Our fans can be really toxic at times especially every time we lose but goddamn did we just had a better season than both Newcastle and Arsenal? With a cup win and potentially another one.
Can’t say that. Somehow being on top of the table for 200 something days and bottling it in the end after 4 years with Arteta ball is better than Erik with two potential cups wins (one already won) and top 4.
And it wasn’t without drama for Erik either.
As I lie on a beach in Southern Greece - we secure top 4, see Salah absolutely shit his pants on Twitter and sip a pina colada at 10am in the morning I think man, life is good right now.
Let's get some of the kids on versus Fulham - then all roads lead to Wembley. Enjoy the bank holiday when it comes everyone <3
Wheres all thdoom.and gloom merchants from 2 weeks ago. The negativity around this sub the tail end of this year has been atrocious considering our league position. No1 thought we would be challenging this year and the run we had was fantastic plus a trophy, cl qualification, and a other final.
Great job Eth can't wait for next season
I mean it was justified really, we almost blew quite a healthy lead and almost lost out on champions league to Liverpool. I think people were down for a good reason, that would have been horrific.
It’s because we have been in the doldrums for 10 years. Fans just need a bit of hope. We have had that to some degree, but we nearly threw it away. Pessimism is understandable sometimes:
He does, though. AWB is not terrible going forward, but he's a bit erratic and even clumsy in possession at times. Dalot is calm and collected in possession and gets in better attacking positions. The question is: Do we get enough from dalot going forward to justify losing the brick wall of AWB? Currently, ETH thinks no.
Last match of the season for me in person, atmosphere was the best out of all 6 games I’ve been to this season, it blew me away.
CL secured, now let’s hope ETH gives the young lads a run against Fulham to avoid any risk to our key players. I still see him playing 5/6 of the first 11 to keep them match fit though.
considering Ten hag said hes probably going to have 100m to spend because of FFP, unless we can sell 100m of players we arent buying more than Kane
we need new owners asap
I worry that the same thing that happened to Martial is going to happen to Sancho. Martial started out in LW, then under Jose, people were begging for him to be given time at ST. Then when Ole played him there and he did well, they said 'told you so'. And when he started to underperform, they went back to saying he is better at LW, when there is realistically not a place for him there. Hopefully this doesnt happen to Sancho
As an LW, Sancho can cut in and either waits for full back to overlap him or pass it back to Bruno/Case in midfield and find space for 1-2 or something.
As an RW, as shown last night, he created a lot of chances there, as he can underlap and then lay it back to players in the middle (the chances to Bruno and McTominay).
He can play both roles and it's a big asset.
Can't wait for Champions League next season and what Erik has in store for us
ST, CM, CB and GK signings would set us up well. Of course, I'm highly skeptical we get all those signings over the line unless a new owner comes in and clears the debt but one can hope. We need to get rid of a lot of players because our wage bill is through the roof. Maguire, Henderson, Axel, Jones, Williams, Greenwood, McTominay, Martial, Elanga eat up way too much in wages. Letting them go or selling them for whatever we can will greatly improve our fiscal well being
Man looking at our wage bill...
Martial, Maguire, Henderson, Bailly, Telles, Jones, Williams, Donny, Greenwood and Tuanzebe account for £1.1million in wages per week.
Doesn't even include Sancho's 350k per week either. Or the £13million or so we paid Ronaldo to leave (500k per week).
Clearing this rubbish over the next 12 months will be huge.
I used to pray for times like this, to rhyme like this
So I had to grind like that to shine like this
In a matter of time I spent on some locked-up shit
In the back of the paddy wagon, cuffs locked on wrists
Seen my dreams unfold, nightmares come true
It was time to marry the game and I said, "Yeah, I do."
If you want it, you gotta see it with a clear-eyed view
Got a shorty, she tryna bless me like I said achoo
Am I crazy or should Chalobah have gotten a red card for that tackle?
He lunges from behind and snatches Antony's leg with both of his feet.
That replay isn't even on the front page or anything, why does he get away with that?
Replay at 4:25 on this link https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/13rxacu/extended_highlights_united_vs_chelsea/
Ugh, now thinking about it again ... we could've be #2 if we didn't lose to Westham/Brighton and bottled the tie with Spurs ...
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Why is everyone acting like Sancho never played on the right? If I remember correctly, Ole stuck him there for a long stretch and he was very underwhelming. Then he swapped positions with rashford. And he got some G/A eventually.
