Leeds v Man Utd (Carling Cup - 19:45 - SS2)

MagicMarker

It is war of the roses at Elland Road on Tuesday night as Leeds United host Manchester United in the third round of the Carling Cup.

The meeting between the duo is United's first chance to avenge their stunning FA Cup exit to the Whites in January 2010.

Leeds are seeking their first success over the Red Devils on home soil since September 2002 when Harry Kewell netted the winner.

Sir Alex Ferguson's troops have a good record across the Pennines having won five of their last 10 visits to Elland Road.

Red Devils news

The visitors are likely to ring the changes following Sunday's 3-1 Premier League success over title rivals Chelsea.

Former England international Michael Owen is expected to start in place of Wayne Rooney, who has been in blistering form this season.

Ex-Liverpool man Owen has not played at Leeds since February 2004 when the Reds claimed a 2-2 draw in West Yorkshire.

It would be Owen's first appearance of the season and he could be joined by prospect Paul Pogba on Tuesday night.

Pogba, who was controversially picked up from Le Havre at the age of 16, has already made a huge impression during the club's FA Youth Cup success last season.

The teenager is one of a number of youngsters included in Ferguson's squad along with Tom Thorpe, Ezekiel Fryers, Larnell Cole and the Keane twins Will and Michael.

The visitors are likely to have plenty of experience on show with Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs set to play as neither started against The Blues.

Leeds news

Leeds boss Simon Grayson must decide whether to give some of his key players a rest ahead of Friday's crucial Championship trip to Brighton.

The Whites have returned to form after wins over Crystal Palace and Bristol City, although Grayson does not have the wealth of riches that Ferguson can afford.

Defender Patrick Kisnorbo is suspended following his red card against The Robins so Tom Lees could revert to centre back with Paul Connolly filling in at right back.

Argentine striker Luciano Becchio is pushing for his first start since April after recovering from a hamstring complaint.

Becchio has started the last two matches on the bench due to the form of forward pairing Andy Keogh and Ross McCormack, while two other strikers, Billy Paynter and Mikael Forssell, are also hoping to feature.

Really looking forward to this, can't wait to see more of Pogba, hopefully he starts!

DirtyLeeds

Hopefully a repeat of January 3rd

Our main man Ross McCormack is scoring for fun, and with a fit again Luciano Becchio back in the fold, I fancy goals

3-2 to the real United

PHB

Can't ****ing wait for this.

I'd love to just put out our first team and destroy them. However beating them with a youth team would be even sweeter!

Nu-Centz

MOT

DirtyLeeds

ROCKMAN

PHB wrote: »

Can't ****ing wait for this.

I'd love to just put out our first team and destroy them. However beating them with a youth team would be even sweeter!

PLUS 1
flashback to the good old days ,When both where big clubs (sorry couldn't resist )

Anyway we owe them one ,be nice to give them a good spanking in front of their own fans..

As for the game itself ,Hard to call really ,Think it will be a very close affair will hopeful Man Utd having enough to sneak it .Going for 1-2

Blatter

Hoping to see;

Lindegaard, Fabio, Evans, Jones, Valencia, Park, Giggs, Carrick, Pogba, Berbatov, Owen.


Also hoping we give them a nice little spanking on front of their own crowd and then bring on more youngsters.

Nalz

revenge needed here big time!

Mon the reds!

DirtyLeeds

Think it'll be

Lonergan

Connolly
Lees
O'Dea
White

Howson
Brown
Clayton

Snodgrass
McCormack
Becchio

Overs on the arrests too (NAP)

homerjay2005

DirtyLeeds wrote: »

i am in that pic :(:(:(:(:(:(:(

one of my worst days in old trafford, so cant wait for tonight to hopefully at least banish some of those bad memories.

will miss the end of it as i am playing ball myself but will try stay at home as late as possible to watch as much as possible.

cant wait!!

keano_afc

homerjay2005 wrote: »

i am in that pic :(:(:(:(:(:(:(

one of my worst days in old trafford, so cant wait for tonight to hopefully at least banish some of those bad memories.

will miss the end of it as i am playing ball myself but will try stay at home as late as possible to watch as much as possible.

cant wait!!

