FA Cup 2025

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Some matches were on yesterday.

Everton beating Posh so a no manager bounce. :bow:

Currently Villa 0-1 West Ham, Paqueta.

New manager bounce. :bow:

Wycombe 2-0 Portsmouth also.

[Letters]

2-1 to Villa now.
The equaliser from a corner which clearly wasn’t one.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

New manager bounce. :rose:

[Letters]

Potter isn’t a wizard after all


:getcoat:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Got Liverpool v Accrington Stanley on.

AA is out there, one of the few first XI players. :ninja:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Jota.

Liverpool doing their counter attack off a corner thing.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 AA. Some strike.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brentford 0-1 Plymouth. :lol:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Brentford are in horrible form, yes they won 5-0 at Southampton last week but that’s shooting fish in a barrel

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Plymouth win! :bow:

[Letters]

Plymouth win! :bow:

They’ll be dancing in the streets of Maccy’s house tonight!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wazza. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man City 1-0 Salford, Doku.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 a few minutes ago, Mubama.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And 3-0 O'Reilly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5-0 Grealish pel :faint:

And McAtee.

[Mac76]

6-0 :lol:

Scholes :pal:
Neville :pal:
Neville :pal:
Giggs :pal:
Beckham :pal:
Butt :pal:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

7-0 now.

[Mac76]

7-0 :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

8-0. :doh:

[Mac76]

8-0 :yippee:

[Mac76]

Finishes 8-0 - pity was hoping it would get to 10 :(

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kick-off delayed in Tamworth v Spuds.

Net is collapsing. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tamworth are playing well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT

[Mac76]

0-0 HT

:lol:

Let's hope Tamworth pub it in the second half, would be hilarious

[McNamara That Ghost...]

From a long throw. :pray:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wow that defending there. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Werner. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tamworth should have won this.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tamworth 0-0 Tottenham, FT! on to ET!

[Niall_Quinn]

Tamworth 0-0 Tottenham, FT! on to ET!

LOL

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 Spuds, scrappy goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-2 Kulusevski.

Fun. :rose:

[Niall_Quinn]

Not LOL

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd v Leicester City is on ITV1.

Christ this is a dreadful game.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

But please, do watch it along with me.

[Niall_Quinn]

Watched 5 mins of it but now I need to wash my hair. Laters!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd 0-1 Leicester, Decordova-Reid!

[Niall_Quinn]

Giant Lobster Hunters Season 5 is on ITV4

SEASON 5????? WTF?

Why do you need 5 seasons to catch lobster? Are they totally incompetent and they'll get the hang of it by season 10?

Also, 1-0 Leicester

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Is that giant hunters that hunt Lobsters, or giant lobsters that are hunted?

[Niall_Quinn]

This could be where they are going wrong:


The World's Largest Lobster is a concrete and reinforced steel sculpture located in Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada, sculpted by Canadian artist Winston Bronnum. Despite its name, it is not the largest lobster sculpture in the world.

HT

[Niall_Quinn]

Is that giant hunters that hunt Lobsters, or giant lobsters that are hunted?

I can't tell. They don't look that big to me, but then again they haven't caught any lobsters for size comparison.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Who knew it was such a crazy world in lobster land.

[Niall_Quinn]

I wonder if the manager can survive this?

The budget they must have blown over the last few seasons :haha:

Why didn't they get a proper lobster hunter in the first place?

[Niall_Quinn]

There's a "Watch from Start" button on ITVPlayer

Who the fuck would ever press that except the most hateful and spiteful masochist?

[HCZ_Reborn]

There's a "Watch from Start" button on ITVPlayer

Who the fuck would ever press that except the most hateful and spiteful masochist?

Leicester city fan ?

Could amount to the same thing

[McNamara That Ghost...]

There's a "Watch from Start" button on ITVPlayer

Who the fuck would ever press that except the most hateful and spiteful masochist?

If only there was a skip to the end feature.

[Niall_Quinn]

Utd are obviously incapable of playing out from the back, so why do they keep doing it? It's crazy.

[Niall_Quinn]

Van Horseface is their manager???

This is a quandary, wanting a shitty Utd scumbag to lose to shitty Utd.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How are we not watching surefire relegation candidates out there?

