Yeovil Town 0:2 Manchester United

khoazany · Jan 3, 2015

starman said:
I know, but no harm in giving him a run out against a 3rd tier team. Might prompt someone to take him off us for the remainder of his contract if he could put in a half decent performance. No one is going to buy him, but take him on loan and share a small percent of his wages, at least he will be gone. Wishful thinking, i know!

His contract is up this summer I think so he likely will leave on a free agent.Better let someone who has a future with us play...

Infra-red · Jan 3, 2015

Gannicus said:
I couldn't find the link. Could you share it?

It was in the paper, no idea whether or not it's also published online.

starman · Jan 3, 2015

khoazany said:
His contract is up this summer I think so he likely will leave on a free agent.Better let someone who has a future with us play...

Think the point is being missed, he can still be loaned out,he does not have future here, which makes it important get him out at the chance so no more time and money is not wasted on him before we can officially get rid. That time and squad space can be spent on someone who has a future.

mav_9me · Jan 3, 2015

IMO Januzaj, Wilson and Perreira should definitely start.

Spark · Jan 3, 2015

Hope we put out a strong team and smash the shit out of Yeovil Town.

Cannot fathom the fought of being the Goliath of Round 3. Also, we have gone too long without an FA Cup - a competition that is historically our strongest but our weakest over the last decade.

Good opportunity for Falcao to get some shooting practice too! (Admittedly, I say this every single game)

Havak · Jan 3, 2015

JON.B said:
No offence to Fletcher but I don't really want to see him starting games anymore and i'm not sure how much impact he really has as a sub. Would much rather see us give one of the young midfielders like Pearson or Rothwell a chance.

I do agree, but the only way he's going to get into any kind of form or ability to play again is by actually playing... If he still struggles to compete against a team like Yeovil for half a game, then we'll know that he is definitely completely incapable of stepping into midfield for us any more. If he does OK, then maybe subbing him on to rest other midfield players in the future will actually be an option rather than having to play Rooney there like we are now.

Obviously though, due to our schedule this season (or lack there of), I reckon Carrick will start and Fletcher might get on in the second half if we've two or three goals.

Winrar · Jan 3, 2015

First time I put us to win on the prediction since the Leicester debacle, hope I didn't jinx it

Gannicus · Jan 3, 2015

Start Lindedaard. De Gea obviously does not need a rest, but Lindegaard needs match time. Not to jinx anything, but we can't assume we'll never actually need Lindegaard.

Getsme · Jan 3, 2015

Winrar said:
First time I put us to win on the prediction since the Leicester debacle, hope I didn't jinx it

sunama · Jan 3, 2015

We should use a strong team for this.
FA Cup is a priority for us this year as this is probably the only trophy which is winnable this year.
We don't want to be complacent.
Against MK Dons, we had Fletcher (IIRC) in the centre (attempting) to control the midfield.
If we use Fletcher again in midfield, it will be a repeat of the mistake made against MK Dons.

We could start with the 'A' team and if we have a lead at half time, we can make changes, to rest key players.
I think we have a 1-week rest period after the Yeovil game, so no need to rest players.

Complacency saw us lose against MK Dons; let's not make the same mistake again.

nemanja15 · Jan 3, 2015

de Gea

Rafael
Smalling
Evans
Shaw

Carrick
Herrera
Mata
Rooney

van Persie
Falcao

Is what I'd love to see now all the relevant personnel are back, in a diamond. Would rather Jones instead of Evans but have kept the latter in because of LVG's right/left foot combo preference. Think we might see Fletcher, Januzaj and Wilson perhaps too, though.

sunama · Jan 3, 2015

Havak said:
I do agree, but the only way he's [Fletcher] going to get into any kind of form or ability to play again is by actually playing... If he still struggles to compete against a team like Yeovil for half a game, then we'll know that he is definitely completely incapable of stepping into midfield ...

