Made some gambles but managed it well in the end. Went for a comparatively fresh, high energy Wout-Fred-Sabitzer-Sancho to force a mistake and kept Rashford on to finish anything that came from it. Almost got rewarded too.
Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager
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Great win but please get a new GK. The lack of buildup play is quite evident when we play teams who is quite good on the ball. It's going to be the same against City too.
The GK has to start the build up and when he goes long to forwards who find themselves against Dunk , it's as easy as it can get for the opposition.
We won't look good on ball /build up until we get a new GK.
The GK has to start the build up and when he goes long to forwards who find themselves against Dunk , it's as easy as it can get for the opposition.
We won't look good on ball /build up until we get a new GK.
Top four, two cup finals, one of which is already in the bag. Excellent stuff.
Think he’ll go long against city. Like we did against Liverpool. Against teams that press I don’t think he’ll risk it with this GK
Made 2 cup finals in his first season. That’d have been fecking optimistic as feck dreamland a year ago.
Feel for him, this squad is absolutely shattered at this point and many results I think are tough to pin on him.
Just need to secure top 4 for good, put up a fight in the final, and get ready to do some serious business in the window
Just need to secure top 4 for good, put up a fight in the final, and get ready to do some serious business in the window
We won't win many balls off Dave's kicks. We are though guaranteed to concede goals by putting ourselves in trouble trying to play out. Would much rather we give the ball away deep in our opponents half rather than on our 18 yard box.
I think not starting Fred hindered the game plan.
We clearly set up to push on Caciedo in the first half, yet Eriksen couldn’t get near him. They bypassed us so often due to that.
As soon as Fred got on there we started winning the ball back in their half. I think we need to make better use of him.
We clearly set up to push on Caciedo in the first half, yet Eriksen couldn’t get near him. They bypassed us so often due to that.
As soon as Fred got on there we started winning the ball back in their half. I think we need to make better use of him.
2 cup finals and top 4 would be a great season. 2 cup wins and top 4 would be excellent
He should have started on Thursday as well. These high intensity games against good opposition Eriksen struggles and has almost allyear.
Probably a good thing, in the end, that we went out of the Europa. No semi finals makes more room for rest. The final would have been 2 days before the FA Cup final, also.
This has been a great season. I didn't think we would get top four; I definitely didn't think we would reach finals and win a trophy.
This has been a great season. I didn't think we would get top four; I definitely didn't think we would reach finals and win a trophy.
Agreed. It seems naive at this point.
Eriksen is great, but we need to use him more carefully.
Feck Ten Hag's ball on the final. We should bring Ole back as special coach to park the bus deep and counter them. 
They weren't our only options. The other option was not to shit ourselves and give ridiculous goals away. You seem to want to blame the manager for that though. Weirdo. Not sure whether you are aware but we just got to the Cup Final?
He is what he is at this point. A rotational CM that has great use in certain games. Just like Fred. Neither should ever be the nailed on first choice 8 for a team looking to dominate though.
Gutted we won being a hater with an agenda but well done Ten Hag.
Ole, vibes and counter… probably the only thing that can stop Sir Pep and the treble. On a serious note, I think we might stand a better chance playing Ole ball in the final. I am hoping ETH has made notes.Feck Ten Hag's ball on the final. We should bring Ole back as special coach to park the bus deep and counter them.
Yep, as I said in another thread some are acting like we're in a relegation fight and got knocked out in the early rounds of all cups! I'd love to know how some of them deal with real life, not very well I'd take a guess.
Your one to talk, been moaning for weeks.Yours is the only post moaning!
After your rants on here after the Sevilla game I expected you to walk back a lot of your posts.
Seems you’re not bothering
We never won a final with Ole ball so don't recommendFeck Ten Hag's ball on the final. We should bring Ole back as special coach to park the bus deep and counter them.
I'm starting to wonder whether some of these posters are actually members of the Solskjaer family given how differently they are behaving now that we have a different manager. It's bizarre.
Did great but I do wonder why he's disappeared Fred for so long. You feel he could have done a job at Sevilla.
Also, his lack of trust in Pellistri is weird. His agility and tricks would have been useful at the end. Certainly more of a footballer than donkey
But all of these are by-the-bys because no one can convince me he's not playing a blinder this season
Also, his lack of trust in Pellistri is weird. His agility and tricks would have been useful at the end. Certainly more of a footballer than donkey
But all of these are by-the-bys because no one can convince me he's not playing a blinder this season
It's not only Ole fans, we had a poster in the match day thread and his username was actually 'mou mou land'
hmmmm I wonder who he's a fan of?? 
Must be something he's seeing on the training pitch (not that they're on it much with all the games) or he can just see that they won't work with how he wants to play? I don't see it myself, but it has to be something along those lines
Hats off to ETH…
1st season wins Carabao cup
Foal of FA cup
Top 4
sit down the delusional haters.
1st season wins Carabao cup
Foal of FA cup
Top 4
sit down the delusional haters.
Wasn't Shaw injured?
Please do not bench Lindelof for Maguire.
Hoping he now never sees the need to start Maguire ever again. Should be telling him to look for a new club by now.
No more Maguire in important games. Even though he was suspended.
It's been a big loss in terms of the distribution from the back. His passing is so purposeful and direct (like Keane's used to be), and we miss it big time. Still, I hope to see Shaw and Lindelof as the starting centre backs now if Varane and Martinez are out for the rest of the season.
He is really stubborn with using Eriksen whenever possible, I felt like this was a mistake today especially that he set up the team to sit back and counter. Which itself is quite disappointing because we had a strong team especially up front so we could've been a bit more brave.
All in all he got us to the final but I think this season is more about assessing the squad then going for an actual style of play.
All in all he got us to the final but I think this season is more about assessing the squad then going for an actual style of play.
All you’ve done is moan nonstop in this thread.
I’ve done feck all! I had one gripe after the Sevilla game and you lot keep quoting me days after and then come in here moaning about people moaning! There’s only you lot moaning about other people having different opinions than you, like people aren’t allowed to question anything. It’s been days now!It looks to me as though he was trying, in a way, to use this match to help the players returning to the first XI regain some match fitness for the final sprint in the league.
Casemiro, Eriksen, Martial, Rashford : they’re all kind of returning back to the first XI but all started and were left as long as possible on the pitch. It looks like he prefers them being ready for the league rather than fielding the healthiest XI today
Casemiro, Eriksen, Martial, Rashford : they’re all kind of returning back to the first XI but all started and were left as long as possible on the pitch. It looks like he prefers them being ready for the league rather than fielding the healthiest XI today
Then stop quoting me about something that happened days ago. I’ve said what I had to say post Sevilla, we’re over that nowWe’ve been shite some weeks, my moaning generally coincides with us being shite.
Rants? I went to bed early and said one thing about the tactics and team selections. You’ve got the wrong guy.The many games are taking its toll. At least for the final we might be able to have our best players save some energy if top 4 is secured
Bruno is so pivotal to what this team is creating. So good he’s rarely injured (fingers crossed he wont be)
Bruno is so pivotal to what this team is creating. So good he’s rarely injured (fingers crossed he wont be)
Honestly ecstatic we got through, didn't get a chance to play Ten Hag ball today but I like that Ten Hag is pragmatic at times.