shea was substituted after cutting his head at the weekend, and Phil Neville also has a slight ankle knock.


http://www.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,53-1118032,00.html

Rio Ferdinand & Phillip Neville to return to the starting lineup
Sir Alex Ferguson faces more selection dilemmas ahead of Wednesday's Premiership clash with Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium.

The United manager has confirmed both Rio Ferdinand and Phil Neville will return to the squad to face Sam Allardyce's side.

"Rio Ferdinand and Phil Neville are fit again," the manager confirmed. "Rio had the flu and Phil had an ankle injury. But they are both back training now."

John O'Shea, who overcame a hamstring injury to play against Aston Villa on Sunday, suffered a nasty head wound in the FA Cup third round win at Villa Park. But the manager added that he will also be available for selection.

"It just gives me more selection problems," added Sir Alex.


http://www.manutd.com/news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=50932

I dont think we will win this one 4-0 like the last time.

I'm going for a 2-1 win

Ruud x1
Scholesy x1

JJ

This match will be close I think.
1-0 to United
Giggs x1

I think it will be 3-1.

Ruud 2
Scholes 1

Okocha 1

bolton are tough to beat at home..
2-1 united
Scholes, Giggs

:)

hmmmmmm i dont know about this one. I think ill sit on the fence for this one 1-1.

5-0 to bolton

Djorkeaf or however you spell his namex1
Okochax2
N'Gottyx1
Javi Moreno on his debutx1

no just kidding

2-1 on either side.

Wont be easy, never is at Bolton these days. I would take a win of any sort for us. ;)

1-0 Bolton

seriously.

Bolton are to United what Blackburn are to Arsenal.

2-1 united.

scholes
giggs

okocha

that just sounds a bit biased :p (bobby's comment)

I think we'll concede once, but still take all three points.

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
1-0 Bolton

seriously.

Bolton are to United what Blackburn are to Arsenal.

would be nice if rooney haunt you again tonight then. :evil:

Rooney will get frustrated again, and won't score...again.

2-1 United

Matches against Bolton at the Reebok are always tough for us. This should be no exception. Wouldn't be surprised if we drew either.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39694000/gif/_39694125_jan7_bolt_manu.gif

Javi Moreno is expected to make his debut for Bolton should he receive international clearance in time.

Mario Jardel (hamstring) and long-term injury victim Florent Laville (knee) are the only players unavailable to manager Sam Allardyce.

Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand looks set to feature in the derby game because of a flu virus.

Phil Neville is expected back from an ankle complaint, while Roy Keane and Ruud van Nistelrooy should also start.




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Bolton (from): Jaaskelainen, Hunt, N'Gotty, Thome, Charlton, Gardner, Campo, Giannakopoulos, Frandsen, Okocha, Nolan, Ba, Djorkaeff, Davies, Moreno, Poole, Pedersen, Barness.

Man Utd (from): Howard, Carroll, G Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Brown, O'Shea, Fortune, Forlan, Fletcher, P Neville, Butt, Keane, Kleberson, Scholes, Giggs, van Nistelrooy, Bellion.

United 1-0

Its about time for Roy Keane to score again.

Originally posted by pennington10
United 1-0

Its about time for Roy Keane to score again.

he still waiting for his 50th goal:D
1-0 united, ruud

I think 3-1 with United in Blistering Form with Scholes starting the scoring with a beautiful drive from 30 yards out, then Ruud taps in after a giggs cross and then Bolton score through Nolan but Man United finish the game off in style with a beautiful team move finished by Kleberson:)

0-0. I hope. Yes, I know it's not likely.

1-1

Pederson for Bolton
Kleberson (is he playing) for Man Utd.

2-1 to united.

RvN
Scholesy

and Ochacha

when is the match?
today?

hopefully we'll get a clean sheet this time.

2-0.
ruud to score both from 30 yards

will jardel play?he is an old galatasaray player because of this i want a goal from jardel!!in turkey we call him "Super Mario Jardel"
match will finish with a draw 2-2 i think..

go jardel!!

2-2
van nistelrooy will score the 2 goals
if jardel plays he will score 2
but if he doesnt play okocha and gamst pedersen will scores the goals

Hopefully Okocha will be on fire, like this fixture (http://www.nigerianwizardry.com/downloads/Okocha_vs_ManchesterUnited_2003.avi), last season (http://www.nigerianwizardry.com/downloads/Okocha2_vs_ManchesterUnited_2003.avi).

Bolton to win 1-0! By the way, is Keane fit again?

2-0 another boring Man U win...

Bolton 8-0 Man Utd. 8 goals of SuperMario Jardel... :crazyboy:

seriously 1-2 goals of Scholes and O'Shea.

Originally posted by Fernandez
he still waiting for his 50th goal:D
1-0 united, ruud


end RVN for his 100th goal:hump: for the club what a good time 2 do it in a derby game:mrpimp:

how much longer till kickoff?:confused:

Originally posted by manutd4eva
how much longer till kickoff?:confused:

About 3 and a half hours. Kick off is 7:45PM GMT.