Dude, he has already proved beyond doubt, that he is finished.
Most people want him to retire. Some people have even stated that he is not good enough for the Championship even.
He's blown every chance given.
Why flog a dead horse?

khoazany · Jan 3, 2015

sunama said:
We should use a strong team for this.
FA Cup is a priority for us this year as this is probably the only trophy which is winnable this year.
We don't want to be complacent.
Against MK Dons, we had Fletcher (IIRC) in the centre (attempting) to control the midfield.
If we use Fletcher again in midfield, it will be a repeat of the mistake made against MK Dons.

We could start with the 'A' team and if we have a lead at half time, we can make changes, to rest key players.
I think we have a 1-week rest period after the Yeovil game, so no need to rest players.

Complacency saw us lose against MK Dons; let's not make the same mistake again.

Fletcher didn't play vs MK Dons...It was Anderson and Powell...

SkeppyRed · Jan 3, 2015

Desperately want to see us win this trophy again. It's so important to the history of the club and its supporters.

Also hope Pereira starts.

Galactic · Jan 3, 2015

...................Lindegaard.................
Rafael....Smalling...Jones....Shaw
.......................Carrick......................
.......Herera....Pereira....Mata.........
...............Wilson...Falcao...............

How about that?

Frasbul · Jan 3, 2015

the lineup game is gonna be interesting, first time in weeks that we all have no clue

Inigo Montoya · Jan 3, 2015

Frasbul said:
the lineup game is gonna be interesting, first time in weeks that we all have no clue

I think he'll take it far more seriously after the debacle at MK Dons. He won't experiment with youth away from home

Hed Zitin · Jan 3, 2015

De Gea
Rafael McNair Smalling Shaw
Pearson
Herrera Rooney
Lingard Wilson Januzaj

Don't want to see players who are obviously done here playing.

Sean_RedDevil · Jan 3, 2015

Rafael: Time to step up in the FA Cup

Are you looking forward to a new experience when United play away in the cup at Yeovil?
Yes, it’s always good when you feel different things. I’ve never been to Yeovil and when I asked a friend how far away it is, he said: ‘It’s far, far from here’ even though it’s a small country! It will be nice to go there and see a different pitch. We’ll go there to win the game of course. It’s been a long time since we won the FA Cup and I think we should now step up. We always take it seriously and we want to win it, so we’re going for it, I’m sure.

The FA Cup is a special competition for players who watched it on TV while growing up in this country. But is it special for you as well?
Yes, exactly, because they [the English players] talk to me about it. They talk about the goal Giggsy scored against Arsenal when he took his shirt off. I’ve watched it as well so you can see how special that was. I want to be involved, I want to have more moments with the team like this. If I can be on the pitch when someone scores [a goal like that], it will be amazing.

So if you score against Yeovil, will the shirt come off?
[Laughs] Maybe, but I don’t think the manager would be happy because I would get a yellow card!

What was your first experience of the FA Cup – was it watching on television or was it when you came to Britain to play?
When I came to Britain I started to know more because in Brazil we knew about the FA Cup, but we didn’t know how big it was in England. It’s more the Premier League and the Champions League that we know about but when I came here, I saw how big it [the FA Cup] is.

What’s it like to go to a ground like Yeovil's Huish Park when you’re a player who’s used to the big occasion at Old Trafford, Anfield or the Etihad?
It’s interesting for us because a lot of players here will have never been on the pitch there and won’t know what to expect. People have told me their supporters will be crazy to beat us. I think it will be an interesting game for us.

The FA Cup is the only domestic trophy that you and many of the other players haven’t won. Is there a burning ambition to add that medal to your collection?
Definitely. When I get old and speak to my kids, if I can say I won everything with Manchester United it will be fantastic. It’s a trophy I’m looking to win, definitely.

Even without the FA Cup, the number of trophies you have won with United is incredible. Do you ever stop to think about that?
Yes, I do. It’s just amazing. Few players have the chance to win many trophies like I have done with Manchester United so I’m always very happy [to think about it]. When I’m sad or I get injured, I take these positives and tell myself to look forward and get myself ready to go again. It’s always good to win.

