If you think thats bad have a look at Liverpool, they've lost Cisse for a long time with a career-threatening injury, Baros is out for a month, and before that they lost Michael Owen on the cheap and now have to rely on the likes of Sinama-Pongolle and inexperienced Neil Mellor.
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Manchester United vs Charlton Athletic [P]+[R]
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If you think thats bad have a look at Liverpool, they've lost Cisse for a long time with a career-threatening injury, Baros is out for a month, and before that they lost Michael Owen on the cheap and now have to rely on the likes of Sinama-Pongolle and inexperienced Neil Mellor.
manutd4eva
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We're blessed with strikers, even if you count the likes of Bellend, and even Rossi.
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Carlos Queiroz knows Manchester United must dance past Charlton on Saturday if they are to prevent Arsenal or Chelsea waltzing away with the Premiership title.
Sir Alex Ferguson's number two accepts the Reds are under the spotlight following an inconsistent start to the Barclays Premiership season.
Already this season, the Red Devils have beaten Liverpool and Arsenal yet failed to follow up those impressive triumphs by embarking on the kind of sustained unbeaten run for which they are so famous.
Last weekend, Sir Alex Ferguson's side recorded their third outstanding win of the campaign by disposing of Newcastle at St James' Park.
But Old Trafford's vastly experienced management team know that unless United can follow up their latest victory by defeating Charlton, and then take maximum points from four obviously winnable games after that, they will kiss goodbye to any chance of reclaiming the championship crown.
"We should approach every game now as though it was the last dance," said Queiroz, who returned to Old Trafford last summer after an ill-fated year in charge of Real Madrid.
"It is crucial for us to build on the victory at Newcastle because everybody knows that we lost points in the first 13 games which we didn't expect to lose.
"I believe the team is improving and we are ready for the challenge. All we need is a couple of victories that would give us confidence and allow us to build some momentum.
"If we can perform as well as we did at Newcastle over the next 12 games, I have no doubt we will have pushed ourselves back into contention. Then we will be ready to fight over the last 13 games for what we want to achieve, which is to win the league."
The next month will see United travel to West Brom and Fulham, as well as entertaining Southampton and Crystal Palace before a more testing Christmas fixture list that includes encounters with Bolton, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough.
It is only when they emerge from that period will United know whether they will be battling for the title as usual or making up the numbers as they did at the back end of last term.
Their preparations for Saturday's game have not been smooth, as Louis Saha was ruled out for four weeks after the unlucky French striker picked up yet another knee injury on international duty.
Saha has been plagued by fitness problems since his £12.8million move from Fulham last January and had to be nursed through the latter stages of the campaign as he attempted to combat a worrying Achilles injury.
The 25-year-old forward had only just recovered from that knock when he damaged his knee on World Cup duty in the Faroe Islands in September that left him sidelined for five weeks.
When Saha returned to first team action at Birmingham on October 16, he hoped his fitness worries were at an end. Instead, just six games into his comeback, he finds himself out again after coming off worst in a challenge during Wednesday's friendly draw with Poland.
"It is not good news," confirmed Queiroz. "He is going to be out for between three and four weeks.
"It is a problem we could have done without because we have a very intense period of games coming up and we expected Louis to be heavily involved.
"The only good thing is that it is not the same problem as before."
There is better news about Ruud van Nistelrooy though after he reported for training showing few ill-effects for the hip injury that forced him to limp off during the first half of Holland's World Cup win over Andorra.
With Saha sidelined, Van Nistelrooy seems set to keep his place in the side that tackles Charlton at Old Trafford tomorrow looking to maintain the momentum created by last weekend's excellent win at Newcastle.
It will not be an unchanged line-up though as Ferguson looks to keep his side fresh ahead of his 1000th game in charge, Tuesday's Champions League encounter with Lyon.
Wayne Rooney could be stood down, not for his display of petulance in Madrid, but in order to give Alan Smith a rare appearance, while Cristiano Ronaldo's place is in doubt as Ryan Giggs prepares for a first-team return.
"We picked up a couple of knocks on Wednesday but we believe everything is under control," said Queiroz.
"But there will probably be one or two changes, not because we have serious problems but because we need to think about Lyon."
http://www.sportinglife.com/footbal...UNITED&RH=Manchester--United&PREV_SEASON=2003
Sir Alex Ferguson's number two accepts the Reds are under the spotlight following an inconsistent start to the Barclays Premiership season.
Already this season, the Red Devils have beaten Liverpool and Arsenal yet failed to follow up those impressive triumphs by embarking on the kind of sustained unbeaten run for which they are so famous.
