FA Cup Final Thread - 2014/15 season

[Fernando]

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FA Cup Final  

Arsenal vs Aston Villa

[lfc91]

IMO many united fans probably just don't want to admit that after their huge spending, the are still potentially outside the top 4 in terms of first team quality and squad depth.(Could put a case forward for anywhere from 3rd-6th in my eyes). Far easier to blame everything on moyes than to admit that their squad just is nowhere near the standard they have gotten used to.

As for Cambridge, they were excellent! Actually gave as good as they got in the first half. When Man U enevitably took control in the second half they defended brilliantly. Well deserved.

[mystiroakey]

But as it's Van Gaal most won't say a word.

Down the pub, I've already heard 'it was raining, conditions were awful', 'we'll just do them at home, we're still through' & 'it wasn't our first team'. No mention of LVG here.

It wasn't our first team? Funniest excuse you'll probably here

And yet I here it every day on one forum or another!!

Well look at the positives .it wasn't 4-0 against,

[Guest]

They are naming Smalling, Young, Mata, Rooney & RVP.

As for Di Maria, just astonishing how poor he's been. £60m spent & all I've seen him do is score a class goal vs LEICESTER in a game they lost & when he destroyed a QPR side at OT.

[Fernando]

[Ent]

Whilst we will most likely still go through that's an awful result.

Embarassing really. A poor performance should have saw us win comfortably so I don't know what you call a draw.

Glad I missed the game but fed up of our lack of urgency/ideas in attack (saw half time analysis).

Players need to get the finger out. Manager Needs to get them playing.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

CAMBRIDGE A-HA A-HA UNITED A-HA A-HA

[Guest]

I just can't stand LVG though, he's like a really irritating & poor version of Mourinho, when he first came to the PL, in terms of his interviews & trying to be controversial. 'Everything was against us'......blah, blah, just embarrassing. Does he not know Cambridge are in L2, have a small stadium & a poor kept pitch, they don't have the hundreds of millions of pounds to spend, unlike you. The weather is equal for both sides & then to blame the ref, who I thought did hardly anything wrong, was laughable. For such a great manager, these excuses are terrible. For someone who's so detailed in his approach & training, the fact he's chosen Phil Jones, one of the worst technical players the club has, to continue to take corners, is mind-boggling. His systems don't work, yet he's too stubborn to change it, funny that for such a great manager, it took chants from the United crowd against QPR shouting, '4-4-2', for him to suddenly realise it wasn't working. Pretty clueless to me.

Yes, he'll no doubt win the replay & will probably gain a top 4, however, if I was a United fan, I would be massively disappointed in the slow progress that such a supposed great manager of his generation is achieving, with, I might add, ridiculous amounts of money being spent.

[mystiroakey]

I dont like him either. I doubt deep down United fans do either- They just want to put faith into him, and hope.

Which in all fairness is fine- as they look like they are getting the one and only job done(back in the top 4)

Until that is in danger Man U fans will not care.

[Guest]

I dont like him either

You're not the only one. Radamel Falcao's agent has taken a swipe at Louis van Gaal by claiming he would prefer if the striker was playing under Sir Alex Ferguson

[Ent]

Anything is a relief after moyes, hence van gaal getting an easy ride.

Don't think crowd chanting has anything to do with it either, changed to 442 previously in games.

He was also quite complementary to cambridge if you read his whole interview transcript and not just the headlines. Was critical of his own side too.

If we can get a bit of form together we should be in 3rd come the end of the season.

[Fernando]

Yaya

[mystiroakey]

Gutted I can't be watching this.

Pardew is a goal machine.

[Fernando]

I think the Arsenal rejects are your new front pairing Mysti

Yaya & Chamakh seem to be a epic partnership

Yaya & Chamakh have scored & Bebe is ruining Marcelo in La Liga....

[mystiroakey]

Well I love gayle. But yeah. Can't fault this effort!!

[Fernando]

Well there dominating one of the best defense in the PL Not sure weather to laugh or cry.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Saints Palace a hell of a game. Good to see Swansea go out (even if it cost me money) and I'd be happy to see Saints go (even though it will cost me money)

[hampo17]

City are being given a tough game by Boro, their keeper has pulled off some fantastic saves as well.

[compelling and rich]

But as it's Van Gaal most won't say a word.

