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Nah. It was 50% skill, and 50% Arsenal being ****ing atrocious at defending.
Goal of the season will be:
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Arsenal were awful. As were Liverpool. So as now seems to be the case when presented with the opportunity to take advantage, I'm looking forward to watching our nil nil draw with Leicester later
Well that was a stroll. As one sided a game as you'll see. I couldn't believe how awful Leicester were. They haven't scored in 2017, and didn't look for a second like they were about to start today. On that form, and with Hull and Sunderland hitting a bit of form, they've surely got to be looking at a relegation fight? Bonkers! It's the same squad, minus Kante, that walked last season
My Gooner mate has given me permission to start reminding him of this again!
Arsenal fluked it again today. Clear handball for the first goal, and getting away with as a clear a straight red as you'll ever see.
Spurs were shockingly bad!
I wonder why Spurs were so poor.
They don't travel well to certain grounds. They never get anything at Anfield. The 1 -0 scoreline at Old Trafford in December in no way reflected the game either. They were played off the park there too. Never turned up!
[url= http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/arsenal-cant-remember-if-they-are-still-in-champions-league-20170215122139 ]Genius from the Mash ahead of tonight's game [/url]
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here you go Binners, turns out St Etienne the band have a football team too. who knew!
If they weren't already out, they are now I suspect. 😯
Well it's my birthday today, and daughter number one informed me this morning that we're off to OT tonight 🙂
We've not got a bad track record on my birthday. Rooney scored his overhead kick against City on this very date a few years back. Something equally as spectacular would be nice tonight
Is she getting the first round in then 😉
PS some serious pocket money must be going her way
Great present! Enjoy.
Hope you lose eleventyseven nil.
Night cricket ?
Best wishes by the way and a cool way to spend the day - I have to mention that other "what do you miss thread" - what can be better than spending your birthday at "the match" with your kid ? Its about what they add to your life. Must get crafting a thread for tomorrow, hopefully of interest ....
JY - she won them in a competition through the United Foundation, as she plays for a local girls team and is shaping up into a cracking little centre back. And she's wearing her United shirt I got her for her birthday
#prouddad
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Evil present.... It is meant to be your birthday!!! (happy returns)
Well... not a bad old evening. My United birthday present from the squad continues with a Zlatan hat-trick 😀
Binnerette no 1 absolutely loved it as she's been to Saturday afternoon games with me, but this was her first European game, and her first one under the lights. They're always a bit special, and theres always a cracking atmosphere. I even indulged her in the dreaded half and half scarf to mark the occasion
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She absolutely loved it, and has broadened her repertoire of United chants considerably. She then said that she'd love to be behind the goal in the Stretford End for a Liverpool game. I said that at 12, that may just be a step too far! 😆
At risk of stopping this thread being a conversation with yourself, was it a big game? Wasn't on Radio 5, let alone Channel 5.
They're on BT Sport now, not C5.
Dont be bringing fact into his hatred and bile.
Got to be one of the worst hat tricks ever binners
Deflected free kick tap in and a conned penalty
Did like his Cantona celebration to the tap in though
We're all little rays of sunshine this morning, aren't we? 😀
In other news, what's going on with Spurs?
At risk of stopping this thread being a conversation with yourself, was it a big game?
As a City fan and an expert in the matter, I think I can detect a faint trace of bitterness creeping in there. 😀
They all count JY!
I remember my first euro evening at OT like it was yesterday - as a 9 year old V Spartak Varna in 84? Chips, cigar smoke in the air, the odd swear word I didn't understand. A whole new world for me. My dad got a bollocking on our return as he'd remembered his own gloves but forgot mine. I squeezed my two hands into one of his gloves for most of the game.
Didn't get a ticket for the next round (!!) but did manage to see Maradonna play for Boca a few times in the mid nineties in La Bonbonera with the old boy. He paid, I called it payback for not getting us in to the Barca game more than a decade earlier.
Happy days. She'll remember it in years to come Binners!
I'm off to Sutton United v Arsenal on Monday evening.
Given the Ar$e's mid-week result and the general apathy/lack of spine that seems to be apparent from manager on downwards there is a massive opportunity for more misery to be heaped upon them.