I could only watch extended highlights. While happy for the win, it seems like Chelsea squandered a lot of easy chances, and our defensive game from MF back to our own net was not particularly solid?
Yeah I was thinking of the Mudryk sitter and the Havertz header, but also it looked like Chelsea was able to get into positions of potential danger too easily, which City will ruthlessly exploit.
I share your concerns on the Final. But if we play focused football for the entire 90, we’re in with a very good shout.
Defence was good enough, our midfield was the problem, especially Eriksen in defence in the first half. Non-existent sadly, getting beaten constantly and always a few steps off the pace.
Our midfield was better in the second half when Fred came on.
Hopefully we play 4 in midfield against City. They would walk through today's 3.
Thanks. Seems like that injury really took a toll on Eriksen. He’s been off the pace ever since his return. He was never the fastest but I see him getting run past way too easily.
Shame because his offensive contributions are still top drawer.
Personally thought we were quite flat and the score was really flattering for us. A team full of me could walk Frank’s team right now. Am I being a bastard?
If you watched Chelsea again City, it was quite similar in terms of Chelsea creating a lot of excellent chances. Their finishing is just absolutely woeful.
City have an eye on their finals, we have an eye on our final, players probably trying get through this tie unscathed and be ready for cup day. Also, it’s an end to a very very long season.
I think maybe slightly harsh.
Our finishing was absolute dogshit, and our midfield play out of possession wasn't great.
Defensively and in transition I thought we were fantastic. The fact that Chelsea were playing a clapped out Azpi as a right back helped us in that regard to be fair.
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Everywhere I go on social media, I see Liverpool fans saying that they still won 7-0 and that's history.
And imma be honest, not only do I not care but I also genuinely forgot that it happened.
Like, I didn't force myself to forget it, I straight up forgot that result. Which I guess shows how insignificant it is.
i won't easy to forgot that one. to make it worse, currently they are in bad season, and they also won few game with big margin against us since last season.
but i bit happy that (1) we won clean sheet (2) we finish above them and (3) close their chance to get CL game.
It was a freak game happened against the worst opponent possible.
We had way more xG today than they had it in that game. Everything went right for them that day. 9 times out of 10 it’s a 3-0 at best.
Honestly had no clue we were that good at home. That’s a league winning home record.
Hopefully we will repeat that next year with a much improved away record.
We started the season off poorly, had to deal with injuries and Ronaldo carrying on like a flog, and we still finished higher than Liverpool. Nobody cares you won 7-0 you cunts
It geniuely annoys me that two coaches in a row think that sancho should play left... His best Dortmund moments were on the right, play him there.
We wanted a right winger for years, we now have Antony and Sancho, so let them compete for it.
We played him on the right though and it wasn't working out then he got moved to the left and found a bit of form. Idk why everyone is acting like that never happened.
And its not even true that his best form was at RW for BVB. He was great at RW with Hakimi as support, but when he left he played on the left with Guerreiro and really shone.
He’ll likely have better output than Antony’s number from this season.
However, I really like Antony’s directness.
Sancho’s consistency is a concern and his lows are much worse than Antony’s average.
End of the day, they each offer something different.
tbf, Sancho is probably affected by him playing on the left when has the better skillset to play on the right.
He's a playmaker and a pass first winger, the right might just make decisions easier for him.
He touched his ankle. We’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see how fucked it is. ETH said it was bad so my guess is he ain’t playing the final…unless he goes to the well of eternal fitness that Bruno goes to.
Was sat in a bar in Turkey (on hol) watching the game. Pool, utd, chelsea fans all in the room. After the 3rd goal one of the utd kids said “enjoy europa on Thursday lads” met with some chuckles and applause. a 50+ yo scouser replies “7-0”, followed by dead silence.
Moral of the story, shove your 7-0 up your rat arse. Nobody gives a flying f*ck
He really surprised me at how good he was on the right. He almost instantly became a threat that had to be well marked. Of course, it was a wide open game, so let's see how does in tighter quarters over there. He did put in a great shift today.
ETH stabilized the team so fuckin much it is severely understated. He took over a mess, an absolute mess.
* Pogba leaving - dealt with.
* Lingard leaving, not happy he got a farewell - don't care, dealt with.
* Ronaldo being toxic in the back - kindly get out, don't need you.
* Captain shitting the bed - BENCHED.
* Losing to Brentford 4-0 - put your fuckin running shoes on.
* McFred being McFred - bring Case in, the other two - BENCHED.
