[DRJosh]

The difference to United now is that these victorious moments seem sustainable and embedded in a culture of winning rather than part of a “good phase” of results as it was with Ole and at times Mou

 

[Sandikan]

Proud of each and every one of them.

Let’s not forget Newcastle had a full weeks worth of preparation & rest/recovery for this game whilst we were coming off the back of a very intense, close game against Barcelona.

This team is the business and it’s only going to get better and better!

Needs remembering this. Not just that, but the mass of extra games we've played over the slightly longer term as well.

You know Ten Hag will play it well midweek as well.

 

[Joseunited]

there was someone in normal clothes with Brandon Williams and the other loanees. It definitely wasn’t Heaton. He was on the back row and looked taller than the others

Vitek?

 

[Loon]

Just loving today for myself, but the bitter salty tears of Sutton, Merson and all the ABUs is like a fine, 25 year old Macallan.

 

[crossy1686]

Think Sancho managed to remain offside the whole time the pass was on tbf, but Casemiro wouldn't have known that

Sancho was offside and that's what Bruno was gesticulating at him when Casemiro pulled him to one side. He left him alone after that and went to celebrate himself. It's just the level of accountability to the team that I love about it. If you're gonna feck around you can expect someone to pull you to one side and ask you what you're playing at, even if you've just won a cup final.

 

[Escobar]

We were much better and more energetic than I thought. Easy and good win

 

[crossy1686]

Eh, Karius was pretty good. I'm surprised at that actually.

Dubravka get's a medal, he played for us in the league cup earlier in the season. So he was sitting in the Newcastle dressing room with his winners medal while everyone else was looking at their losers medals.

 

[Strelok]

Anyone know what was it with all the white flags by the end of the match?

 

[redmanx]

ETH isn’t getting anything wrong at the moment. Bringing on AWB for Dalot was a simple master stroke. You don’t have to play beautifully in cup finals to win. We frustrated Newcastle and they barely had any real chances. This is the sign of a good manager who simply knows how to win.

Its a great day to be a Manchester United supporter and more great days will follow!

 

[Cpt Negative]

Anyone know what was it with all the white flags by the end of the match?

Newcastle had handed out black and white flags depending on where you sat

 

[Sviken]

Dubravka get's a medal, he played for us in the league cup earlier in the season. So he was sitting in the Newcastle dressing room with his winners medal while everyone else was looking at their losers medals.

Ahhh, okay . Got it

 

[NICanRed]

Like Thursday night, never doubted us. This team wants to win and has the ability to.

Really think this could be a catalyst for something special this season. We're not out of anything.

But now we have one less competition to worry about!
I want more!!

 

[Strelok]

Newcastle had handed out black and white flags depending on where you sat

Thanks.

 

[Giggsy13]

That felt almost too easy. Those saying our second half was poor were watching a totally different game than I was IMHO. So freaking excited. First of many!

Exactly, you don’t necessarily need 70% possession to control a game. Newcastle barely had a sniff and if not for some poor decision making by Bruno, we could’ve scored another. Good managers and good teams can win games in different ways. This was a well played and well coached final, and a sign of good things to come.

 

[mu4c_20le]

Eddie Howe will be called into the embassy if they don't finish top 4 on top of losing this.

 

[Bocca9978]

Easy win. Did Newcastle know it was a final?
Played them perfectly, well done Ten Hag.

 

[Yorke to Cole]

2 months ago Keane ‘wasn’t seeing it’ now he loves the team and getting 2 free match tickets directly from ETH.

Quite the turnaround.

Roy Keane thinks too much with his emotions and not enough with his head. That is why we see too many opinions that contrast easy other on either end of the spectrum within such a short period of time.

In terms of the match, the key aspect was mentality. At the core of this was the triad of Varane, Martinez and Casemiro. They exude of the qualities of a winning mentality. Determination, patience and timing.

All three players demonstrated why they have or in Martinez's case will play and win many finals. There positioning out of possession is second to none. They have developed an instinct approaching their opposing players with position with calmness that their interceptions look like an art form.

In relation to the whole team. This is an exceptional acheivement. To have gone into this match having played 7 to Newcastle's 3 is outstanding. As, we know this has included a home match to City and then away to Arsenal and 2 of those matches were away and then home to Barcelona

I am not sure United have not been in a situation like this Ferguson's days in charge. For example, playing European games and then coming back to play league cup final or an FA Cup ties. This is the mentality that has disappeared over the last decade. It was only a year ago we were drawing 0-0 at Old Trafford with a team that was about to relegated in Watford.

This where Erik Ten Hag deserves so much credit because he brought this excitement and even expectation back within such a short period of time. He and his back room staff have instilled a belief amongst the players and fans alike.

We need to keep taking each game at a time and continue to manage the squad as each match arrives.