There's that team in blue too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Van Horseface is their manager???

This is a quandary, wanting a shitty Utd scumbag to lose to shitty Utd.

It'd be especially funny with him beating Leicester (twice?) whilst Man Utd interim manager earlier in the season.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How the fuck has that not gone in?

[Niall_Quinn]

MISSED!!!!!!!!

OMG!

[Niall_Quinn]

Hmm. 1-1

Garnacho has made a difference I suppose.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd 1-1 Leicester, Zirkzee.

[Niall_Quinn]

WAIT!!!!

There's no extra time if it's a draw is there?

[Niall_Quinn]

McGuire is the consummate cheat.

[Niall_Quinn]

There's a dead bloke on the pitch.

[Niall_Quinn]

2-1 McGuire

Oh well

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd 2-1 Leicester, Maguire and spares us from Extra time. Very kind.

[Niall_Quinn]

4 Utd players offside for that one. Jeez, how bad are these refs and linos? Why do they need VAR for something so obvious?

[Niall_Quinn]

FT

Two awful teams, but Utd are garbage all over the pitch. And lazy. When the manager shouts "Press!" they all pose for the flash.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leyton Orient 1-0 Citeh, Ortega OG. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leeds 0-2 Millwall. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Lewis.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Khusanov even, debut goal for him.

[Letters]

Leyton Orient 1-0 Citeh, Ortega OG. :lol:

I mean, it was an OG but that somewhat undersells the strike which caused it.
Brilliant goal.
But I can’t be arsed watching as I know how it ends

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I thought that was a surefire red now?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 Man City, De Bruyne.

[Letters]

But I can’t be arsed watching as I know how it ends

:gp:

[Niall_Quinn]

What a shame. Orient bossed the last part of that match and should have scored at least one.

As for the gypos, what's with that away kit? It looks like they are walking adverts for The Dummies Guide to Football.

[Letters]

It’s one of the problems in the modem game.
The gap between the haves and have nots is so massive.
And the whole game is set up to keep it that wasn’t and make it wider still.
I makes giant killings like this all but impossible

[Niall_Quinn]

Birmingham 2-2 Newcastle

So Newcastle aren't unbeatable after all.

Sept 11th MkII on the pitch right now. Emergency responders milling around as a player with a sore knee gets rescued from the rubble.

[Niall_Quinn]

Another dead player. It's carnage out there. And these are tough, tough men playing. So it must be really bad.

[Niall_Quinn]

And another. Oh the humanity!

These poor bastards. It is sooooo dangerous playing football.

[Niall_Quinn]

Great news, he's better now. What a man!

[Niall_Quinn]

Not sure what happened there. Either a Birmingham player just got shot dead by Willock, or else he's been struck down by God. Pure agony followed by another miraculous recovery. Jesus loves us!

[Niall_Quinn]

Why aren't cheats being booked anymore? The Birmingham player just dives in the box. Pure cheating. Why no booking?

[Niall_Quinn]

Some football just happened.

Birmigham are filthy bastards. Nice to see Newcastle getting some of their own medicine.

[Niall_Quinn]

I estimate, in the last 20 minutes there has been maybe 2 minutes of play. The rest is just bullshit rolling around and wasting time on FKs.

But what I can say is the way Birmingham are bullying Newcastle, if we'd bothered turning up against that lot we'd have smashed them. That result looks even more shameful now.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ref is so far out of his depth. He's waiting for the crowd to tell him what to do.

[Niall_Quinn]

Willock with his second. 3-2 to the geordies.

[Niall_Quinn]

12 added minutes - LOL

[Niall_Quinn]

Not a bad match now they have decided to stay on their feet. End to end in a random way.

[Niall_Quinn]

Clash of heads. Newcastle should be able to faggot out the last few seconds by rolling around the place.

[Niall_Quinn]

Weirdly Isak is coming on.

[Niall_Quinn]

FT geordies win it 3-2.

Match gave a whole new meaning to being knocked out of the cup. Brutal. Fine if that's now the norm. But we'd have easily picked up 11 reds.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brighton 1-1 Chelsea

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brighton 2-1 Chelsea, Mitoma. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And FT. Chelsea. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Plymouth 1-0 Liverpool, Hardie pelanty!

