There you have it from the Manager of Hull. ­ Professional common sense, and mark his words; even­ Utd's second team would give their all to get a­ win, and prove their capabilities to get into the first­ team. You might even argue that the second team would­ give an even harder fight, and Brown is rightly­ apprehensive about whatever team Utd field on the day. ­ It would even be perfectly within Fergies right to­ field a team that he was sure would lose. We would­ also be justified in treating such a decision with­ contempt, but I believe this is impossible for two­ reasons: Fergie could no more field a team that he knew­ would lose than the earth could stop spinning round the­ sun, and even if HE thought they would lose, the­ players would bust a gut to prove him wrong. I hope­ and expect Utd to win, but good luck Hull. Go for­ broke and play the game of your lives, and you may just­ get a result, and there would be no shame in giving­ your all and still going down. You did give us all­ something to stir up the dominance of the top teams in­ the first half of the season, and it is a shame that­ you have not managed to keep out of danger, though I­ never thought you would be in contention for the top­ half of the table, this season anyway. I think you­ deserve more credit than you seem to be given­ sometimes. But what an opportunity for some of­ Utd's aspiring players to get some Premiership­ match experience and maybe prove their worth. It must­ be the envy of most Clubs to have such depth to a­ squad, and bodes well for Utds' future, and ill for­ their opponents. I do so hope! :)

It is up to Sir Alec Fergusson to pick the team that he­ wants to play against Hull. Other managers have no­ right to tell him what team he can play. What kind of a­ game would we have if managers were allowed to choose­ another teams side for their own benefit and to cover­ their own inadequacies. What would these moaning­ minnies do themselves if their teams were good enough­ to be in Sir Alecs position with such an important game­ coming up against Barcelona. I was impressed with Alan­ Shearers comment today when he said that it was not in­ Sir Alecs nature to field a team that he did'nt­ think would win against Hull, but that he felt that­ because of the Champions League final coming up it was­ important that he should rest some of his best players,­ and he would do the same.

I think Sir Alex is aware of the situation. He knows­ that he has his first duty to Manchester United, by­ which I mean the board members, the players and the­ fans. He knows that the Champions League Cup final is­ more important than the game against Hull. Obviously,­ certain players will be rested. However, he also­ realises that he has an obligation to field a side that­ is capable of delivering a victory on Saturday. When he­ fielded the FA Cup semi final side, it was noticably­ shy of a few "big name" players, yet for 120­ minutes, this young team kept a very experienced­ Everton team at bay, only losing on penalties. I think­ every manager would do exactly the same if they were in­ Fergusons shoes. I fully expect to see some of the­ fringe players given a game, with some of the more­ establishged stars maybe warming the bench. I also­ expect United to win.

Man utd or Hull.May the best team win.Whatever team­ Ferguson puts out Hull will get their game.I hope Hull­ stay up.

It annoys me to think that the FA, EPL or whoever can­ say that a manager has put out a weakened side. This­ argument first came about back in the nineties, I­ think, when the league cup organizers felt that teams­ like Man U, Arsenal and Liverpool were fielding­ weakened teams to avoid injury for more important­ games. I feel as a manager I would have every right to­ field whatever team I believe on that day is capable of­ getting a result based on my tactics. By the FA and EPL­ intervening they are saying that the players on the­ 'weakened' side are @#$%. As a manager I would­ say I think they are great and suddenly my top players­ are @#$%. As someone said earlier Newcastle and Boro­ fielded weakened sides all season! Would there be a­ complaint if they suddenly put out a really strong team­ all of a sudden after the January transfer window. Man­ U should not be penalized for fielding a team from­ their huge squad.

SAF puts out a team that he thinks can do the job on­ every occasion and the game against Hull will be no­ different.
The semi against Everton was a side capable­ of beating them, would Newcastle and Sunderland look­ upon this as a weak team. The Premiership is about­ being consistent and United have been that no matter­ what starting line up.
The teams in trouble now, should­ only be looking at themselves and not the opposition,­ it is there lack of consistency that sees them in that­ position

Let's hope United's Academy side plus Fletcher­ and Rio for 30-60 mins give Hull a good game whether­ they win or lose we are proud of them all. Let's­ also hope the Geordies lose to Villa so they go down­ regardless!

Those Baggies fans were hilarious:­ "We're going down with the Geordies!"

what is the problem if the Man United team is weaker­ just because its the last game of the­ season??

Regardless of it being the last game there­ will have been other teams in competitions that would­ have fielded weaker teams in earlier parts of the­ season which will have influenced the final league­ table and don't forget the table never lies and the­ teams in the bottom have simply been @#$%.

good luck hull city

OF COURSE HE CAN.