We could have been more decisive with our attacking in the second half but as I said with the amount of matches we have played, that is to be expected.

 

[The Dane]

Great to win a trophy again and see how much it meant to players like Casemiro and Varane, who are used to winning fare bigger trophies than this. Ten Hag will make United serial winners again no doubt about it.
That being said I fell sorry for the Newcastle fans. It might be that in a few years they have turned into the new Manchester City and I will hate their guts, but to hear that they are willing to trade top 4 for the Carabao cup makes you think how privileged we are to support a club like United, unlike those supporting the likes of Newcastle, Everton even Spurs. Big clubs who haven’t won a trophy for decades.

 

[whitbyviking]

Vitek?

Yeah it probably was him!

 

[freddie the red]

Cheer up Aaaaaalan Shearerrrr.....

 

[The Brown Bull]

Good, very professional job done. Despite being nowhere near our best ( excusably) we never looked in danger once we went 2 up. Finally got a top man in charge again.

 

[Giggsy13]

Just loving today for myself, but the bitter salty tears of Sutton, Merson and all the ABUs is like a fine, 25 year old Macallan.

Merson is just a moron, so I can live with his idiotic views. Sutton though is just full of spite and bitterness. I’m certain his BBC predictions has us in a relegation battle.

 

[Member 125288]

He continues to astound me. This might be the first time I've seen a player currently employed by a club to be doing punditry on his own club.

The only astounding part was that he managed to get through it without getting injured.

 

[Fts 74]

Get the feck in Absolutely buzzing after that, hopefully the 1st of many.We managed the game really well and looked the most dangerous team.
Big shouts to Casemiro, Martinez feck it all of them!!

 

[humdinger]

First trophy under Ten Hag! Milestone achievement which will relieve a lot of pressure and fill the squad with confidence.

The lads were shattered, understandably so, which is why the passing became sloppy and some of the decision making went awry as the game went on but their mental strength and grit to hold off a good team throwing everything at them was amazing. Last year we’d have lost that. I actually didn’t feel nervous at any point though, while Newcastle pinned us back and played well, there was never any sense of panic or nervousness like we’ve seen in previous seasons.

Shame we didn’t get a third goal to kill them off which would have allowed a bit of a breather.

Really enjoyed that, what a win and what an amazing team ETH is building!!

 

[Siorac]

Winning a trophy relatively comfortably without even playing particularly well is quite nice.

I'd say we looked understandably leggy at times but overall we managed the game very effectively. It was all highly professional - if sloppy at times - against a fresher, hungry opponent.

 

[Solius]

Get innnnnnnn!!!!

Enjoy these moments. This is what it’s all about. Ten Hag is the fecking one.

 

[Sassy Colin]

For anyone who's interested, there's highlights on ITV1 at 10.15 tonight.

 

[SuperiorXI]

Beautiful tactical performance from Ten Hag

 

[pacifictheme]

Oh baby the drought is over.

 

[Infra-red]

Feels so good after so long.

Casemiro - what a man!

 

[Yorkeontop]

We are better then them and we played like we were.

 

[littlepeasoup]

Obviously we'd won a couple of trophies post-SAF, but this one feels completely different.

The FA cup under LVG was the swan song of a dross couple of years, the Europa League under Mourinho was more a relief that we'd get Champions League football after being fairly shite in the league.

This feels like a beginning rather than an end, and it's really exciting.

 

[CM]

Really happy with that. We didn't play particularly well first half but still managed to get the two goals and saw the game out perfectly in the second half. Would've been nice to properly pump Newcastle but you take them all day long, been way too long since our last trophy!

 

[SAFCinpeace]

Cheers lads. That lot needing putting back in their box. Honestly hope you win everything this season now.

 

[Ted Lasso]

Woooooo!!!!

 

[Lee565]

We love our 2-0 wins against Newcastle in Cup finals, Newcastle were lucky we were sloppy in the final third in the second half

 

[HILLSIDE]

Finally!

 

[Robertd0803]

Bit calmer and can probably make more sense now, than earlier This is huge. Finally getting that trophy drought over with is massive.

It just feels (and has felt like) we are finally going somewhere after the last decade of torture for the most part. Ten Hag is just wonderful. Playing Barca Thursday night and then winning a cup final comfortably enough 3 days later is an incredible acheivement considering Newcastle havent turned up in weeks since the semi final.

Watching us lift the trophy with my 2 sons wrapped around me (for my youngest its the first trophy hes seen us lift) meant the world to me today.

Havent drank in nearly 18 months but Im having one tonight.

 

[Member 125288]

Watching us lift the trophy with my 2 sons wrapped around me (for my youngest its the first trophy hes seen us lift) meant the world to me today.

This is great, hopefully it’s the first of many for the little guy!