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

mike65

Are Manchester United time wasting?

Only 4 minutes to hang on.

cson

A heroic/gallant/superb effort by Crawley Town just failing etc etc.

No need to read the back of the papers tomorrow.

whatawaster

flahavaj wrote: »

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

They still chose Liverpool over other offers from clubs who were in better situations than Liverpool at the time.


Crawley are tiring

That_Guy

Lovely that from Cook.

amacachi

Please score Crawley!

flahavaj

mike65 wrote: »

Are Manchester United time wasting?

Only 4 minutes to hang on.

Get your hand off my bum and stop looking for a reaction.

amacachi

ARGH!

IvySlayer

**** me, that was close!

That_Guy

Holy fcuk.

Exclamation Marc

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.

I imagine the thinking was something along the lines of this being "an easy game" for Rooney so it'd be easy enough for him to use the momentum of his wonder goal last week to get him back to good form, but clearly he's been muck. Hindsight 20/20.

cson

mike65 wrote: »

Are Manchester United time wasting?

Only 4 minutes to hang on.

Should they be above time wasting? You do whatever you have to do to win the game tbqh.

flahavaj

Head on hands for all the Crawley "supporters" in attendance at OT tonight.

monkey9

Jaysus, Utd are just about hanging on here!!! They're being outplayed by Crawley who deserve something out of this.

titan18

Liam O wrote: »

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

Tom_Brady wrote: »

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?

Maybe Pogba would have got a hat-trick if he had played instead :rolleyes:

Gibson has been bad again. For the good, he did in the 1st half, he's been invisible in the 2nd.

super_furry

Jesus, Crawley really have run over United in the second half.

Haven't heard Gibson's name in about half an hour.

That_Guy

Take a bow Crawley Town.

flahavaj

titan18 wrote: »

Maybe Pogba would have got a hat-trick if he had played instead :rolleyes:

Gibson has been bad again. For the good, he did in the 1st half, he's been invisible in the 2nd.

The back four aside, they've all been muck in the second half tbf.

everdead.ie

Crawley look like they are running with lead in there boots now

Paul Tergat

Huge wp to Crawley. Did the non league proud!

mike65

Fair play to Utd, a tricky tie successfully navigated.

ShamoBuc

flahavaj wrote: »

And Burton.

1-0 will do.

Headshot wrote: »

If its going to be a similar lineup to the west ham in the cc, I would be woried, i look forward to another Gibson debate thou

1-0 utd

Not too many would have agreed with ye a few short hours ago!

J. Marston

Ha ha unlucky bitters toddle off now.

That_Guy

Gobsh*tes. Lump it into the box FFS.

Peyton Manning

titan18 wrote: »

Maybe Pogba would have got a hat-trick if he had played instead :rolleyes:

Or he could have gone the way our other youngsters have played against non-league opposition over the years, and done fúck all.

Hindsight is well and good, but we won this game, thats all that matters. You're going on as if you'd replay this game and put the result up in the air again just so you can see the kids play.

Ordinary man

Liam O wrote: »

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

Do you think his performance was good enough?

LuckyGent88

I'LL take that 1 nil win

super_furry

mike65 wrote: »

Fair play to Utd, a tricky tie successfully navigated.

Tricky? Really?

Liam O

flahavaj wrote: »

The back four aside, they've all been muck in the second half tbf.

but yet again for some reason it's Gibson that gets all the criticism despite the fact it was his influence that won the game for United...

IvySlayer

Unlucky Crawley.

flahavaj

mike65 wrote: »

Fair play to Utd, a tricky tie successfully navigated.

They gave us a better game than Liverpool tbh.

Well played Crawley, great effort.

Will I Amnt

mike65 wrote: »

Fair play to Utd, a tricky tie successfully navigated.

Trickier than the last round anyway

Oranage2

This match proves:

Fabio - not united class
Anderson - Over-rated
Carrick -poor
Gibson - Terrible
Chico - tad over-rated
Bebe - ****
Obertan - Extremely ****

mike65

super_furry wrote: »

Tricky? Really?

Whoooooooooooooosh!

Crawley Town are clearly a different sort of non-league team, be interesting to see how they do when promoted.

titan18

flahavaj wrote: »

The back four aside, they've all been muck in the second half tbf.

That's kind of a point I'm making. A lot of them(again outside back 4) have been crap all season. I understand there's a need to keep them match-fit, but we all know they're crap, we all know those players are in poor form. The likes of Gibson,Obertan, Anderson lately,Fletcher lately have been poor.

