Manchester United have been reviewing the tapes of Stoke City’s Rory Delap ahead of Saturday’s clash at Old Trafford.
Delap has hurled seven assists from the touchline, and that has not gone unnoticed by Sir Alex.
Rory Delap’s gargantuan hurl has laid on assists for seven of the Potters’ goals this season, and Sir Alex admits that the visitors’ threat is impossible to ignore.
“We’ve got the issue of Stoke coming with these throw-ins, and you can’t dismiss the fact that it’s an absolute threat to us,” Sir Alex said during a pre-match press conference.
“We’ve done some work on it, done some video analysis and it’s a difficult thing to stop. There’ll be throw-ins in the game, we’ll just have to deal with them as best we can. But they’ve been a threat with these throw-ins, they’re formidable.”
When one journalist suggested United supporters could hinder Stoke’s biggest threat when on the touchline Sir Alex joked: “I hope so - we’ve dug the slope deeper this week!
“It’s the way that Delap throws them, he goes in really flat with his throws, that makes them difficult to defend. If it comes to you as flat as it does, the goalkeeper can’t come for them, it’s a fact.”
Wayne Rooney is the only player in doubt for the upcoming match, he is recovering from a chest infection and may have to sit out, giving Carlos Tevez another start alongside Dimitar Berbatov. United should walk away with a win.
