Man Utd v Middlesborough / FA Cup

Hehe, tannoy lady just announced...

"Due to a technical fault there will be no food or drink served at half time" which was largely boo'd by the crowd  

Bizarre announcement. How can an absence of food be a technical fault? Was Ronaldo’s missed penalty a supplier problem?

Already looking forward to hearing about the Glazers dumping it all in the canal rather than give it away for free.

Quoted from Abdul19

Already looking forward to hearing about the Glazers dumping it all in the canal rather than give it away for free.

Rashford’s brought his Transit with him tonight as luck would have it.

Quoted from LH

Rashford’s brought his Transit with him tonight as luck would have it.

Just missed a sitter, probably got his mind on the best way to load the van.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Hehe, tannoy lady just announced...

"Due to a technical fault there will be no food or drink served at half time" which was largely boo'd by the crowd  

What do you expect from a club who don’t even hold the attendance record at their own ground 😉

1-1  

Quoted from promotion plaice

Hehe, tannoy lady just announced...

"Due to a technical fault there will be no food or drink served at half time" which was largely boo'd by the crowd  

Partridge: ‘It's like people who say Tannoy when they mean public address system. Tannoy is a brand name’.

Ironically, Tannoy probably are Man Utd’s official public address system partner.

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Partridge: ‘It's like people who say Tannoy when they mean public address system. Tannoy is a brand name’.

Ironically, Tannoy probably are Man Utd’s official public address system partner.

Im glad you’ve said it! I think of it every time I hear or see people wrongly using it. Have a gold star and get yourself on the well done board! 👍🏻

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Partridge: ‘It's like people who say Tannoy when they mean public address system. Tannoy is a brand name’.

Ironically, Tannoy probably are Man Utd’s official public address system partner.

We've still got a Hoover  

Extra time

Penalties (ITV 3)....over to you Deano !!!

Boro win on pens. United out. Rangnick out (probably).

Some excellent penalties from the smoggies there, but I don’t think Dean Henderson covered himself in glory with his efforts.

Hahhaha

There is nothing like seeing Man Und lose

United, the biggest club in England allegedly, are so far behind City, Liverpool & Chelsea it's unbelievable.

Hahaha enjoyed watching that, also middlesborough might be the best penalty takers ive ever seen

That move to Man United to stay relevant in the hunt for more Ballon D’ors for Ronaldo looking like a really smart decision 👍

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Hahaha enjoyed watching that, also middlesborough might be the best penalty takers ive ever seen

One of them literally hit the roof of the net. That’s balls of steel, that is.

I was nervous for Bamba when he stepped up but his was a fantastic penalty. The Middlesbrough keeper was very unlucky with a few of the penalties too.

The Peltier one took nerves into the roof of the net.

Man United are very good - at losing penalty shootouts and repeatedly missing good chances.

TV stations in the uk are confused by what is now going to happen. They are going to have to broadcast games that don’t include man ure in the fa cup!?

Sweating armpits all round. What do we do now??

Quoted from Posh Harry

TV stations in the uk are confused by what is now going to happen. They are going to have to broadcast games that don’t include man ure in the fa cup!?

Sweating armpits all round. What do we do now??

Are Salford still in? If so they'll be fine.

Old Trafford suffered a power surge which knocked out the tills ...... food was given away at end of match

I’m no Man U fan , but there’s no way that boro goal should’ve been allowed. Blatant handball which lead to the goal . Don’t care what the so called new laws are , we’d have been fuming if County scored that goal today.

Utd will blame VAR and to some extent they’d be right but it still just masks the fact a multi million pound defence was caught out by a ball over the top.

They’ve now had a series of managers at utd and in truth, aside from solksjaer being way out of his depth, it’s evident that there’s more wrong than anyones happy to admit…

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Utd will blame VAR and to some extent they’d be right but it still just masks the fact a multi million pound defence was caught out by a ball over the top.

They’ve now had a series of managers at utd and in truth, aside from solksjaer being way out of his depth, it’s evident that there’s more wrong than anyones happy to admit…

Could it be possible the phantom of the opera sitting in the stands with his Ferguson special watch

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

I’m no Man U fan , but there’s no way that boro goal should’ve been allowed. Blatant handball which lead to the goal . Don’t care what the so called new laws are , we’d have been fuming if County scored that goal today.