Last weekend, Sir Alex Ferguson's side recorded their third outstanding win of the campaign by disposing of Newcastle at St James' Park.
But Old Trafford's vastly experienced management team know that unless United can follow up their latest victory by defeating Charlton, and then take maximum points from four obviously winnable games after that, they will kiss goodbye to any chance of reclaiming the championship crown.
"We should approach every game now as though it was the last dance," said Queiroz, who returned to Old Trafford last summer after an ill-fated year in charge of Real Madrid.
"It is crucial for us to build on the victory at Newcastle because everybody knows that we lost points in the first 13 games which we didn't expect to lose.
"I believe the team is improving and we are ready for the challenge. All we need is a couple of victories that would give us confidence and allow us to build some momentum.
"If we can perform as well as we did at Newcastle over the next 12 games, I have no doubt we will have pushed ourselves back into contention. Then we will be ready to fight over the last 13 games for what we want to achieve, which is to win the league."
The next month will see United travel to West Brom and Fulham, as well as entertaining Southampton and Crystal Palace before a more testing Christmas fixture list that includes encounters with Bolton, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough.
It is only when they emerge from that period will United know whether they will be battling for the title as usual or making up the numbers as they did at the back end of last term.
Their preparations for Saturday's game have not been smooth, as Louis Saha was ruled out for four weeks after the unlucky French striker picked up yet another knee injury on international duty.
Saha has been plagued by fitness problems since his £12.8million move from Fulham last January and had to be nursed through the latter stages of the campaign as he attempted to combat a worrying Achilles injury.
The 25-year-old forward had only just recovered from that knock when he damaged his knee on World Cup duty in the Faroe Islands in September that left him sidelined for five weeks.
When Saha returned to first team action at Birmingham on October 16, he hoped his fitness worries were at an end. Instead, just six games into his comeback, he finds himself out again after coming off worst in a challenge during Wednesday's friendly draw with Poland.
"It is not good news," confirmed Queiroz. "He is going to be out for between three and four weeks.
"It is a problem we could have done without because we have a very intense period of games coming up and we expected Louis to be heavily involved.
"The only good thing is that it is not the same problem as before."
There is better news about Ruud van Nistelrooy though after he reported for training showing few ill-effects for the hip injury that forced him to limp off during the first half of Holland's World Cup win over Andorra.
With Saha sidelined, Van Nistelrooy seems set to keep his place in the side that tackles Charlton at Old Trafford tomorrow looking to maintain the momentum created by last weekend's excellent win at Newcastle.
It will not be an unchanged line-up though as Ferguson looks to keep his side fresh ahead of his 1000th game in charge, Tuesday's Champions League encounter with Lyon.
Wayne Rooney could be stood down, not for his display of petulance in Madrid, but in order to give Alan Smith a rare appearance, while Cristiano Ronaldo's place is in doubt as Ryan Giggs prepares for a first-team return.
"We picked up a couple of knocks on Wednesday but we believe everything is under control," said Queiroz.
"But there will probably be one or two changes, not because we have serious problems but because we need to think about Lyon."
http://www.sportinglife.com/footbal...UNITED&RH=Manchester--United&PREV_SEASON=2003
houston3721
Senior Squad
Man Utd 3 - 0 Charlton
Scholes
Ronaldo
Heinze
its about the time for Scholes to score
Scholes
Ronaldo
Heinze
its about the time for Scholes to score
Oscarpuma9
Youth Team
Im only waitin a few more hours for the game its gotta be good, Manchester will win again no doubt.
Manchester 4
Charlton 1
Manchester 4
Charlton 1
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Starting XI
Official:
Carroll
Brown, Rio, Silvestre, Fortune
Fletcher, Keane, Scholes, Giggs
Rooney, RVN
Subs: Howard, O'Shea, Phil, Smith, Ronaldo
G.Neville and Heinze are rested.
Carroll
Brown, Rio, Silvestre, Fortune
Fletcher, Keane, Scholes, Giggs
Rooney, RVN
Subs: Howard, O'Shea, Phil, Smith, Ronaldo
G.Neville and Heinze are rested.
manutd4eva
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Brown & Fortune.
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Starting XI
Originally posted by manutd4eva
Brown & Fortune.
I have no objection about Brown, but Fortune.
Would've preferred JOS starting instead of Fortune. Hopefully the team on the park today will get the job done.
spiro d dragon
Youth Team
from the way it looks
I predict Man U 1 - Charlton 1
I predict Man U 1 - Charlton 1
spiro d dragon
Youth Team
Ryan Giggs
Damn very nice
Damn very nice