Yes, play them, but is there much to lose by throwing in one or two youngsters who have a reason to go out and prove a point. There's no reason for some of the players who started today to go out and try their best as they know they'll start future games as we've no other options. If Pogba or Tunnicliffe start and have a poor game, they might not have another shot for a long time.

#15

Oranage2 wrote: »

This match proves:

Fabio - not united class

Will have to bookmark this one.

bradlente

Poor from Utd overall,fair dues Crawley they played their hearts out.That was their cup final.

I really hope a few of these young lad don't have to be called on much in the run-in as their just not up to it yet.

Exclamation Marc

Wish the commentators would stop going on about Crawley like they're some sort of amateur team and have had a romantic run in the FA Cup. They've dodgy unknown owners, they've bought the entire team, their assets are worth more than most League One teams since the investment, their manager has been done for fraud many a time.

Hardly a romantic cup run in the regular sense of the phrase.

Peyton Manning

Oranage2 wrote: »

This match proves:

Fabio - not united class
Anderson - Over-rated
Carrick -poor
Gibson - Terrible
Chico - tad over-rated
Bebe - ****
Obertan - Extremely ****

This post proves

Knee jerk reactions - hilariously pathetic

Pauleta

I was gonna say well done to Crawley until that farcical scene at the end between the keeper and defender trying to decide and taking about 20 seconds to take the free. Morons like that dont deserve to be in football.

Good to see Rooney flop again, maybe his shin guard has lost form as well :pac:

super_furry

Only thing you can really take out of that, is that Darren Gibson will be leaving in the summer.

Nailz

Now get the fûck off my TV, Evans.

Well done to Crawley, they gave it a go. Happy enough with United, didn't get too caught up with the game, didn't concede a major injury.

adox

Oranage2 wrote: »

This match proves:

Fabio - not united class
Anderson - Over-rated
Carrick -poor
Gibson - Terrible
Chico - tad over-rated
Bebe - ****
Obertan - Extremely ****

Your post proves **** all.

ShamoBuc

Oranage2 wrote: »

This match proves:

Fabio - not united class
Anderson - Over-rated
Carrick -poor
Gibson - Terrible
Chico - tad over-rated
Bebe - ****
Obertan - Extremely ****

I thought some of the above were supposed to be the future for united!

flahavaj

titan18 wrote: »

That's kind of a point I'm making. A lot of them(again outside back 4) have been crap all season. I understand there's a need to keep them match-fit, but we all know they're crap, we all know those players are in poor form. The likes of Gibson,Obertan, Anderson lately,Fletcher lately have been poor.

Yes, play them, but is there much to lose by throwing in one or two youngsters who have a reason to go out and prove a point. There's no reason for some of the players who started today to go out and try their best as they know they'll start future games as we've no other options. If Pogba or Tunnicliffe start and have a poor game, they might not have another shot for a long time.

OK so lets look at the players you've named.

Who from the youith team would you have played on the wings instead of Obertan and Bebe.

And you're honestly saying Tunnicliffe or Pogba will be a better option in the latter stages of the CL and the games that'll decide the PL than Ando or Fletcher? Ah c'mon.

Exclamation Marc

Oranage2 wrote: »

This match proves:

Chico - tad over-rated

He's scored 11 in 28 this season. Adapted quicker to the premier league than most foreign players. His goals to game ratio this season is better than Drogba or Torres.

A couple of quiet games and he's a tad overrated.

Disagree entirely.

partyndbs

Pauleta wrote: »

I was gonna say well done to Crawley until that farcical scene at the end between the keeper and defender trying to decide and taking about 20 seconds to take the free. Morons like that dont deserve to be in football.

Good to see Rooney flop again, maybe his shin guard has lost form as well :pac:

wasnt really that bad...time was up, they needed more people up and the ref was gonna blow straight away anyway

Liam O

Oranage2 wrote: »

This match proves:

Fabio - not united class
Anderson - Over-rated
Carrick -poor
Gibson - Terrible
Chico - tad over-rated
Bebe - ****
Obertan - Extremely ****

pretty conclusive proof there, you're right

Jax Teller

That Pablo mills played very well . Gibson played well first half . The whole team was crap second half

adox

super_furry wrote: »

Only thing you can really take out of that, is that Darren Gibson will be leaving in the summer.

And a place in the next round?

flahavaj

This thread is gonna be some laugh. Sell them all, we have the Academy Side.