Would be better if that can be arranged to look like an actual bus.FA Cup Quarter Finals
Manchester United 2:0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Old Trafford
- Kick-off
- Sat, 17 March 2018 @ 7:45pm GMT
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Would be better if that can be arranged to look like an actual bus.
Just saw that.Someones votes 0-5 to Brighton. Fecking hell
. Jose did really doing some of yours.
9% quite high.
Playing tumescent shite while going for a FA cup is not what this club should aim for. If that makes you happy, then kudos to you. Maybe us becoming Arsenal is well on its way sans the half decent football.
Trophies are obviously one important part, but you won't get to touch them or get the prize money or carry it home. All it will do is get you bragging rights the next time a rival fan tells you how awful our football has been. I would rather have the play improve so that people can enjoy watching us again, along with winning trophies. Something which is possible. Perhaps Jose has convinced you to believe that it's one or the other.
And fwiw, I didn't mention once that I wish we lose. However it wouldn't bother me much if we did if it meant Jose gets sacked and we get a progressive manager to improve our style of play. We lost yesterday and people were running around here saying it's no big deal, it's just a game, we were never going to win it anyway. Then what's the harm in having this attitude for the FA cup. I don't see us beating City anyway. Not to mention it's the same people who are backing Jose nonstop despite the football on offer.Last edited:Don't really care too much about the result. Whatever gets us to start looking forward to games again and have hope for exciting football (so either a massive change in mourinho's mentality, or a managerial change. Nothing else). Lineup wise...
De GeaRotate a bit. I'd persist with Sanchez in the hope he'll get a goal to get some confidence back. But then I also want Lukaku to play. And Martial. And Rashford. And Mata. And probably Lingard. Martial and Mata should get a start though, rotate in, so if that's for rashford and lingard then so be it. Midfield, hard to say. Mctominay probably will start, but Pogba also should get a game... But doesn't really deserve it. Defence, doesn't matter too much. Shaw hopefully?
Young Bailly Lindelof Shaw
Matic Pogba
Mata Sanchez Martial
Lukaku
Only thing left of our seasonLukaku
Martial Alexis J.Mata
Matic Scott
Young Mike Bailly Anton
Romero
This should be the team for the rest of the season. Rashford rotating with Martial, Lingard with Alexis, Smalling with the rest of the bunch and of course de Gea with Romero. Pogba right now doesn't deserve to start ahead of McTominay imo.
Lindelof, Shaw, Romero, McTominay, Mata and Martial should return to starting lineup.
Just give the ignore and feck off. I'm definitely going to watch the game.
I don't care about your opinion either.Last edited:
Sadly true... in terms of winning Trophies, it's not a good season. Football, manager's performance and players' performances are all mixed reactions. Overall season is not good enough for a top club like this.Only thing left of our season
State of the current team, need to do a lot lot better. Anyhow, just one competition left to focuses on. Jose and the players have to seriously take this competition seriously.I'll accept 2nd and FA Cup as redemption for the shit-show against Sevilla. For Jose's sake, we better win this game.Looking forward to this one as games at home against the lesser teams are the rare games José actually attempts to play football in.
We're having worse season compare to last in term of silverware even if we're to win the FA Cup. We make progress in overall result, but the quality of CL teams, we need much more improvement to stand a chance to progress deeper.Sadly true... in terms of winning Trophies, it's not a good season. Football, manager's performance and players' performances are all mixed reactions. Overall season is not good enough for a top club like this.
State of the current team, need to do a lot lot better. Anyhow, just one competition left to focuses on. Jose and the players have to seriously take this competition seriously.Wish I knew what our best team was. Simply put our better players are very much out of form, should be leading the way, but I’m finding it hard trying to include them, as they simply don’t justify a starting berth...
I know for sure that Pogba and Sanchez should be nowhere near the starting lineup for few weeks now. Actually if SAF was the manager, Pogba would have been out of the team completely since Newcastle game.
Our problem is clear. We don't have long serving real leaders. Young talented players when in bad form tend to have very low bottom level. The experienced leader can help keeping some standard to prevent something like this. The best we tried is buying Matic, Zlatan, Alexis, but themselves are not enough or need time to establish themselves within the club. The ones left from SAF time were not real leaders. Young. Valencia, Smalling... I don't see ever being considered as leaders if SAF is still in charge. Even, Rooney, Carrick despite their influence in our play at their best, their characters prevented them to get that status.
