FA Cup 5th Round - Man United v Crawley Town - KO 17:15

MagicMarker

Pogba coming on?

Seems not.

bradlente

FireballPitcher wrote: »

Everytime I see Bébé I just don't see a guy who looks like he's going to progress enough to ever be a first-team regular. Manucho and Diouf have looked better and they've been shipped off (albeit Diouf on loan as of now)

Yeah but he was homeless which means if hes successful Utd can make a movie about his life and make loads of cash.

Nailz

Crawley supporters think they're great.

flahavaj

titan18 wrote: »

No,as in none of the back 4 had been playing badly.Why take one of them off?Especially as there's guys like Pogba and King on the bench who could use with game time

Why could they especially use gametime? The kast thing we need is to bring a skinny kid into CM, who's barely played reserve football at 1-0 against a team playing well like Crawley are.

Paul Tergat

flahavaj wrote: »

Why could they especially use gametime?

DONT DO IT!

Liam O

bradlente wrote: »

Yeah but he was homeless which means if hes successful Utd can make a movie about his life and make loads of cash.

no he wasn't

citytillidie

Only time I have ever wanted Man Utd to win just because of who sponsor Crawley for this game

amacachi

Shoot ffs!

titan18

flahavaj wrote: »

Why could they especially use gametime?

Well,when you look at bench, Smalling,Rooney and Fletcher play quite a bit with the first team and Tunnicliffe,Pogba and King don't, this is a perfect game for them to get experience in the senior side.

CiaranC

ManU being outsung at home by Crawley Town fans, what an embarrassment they truly are

That_Guy

Nailz wrote: »

Crawley supporters think they're great.

What the hell? It's not just Crawley supporters who chant things like that.

Exclamation Marc

flahavaj wrote: »

Bebe was playing third division football in Portugal last season. He'll need a couple pof years to be brought up to scratch. There is definietly some raw potential there that hopefully can be moulded into something. I think his future is through the middle which is a very congested area in United's squad atm.

Thats a fair point, he has stepped up from an almost amateur club in comparison, I sometimes forget the jump in class he's made.

I would actually like to see him down the middle too, either behind the striker or as the target man, he doesn't do much for me on the wing.

On another note, I'm liking Smalling the more and more I see of him. I know this is only a League 2 calibre team, but he looks quite assured and another good purchase.

Wonder how far up the leagues Crawley will go? I read they spent more in the in the Summer & January than the entire League 2 combined.

flahavaj

titan18 wrote: »

Well,when you look at bench, Smalling,Rooney and Fletcher play quite a bit with the first team and Tunnicliffe,Pogba and King don't, this is a perfect game for them to get experience in the senior side.

Maybe a 5 minute cameo at 3-0, otherwise no. Pogba and Tunnicliffe are mile soff first team football especially.

Headshot

It's an awful display by utd team against a conference team, a bloody conference team ffs

amacachi

Switch off, switch on and there's a replay of the ball hitting the back of the net. Great time to show a replay of the first goal, thanks ITV!

ShamoBuc

just tuning into the game - quite surprised at the score line - could be an interesting finish.

Liam O

Obertan's control is shocking

ShooterSF

CiaranC wrote: »

ManU being outsung at home by Crawley Town fans, what an embarrassment they truly are

Yeah I'm sure the footballers that came to watch the singing match will be disappointed.

Peyton Manning

titan18 wrote: »

Well,when you look at bench, Smalling,Rooney and Fletcher play quite a bit with the first team and Tunnicliffe,Pogba and King don't, this is a perfect game for them to get experience in the senior side.

You could also look at it from the perspective that this is a game nowhere near put to bed, Crawley could easily score, and bringing on kids with no first team experience to their name could easily allow them to do that when we have the likes Fletcher, Smalling, Rooney etc. on the bench.

Last thing we need is a bloody replay.

Dont understand people who prioritise giving the kids experience above getting results. Mind boggling perspective.

Liam O

CiaranC wrote: »

ManU being outsung at home by Crawley Town fans, what an embarrassment they truly are

a lot more kids there than usual. Biggest game Crawley will ever have. United fans regularly outsing other PL teams away so I don't see your point.

J. Marston

Both the twins gone.

flahavaj

Thank Christ all subs are used up. Its over muppets, put the lube away for another season.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

That_Guy wrote: »

What the hell? It's not just Crawley supporters who chant things like that.

At least other teams can back it up a bit.
I'd say 70% of the Crawley 'supporters' there support a PL team and I'd say this is a lot of their first Crawley games.

super_furry

I think we may be watching the last strange days of Darron Gibson at Old Trafford. He never really improved and still doesn't look like a United player.

CiaranC

Liam O wrote: »

a lot more kids there than usual. Biggest game Crawley will ever have. United fans regularly outsing other PL teams away so I don't see your point.

