United (A) - League Cup SF Post-Match Thread

[jimharri]

Lifted off a forum over here....

"Manchester United the once great football club is dying lads. Its sad to see but it's the reality imo. We're just a very well marketed cash cow upper middle table club who's owners and directors are trying to fool the fans into believing we are building something special with this romanticised giving youth a chance bullsh1t.
The days of Utd doing what it takes to compete at the top level are gone. Woodward has wasted a billion since Fergie and I think the Glazers have decided to close the purse strings and push the whole giving youth a chance mantra. It's the cheaper option. A strong manager like Jose wouldn't stand for it but Ole will tow the company line and won't rock the boat.
I don't think we'll see Man Utd win another title or champions league while the Glazers are owners, and most definitely not with a manager as poor as Ole at the helm. We might win the odd cup but that'll be it imo."

God love 'em, they're hurting. I'd love to see what they'd be like if they ever had to endure the run we had from 1996-99.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Perhaps Maguire is better than we thought.

I know we changed formation but the other difference was Maguire's absence.

The only good thing Ruud Gullit said as a pundit was that games are decided by small details, or it was the first time I'd heard it said and it resonated with me. Remember early on at 0-0, Rashford goes through and Fernandinho comes out and challenges him. He was about 2 cm from taking him out. If Rashford goes down, penalty and the game changes. Probably totally.

I am glad Maguire will be out for the 2nd leg. We must not take this game for granted. Prize is a shot at the League Cup Final and winning three League Cups back to back. That would be something.

Is he missing for the second leg?

Hard to say whether or not they are better with or without Maguire, I know they got torn to shred by us Tuesday night without him, But they also could of been 3 or 4-0 down at HT against Arsenal with Maguire playing. I'd still much prefer Phil Van Dijk playing than Maguire :)

 

[gocity]

yes same bunch, and two wonderful passes from United players to help out, Williams' clearance/pass(not mahrez) to KDB, and Perieras' final pass to the back of the net.
how could we miss? ;)

You missed out De Ghea's pass to Periera

 

[Luddite_Blue]

Let's finish the job we started.

Their football side has stagnated for a decade (it started under Fergie) and now their fanbase is feeling the effect. Fighting amongst themselves and giving up.

We need to knock them out of the League Cup, win more Cups, and see them fail to qualify for the CL yet again then the rot will set in in earnest. 5,000 empty seats at Old Trafford for a Manchester Derby. Has that ever happened in our lifetime?

It happened at the 1-1 draw in February 1990 and there were a lot of City fans in their end - attendance was 40,000 and capacity was 48,000

 

[Jesus2018]

Just watching the Utd v City highlights the best thing about it being Martin Tyler commentating like he's describing his house being burgled on the cctv to mobile phone system he's got set up.

Oh he's taking fifa now. I've not even played it yet.
There's the telly gone.
I paid £500 for that jacket.
(As he sits there, despondent, shaking his head, infront of the screen)
And now they're in the cupboards. Eating my chocolate digestives. This really is becoming ridiculous now.

 

[Chris in London]

Just watching the Utd v City highlights the best thing about it being Martin Tyler commentating like he's describing his house being burgled on the cctv to mobile phone system he's got set up.


And now they're in the cupboards. Eating my chocolate digestives. This really is becoming ridiculous now.

You may be onto something.

‘And now they’ve found my packet of ORIOOOOOOOOOOOOO!’

 

[domalino]

Perhaps Maguire is better than we thought.

I know we changed formation but the other difference was Maguire's absence.

The only good thing Ruud Gullit said as a pundit was that games are decided by small details, or it was the first time I'd heard it said and it resonated with me. Remember early on at 0-0, Rashford goes through and Fernandinho comes out and challenges him. He was about 2 cm from taking him out. If Rashford goes down, penalty and the game changes. Probably totally.

I am glad Maguire will be out for the 2nd leg. We must not take this game for granted. Prize is a shot at the League Cup Final and winning three League Cups back to back. That would be something.

It's not Maguire they missed, it was McTominay.

He had a very, very good game when we lost last month and their starting midfield of Perreira, Lingard and Fred on Tuesday was dogshit in every possible way.

Matic is crap, and cant run, but even him coming on made them a lot more solid defensively because he is at least a defensive midfielder by trade and knew how to cope with our midfield rotating and didnt just get dragged out of place.

Maguire has been crap for United in the most part. 6/10 performances and plenty of big mistakes, the only reason hes not been singled out for it is because Lindelof and Jones are so much worse.

 

[mikemcfc]

You missed out De Ghea's pass to Periera

aaaaah!, your right, I did forget that, I guess I was mesmerized by their brilliant tiki taka play, they just needed a GPS. ;)

 

[mikemcfc]

So, according to you, we should thank Williams for being kind enough to pass it to Kevin. According to me, Mahrez's run was the cause of that.

the ball was where it was, williams got there first, unlucky he cleared/passed it to kev. of course mahrez was running for it, ffs, all players want it, it's called possession.
three lucky breaks to get that goal. no two ways about it.

 

[come-on-barney]

Who would have thought it, the match day forum in line with Pep :) Pep furious at second half performance as per Mirror this morning!