Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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GOALFLASHES AND MAJOR INCIDENTS (all times GMT)

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By Caroline Cheese

From Gordon in Manchester, via text on 81111: "Is he Turkish, de Laet?"

1945: Away they go at Fratton Park.

From josephsammour on Twitter: "If these matches go to extra time will you be getting de Laet train home?"

From Come back when... on 606: "So Nani doesn't even make the bench, his days at United are surely numbered. Not injured as far as I know."

From anon via text on 81111: "What a vote of no confidence for Berbatov, tonight is the night he officially becomes a 'fringe player'."


1938: TEAMS Man Utd v Tottenham
Man Utd: Kuszczak, Neville, Brown, Vidic, De Laet, Park, Gibson, Anderson, Obertan, Welbeck, Berbatov. Subs: Amos, Owen, Giggs, Tosic, Carrick, Fletcher, Macheda.
Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Bassong, Dawson, Bale, Lennon, Jenas, Palacios, Bentley, Defoe, Keane. Subs: Walker, Huddlestone, Pavlyuchenko, Crouch, Naughton, Corluka, Rose.

1936: GREAT NEWS! Ritchie de Laet gets a rare start for Man United tonight - which means we can drag out those gags from the fourth round. Ctrl, alt, de Laet. Better de Laet than never etc etc.

From Snazzyous on Twitter: "Liking the Villa line-up, very attacking... but I would love to have seen Delph given the chance?"

1931: And apparently this will be Dimitar Berbatov's first appearance in the Carling Cup since he scored for Spurs in their victory over Chelsea in the 2008 final at Wembley.

Phil McNulty with the team news from Old Trafford
Dimitar Berbatov returns to face his old club Spurs as Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson shuffles his pack again after the win at Portsmouth. Ferguson was stung by criticism of his young brigade after the Champions League defeat against Besiktas at Old Trafford, but he has shown faith again as Gabriel Obertan, Danny Welbeck and Darron Gibson start. A rest on the bench for Ryan Giggs tonight. Spurs captain Robbie Keane is back after being restricted to the bench against Aston Villa and starts up front with Jermain Defoe.

From Smogmonster88 on 606 "Three wingers in Villa's midfield four? How's that going to work out?"

1916: TEAM NEWS Portsmouth v Aston Villa
Portsmouth midfielders Jamie O'Hara and Kevin Prince Boateng are cup-tied and so Richard Hughes and Nadir Belhadj come in. Aruna Dindane and Frederic Piquionne are rested with Danny Webber and John Utaka taking their places. Anthony Vanden Borre comes in for Marc Wilson in defence. Stewart Downing makes his first start for Aston Villa, replacing the injured Nigel Reo-Coker in midfield. Brad Guzan, the penalty-saving hero from the last round, returns to the side in place of Brad Friedel. Other Villa changes from their 1-1 league draw with Tottenham on Sunday are Emile Heskey for John Carew in attack and Stephen Warnock in for Habib Beye in defence.

From TomGoulding on Twitter "Clattenburg the ref tonight at Old Trafford. The same one that missed the Mendes ghost goal. Remember to mention it Cheesy!"

1911: TEAMS Portsmouth v Aston Villa
Portsmouth: Begovic, Vanden Borre, Kaboul, Ben-Haim, Hreidarsson, Yebda, Brown, Hughes, Belhadj, Webber, Utaka. Subs: Ashdown, Mullins, Piquionne, Dindane, Kanu, Basinas, Wilson.
Aston Villa: Guzan, Luke Young, Dunne, Cuellar, Warnock, Milner, Petrov, Downing, Agbonlahor, Heskey, Ashley Young. Subs: Friedel, Delfouneso, Delph, Reo-Coker, Beye, Gardner, Clark.

1907: Just me then? Thought so. Tonight, we've got a repeat of last year's final (but with less famous players) as Manchester United host Tottenham (2000 GMT) and a repeat of… the 1929 FA Cup semi-final as Aston Villa head over to Portsmouth (1945 GMT). And LOADS of Football League...

1900: Is it only me who is learning to love the Carling Cup? What with its one-off knockout format, its showcasing of young talent (and Michael Owen and David Bentley) and the feeling that, at the end of the day and when all's said and done, nothing really matters…


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