...

Sean_RedDevil · Jan 3, 2015

Law: FA Cup still has special allure

Denis Law believes the FA Cup has still got a magical allure as Manchester United bid to avoid a giant-killing act at Yeovil Town on Sunday.

The Reds' third-round assignment has a romantic feel to it but Louis van Gaal will be determined there is no repeat of the disappointing upset in the Capital One Cup at MK Dons. Law won the trophy with the Reds in 1963, scoring in the final against Leicester City, and hit the net 34 times in the competition for the club - eight more than his nearest rival, Jack Rowley.

"You know yourself it wouldn't be wrong for me to say the FA Cup is not the tournament it once was but it's still a huge competition for a lot of us," Law told ManUtd.com. "The Champions League has taken over somewhat but it becomes exciting for teams who can go further on in the competition and it has still got that special allure.

"It was our dream to play in the cup final. It was huge. I only played in it once and I said then when we won it that I wouldn't care if I didn't win it again, but I did really. Whenever two teams get into the final, it's a huge game and really right up there. You would always watch no matter who was playing as it was a huge event.

"Maybe it is becoming a bit bigger now it's back on the BBC," he added. "There have been a lot of non-league teams on TV and I've enjoyed that. You always want the underdogs to win. We all want that and not the best team winning all the games." However, come Sunday, the Scot will be firmly in United's camp.

Sean_RedDevil · Jan 3, 2015

Yeovil Town boss Gary Johnson eyeing FA Cup 'miracle'

Gary Johnson says he is delighted to be taking on Manchester United in front of the television cameras on Sunday – and joked they only go where they sense an upset.

His Yeovil Town side were paired with the 11-time FA Cup winners in the Third Round draw in early December, and after navigating their way past a tricky replay with Accrington Stanley the manager now has his sights set on creating Cup history.

“If the cameras only go to the places where they think there might be an upset, well thanks very much,” he told TheFA.com.

“Of course we’d need a miracle to pull it off, but The FA Cup is The FA Cup, that’s the beauty of it.

“It’s 11 men against 11 men and on the day nobody knows what’s going to happen. Everybody thinks they know, but nobody knows for sure.”

Johnson, who returned to Huish Park for a second spell in charge in January 2012, also said he could not have wished for a better draw.

“I was over the moon when we were drawn against Manchester United,” he added.

“I was in the house watching the draw with my wife and we both jumped up in the air and high-fived each other.

“Man United is the biggest draw in that Third Round, that’s what most people would be looking for – and now it’s our turn.

“We played Liverpool 10 years ago, and Arsenal 10 years before that. But Man United was the draw we all wanted so it was a moment of great excitement.”

Yeovil were forced to replay their Second Round tie against Accrington Stanley after Tom Aldred cancelled out Jordan Clarke’s opener for the The Glovers.

The replay was an equally tight affair, with the game goalless going into the final 10 minutes.

But late goals from Simon Gillett and then Kieffer Moore broke Stanley hearts and secured the glamour tie for Yeovil.

Johnson described the game as one of the most important and pressurised in the club's history.

However, the former Bristol City, Peterborough and Northampton boss says the pressure is now off as they prepare to welcome one of the biggest sides in the world.

He said: “In the Accrington game we had to win. We were under pressure.

“That was the biggest game ever in Yeovil’s history, because the prize was so big. We knew whoever won would be playing Man United.

“Of course you want to win and of course you want to go through. But it is a game nobody is expecting us to win so the pressure is off the boys.”

And what of the reward should they pull off what many would see as the shock of the century?

For Johnson – who in 2007 while in charge of Bristol City famously promised to bare his backside in the window of a local clothes store should goal-shy Liam Fontaine break his duck – the club have already got their reward regardless of the scoreline.

“I would have said that again, but Burtons categorically wouldn’t let me do that,” he joked.