[HCZ_Reborn]

Plymouth in front against Liverpool through a pel

Are we going to have a Manchester derby trilogy?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Slot deserves this for the hubris of the line-up.

Still will probably go through anyway though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aston Villa Martinez, Garcia, Konsa, Kamara, Digne, Ramsey, Tielemans, Bailey, McGinn, Malen, Rogers.
Subs: Olsen, Zych, Maatsen, Bogarde, Asensio, Rashford, Jimoh-Aloba.

Spuds: Kinsky, Porro, Danso, Gray, Spence, Bergvall, Bentancur, Kulusevski, Moore, Tel, Son.
Subs: Austin, Forster, Davies, Reguilon, Hardy, Cassanova, Bissouma, Sarr, Ajayi.

[Mac76]

Slot deserves this for the hubris of the line-up.

Still will probably go through anyway though.

not looking like it, tbh with the PL on the cards in his first season, he's wise to let this one slip if it means looking after his key players

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nine added minutes. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jamie Redknapp. :lol:

Even if Liverpool do equalise, saying they will never have a better chance for the Quadruple when they had 21/22 is insane.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Plymouth 1-0 Liverpool, FT!!!


:haha:

[Mac76]

This places greater pressure on Villa to do the job today, we don't want spuds getting any further wih Liverpool out

[Letters]

Plymouth 1-0 Liverpool, FT!!!


:haha:

Plymouth Rock!

:cool:

[Letters]

Villa 1-0 :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spuds. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This places greater pressure on Villa to do the job today, we don't want spuds getting any further wih Liverpool out

It's Tottenham, it wouldn't matter if they did.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I think I made the right decision by going for a nap this afternoon.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a chance for Son.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kinsky double save.

[Letters]

Spurs are so easy to create chances against

1-0 HT. Should be more

[Mac76]

It's Tottenham, it wouldn't matter if they did.

never be complacent :sulk:

[Niall_Quinn]

Plymouth 1-0 Liverpool, FT!!!


:haha:

That's a ridiculous showing by Liverpool today and the result serves them right. Their fans must be mightily pissed. If my club was still in with a realistic chance of four trophies and we simply chucked one away I'd be raging. What is up with these clubs? When did winning become some secondary consideration?

Good news for us though, a small chink in their armour that can be exploited should we choose to.

[Niall_Quinn]

And isn't everyone in Plymouth gay? Or is that Portsmouth?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

never be complacent :sulk:

Lads, it's Tottenham.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Digne was KTFO.

[Letters]

2-0 Villa :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 Rogers. :lol:

[Letters]

Rashford comes in an immediately elbows a Spurs player.
Good lad :lol:

[Letters]

Handball by the ref? :unsure:

[Mac76]

Rashford comes in an immediately elbows a Spurs player.
Good lad :lol:

:lol:

What's so great about this is that they were no doubt laughing at us for being out of the cups, and now... :haha:

[Letters]

And people say we’re not clinical :lol:

[HCZ_Reborn]

So Postecoglou to get sacked tomorrow?

[Letters]

So Postecoglou to get sacked tomorrow?

He should be.
But while Levy is there they’re just going to go round this merry go round again.
Manager sacked, new manager, initial optimism, good results, fans get excited, then it all starts to go sour and rinse and repeat

[Niall_Quinn]

Son has lost so much pace, or confidence, or both.

[Niall_Quinn]

Shit - a professional footballer can't make that pass?

[Letters]

2-1. Oh do not bollox this up :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 Tel, what a cross from Kulusevski.

[Niall_Quinn]

Tel gets one back.

[Niall_Quinn]

Good cross, good finish.

[Niall_Quinn]

FT 2-1

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 FT.

Spuds. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

More misery for the spud fans. Just keeps piling on.

[Niall_Quinn]

I wonder if us buggering off to Dubai was a factor in Slot bottling it today?

[Mac76]

I wonder if us buggering off to Dubai was a factor in Slot bottling it today?

No bottle job, sensible rotation :good:

[Mac76]

More misery for the spud fans. Just keeps piling on.

Shame, eh? :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

No bottle job, sensible rotation :good:

He's just rotated them out of the FA Cup.

