United Thread - 2023/24

[Pam]

Should be 'Manchester' United. Or Trafford United.

Taking the Piss United FC. Apparently The Swamp stinks of urine so it fits.True story.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

Another home tie in a cup competition.

Now, there’s a shock!

When do they announce its on tv

 

[halfcenturyup]

Another home tie in a cup competition.

Now, there’s a shock!

It's 50/50 according to the BBC.

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

It's 50/50 according to the BBC.

jimmy Saville was a lovable eccentric...according to the BBC.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Taking the Piss United FC. Apparently The Swamp stinks of urine so it fits.True story.

Kippax bogs anyone?
;-)

 

[Blue Mist]

I think that’s 9 games drawn at home on the bounce ( but I’ll stand corrected ) What are the odds on that ?

Eleven.
11
9+2 = the amount of consecutive rag matches at home.



11. I might not have mentioned that

 

[JASR]

Eleven.
11
9+2 = the amount of consecutive rag matches at home.



11. I might not have mentioned that

So approx 2000-1 odds. Ie less likely than united being relegated (iirc)

But , yeah, no bias/fixing going on.

 

[Protein Junkie]

I was reading about players who have a “high ceiling”.
I think the player with the highest ceiling in the Premier is Lisandro Martinez from the Rags.
Wherever he lives the ceiling is high for him the dwarf Cnut.

 

[KentBlue]

Eleven.
11
9+2 = the amount of consecutive rag matches at home.



11. I might not have mentioned that

That cannot be justified.

That mere fact alone tells you something is not right: taking aside all the sycophancy from the media, the on-field decisions always going their way - despite continued scrutiny, and the way those players are permitted to conduct themselves on and off the field; forget all that (momentarily!),and think about the brain-numbing chances of being drawn at home for all those cup games.

Statistically, something is very very wrong.

 

[DenisHasDoneIt]

From the 4th round of the 2018-19 FA Cup until the 6th round of the following year the filth had actually been drawn Away on every occasion - Arsenal, Chelsea, Wolves, then Wolves again, Tranmere, Derby and Norwich (last one behind closed doors). There was a home replay in there, but that was 7 successive times their ball came out Away. 2 penalties awarded for. 0 against. 1 opposition sending off, no sendings-off for them. All very off-narrative, this, but I’ve only found this out because I was looking for evidence to support my belief that they always get a home draw. Soz.

But…. since round 3 of 2020-21, they’ve been in an FA Cup draw on 10 occasions. 9 (NINE) times they’ve come out at home. The only non-PL team they’ve drawn in this time was Boro, who knocked them out on penalties. The only away draw in this time was when they had to go to Leicester in the 6th round of lockdown season. Leicester went on to win the Cup. During this time they’ve been awarded 3 penalties (0 conceded, obvs), 3 opposition sendings-off (2 simultaneously against Fulham, when they were losing, scoring the ensuing penalty to equalise, and winning late on), and 0 sendings-off for them.

Over the same period i.e. from 2018-19 until now, in the Carabao Cup draws have also heavily favoured United. Leaving aside the 2020-21 season, where all games except the final were behind closed doors (and in which United had 3 successive away draws, the latter against Everton played before a miserable 2,000 crowd, and a 1-leg semi final at home with no crowd at all to watch the Mighty Blues beat them again), and including last night’s draw, United have been drawn out of the bag nine times - EIGHT times at home.

Draw your own conclusions. Them’s the facts.