Assuming everyone is fit, what would be your starting 11 (and any significant bench players) for United against Barcelona? Here’s mine:

G: Edwin vdS

LB: Evra

CB: Vidic

CB: Ferdinand

RB: Valencia? (I like the da Silva twins in the midfield, but not convinced they play smart enough yet on D and no room for them in the midfield for the final.  O’Shea is the other obvious choice, but as Barcelona don’t have any bruising strikers I see no reason to have the 6’3” O’Shea in there…except for corners, but I just don’t see that being a huge issue.  Sure, there’s Pique and Puyol, but…really?  Valencia offers pace to keep up with the Barcelona midfielders and to add to the counter.  Hernandez and Rooney can both score with their head, as can Vidic)

LM: Giggs

CM: Fletcher

CM: Park

CAM: Rooney

RM: Nani

ST: Hernandez

Bench:

Berbatov

Owen

Scholes

O’Shea

Rafeal

Tzuchak (don’t feel like looking it up)

Smalling

Sure, it’s a little bizarre lineup, but Barcelona isn’t like any other team.