[Josep Dowling]

First time in 42 years of watching Utd I wanted the other team to win. Every fecking team on the planet has injuries, yet apparently this is one of the reasons why we have a manager who is SO Stubborn its beyond comprehension. Only one fit CF (not ETH's fault that) but cannot create meaningful passages of play for him. Rashford consistently a 5/10 player week in week out at best.

Maguire is no doubt going to get slaughtered for his post match comments but it tells the whole story of this club and team. 'It was like the world wanted Coventry to win' I dont blame Maguire for saying that. You could see that as soon as the goal went in for Coventry, no hiding place on the pitch, the players shrunk. Both Maguire and Bruno are great professionals who care about the club and will be part of that leadership group. Not captains though. No management on the pitch to see the game out and feck all from the sidelines to help them.

Agree with this. I might be in favour of Ten Hag if he actually benched players who aren’t up to it. Rashford needs to be dropped. Amad played great against Liverpool and not given a chance. Antony is now back in most games when he hasn’t played better. Continually takes off Garnacho whether he played good or bad. Continually making his first sub post 70 minutes regardless of the circumstance. It’s getting boring now.

 

[Robertd0803]

Get in there.

Purely for the end result because that was an utter fiasco.

 

[quadrant]

Result doesn't matter, that was the death knell for ETH in my opinion. Short of a demolition of City in the final, I don't think he has enough goodwill among the staff and players to make his ideas stick. I think he's been very unlucky with coming to the club at a time when it's entirely dysfunctional - I honestly doubt any available manager could have succeeded with the BS he's had to put up with. But when you're out of credit, it's nearly impossible to get it back again. I just hope we sort things out behind the scenes before we burn through yet another manager.

 

[AdamColeBebe]

I bet Man City are relieved

 

[Betson]

Keane is right , so hard to like this Utd team , no character or leadership. Lacking courage and conviction in everything they do.

 

[Tiber]

Saved by VAR against a mid table championship club after being 3-0 up. Embarrassing

 

[sirAlexsglasses]

It’s embarrassing to be a United fan, and I would t admit to anyone that does t know, that I’m a United fan. This lot are an embarrassment of the highest level, mentally weak and a disgrace, I would honestly sell 99% of them , totally unlikeable team

 

[JP77]

We’re piss poor but my god is it a crazy ride, got to be the most entertaining team to watch week in week out.

 

[Buster15]

Roy Keane calling it like it is....I am almost getting to dislike them (the players).

Karen Carney calling it like it is.... Manchester United don't play like a team.

Perfect comments.

 

[moodyred]

We are so ridiculously chaotic but it seems some form of God or Devil want us to win that game somehow. You never know....we might just win it against City.

 

[groovyalbert]

If a win could be a defeat. The perfect example.

 

[Sandikan]

A man getting 2 yellow cards and staying on the pitch even though the ref is aware of it. Didn't think that was possible until today. Game's gone mad.

Who cares anyway, we're there. ETH got a chance to at least give us something now after this shambles of a season.

Literally the exact same scenario happened midweek to Martinez of Villa and there was loads of press and comments about it.
It's utterly pointless though, and simply gives them a freebie to do some arseholery. Same with timewasting. Once they have a yellow they can waste as much as they like.

 

[NewGlory]

Shame that Onana's two bookings don't see him banned for next PL games...

That is a ridiculous comment.

 

[pcaming]

It’s embarrassing to be a United fan, and I would t admit to anyone that does t know, that I’m a United fan. This lot are an embarrassment of the highest level, mentally weak and a disgrace, I would honestly sell 99% of them , totally unlikeable team

An admin added the comment or whatever it’s called under my name because I stated we were embarrassing. Now look where we’ve reached.

 

[MonkeysMagic]

I should be elated in reaching another final but knowing what ETH is going to serve up, feels like we're already defeated! It's what watching this team over the last 18 months has done to fans and even the players don't look too pleased to be going there either!

 

[sebsheep]

Never in doubt.

 

[DavidDeSchmikes]

Look at the team's reaction after Hojluind scored. Sums it up.
Happy we're through, but feck me, you can't be binning 3 goals lead against Championship sides and barely hanging on at the end
Had we dominated them from start to finish and then won on penalties, it wouldn't have been as bad.

We won, let's never speak of this again

 

[JG3001]

I reckon that offside was only given cos of the dodgy penalty against us to begin with. I’d be fuming if it was the other way around.

 

[Adz_99]

We’re piss poor but my god is it a crazy ride, got to be the most entertaining team to watch week in week out.

If this was happening in Russia you would assume there was some dodgy betting syndicate involved.

I can't think of a football team in history who implodes with such predictability as this lot. Was anyone actually surprised when it went to 3-3?

 

[NewGlory]

A man getting 2 yellow cards and staying on the pitch even though the ref is aware of it. Didn't think that was possible until today. Game's gone mad.

