The FA Cup Thread

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What a great match to watch! United ended up winning 3-2 after 90 minutes of entertaining football.

2 goals for Salah, 1 goal and 1 assist for Rashford, 1 goal and 1 assist for Greenwood and Brunooooooo with the winner from a free kick.

So that's us through to the next round and the bin dippers are out 😎😁😎

That's 16 goals for Brunooooooo now. Has to be one of if not the best player in the world at the moment.

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Team news for United:

Henderson

Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire Telles

Matic Fred

Greenwood van de Beek Rashford

Martial

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0 - 0 at halftime, it's pretty much all United so far. If it wasn't for a great save from Fabianski we'd be a goal up. They've also done really well with blocking our shots too.

Think Moyes will make some changes either during the break or early in the second half. They're not offering much going forward so far.

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We ended up winning 1-0 AET, goal from McTominay and a snazzy assist from Rashford. The game itself was a snorefest because United seemed to be more concerned about not conceding than scoring. We livened up AET when Ollie stopped us playing so deep.

So that's us through to the Quarter Finals 😎😁😎

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Well that's us out of the FA Cup. Knocked out on pens by Boro in the 4th Round after we wasted a shitload of chances, Ronnie missed a penalty and Boro got a dodgy decision with a handball for the equaliser. Gotta feel for Elanga who missed the pen in sudden death but we should have put that game to bed in the first half. Bollocks!!! 

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No trophies for the 5th season in a row, shame.. 

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We're still in the Champions League. Season isn't over yet. 😉😝😂

The way that the Glazers are systematically ruining this club from the inside out since they first took over I can see us going at least another 5 years without winning another trophy though. 🤬😡🤬

I think we might see more fan protests starting if we get knocked out of the Champions League too.

I also think that Rangnick will quit too and not even bother with the consultancy role. He's not going to recommend a manager whilst the board are determined not to make sensible decisions and are interfering with team selections.

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So that's the Berties in the FA Cup Final and United and Brighton playing the second Semi Final tomorrow.

With the injuries that we've got, especially at the back, I can't see us making it to the Final let alone beating City ☹️😭☹️

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Luckily, Shaw was fit, so we had Shaw and Lindelof playing in the center of defence.

Ended up 0-0 and, for once, United actually won a penalty shootout 😲

Hopefully Varane is going to be back for the Final, but if not then Shaw and Lindelof is the obvious pair to play in the Final.

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2-1.....Crap Final but the best team won.

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Yup. Rangnick was right when he said we needed open heart surgery.

Things might have been different if the ball had gone in for a second equaliser towards the end of the second half instead of hitting the woodwork twice, but that's football I guess.

When you lose Cavani and Ronnie and replace them with the Horse Man, ending up in 3rd place and winning one trophy is a great achievement tbh.

We needed a goal and brought on McTominay and the Horse Man. Says it all really. ☹️

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We needed a goal and brought on McTominay and the Horse Man. Says it all really. ☹️

Oh well....must feel so bad after spending billions under those terrible Glazers. I'm sure the new owners will baby your ego's better. 

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The problem isn't the money they've spent. The problem is with ghe unqualified people they have in the top jobs. They gave the top jobs to the merchant bankers that made their dodgy buyout (which is now illegal after it happened to United) possible. They know NOTHING about football, they can't negotiate to save their lives.

They paid MORE than Fellaini's release clause ffs 😲😂😲

They can't concentrate on more than one signing at a time.

They could have signed Antony for £40-50m if they had moved quicker and for some strange reason decided to give him 10 x the wage he was on at Ajax. 😲😲😲

The Glazers have landed the club almost £1bn in debt, and through debt servicing payments, dividends and private jet flights to Finals they've taken £2bn OUT of the club. And that's just the money that we KNOW ABOUT!!! 😲😡🤬😡

They've left Old Trafford and Carrington to literally rot during the last 18 years, the roof is leaking, the toilets are leaking piss and shit all over the place and the Women's team don't even have proper toilets, they have to use portaloos 😲

If this club had been run responsibly during the last 18 years, Old Trafford would still be one of the best stadiums in the country, we wouldn't be in debt and the club would have so much income coming in that we'd have NO problems AT ALL with FFP Regulations.

If the Rat 🐀 is successful with his bid, we're still going to have the Glazers in the club, and because he needs to borrow to buy the club in the first place we're still going to have that debt. And where's he going to get the money from to either expand the stadium or build a new one? And look at the mess that he's made of Nice. They were getting Champions League football 5 out of the last 6 seasons before he bought them, and now they can't get Champions League football to save their lives.

Jassim is the ONLY option available to ensure a good future for the club. He has the money available to repair the damage that the Glazers have done. If the Rat 🐀 buys us, we're pretty much fucked. Not only will he run the club into the ground like he has done at Nice, but Qatar will buy another Premier League side such as Spurs, West Ham or the red scouse gits. And that will leave that club that gets bought (probably with a different front man), City, Chelsea and Newcastle getting Champions League football every season. The only time that we get Champions League football is if we win the Europa League every now and then.

The Rat 🐀 buying United is going to be a DISASTER.

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Exactly how Ratcliffe's bid will be a disaster for Manchester United is impossible to fathom for clubs with no money to work out. It's still a bid that will progress your franchise by using money generated with sponsors, much as it is now. You just want multi-billionaire ownership like your neighbours so you can be just like them! But let's not forget they buy success don't they? Manchester United fans are the biggest hypocrites in English football.

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I'm basing the Rat 🐀 being a disaster based on several things:

1) He made a complete mess of Nice in a piss poor league. They went from regularly getting to Champions League football to hardly getting it at all.

2) He's said that he isn't clearing the debt.

3) He's having to borrow money to buy the club in the first place, where's he going to find the money to sort out the 18 years of neglect of Old Trafford and Carrington?

4) He's not only going to be keeping Joel and Avram Glazer at the club, but the other four siblings as well. Paying them off as time goes on. Where's he getting the money to do this?

5) He, the Glazers and the other 31% of shareholders are going to have legal issues to sort out, because the Glazers have changed the rules. Previous to this change, Class B shares (the ones with voting rights) can only be exchanged between members of the Glazer family. If someone buys them from them that isnt a member of the family, they get converted into Class A shares. The Rat 🐀 is buying Class B shares to gain control of the club, leaving the 6 siblings with around 20% between them.

Qatar is the ONLY option for any sane United fan. According to Xavi, who got to know Jassim well whilst working over there for 6 years, Jassim knows his onions when it comes to football. He's not going to have an Ineos cycling specialist in charge of football matters at United. He'll pay for the best in the business to do what needs doing.