They’re probably behind with their “neutrality” payments to the refs association.
Europa League 22/23 | Final: Sevilla vs Roma (May 31)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
3 opponents sent off and given 3 penalties (4 in the game overall), one which was missed and then another one in the 95th to win them the game 
Masterclass in shithousery
Ffs another Spanish team. I was hoping we avoid Sevilla at all costs. If it’s not Sevilla then it’s another club from Seville. Joaquin,Borja iglesias and all them men.
If we beat Betis then we'll get Sevilla probably.
Roma-Sociedad is interesting one.
Roma-Sociedad is interesting one.
How many fecking Spanish teams are in this competition?!
Lots because of their CL failures.
In the past I hated drawing Spanish sides as they seem to always have our number due to their superior ability in possession of the ball but with what we have seen under ten hag against the best side in la liga this season both home and away (when they had a very strong line up), he has finally got united caught up with being able to go toe to toe with the best sides on the ball.
fuking hate that we got another spanish team
Wow - very soon. I knew fixtures were thick and fast, but … cripes. I’d hate Betis to beat-us. Sorry.
Huge miss for Betis, definitely. Makes our job a bit easier on paper.
isn’t that his second ACL injury?
I just remembered we've already played them this season.
Aren’t Betis known for not being your traditional Spanish team of shithousery and dark arts? Don’t they actually attempt to beat you in a football match?
Good news considering I'm sure he would have ended up producing a rare performance against us where he ends up performing like the potential that was expected of him when he was at Lyon
Good thing is if we beat Betis and draw Sevilla - they are awful this season, 14th in La Liga (don't remember them being that low in the table) and could have worst league finish since 2003. However they have biggest expierence in Europa and the competition could save their season.
Friendly in December
Yes, during the world cup.
Edit: Oh shit, a friendly?
Edit: Oh shit, a friendly?
And, appropriate to the recent news of his season ending injury, Nabil Fekir scored the winner in their 1-0 win over us in that friendly.
If we want we can actually win this competition as well. Juve Arsenal Roma and Sevilla are the trickiest opponents remaining. I think on our day we can beat any of them.
Yes, this time the other knee. He was on the verge of signing for Liverpool at the time.
Arsenal are the best side in it this season and we're a close 2nd, the rest aren't close
Yes I agree but I feel with no CL spot through serie A, Juve will give their everything to win it and get to CL. Same can be said for Sevilla but I think they are not that good.
Juve is pretty shit these days. They aren't a bigger worry than Roma/Sociedad/Leverkusen/Freiburg/Sevilla/Betis/Sporting.
They have lost their last two and sit 5th in Spain.
Juventus probably has better players than the teams you named. I actually think they potentially have one of the strongest attacking lines in the competition, with Chiesa, Vlahovic, DiMaria up front + Kostic & Cuadrado for the wings. In my opinion, both Leverkusen and Juventus are way better than the other clubs in this regard. Both are closer to Arsenal and United than to the rest in terms of attacking talent. However, as a team, Juve is clearly shit this season. Moreover, as far as modern football goes, most coaches in the competition are miles better than Allegri...
They’ve won their last three.
Betis play Real at home on 5 March and Villarreal away between the EL matches on March 12. Not the easiest set of games even if Villarreal has not been as good as in previous seasons.
Yeah definitely not a player issue, more how they play as a team. They're similar to United last season, just really need a proper manager who can develop guys like Chiesa properly who have huge potential but are wasted/not used fully.
I have a small dream that somehow we meet Juventus in the final and we beat them while Pogba is playing there, and of course, Di Maria. Petty, I know, but I feel like this time, we could make it happen.
oh ffs....they look worse of the shithousery than Barcelona
Seville
by Federico García Lorca
Seville is a tower
full of fine archers.
Seville to wound.
Cordoba to die in.
A city that lurks
for long rhythms,
and twists them
like labyrinths.
Like tendrils of a vine
burning.
