Fiorentina next Tursday

mass_debater

Annoying thing is if we win on sun we end up in this stupid competition again next yr, it's a curse

Sugarlumps

mickman wrote: »

Is lamela brain dead ?

Guarantee he'll start on Sunday too...

KingdomYid

Deise Vu wrote: »

I don't understand the doom and gloom here. You cannot play possession football unless you have a forward who can deliver the end product. Otherwise you are only passing it around until you lose the ball, almost inevitably when you are caught square.
With Kane up front Spurs are transformed. I suspect Soldado will wake up on Saturday and find a lotto ticket he bought in Claremorris three months ago.
The positives from this is bye bye Europa league (7 more matches after tonight!) and at the moment Liverpool are heading to extra time in their fixture. What's not to like?

The doom and gloom is that we are watching our team gifting the opposition two bloody goals, I am sorry if we are not allowed to be pissed off with that.

Sugarlumps

Thank God that's over. Well done Fiorentina, it didn't take much.

abff

Same old same old.

KingdomYid

In the end am not annoyed at being eliminated, it is how we went out that would piss you off. I hate the way we concede so many stupid goals from individual errors :mad:

Hatch99

Awful awful mistakes, terrible outcome after a good first half performance

tippspur

All the other games we played in this comp seems so pointless now,I mean we get this far and on the night of the most important game in it we can't even put out our strongest team..feck it roll on Sunday,we're due a good performance

jobeenfitz

I wasn't surprised we lost. A final at Wembley Sunday is probably the biggest thing on the minds of our young squad. I feel relieved its over. Pity it didn't end long ago.

mickman

Hatch99 wrote: »

Awful awful mistakes, terrible outcome after a good first half performance

Our two centre halves gifted them goals and soldados miss cost us dearly

There is 40 million worth of talent right there

DubPerryman

oppiuy wrote: »

I just so sick of watching us...the arsenal and Chelsea games have really papered over the huge holes...We have been rubbish for 2 years now...

Chelsea will stuff us on Sunday

Complete heat of the moment over-reaction. Ah to be a Spurs fan...

Jason 5pu45

I have to ask who is responsible for coaching our defenders and how does he sleep at night?

DubPerryman

jobeenfitz wrote: »

I wasn't surprised we lost. A final at Wembley Sunday is probably the biggest thing on the minds of our young squad. I feel relieved its over. Pity it didn't end long ago.

Someone speaking sense.

That result tonight is not the end of the world, it's the start of the rest of our season.

It's very hard to play in the 'second string' eleven, your confidence is dented by just being picked. While the players who were picked who will be playing on Sunday just want to get through the game without picking up a knock.

Some people will come back and say "how come United could compete in big European games before a cup final?"

Answer - because they were playing in European games people gave a sh*t about. European games that were bigger than the domestic league cup final.

oppiuy

DubPerryman wrote: »

Complete heat of the moment over-reaction. Ah to be a Spurs fan...

Not at all.. We have been absolutely dreadfully. Eriksen bailing us out with some last minute winners putting us prob 10 points better off than we deserve.

DubPerryman

oppiuy wrote: »

Not at all.. We have been absolutely dreadfully. Eriksen bailing us out with some last minute winners putting us prob 10 points better off than we deserve.

I'm not complaining about what you said, I've done it many times myself.

Though it's hard to call this a bad season. Reaching a cup final. Hammering Chelsea. Playing Arsenal off the park. Four wins and a draw from seven since Christmas. Having the courage to come back from losing positions and win. All this in yet another 'year of transition'.

PLUS, we're out of the Europa League now, if we show our post-Christmas form we can really push for 3rd or 4th.

Kiith

It's how we lost that has me so pissed off. Schoolboy errors time and time again, even when we are in control of games. We won't win anything unless that changes.

2nd Row Donkey

Levy out

/end thread

Charliebull

DubPerryman wrote: »

Someone speaking sense.

That result tonight is not the end of the world, it's the start of the rest of our season.

It's very hard to play in the 'second string' eleven, your confidence is dented by just being picked. While the players who were picked who will be playing on Sunday just want to get through the game without picking up a knock.

Some people will come back and say "how come United could compete in big European games before a cup final?"

Answer - because they were playing in European games people gave a sh*t about. European games that were bigger than the domestic league cup final.

Since when do we get to turn our noses up at a cup, we have not won anything since 2008

Chelsea got demoted to the uefa cup a few years ago, they didn't turn their noses up, they went and won the fcuking thing, that's what good teams do, it's called a winning mentality and what we need to get and fast,

A lot of work still needed

Jason 5pu45

While I would love to see us win Sunday it is worth asking is the League Cup that big of an achievement anymore?

If it wasnt for the fact that it was Chelsea and the fact that I'd love nothing more than for Mourinho to go home with his tail between his legs- I'm not sure I would care too much.

Who remembers that Swansea won it 2 years ago?
Has it made them any better as a club in the sense are they any closer to the top six?
It certainly didn't help Michael Laudrup any.

