FA Cup Quarter Finals - SF: Brighton vs United

thegregster

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The FA cup is only 3 days after the Europa league final.

Terrible fixture planning by the authorities if we make both.
 

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Easy final for city. Could be Manchester final! Let’s do this!!
 

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City with another home tie and easy team… another 6-0 and hat trick for haaland. The media will be wetting themselves with excitement.
 

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We are more likely to be in the final playing Brighton than we are playing City.
The point being about it's likely easier to beat City in semi than final. If we made EL final too, that is 3 days apart for 2 finals. We basically have little recovery and prep time for two different opponents. While if it's semi, City would have Bayern second leg, FA semi, and Arsenal mid week. They had less prep time. FA cup is the least prestigious competition, so there is a chance City would sacrifice if they have to make tough choice with rotation.

Making final only to be at disadvantage and lose is worse.
 

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Do think we can beat em all in a one off.
Would have preferred city getting either us or Brighton though
 

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City with another home tie and easy team… another 6-0 and hat trick for haaland. The media will be wetting themselves with excitement.
Not a “home” draw, both semis at Wembley….
 

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I'm watching this in the wrong place. Andy Grey still exists and his pronunciations of names is insane - "Sanko", "Sabbit", "Fernandeez" ..... get me back on the BBC/ITV than these idiots.
 

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I’m going to start watching this so of course united will score within five minutes
 

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So the mgr, center forward, and Willian all sent off within a 5 min period of chaos after leading 0-1. United deserve to win.
 

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In control, get winger, striker and manager sent off and concede 2 goals in the span of 4 minutes. Crazy collapse.
 

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March madness indeed. This won’t be close so it’s off to F1 and college basketball.
 

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Fulham are utterly idiots. They need a hard look at themselves
 

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Brighton will be tough. Hope Eriksen is back by then. Glad casemiro will be back and rested at that point, his suspension up the weekend before and he'll have the Europa League game to get sharpness.
 

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Might be the dumbest red card I’ve ever seen from Mitrovic. Fulham had that going their way and even with 10 men maybe they could’ve held on, but once it goes to 9 men it’s so difficult.
 

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Fulham in complete control and completely imploded from one action in the game.

It was a penalty and by the rules a red card.

Mitrovic should be fined a years wages for deciding to get himself sent off. Mind you Silva can't say anything as he got sent off aswell.

From such an excellent display for 70 minutes that was as unprofessional as it gets from Fulham and now their season is over.
 

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Brighton will be really tough and if we get by then an all-Manchester final. We ain't doin' it the easy way.