Later today Manchester United take on throw in specialists Stoke who so far this season have played two of the other top four, they kept a clean sheet against Liverpool and famously won against Arsenal.

Much has been made about Stoke's (Delap's) throw-In's and Arsene Wenger wasn't very happy with them but I don't see what the problem. Throws have just as much as importance in Stoke's game as a corner so what is the big deal, if they can win games that way then it is fair enough.

Manchester United come into this match after loosing to Arsenal 2-1 last weekend and then beating QPR 1-0 in the Carling Cup on Tuesday, hopefully today we get the chances that we can put them away.

Wayne Rooney is expected to have recovered from a chest infection that he has had during the week.

Stoke's Mamady Sidibe was injured last weekend against Wigan but Tony Pulis is hoping that he would have recovered and start upfront this afternoon.

Man Utd Squad: Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, Neville, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, O'Shea, Ronaldo, Park, Anderson, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Fletcher, Berbatov, Rooney, Tevez.

Stoke Squad: Sorensen, Griffin, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Olofinjana, Amdy Faye, Diao, Delap, Sidibe, Fuller, Whelan, Cresswell, Kitson, Simonsen, Wilkinson, Cort, Tong, Pugh, Dickinson.

It will be a tough match today but we cannot afford to drop anymore but Sir Alex and the squad will know that and hopefully we can get all three points today and this will be the start of many wins.