Think it is a generational thing.
We were always up for any match.
FA Cup Final: United v City
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We were always up for any match.
F**k it, I'll be optimistic. 2-1 United like in Old Trafford!
We're gonna win this 3-1. Rashy is gonna get the early goal, then we're gonna catch them on the break for a second, Bruno to score a penalty.
They'll get one back but as they push for an equaliser Casemiro is going to smash in the third.
They'll get one back but as they push for an equaliser Casemiro is going to smash in the third.
Exactly. In all the years of SAF I never watched a match I didn't expect us to win. It just wasn't imaginable.
If you have a spare 20 mins and are interested in football history as regards to Manchester, this is well worth a read:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/extra/54dmnima93/blue-v-red-the-battle-for-manchester
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/extra/54dmnima93/blue-v-red-the-battle-for-manchester
Barcelona away in 1994.
The overseas player restrictions from UEFA back then meant there were sadly games ok the CL where we had to play at half strength.
I'm desperate for us to beat these cheating cnuts.
I actually have a good feeling about tomorrow. I'm pretty calm at the moment but I think I'll need a few to calm the nerves after lunch
I actually have a good feeling about tomorrow. I'm pretty calm at the moment but I think I'll need a few to calm the nerves after lunch
Might be the most anxious I've been for a game post-SAF.
I'd love a win. I just hope we use the ball well. We can't just rely on transitions the entire game. We'll have to keep the ball at times and recycle it.
I'd love a win. I just hope we use the ball well. We can't just rely on transitions the entire game. We'll have to keep the ball at times and recycle it.
We're the best underdogs in world football. All the pressures on city tomorrow. Remember the weight on our shoulders when we were up for the treble and we had real men playing for us then who had grown together. We've beat them before and we can do it again. Just have to have a plan and execute it. The first goal has to be ours.
Oh and also, all the city players will be thinking about the CL, whether they will play, hoping they don't get injured. This one is our baby. Gotta come out punching.
Oh and also, all the city players will be thinking about the CL, whether they will play, hoping they don't get injured. This one is our baby. Gotta come out punching.
OK, let's just give them the FA Cup and we can take the afternoon off and play golf or whatever. It's a cup final. A one-off and if you look back at the history of the competition, many a bookies favourite has come a cropper at Wembley. I think we'll win.
I just hope we don't get embarrassed tbh.
Could be. Remember 1977 when everyone had the dippers as odd-on to win the treble? I think the MEN was the only paper in England that gave United a chance. Liverpool then were a machine and were beating everyone in sight. They were just starting that period of European dominance but we beat them.
Liverpool won 23 out of 42 league games back then. In a three-point system, that would have been 1.9 points per game (80 in 42). With that average they would have finished behind us this season.
And really, this is why older folk might be less pessimistic: in those times, the super teams weren't anywhere near as super as nowadays. They were more vulnerable, more... human. The gap between the best and the rest wasn't anywhere near as huge as now.
This City is a fecking relentless machine.
No doubt about that. They're pretty fearsome all right but not unbeatable.
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I don’t see United winning, so I’m fairly relaxed about the match tbh.
I won’t have a meltdown if City end up being the winners.
United are on the right path regardless.
I won’t have a meltdown if City end up being the winners.
United are on the right path regardless.
Ten Hag : "Rashford you'll play on the left and exploit the space whenever you can, if we are on the counter, you are our first priority"
Rashford : "Okay boss"
Ten Hag : "And Martial, you play up front"
Martial : "Owww ouch ouch my leg! boss, my leg!!"
Ahh yes. 1977. Feels like yesterday.
The only thing that’s making me confident is having Varane and Casemiro who are born winners. I hope they’ve rallied the team on this week and got them in the right mind set. I like the fact Varane said he isn’t scared of haaland. I hope he doesn’t make him eat his words.
Ye things are looking positive for us heading into next season. Would be good to top this season off with another trophy though. I hate the fact that we’ll always be remembered as one of the teams city beat to win the treble if they end up beating us.
Me too. I definitely didn't feel like this when we played those EL games, nor the last time we won the cup.
I just want us to beat them
we really need to just keep it 0-0 as long as possible and try to attack on the break or take it to penalties... if we get a goal on the break, great, we can continue the gameplan.... but if they get the 1st goal, I think it's about a 95% chance we get dominated and 5% chance we're able to get back into the game.
As long as the score is 0-0, I give us about a 25% chance of winning the final.
side note: you have to wonder, when will the day come that in a H2H with city, we will be seen as the favorites or the odds are split 50-50... it's crazy how dominant their team is compared to us.
As long as the score is 0-0, I give us about a 25% chance of winning the final.
side note: you have to wonder, when will the day come that in a H2H with city, we will be seen as the favorites or the odds are split 50-50... it's crazy how dominant their team is compared to us.
Not trying to be negative but I think this is the least confident I've been in a final ever. Didn't even feel this way in 2011 against Barcelona when I knew they had the greatest club team of all time
Hoping they prove me wrong though!
Hoping they prove me wrong though!
I just can't see Utd winning this. City will have it won by half time,
Predicting a 4-1, City win.
Haaland to score 3 and they get a very dubious pen,
Predicting a 4-1, City win.
Haaland to score 3 and they get a very dubious pen,
I'm so confident that if United lose, I'll ban myself from the Football forums on this website for a month.
I'm a bag of nerves about tomorrow. Hopeful, but certainly not optimistic.
We're definite underdogs - we can win, but if we do it'll be by 1 goal or on penalties. Whereas City could win by any margin if they really turn it on.
I keep trying to tell myself that this is really just a bonus game - that we've already achieved our season objectives with top 4 and a trophy secured, and another trophy would just be the cherry on the cake. But then I remember the treble they're on for, and think about what a sickening way it'll be to end a successful season, and I become a complete nervous wreck again!
We're definite underdogs - we can win, but if we do it'll be by 1 goal or on penalties. Whereas City could win by any margin if they really turn it on.
I keep trying to tell myself that this is really just a bonus game - that we've already achieved our season objectives with top 4 and a trophy secured, and another trophy would just be the cherry on the cake. But then I remember the treble they're on for, and think about what a sickening way it'll be to end a successful season, and I become a complete nervous wreck again!
Remember being with the lads and we were buzzing well before the match.
Just felt we could do it. The confidence was flowing from all of us.
When we won. I'll remember the feeling for as long as I live.
One of the best days of my life.
We are going to win this.
God I cant even sleep please just fecking win.
please just fecking win.Same mateGod I cant even sleep
got to be up at 7:30 for the drive down to Wembley but my brain won't stop going through all the potential scenarios that could unfold.You're going?! That's class mate! Hopefully it'll be one of the best days of your life!Same mate
Yeah man. Fingers crossed! One thing that's almost guaranteed is there will be more quality on display than the last cup final I went to - the 1-0 loss vs Chelsea a few years ago was such a drab game.
Yup still up, trawling the net for whatever FA Cup content I can find...God I cant even sleep
Let's fecking go! ETH will have them frothing at the mouth. Playing with house money. Can't wait.
Have a blast mate. Sing loud.
I can but I'm already resigned to losing it
watching this game is going to age me many years in anxiety
Lots of negativity in here
Let’s beat the bastards and stop their treble!
2-1 United
Let’s beat the bastards and stop their treble!
2-1 United
Not yet. The Glazers are still here.