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26 April 2014 3300 comments
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Saturday’s afternoon action is focused mainly on the foot of the table as the likes of Fulham, Hull, West Brom and Aston Villa all face crunchy fixtures. The quartet of three o’clock kick-offs will do their best to hold our attention, before our focus switches to Old Trafford as a desperate Norwich arrive to take on Ryan Giggs’ United.

It has to be said, Fantasy talent is at premium and perhaps limited to Christian Eriksen’s display at Stoke and Wilfried Bony’s quest for further goals at home to Villa. In the main, we’ll save our energies for the tea-time clash as we get to assess the impact of David Moyes’ departure and the “Giggs’ effect” on the Red Devils. With a double fixture looming in Gameweek 37, the Old Trafford teamsheet will be of keen interest, as will the performance from United’s key attacking assets.

Full details of the day’s starting lineups can be found via our Twitter feed, while the Dugout Discussion chatroom remains opens for those looking to indulge in some real-time banter.

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  1. FACUPARSE
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    £75,000,000 of Moyes midfielders on the bench

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  2. MJ6987
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Marcel van der Kraan (Dutch journalist): "Louis van Gaal has rejected a huge offer from Tottenham to join Manchester United."

    After seeing this line up, it can't come quick enough.

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    1. Declan
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Tottenham made him a huge offer to join Man U 😯

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  3. Torres76
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Giggs will be seeking comfort from his brothers family tonight lol

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    1. MCH
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I heard it was your family.

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      1. Torres76
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Nah

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        1. MCH
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 7 months ago

          Doubt he would bother in fairness.

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          1. Torres76
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 7 months ago

            You wouldn't know

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  4. aehii
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    I think it triggers the disdain in me for a manager to instantly appear to have no appreciation for a proper footballer. Radical, this Giggs is, like a line up from last season. He did say this, though I suppose.

    Is it so much to ask for a manager to see the players available and nothing else? Maybe just ask that in an interview; how will you use these talented ball players.

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    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      This is why British managers suck.

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      1. Retrosynth
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        I was going to respond with "What about Rodgers and Pulis?", but then I remembered Rodgers is from Northern Ireland and Pulis is Welsh!

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  5. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Mata's gonna come on, isn't he?

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    1. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I think so, and will do summit special.

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    2. MCH
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      How could anyone possibly know that.

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      1. Captain Shirokov
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Someones touchy

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        1. MCH
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 7 months ago

          No its just the truth. How could anyone know?

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          1. Tatty Bojangles
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 7 months ago

            Giggs knows.

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            1. MCH
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 7 months ago

              Giggs may have a plan but there is no way he knows for sure anything could happen! United could get 3 injuries or something crazy!

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          2. Captain Shirokov
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 7 months ago

            You could at least give me some false hope

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            1. MCH
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 7 months ago

              Mata will definitely come on. I would say around the 20th minute that way he might well get a CS point!

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            2. Tatty Bojangles
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 7 months ago

              Mata will come on and score a goal from a free kick and set up a goal for Rooney.

              I'm 100% sure of it.

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    3. Optimus.
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Yes for Kag

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    4. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Hope so. Got Stones first sub 🙁

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  6. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Ah well, Hakuna Matata

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB5ceAruYrI

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  7. Thomass
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Hope Rooney fails.

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    1. Coaly
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Hope you fail

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  8. Retrosynth
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Ok, so, who else is (possibly prematurely) smug about handing Suarez the armband and hoping Norwich beat United, with Rooney seeing red?

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    1. fatherted
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      +infinity

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  9. M.I.A.
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Do we think Giggs took a pay cut to become manager?

    Players wages v Managers wages

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    1. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      No

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    2. MCH
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Of course not. His wages probably didn't change at all.

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      1. Tatty Bojangles
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        This.

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  10. Judas
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Chester on for a BAP, surprising

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    1. Declan
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      He is?

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    2. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I'll take anything I can get. Even an undeserved bap.

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    3. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Nice.

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    4. Mr Smith
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      No he's not.

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      1. Judas
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        who is then?

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    5. Darsh
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      He's not

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      1. Darsh
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        As it stands...
        3 Points (10 BPS): Long
        2 Points (8 BPS): Jelavic Amorebieta

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        1. Judas
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 7 months ago

          ah crap. he doest have the third highest bps score though

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          1. Judas
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 7 months ago

            does

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            1. Mr Smith
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 7 months ago

              That's not how it works, it's the 3 players with the highest score (or more if ties on same bps).

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    6. Baa
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      He isn't

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    7. John Nerdelbaum
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      You sure?

      Long, Jelly and Amore...

