Date: 19th October 2013 at 3:41am
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Will the youngster start today? The international break is over- thank God!- so we can now forget about the frivolous games deciding whether our national side will get a holiday this Summer and focus on the important business of Manchester United football club. Southampton are the visitors later today in something of a role reversal as we’re the current mid-table team and Mauricio Pachettino’s side are the high flyers, currently occupying fourth spot having conceded less goals all season than we did at the Etihad.

David Moyes faces something of a dilemma as Robin Van Persie has just banged in a hat-trick for Holland, the out of favour Wilfried Zaha was impressive for the England under 21 side, Danny Welbeck and Wayne Rooney played a huge part in dragging the senior team to Brazil and Nani was on song for Portugal. In other words there’s a lot of players who arguably deserve a start- oh and somewhere in there has to be a young Belgian- or is it Albanian- lad who’s the talk of the footballing universe.

United cannot afford to take any chances against Southampton, so expect a strong side to represent the champions. Here’s my predicted starting XI:

David De Gea, Rafael, Jonny Evans, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellaini, Danny Welbeck, Adnan Januzaj, Wayne Rooney, RVP.

Do you agree that will be United’s line up or have I got it completely wrong? Feel free to comment, suggest and abuse below and even give us your own starting eleven if you feel up to the job:

 

28 responses to “Predicted XI: United v Southampton”

  1. Damian says:

    my starting eleven should be. De gea vidick fedinand evra rafael adnan janzuja carrick nani Rooney RVP

  2. Eboh james says:

    I think is time to give zaha an opportunity since d strongest departments(the right and the wings) of united are now weak. United need playas to give some sparks at dat wings. Januzaj was used at wing in d last game which payed off. Januzaj did what valencia, young and kagawa were unable to do by switching to the midfield, made some runs on defenders through the middle, made some good passes, commucated with the midfield and on several occassion made use of the ball to upset opponents . I hope he will b consistent in such display for united because that ìs what they need. Also ferdinand is now a slow player because of his age, we all that against west brom. This is my strong man united xi against the saints: rafeal, jones, vidic, evra, carrick, fellaini, nani, januzaj, rooney and van persey.

  3. thulani says:

    Well, l think for manu to win they have to start with: De gea, rafael,johns , evra,vidic, carrik, rooney,kagawa ,fellaini,januzaj,nani

  4. Eboh james says:

    I think is time to give zaha an opportunity since d strongest departments(the right and the wings) of united are now weak. United need playas to give some sparks at those wings. Januzaj was used at the left wing in d last game which payed off. Januzaj did what valencia, young and kagawa were unable to do by switching to the midfield, made some runs on defenders through the middle, made some good passes, commucated with the midfield and on several occassion made use of the ball to upset opponents . I hope he will b consistence in such display for united because this is what they need. And for ferdinand is now a slow player because of his age, we all saw him against west brom. So this my strong united xi against the saints: Dea gea, rafeal, jones, vidic, evra, carrick, fellaini, nani, januzaj, rooney and van persey.

  5. Babatunde says:

    Why not Zaha in place of janujaz bcos of zaha england u21 form and rvp is injured Kagawa shld b played as attacking milfilder dats just it

  6. roland levi says:

    I disagree with that formation this is what I want Moyes to play for we the fans.De Gea,Rapheal,jonny evans,ferdinand,evra,carrick,cleverly,januzaj,rooney,chicharito,nani.

    • Striker says:

      Cleverly? Jesus Christ.
      You must be a Southampton supporter. He deserves to be playing for uniteds under 12 B team.

  7. Bobby says:

    I’ll remuv nd add 2 d predicted squad….//Degea, rafael, jones, evans, evra, januzaj, cleverley, fellaini, kagawa/zaha, rooney, van persie.

  8. Abdul Hakeem Mohammed says:

    My starting 11 today against southampton is, De gea, Rafael,Vidic,Evans,Evra,Carrick,Jones,Cleverly,Nani,Rooney and R.V.P. Thanks.

  9. valentine says:

    D international break is over, d premier league is back, nd u luck @ d table is in wrong way, so wat we need 2 do is 2 mak it’s be in right way wich mean my xi, de gea, refear.jone.vidic. Erva.carrick. Celvery.nani.rooney.januzaj.rvp.nd is a must win 2 all man u fan.

  10. nabaddone says:

    My prediction startin lineup 1gea gk 2,refeil,jones,vidic.nd evra defence. Nani carrick,kagawa nd junuzaj rooney rvp