FA Cup 5th Round

Huddersfield Town 0:2 Manchester United

Kirklees Stadium

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Sat, 17 February 2018 @ 5:30pm GMT
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    The quote below pretty much elaborates on my position. Plus, Huddersfield are a team of thugs. I mainly do not want to see our players picking up injuries against a side that can only foul as a means of "staying in the game". And I'm sure we'll get another inept referee allowing a shit side to not play football.

    Frankly, I don't care about the FA Cup. I do care about momentum though, I would agree that being humiliated (which I cannot see happening) would be pretty terrible preparation for Sevilla.
    If we lose to Huddersfield again, it will be turned into a humiliation.
     
    If we lose to Huddersfield again, it will be turned into a humiliation.

    If we cannot play our squad players against a team like Huddersfield, then they are purely here to make brief sub appearances. Granted, there are players who need match fitness, but there are no games less important from here on out. It's not like I'm advocating fielding a team of 11 youngsters. I'm only hoping we are resting 4-5 crucial players for the CL.
     
    DDG

    Valencia ____ Lindelof ____ Jones ____ Shaw

    Carrick

    Matic __________
    ___________
    Pogba

    Alexis _________________________ Martial

    Lukaku

    Dropping Pogba would be ridiculous. Is he not allowed to have a slump in form? He's our best player ffs. People have shockingly short memories.
     
    Can see us going there with the 3-5-2. Seemed pretty successful in away matches and they're definitely going route 1.

    Counter them with Martial/Sanchez/Lukaku or Lingard/Sanchez/Lukaku, we should win comfortably.
     
    DDG

    Valencia ____ Lindelof ____ Jones ____ Shaw

    Carrick

    Matic __________
    ___________
    Pogba

    Alexis _________________________ Martial

    Lukaku

    Dropping Pogba would be ridiculous. Is he not allowed to have a slump in form? He's our best player ffs. People have shockingly short memories.

    Agreed, particularly on the bolded part.
     
    play the 4-3-3 with a mix of first team and squad players

    -------------------De Gea-----------------
    Young--Lindelof--Jones---Shaw
    ------------------Carrick------------------
    ----------McT--------------Pogba-------
    Lingard------Martial--------Sanchez
     
    A good attacking performance isn't too much to ask.
    This is Manchester United ffs!
     
    Why bother, we're shit, jose is shit. We'll never win a game again
     
    Romero
    Darmian Lindelof Rojo Shaw
    Carrick McTominay
    Mata Sanchez Martial
    Rashford

    Subs: Pereira, Smalling, Jones, Young, Pogba, Lingard, Lukaku

    Maybe a young player on the bench in place of Jones, but I can't think who.
     
    Romero
    Darmian Lindelof Rojo Shaw
    Carrick McTominay
    Mata Sanchez Martial
    Rashford

    Subs: Pereira, Smalling, Jones, Young, Pogba, Lingard, Lukaku

    Maybe a young player on the bench in place of Jones, but I can't think who.
    Missing Bailly ;)
     
    All that I'm asking for in this game is to see Sanchez play on the right, just to see if it works. I know that he's probably better on the left hand side, cutting in and shooting, however I just want to see how effective he is on the right hand side. Maybe give him a free role, the same type of role Mata plays occasionally when he is put on the right hand side.
     
    I wouldn't risk any key players before the Sevilla tie. Pogba and Alexis in particular.
     
    Bailey plays. Jones smalling matic pogba get dropped for their recent performances.

    Ddg
    Valencia Bailly Rojo Shaw
    McTominay Carrick
    Lingard
    Sanchez Lukaku Martial

    Gómez, rashford and pogba off d bench.
     
    Huddersfield are so bad that they'll only be able to win if we gift them goals and they manage to stay solid without mistakes for 90 minutes and we'll finish poorly. They've done it once this season, they won't do it again.
     
    Lightning does not strike twice. We will win this, it is a bye into the next round for us.

    2-0 with Martial and Sanchez scoring.
     
    I wouldn't risk any key players before the Sevilla tie. Pogba and Alexis in particular.
    This game is more important. At least with Sevilla we have a 2nd leg if we don't win but the FA Cup is our best chance of winning something this season. Our best players should play and if we're leading bring them off at 60/65 mins.
     
    Huddersfield are so bad that they'll only be able to win if we gift them goals and they manage to stay solid without mistakes for 90 minutes and we'll finish poorly. They've done it once this season, they won't do it again.
    They are the third best pressing side in the opponents half, after City and Liverpool, in terms of number of times winning the possession back. And we struggle against good pressing teams.

    If our players underestimates them again, like you have, we will lose again.
     
    Lightning does not strike twice. We will win this, it is a bye into the next round for us.

    2-0 with Martial and Sanchez scoring.

    Not too sure about the score and scorers, but have to agree....I simply refuse to believe that a bunch of cloggers like we saw at OT a couple of weeks ago can beat us two out of three in the same season.

    There....I've said it.
     
    Huddersfield are so bad that they'll only be able to win if we gift them goals and they manage to stay solid without mistakes for 90 minutes and we'll finish poorly. They've done it once this season, they won't do it again.
    So basically you’re saying there is a chance.
     
