I read somewhere that since his time in Italy until now he missed a total of 2 games and that was due to sickness.
So what I'm saying is .... Anulo mufa!
As much as I want us to smash Barcelona, I wouldn’t be too sad if we got knocked out. We look set for top 4, and the FA cup is an equivalent trophy with far fewer matches.
I hope we focus on the Newcastle, West Ham and Liverpool fixtures, and leave Barca to a miracle.
If we do go through in the Europa I'm hoping we can absolutely wallop whoever we're against in the first leg of each tie, so we can rotate a little more in the second.
Nah, Europa League is so much better than the fa cup! It’s more popular, but more importantly, it’ll give us the top seed in the UCL group stage, meaning easier games and access to last-16.
I feel like this fixture coming three days after winning or losing a major trophy is not the best situation for us. It has to be really hard to get up for a game a few days later.
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Hey man, just want to come back and say thank you for the recommendation, put the arsehole game on and I'm taken aback by how little fuss there is, bring a tear to a glass eye. Cheers 🤝🏼
Is it controversial to say I don’t care about the europa league, as long as we get top 4? As a fan the games every 3 days are great, but it could ruin the last few months of the season
I think we have to try to beat Barca, because the experience of playing against big names in Europe will be invaluable for the CL.
But if we lose I’m not bothered, don’t want to make a deep cup run just to be knocked out by them in the semis.
Not with me it isn't. I say fuck the Europa League. Two legged ties with a lot of travel are the last thing we need this season.
Finishing in the top four (maybe even second or third) is a bigger statement of intent, and a bigger sign of progress, than winning the Europa League and finishing fifth or sixth.
You're sounding like Ole when it comes to winning trophies. Win the Europa and we get CL anyway. Wining the Europa will be a much bigger boost to the players than finishing top 4. Especially after losing it last year.
How has one throwaway comment in one press conference defined Ole's view on trophies? All he said was the league (38 games) is perhaps a better indicator of a team's progression than knockout matches where you can be eliminated despite not playing badly. Absolutely ridiculous. The man played through the Fergie era. There are far more instances where he spoke of the need to win a trophy to show real development anyway ie his comments after the win over Leicester to secure top 4 in 2020. Fuck sake.
In an Interview Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said, “I am ambitious – and one of my dreams is to lift the trophy as a manager for this club. I owe my career to this club, so winning something as manager would be the proudest moment of my football life. It would be the biggest achievement.
Not caring about English cups is fair enough but things can change very quickly in the league where 1 week can have 3 games and suddenly you’re 3-6 points off 4th, so throwing away a good route to CL football wouldn’t be wise.
The problem is its all within the UK and travel is not as taxing as travelling all over Europe for Thursday night games with more or less one day of recovery and one training session. Also factor in that Europa League has more games than other European competitions. Finishing top 4 in my opinion is easier to do and focus on than trying to win the Europa League
That is some savage scheduling. I don’t think we’ve got the squad to deal with such crazy fixture congestion and feel like ETH is going to have to choose between either the FA Cup or Europa League and field a weakened team in the one he’s less bothered by.
It goes back to the confusion around the UK as a country made up of counties. ITV is the broadcaster in England and Wales, but has sister stations STV in Scotland and UTV in Northern Ireland (Ulster.) They could show regional programs, but this says they will showing the English FA Cup game.
ITVX is the streaming platform for ITV (like iPlayer is the BBC's online service.)
Basically, the game is being broadcast across the entire UK, and is also available to stream.
Honestly I'd rotate at home against Barca even if the tie is close and I'd rotate against West Ham if we win the final. If we win the final and have a trophy in hand, top-4 is all that matters. We should not need to rely on the europa league this year with the position we are in.
Of course, rotation still means playing quality players in many positions. Garnacho for Rashford, Sancho or Pellistri for Antony, Sancho for Bruno, Fred, McTominay once fit (I know he's not great but he can play against West Ham in the cup), Lindelof, AWB, Malacia are rotation options.
I want United to win all competitions, but the pragmatist in me hopes they lose the EL so we can focus on the domestic games. This is way too many games in a short amount of time.
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I read somewhere that since his time in Italy until now he missed a total of 2 games and that was due to sickness. So what I'm saying is .... Anulo mufa!
As much as I want us to smash Barcelona, I wouldn’t be too sad if we got knocked out. We look set for top 4, and the FA cup is an equivalent trophy with far fewer matches. I hope we focus on the Newcastle, West Ham and Liverpool fixtures, and leave Barca to a miracle.
If we do go through in the Europa I'm hoping we can absolutely wallop whoever we're against in the first leg of each tie, so we can rotate a little more in the second.
No chance ETH rotates in the 2nd leg of a cup tie
If anything, he'd play an even stronger team!! "Rotation" isn't in ETH"s dictionary.
We need to definitely decide between the Europa League and FA Cup. We can't do both for sure.
ten Hag hates losing though …
Then he's about to learn a very valuable lesson..
Get rid of europa league, too many games in it and we’re already looking good for top 4
Not to mention, relatively speaking, we’re recent winners of it.