[HCZ_Reborn]

So just thought I’d add a breakdown of how Spurs have fared in the fa cup since they last won the thing in 1991

A list of who knocked them out each season and at what stage


1992 - Aston Villa (3rd round)
1993 - Arsenal (Semi finals)
1994 - Ipswich (4th round)
1995 - Everton (Semi finals)
1996 - Nottingham Forest (5th round)
1997 - Man United (3rd round)
1998 - Barnsley (4th round)
1999 - Newcastle (Semi finals)
2000 - Newcastle (Third Round)
2021 - Arsenal (Semi finals)
2002 - Chelsea (1/4 final)
2003 - Southampton (3rd round)
2004 - Man City (4th round)
2005 - Newcastle (1/4 final)
2006 - Leicester (3rd round)
2007 - Chelsea (1/4 final)
2008 - Man United (4th round)
2009 - Man United (4th round)
2010 - Portsmouth (Semi finals)
2011 - Fulham (4th round)
2012 - Chelsea (Semi finals)
2013 - Leeds (4th round)
2014 - Arsenal (3rd round)
2015 - Leicester (4th round)
2016 - Palace (5th round)
2017 - Chelsea (Semi finals)
2018 - Man United (Semi finals)
2019 - Palace (4th round)
2020 - Norwich (5th round)
2021 - Everton (5th round)
2022 - Middlesborough (5th round)
2023 - Sheffield United (5th round)
2024 - Man City (4th round)
2025 - Aston Villa (4th round)

[Letters]

1993 :bow:

Donkey won the derby, donkey won the derby.
1-0! We beat the scum 1-0!

Happy days

[Niall_Quinn]

So just thought I’d add a breakdown of how Spurs have fared in the fa cup since they last won the thing in 1991

A list of who knocked them out each season and at what stage


1992 - Aston Villa (3rd round)
1993 - Arsenal (Semi finals)
1994 - Ipswich (4th round)
1995 - Everton (Semi finals)
1996 - Nottingham Forest (5th round)
1997 - Man United (3rd round)
1998 - Barnsley (4th round)
1999 - Newcastle (Semi finals)
2000 - Newcastle (Third Round)
2021 - Arsenal (Semi finals)
2002 - Chelsea (1/4 final)
2003 - Southampton (3rd round)
2004 - Man City (4th round)
2005 - Newcastle (1/4 final)
2006 - Leicester (3rd round)
2007 - Chelsea (1/4 final)
2008 - Man United (4th round)
2009 - Man United (4th round)
2010 - Portsmouth (Semi finals)
2011 - Fulham (4th round)
2012 - Chelsea (Semi finals)
2013 - Leeds (4th round)
2014 - Arsenal (3rd round)
2015 - Leicester (4th round)
2016 - Palace (5th round)
2017 - Chelsea (Semi finals)
2018 - Man United (Semi finals)
2019 - Palace (4th round)
2020 - Norwich (5th round)
2021 - Everton (5th round)
2022 - Middlesborough (5th round)
2023 - Sheffield United (5th round)
2024 - Man City (4th round)
2025 - Aston Villa (4th round)

Sorry, could you repeat that? In a larger font? Getting old me.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fifth Round Draw:
Preston North End v Burnley
Aston Villa v Cardiff City
Doncaster Rovers or Crystal Palace v Millwall
Manchester United v Fulham
Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion
Bournemouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City v Plymouth Argyle!
Exeter City or Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town

[dazthegooner]

Crystal Palace v Millwall would be nice :good:

[Mac76]

Interesting isn't it, with Man U in a mess amd Citeh still wobbling a bit, it could be quite an open competition this time round

Would be great to see something like a Forest-Palace final

[Niall_Quinn]

Plenty of Liverpool fans making light of the shock cup exit. Yesterday's chip wrapper, apparently. Good, good, the more complacent the better. We need every bit of help we can get.

[Letters]

Aye, a friend of mine who supports them said as long as they stay top he's "not that bothered".
A strange attitude, I thought. Although they probably will stay top and I guess if they win the league they won't be shedding too many tears about the FA Cup.

[Marc Overmars]

They’re far more likely to win the league than we were after our previous cup exits, so I don’t think you can blame their fans if they’re a little indifferent to it. They should be annoyed that they lost to a pub team but the reality is they’d all rather have 3 points at Goodison tomorrow night if offered a choice.

