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  1. Our lot played like this was March 2023, just like the error in the thread title that I asked to be fixed! Bournemouth 2016 all over again. Complacency pure and simple. As as collective but more so from our forwards. Lucho tried hard and was the best of the attack, but even he was guilty of making poor choices with those numerous counters where we had numbers. Darwin was out of steam before their first equaliser, and gifted them their second. Mo, goal aside, absolutely stunk the place out. Cody just never got going. I add complacency with the coaching staff too, particularly the multiple substitution with the decision to remove Robbo, Dom and Mo. I know that you don't want to use up too many sub windows by changing one at a time, but that set of changes meant that we had to take some time to figure out what everyone's role is. What it did was check our momentum because defensively we'd looked fairly comfortable, and the midfield of Endo, Mac and Dom were looking quietly effective in getting the ball, moving it about and keeping things simple. The lack of effectiveness plus too much complacency up front was our main problem, but now we compounded that by losing effectiveness further back too.
  2. A cracking idea for this morning, using leftover roti as we had no bread left. Grill some bacon. Dip the roti in beaten egg. Put one of them in a pan with butter, lay a couple of rashers of grilled bacon and a little sprinkle of cheese (comte in this instance), a little splash of Lea & Perrins' finest, lay another roti on top, then cook on both sides. Slice into quarters and serve. *Chef's kiss*
  3. Brentford seems to be in the sort of tailspin that might not matter this season, but could continue into the next and see them drop.
  4. What the fuck was the commentator on about at the end, about Wales finishing above Italy thanks to a losing bonus point? Did he forget that Italy won the match and got 4 points anyway?
  5. I'm still younger now than Teddy Sheringham was when he was playing for England.
  6. Surely it should be dirty nappies containing ruskcack?
  7. Work-rate. Incisiveness. Nous. I don't ask for much. This is how it's gonna be. Build from the ground up. Yet another FA Cup tie at their place. This one's live on ITV. It feels as though we come up against this lot every few years, and always in the earlier rounds of the cup. In recent years, they've forever been turning a corner only to get a custard pie in the face, while spending substantial amounts of money in order to do so. The Glazers have spent a stack on transfers and wages, only to be met with scorn by the fans who demand the club spend as though owned by a sovereign wealth fund. The fans also bring out the Norwich scarves whenever the team's form is in the shitter. Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS have successfully acquired 25% of the club's shares, and he's been talking about building a new stadium. Their fans seem to constantly mention that Old Trafford is below par and hasn't been maintained properly by their 'spendthrift' American owners (what would they make of FSG's frugality?), and yet bang on about it being the 'Theatre of Dreams'. The last meeting between the sides was in the fifth round back in 2021. No fans were allowed in stadiums back then, so tarp-covered seats became a familiar backdrop. Our big problem in that game was a lack of pace in the centre of defence, where we lined up Rhys alongside Fab, yet still tried to play a high line. The Mancs looked to break at pace on the counter rather than dominate possession (nothing new there then!). It was us that took the lead when Mo was found with a lovely through-ball and raced through to dink the ball over Dean Henderson. Excellent goal that. One of those pacey counters caught us out though, when Robbo couldn't reach a long cross-field ball from Rashford, allowing Greenwood to get in and fire past Ali. United took the lead when Rhys made a mess of controlling an attempted through-ball to Rashford, allowing the England man to run clear and place a low effort into the far corner. This game was during that early 2021 period where results had taken a nosedive and we had no defenders. Despite that, we still retained a shred of what made us convincing title winners the previous year. Mo levelled, firing through Henderson's legs after another bit of nice interplay involving Bobby. We conceded a free kick on the edge of the box (probably minimal contact and maximum exaggeration), and that play-acting shithouse Fernandes fired the free-kick directly into the net. They might have got another late on but Cavani's header hit the post. And that was that. Another year, another early FA Cup exit. The Mancs have been as inconsistent as ever recently, picking up some results here and there, but dropping points elsewhere. They are a team that can only play on the counter-attack, and are reliant on officials turning a blind eye to their frequent diving, late challenges that never go unpunished, and VAR reviews by dickheads like Coote and England. We've got the capacity to both counter-attack to devastating effect, as well as make things happen by pinning teams back. I would like us to demonstrate these to the fore on Sunday. We've seen some of our established first teamers return this week, and the youngsters have been exceptional this season. Nothing less that maximum motivation, concentration, attitude and application from first minute to last. A place at Wembley for the semi final beckons. Take our chances. Get it done!
  8. He can often look like the game is passing him by, but last night was not one of those nights. He was up for it from the beginning, made loads of late near post darts to lose his marker (his first goal being a case in point), and looked gutted at the end not to get his hat-trick. More of that from him please.
  9. Not sure how strong Atalanta are now compared to the side we faced back in 2020. We destroyed them at their place but failed to get out of first gear back at Anfield. They still have the same coach Gasperini, and their defender Scalvini is very highly rated and has been linked with us previously. Looking at their squad, there are quite a few players that have played in the PL (Lookman, de Roon, Kolasinac, Zappacosta and Scamacca). It's also hard to know if they have stab-happy fans like a lot of the other Italian clubs, since when the teams last met, we were all under lockdown rules.
  10. Black football boots. They seem to be every other colour but black these days. More matches used to be played simultaneously, rather than staggered to create a 'Super Sunday' hype-fest. Jumpers for goalposts. Marvellous.
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