Away from Madrid and Barca, I don't see any other teams that have leaders Keane-esque. Most are having players that lead by example. Pogba and Sanchez should be of this type but when we have a terrible day, they both sank lower than the rest actually.
The Seville game was all on the trio Jose, Sanchez and Pogba. With all the excuses Pogba were getting since Newcastle game, I know for sure that SAF would have banished him completely from the team for few months for such kind of performances and Sanchez wouldn't have been far away from same punishment either.
I don't mean Keane esque leadership. Sergio Ramos, Pique, Lahm (last season at Bayern)... should be adequate. Then you have strong character with talent to boost like Ronaldo, Marcelo, Messi, Suarez, Lewandolski... then it helps keeping the standard when the oil in the machine dried up in tougher period.
SAF maintain the leader roles in the squad. Different kind of leaders to fit the change of the period. Rio, Vidic, Evra, VDS, Giggs, Scholes... are different than Keane, but they did the job in different way in latter years.
I have no doubt Pogba would get treatment from SAF performing like this. My point is we lack the leaders to help keep the standard. We ended up with ill fitted players as leaders while the talented ones blow hot and cold.We should drop Sanchez and bring in Martial. Please no Pogba either. Hasn’t done anything to be worthy of a starting spot.
Let’s be realistic. We were highly unlikely to win in Europe, albeit we should’ve gone further than we should.
The FA Cup was the best chance for a trophy and still is.
Ramos is a very Keane-esque leader IMO, that's why I excluded both Madrid and Barca, as these are the only teams that have these kind of leaders. You look at the other teams and you find their most important player is their leader mostly, leasing by example not by having big character.
Problem with having a leader like that is you need him to be old enough with loads of experience and character. SAF was moving from generation to next by leaving some of the old players from the previous generation and mixing them with youngsters, then youngsters became the old players years later and got new young players..etc, that's how he always maintained these kind of players in the team, now, not anymore.
I think that's the least of our problems at the moment IMO. Main problem IMO is this team has loads of potential but to some strange reason, they never show it when it really matter. This team believes in its hype so much and always fail to deliver when needed. They need a kick in the arse to start performing, otherwise they will around as if they are sure they are going to win anyway without putting any efforts. Jose share part of the blame for this, as he failed to solve it several times.
For numerous times this season, the team sulks around and loses matches till pressure is on us, then we start to perform, then sulks around again when pressure is over. We keep jogging in the game till we concede then we start attacking and performing. Mourinho decisions yesterday were baffling, but I can't imagine any manager in the world that tells his players too will around till they concede.
This team is very very arrogant, arrogant based on nothing really.7:45pm kick off on a Saturday night? I'm not wasting my Saturday night watching this. Will be the first game of the season I won't be watching.
Hope you enjoy your saturday night.
Get a grip ffs. This is our only hope left this season.
Thank you You toThis game is a win-win for me
Brighton typically put out a weakened side, but players like Locadia, March, Kayal can still cause problems, and while they won't field a full strength team, I wouldn't be surprised if some players like Gross, Stephens, Dunk or Duffy are included - they are looking a bit safer in the table and Hughton may decide to go for it.
Above all, I'm hoping for a good game. Brighton are a fantastic club and they've had a great season, but their cup run will end here imo.
Maybe i'm still in annoyed from last night, but if the players don't even care then why should I devote my Saturday night to watching them after working a 40 hour week and having to juggle all my other responsibilities on top? I want us to win every trophy we go for, but winning this would be a mere consolation prize for being dumped out of the CL by a poor side and being a million miles away from a league title. It's basically Arsenal standards. The big trophies are the ones I want us to be challenging for, Not entirely fussed about a competition we once pulled out of.I thought that with the 3 back to back wins in the premier league we would be in a good frame of mind to win yesterday.
We might most probably, hopefully win this weekend but there's no way we are winning the cup unless we are lucky and Chelsea get eliminated.
They also only have the fa cup if they go out to barca and might actually play better football to kick us out if we manage to get them.I want us to go out all guns blazing. Just play some exciting football for once. Please.
Not likely to happen is it, the players will be feeling sorry for themselves, the atmosphere will be tense given it's our last chance of a trophy and we only beat them 1-0 at OT earlier in the season. It's not going to be pretty
We never do anything quickly.