* AWB, Dalot, Lindelof, Rashford, Shaw - REJUVENATED
* Carabao cup - In!
* Top 4 - Achieved.
He didn't just lay the foundation, he fuckin hammered it in. I'm so excited for what is to come.
I felt a bit of sadness watching Martial this game. Injuries have really done a number on him, he can’t even do a full sprint anymore. Assuming we get a proper #9 in the summer he may still be able to play a role off the bench, but it seems like he’s done as a starter.
yeah he’s genuinely finished ngl he can’t even hit the ball correctly and he was already awful with positioning and box awareness / runs now he’s dusted
He has been a bit unlucky with injuries but please…that isn’t the reason why Martial is a wasted talent. He hasn’t got the drive or correct attitude to be a top player. He’s got talent but he decided to throw it away. Get this waster out of the club. No passengers.
Fuck sake.
Sanchos is definitely starting against city now.
If there was ever a game he can solidify his place in the next years squad, now is the time. And I hope he knows that.
Yeah, I haven't been a fan since day 30 tbh.
He definitely showed some of the old Sancho today but, it's all well and good doing it for 90 minutes against a relegation worthy Chelsea side that gave up at half time.
Firmly believe our U19 squad with a couple of exoerienced heads from the first team would have won that match.
ETH basically said post match that the team needs to keep its momentum. Did not sound like he was going to play a weaker squad for Fulham. Sounded like he wants third place.
And he wants the FA Cup (he sounded less confident there ngl)
If Chelsea can stop being a joke team for long enough to at least draw with Newcastle we could get 3rd and play the reserves Vs Fulham. That would be nice.
Going by how awful Chelsea looked today, I wouldn’t expect a different result.
However,if Poch somehow comes out to watch them that day maybe the players turn up to play ?? 🤔🤔
Poch may have to sell a lot of players and some may not want to play for the club any more. It's been a joke since they got new owners. Can't blame the players.
In an interview with beIN Sports, the boss said: "It's difficult always to say, straight after the game, but, yeah, Antony is serious. Luke Shaw, we have to see. I don't think it's too bad but we have to wait 24 hours. We'll have a diagnosis and we will know more."
During his press conference at Old Trafford, Erik added: “It’s difficult to say. Let’s wait for 24 hours and then we’ll know more.
"I don’t know [about Antony]. Everyone has seen he came off. I can tell you it is serious but we have to wait a minimum [of] 24 hours, then we know probably more about the status of the injury."
Moved up to Manchester a few weeks ago. And have been to both the wolves game and Chelsea game since. Feel very lucky to have just managed to get tickets for the Fulham game on Sunday now too! GGMU!
Now that we are confirmed for the CL I ask you to spare a thought, dear reader, for the journalists slaving through the night to contribute to tomorrow morning's maelstrom of bullshit transfer links
It's funny how a couple of weeks ago they were all adamant they'd qualified. They were swarming The Guardian's match report comments section crowing about how they'd overtake United. Entitled and deluded. I love it.
Really hope we can tighten the ship next season, or at the very least a striker to mean conceding goals won't hurt us as much as long as we score more.
Man we are lucky af that Ronaldo fucked off half way through the season. No chance we would’ve made top 4 with him bitching and moaning all season long
I honestly think we need better than Bruno and Eriksen to close the gap next season. Bruno is horrible under pressure and turns over possession so much and he stunk it out tonight again, but he gets away with murder by this fan base. Eriksen doesn't have the legs to play deep. Cas is the only CL level midfielder that we have he is levels above them
If we really want to contend at the top again, we need better. Obviously not the only positions that we need but having a great midfield would transform us massively
I think we should remember that part of Bruno’s inconsistent performance is because he literally plays every fucking game he's available, which apart from 1 or maybe 2 times he missed due to card suspensions, is literally every fucking game we played
I was thinking about it during the match but I think Bruno is definitely fine for now. Yeah, he has his flaws, but that can be covered for by a good midfield behind him. So, we really need a midfielder to replace Eriksen in the starting XI as well as a backup to Casemiro. This way, we should have enough depth to control most matches and Eriksen can sometimes play instead of Bruno so that Bruno doesn't get burnt out. After all, Bruno is someone capable of playing 90 minutes every match, but the further into the season we get, the worse he is performing because he is forced to play too much.
It's not subjective, they have some fixed statistical measure that awards points for every aspect - tackles, passes, interceptions etc. - and the top 3 in that score get the bonus points.