“No, I think I’m too old to be doing things like that. We’ll just play the game, give it everything we have and hopefully we can come out on top.

“We’ll come out on top anyway, no matter what the result because it is Man United and it is Man United coming to Somerset.

“It puts our players up against these superstars and into the living rooms of a lot of people, which will be great for them and everyone else at the club.”

Sean_RedDevil · Jan 3, 2015

As Manchester United prepare to face Yeovil Town in the FA Cup, meet the dedicated Red Devils supporter who saw the last time the two sides met 65 years ago

John Butterfield saw Manchester United beat Yeovil 8-0 in 1949

He will be the only fan on Sunday who also saw the match 65 years ago

Butterfield paid just three shillings to watch the match at Maine Road

The 81-year-old has been to every United cup final since 1948

And he has only missed two European away games in the last 15 years

It may be 65 years since Yeovil Town last faced Manchester United but for one United follower, it still feels like only yesterday.

For John Butterfield, 81, will be the only United supporter at Huish Park on Sunday that was also on the terraces on February 12, 1949. That was the day when Sir Matt Busby’s team hosted non-league Yeovil, the Southern League outfit that had startled top-flight Sunderland in the 4th round to secure a glamour tie against Manchester United at Maine Road.

As it transpired, it was like carthorses against greyhounds as United blitzed their visitors, winning 8-0 in front of a quite remarkable crowd of 81,565.

It is the 8th biggest attendance to watch a Manchester United game and testament to just how highly the FA Cup was revered in a bygone era.

‘I will never forget that day,’ Butterfield tells Sportsmail, ‘I had a brain operation in 1996. I came off my ladder and cracked my skull. I died twice that night. That’s what the kids told me. It affects my short-term memory. I couldn’t tell you what I had for dinner yesterday but that day against Yeovil is still as clear as day.

John bursts into a nostalgic smile as takes a trip down memory line: ‘They were closing the gates half-an-hour before kick-off because there were so many people. My ticket cost me 3 shillings - or 15 pence.

‘Amazing’, he adds, blowing out his cheeks. ‘The atmosphere was really special, they had all us youngsters on their shoulders, passing us forward so we could see the game. It was another world to these days.

‘Jackie Rowley scored five, Ronald Burke two, then Stan Pearson and Charlie Mitten sealed the victory.’

For Butterfield, known as ‘Old John’ by those who travel regularly with the United team - he has missed only two European away games in the last 15 years and attended every United cup final since 1948 - it was a day of special significance.

‘I was 16 and I went for a job interview for that day with my United scarf, my hat and my rattle. My mum said ‘You’ll never get a job like that.’ But I had to get to the game. I sat in the office and the manager says, “To be honest with you, Mr Butterfield, we don’t have any vacancies... but just hang on, I’m like you, I’m a Manchester United supporter. So that’s why I’m giving you a job.” So I ended up working there as an optical mechanic for the next 22 years - all to go and see Manchester United against Yeovil Town.’

Red Dreams · Jan 3, 2015

‘I was 16 and I went for a job interview for that day with my United scarf, my hat and my rattle. My mum said ‘You’ll never get a job like that.’ But I had to get to the game. I sat in the office and the manager says, “To be honest with you, Mr Butterfield, we don’t have any vacancies... but just hang on, I’m like you, I’m a Manchester United supporter. So that’s why I’m giving you a job.” So I ended up working there as an optical mechanic for the next 22 years - all to go and see Manchester United against Yeovil Town.’

:lol:

brilliant...

Sandikan · Jan 3, 2015

start with a very strong line up.

if it's going great THEN rest players.

matherto · Jan 3, 2015

I hope we win 8-0 tomorrow as well then. Hopefully Mr. Butterfield is a lucky omen.

In reality I bet they score first from a corner or free kick and then we struggle to either a replay or a 2-1 win.

17 Van der Gouw · Jan 3, 2015

Yeovil Town charging £40 per ticket

- I know it's United and a special occasion for them but the normal price is £23, seems a bit harsh on their home fans.