With Moreno in the picture it wont be as easy as the last match, I think we will conced one, but we'll still win...I say a 2-1

Ruud x1
giggs x1

2-0 to us, RVNx2;)
might be 2-1, JJ might score from a free-kick:confused:

beach23, where did u get that avatar?:rolleyes:

Originally posted by diroix
will jardel play?he is an old galatasaray player because of this i want a goal from jardel!!in turkey we call him "Super Mario Jardel"
match will finish with a draw 2-2 i think..

Since he's joined Bolton, he is Fatty Shyte Mario Jardel. ;)

I'm going to get such a grilling if he does score

:$

Originally posted by DIOUF11
beach23, where did u get that avatar?:rolleyes:

He boosted it:funny:

40 minutes till kickoff (H)
(i think :confused: )

GO UNITED!!

it's gonna be close..

hm....

:)

Game starts at 20:00 GMT ;)

almost 10 minutes played, no goals.

Great save from Howard!! he's amazing
still 0-0..
Rain is pouring down atm..

PAAAULLLL SCHOOLLLEEEESSSSS 1-0 :rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

what was the goal like?

aye Ginger!!!!!!!!!!!!!:hump:

Originally posted by rusi_88
what was the goal like?
simple tap in :p

:hump:

Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuud!!!!!!!!!!!:p
2-0

GOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUD 2-0 (H) (H) (H)

Arent we more surprised when he doesnt score in a match than when he does?

if he gets a hat trick hell also have his century for united....:confused:

number 98th for RVN:rockman:

The man is a legend(H)

My prediction is going well I must say.... :hump:

Scholesy robbed Ruud on Sunday, now Ruud robs Giggs:p

Ruud should have scored another... but anyways
Howard my MOM already :hump:

Originally posted by Hang0ne
number 98th for RVN:rockman:

your sig is just a little too big;)

300x100:)

Originally posted by rusi_88
your sig is just a little too big;)

300x100:)

im going 2 seize is down later on :mrpimp:

Bolton got 1 back.. 2-1
Djorkaeff
:f***:

no clean sheet, i cant watch the game :f***:

FT: MOM Tim Howard :rockman:
Gr8 day.. Chelsea lost.. ars drew..
we're on top baby (H) (H) (H)
:mrpimp:

I got the prediction right
2-1

Chelsea lose:jacko:

Arse are drawing:jacko:

@ manutd4eva edit you sig its 98 now for Ruud van Nistelrooy!!!!!!!!!!! :hump: hope he makes his century on sunday against newcastle @ home :rockman:

Originally posted by m3th0d
2-1 united.

heh heh.. :)

what a great day.. chelsea lose, arse draw. can't get any better than this!

(H)

LMAO @ chelsea 7 points behind :hump:

Originally posted by Sheringham10
bolton are tough to beat at home..
2-1 united
Scholes, Giggs

:)
that was close!! ruud robbed Giggsy's goal hehe:D :p

Originally posted by Sheringham10
that was close!! ruud robbed Giggsy's goal hehe:D :p

did you put money on this game ?

now we need to lose some arrogance on the field

Scholes was involved again as he sprung the offside trap and Giggs rounded Jaaskelainen before lobbing the ball towards goal for Van Nistelrooy to head into an empty net


tell me how ruud robbed the ball of giggs:o

The ball was already on the way in;)

Tada!

BTW Shokz please post the highlites asap, i would like to know whether or not Gary Neville scored another goal into his own net
:confused: . Didn't he score now more goals against us then any other player:confused: , cause that's funny.

Will do, The Premiership starts at 11:30pm (30 minutes from now)

I should have them up in about an hour.

Oh yeah please don't forget some of the Howards saves please, cause he made like 7-8 of them in the game. Unless the show only shows the goal highlites.

It will show all the attempts.:)

HAHA, just read the ManUtd's posted comments, were Fergie talked about the match, take a full notice on what they wrote under the Nervous Second Half paragraph. http://www.manutd.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=51048&itype=466&icategoryid=122

Lmao!!:D

i hope Howard wins best goalkeeper in the EPL....for obvious reasons.....if United win the EPL this year and do well in the CL howard will probably be regarded as one of the best in the world....since we all know the only thing that seperates goal keepers from good to world class is experience....although when u have howards skills i dont think it apply's....well it hasnt yet

I smell Mancs, dirty, stinking , celebrating Mancs.

I think Howard will be regarded as the first american world class player.

Originally posted by antithesis
I smell Mancs, dirty, stinking , celebrating Mancs.

Don't breathe in then.

He would die:confused:

"And its come for Ibrahim Ba!... Over the ba."

(H)

three points clear!!!

didn't saw the match, but a vital 3 points against a spirited Bolton side, probably should have been a draw, not seen anything of the match, just listened on the Radio, but it sounded like Bolton where very close to leveling it.

Arsenal draw at Everton, thanks to the blue scouse again, and Chelski lose. :crazyboy:

Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Manchester United (8mb - Windows Media Player 9 Required) (http://www.shokz.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bolton-utd.zip)

Enjoy.

