Will shaw and martinez be back for this?
69 Injuries vs 115 Charges | FA Cup Final Build-up Thread
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If, as in a alcohol fuelled fantasy dream, Antony was to run the length of the pitch and chip Ederson to win it in the 10th minute of 6 minutes of extra time (City time as it's now known), would we all insist he stays?.
United in the FA Cup the last 20 years. (Chelsea a bit of a bogey team)
2005 - FA Cup finalists beaten by Arsenal on penalties
2006 - 6th round exit away to Liverpool
2007 - FA Cup finalists beaten by Chelsea
2008 - 6th round home exit to Portsmouth
2009- Semi final exit on penalties v Everton
2010 - 3rd round exit to Leeds
2011 - Semi final exit to Man City
2012 - 4th round away exit to Liverpool
2013 - 6th round away exit to Chelsea
2014 - 3rd round home exit to Swansea
2015 - 6th round exit at home to Arsenal
2016 - won the FA Cup
2017 - Quarter final exit away to Chelsea
2018 - FA Cup finalists beaten by Chelsea
2019 - Quarter final exit away to Wolves
2020 - Semi final exit to Chelsea
2021 - Quarter final exit to Leicester
2022 - 4th round exit to championship club Middlesbrough on penalties.
2023 - FA Cup finalist beaten by Man City.
2024 - FA Cup finalist and ?? ??
2005 - FA Cup finalists beaten by Arsenal on penalties
2006 - 6th round exit away to Liverpool
2007 - FA Cup finalists beaten by Chelsea
2008 - 6th round home exit to Portsmouth
2009- Semi final exit on penalties v Everton
2010 - 3rd round exit to Leeds
2011 - Semi final exit to Man City
2012 - 4th round away exit to Liverpool
2013 - 6th round away exit to Chelsea
2014 - 3rd round home exit to Swansea
2015 - 6th round exit at home to Arsenal
2016 - won the FA Cup
2017 - Quarter final exit away to Chelsea
2018 - FA Cup finalists beaten by Chelsea
2019 - Quarter final exit away to Wolves
2020 - Semi final exit to Chelsea
2021 - Quarter final exit to Leicester
2022 - 4th round exit to championship club Middlesbrough on penalties.
2023 - FA Cup finalist beaten by Man City.
2024 - FA Cup finalist and ?? ??
Insist is a strong word, you forgot him running off cupping his ears to the City fan in seat 115, row E.
I dream of him just getting that little bit quicker so, on one of the many times he beats his man, they don't then just run back goal side and tackle him.
Our FA Cup record has been absolutely shocking for a team of our stature.
That 2008 Portsmouth one still hurts. How we didn't score that game still confuses me.
The title of this thread is brilliant 
We will probably be up to 115 injuries by the time the cup is upon us
We will probably be up to 115 injuries by the time the cup is upon us
If you look at his head to his body, there is at least a 5% enlargement. It's probably fat, or combined head/hair weight. A few inches of his head would lighten him up.
Shaw unlikely (maybe I'm wrong), Martinez should even play few games before the final if he doesn't get injured again.
I don't think last 10 years have been that bad, especially comparing them to 10 years before that where we had better, title winning teams many times. 2018 final loss to Chelsea is a shame. Don't remember Mourinho losing domestic cup final other than that time and vs Atletico with Real in 2013.
Yep should have been another treble that season. 2005 final was so wasteful, United lost that match more than Arsenal won it.
Park the bus like Real Madrid and you may win.
2018 final was shameful. Just turned up and strut about looking like they don’t really care. Awful game and the end of Mou for me.
As it's still a month away, with luck, some of the lame and the stricken will have risen from their palliases and we'll be able to field something resembling a functional defence.
Maybe Martial, in a final cameo of 'what might have been' will start and score a devastating brace.
Maybe a fit and firing Mount will turn in a performance that clearly demonstrates why we paid £60million for him.
Maybe I'll flap my arms and fly to the moon. But you have to have hope.
Maybe Martial, in a final cameo of 'what might have been' will start and score a devastating brace.
Maybe a fit and firing Mount will turn in a performance that clearly demonstrates why we paid £60million for him.
Maybe I'll flap my arms and fly to the moon. But you have to have hope.
