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Post by runtothehills on May 24, 2024 18:48:26 GMT
Does anyone know a United fan looking forward to watching the FA Cup Final tomorrow? None of my utd mates are looking forward to it, I probably won't bother watching it either, I've got little interest as a neutral I am looking forward to watching the championship play off though.
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Post by The Real Exile on May 24, 2024 19:49:36 GMT
Does anyone know a United fan looking forward to watching the FA Cup Final tomorrow? None of my utd mates are looking forward to it, I probably won't bother watching it either, I've got little interest as a neutral I am looking forward to watching the championship play off though. Think I'll watch the England T20 whilst at the beer festival in Glossop
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 25, 2024 0:16:49 GMT
If Citeh are relegated it will only be a suspended sentence IMO They have obviously broken the rules, then covered it up and should be punished but ultimately, in this case, it is the owner of a football club spending their own money on their own football club… the day that becomes unacceptable the Premier League is finished; a “Super League” would be green lit immediately! I have far bigger issues with owners who load clubs with debt With respect,it isn't ultimately the owner of a club just spending their money...you're missing the important point. It's about all teams abiding by the same rules they all agreed to adhere to. There may well be other clubs who also wanted to spend more money,but didn't because they felt they should keep within the rules agreed. If one club,whether city or anyone else deliberately breaks those rules,signs players others couldn't, then it's a major unfair advantage. Look how Leicester were affected having to balance the books and I think wolves too? If City,or anyone else are found guilty of such a scale of charges it is not some small indiscretion. It is massive. However I'm not sure,and nobody knows if they will be proven guilty and if not,the Premier league will look very bad. It will be interesting either way as I can't see the other clubs being happy if all the charges just fizzle out after so long.who knows how it will end up? I don't think this super league is dead yet. I think you are dead right though about owners loading clubs with debt. I have some sympathy with city fans who see how the Glazers have done that to United and yet were allowed to without scrutiny or accountability. That's where I take your point about owners own money but the rules have to be agreed or altered collectively. Not to mention they are alleged to have engaged in false accounting, which is more than just skirting rules imposed by football authorities.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 25, 2024 0:20:30 GMT
If I was a Utd fan I'd want him out . Maybe the language barrier plays a part but he comes across as very uninspiring in interviews & often talks a load of nonsense. He came in on the basis of his attacking style at Ajax but I read an interview with him a while back where he said he was unable to implement the same style as he didn't have the players necessary to do so, but he's had 4 transfer windows & spent upwards of something like 400 million! They've had their injury problems granted, but he's not shy of using that as an excuse either. Compared to our manager who had an equally if not more injury depleted squad but rarely used it as an excuse & still won a title. Give me Chally over Ten-hag any day of the week😁 He's been a disaster and it's hilarious. Just a shame that while one manc club is a laughing stock the other is cleaning up. Could do with both falling off a cliff.
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Post by timberwolf on May 25, 2024 9:11:42 GMT
Does anyone know a United fan looking forward to watching the FA Cup Final tomorrow? Nope. And even as a neutral I'm not looking forward as it will be so predictable. Not just there fans but football fans in general do not seem arsed about the game. A few might start to watch if they feel a possible shock is on the cards when they look up the score. For the competition and its future a United win would be good for it but not a City one just going through the motions for a 1 or 2 nil win.
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Post by County Blue on May 25, 2024 9:48:30 GMT
The FA Cup Final used to be a must watch event whoever contested it and the tv used to be on from first thing in the morning following the whole day until the very end.
Previous posters sum up the mood perfectly as many fans now make other arrangements for the day.
Shame for such an historical competition to reach such a sad point.
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Post by The Real Exile on May 25, 2024 10:19:14 GMT
Well I did get a free £1 build a bet from Sky, held my nose and stuck a 100/1 bet on, still I'll be watching the cricket if it doesn't rain.
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Post by countybumpkin on May 25, 2024 10:29:11 GMT
The FA Cup Final used to be a must watch event whoever contested it and the tv used to be on from first thing in the morning following the whole day until the very end. Previous posters sum up the mood perfectly as many fans now make other arrangements for the day. Shame for such an historical competition to reach such a sad point. At least it’s on at 3pm and after the season has finished. I’ll probably watch it but will quickly lose interest if Citeh are more than one ahead. United have become just another team I’m pretty indifferent towards, although I’d choose them to lose against anyone except City.