Yeah you really should have saved that.

ROCKMAN

homerjay2005 wrote: »

i am in that pic :(:(:(:(:(:(:(

one of my worst days in old trafford, so cant wait for tonight to hopefully at least banish some of those bad memories.

will miss the end of it as i am playing ball myself but will try stay at home as late as possible to watch as much as possible.

cant wait!!

I'm going to guess the guy in the nice white/black woolly hat ...

Helium

homerjay2005 wrote: »

i am in that pic :(:(:(:(:(:(:(

cant wait!!

Are you the Chris O'Dowd ( AKA Roy IT crowd ) lookalike bottom left corner:D

Would be nice to put one over Man u but really hope Larry concentrating more on Championship to get us back where we belong

MOT!!

dahat

Expecting a good encounter tonight....Lively game and fearing the worst to be honest,Leeds will be well up for this

homerjay2005

Helium wrote: »

Are you the Chris O'Dowd ( AKA Roy IT crowd ) lookalike bottom left corner:D

Would be nice to put one over Man u but really hope Larry concentrating more on Championship to get us back where we belong

MOT!!

no....have no idea who he is, somebody else sits in that seat for the past season and a half, he was probably only there as a once off.

VW 1

homerjay2005 wrote: »

i am in that pic :(:(:(:(:(:(:(

one of my worst days in old trafford, so cant wait for tonight to hopefully at least banish some of those bad memories.

will miss the end of it as i am playing ball myself but will try stay at home as late as possible to watch as much as possible.

cant wait!!

Photo seriously lacking in Stagg, was he over the weekend?

yabadabado

Would like to see this team start and then maybe bring on 2 of the younger lads for last 20/25 mins.We owe them one.
lindegaard
valencia jones evans fabio
park pogba carrick giggs
owen berba

Nu-Centz

leeds 2-1 man utd

(mccormack 3, becchio 90+2) - (berbatov 15)

Mushy

So annoyed Im working late for this.

Come on Leeds

G.K.

We are Leeds, We are Leeds, We are Leeds

MOT

Paul Tergat

I hope we ****ing destroy them

Cmon United

curry-muff

Our squads simply got too much class now, our 3rd choice side would probably beat them

DirtyLeeds

The Scottish Messi is due a good game, he's been shocking recently

Snodddddddddddddy!

1mcampo1

Paul Tergat wrote: »

I hope we ****ing destroy them

Cmon United

Hoping for a repeat of last year myself!

G'wan leeds

Paul Tergat

1mcampo1 wrote: »

Hoping for a repeat of last year myself!

G'wan leeds

lol leeds fans. enjoy tonight

G.K.

curry-muff wrote: »

Our squads simply got too much class now, our 3rd choice side would probably beat them

your team last time wrote:

• 29 Kuszczak
• 02 Neville
• 06 Brown
• 20 Fabio Da Silva
• 23 Evans
• 08 Anderson
• 28 Gibson
• 09 Berbatov
• 10 Rooney
• 19 Welbeck
• 26 Obertan

That had some class too.

Strange to think only 2 of our starting XI then could play today.

Jax Teller

Paddy Power are offering odds on Eikrem to score tonight lol . They're a joke

MagicMarker

I don't see why any UTD fan would be too confident going into this, if we play away at Leeds like we did against Benfica then I'd be very worried!

flahavaj

Will be a tough game in a red hot atmosphere. I expect to see the Pog line up wide right, with Giggs and Carrick in the middle and Prk on the left. Defence picks itself. Depending on the fitness of others Berba may be needed for the PL in the next few weeks, otherwise it'll be he and Owen up front. SSN reported Gibson as being in line to play tonight but I think thats wrong?

stryker mcqueen

Come on the Super Leeds , Oh how i would love a repeat of that crisp new years morning in 2010 !!

