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

flahavaj

mikie65 is trying so so hard today, bless.

Mr.Crinklewood

Toughest game United have had in the cup this season.

MagicMarker

Rooney is shocking...

Headshot

They deserve a replay. It's been some time since iv been this embarrassed by utd performance

LuckyGent88

Crawley are out playing us :eek:

That_Guy

mike65 wrote: »

93 places eh?

Must try harder.

mike65

flahavaj wrote: »

mikie65 is trying so so hard today, bless.

/pats flahavaj on the bum.

ShamoBuc

I've only seen about ten mins of this game - but Crawley are the better team at the moment and I can see them scoring!
Utd look very disjointed.

Liam O

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.

Macheda, Welbeck already look like good PL players in the future. Cleverly too. Pogba and King look very good, Smalling is very young as are Fabio and Rafael, Anderson is still young and United sign a highly rated young prospect monthly it seems. United probably have the most successful youth academy in England too.

forgot about Morrison actually, there's your star

titan18

flahavaj wrote: »

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.

Are we a few goals down?Do they need to change the game?I know we're only a goal up, but it's not like players out there are getting it done or have been all season.

IvySlayer

Fergusons face says it all.

bradlente

Fletcher for Bebe if this keeps up

super_furry

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Crawley are out playing us :eek:

I'm glad you said it, I didn't want to appear to be trolling but they really are. Having said that if they did level, I don't think it'd take United too long to get back in front.

everdead.ie

ShamoBuc wrote: »

I've only seen about ten mins of this game - but Crawley are the better team at the moment and I can see them scoring!
Utd look very disjointed.

Ya even the goal was against the run of play united very much in first gear.

dfx-

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.

Utd have 65,000 fans present, your argument is invalid..

Crawley are getting remarkable time and space on the ball.

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Liam O wrote: »

United probably have the most successful youth academy in England too.

In terms of players being successful for other Championship/PL clubs, not United, it has to be said.

IvySlayer

bradlente wrote: »

Fletcher for Bebe if this keeps up

Fletcher is on

That_Guy

Is that Joe Hart in disguise for Man United?

super_furry

IvySlayer wrote: »

Fletcher is on

Is Gibson still?

amacachi

United starting to look happy with the 1-0.

pierrot

IvySlayer wrote: »

Fergusons face says it all.

I'm no lip reader, but there seemed to be a 'fuucking ****e' in that Fergie closeup

IvySlayer

super_furry wrote: »

Is Gibson still?

Yes, but you wouldn't know it.

Liam O

baz2009 wrote: »

In terms of players being successful for other Championship/PL clubs, not United, it has to be said.

Money making machine I call it.

flahavaj

titan18 wrote: »

Are we a few goals down?Do they need to change the game?I know we're only a goal up, but it's not like players out there are getting it done or have been all season.

This is not the time to throw in an unproven kid, end of.

Exclamation Marc

Liam O wrote: »

Macheda, Welbeck already look like good PL players in the future. Cleverly too. Pogba and King look very good, Smalling is very young as are Fabio and Rafael, Anderson is still young and United sign a highly rated young prospect monthly it seems. United probably have the most successful youth academy in England too.

And considering teams like Chelsea's academy and youth team have produced nothing of note or worth despite huge investment, to see promising talent like Amos, Cleverly, Welbeck etc is even more impressive.

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super_furry wrote: »

Is Gibson still?

Yep. Just standing in the centre circle clapping and doing a little twirl every now and then to look busy.

SEPT 23 1989

Come on Town:pac:

roryc

CiaranC wrote: »

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

Why do you have to bring your rubbish LOI opinions into every thread?

adox

super_furry wrote: »

Is Gibson still?

Usually.

super_furry

Jesus, they're talking up this sub's story.

Watch him get the equalliser :P

titan18

flahavaj wrote: »

This is not the time to throw in an unproven kid, end of.

Maybe not, but I'd rather that than players who have been sh1t all season, and shouldn't be near the squad anyway.

flahavaj

titan18 wrote: »

Maybe not, but I'd rather that than players who have been sh1t all season, and shouldn't be near the squad anyway.

Silly attitude tbh. What players should be on for who as a matter of interest? Everyone has all these great ideas about who should play but no one wants to actually name names it seems.

bradlente

IvySlayer wrote: »

Fletcher is on

my bad,shame hes not in the middle of the park.Need his work rate right now.