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  11. Balotellitubbies
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Other Than Rooney and DDG that team is really bad

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  12. MJ6987
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Just laughing to myself about Kowalski calling Giggs a cross eyed spoon on the last page. 😆

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    1. A.T
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      😆

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  13. Stand Free
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    I just had to kill a deer in The last of Us. Hate killing animals. Shooting dogs in call of duty is bad enough.

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    1. Tatty Bojangles
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      You won't enjoy Tomb Raider then.

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    1. SöundLight 30
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Ha, nice! Let's hope.

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  15. Lazarus
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone else really hoping Moyes ends up at Spurs?

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    1. Somalion
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Me.

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    2. Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus…
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Yes, Arsenal fans.

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    3. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      As an Arsenal fan, yes.

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    4. Robe Wan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      What lmao

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    5. Stand Free
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Or Newcastle. He did ok at PNE and Everton. Something went wrong, he is not clueless.

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    6. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Newcastle fans

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      1. Tatty Bojangles
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Yes.

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    7. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      He won't

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      1. kalmoffit
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        I predict him taking points off ManU within a year.

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  16. Rasping Drive
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    COME ON ROONEY!!!

    (ps, Dear Mr. Giggs, put Mata on with 20 seconds left, lots of love xx)

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  17. Mr Smith
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Mata 1pt incoming 😎

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    1. Captain Shirokov
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      *2 (c) 🙂

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    2. SUPERMAN
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I would be delighted with that! ML leader has him captain

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      1. Rasping Drive
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Same here. Part of me thinks he won't use him at all, out of badness

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  18. Judas
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Which UTD defender for the double now?

    And how about Long for a punt?

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    1. Kostja
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      anyone besides ferdidnand from the current back 4 IMO

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      1. Kostja
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Jones more risky as I dont know when Rafa back

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    2. BLACKSHEEP
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Evra.

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  19. Torres76
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    United need about 6 first team players in the summer. Good luck van Gaal buying them after the world cup

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  20. chuckberry04
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Ok here's whats gonna happen. United will struggle, Rooney(C) will fail, Mata will come in and hopefully he will force something.

    Ramsey will blank for sure.
    Aguero(C) is going to pay off.

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    1. Retrosynth
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Hat trick from Aguero and Suarez (C) would do me just fine.

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    2. fatherted
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I couldn't have said it better.

      Likely to be the opposite

      🙁

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    3. Test Eagles
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Goes to show you never can tell

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  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Funny moment at Old Trafford

    Giggs seen sharing a joke with Rio and Cleverly at one side of the pitch whilst the Juan Mata just the cheekiest of goals past Anders Lindegaard in the warm-up.

    Rio seen covering Giggs view from the subs warm up so did not see the clever work from Juan.

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    1. In Like Flynn.
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      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      The worst of it is, you just know Giggs is going to get a four game mega run from his side. With all the wrong players for us FF folks.

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  22. Kostja
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    From Giggsis comments it looks like 1 game at least for Mata in the DGW, I think I will just not bother with moving him out

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    1. Tatty Bojangles
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Mata > Yaya is a possibility

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      1. Kostja
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        depends on anyones individual teams ofcourse, but I got The likes of Lallana to make way for Yaya or Nasri

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    2. SUPERMAN
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I agree. I'm keeping him

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      1. Kostja
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        probably wont be too fun though

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      2. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Don't be getting rid of DGW's in ANY circumstances, IMO.

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  23. Manani
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    giggs is trying to play a team game, not just putting all the good players into the pitch.

    wait before judging guys.

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  24. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Giggs putting his own stamp on things. Wonder where he's sending them, might need first class.

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  25. Spud1
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Mata looks so pissed..i don't blame him either..

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    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      He's been on the drink early ?! Not good, particularly if he's on the bench today !!! 😀 😉

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    2. Torres76
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Great Spanish player who would get into any of top 4 first elevens

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  26. Twelve years a slave
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    This selections showed the problems Moyes had to deal with

    The united players over the hill yet clinging to the past, Moyes had no chance

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  27. RabMac
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Just need Ramsey to score over 7 points for my transfer to be worthwhile as Eriksen blanked.

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  28. Scoredelario
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Sorry if thishas been asked but is januzaj injured?

    I don't own him or anything, just from an actual football perspective!

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  29. FionnMac
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    So Giggs is pretty fking stupid then. Cleverly a better option than Mata in midfield apparently. And I'm not even a bitter Mata owner 😀

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  30. Torres76
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Many comments doubting giggs already lol

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    1. Jax
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      just cos he's not starting mata

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    2. Spud1
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Here at the game...team defo looks like last years team.. so funny lol

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