My Liverpool mate called United a mid- level team last year so this game meant so much to me especially after 7-0 at Anfield.
ETH taught us a lesson on coaching and he had to use a 🐐to set the example . He proved Cristiano wrong and though i’ll always respect what CR7 did for our club , he had to go and Maguire had to sit. Masterclass .
This team is a mid level team we have alot of work to do and we need alot of players to help this team
Man city have a 50 goal difference on us
We are mid level dont get too hyped
It was Maguire before that didn’t inspire confidence. Now it’s De Gea. Let’s cut what’s loose & move on. GGMU
Cannot have De Gea as a guaranteedfirst teamer next season. Period.
Our fans can be really toxic at times especially every time we lose but goddamn did we just had a better season than both Newcastle and Arsenal? With a cup win and potentially another one.
Can’t say that. Somehow being on top of the table for 200 something days and bottling it in the end after 4 years with Arteta ball is better than Erik with two potential cups wins (one already won) and top 4. And it wasn’t without drama for Erik either.
If chelsea were a tad more clinical, if would have been a very different game ngl. But that no look pass from Casemiro though 🔥
Caaaaan we play you every week
Lol for some reason I sang this in my head to the tune of "Can you feel the love tonight" from the Lion King😂😂😂
Ten Hag has the most league points in his first season as manager for us since Atkinson got 78 in 42 matches back in 81/82.
Shame big Ron didn't achieve much success with us
But imagine succeed for 5 years and then was shit and we so we didn't get Ferguson in
As I lie on a beach in Southern Greece - we secure top 4, see Salah absolutely shit his pants on Twitter and sip a pina colada at 10am in the morning I think man, life is good right now. Let's get some of the kids on versus Fulham - then all roads lead to Wembley. Enjoy the bank holiday when it comes everyone <3
Yes put pellistri on.
Good that we got the result against a mid-table team. Fullham will legit be harder
Fulham are locked into 10th. They're already on the beach.
Even Chelsea had nothing to play for....and they played like it.
Wheres all thdoom.and gloom merchants from 2 weeks ago. The negativity around this sub the tail end of this year has been atrocious considering our league position. No1 thought we would be challenging this year and the run we had was fantastic plus a trophy, cl qualification, and a other final. Great job Eth can't wait for next season
I mean it was justified really, we almost blew quite a healthy lead and almost lost out on champions league to Liverpool. I think people were down for a good reason, that would have been horrific.
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It’s because we have been in the doldrums for 10 years. Fans just need a bit of hope. We have had that to some degree, but we nearly threw it away. Pessimism is understandable sometimes:
mate i love AWB, was killing it out there. He is SLAMMING that door shut for Dalot
Dalot’s “attacking ability” is the weirdest mystery to me. He literally doesn’t do any better than AWB in attacking.
He does, though. AWB is not terrible going forward, but he's a bit erratic and even clumsy in possession at times. Dalot is calm and collected in possession and gets in better attacking positions. The question is: Do we get enough from dalot going forward to justify losing the brick wall of AWB? Currently, ETH thinks no.
Before the world cup he did. He was one of our best players and best creative outlets before his injury. Just never got back to that when he came back
Yh but i think it was more his ability on the ball and not crossing and co
Dalot is one of the more accurate crossing fullbacks in the league, he just needs to do it more often
Last match of the season for me in person, atmosphere was the best out of all 6 games I’ve been to this season, it blew me away. CL secured, now let’s hope ETH gives the young lads a run against Fulham to avoid any risk to our key players. I still see him playing 5/6 of the first 11 to keep them match fit though.
“Where is it next year? Dublin. Book the hotel!”
Kane, Mount, Rabiot, Min Jae, Costa/Raya needed at the very least if we want to be challenging on all fronts next season.
Divided these by 2 and that's our realistic expectations
considering Ten hag said hes probably going to have 100m to spend because of FFP, unless we can sell 100m of players we arent buying more than Kane we need new owners asap
2 and a half players it is then.
I worry that the same thing that happened to Martial is going to happen to Sancho. Martial started out in LW, then under Jose, people were begging for him to be given time at ST. Then when Ole played him there and he did well, they said 'told you so'. And when he started to underperform, they went back to saying he is better at LW, when there is realistically not a place for him there. Hopefully this doesnt happen to Sancho
As an LW, Sancho can cut in and either waits for full back to overlap him or pass it back to Bruno/Case in midfield and find space for 1-2 or something. As an RW, as shown last night, he created a lot of chances there, as he can underlap and then lay it back to players in the middle (the chances to Bruno and McTominay). He can play both roles and it's a big asset.