:ewan:

nice work shokz

Originally posted by ManU2000
2-1 United Hehe, got another prediction right on. Great result, especially after are rivals were unable to pick up 3 points. Should be a hell of a match on Sunday at OT. (H)

Thanks for the clips shokz. :Bow: :Bow:

Thats alright lads. (Y).

IMO, our second goal should not of counted, look where Fletcher and van Nistelrooy are standing as Scholes does his through ball to Ryan Giggs.

Originally posted by shokz
Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Manchester United (8mb - Windows Media Player 9 Required) (http://www.shokz.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bolton-utd.zip)

Enjoy.

:ewan:


thanks


tim howard is great lol...everytime i see him beaten its either a deflection, own goal, or a tap in that was unsavable...he saves everything

Howard :Bow: & btw ruud didnt robbed giggs of his goal he couldnt keep his head down because he was running 2 fast;)

Originally posted by Help?
BTW Shokz please post the highlites asap, i would like to know whether or not Gary Neville scored another goal into his own net
:confused: . Didn't he score now more goals against us then any other player:confused: , cause that's funny.

I just played Bolton's goal in very slow motion, Gary Neville definetly did get another own-goal, but this time there was nothing he could do about it, it would've been pure luck if it had gone over or wide.

Sky Sports also says that Gary Neville did head it into his own net, so I guess we can put that issue to rest.

IMO there was nowt he could do, and you must mark the defender in which he did otherwise it coulda been an easy goal for Bolton anyway.

man, Bolton owned United today, luckily Howard saved the day :confused:

I just got the chance to watch the highlights after going out for a jog. Howard is ******* brilliant!!! He really saved our ass today. What a bargain he was. :o (H) :rockman:

Tim Howard.....what a player(Y)

best in the world for me(H)

BTW, how did Ba miss that chance in the end? Ibrahim never misses! :(

Originally posted by rony31
BTW, how did Ba miss that chance in the end? Ibrahim never misses! :(

Good enough reason for me to put that in for Kader. :evil:

Originally posted by schmeichel01
2-1 to united.

RvN
Scholesy


Ooh Baby I am gooooooooood..... :hump:

wow!united r running gr8
chelsea loses again.
arsenal will what?get max draws but stay unnbeaten and still lose the league?:crazyboy:

great saves by howard.

DAMN! like Bobby MacMahon said that FSWCanada in summer, that Tim could be a real steal for United, look what happened so far. I saw him play some good games in MLS, but there is never in the world, that i thought he would be that good. If he will continue playing like that, then his dream of fans saying Peter who? will definietly happen!

Okocha had a two shot's that could've been goal of the month, if had gone in. And Ba's lastminute effort went over the bar as shokz said. :p

thanks for the highlights.

Howard was brilliant, but so many of the shots were longshots from over 25 meters away. Good ones tho.

hes what a goalkeeper should be...amazing quickness

Howard is just wow.

thanks Shokz. LOL did you see Okocha's reaction after Howard saved his shot late in the second half. IT was like "Oh my god how the hell did he get that". Freaking brilliant I tell ya.

Howard definately kept us in the lead in that match. The 2 saves that stood out for me were the one from Campo's shot which had to be bloked and then his reaction to tip the ball away from Nolan's feet just as he was about to shoot. The other is obviously the save from Okocha's shot, where Okocha couldn't believe it.

Seemed a pretty even game, but you know that you'd have to play hard and play well to beat this Bolton team at the Reebok, and that's what we did. From the highlights it appeared that we had the better of the first half opportunities and Bolton really came out after the interval. Then they made some decent shots, most of them being from distance but still forcing Howard to save.

The build up to the first goal was good, and Jaaskelainen (sp?) only managed to block Ruud's shot into the path of Scholes, who had made another of those cleverly timed and placed runs into the box, for a simple tap in.

The 2nd goal, there's a hint of offside for Ruud, although I'm not sure if they would have classed it as 'interfering' with play when the ball is played through? I'm not certain of that rule, and if he was offside then it's probably to balance the times he's been wrongly flagged offside when other goal scoring opportunities have been presented to him. Fletcher was behind Bolton's line but he was miles away from play (maybe obstructed the linesman's view if Ruud was offside according to the rules). Anyway, nice pass from Scholes, good work from Giggs and a nice finish. Not sure if Giggs' shot-come-cross was going in but Ruud made certain. Well, Scholes knicked a goal from his feet at the weekend so he's got a goal. :D

Bolton's goal was decent, and their hard work deserved it. Whether Neville was impeded by Djorkaeff, who seemed to be pushing him down, is academic, and just something I am wondering about, but Neville knocked in his 2nd own goal of recent times. Neville the elder was somewhat unfortunate mind, he was doing his job and if he hadn't got in the way Djorkaeff would've scored it. It didn't make any difference to the outcome of the game though. A 2-1 win at the Reebok is a good result for any team.

One question... Was it just me that saw it or did a Bolton player kick out at a United player (Fortune?) on the left flank towards the end of the match? If so, why didn't the ref (same one as United-Arsenal, who booked Vieira for lashing out) at least book the player for that incident?

anybody know the time this game is playing on Fox Sports World?