    Not sure what line up we'll go with. Think it's a certainty we'll get minutes for Carrick, McTominay and Bailly. I'm going for;

    Romero

    Shaw
    Lindelof
    Bailly
    Valencia

    Pogba
    McTominay
    Carrick

    Martial
    Lukaku
    Sanchez

    We'll be taking this competition seriously but Matic really needs a rest, he's been a mainstay this season but he's only human. We should beat them pretty comfortably, players will be playing with a point to prove and after what we saw last time we played them (despite it being at OT) they really don't have a lot of footballing ability.
     
    This game is more important. At least with Sevilla we have a 2nd leg if we don't win but the FA Cup is our best chance of winning something this season. Our best players should play and if we're leading bring them off at 60/65 mins.

    I confess I only care about the Premier League and the Champions League. Winning the FA Cup is not worth missing out of 4th or going of CL a round early.
     
    I confess I only care about the Premier League and the Champions League. Winning the FA Cup is not worth missing out of 4th or going of CL a round early.
    I too rate the PL and CL higher but we aren't winning the PL this season and our chances of winning the CL are slim at best. The FA Cup even though it isn't the be all and end all reprents our best chance of silverware. We aren't in a position where we can pick and choose what competitions we go for so I'd go with the big guns tommorow ie alexis and Pogba and focus on the job at hand.
     
    Romero
    Darmian Lindelof Rojo Shaw
    Carrick McTominay
    Mata Sanchez Martial
    Rashford

    Subs: Pereira, Smalling, Jones, Young, Pogba, Lingard, Lukaku

    Maybe a young player on the bench in place of Jones, but I can't think who.

    No way, that would be suicide against a very pumped up route 1 Huddersfield. I also wouldn’t allow Carrick and Mctominay start a jigsaw together, let alone a tricky FA away fixture.

    DDG must start, along with Pogba and Matic.

    Rashford is also injured.
     
    They are the third best pressing side in the opponents half, after City and Liverpool, in terms of number of times winning the possession back. And we struggle against good pressing teams.

    If our players underestimates them again, like you have, we will lose again.
    3rd best pressing side in what way? They have the 19th best offence in the league and the 19th best defense in the league. The fact that they're not in the bottom three (which they will end up in) is quite the feat. They are however not good. They weren't even good when they beat us but when you pretty much start with a 2-0 handicap you can beat any team by being defensive and wasting time enough.
     
    De Gea
    Darmian Jones Rojo Shaw
    Carrick
    McTommy Pogba
    Sanchez
    Lukaku.......Martial
    This is what I would like to see.
     
    Mou will find a way to bottle that as well - just curious how he's gonna do it this time..


    Now, thats positive attitude. Well said sir!

    Would you also happen to know the exact score, so I can place a bet?
     
    Romero
    Valencia Bailly Rojo Shaw
    Mctominay Matic Pogba
    Lingard Lukaku Sanchez​
     
    I confess I only care about the Premier League and the Champions League. Winning the FA Cup is not worth missing out of 4th or going of CL a round early.
    It’s not the end of the world if we bow out of the cup, but damn it, not to these cnuts - we are not losing to fecking Huddersfield again!
     
    1. De Gea
    2. Shaw
    3. Darmian
    4. Rojo
    5. Lindelof
    6. Carrick
    7. Pogba
    8. McTominay
    9. Rashford
    10. Mata
    11. Sanchez
     
    This game is more important. At least with Sevilla we have a 2nd leg if we don't win but the FA Cup is our best chance of winning something this season. Our best players should play and if we're leading bring them off at 60/65 mins.

    Yes, I agree with this because we have more than normal amount of replacement players available, if anyone gets crocked. Mourino needs to be playing with a core team now as much as possible.
     
    Romero
    Valencia Bailly Rojo Shaw
    Mctominay Matic Pogba
    Lingard Lukaku Sanchez​
    It would be good to get Bailly and Rojo playing together again, they are our best defence in big matches and allow MU to play a lot further forward than with other defenders. At least give Bailly 45 minutes to get him into playing again flat out.
     
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Man of the Match

Romelu Lukaku image Romelu Lukaku 81% of 574 votes

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Score Predictions

355,61,48
  • Man Utd win
  • Huddersfield win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 30% Huddersfield 0:2 Man Utd
  • 13% Huddersfield 1:2 Man Utd
  • 10% Huddersfield 0:3 Man Utd
  • 9% Huddersfield 0:1 Man Utd
  • 7% Huddersfield 1:1 Man Utd
  • 7% Huddersfield 1:3 Man Utd
  • 5% Huddersfield 2:1 Man Utd
  • 4% Huddersfield 0:4 Man Utd
  • 4% Huddersfield 1:0 Man Utd
  • 3% Huddersfield 0:0 Man Utd
  • 2% Huddersfield 2:0 Man Utd
  • 2% Huddersfield 0:5 Man Utd
  • 2% Huddersfield 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Huddersfield 5:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Huddersfield 3:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Huddersfield 4:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Huddersfield 2:3 Man Utd
  • 0% Huddersfield 3:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Huddersfield 4:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Huddersfield 2:2 Man Utd
  • 0% Huddersfield 2:4 Man Utd
  • 0% Huddersfield 1:5 Man Utd
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Match Stats

  1. Huddersfield
  2. Man Utd
Possession
54% 46%
Shots
19 5
Shots on Target
5 2
Corners
9 3
Fouls
14 10

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Kevin Friend