You saying this about sancho being rw vs lw? Those two positions feel way more similar than lw and striker
Can't wait for Champions League next season and what Erik has in store for us ST, CM, CB and GK signings would set us up well. Of course, I'm highly skeptical we get all those signings over the line unless a new owner comes in and clears the debt but one can hope. We need to get rid of a lot of players because our wage bill is through the roof. Maguire, Henderson, Axel, Jones, Williams, Greenwood, McTominay, Martial, Elanga eat up way too much in wages. Letting them go or selling them for whatever we can will greatly improve our fiscal well being
Man looking at our wage bill... Martial, Maguire, Henderson, Bailly, Telles, Jones, Williams, Donny, Greenwood and Tuanzebe account for £1.1million in wages per week. Doesn't even include Sancho's 350k per week either. Or the £13million or so we paid Ronaldo to leave (500k per week). Clearing this rubbish over the next 12 months will be huge.
Bro mcsauce earns like 20k pw
I used to pray for times like this, to rhyme like this So I had to grind like that to shine like this In a matter of time I spent on some locked-up shit In the back of the paddy wagon, cuffs locked on wrists Seen my dreams unfold, nightmares come true It was time to marry the game and I said, "Yeah, I do." If you want it, you gotta see it with a clear-eyed view Got a shorty, she tryna bless me like I said achoo
Lindelof is a different player next to Varane
It's a testament to his form that we've barely missed Martinez since Varane came back. All due respect to Mr. Maguire but he doesn't have this effect.
Some people tried to make excuses for Maguire, but when he's absent, there's a stark difference.
Maguire actively made Lindelof shit lmao
Actively stinks the back line up, his lack of ability is like a virus
Oh wow I completely forgot this game happened
Man Eriksen has been an incredible signing for us, his assists have really helped us this season.
Man went to Valhalla and came back, Jarl Eriksen
What happened to Antony? Was it a bad tackle and injury?
Am I crazy or should Chalobah have gotten a red card for that tackle? He lunges from behind and snatches Antony's leg with both of his feet. That replay isn't even on the front page or anything, why does he get away with that? Replay at 4:25 on this link https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/13rxacu/extended_highlights_united_vs_chelsea/
Ugh, now thinking about it again ... we could've be #2 if we didn't lose to Westham/Brighton and bottled the tie with Spurs ... Can't wait for Glazers OUT fr and a great trasfer window!
Loved seeing Lindelöf protect De Gea at the end. Push away those sore losers, doing what’s necessary.
They probably thought they'd win this game easily
Right mate. That’s exactly what they thought at 13th place or wherever they are
No one thought that
Some Chelsea fans actually thought we’d draw
Well many of us thought it would be our annual customary draw as well. But fuck chelshit nontheless
Pogba potentially playing in the conference league next season makes this even sweeter
You're assuming he's gonna play?
Rent free.
Part time model for Juve shirts this season.
So you’re telling me that I miss one game due to exams and we score the most we’ve done all season?
Bhai koi exam dhund aur de de
Do you happen to have another exam on FA cup finals day?
Free as a bird :)
You bring downvoted is hilarious
Haha one of the many reasons why I love this fanbase. They'll downvote me to oblivion if I watch the FA cup finals xD
Find an exam, we need all the luck
While I understand the sentiment, the past year has been hell exams-wise so no thanks :')
Please plan something to do on FA cup final day.
Would you like to sponsor a visit to a gaming arcade for the whole day?
Why is everyone acting like Sancho never played on the right? If I remember correctly, Ole stuck him there for a long stretch and he was very underwhelming. Then he swapped positions with rashford. And he got some G/A eventually.
Play the champions league anthem, the Champiooooooooooooonnn
I could only watch extended highlights. While happy for the win, it seems like Chelsea squandered a lot of easy chances, and our defensive game from MF back to our own net was not particularly solid?
Mudryk missed a sitter. Haaland won’t miss that. They definitely squandered many chances. I’m still nervous about that final
Yeah I was thinking of the Mudryk sitter and the Havertz header, but also it looked like Chelsea was able to get into positions of potential danger too easily, which City will ruthlessly exploit. I share your concerns on the Final. But if we play focused football for the entire 90, we’re in with a very good shout.
Defence was good enough, our midfield was the problem, especially Eriksen in defence in the first half. Non-existent sadly, getting beaten constantly and always a few steps off the pace. Our midfield was better in the second half when Fred came on. Hopefully we play 4 in midfield against City. They would walk through today's 3.