My point is Man U have sh it fans, that clear enough for you?

Headshot

Poor fabio just so unlucky

Nailz

That_Guy wrote: »

What the hell? It's not just Crawley supporters who chant things like that.

I know, but that doesn't mean they're not annoying, it's almost like going to cheap friendly matches were the crowd is predominately kids.

RasTa

Oh bebe you are useless

Paully D

FireballPitcher wrote: »

Everytime I see Bébé I just don't see a guy who looks like he's going to progress enough to ever be a first-team regular.

I still feel there was something awfully dodgy about that transfer. Fergie will retire to a multi-million pound villa in Portugal with a few extra million in his bank account, just you wait and see :pac:

super_furry

Liam O wrote: »

a lot more kids there than usual. Biggest game Crawley will ever have. United fans regularly outsing other PL teams away so I don't see your point.

I'm not one to defend United fans but you're right. Away fans usually outsing home fans in the EPL.

ShamoBuc

I would pay money for torres to get an equaliser, this performance makes some of the early season losses by the pool seem like victories!!


He should have clung it !!!

3hn2givr7mx1sc

CiaranC wrote: »

ManU being outsung at home by Crawley Town fans, what an embarrassment they truly are

It's not unusual for that to happen at any English ground in fairness. But you go ahead and take a shot at United for it when it's probaly the smallest game they've played in years and the opposite for the team they're playing.

bradlente

Liam O wrote: »

no he wasn't

Well he lived in a shelter for a good part of his life.A roof over his head,but not what I'd conventionally call a home.

So yeah,he was.

Liam O

CiaranC wrote: »

My point is Man U have sh it fans, that clear enough for you?

Shamrock Rovers have sh it fans

titan18

flahavaj wrote: »

Maybe a 5 minute cameo at 3-0, otherwise no. Pogba and Tunnicliffe are mile soff first team football especially.

If they're miles off then they wouldnt have been on the bench in the first place, and if they're not good enough to go today(and this is for anyone in the side), then they shouldn't be playing for United.

Also, to Tom, do you not think that bringing on someone like King, who has something to prove compared to Rooney,who knows no matter how bad he plays,he'll still be starting.

Exclamation Marc

baz2009 wrote: »

At least other teams can back it up a bit.
I'd say 70% of the Crawley 'supporters' there support a PL team and I'd say this is a lot of their first Crawley games.

Yeah I read or heard on a podcast that a year or two ago they had a tiny tiny fanbase, and now they're the Man City of the conference, spending money left right and centre, so suddenly fans have popped up out of nowhere. No way do Crawley have 9000 regular fans, as you said a lot are probably at a Crawley game for the first time.

That_Guy

Clive Tyldsley: Best chance of the evening.

I thought the goal was the best chance of the evening....

ShooterSF

CiaranC wrote: »

My point is Man U have sh it fans, that clear enough for you?

Put shamrock rovers tickets to the price of Uniteds and see if they pay in?

super_furry

I'd be worried really with the calibre of young player coming through at United if I was a fan. They don't seem to want to spend big money and there's no-one out there that look like being a star.

flahavaj

titan18 wrote: »

If they're miles off then they wouldnt have been on the bench in the first place, and if they're not good enough to go today(and this is for anyone in the side), then they shouldn't be playing for United.

They were probably put there in the hope of United going into a big lead tbh. They were hardly out there in the hope that they'd change the game in the event of us going a few goals down. Have a bit of sense.

mike65

93 places eh?

flahavaj

super_furry wrote: »

I'd be worried really with the calibre of young player coming through at United if I was a fan. They don't seem to want to spend big money and there's no-one out there that look like being a star.

According to some on here we have 16 Messi's in the Under -18's alone.:pac:

ShamoBuc

that was soooooooooooooo close

That_Guy

That would've been amazing if that had went in.

super_furry

ShooterSF wrote: »

Put shamrock rovers tickets to the price of Uniteds and see if they pay in?

What? Why would you do that? Gary Twigg is great and all but you don't have to charge fans €90 into a game to cover his wages.

amacachi

No chance of the bet now, come on Crawley!

MagicMarker

Great defending from Brown.

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super_furry wrote: »

I'd be worried really with the calibre of young player coming through at United if I was a fan. They don't seem to want to spend big money and there's no-one out there that look like being a star.

Morrison, Pogba and King are ones that I've personnally been impressed with. Will Keane also. Welbeck and Cleverley have been doing very well for Wigan and Sunderland this season.

Exclamation Marc

Never trust a man who highlights only a portion of his hair.

everdead.ie

That_Guy wrote: »

Clive Tyldsley: Best chance of the evening.

I thought the goal was the best chance of the evening....

I think that was a better chance then the goal just better finishing from Brown