Thank feck Chelsea didn't get through after all. We are their bitch in this competition.
If this was the Ole days, I'd be a lot more confident, because we tended to be quite strong on the counter back then, helped by Rashford being a functioning footballer. These days it is just extremely hard to see where a goal against City will come from. Walker will eat Rashford for breakfast, Højlund will take hopeless fights against City's centre-backs, and Bruno will surely desperate passes all over the place.
Best chance is to keep it really tight at the back and not let them score in the first half. As the game potentially becomes more open after the break, our chance of getting something out of it will also increase.
Best chance is to keep it really tight at the back and not let them score in the first half. As the game potentially becomes more open after the break, our chance of getting something out of it will also increase.
Park the bus, park the bus, Man United
Park the bus, park the bus, Man United
Playing football the Jose way
Park the bus, park the bus, Man United
Playing football the Jose way
Onana
Dalot Varane Martinez Shaw
Mainoo Casemiro
Garnacho Fernandes Rashford
Hojlund
Fully fit we'd have a chance. No De Gea is a big enough improvement since the last final and they've lost Gundogan since too.
I'd rather replace Rashford from the starting lineup to give us an even better chance. Plenty of time for everyone to be fit unless the United physios want to feck this up too.
Dalot Varane Martinez Shaw
Mainoo Casemiro
Garnacho Fernandes Rashford
Hojlund
Fully fit we'd have a chance. No De Gea is a big enough improvement since the last final and they've lost Gundogan since too.
I'd rather replace Rashford from the starting lineup to give us an even better chance. Plenty of time for everyone to be fit unless the United physios want to feck this up too.
Yes I'd agree whatever slim hopes of winning depends on having that back four.
69 injuries
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You’d never know if it wasn’t displayed in cold, hard fact like this. Truly abysmal.
https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/man-utd-to-subsidise-fa-cup-final-tickets-for-u16s?
Tickets for U-16's being subsidised by the club so they'll only cost from £5.
Tickets for U-16's being subsidised by the club so they'll only cost from £5.
No talk of the reduced ticket allocation for the final this year? 30k, which is 4000 fewer than last year. I’ve attended all the cup games this season and most league games, but I still only have red membership and it’s silver and above to qualify. Fair enough, although am gutted to not be eligible for the final. Gonna have to hope for a ballot now.
69 injuries vs 115 charges…. We will make it even before the final
I thought Utd were the better team on the day by a stretch but in Hazard Chelsea had the best player, he was a beast that day. I remember we really missed Lukaku injured that day too, we were good but lacked an edge up front.
We remember the game very differently, they just sat in and we were pretty good but without a striker. Just Phil Jones being an absolute idiot for the pen but otherwise the setup and attitude was good.
That Arsenal final. We absolutely battered them and they win on penalties. It was a shockingly one-sided final.
Nah, you’re remembering it wrong as they were also shite. Our performance was completely toothless, laboured and boring.
Ok, I'll stick to my memory of the game but thanks for the suggestion
Go on the match day thread from that game and you’ll start questioning that memory.
Depends on the match fitness of those two in particular but that looks pretty much our best team. Wouldn't be surprised to see AwB and one of the other centre backs start though.
There's a great redemption arc for one of our players to get the winner. Mount or Rashford grabbing the winning goal or Martial in his final game for the club
Of all the bastions of truth out there you could have referred to, you used the single worst one. That thread is like we’re 0-5 down playing against 9 men every week.
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Got to admire how remarkably small time this is.
What a bunch of sad feckers
true enoughMost worrying thing for me is that we're going to the cup final against our rivals with such a negative vibe around the club, the fans hate the manager, massive injuries, no momentum, terrible results/form. Anything can happen but it's starting to feel really difficult to think of a way we can win this against a great team, and it shouldn't be this way.
Martinez was kicking a ball around recently.
Shaw is just a lost cause as usual. That is, until you bring in some competition for his position and miraculously he stays fit and plays out of his skin long enough to keep his spot.
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We lost in the 5th round in 2006.
is there a reason you changed from saying “6th round” to “quarter final”? was there a name change I missed?
Yea baby LICHA!!
Blessing in disguise springs to mind.