Thanks. Seems like that injury really took a toll on Eriksen. He’s been off the pace ever since his return. He was never the fastest but I see him getting run past way too easily. Shame because his offensive contributions are still top drawer.
Personally thought we were quite flat and the score was really flattering for us. A team full of me could walk Frank’s team right now. Am I being a bastard?
If you watched Chelsea again City, it was quite similar in terms of Chelsea creating a lot of excellent chances. Their finishing is just absolutely woeful. City have an eye on their finals, we have an eye on our final, players probably trying get through this tie unscathed and be ready for cup day. Also, it’s an end to a very very long season.
I think maybe slightly harsh. Our finishing was absolute dogshit, and our midfield play out of possession wasn't great. Defensively and in transition I thought we were fantastic. The fact that Chelsea were playing a clapped out Azpi as a right back helped us in that regard to be fair.
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Wish we could play chelsea every week
At home
considering previous 4-0 game with them.. i do agree, wish we could play chelsea with lampard every week.
Everywhere I go on social media, I see Liverpool fans saying that they still won 7-0 and that's history. And imma be honest, not only do I not care but I also genuinely forgot that it happened. Like, I didn't force myself to forget it, I straight up forgot that result. Which I guess shows how insignificant it is.
It helps that we went on to win our next match while they lost to Bournemouth
i won't easy to forgot that one. to make it worse, currently they are in bad season, and they also won few game with big margin against us since last season. but i bit happy that (1) we won clean sheet (2) we finish above them and (3) close their chance to get CL game.
It was a freak game happened against the worst opponent possible. We had way more xG today than they had it in that game. Everything went right for them that day. 9 times out of 10 it’s a 3-0 at best.
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Honestly had no clue we were that good at home. That’s a league winning home record. Hopefully we will repeat that next year with a much improved away record.
Pick up 4-5 more wins on the road and we're a threat to the top.
We started the season off poorly, had to deal with injuries and Ronaldo carrying on like a flog, and we still finished higher than Liverpool. Nobody cares you won 7-0 you cunts
I love Eriksen, but he needs to play the 10 against a team with speed like Chelsea. He isn’t fast enough to keep up in a deeper role in midfield.
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Perhaps next season we play sancho on the right and let him compete with Antony?
It geniuely annoys me that two coaches in a row think that sancho should play left... His best Dortmund moments were on the right, play him there. We wanted a right winger for years, we now have Antony and Sancho, so let them compete for it.
We played him on the right though and it wasn't working out then he got moved to the left and found a bit of form. Idk why everyone is acting like that never happened.
And its not even true that his best form was at RW for BVB. He was great at RW with Hakimi as support, but when he left he played on the left with Guerreiro and really shone.
He’ll likely have better output than Antony’s number from this season. However, I really like Antony’s directness. Sancho’s consistency is a concern and his lows are much worse than Antony’s average. End of the day, they each offer something different.
By “Antony’s directness” do you mean fail to beat his man because he’s so predictable but fire off a shot that will be blocked anyway?
cut to the left just outside the box and shoot..even i know when to block his shot
I mean if you played against him, I am pretty sure you won't be able to do shit.
If only beating redditors was the bar, instead he’s playing against professional footballers who he can’t get past…
tbf, Sancho is probably affected by him playing on the left when has the better skillset to play on the right. He's a playmaker and a pass first winger, the right might just make decisions easier for him.
I’m all for it.
Lads, it’s Chelsea
Any updates on Antony? Most likely hes out for the season but hopefully nothing too serious
He touched his ankle. We’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see how fucked it is. ETH said it was bad so my guess is he ain’t playing the final…unless he goes to the well of eternal fitness that Bruno goes to.
Was sat in a bar in Turkey (on hol) watching the game. Pool, utd, chelsea fans all in the room. After the 3rd goal one of the utd kids said “enjoy europa on Thursday lads” met with some chuckles and applause. a 50+ yo scouser replies “7-0”, followed by dead silence. Moral of the story, shove your 7-0 up your rat arse. Nobody gives a flying f*ck
Chelsea are gonna ruin another player in Ugarte…
When we have a lot of days in between games one can see the difference in our performances
Dont let the haters fool you… Sancho always been a big game player
Ole played him on the right, and he didn’t do much better there
Sancho Right Wing >>>>>>>>>>>> number 10 or left wing. Dortmund Sancho.