[Niall_Quinn]

Aye, a friend of mine who supports them said as long as they stay top he's "not that bothered".
A strange attitude, I thought. Although they probably will stay top and I guess if they win the league they won't be shedding too many tears about the FA Cup.

Wenger said Arsenal could go a whole league campaign unbeaten and everyone laughed. The end result of that campaign has gone down in league history.

Liverpool have never had, likely never will again, the chance of doing the quadruple to top every single achievement from their supposed Manchester deadly rivals and maybe declare themselves owners of the greatest achievement in domestic football. I know what I would have been wishing for were I a Liverpool fan (apart from a nicked set of matching hubcaps). Throwing away the quadruple (unlikely but not impossible) so they can now try to emulate instead of beating what Manchester did? I'd be gutted. Might be prudent, might be wise, but it does show how disrespected the FA Cup is now (thank you Man Utd) and how important the big cash prizes are to the clubs, as opposed to what you might expect are the hopes and dreams of the fans. Apparently not. Yesterday's chip wrapper. The FA Cup. A big thanks has to go to Sky TV as well I suppose.

[Letters]

You need to give UEFA some "credit" too. The expansion of the CL means that Top 4 is now the goal for mid-table clubs.
Wenger was mocked for saying top 4 is like a trophy, and rightly so.
But unfortunately in the modern game where it's all about generating as much money as you can, the CL is where it's at. Financially, finishing Top 4 is better than winning the FA Cup.

[Niall_Quinn]

It'll end up turning football from a passion to a fashion. And fashions go out of style.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Isn't it just sheer hindsight proves correct?

If we go on to win the league and the league cup afterward/a CL then absolutely no one will care about the FA Cup. If we go on to collapse and end up with fuck all/just the League Cup people will rightly look back and sneer.

I'd love us to be in a situation where we could realistically win all 4. I don't think that's this season. And besides all that, as much as the bench could have been stronger, the team put out could and arguably should have won; certain players absolutely did not play to their level.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yeah, the quadruple is the stuff of legends. But it's also important to log another title and also maybe go for the big money in Europe. Impressive. Been done before. Won't be remembered outside Liverpool. Being the best you can be, or reduce the risks. Careful, you'll end up like us, designed to be second.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

True. On the other hand we were supposedly on for a quadruple 2 or 3 years ago. And in a better position to do it. Nobody inside Liverpool remembers that season.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bit of a red card for Millwall against Palace earlier.

Mateta nearly lost his head.

[HCZ_Reborn]

True. On the other hand we were supposedly on for a quadruple 2 or 3 years ago. And in a better position to do it. Nobody inside Liverpool remembers that season.

Oh I remember it well

We were no where, and I can absolutely tell you that speaking for myself and probably quite a few other fans on here (I say probably because I didn’t rejoin until after that season) we wanted you to overhaul fucking City

Don’t get me wrong I was plenty pissed when you guys came to the Emirates in the March, we bossed the first half but couldn’t put our chances away and then you scored twice and killed the game….but you were better than us then and it weren’t close.

Basically wasn’t it as close as if you’d won at Anfield against Spurs instead of drawing you’d have won the title. And like us last season, you blitzed the second half of the season. Fine margins eh

[HCZ_Reborn]

Bit of a red card for Millwall against Palace earlier.

Mateta nearly lost his head.

Until I went back and watched that I thought you meant figuratively lost his head

Crikey, I think he honestly could have killed him.

[Mac76]

I see Eddie scored again, he's on a roll, still wouldn't have him back though, even right now

[Letters]

Bit of a red card for Millwall against Palace earlier.

Mateta nearly lost his head.

Blimey. Just had a look. Yes, they can have that one.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Until I went back and watched that I thought you meant figuratively lost his head

Crikey, I think he honestly could have killed him.

Close enough.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Blimey. Just had a look. Yes, they can have that one.

Michael Oliver did not give it as a red on the pitch. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man City 0-1 Plymouth!

[HCZ_Reborn]

Michael Oliver did not give it as a red on the pitch. :haha:

Maybe he’s not biased against us, maybe he’s just literally too incompetent to do his job

Though it’s not an either or :lol:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Man City 0-1 Plymouth!