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Post by timberwolf on May 25, 2024 10:54:36 GMT
The FA Cup Final used to be a must watch event whoever contested it and the tv used to be on from first thing in the morning following the whole day until the very end. Previous posters sum up the mood perfectly as many fans now make other arrangements for the day. Shame for such an historical competition to reach such a sad point. At least it’s on at 3pm and after the season has finished. I’ll probably watch it but will quickly lose interest if Citeh are more than one ahead. United have become just another team I’m pretty indifferent towards, although I’d choose them to lose against anyone except City. More or less sums up a game where many fans of other clubs would like to see both lose. Actually this is worse than say an all London premier league final where it must be hard apart from those living in the area who support a lower league club to dislike both equally for different reasons.
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Post by scfc73 on May 25, 2024 11:43:43 GMT
The FA Cup Final used to be a must watch event whoever contested it and the tv used to be on from first thing in the morning following the whole day until the very end. Previous posters sum up the mood perfectly as many fans now make other arrangements for the day. Shame for such an historical competition to reach such a sad point. At least it’s on at 3pm and after the season has finished. I’ll probably watch it but will quickly lose interest if Citeh are more than one ahead. United have become just another team I’m pretty indifferent towards, although I’d choose them to lose against anyone except City. Pretty much the same. Spent years hating United & the arrogance of a lot of their (mostly armchair) fans during their successful years but now that baton has passed to the blue half & would rather the plucky little underdogs from Trafford win the cup......Of course the best outcome would be for a bloody great sink hole to open up at Wembley & swallow the lot of 'em, can live in hope eh?
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Post by timberwolf on May 25, 2024 11:52:21 GMT
Pretty much the same. Spent years hating United & the arrogance of a lot of their (mostly armchair) fans during their successful years but now that baton has passed to the blue half & would rather the plucky little underdogs from Trafford win the cup......Of course the best outcome would be for a bloody great sink hole to open up at Wembley & swallow the lot of 'em, can live in hope eh? Plus is gone past just both being local rivals and if they existed 200 miles away i feel we,d think just the same.
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Post by scfc73 on May 25, 2024 12:35:11 GMT
Pretty much the same. Spent years hating United & the arrogance of a lot of their (mostly armchair) fans during their successful years but now that baton has passed to the blue half & would rather the plucky little underdogs from Trafford win the cup......Of course the best outcome would be for a bloody great sink hole to open up at Wembley & swallow the lot of 'em, can live in hope eh? Plus is gone past just both being local rivals and if they existed 200 miles away i feel we,d think just the same. Glad I'm not a fan of either. I've got mates who are long time fans of both clubs. A lot of United mates are dreading the final or watching it as a sideshow to other things as they believe the gulf between them & City is too big & it's a foregone conclusion, whilst that might be technically right & their club isn't alluding to their lofty ambitions presently it's a crap attitude to have. When we played Bolton in the cup as a National league side I still believed we had a chance of winning both games despite a two division gap, the same when we beat premier league QPR as a 4th division side, granted reality wins out most of the time but as a fan you've got to have hope & belief in a win against the odds sometimes, it's what being a fan & sport is all about. On the flip side I know a couple of old school City fans who despite all their riches & recent success have got bored with the domination & one mate in particular says Pep's keep ball style bores him to tears & he rarely watches anymore! I guess for some people it's true that you can have too much of a good thing!
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Post by Waldorf on May 25, 2024 12:41:16 GMT
It's the FA cup final. I still enjoy it and will watch. Although choosing a winner is like choosing projectile vomit or diarrhea.
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Post by topcat99 on May 25, 2024 13:55:32 GMT
It's the FA cup final. I still enjoy it and will watch. Although choosing a winner is like choosing projectile vomit or diarrhea. I get this. But I prefer City to win. Only because it keeps united out of Europe next year.
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Post by Waldorf on May 25, 2024 13:59:20 GMT
It's the FA cup final. I still enjoy it and will watch. Although choosing a winner is like choosing projectile vomit or diarrhea. I get this. But I prefer City to win. Only because it keeps united out of Europe next year. Good point. Yeah, citeh to win.
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