Seville to wound!
Under the arch of the sky,
across the clear plain,
she shoots the constant
arrow of her river.
Cordoba to die in!
And mad with horizons,
she mixes in her wine
the bitterness of Don Juan
and the perfection of Dionysus.
Seville to wound.
Always Seville to wound!
***
Seville
by Robert William Service
My Pa and Ma their honeymoon
Passed in an Andulasian June,
And though produced in Drury Lane,
I must have been conceived in Spain.
Now having lapsed from fair estate,
A coster's is my sorry fate;
Yet on my barrow lo! I wheel
The golden harvest of Saville.
"Sweet Spanish oranges!" I cry.
Ah! People deem not as they buy,
That in a dream a steel guitar
I strum beside the Alcázar,
And at the Miralda I meet
A signorita honey sweet,
And stroll beneath the silver moon
Like Pa and Ma that magic June.
Alack-a-day! I fear I'll never
Behold the golden Guadalquivir;
Yet here in Brixton how I feel
My spiritual home's Saville;
And hold the hope that some day I
Will visit there, if just to die;
Feeling I have not lived in vain
To crown my days in sunny Spain.
***
Seville
by Trumpeter Whydah
Lorca one,
Service two.
by Federico García Lorca
Seville is a tower
full of fine archers.
Seville to wound.
Cordoba to die in.
A city that lurks
for long rhythms,
and twists them
like labyrinths.
Like tendrils of a vine
burning.
Seville to wound!
Under the arch of the sky,
across the clear plain,
she shoots the constant
arrow of her river.
Cordoba to die in!
And mad with horizons,
she mixes in her wine
the bitterness of Don Juan
and the perfection of Dionysus.
Seville to wound.
Always Seville to wound!
***
Seville
by Robert William Service
My Pa and Ma their honeymoon
Passed in an Andulasian June,
And though produced in Drury Lane,
I must have been conceived in Spain.
Now having lapsed from fair estate,
A coster's is my sorry fate;
Yet on my barrow lo! I wheel
The golden harvest of Saville.
"Sweet Spanish oranges!" I cry.
Ah! People deem not as they buy,
That in a dream a steel guitar
I strum beside the Alcázar,
And at the Miralda I meet
A signorita honey sweet,
And stroll beneath the silver moon
Like Pa and Ma that magic June.
Alack-a-day! I fear I'll never
Behold the golden Guadalquivir;
Yet here in Brixton how I feel
My spiritual home's Saville;
And hold the hope that some day I
Will visit there, if just to die;
Feeling I have not lived in vain
To crown my days in sunny Spain.
***
Seville
by Trumpeter Whydah
Lorca one,
Service two.
Besides Fekir being gone for the rest of the season, they seem to have lots of injured players atm, players who seems to be regular starters... Rui Silva (GK), Luiz Felipe (D), Edgar Gonzales (M) and Sergio Canales (M)... no idea on the possible return dates on them though.
Don't understand why people are worried, only way you don't go through is if you are complacent, which won't happen. I'd imagine it could be pretty much over after the 1st leg.
spanish teams are never easy b/c you know at some point over the two legs they'll be given a penalty and trying to get a guy sent off
17:45 Leverkusen vs Ferencváros
17:45 Roma vs Real Sociedad
17:45 Sporting vs Arsenal
17:45 Union Berlin vs Union St.Gilloise
20:00 Juventus vs Freiburg
20:00 United vs Betis
20:00 Sevilla vs Fenerbahçe
20:00 Shakhtar vs Feyenoord
17:45 Roma vs Real Sociedad
17:45 Sporting vs Arsenal
17:45 Union Berlin vs Union St.Gilloise
20:00 Juventus vs Freiburg
20:00 United vs Betis
20:00 Sevilla vs Fenerbahçe
20:00 Shakhtar vs Feyenoord
Blast from the past. Wasn't some sort of youth prodigy at one point?