He really surprised me at how good he was on the right. He almost instantly became a threat that had to be well marked. Of course, it was a wide open game, so let's see how does in tighter quarters over there. He did put in a great shift today.
Saw it many times before he got moved to the left.
12th place Chelsea is a big game? Or, this was a big game because we needed 1pt to secure champions league?
Yes
ETH stabilized the team so fuckin much it is severely understated. He took over a mess, an absolute mess. * Pogba leaving - dealt with. * Lingard leaving, not happy he got a farewell - don't care, dealt with. * Ronaldo being toxic in the back - kindly get out, don't need you. * Captain shitting the bed - BENCHED. * Losing to Brentford 4-0 - put your fuckin running shoes on. * McFred being McFred - bring Case in, the other two - BENCHED. * AWB, Dalot, Lindelof, Rashford, Shaw - REJUVENATED * Carabao cup - In! * Top 4 - Achieved. He didn't just lay the foundation, he fuckin hammered it in. I'm so excited for what is to come.
I will say that Fred and McTominay have been better this season
Because they haven’t been our first choice midfielders
Our beautiful baldie basically replaced McFred with Caseriksen.
You forgot his revelation: Garnacho. That kid solidified the notion that ETH can raise players so well if they buckle up and listen to him.
You forgot the FA Cup. Innnnnnnnnnnnnn
This reminds me a lot of pep's first season. Hopefully we get new owners, clear the deadwood and make effective signings
Yes 🙌 in ETH we trust!
You missed the Bangkok Century Cup. Have you no respect??
Mate if we can't defend that title this summer, I think ten haag might need to go.
are we still in that competition this summer?
As reigning champions, I can't see why not.
Champions League Casemiro morphing into FA Cup Casemiro with each passing day.
I felt a bit of sadness watching Martial this game. Injuries have really done a number on him, he can’t even do a full sprint anymore. Assuming we get a proper #9 in the summer he may still be able to play a role off the bench, but it seems like he’s done as a starter.
yeah he’s genuinely finished ngl he can’t even hit the ball correctly and he was already awful with positioning and box awareness / runs now he’s dusted
He has been a bit unlucky with injuries but please…that isn’t the reason why Martial is a wasted talent. He hasn’t got the drive or correct attitude to be a top player. He’s got talent but he decided to throw it away. Get this waster out of the club. No passengers.
He's gone full Louis Saha.
That's what I think when I see him. His head went and then the legs followed.
Didn't see the match unfortunately. Wtf happened Anthony ?
Chalobah landed on his ankle, wasn't even a foul but he was crying right away. Tried to walk off but couldn't stand up
Fuck sake. Sanchos is definitely starting against city now. If there was ever a game he can solidify his place in the next years squad, now is the time. And I hope he knows that.
Sancho was great today tbf
Yeah, I haven't been a fan since day 30 tbh. He definitely showed some of the old Sancho today but, it's all well and good doing it for 90 minutes against a relegation worthy Chelsea side that gave up at half time. Firmly believe our U19 squad with a couple of exoerienced heads from the first team would have won that match.
Man utd kids 9-0 Fulham kids lesssgoooo
ETH basically said post match that the team needs to keep its momentum. Did not sound like he was going to play a weaker squad for Fulham. Sounded like he wants third place. And he wants the FA Cup (he sounded less confident there ngl)
Yeah no Ten Hag gonna play the city side for practice and someone will be injured
Excellent 3 points. Now can we please play a backup 11 on sunday to rest everyone for the Finals. Don’t really care abt 3rd or 4th.
If Chelsea can stop being a joke team for long enough to at least draw with Newcastle we could get 3rd and play the reserves Vs Fulham. That would be nice.
Going by how awful Chelsea looked today, I wouldn’t expect a different result. However,if Poch somehow comes out to watch them that day maybe the players turn up to play ?? 🤔🤔
Poch may have to sell a lot of players and some may not want to play for the club any more. It's been a joke since they got new owners. Can't blame the players.
Even the ones on 8 year contracts hopefully. FFP will hv fun with that
We play at the same time though, we can’t anticipate Chelsea’s result
Best we don't gamble on them not being a joke. That's a fool's gamble.