SEPT 23 1989

They are worth a goal

Ordinary man

roryc wrote: »

Why do you have to bring your rubbish LOI opinions into every thread?

In fairness its probably relevant tonight considering the non league standard of football we're watching:D

Liam O

FireballPitcher wrote: »

And considering teams like Chelsea's academy and youth team have produced nothing of note or worth despite huge investment, to see promising talent like Amos, Cleverly, Welbeck etc is even more impressive.

Once this 90 minute rule is abolished United and Arsenal are going to be untouchable with taking in all the English youth, pretty much every English star will go through those 2 academies.

everdead.ie

Liam O wrote: »

Once this 90 minute rule is abolished United and Arsenal are going to be untouchable with taking in all the English youth, pretty much every English star will go through those 2 academies.

Is it likely to be abolished?

That_Guy

Is there a story for every player/thing?

"And that bottle he's holding in his hand was there when he was close to retiring due to an injury but look at him now holding that lucky bottle"

RasTa

CiaranC wrote: »

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

dfx- wrote: »

Utd have 65,000 fans present, your argument is invalid..

Crawley are getting remarkable time and space on the ball.

What he means is United away fans will out sing the home fans every game bar maybe Stoke so that dudes argument is invalid.

It's also pretty pointless but I'm finding it more exciting then this game

Liam O

everdead.ie wrote: »

Is it likely to be abolished?

heard something about it on SSN the other day, could be wrong though.

titan18

flahavaj wrote: »

Silly attitude tbh. What players should be on for who as a matter of interest? Everyone has all these great ideas about who should play but no one wants to actually name names it seems.

Well,I think King should have been on instead of Rooney. Gibson shouldn't be near the team. He had some nice passes in the 1st half, but he's done nothing in the 2nd. I'd rather see what someone like Pogba(as he's on the bench) can bring instead of him.

I think that Smalling came on at a wrong time,unless Rafael was also injured, as after that we had no defender on the bench. That has clearly not worked out as Fabio got hurt and now Fletcher is at RB.

whatawaster

Liam O wrote: »

Once this 90 minute rule is abolished United and Arsenal are going to be untouchable with taking in all the English youth, pretty much every English star will go through those 2 academies.

Even though there have been numerous examples of highly rated young players choosing Liverpool over both of those clubs?

Raheem Sterling and Jonjo Shelvey are the two latest.
Suso chose Liverpool over Real and Barcelona

everdead.ie

Liam O wrote: »

heard something about it on SSN the other day, could be wrong though.

Interestingthen again players get turned away from academies as well, wasn't giggs tuned away from mcfc academy? And Gerrard from the United one?

SEPT 23 1989

Good man Wayne

That_Guy

That was a bit dirty from Rooney.

flahavaj

whatawaster wrote: »

Even though there have been numerous examples of highly rated young players choosing Liverpool over both of those clubs?

Raheem Sterling and Jonjo Shelvey are the two latest.
Suso chose Liverpool over Real and Barcelona

They were signed for cash though weren't they which isn't the same as bringing kids through the academy?

Nemanja91

MacFadzean deserved that.

Liam O

titan18 wrote: »

Well,I think King should have been on instead of Rooney. Gibson shouldn't be near the team. He had some nice passes in the 1st half, but he's done nothing in the 2nd. I'd rather see what someone like Pogba(as he's on the bench) can bring instead of him.

I think that Smalling came on at a wrong time,unless Rafael was also injured, as after that we had no defender on the bench. That has clearly not worked out as Fabio got hurt and now Fletcher is at RB.

yeah I'd much rather Gibson not playing and it be 0-0 than him playing and it be 1-0 :rolleyes:

Peyton Manning

titan18 wrote: »

Well,I think King should have been on instead of Rooney. Gibson shouldn't be near the team. He had some nice passes in the 1st half, but he's done nothing in the 2nd. I'd rather see what someone like Pogba(as he's on the bench) can bring instead of him.

Gibson also assisted our goal, a goal that would have likely gone in even had Brown not glanced it. Take away that goal, and it's still 0-0 and we then have a replay to jam in to our clusterfúck of a schedule.

But hey, as long as the kids get a chance, right?

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whatawaster wrote: »

Even though there have been numerous examples of highly rated young players choosing Liverpool over both of those clubs?

Raheem Sterling and Jonjo Shelvey are the two latest.
Suso chose Liverpool over Real and Barcelona

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