Already taken down two premier league sides, and going for the trifecta

Pilgrims for the cup?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1. Two from set pieces.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Already taken down two premier league sides, and going for the trifecta

Pilgrims for the cup?

It'll just need to be on pels now.

[Letters]

Michael Oliver did not give it as a red on the pitch. :haha:
Aye. Ridiculous.
Although the infamous Schumacher one wasn’t even given as a foul :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Newcastle 1-2 Brighton, Welbeck!

Gordon is out of the Cup final. Been 10 v 10 for a while

This goal is in extra time

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Newcastle are out!

I think if Fulham beat Man Utd our game against them will be postponed?

[Niall_Quinn]

Traore has the option to either take on his man or pass it back. Selects the latter. Ball is then successively passed backwards from Utd's left flank all the way to the Fulham keeper.

Do they practise that shit on the training ground?

[Niall_Quinn]

Player heading for goal near the edge of the box gets cynically chopped down from behind. Free kick, yellow card.

Defender on the edge of his own box intercepts a ball and starts trundling up the field, gets cynically tripped. Last man - red card.

Makes a lot of sense.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Can either of these teams keep the ball for more than five seconds ?

[Niall_Quinn]

Can either of these teams keep the ball for more than five seconds ?

Multiple choice or written answer?

[Niall_Quinn]

Shearer blaming the runner for that shit under-hit pass.

[Niall_Quinn]

I think we should be asking 150-200 mill for Tierney if he's off in the summer. Along with the Liverpool lads, one of the few in world football who can cross a ball. None on display here today. The way they carefully pick out the first defender every time, impressive.

[Niall_Quinn]

Take it all back. They are good at finding the keeper too. It's just so poor.

[Mac76]

Newcastle 1-2 Brighton, Welbeck!

Gordon is out of the Cup final

Lots to laugh at there :good:

[Niall_Quinn]

That bloke in the stands has a hot blonde beside him and he's there, watching Utd fucking around.

[Niall_Quinn]

Oh no - first decent cross in by Iwobi but the Fulham striker clears the danger.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Bruno Fernandes looks like what?

[Niall_Quinn]

Andreas' hair is a lot more noteworthy than his football.

[Niall_Quinn]

That Andreas bloke is something else. Why do they keep passing to him?

[Niall_Quinn]

0-1 Fulham

[Niall_Quinn]

Utd defence - LOL. Shirlry Bassey with simple header into the net while the Utd defender focuses on fouling him.

HT LOL

And the boos ring out at the theatre of dreams.

[Niall_Quinn]

Danny Murphy telling us Fulham were good but Utd, not so much. If that header hadn't gone in he'd be saying something entirely different.

In truth - shocking match.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Bruno Fernandes looks like what?

Oh a rat

[Niall_Quinn]

Oh, now Murphy tells us Bassey has been Fulham's best player.

Where does he get these expert insights from?

[Niall_Quinn]

Oh a rat

They couldn't edit it out for the whole 45.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I think in circumstances like this, it’s more accurate to say least worst player

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Hello Gary - made any donations to terrorist organisations recently?

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Okay Gary, I'll be sure to watch Dr Who - promise.

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Just saw the Gordon sending off. That twat who fell over holding his head should have gone too.

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That was a tidy finish by Welbz. Why did he never bother doing the for us?

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Here we go. Things can only get better...

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Good run by Traore, but nobody was in the box for him anyway. Do they know they need players in the box to be on the end of crosses?

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Tbf to Shearer at least he talks sense when it comes to playing the striker role. Unlike most of the managers in this league he's noticed all those extra touches, cut-backs and back-passes don't much help the strikers making runs into the box.

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Traore done, another victim of Old Trafford's totally safe moat they have around the pitch.

ESR coming on to replace him.

Garnacho coming on for Utd. Lindeloff on. Ugarte off. Some other git off too.

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I don't get how professionals who train all week can't make a (literal) 2 yard pass. ESR was in there. How can he not just get the ball to his feet? Poor is too generous. That was scandalous.

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I think we need signposts. Like, Opposition goal, 100 yards, and an arrow that clearly shows the direction to go. Then 50 yards, 20 yards, and so on. Or maybe smart watches with GPS systems?