It wasn't a deliberate hand ball.

It's only that they changed the rule for part of last season and now changed it again that has caused the furore /confusion

Players, managers, supporters at all levels ( myself included in this ) and pundits really do need to keep upto date with rule changes , would prevent the angst.

Quoted from moosey_club

It wasn't a deliberate hand ball.

It's only that they changed the rule for part of last season and now changed it again that has caused the furore /confusion

Players, managers, supporters at all levels ( myself included in this ) and pundits really do need to keep upto date with rule changes , would prevent the angst.

Let’s be honest though, pre-VAR the referee would have blown up for handball every time because the player got a definite advantage from the handball.

They don’t blow up now as they’re told not to, but the rule has changed so only a handball by the goal scorer will be referred to VAR.

The on field referee needs to let the move finish and then disallow the goal (if scored) & give the free kick for the handball.

The Middlesbrough goal shouldn’t have stood. But there’s a loophole where the referee won’t disallow & VAR can’t disallow.

The technical issue affecting the food was possibly caused by someone at the club realising that despite their massive gates year on year, a NL club had played before a larger crowd at Old Trafford than they had.

Oh the shame for such a prestigious club.  They would not have wanted this fact broadcast on live TV during an FA Cup tie - when we set the ground attendance record in an FAC semi-final.

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Good to see Ronaldo consoling the young player who missed the key penalty.  Not as if someone with his ability and experience had missed a penalty in the game is it?  Maybe Ronaldo should have been consoled.

Latest scores.....

Kidderminster 1-0 West Ham

Chelsea 0-1 Plymouth

Its funny aswell because all 3 premier league sides have played pretty strong teams, maybe this balderdash about them not caring about the fa cup as much anymore is just a cover for them not acthally being worth anywhere near the crazy money they all get paid now

Gutting for kiddy!

And those scores are why we should have kept automatic replays after a 90 mins draw instead of pandering to the poor overworked Prem teams.

Quoted from Madeleymariner

And those scores are why we should have kept automatic replays after a 90 mins draw instead of pandering to the poor overworked Prem teams.

Exactly if they dont like replays, win the game end of

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Let’s be honest though, pre-VAR the referee would have blown up for handball every time because the player got a definite advantage from the handball.

They don’t blow up now as they’re told not to, but the rule has changed so only a handball by the goal scorer will be referred to VAR.

The on field referee needs to let the move finish and then disallow the goal (if scored) & give the free kick for the handball.

The Middlesbrough goal shouldn’t have stood. But there’s a loophole where the referee won’t disallow & VAR can’t disallow.

There isn't a loophole. VAR checked it and said no handball. For me it was a handball, but it wasn't a loophole that let it go, it was the VAR ref

Quoted from Madeleymariner

And those scores are why we should have kept automatic replays after a 90 mins draw instead of pandering to the poor overworked Prem teams.

I dunno, I doubt Boro would have won the replay. More chance of an upset if the result is decided on the day. Likewise Plymouth and Kiddie, but the latter came very close to pens.

Manure can't complain they've had plenty of controversial decisions that have gone in their favour over the years.
Only their fans are griping about it, no one else

After half an hour, latest score (BBC 1 Live)

Forest 3-0 Leicester (the FA Cup holders)

3-1. Shocking from the Forest Keeper

At least we won't have to endure Leicester's blatant cheating time wasting while they are losing.

How is timewasting cheating?

Quoted from LH

How is timewasting cheating?

Well there's time wasting and there's blatant time wasting and Leicester fall into the latter category in my opinion, walking away from the ball when you get a free kick etc.

Cheating in my opinion but it's just my opinion.

FT....Forest 4-1 Leicester.

Boreham Wood  well bloody done,   also a cracking article about them in todays Observer ,  they currently run the largest Youth academy in the country with over 400 kids,  did have 650 two years ago.

I believe that there should be a time keeping official who every time the ball goes dead, off the pitch, free kicks etc stops the clock, spectators have paid for 90 minutes of play and basically get about 45 minutes, this was proven when Sky many years ago at the conclusion of a game would put up ball in play time.