Pogba shouldn't even be in the squad.
Useless the last few weeks. He needs to sort himself out.
For once, I don't entirely disagree with those who I, myself, have labelled as moaners throughout this season. Yesterday was tough, so much so, that I couldn't even fecking sleep without thinking about the loss. However, we still have a trophy to play for and we need to finish strong. Winning the FA Cup was still so joyful back in 2016 during an even worse season.
Maybe, just maybe, this will be a learning curve for Jose and our players. Lukaku did well to shame them in his post match comments and they have to hit back following that performance.
I see no reason BHA would put out a weekend side at this stage especially with the international break following next week.This game is a win-win for me
Brighton typically put out a weakened side, but players like Locadia, March, Kayal can still cause problems, and while they won't field a full strength team, I wouldn't be surprised if some players like Gross, Stephens, Dunk or Duffy are included - they are looking a bit safer in the table and Hughton may decide to go for it.
Above all, I'm hoping for a good game. Brighton are a fantastic club and they've had a great season, but their cup run will end here imo.Gotta win this. I'd love to see lat night's result be a proper kick up the arse for the players and manager. Although I feel that way every time afer a loss and it rarely works out.
I hope he takes it seriously. Its our only option left trophy-wise and we've just as good a chance as any with City out of the running.I really hope they step it up and work their asses off. Result doesn't bother me, I want us on fire and really going for it.
Well one can hope I guessI think we will win. But the atmosphere may not be great... for the manager that is. Brighton will have a go, their fans will be terrific, and I don't think this will be a breeze. They will go out and enjoy themselves.
It's an interesting time for the team, and the club, because how Mourinho relates and motivates (???) the players is going to be highlighted and scrutinised like never before. He can only blame himself, If he shows some humility, and gives players a licence to play with some joy and freedom, he may be surprised about the response he receives.
I couldn't have said it better, myself.
Some major knee-jerk reactions in here.
Like I said, I think it will be stronger than they usually deploy, but I don't think it will be full strength. Hughton surely will want to reward players who have done well in the cup comps so far, players like Goldson, Kayal, March. Locadia still needs minutes too. I hope it's full strength though, would love to see Izquerido, Gross, Propper and Murray start.
I'm honestly beginning to think that going 1-2 goals down is the only way to motivate the players into increasing their intensity to score a goal.
The relaxed, low-tempo approach just does not work.For me - how we play in the 9-10-11 games will definitely determine my feelings towards Mourinho's future - not the results (as I fully expect us to reach a C.L spot almost regardless of what we do)
I want to see attacking football - and I want to see progress in the performance of individual players. If I see something positive - I am for giving him one more year. But 3-4 matches where we look lethargic, unable to play football - and I want him gone.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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14%
Romelu Lukaku
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4%
Sergio Romero
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1%
Luke Shaw
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1%
Juan Mata
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1%
Chris Smalling
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1%
Eric Bailly
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
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Compiled from 369 ratings.
Score Predictions
441,74,23
- Man Utd win
- Brighton win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 28% Man Utd 2:0 Brighton
- 18% Man Utd 3:0 Brighton
- 9% Man Utd 1:0 Brighton
- 7% Man Utd 4:0 Brighton
- 7% Man Utd 2:1 Brighton
- 6% Man Utd 0:5 Brighton
- 5% Man Utd 5:0 Brighton
- 4% Man Utd 3:1 Brighton
- 3% Man Utd 0:1 Brighton
- 3% Man Utd 0:0 Brighton
- 2% Man Utd 1:2 Brighton
- 2% Man Utd 4:1 Brighton
- 1% Man Utd 0:2 Brighton
- 1% Man Utd 1:1 Brighton
- 1% Man Utd 3:2 Brighton
- 1% Man Utd 1:3 Brighton
- 1% Man Utd 0:3 Brighton
- 0% Man Utd 2:5 Brighton
- 0% Man Utd 5:1 Brighton
- 0% Man Utd 1:5 Brighton
- 0% Man Utd 2:2 Brighton
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Brighton
- Possession
- 61% 39%
- Shots
- 8 17
- Shots on Target
- 2 6
- Corners
- 5 5
- Fouls
- 3 8
Referee
Andre Marriner
Man Utd Lineup
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