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Good play by Garnacho. Overhit the cross, while his mates watched from a safe distance outside the box. Pointless.

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ESR on target from range. Banana just manages to keep it out.

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Andreas, LOL. He's absolutely hopeless. Bet he gets MOTM.

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The match has now stopped so players observing Ramadan can get a breather.

I'm not even fucking joking.

Can this be real?

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This is wild.

When did this become a thing?

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Here comes our lad Obi-Wan. Hoyland off.

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Andreas gets into the box and waits, waits, waits, waits,.. Surprisingly he didn't score.

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Wait! Casemiro is on! Finally, some entertainment.

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1-1

The Rat!

Good finish tbf.

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I'm not bloody watching extra time. Only here to see what Fulham are about, seeing as we have to play them.

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Honestly. Andreas CANNOT play football. He has zero talent.

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Zirkze dead because somebody touched his neck. How humiliating.

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Willian warming up. It's turning into an Arsenal old-boys reunion.

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Zirkze has recovered hi s health, if not his dignity.

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Maguire saves them from being behind again.

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Iwobi's not a bad player. Better than most out there.

Garnacho busting a gut to make a backpass to Leno.

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Andreas with the Extra Point. He's woeful.

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Hate to say it but I like Garnacho. At least he knows where the goal is.

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ESR has been poor.

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Robinson gets the ball wide, has time, tries to cross the ball with his crossing foot tucked behind his standing foot. How cool is that?

Gives the ball away.

I think these players must have a very high opinion of their abilities.

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Fernandes with the FK, cleared by McGuire.

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8 MINUTES extra????

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!

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Another drinks break while Andreas has his fake injury treated.

Himminez and Willian coming on.

Andreas off, awwww, I wanted to see if you could complete the worst performance in sporting history.

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Casemiro bolts forward like a glacier does over geological timescales.

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ESR on target agian, banana with the save again.

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Willian delivers the resulting corner to the first defender.

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Andersen booked for a dive by Zirkze

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Obi blasts it across goal - should have buried that.

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He didn't dive though. Hasn't been at Utd long enough to learn the ropes.

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Suddenly Fulham can pass. When did they learn that?

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Up and over but Garnacho can't finish. Pretty lame really.

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Obi in again but wide. Not much of a chance.

Maguire's attempt to get a pen was ridiculous.

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FT 1-1

Is this a shootout now or extra time?

Do they use real bullets in the shootout? Hope so.

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No, it's another 30 minutes, plus whatever is added for religious events.

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Going to watch to see how Obi gets on. I have a bad feeling about this...

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Here comes Heaven, our other lad, on for the despicable McGuire.

Are there now more ex-Arsenal players on the pitch than all the rest?

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Are they going to bring Zinchenko on too?

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Ref's actually been okay, considering he's reffing at the theatre of cheating refs

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Garnacho into the side netting but he's direct, I like it. Sign him up.

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Fulham have a player called Robinson who is every bit as effective as Andreas.

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Mac, will need flowers and wine for giving you the day off on this one!

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Some bloke called Sasha going off.

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Terrible first touch by Obi - he should have been in there. Nerves.

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Zirkze runs across and gives him a pat on the back and word in his ear. Good stuff actually. Best and only thing Zirkze has done, apart from diving.

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Heaven doing okay so far, particularly given the shitshow Lindelof is serving up.

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Obi tried a dive in the box. He's learning.

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1 miniute of extra time in extra time. Thank you!

Obi through, but Leno saves it.

Arsenal :bow:

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Good shape, good effort, good save.

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HT of extra time.

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ESR does a Havertz when he should have shot. Can't take the Arsenal out of the boy.

Offside anyway.

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Garnacho blasts it into the fans.

Sessegnon on, Iwobi off.

That's their whole team subbed now I think.

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Casemiro lines up the shot - Willian has a nap, reads the paper, then takes the ball off him.

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Utd's keeper is a pretty good shot stopper. Another save.

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Heaven looks very composed out there. I wonder to what degree we've actually fucked up here, considering Saliba might be heading out.

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Just Casemiro, nothing else to say... His eyesight must be shot too.

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Heaven playing like he's in the U18s, totally unfazed. Utd certainly not missing McGuire back there.