I look forward to spotting the guy from Arsenal Fan TV outside the ground.
overly reliant on a number of key players?In other news, what's going on with Spurs?
High tempo game means they "fade" as the season goes on - See also Liverpool
Just a dip class is permanent etc
One of those
Dont be bringing fact into his hatred and bile.
No hatred at all, just an acknowledgement of Binners's sometimes single handed efforts to keep the thread going, and a gentle quip, based on the famous chart, after being surprised there was no soccer on Radio 5 last night.
EDIT: Don't support any Premiership teams so have never been one to worry about what any teams do or don't do. Afterall it is only a game/entertainment.
In other news, what's going on with Spurs?
Someone suggested they were serious title contenders when they hit the giddy heights of second place! its all gone tits up since then!
Anyway, being a gooner, I'm going to shut up now and prepare my hiding place behind the sofa for Monday night! 😥
I was at Old Trafford too . First time for my son .
Great atmosphere and we had tickets next to the tunnel , 5 rows away from the pitch .
interesting FA cup round and draw with some cracking ties ahead
Chelsea away is is as hard as it gets for us.
First ever non league quarter finals?
Pleased for Lincoln, I'm not a yellow belly but they're my nearest team. It's a win/win draw, either a realistic chance at semis or, more likely a fantastic day out with a bit of coffer filling.
Sutton won't win, Lincoln will be crushed and Arsene will say goodbye and thanks for all the fish/trophies with an FA Cup
The toughest draw for us. Chelski away. You never know (though you probably do)
Blackburn didn't half give us a game today. Been another mad weekends results! I bloody love the FA cup!
Pleased for Lincoln, I'm not a yellow belly but they're my nearest team. It's a win/win draw, either a realistic chance at semis or, more likely a fantastic day out with a bit of coffer filling.
+1 - i commute into Lincoln, and its great for the city, work with a season ticket holder, just generally pleased for them, was doing a home visit just behind the ground when they beat Brighton, seeing the sheer excitement of a 15yo bursting through the door having just rolled brighton over and invading the pitch was great to see
hopefully Arsenal do Sutton, Sutton are getting their big day tomorrow, Arsenal on home turf will never happen again, no disrespect to Burnley, but Arsenal away for Lincoln is another level
Another Lincolnite here, bit of a fair weather fan tho. Football p1sses me off these days, and I haven't wanted to queue 4 hrs on cold mornings to get the tickets, so fair play to those that have so far. Ill try and get to arsenal tho if the tickets are easier to get. The cities really gone mad over this cup run, it's all anybody's talking about, great to see everyone so happy.
Great atmosphere and anticipation at Sutton tonight and great to see a real David v Goliath match.
It's gonna be interesting!
would normally be supporting Sutton, but taking the dirty diggers dirty money I want arsenal to thump them.
100 up for Captain Fantastic Theo
Some big lads playing for Sutton!
You leave Wayne Shaw out of this!
The should be 3:2 up by now!!
Lovin the reserve keeper having a pie during the match! Quality! Looks like he's had a few in his time! 😆
New interpretation of 'the goalkeeper made himself as big as possible'
megalolz
Class.
Wonder who his pie sponsors are?
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He doesn't need to catch the ball; if it passes within a few feet of him it'll be trapped by his own gravitational field.
turns out the pie thing was for some sponsors. FAKE NEWS
turns out the pie thing was for some sponsors. FAKE NEWS
indeed....disappointing! Apparently there were odds on him eating a pie on skybet or another, which no doubt his mates cleaned up on.
Bloody hell City!
McManaman is shite!
cracking game
Tinkerman has been sacked.
Ciao Claudio, shame the dream turned so sour so quickly
An honourable man...
Madness. Should have sacked the first team instead. Shoe-in for relegation now, I reckon.
shame after last years achievements and he could have moved on but stayed loyal.
The issue is that staying in the premiership is worth so much money that clubs will inevitably do this
Not sure who they think will be any better or who is available
2009-10 - Carlo Ancelotti - sacked
2011-12 - Roberto Mancini - sacked
2012-13 - Sir Alex Ferguson - retired
2013-14 - Manuel Pellegrini - sacked
2014-15 - José Mourinho - sacked
2015-16 - Claudio Ranieri - sacked
#cursed
Usually one player does not make a difference but losing Kante and not replacing him seemed to be a disaster
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Alan D'Pardeux to the rescue
shame after last years achievements and he could have moved on but stayed loyal.
