The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

[Lineker]

Stoke: Begovic, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Woodgate, Wilson, Pennant, Delap, Whelan, Etherington, Walters, Crouch.

Subs: Sorensen, Huth, Whitehead, Upson, Shotton, Jerome, Palacios.

Man Utd: de Gea, Jones, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Nani, Anderson, Fletcher, Young, Berbatov, Hernandez.

Subs: Lindegaard, Owen, Giggs, Park, Welbeck, Fabio, Valencia.

Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

1721: LATE MAN UTD TEAM CHANGE

Jonny Evans has sustained an injury in the warm-up so is replaced in the starting XI by Antonio Valencia, who will play at right back, with Phil Jones reverting to centre-back.

[MJB]

Bloody hell. Not a great start, no Rooney or Evans. Pleased to see Jones in the centre though.

[Matt]

De Gea fluffs the first attempt at catching a Rory Delap throw. Promising.

[stokeriño]

Stupid challenge by Torres, but otherwise good and a nice goal. Nearly a hat-trick for Ramires (who appears to have taken on Lamps' role of pushing into the box from deep) and a goal for the returning Drog as well. We're getting good at playing with 10 men.

[Berober]

Here comes Michael Owen. I'm going for 4 goals by him, then dropped from the subs bench next week (Y)

[Matt]

Stoke could easily be winning here if their crosses didn't consistently hit the first man.

[Lineker]

Owen for England!!

[Berober]

That was pretty special.

[Matt]

TalkSport: "Stoke tried to take out as many United players as possible early"... You mean all one, which was clearly unintentional and wasn't even a foul?

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

1822: HALF-TIME Stoke 0-1 Man Utd

Michael Da Silva's HT snapshot: "Nani's well taken goal - the third consecutive time United have scored in the 27th minute against Stoke - and David de Gea's brilliance separate the sides."

[Lineker]

Freaky.

Did you see the anonymous text comparing Jones to Duncan Edwards?

[Matt]

So in the return leg, Stoke need to just keep the ball for the entirity of the 27th minute.

[Berober]

PETER CROUCH SCORED A FREAKING HEADER.

[Matt]

Crouch for England

[Dont Fear The Reaper]

The Stoke/Utd match has been fantastic so far, forget about Crouch for England, how about Woodgate and Shawcross?!

[Matt]

Stoke

And Woody would've been an England centre half for the last decade if he could've stayed fit.

[EddieG]

lol, Jordan, Baddar, etc.

[Crybaby Bunting]

Eh? I hate Man United with a fiery passion, but I don't see how being top of the table is something to poke fun at

[Guest mr. potato head]

Stoke are really a better team than they get credit for.

[Matt]

You wouldn't think so listening to the scum fan ringing in TalkSport who says Stoke only won because they "pushed the rules beyond their limits" and "don't play football properly".