I have been thinking about who should replace Osman while he was injure, I feel at the moment to beat Man Utd we need to play our best formation 4-1-4-1, so here a suggestion:-
--------------- Howard ----------------
Neville --- Yobo --- Jagielka --- Lescott
--------------- Carsley ----------------
Arteta --- Cahill --- Pienaar --- Valente
--------------- Yakubu ----------------
I believe Pienaar could take over Osman jobs, while I feel Valente should be should be suitable at that position while Osman is out, he could help Carsely and Lescott to keep Ronaldo quite, and while he still have some pace and good cross he could support our attack along side Pienaar, Cahill & Arteta!
At the same time Arteta and Neville should be able to deal with Giggs and Evra late run, Yobo and Lescott should should be able to keep Rooney and Teves at bay!
Looks like Brown is fit enough to play RB, that is where the opening is i could already Picture Pienaar and Valente combine well to cause Brown trouble and Yahubu & Cahill should expect penty of crosses coming in, and when Evra make late run, there would be opening for Arteta to explore!
I tell you what if Owen is playing in CM this would be another opening, he is without a doubt the weak link to there midfield even though he is there to do similar job as Carsley, but Carlsey is better than he is at this task, and he is rather slow in follow up even after he made a tackle, a big weakest of his game that I have notice from Sunday game, but then again they could be playing Carrick instead!
To me, there is alot of opening we could explore on Sunday, let's hope our lads is in confident mood as they should be and get the right result against Man Utd!