Down the pub, I've already heard 'it was raining, conditions were awful', 'we'll just do them at home, we're still through' & 'it wasn't our first team'. No mention of LVG here.

plenty having a go where i was, we all realize its a building process but he has to start doing better than that sh!t last night (and the last few games), we supported moyes as long as we could until he didnt improve at all over a whole season and had two windows to improve the team

[Guest]

Pardew is a goal machine.

He must of been saving these cup goals up for years, cos we didn't see any of them

[Fernando]

Ashley pawned them off to fund his cheesey chips habit...

[mystiroakey]

12 in 3.5 games so far!!

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Up the Boro

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I am loving this Pardew power surge at Palace. Newcastle fans; the world's dumbest?

[Fernando]

Citeh 0-1 Boro - Bamford

[hampo17]

Kompany and Fernando both at fault for that goal, scrappy as they come but Boro won't care.

[mystiroakey]

I am loving this Pardew power surge at Palace. Newcastle fans; the world's dumbest?

Good lad

[Guest]

Newcastle fans; the world's dumbest?

Unfortunately, the fans couldn't get Ashley out during that woeful run of results, so they went for the easy target. Pardew would forgive, but he wouldn't forget & so it proved when he walked out. I wasn't a part of it, I never wanted Pardew gone, for the issue of making the club unstable again. Still don't think Pardew is a brilliant manager, he was getting slated about a year ago, with the head-butt & our run of form. Funny how things suddenly change after wins over Dover, Spurs & Burnley.

[Fernando]

I did nothing he's just too slow and a Cat is Willy.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Newcastle fans; the world's dumbest?

Unfortunately, the fans couldn't get Ashley out during that woeful run of results, so they went for the easy target. Pardew would forgive, but he wouldn't forget & so it proved when he walked out. I wasn't a part of it, I never wanted Pardew gone, for the issue of making the club unstable again. Still don't think Pardew is a brilliant manager, he was getting slated about a year ago, with the head-butt & our run of form. Funny how things suddenly change after wins over Dover, Spurs & Burnley.

Am I the only one who thinks you could have a worse owner than Ashley?

[mystiroakey]

https://vine.co/v/OIlu6a0xumI

[Fernando]

Chelsea 2-2 Bradford City - Filipe Morais

[mystiroakey]

Newcastle fans; the world's dumbest?

Unfortunately, the fans couldn't get Ashley out during that woeful run of results, so they went for the easy target. Pardew would forgive, but he wouldn't forget & so it proved when he walked out. I wasn't a part of it, I never wanted Pardew gone, for the issue of making the club unstable again. Still don't think Pardew is a brilliant manager, he was getting slated about a year ago, with the head-butt & our run of form. Funny how things suddenly change after wins over Dover, Spurs & Burnley.

Am I the only one who thinks you could have a worse owner than Ashley?

Vincent Tan?

[Fernando]

Chelsea 2-3 Bradford City - Andy Halliday

[Hero]

All laughed at Utd last night.

Way it's going they'll be the only club from the top four left in!

[mystiroakey]

What is going on??

If all these top clubs get beat..

Palace for the FA cup..

[Fernando]

Could be worse could be Blackpool were 2-0 up at HT but now 7-2 down admittedly not a cup game but noteworthy none the less

[Guest]

Can't see Liverpool, United or Spurs avoiding each other until the final, so can already see this being a dud year, in terms of a top game for the cup final

[Fernando]

7 Minutes added time at Stamford Bridge

#JoseTime

[Fernando]

Spurs 1-2 Leicester - Schlupp

[Guest]

spurs are gone too. LVG must be laughing at these gifts this year

[Fernando]

Citeh 0-2 Middlesborough - Kike

Chelsea 2-4 Bradford - Yates

[mystiroakey]

bradford have scored a 4th!

what da heck!

[mystiroakey]

Palace to meet Liverpool this FA cup- a re run of the 1990 semi where he scored the winner.. come on!

[Fernando]

Id fancy my chances of retaining the cup now All we need is a Heskey winner vs Liverpool

[Fernando]

Citeh are out 2-0 FT

[It Must Be Love]

LOL

[Fernando]

FT Chelsea 2-4 Bradford

2-0 & you Frak it up

[hampo17]

City and Chelsea both out !!!

Blackpool got smashed as well haha!

[mystiroakey]

4 out of 4 for pards

[Fernando]

City and Chelsea both out !!!

Blackpool got smashed as well haha!

So thats Citeh/Chelsea/Southampton/Everton/Spurs out the cup

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