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Barnsley v Man Utd preview
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Barnsley manager Mark Robins will come up against his former boss Sir Alex Ferguson in the Carling Cup on Tuesday.[LNB] The former Manchester United striker has gone down in history as the man who saved Ferguson's job in 1990 when he came off the bench to score the winner against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup third round - a match billed by the media as the Scot's last if his side had lost.[LNB]In the end United went on to win the trophy, Ferguson's first at Old Trafford, but now the 39-year-old Robins will be looking to heap more misery on his old club after their tame showing against arch-rivals Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.[LNB]The Red Devils side will almost certainly boast numerous changes from the team that played just two days ago as Ferguson looks to rotate his squad.[LNB]However the Tykes will be no pushovers. Robins has steadied the ship since arriving from Rotherham at the start of September and led his new side to an impressive 3-2 win over Premier League outfit Burnley in one of his first games in charge in round three.[LNB]The two teams have not met since 1998, when United won 2-0 at Oakwell but Barnsley fans will fondly remember the encounter just a few months earlier when the Tykes knocked United out of the FA Cup after a shock 3-2 win at home in a fifth-round replay.[LNB]Team newsThe Tykes will be without on-loan Stoke defenders Ryan Shotton and Carl Dickinson and Hull midfielder Nathan Doyle, who have all played for their parent clubs earlier in the competition.[LNB]Andy Gray is also unavailable having played for Charlton in the first round before his move to Barnsley in late August.[LNB]Otherwise Robins has a full-strength squad to choose from with no new injury problems following Saturday's 3-2 home defeat by Bristol City.[LNB]Robins must decide whether to recall Brazilian midfielder Anderson De Silva and the rested Jon Macken to his starting line-up while fellow striker Daniel Bogdanovic could retain his place having got himself on the scoresheet on Saturday.[LNB]United will hand a debut to summer signing Gabriel Obertan. The Frenchman has been injured ever since he arrived with a spine problem but looked lively when he made his debut for the reserves last week.[LNB]Tomasz Kuzszcak and Ben Foster will fight it out for the goalkeeping position with Edwin van der Sar expected to step down from first-team duty for the game.[LNB]Gary Neville could also come back in at right-back although Rafael will be pushing him hard for a place having recovered from shoulder surgery over the summer while twin brother Fabio is likely to come in at left-back.[LNB]Jonny Evans and Wes Brown should start at centre-back while Darron Gibson, Danny Welbeck, Nani and Michael Owen should also start.[LNB]Federico Macheda, who has made only one appearance this term following his heroics last year, will be hoping for longer than the 31 minutes he lasted against Wolves in the last round when he was substituted as a consequence of Fabio being sent-off.[LNB]
