Ferdinand fine for Liverpool

October 22, 2009

Rio Ferdinand

MANCHESTER United defender Ferdinand substitution in the 1-0 win over CSKA Moscow was just a precautionary measure.

The centre back came off just before the hour as the Reds maintained their 100 per cent record in Champions League Group B.

The defender said: "I knew before the game I would be playing around 60 minutes.

"The group has gone according to plan and we can now look forward to Liverpool."

Fabio, who came off late on, was suffering from cramp so should also be fit for Sunday.

What team should United send out against Liverpool? Have your say.

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danny, WILMSLOW (22/10/2009 at 10:36)

Rafa Benitez's £229m spending spree: The 76 players signed during the Liverpool manager's reign
Where did all that money go?
United will need to stay wide awake for this one no silly sending offs we need to use this game to show who we really are!

Drago 34 (22/10/2009 at 10:59)

With him resting Scholes it looks like he will play 3 in the centre of midfield for the Liverpool game.But we now have 7 fresh players coming in for this game ( Ferdinand, Evra, Giggs, Fletcher, Scholes, Carrick, Rooney ).So the team i think Fergie will pick is .....

...........................Van Der Sar

Neville..........Ferdinand..........Vidic..........Evra

.......Fletcher............Carrick.........Scholes

Valencia...................Rooney..................Giggs

I would love him to go 4-4-1-1 with....

...........................Van Der Sar

Neville..........Ferdinand..........Vidic..........Evra

Valencia..........Carrick..........Fletcher.......Giggs

.............................Rooney

............................Berbatov

Maybe Scholes for Carrick but i just hope he plays Berbatov in this game as this game could be perfect for him.

Cantona07, Sandvika, Norway (22/10/2009 at 11:06)

VDS - Neville, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra - Valencia, Scholes, Fletcher, Giggs - Rooney, Berbatov.
Scholes only if his head is not to red, then Carrick

Matthew Savage (22/10/2009 at 11:44)

Hopefully last night's intelligent, much underrated performance bodes well and we can take the sting out of the game... then again the option to go straight for the jugular must be tempting and not without merits. Either way it is a game to look forward to.

Acquiesce also played in Liverpool's reserves for fifteen minutes this week, which unfortunately still means Benitez's latest catastrophe is too far off fitness to play.

Mrs Fullaway`s lodger (22/10/2009 at 11:54)

For once a good comment by Danny, I'm impressed (but still sceptical).

Our central defenders will certainly be up for this one, after last years showing where we gifted them the win. I can feel a Giggs coming on . . .tear'em apart Ryan! MO7 to score a brace!

Mrs Fullaway`s lodger (22/10/2009 at 11:58)

Cantona07, Sandvika, Norway
22/10/2009 at 11:06

Insert Brown or O'shakey for Neville, and Michelle a definite starter ahead of Scholesy for this one. And a gut feeling tells me that Rooney will not start, but come on as a sub if needed. If Owen is not up for this one he never will be!

Solskjaer20Legend, Epsomville (22/10/2009 at 13:36)

I'd be tempted to play Evans in Vidas place at the mo, he's been our most commanding CB this season.

sara99, Windsor (22/10/2009 at 13:54)

Why isn't Brown in contention? I would prefer Evans at CB and Brown at RB, or Neville who I think had a good game last night. Vidic is too slow for Torres which was painfully obvious last season.

Raju, Katmandu (22/10/2009 at 14:56)

Sara99,

Vidic wasn't too slow. He let that idiotic long ball bounce. All long balls are idiotic except those of VDS that Rooney locks on to, Fact!

And then Vidic went on to have a bad game and then a series of unfantastic games until here and now. So the hope is he lets Torres know of his presence early on and then goes on to score one.

Vote for David, anywhere else but manchester please (22/10/2009 at 15:57)

all he needs is a beach ball.

Mrs Fullaway`s lodger (22/10/2009 at 17:26)

Raju, Katmandu
22/10/2009 at 14:56

And then Vidic went on to have a bad game and then a series of unfantastic games until here and now. So the hope is he lets Torres know of his presence early on and then goes on to score one.

You could be right here, Vida has not been his old dominant self since Torres took him apart. This game could be remedial . . .WE WANT OUR VIDIC BACK!

Lars from Lapland, North of the Artic circle (22/10/2009 at 19:27)

I'll tell you what 'Ratu' from Katmandu, for a man from the mountains of Nepal don't half speak good English.
Are you quite sure that your not that scruffy little waiter who works in the Katmandu Kebab house on Wilmslow Road?

Raju, Katmandu (24/10/2009 at 09:17)

My dear Lars from Lapland, North of the Artic circle,

Our scruffy little waiters who work in the Katmandu Kebab House on Wilmslow Road may speak very good English, but sadly, the cannot write well. Sadly, many of them never learned to write at all. So you'll have to think of me somewhere else.

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