[Minimalist]

Would be better if that can be arranged to look like an actual bus.

Footage of United taking to the field this Saturday:

 

[breakout67]

This is the thing with Mourinho, he has this habit of salvaging something on the edge of failure.

There was a serious anti-Jose sentiment, with Spurs and Liverpool being praised to the hills. He then put in some very spirited performances against 3 tough teams. The exact same thin happened last season, we were so bad in the league, but he salvaged it with two trophies.

This guy is so stubborn, and so determined, that I wouldn't be surprised if he had one eye on the FA cup, because he knew that we weren't good enough to win the CL. He is so obsessed with adding trophies to his CV that he would think like that.

 

[groovyalbert]

No Pogba or Sanchez for this. Utterly hopeless the pair in recent weeks.

Front three of Lingard-Lukaku-Martial, midfield of Mata-Matic-McTominay.

Mata and Lingard can interchange.

Back four can stay the same. They fell asleep against Sevilla but did boss Liverpool. Plus there's no-one screaming out to be selected ahead of them. Maybe Shaw but, honestly, who really cares anymore.

 

[sunama]

7:45pm kick off on a Saturday night? I'm not wasting my Saturday night watching this. Will be the first game of the season I won't be watching.

Enjoy your Saturday night.
Myself, I'll be watching.
In fact, after a loss, I always like us to play a game asap, so I can forget about the loss.

 

[JoaquinJoaquin]

Enjoy your Saturday night.
Myself, I'll be watching.
In fact, after a loss, I always like us to play a game asap, so I can forget about the loss.

Thanks, you to. Hopefully will be a good result.

 

[RAVred]

Can’t be arsed. Hoping for a West Ham style pitch invasion to spice things up.

You can't seriously think crowd trouble is good, can you?

 

[The red panther]

Pretty much this

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

The only game I have any interest in from now until August. Completely deflated by this club.

------------------DDG---------------------
Valencia---Smalling---Lindelof-----Darmian
------------Carrick---McTominay---------
Lingard---------Sanchez-----------Rashford
----------------Lukaku----------------------

SUBS - Fellaini (Carrick), Martial (Rashford), Mata (Lukaku)

Man United 1 - 0 Brighton
Martial

 

[JohnnyKills]

Not arsed. The fact that Arsenal have won the FA Cup three of the past four years says it all about this tournament.

 

[marukomu]

Getting up at 4:30 to watch this. I can have a wank at half time 'cause the wife will still be in bed. Even if we're losing, it won't stop me.

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

Getting up at 4:30 to watch this. I can have a wank at half time 'cause the wife will still be in bed. Even if we're losing, it won't stop me.

Hahaha! Brilliant.
I might actually miss this, UFC is on at the same time. It's extremely rare nowadays I get to watch it live, it's in London so it's on prime-time. The idea of watching with booze, live rather than with coffee/tea the next morning appeals more than another Mourinho 1-0 attempt against a shit team. What channel is it on, actually?

 

[sully1]

the hangover from Seville will cost us this match.

dont have a good feeling.

 

[Web of Bissaka]

Some fans are not looking forward to winning the FA Cup?

 

[Dennis Viollet]

Some fans are not looking forward to winning the FA Cup?

we are all very disappointed and angry about what happened last night. I'm sure that the vast majority of us will be here Saturday to follow the game (which at this point becomes essential for the continuation of our season).

 

[RedCurry]

13% Man Utd 0:5 Brighton

 

[Bastian]

I hope it's 433 from hereon out until the end of the season. At least, that he doesn't pursue 4231 with the midfielders he's got. And completely stops playing a misfiring Sanchez in a position where we've got two great options in Rashford and Martial.

 

[Giggs86]

Have to win this cup. We proved that we are better than Chelsea and Spurs, no excuses now.

If we fail to win it this season will be regarded as a failure.

 

[ti vu]

Have to win this cup. We proved that we are better than Chelsea and Spurs, no excuses now.

If we fail to win it this season will be regarded as a failure.

I said in another thread. This season is already a failure (compare to last) in term of achievement even if we're to win the FA Cup and finish 2nd. We acknowledge the progress, but as our aim, we can see we're far from the position we want to be. It's all about perspective. Last season we tried to get back on track after the misleading way LVG imposed on our club. We did enough to show. Now we want to know where we are compared to top power, and as it showed we're miles off.

Agree that we need to win, show fighting spirit for the remaining games even in this lost season.

 

[nemanja15]

de Gea

Young
Bailly
Smalling
Shaw

Matic
McTominay
Pogba

Mata
Lukaku
Martial

Something like this. Players will be nervous after Sevilla so go back to what had worked reasonably well in the few games before. A solid base and hopefully some spark in attack with Mata and Martial back in the side.

 

[devilish]

Romero

Darmian
Lindelof
Smalling
Blind

Carrick
McTominay
Pogba

Mata
Rashford

Martial

 

[Swift Football]

No Pogba or Sanchez for another 2 matches plz.
And a lot of booing plz when our defence plays ball among themselves.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Not arsed. The fact that Arsenal have won the FA Cup three of the past four years says it all about this tournament.