Point is I'm in this for the long haul-if we win Sunday-I will drink well into the small hours of Monday morning.
And if we don't -I will drink well into the small hours of Monday morning.

Let's all enjoy the ride

DubPerryman

Charliebull wrote: »

Chelsea got demoted to the uefa cup a few years ago, they didn't turn their noses up, they went and won the fcuking thing, that's what good teams do, it's called a winning mentality and what we need to get and fast,

With our resources and squad strength we have to pick our battles. I wouldn't say ignoring the Europa League lacks a winning mentality, if that's the case then the top ten teams in the Premier League lack a winning mentality for not playing a full strength team in the League Cup for the last 15 years.

We need to bring in more revenue in order to step up to the next level. We'll generate that revenue playing in the Champions League, NOT from flying to the arse end of Europe on a Thursday night. The fact that TV3 has the rights show you how much any one in Ireland cares about it, multiple that by 100 across Europe.

Hatch99

Fcuking hell, this place gets even more crazy every week

EoinMoran

Jason 5pu45 wrote: »

While I would love to see us win Sunday it is worth asking is the League Cup that big of an achievement anymore?

If it wasnt for the fact that it was Chelsea and the fact that I'd love nothing more than for Mourinho to go home with his tail between his legs- I'm not sure I would care too much.

Who remembers that Swansea won it 2 years ago?
Has it made them any better as a club in the sense are they any closer to the top six?
It certainly didn't help Michael Laudrup any.

Point is I'm in this for the long haul-if we win Sunday-I will drink well into the small hours of Monday morning.
And if we don't -I will drink well into the small hours of Monday morning.

Let's all enjoy the ride

The game is about glory...

I'd take a win on Sunday over finishing 4th in the league. We've finished 4th twice and 5th twice in the last 5 seasons. Going by statistics we'll do it again... How many times do we get to play one of our biggest rivals in the biggest game we've played in years ?

If you asked Swansea fans I can guarantee they'd tell you that's the best moment in football they've had in existence.

2nd Row Donkey

We're out. And not before time. Happier to be our now then about 5 games down the line.


The race for 4th is well and Truely on now. No Thursday night excuses anymore

Jason 5pu45

EoinMoran wrote: »

The game is about glory...

I'd take a win on Sunday over finishing 4th in the league. We've finished 4th twice and 5th twice in the last 5 seasons. Going by statistics we'll do it again... How many times do we get to play one of our biggest rivals in the biggest game we've played in years ?

If you asked Swansea fans I can guarantee they'd tell you that's the best moment in football they've had in existence.

I totally understand that but my point is its a one off,it's not going to make us world beaters overnight nor will it be a disaster if we lose,disappointing yes but not disastrous.

I would hate to see us win and slide down the table like we did when we last won it- remember when Juande Ramos was Moses reincarnate and was going to lead us to the promised land?
He only led us to the bottom of the league 9 short months later

MonkieSocks

Ah, look on the bright side, if we win on Sunday, we qualify for the Europa League :P

Charliebull

DubPerryman wrote: »

With our resources and squad strength we have to pick our battles. I wouldn't say ignoring the Europa League lacks a winning mentality, if that's the case then the top ten teams in the Premier League lack a winning mentality for not playing a full strength team in the League Cup for the last 15 years.

We need to bring in more revenue in order to step up to the next level. We'll generate that revenue playing in the Champions League, NOT from flying to the arse end of Europe on a Thursday night. The fact that TV3 has the rights show you how much any one in Ireland cares about it, multiple that by 100 across Europe.

05 Chelsea
06 Man U
07 Chelsea
08 spurs
09 Man U
10 Man U
12 Liverpool
14 man city

Top teams not really ignoring it, it's about winning

Why would people not take winning the Europa over 4th place, it gets same end and a trophy and some pride

jobeenfitz

Jason 5pu45 wrote: »

I totally understand that but my point is its a one off,it's not going to make us world beaters overnight nor will it be a disaster if we lose,disappointing yes but not disastrous.

I would hate to see us win and slide down the table like we did when we last won it- remember when Juande Ramos was Moses reincarnate and was going to lead us to the promised land?
He only led us to the bottom of the league 9 short months later

Nobody wants to see us win and slide down the table but we could lose and slide down the table. I want to win on Sunday. Whenever I sober up then we can discuss re-hab.

Devo from Dublin

If Chelsea hasd been playing last night...

Cech

Ivanovic - Terry - Cahill - Luis.

Fabregas - Matic

Willian - Oscar - Hazard

Costa.


And the same on sunday.

This rotation malarkey has its good points, granted...
But im confused.

DubPerryman

Charliebull wrote: »

05 Chelsea
06 Man U
07 Chelsea
08 spurs
09 Man U
10 Man U
12 Liverpool
14 man city

All this does is highlight the the difference in quality between the Premier League reserve teams and the rest of the football league.

I'll admit that the PL teams to take it a little more seriously when it gets to the semi-final and final stages.

slegs

Not a good day but won't give a fack if we win Sunday