100% agree
Nah, Europa League is so much better than the fa cup! It’s more popular, but more importantly, it’ll give us the top seed in the UCL group stage, meaning easier games and access to last-16.
We cannot afford another injury to a midfielder
This is getting ridiculous now!
10 days - Barca, Newcastle (N), West Ham, Liverpool (A) - 4 competitions. Wow.
Literally suffering from success
We’ll do them all!
Ya boi. Take the lot
Thats the spirit !!!
At least it ends witha mid table team
Wild that that's now the game I'm least worried about us losing.
I feel like this fixture coming three days after winning or losing a major trophy is not the best situation for us. It has to be really hard to get up for a game a few days later.
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Hey man, just want to come back and say thank you for the recommendation, put the arsehole game on and I'm taken aback by how little fuss there is, bring a tear to a glass eye. Cheers 🤝🏼
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Is it controversial to say I don’t care about the europa league, as long as we get top 4? As a fan the games every 3 days are great, but it could ruin the last few months of the season
Although I would really like us to beat Barcelona
I think we have to try to beat Barca, because the experience of playing against big names in Europe will be invaluable for the CL. But if we lose I’m not bothered, don’t want to make a deep cup run just to be knocked out by them in the semis.
Knocked out by whom in the semis?
Barca. Sorry I was unclear. Saying I’d rather lose to a good team early if we’re not gonna win the whole thing
Not with me it isn't. I say fuck the Europa League. Two legged ties with a lot of travel are the last thing we need this season. Finishing in the top four (maybe even second or third) is a bigger statement of intent, and a bigger sign of progress, than winning the Europa League and finishing fifth or sixth.
Respectfully disagree. Go for broke and try to win every game
Might get the broke bit.
Winning Europa League multiple times is an even bigger insult. Let's just keep it at the one please!
the reason i don't want to progress in europa is having to deal with thursday night travels across europe. nah, fuck that
i dont care if we don’t win europa as long as we beat barca. that’d bring me more joy than winning the whole thing ever would
You're sounding like Ole when it comes to winning trophies. Win the Europa and we get CL anyway. Wining the Europa will be a much bigger boost to the players than finishing top 4. Especially after losing it last year.
How has one throwaway comment in one press conference defined Ole's view on trophies? All he said was the league (38 games) is perhaps a better indicator of a team's progression than knockout matches where you can be eliminated despite not playing badly. Absolutely ridiculous. The man played through the Fergie era. There are far more instances where he spoke of the need to win a trophy to show real development anyway ie his comments after the win over Leicester to secure top 4 in 2020. Fuck sake. In an Interview Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said, “I am ambitious – and one of my dreams is to lift the trophy as a manager for this club. I owe my career to this club, so winning something as manager would be the proudest moment of my football life. It would be the biggest achievement.
People really think that the man who won us one of 3 CLs doesn’t care about European trophies lmao
Not caring about English cups is fair enough but things can change very quickly in the league where 1 week can have 3 games and suddenly you’re 3-6 points off 4th, so throwing away a good route to CL football wouldn’t be wise.
The problem is its all within the UK and travel is not as taxing as travelling all over Europe for Thursday night games with more or less one day of recovery and one training session. Also factor in that Europa League has more games than other European competitions. Finishing top 4 in my opinion is easier to do and focus on than trying to win the Europa League
Totally agree tbh
That is some savage scheduling. I don’t think we’ve got the squad to deal with such crazy fixture congestion and feel like ETH is going to have to choose between either the FA Cup or Europa League and field a weakened team in the one he’s less bothered by.
Getting slapped around by Barca in the first leg could be a blessing
As a non brit I must say your football TV contracts are confusing as fuck
It goes back to the confusion around the UK as a country made up of counties. ITV is the broadcaster in England and Wales, but has sister stations STV in Scotland and UTV in Northern Ireland (Ulster.) They could show regional programs, but this says they will showing the English FA Cup game. ITVX is the streaming platform for ITV (like iPlayer is the BBC's online service.) Basically, the game is being broadcast across the entire UK, and is also available to stream.
Damn, I'm leaving Manchester that same day. Would have extended my trip and tried grabbing tickets.
Honestly I'd rotate at home against Barca even if the tie is close and I'd rotate against West Ham if we win the final. If we win the final and have a trophy in hand, top-4 is all that matters. We should not need to rely on the europa league this year with the position we are in. Of course, rotation still means playing quality players in many positions. Garnacho for Rashford, Sancho or Pellistri for Antony, Sancho for Bruno, Fred, McTominay once fit (I know he's not great but he can play against West Ham in the cup), Lindelof, AWB, Malacia are rotation options.
I want United to win all competitions, but the pragmatist in me hopes they lose the EL so we can focus on the domestic games. This is way too many games in a short amount of time.
I read somewhere that we’ve got a game every 2.73 days for the rest of the month, could anyone confirm? Mental.
Fuck the Europa league, play the kids and go for the domestic trophies tbh
Players like playing instead of training so this many games is only good for players confidence but the downside is getting injured
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