November 30, 20168 yr First time in their history that Hull City have reached the semi-final of the League Cup.
November 30, 20168 yr Anyone who has watched premier league football over the past 10 years know what he's like. You're point on the Scottish league is ridiculous - although I fear the greed of the minority of clubs/leagues means it could go this way a lot sooner than you think. No harm to the premiership but they have money more than being a great league - when's the last time a premier league player won the World Pleyer of the year? 2008! When's the last time they made the champs league final? Was it 2014? I could make yet another point about the wealth and (relatively) even distribution of it is what makes the PL so competitive and makes it so hard for our top teams to get to the very top in Europe at the moment, but I somehow doubt the message will get through. No coincidence that we dominated the CL in the "big four" era when the league as a whole was a bit less competitive.
November 30, 20168 yr I'm not sure what is defined as the big 4 era but since the champions league start English teams have won it 4 times? In terms of the league apart from Leicester and Blackburn it's always been the teams with huge injections of money or Manu or Arsenal. All huge concentrations of money has done for European football is create a system with 3/4 leagues with huge power generally dominated by the same teams at the disadvantage of other leagues. It's doubtful a team like Red Star Belgrade will ever create a great side and win the European cup for example.
November 30, 20168 yr Amazing how we can play like that in the cup yet when it comes to the league it's a completely different story. Hull vs United Southampton vs Liverpool Are the Semis^
November 30, 20168 yr Difference vs Sunday was Mkhitaryan. Same story as mid week last week. He just makes us so much better. He must start in the league now, we can't afford to bench him. Also helps that WH only had 11 players this time instead of 14. Was a good match. We mostly defended well, Mkhitaryan is what is missing from our attack, Zlatan needs to be a little less selfish in front of goal, great to see Martial finally back on score sheet in his best game all year and finally welcome back Bastian f***ING Schweinsteiger!!!
November 30, 20168 yr Yes I would like too know where Mkhitaryan is. If we get him firing on all cylinders then we will be unstoppable. Praying he gets a run out against Burnley this weekend. :smoke: 8 goals in the 2 games he's started since international break. Going to go buy a lottery ticket
November 30, 20168 yr Mkhitaryan is a good player, that's never been in doubt. I just don't think, for whatever reason, Mourinho fully trusts him - much like Martial. I was hoping we would get drawn against Man Utd in the semis.
November 30, 20168 yr mighty tigers in the semi-finals :funky: In all seriousness I hope that this cup run doesn't detract from our dreams of a top 20 place finish in the prem this season.
November 30, 20168 yr Difference vs Sunday was Mkhitaryan. Same story as mid week last week. He just makes us so much better. He must start in the league now, we can't afford to bench him. Also helps that WH only had 11 players this time instead of 14. Was a good match. We mostly defended well, Mkhitaryan is what is missing from our attack, Zlatan needs to be a little less selfish in front of goal, great to see Martial finally back on score sheet in his best game all year and finally welcome back Bastian f***ING Schweinsteiger!!! Good to see Jose has found this Armenian guy in the reserves and is making full use of the squad - great find!!😜
December 1, 20168 yr I really don't get all the hot air around Mkhi. It's just one of those things we'll never know. The reported story is that he wasn't getting game time because he wasn't fit enough/up to the speed of the League. Now he's in the team and performing far better than he did in his (brief) appearances previously. It's not something really up for debate, less so to poke fun at. Edited December 1, 20168 yr by Cassidy
December 1, 20168 yr The best insight is from Phil Neville, "They have drawn games they should have won and if they had won those games they would be in the top four". Really Phil.. :lol:
December 1, 20168 yr He said it about five times during that brief slot after the match. The man's an absolute clown. He even made Dean Ashton sound bright.
December 1, 20168 yr I really don't get all the hot air around Mkhi. It's just one of those things we'll never know. The reported story is that he wasn't getting game time because he wasn't fit enough/up to the speed of the League. Now he's in the team and performing far better than he did in his (brief) appearances previously. It's not something really up for debate, less so to poke fun at. Why can people not debate it? Yous paid a lot for him and he hasn't played a part really get for no apparent reason, it's entirely legitimate to ask questions especially when United haven't had the greatest start in the world.
December 1, 20168 yr Why can people not debate it? Yous paid a lot for him and he hasn't played a part really get for no apparent reason, it's entirely legitimate to ask questions especially when United haven't had the greatest start in the world. When he was out of the side I was one (of many) questioning the reasoning behind it. Now we'll never know whether Jose was foolish or played a masterstoke. I didn't say people can't debate it, I said they shouldn't really be debating it at this point in time as it's a fruitless exercise. Less so discussing it in the belittling tone that you was coming across with. It smacks of somebody picking holes which, in a Sports forum that I find quite a balanced and open-minded one, is quite unpleasant and tedious to read.
December 1, 20168 yr Well we were absolute dogshit. Still, looking forward to United breaking the world transfer record for Ashley Fletcher in a few years.
December 1, 20168 yr When he was out of the side I was one (of many) questioning the reasoning behind it. Now we'll never know whether Jose was foolish or played a masterstoke. I didn't say people can't debate it, I said they shouldn't really be debating it at this point in time as it's a fruitless exercise. Less so discussing it in the belittling tone that you was coming across with. It smacks of somebody picking holes which, in a Sports forum that I find quite a balanced and open-minded one, is quite unpleasant and tedious to read. Belittling to you is football banter to me though apologies if it came across that way"!
December 1, 20168 yr Was at the game yesterday and West Ham were indeed dogshit. Stewarding at Old Trafford was again so OTT, treated all of us like potential hooligans.
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