If we get knocked out of this as well, he can go. Their confidence will be at rock bottom and it needs a lift yet again.

 

[JohnnyKills]

If we get knocked out of this as well, he can go. Their confidence will be at rock bottom and it needs a lift yet again.

He's not going anywhere mate. Whatever we may think about it, he's just signed a new contract.

 

[whatwha]

13% Man Utd 0:5 Brighton

Basically a RedCafe tradition to 'predict' 0:5 after a loss.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

He's not going anywhere mate. Whatever we may think about it, he's just signed a new contract.

It was only a one year extension. The pay rise was more damaging. If it seriously goes wrong then he has to go and it is our own stupidity that it will cost us a fortune. Jose played a good one there sure enough.

 

[Giggs86]

I said in another thread. This season is already a failure (compare to last) in term of achievement even if we're to win the FA Cup and finish 2nd. We acknowledge the progress, but as our aim, we can see we're far from the position we want to be. It's all about perspective. Last season we tried to get back on track after the misleading way LVG imposed on our club. We did enough to show. Now we want to know where we are compared to top power, and as it showed we're miles off.

Agree that we need to win, show fighting spirit for the remaining games even in this lost season.

I wouldn't call it a lost season yet, unlike many others I still value the FA Cup as a major trophy. Otherwise agree with what you're saying.

If we win the FA cup, comparing with last season would be LC/EL/6th place vs. FA/2nd place. I'd say both seasons would be about the same.

Expectations wise we were all expecting a title challenge and getting to the latter stages of the CL. If we fail to win the FA (which won't be easy as it is also the only chance of silverware for Chelsea and Spurs) then we should be seriously looking at a replacement.

The problem with Mourinho is that he won't change, he is a one dimensional manager who can't change his ways. All of his craft his built on disrupting the opposition's game plan and punishing them. When we need to be the ones to create something like yesterday, he falls short.

This style of football won't work at United as we all witnessed yesterday. We may need to resort to those tactics when we play a handful of teams like Madrid and Barca but 99% of the time we should be the team that takes the initiative and imposes our game rather than the opposite.

 

[Sandikan]

I wouldn't call it a lost season yet, unlike many others I still value the FA Cup as a major trophy. Otherwise agree with what you're saying.

If we win the FA cup, comparing with last season would be LC/EL/6th place vs. FA/2nd place. I'd say both seasons would be about the same.

.

It's got to be seen as progress surely.

The FA Cup is better than the league cup, and 2nd (if we finish there) is better than 6th!
The Europa cup of course was also won, but we didn't realy want to be in it, so it was our passport in lieu of the dreadful league finish.

Still..let's see how Saturday goes first!

 

[Oldham]

The coward better attack this time... if not I wanna see him gone.
Same with many of our players...should feck off if they can't bother to show up

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Going to this one, I'm sure the atmosphere will be buzzing.

 

[IronTulip]

Made me laugh, thanks

Looking forward to this one as games at home against the lesser teams are the rare games José actually attempts to play football in.

A lot of Caftards were equally confident for Seville.

Get a grip ffs. This is our only hope left this season.

Folks are allowed to spend their Saturday night anyway they want.

I myself made a decision of not getting up at 4am for our early kickoff matches this year, after 20+ years of doing so. Watching this overpaid team play these past few years without much passion or fight makes me sad. How I miss SAF

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

Give me an old fashioned 4-4-2.

Rashford Lukaku
Martial Matic McTominay Mata
Shaw Smalling Bailly Valencia
deGea​

 

[Hed Zitin]

The only trophy Jose can win.

We are definitely playing negative. The higher the stakes, the more cautious he gets.

 

[simonhch]

 

[pseudo_canadian]

Hopefully we can make it difficult for them.

 

[Class of 63]

Romero
Darmian Bailly Lindelof Shaw
Carrick McTom
Chong Lingard Martial
ZLATAN

2-0​

 

[Web of Bissaka]

Footage of United taking to the field this Saturday:

0:49

 

[jackofalltrades]

God knows what tactics he'll use. If he goes for more of the same and wins ok but if we lose, the fans will go mad. If he goes all out attack and wins great, but if we lose he might say I told you so.

 

[Web of Bissaka]

Swap Matic with Carrick, and Young with Valencia.

Jose describe this as an important match, not likely he'll bench Matic, and he have subbed Tony V off twice now.

... naah he'll play both Young and Valencia, and Shaw benched unfortunately.

 

[red_devil83]

No Pogba or Sanchez for this. Utterly hopeless the pair in recent weeks.

Front three of Lingard-Lukaku-Martial, midfield of Mata-Matic-McTominay.

Mata and Lingard can interchange.

Back four can stay the same. They fell asleep against Sevilla but did boss Liverpool. Plus there's no-one screaming out to be selected ahead of them. Maybe Shaw but, honestly, who really cares anymore.

Pretty much this but I'd start Shaw as well. Sanchez can do one.

 

[Rado_N]

The feck, 7:45pm on a Saturday?!