Papii Grande · Jan 3, 2015

What a fan !
On another note, I don't know if I'm just a generous person by nature, but am I the only one that wants this match to go to a replay at Old Trafford ?

The gate money would be split with Yeovil and it sort of maintains a romance about the FA Cup, Of course I'd take a 5-0 away win, but if it came down to a replay I wouldn't mind, small teams and their fans live for days like this and with our home record I wouldn't be concerned.

It's an odd thought, I know, but what is the point of playing at Yeovil when theres so many benefits to playing OT.

buckooo1978 · Jan 3, 2015

I'd start with a decent side.... we could really do with banging in 3/4 goals against a side....

I'd play

--------------De Gea-------------
Rafael----Smalling--Jones---Shaw
----------Carrick---Herrera--------
-----------------Mata-------------
---Januzaj----------------Wilson--
--------------Falcao--------------

get a decent lead then the likes of Pearson/Pereira/Fletcher/McNair/Blackett can get a run out

would like to see Lingard back soon - he's got pace we are missing

Papii Grande · Jan 3, 2015

17 Van Der Gouw said:
Yeovil Town charging £40 per ticket - I know it's United and a special occasion for them but the normal price is £23, seems a bit harsh on their home fans.

Demand is high, the biggest club in england is in town, if I were a Yeovil fan, I'd sell my phone to raise the extra quid

I hear they are charging the away fans a sheetload too, can't blame them for matching premier league prices, it's their only window to raise some funds.

Smithy89 · Jan 3, 2015

Probably pointless trying to predict the side but i'll give it a shot.

Anders/DDG not fussed either way.

Rafael
Smalling
Blackett
Shaw

Herrera
Fletcher
Pereira

Januzaj
Falcao
Wilson

Have a feeling we'll go with a three though and mcnair will play instead of pereira.

17 Van der Gouw · Jan 3, 2015

Papii Grande said:
Demand is high, the biggest club in england is in town, if I were a Yeovil fan, I'd sell my phone to raise the extra quid I hear they are charging the away fans a sheetload too, can't blame them for matching premier league prices, it's their only window to raise some funds.

Yeah fair enough, I suppose £40 isn't too bad to for a day out just a few yards away from the stars. I also wish Yeovil well tomorrow, obviously I think it would be a nice boost for our players to win 8-0, but at the same time I don't wish that kind of embarrassment on Yeovil and as you say it would be great for their finances to get a replay at Old Trafford.

friendlytramp · Jan 3, 2015

---------Lindegaard----------
---smalling-Jones-evans----
Rafael-------------------shaw
-----------fletcher------------
---Herrera-------januzaj-----
-------Wilson--Falcao---------

Momochiru · Jan 3, 2015

Winrar said:
First time I put us to win on the prediction since the Leicester debacle, hope I didn't jinx it

Really? I've been putting us to win every time and got it right more often than not...

Winrar · Jan 3, 2015

Momochiru said:
Really? I've been putting us to win every time and got it right more often than not...

It's actually even worse than that. Only other times I put us down to win are against Swansea and MK Dons.

Momochiru · Jan 3, 2015

Winrar said:
It's actually even worse than that. Only other times I put us down to win are against Swansea and MK Dons.

Please, change your prediction, I can't take another MK Dons....

minoo-utd · Jan 3, 2015

Give Di Maria, Shaw, Rafael full 90mins.

Winrar · Jan 4, 2015

Momochiru said:
Please, change your prediction, I can't take another MK Dons....

I don't know if I can

Sied · Jan 4, 2015

Winrar said:
I don't know if I can

Well at least we know who to blame if we lose

Momochiru · Jan 4, 2015

Winrar said:
I don't know if I can

We are doomed now

Smithy89 · Jan 4, 2015

First time i'm excited about the fa cup in about 5-6 years

Last season i wasn't and the latter years of fergie i wasn't bothered much because of our constant push for the league and europe.

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