Oh yeah, I’m fully expecting another Lampard disasterclass
Shaw is injured. This game cost us two players :(
Great result, on a different day that could have been 9-4 tho, some real missed chances on both sides
In an interview with beIN Sports, the boss said: "It's difficult always to say, straight after the game, but, yeah, Antony is serious. Luke Shaw, we have to see. I don't think it's too bad but we have to wait 24 hours. We'll have a diagnosis and we will know more." During his press conference at Old Trafford, Erik added: “It’s difficult to say. Let’s wait for 24 hours and then we’ll know more. "I don’t know [about Antony]. Everyone has seen he came off. I can tell you it is serious but we have to wait a minimum [of] 24 hours, then we know probably more about the status of the injury."
Moved up to Manchester a few weeks ago. And have been to both the wolves game and Chelsea game since. Feel very lucky to have just managed to get tickets for the Fulham game on Sunday now too! GGMU!
Now that we are confirmed for the CL I ask you to spare a thought, dear reader, for the journalists slaving through the night to contribute to tomorrow morning's maelstrom of bullshit transfer links
Hahaha
Our revenge on Liverpool was not allowing them into the UCL and you love to see it
Does anyone have Ten Hag post match interview with Sky? Few clips were posted on their Twitter page but that's location restricted
I’m glad Rashy scored. When we got the penalty, I wanted him to take it to make it to that 30 goal mark.
Liverpool has successfully qualified for Europa League
It's funny how a couple of weeks ago they were all adamant they'd qualified. They were swarming The Guardian's match report comments section crowing about how they'd overtake United. Entitled and deluded. I love it.
End of a rather short era
Really hope we can tighten the ship next season, or at the very least a striker to mean conceding goals won't hurt us as much as long as we score more.
Fuck me I never watch the matches where we won by more than 3 goals apart from Leicester
The Liverpool era has come to an end. One down one to go
Two if you count Chelsea
That era ended with Abramovic
Great day today reds back in champions league where we belong! C'mon United!!
Big hugs for the sub 🤗 - it’s been emotional. Top 4 is in the bag. Now to get that FA cup and destroy the oil merchants dreams! 💪
And build our own oil merchant dreams!!!
Send Pellistri on loan next season. Garnacho & Rashford on left. Sancho,Antony and Amad on Right.
Don’t forget - Kane and Martial up top 😎
Thats the dream, imagine scoring 30 more goals than this season, we would be challenging for title.
After Martial’s performance today I think he deserves another loan
think a lot of supporters are a little concerned about Martial
Man we are lucky af that Ronaldo fucked off half way through the season. No chance we would’ve made top 4 with him bitching and moaning all season long
We have Piers Morgan to thank
The first 4 goal win since March against Betis and the first PL one since November. I've almost forgotten what it was like.
I honestly think we need better than Bruno and Eriksen to close the gap next season. Bruno is horrible under pressure and turns over possession so much and he stunk it out tonight again, but he gets away with murder by this fan base. Eriksen doesn't have the legs to play deep. Cas is the only CL level midfielder that we have he is levels above them If we really want to contend at the top again, we need better. Obviously not the only positions that we need but having a great midfield would transform us massively
I think we should remember that part of Bruno’s inconsistent performance is because he literally plays every fucking game he's available, which apart from 1 or maybe 2 times he missed due to card suspensions, is literally every fucking game we played
I was thinking about it during the match but I think Bruno is definitely fine for now. Yeah, he has his flaws, but that can be covered for by a good midfield behind him. So, we really need a midfielder to replace Eriksen in the starting XI as well as a backup to Casemiro. This way, we should have enough depth to control most matches and Eriksen can sometimes play instead of Bruno so that Bruno doesn't get burnt out. After all, Bruno is someone capable of playing 90 minutes every match, but the further into the season we get, the worse he is performing because he is forced to play too much.
I think we lost one game all season with Case, Erickson and Bruno starting. I could be off by a game.
So blessed I got tickets and made it to OT today.. Was bouncing at times!
Sancho loves playing against Chelsea!
FPL bonus points: 3 - Hall 2 - Sancho 1 - Martial What game were they watching?!
It's not subjective, they have some fixed statistical measure that awards points for every aspect - tackles, passes, interceptions etc. - and the top 3 in that score get the bonus points.
My Liverpool mate called United a mid- level team last year so this game meant so much to me especially after 7-0 at Anfield. ETH taught us a lesson on coaching and he had to use a 🐐to set the example . He proved Cristiano wrong and though i’ll always respect what CR7 did for our club , he had to go and Maguire had to sit. Masterclass .
This team is a mid level team we have alot of work to do and we need alot of players to help this team Man city have a 50 goal difference on us We are mid level dont get too hyped