Hopefully we dont bottle it in front of a sold out elland road like we usually do!!

G.K.

Lonergan
Lees-Bromby-O'Dea-White
Snodgrass-Clayton-Howson-McCormack
Becchio-Keogh

Rachubka, O'Brien, Taylor, Brown, Vayrynen, Nunez, Forssell

Dissapointed to not see Connolly involved. Lees could be exposed today.

DirtyLeeds

Hopefully it's Keogh wide on the left and not McCormack

We should NOT be in a position where our main man is forced out wide

G.K.

Thom Kirwin
@Thomkirwin Thom Kirwin
Owen, Berbatov, Giggs, park, carsick, da Silva, Valencia, Diouf, fryers, Amos, Macheda. Man u team tonight.

flahavaj

Rumoured line up:

Amos, Valencia, Fryers, Carrick, Fabio, Giggs, Park, Macheda, Diouf, Owen, Berbatov.


Surely bullsh*t?

The_Kew_Tour

flahavaj wrote: »

Rumoured line up:

Amos, Valencia, Fryers, Carrick, Fabio, Giggs, Park, Macheda, Diouf, Owen, Berbatov.


Surely bullsh*t?

please no

eugeneious

flahavaj wrote: »

Rumoured line up:

Amos, Valencia, Fryers, Carrick, Fabio, Giggs, Park, Macheda, Diouf, Owen, Berbatov.


Surely bullsh*t?

4 strikers!?!? :eek:

Cypher_sounds

Cant wait to see how we line out, seems very unbalanced team.


Subs: De Gea, Welbeck, RBrown, MKeane, Thorpe, Pogba, Cole

Professey Chin

Good old 4 2 4 formation :pac:

flahavaj

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

please no

Coming from numerous sources now. I wouldn't know where to start.:pac:

Hilarious team. No centre backs, four strikers. Leeds have to be favourites now.

What odds are they?

Mars Bar

I can't see that line out being as successful as the 7 - 1 - 2.

Blatter

I presume;

---

Amos

---

Valencia

---

Carrick

---

Fryers

---

Fabio


Diouf

---

Park

---

Giggs

---

Macheda

---

Berbatov

---

Owen

---

What a strange team.

Mikeyt086

That is absolutely bizzare.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

I see the Keane twins are on the bench.

More importantly, does Ireland have the better one? :pac:

The_Kew_Tour

flahavaj wrote: »

Coming from numerous sources now. I wouldn't know where to start.:pac:

Hilarious team. No centre backs, four strikers. Leeds have to be favourites now.

What odds are they?

Mother of God it's like team ya play in Championship manager just to play the players that not match fit

MagicMarker

lol, who the fúck is Fryers? haha

That's literally the most bizarre UTD line up ever.

dahat

Had a fiver on Fabio to score first,20/1...

Looking at that team my earlier fears are confirmed,fear the worst tonight...


EDIT..........5/1 LEEDS.......could be a good bet!

Hulk Hands

:mad:

Was looking forward to seeing Pogba

Professey Chin

Im wondering is Fergie drunk :pac:
I actually cant wait to see how this turns out

Mars Bar

Baptism of fire for Ezekiel Fryers although he has been doing well in reserves I think.

Still...jaysus! :pac:

TheTownie

MagicMarker wrote: »

lol, who the fúck is Fryers? haha

That's literally the most bizarre UTD line up ever.

He is a CB.

Hes done well for the reserves from what I've seen this season but still wouldn't have expected him to start.

Had a hunch Pogba wouldn't start. Unless Fergie says the word "starting" you can never be sure.

flahavaj

Blatter wrote: »

I presume;

---

Amos

---

Valencia

---

Carrick

---

Fryers

---

Fabio


Diouf

---

Park

---

Giggs

---

Macheda

---

Berbatov

---

Owen

---

What a strange team.

Presumably that.

The only explanation is that Fergie doidn't want to play Jones and Evans 48 hours after the Chelsea game? I thought Fryers was a left back anyway?

If they get an early goal it could be a long night.