manchester united v chelsea fa cup final

[anportmorforjfc]

ballack and carvalho both already ruled out. hopefully united get all the injured players back for sat week

[Norf Tyrone]

Gary Neville and Saha out for Mancs.

Calho not out yet, but has a '1% chance.'

Cech
A Cole
Essien
JT
Fererria

Maka
Mikel
Mampard

Kalou
Drogs
J Cole

[charlie stubbs]

4 chekskis sake hope boularouz aint on.best number 9 in the league

[118cmal]

i reckon fergie will play a 3man midfield with carrick, scholes and fletch.

VDS

Brown
Vidic
Rio
Evra

Carrick
Scholes
Fletch

Ronaldo
Rooney
Giggs

What u guys think?

[slow corner back]

i reckon fergie will play a 3man midfield with carrick, scholes and fletch.

VDS

Brown
Vidic
Rio
Evra

Carrick
Scholes
Fletch

Ronaldo
Rooney
Giggs

What u guys think?

you aint too far away with that team. the chelsea team looks about right also.man utd to win 2-0.

[Uladh]

Heinze will play in front of evra at left back

[charlie stubbs]

UTD PLAYED 442 ALL YEAR WOULD IT BE WISE TO CHANGE  TACTICS`  AT THIS STAGE.CHELSEA CHANGED FROM 433 TO 442 AGAINST LPOOL LAST YEAR IN SEMI AND THE "SPECIAL ONE" HAD EGG ON HIS FACE

[Uladh]

UTD PLAYED 442 ALL YEAR

no they didn't, they played 4-3-3 regularly with rooney on the left and cr on the right.

[charlie stubbs]

UTD PLAYED 442 ALL YEAR

no they didn't, they played 4-3-3 regularly with rooney on the left and cr on the right.

and where did giggs play.where they not slaughtered a few years ago for playing this system and queiroz got a load of stick.in what big games did they play this?rooney may have played on the left but giggs would have operated off the main striker

[The Real Laoislad]

Chelsea 2 - 1 Mancs  aet

[Norf Tyrone]

United will go in favourites obviously, but if it goes to penalties, Chelsea should play their joker, which they should've done in the CL semi-final....

....sub Cech for Carlo!

[Square Ball]

United will go in favourites obviously, but if it goes to penalties, Chelsea should play their joker, which they should've done in the CL semi-final....

....sub Cech for Carlo!

what makes you think that United are favourites?

Easwoods make it http://www.eastwoodbookmakers.com/_fileupload/image/FA%20Cup%202007.pdf

[Norf Tyrone]

what makes you think that United are favourites?

They are the Champions! Obviously they MUST be favourites, and Chelsea are the underdogs.

[The Real Laoislad]

Hilario lined up as reserve Cup final striker


Reuters - 2 hours 7 minutes agoLONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea are so short of players for Saturday's FA Cup final they may be forced to use goalkeeper Hilario as a substitute striker, manager Jose Mourinho said.

Mourinho, who has spent millions to bring in new players but insists on working with a "manageable" size squad, said he was down to 15 fit men for the Wembley showdown with double-chasing Manchester United.

Mourinho suffered his latest blow when midfielder John Obi Mikel was ruled out with a hamstring injury picked up in Sunday's final Premier League game, a 1-1 home draw with Everton.

Michael Ballack, Andriy Shevchenko, Ricardo Carvalho, Arjen Robben and teenage striker Scott Sinclair were already definite absentees while fullback Ashley Cole is still doubtful.

"Maybe if Ash is ready we have 15," Mourinho told Chelsea TV.

"The reality is that for a final we do not have 16 players. It's not a good picture.

"For the bench maybe Hilario, he's not bad as a forward, or I'll have to bring one of the kids in."

Portuguese keeper Hilario, 31, joined the club last July and made 18 appearances between October and January - in goal - following injuries to Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini.

[Norf Tyrone]

Obi Mikel a major doubt also