Who cares anyway, we're there. ETH got a chance to at least give us something now after this shambles of a season.

Yellow cards reset before pen shutout. It is in the laws. Maybe you are not very aware of the regulations

 

[Sandikan]

If a win could be a defeat. The perfect example.

It was the way at 4-3 my first reaction was, at least no pens to endure, and at least we might get a better manager in etc.

 

[Stadjer]

He was my MOTM

Poster is just someone who decided that Onana is crap when Onana was giving away goals for free in the CL. Wont change his opinion now Onana is actually good.

Or just clueless

 

[Irrational.]

We didn’t deserve anything and are going to end up humiliated for the second season running in the final. Coventry would give City a tougher match.

 

[Jazz]

We are so ridiculously chaotic but it seems some form of God or Devil want us to win that game somehow. You never know....we might just win it against City.

We really might. That's how bloody crazy the team is!

 

[black country red]

Another final I love my team

 

[Unam333]

I wasn't even happy after the penalty shootout. Just fuming and relieved we went through.

 

[C'est Moi Cantona]

Yeah, just let the Coventry have the offside goal.

Lee Dixon is such an arse.

 

[Chairman Steve]

I see we only gave Coventry only 18 shots at goal instead of our usual 20

 

[thisisnottaken1]

We really might. That's how bloody crazy the team is!

I mean…considering how I expected Liverpool to demolish us in each of their three games against us yet they didn’t win one, it could happen. Highly unlikely though, but I’m hoping for the best.

 

[Gaidal]

I used to dream about meeting unitedplayers, now I hope i never do. I wouldnt be able to keep myself from punching them straight in the balls.

Not like it would hurt them though, no balls in this team.

 

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Shame Ratcliffe wasn’t available to play CH. Faster for a start…

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[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

That Mainoo substitution was a sackable of offence. That is all

 

[Loftus Road Lad]

Basing this on nothing at all. But for any neutral out there is that one of the craziest fa cup semi‘s ever?

It was certainly a crazy game, but the feeling among myself and other neutrals I know is disappointment that Coventry fans have been denied seeing a historic goal they would have remembered for the rest of their lives and one of the greatest comebacks ever because the player's toenail was offside. VAR is awful and football would be better off without it.

 

[leeroyTX]

I reckon that offside was only given cos of the dodgy penalty against us to begin with. I’d be fuming if it was the other way around.

Huh? Both were the right calls.

 

[mu4c_20le]

I see we only gave Coventry only 18 shots at goal instead of our usual 20

It was a game of two halves. If we played the first half like we did after going 3 up we'd have faced double that.

 

[Canuckred64]

Why are we so bad in the last 20 minutes of a game. If it's not tactics, is it lack of conditioning? We must have set a record for most penalties after 90 minutes and goals conceded in extra time.

 

[Reditus]

It was certainly a crazy game, but the feeling among myself and other neutrals I know is disappointment that Coventry fans have been denied seeing a historic goal they would have remembered for the rest of their lives and one of the greatest comebacks ever because the player's toenail was offside. VAR is awful and football would be better off without it.

Yeah I think that fair

 

[Manny]

Can we start tearing up player contracts? Repeat offenders going right back to Ole's time.

 

[BootsyCollins]

Onana and Harry were good.
Bruno and Dalot ok.
Rest were absolute garbage.

 

[redmanx]

Agree with this. I might be in favour of Ten Hag if he actually benched players who aren’t up to it. Rashford needs to be dropped. Amad played great against Liverpool and not given a chance. Antony is now back in most games when he hasn’t played better. Continually takes off Garnacho whether he played good or bad. Continually making his first sub post 70 minutes regardless of the circumstance. It’s getting boring now.

I agree 100% re Rashford and his pathetic performance today did nothing to change my opinion of him. Garnacho is a constant threat all the while hes on the pitch, so why does ETH keep taking him off? We still have no idea of Amads potential because he doesnt get a run of games to show what he can do. Antony is the most predictable player on the planet, even though some people claim hes starting to mix his play up a bit, but also his decision making is crap, unless its an instantaneous reaction. ETH should shoulder the blame for continuing to play players who are simply not good enough but the way the entire team collapsed after Coventrys first goal was most certainly not his fault. At 3-0 we were cruising, but then some of them decided the match was over and virtually stopped playing; Onana started acting like an idiot trying to waste time and was booked and instead of going for the 4th goal we dithered and pissed about allowing Coventry to push us back, leading to the now almost inevitable collapse we've seen too many times already this season. I doubt very much that ETH tells the players to faf around rather than keep playing, its the mindset and attitude of too many of our players that constantly and continually drags the team down. Today while we were unlucky in conceding a goal from a wicked deflection and another from a penalty that never was, this game should have been dead and buried long before with us winning by 5 or 6.