Ok, that is about it - thank you so much for the questions, my apologies for the late start, technical issues...

Now, to the match...

Cheers

That's the dream scenario for the club...

We asked him this and DM said there were signs in training that he had to be careful about playing AJ too much...

Not sure I buy quite how much rest he's been given, though...

I reported on game at OT when he scored on debut http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/sep/15/manchester-united-wigan-athletic

Looks to have talent, of course, but its the old story: he needs a real run to see just how good he is...

How can I say this: I cannot see how he could have done any worse...

On each, think its the way DM plays.

Put it this way, the view that Mata is wasted being shunted out wide for Utd is a bit of red herring if he was playing, say, for Barce or Bayern, as Iniesta, for eg, often operates in "wide" position for the former club.

So, also, I don't see the issue with Fellaini as a holding midfielder for MU. Every top club fields one. If the side were winning most games and Fellaini was sitting in the holding role no-one would point any fingers at him...

Hmm... Doubtful, to say the least...

That's a fair point and, yes, Utd were basically battered in those two CL finals...

Think they are 13/2 to win tonight, too. At OT...

I think an honourable defeat over the two legs would actually do Moyes some good. A complete humiliation - and I don't mean the kind of defeat City were given earlier this season by Bayern at home, but a 4, 5-0 trouncing tonight followed by another rout at the Allianz - would cause further questions.

No-one, including the board, expect Utd to go through so, in this sense, the pressure is off Moyes...

Would not be surprised if he was sold this summer...

Yeah, of course they have a chance. Not the best one, but if, and its a big if, every player plays their best I could see a goalless draw or a 2-1 defeat, meaning scoring first in the return would make the tie v interesting.

Then, again Bayern could completely school Utd as they did City in the group game at the Etihad earlier this season...

Depending on Rafael's fitness - he missed yesterday's training session - it could be Jones, Smalling/Ferdinand, Vidic, Buttner

That's a fair point. The win at Bayer Leverkusen you mention was arguably Moyes's best result due to quality of opposition (edging out Olympiakos 3-0), and was respected in Germany...

I'd like to see both but think Valencia may get the nod over Januzaj due to Valencia's ability to defend, too. One caveat is that Valencia had a knee problem on Saturday, though he was at training yesterday morning...

As long as Giggs is fit and able to play I'd keep him around for as long as possible because he can be the de facto manager among the players. Separate to this, Moyes needs serious reinforcements in midfield, premium class operators like Fabregas, Kroos, etc.

This summer is going to be fascinating at Utd and one strand in this will be can Moyes/Ed Woodward, the executive vice-president, bring in the right players because, so far, Mata and Fellaini have not worked...

No, I don't think I do, and he's been asked a few times what it is this season, including from myself. Gary Neville said the other day he thinks there's an identity crisis and people I speak to with connections to dressing room think players just don't quite believe in him thus the patchy/abysmal form...

looks like Jones or Smalling...

Good question. This was the thing with the Mata buy: a £37m record fee for a type of player already at the club: Kagawa. Plus, of course, Rooney and Januzaj.

Moyes said - a little surprisingly - at start of his tenure that he wanted to give everyone chance. Setting aside the view that he might have known the strengths, etc, of every player in his new squad anyway as a time-served manager, I don't think Kagawa's really had a fair crack in actual games to show what he can do.

At centre-back, maybe, where Dante is suspended. Utd will have to attack far quicker - in thought, execution, etc - than they have done so far on most days this season, though, to have a chance...

As I understand it Lahm is back at right-back with Martinez at centre-back due to Dante's suspension...

If I felt confident that Fellaini could do a really top-class spoiling job while also getting forward then yes as MU don't have any other candidate for the role and he should also be fresh due to age and lack of games this season... Alternatively, the £27.5m fee he cost is, at the current juncture, looking over the odds.

In truth, if Fellaini is not up to playing against the Champions League holders in a quarter-final of the competition then he should not have been bought...

I'm thinking its not a massive blow given Kroos, Schweingsteiger, Gotze, etc... Robin van Persie a big miss for MU, it was his hat-trick in last round that set up this quarter-final

He may well try and go this way but it could backfire and Bayern go two or three up and effectively kill the tie in their away leg...

Moyes actually used the word "caution"at yesterday's press conference and this is, after all, a two-legged game so no team wants the second game to be a non-event. However, as B Munich under Guardiola like to swarm all over teams and given the iffy midfield Utd have, maybe an attacking team/approach could work. I don't think he will but I'd like to see Moyes choose Januzaj who has hardly featured recently yet when he came on against Villa on Saturday more or less ran the game for Utd...

Interesting question. The sounds coming out of Bayern continue to be that he is going nowhere this summer. Yet Pep Guardiola sounded a little less sure that Kroos will sign a new deal...

"I would like him to stay but I spoke with the player, with the club. I gave my opinion. After that I am not manager. I am just the trainer."

His current contract runs out the summer after this one, so something has to happen. This is football. Kroos may be using Utd's interest as leverage, but then again....