More fool Leicester.
Everyone got so caught up in last seasons miracle, the fans the media and the club, that they forgot that in and around the relegation zone is actually that teams natural level.
Manager carries the can unfortunately, although players are at fault. Look at the same Chelsea players this year compared to last season when they effectively downed tools.
“My team is like an orchestra. To play the symphony correctly I need some of the boom boom boom, but I also need some tweet and sometimes the tweet and boom go well together. Sometimes all you can hear is the boom, sometimes only the tweet. That is not good music.”
Terribly short sighted. Ranieri remains the right manager whether they are in the PL or Championship. Players should vote with their feet and abandon the club's exective management.
Players should vote with their feet
They did, they walked into the clubs executive management offices and told them to replace the manager.
Sadly, the biggest driving factor in the EPL is the fear of relegation from the Golden goose....
They did, they walked into the clubs executive management offices and told them to replace the manager.
Really ?
seems to be insinuated in a few papers this morning according to R4's interview with Gary Lineker.
Also an interesting insight, that by scapegoating the manager the players feel they have an excuse for why they've been so shit this year. Totally failing to respect that once over the line it's in their hands mainly. Strange business; not many industries where the workers essentially control the hiring and firing of the boss. Made ferguson unique, and credit must go to the Man U board for that, that if A Star got too big for Ferguson's liking the star would go before anyone considered firing the boss.
Very odd timing why didn't that at least wait till they were out of CL. Hope they go down now.
Usually one player does not make a difference but losing Kante and not replacing him seemed to be a disaster
They did and spent quite a bit on a few other players as well.
Very odd timing why didn't that at least wait till they were out of CL. Hope they go down now.
I think thats why they did do it now, may get a 1-0 home win (in CL) then it's another month or so before they can sack him.
Great game of football and Zlatan is some player- carrying the team really bt we still have no one who can beat a man and run with the ball - MickyT aside
That said I feel very sorry for southampton as they had a disallowed goal and were the far superior side with pretty much all the Man U goals being against the run of play and 4-1 to them was probably a fairer result than us winning
If there is really a premiership team over the past few years that deserve a trophy it is Southampton, they have been running the club in the right way, recovering from big losses of managers and players, mainly playing some decent and entertaining football, and not talking bollocks about there being some mythical Southampton "way" ideal they are meant to live up to.
I really feel for them, I wonder how many more times they can bounce back from losing their best players, they may not get another chance for silverware for a long time.
Great game of football and Zlatan is some player- carrying the team really bt we still have no one who can beat a man and run with the ball - MickyT aside
I'll pass the message on to Mr Thomas the next time I see him. 😉
I never had you down as the sort of person who was in and out of prison but thanks 😉
He's a good lad now.
Agree MSP an they played very well and I think Man U were pretty average tbh but just kept scoring goals when they never really worked for them/deserved them
Aye southampton eem to sell everyone from managers to players and yet still keep going and staying as strong
Got to say I have really warmed to Zlatan this year, but if I was a united fan I would be worried how his inclusion might be damaging the development of that youthful front line. It's not even his inclusion, its a reliance by and setting the team to play to suit him, rather than fitting him in to the direction those really good young players needs to develop to become the next united team capable of challenging for the league and the champions league.
Jose becomes the first ever United manager to win a trophy in his maiden season.
No worries with Zlatan blocking youth - people said the same of Cantona. He set a big example in the way he trained/being a top pro etc. Beckham in particular took that on. It sounds like he is having a similar impact in the dressing room and won't be around for years. He was also a catalyst for success.....
Yes - outplayed but I'd half expected that - United away in Europe in the week and the saints having a fortnight prep. It was clear saints had far more energy. I've also lost count of United outplaying teams this season and coming away with a point. What goes around and all that.
The last thing we want or need is another Cantona! I mean... who'd want that?
I was quite surprised today. I'd called it as a mind numbingly tedious nil nil, with extra time, then penalties
Ah! Leicester have shown up. Funny that - bunch of frauds 😕
well I never
Not just JY who is Lazarus!