Fergie promises to play Kids in semis!
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:51 pmA win is a win and if he plays his kids he plays his kids and we will send them home crying!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... -City.html
"United, on the back of their first home defeat in domestic competition since March, host Wolves on Tuesday night with a dozen players, including Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans and Owen Hargreaves, still sidelined through injury. Ryan Giggs, voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday, is also rated doubtful.
Ferguson is likely to continue to deploy Darren Fletcher as a makeshift right-back against Mick McCarthy's side, so scant are the resources available to him, and a first-leg tie with their Manchester fierce rivals at Eastlands on Jan 6, immediately after the packed Christmas Premier League schedule, places further strain on an already stretched squad.
But Ferguson has vowed to stand by the players who have brought United to the cusp of a third consecutive Wembley appearance despite the prospect of handing the initiative, and local bragging rights, to City.
"We are now two games away from Wembley in the Carling Cup," the United manager said. "We will enjoy the ties and these lads will play again.
"You might think that playing Manchester City in the semi-final might test my resolve but it will not, even though Mark Hughes seems to play full-strength teams in the Carling Cup.
"What you have to remember is that these boys won the competition last season. They are good players and I will keep faith in them. You make a judgment and then you show trust and patience. They are the future of Manchester United and they have to learn their trade."
More immediately, Ferguson must lift the handful of senior players he has available to him to try to get their Premier League challenge back on track after suffering their first home defeat to Aston Villa since 1983 on Saturday.
His counterpart, McCarthy, though, believes that setback will simply have made United's players more determined to put Wolves to the sword and admitted that, despite recording two wins in two games, including a commendable victory at Tottenham, he is preparing his side for an onslaught from the champions.
"They must be thinking 'Wolves are coming and we have just been beaten by Villa'," McCarthy said. "If ever there is a chance to get yourself back on track it is to slap these insolent little so and sos coming up from the Black Country.
"If I were a United player, I would be thinking we are going to give them the biggest doing they have ever had. I would be rubbing my hands with glee that we were coming up. Go and have a look at the bookmakers and see what they are saying. They are not stupid. There are no skint ones."
Henrik Larsson, the former Celtic and Barcelona striker, who had a loan spell at Old Trafford, has taken over as manager at the Swedish second division club Landskrona."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... -City.html
"United, on the back of their first home defeat in domestic competition since March, host Wolves on Tuesday night with a dozen players, including Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans and Owen Hargreaves, still sidelined through injury. Ryan Giggs, voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday, is also rated doubtful.
Ferguson is likely to continue to deploy Darren Fletcher as a makeshift right-back against Mick McCarthy's side, so scant are the resources available to him, and a first-leg tie with their Manchester fierce rivals at Eastlands on Jan 6, immediately after the packed Christmas Premier League schedule, places further strain on an already stretched squad.
But Ferguson has vowed to stand by the players who have brought United to the cusp of a third consecutive Wembley appearance despite the prospect of handing the initiative, and local bragging rights, to City.
"We are now two games away from Wembley in the Carling Cup," the United manager said. "We will enjoy the ties and these lads will play again.
"You might think that playing Manchester City in the semi-final might test my resolve but it will not, even though Mark Hughes seems to play full-strength teams in the Carling Cup.
"What you have to remember is that these boys won the competition last season. They are good players and I will keep faith in them. You make a judgment and then you show trust and patience. They are the future of Manchester United and they have to learn their trade."
More immediately, Ferguson must lift the handful of senior players he has available to him to try to get their Premier League challenge back on track after suffering their first home defeat to Aston Villa since 1983 on Saturday.
His counterpart, McCarthy, though, believes that setback will simply have made United's players more determined to put Wolves to the sword and admitted that, despite recording two wins in two games, including a commendable victory at Tottenham, he is preparing his side for an onslaught from the champions.
"They must be thinking 'Wolves are coming and we have just been beaten by Villa'," McCarthy said. "If ever there is a chance to get yourself back on track it is to slap these insolent little so and sos coming up from the Black Country.
"If I were a United player, I would be thinking we are going to give them the biggest doing they have ever had. I would be rubbing my hands with glee that we were coming up. Go and have a look at the bookmakers and see what they are saying. They are not stupid. There are no skint ones."
Henrik Larsson, the former Celtic and Barcelona striker, who had a loan spell at Old Trafford, has taken over as manager at the Swedish second division club Landskrona."
