TheBrownBottle

Yep, agreed on all points. I’m afraid that the tactics used by lesser teams when used by Man Utd are going to work to perfection. We can’t break down Leeds, Palace, Bournemouth etc when they do it. For Man Utd they didn’t have to break a sweat second half - the were comfortably the better side.

Ah well, another Wembley defeat. Miles ahead of schedule and it looked it. Worth remembering that future NUFC sides at Wembley will likely look very different. Can’t fault the effort to get there, but the quality is lacking. Glad Karius had a decent game - didn’t want to see the man broken.

Superb by Karius. Good lad. Botman is doing his best impression of a liability.

What’s the fucking point of that by Wilson. Wasted a full minute.

Wish we’d stop calling for FKs. We do sweet FA with them

Nothing in it

Honestly, I don’t think Murphy and Willock could be a drop down at this point. Thought Bruno was really poor, ASM a bit wasteful

One shot on target 75 mins in. That’s a wee bit of an issue if you’re going to win games like.

Almiron’s attitude towards his right foot mirrors that he has towards the English language …

Isak oozes class

The attempts to walk it in are becoming annoying at this point. Have a crack lads

Not having that like, I don’t want to see anyone getting badly injured

Not the fucking transfer window nonsense again. Financial fucking fair play was the issue. Get it into your fucking skulls for fucks sake.

Better side ahead. Stupid by Bruno for the FK, and BDB really, really is shite at attacking headers. Keep the eyes open, Dan. Thought Karius has been ok - nowt doing with the 1st, and he stops the 2nd without the deflection. There’s still a chance, but it’s very, very slight now. We’re not creating much and we’ve started inviting pressure with sloppy play. I just don’t want the score line to become embarrassing more than owt else.

It’s a 3:30am kick off for me so I’m going to log out of everything NUFC-related otherwise I’m going to go crackers and get zero sleep. I’ll try and pretend nowt is happening (futile effort no doubt). Can’t stop thinking that BDB is finally going to plant a header goalwards for the winner. Can’t. Fucking. Wait. Enjoy it all lads and lasses - this bastard trophy drought has to end at some point. It’s surreal that this time tomorrow it might have and we’ll finally have colour footage of a trophy win! HTL

As the song went in in ‘96 and ‘99 ’live round the corner you only live round the corner live round the coooooorner you only live round the corner’ (there was a time when every new chant was to the tune of Guantanamera)

Is this a mandible which I see before me; The chin toward my hand? Come, let me stroke thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.

Which for me stands as proof that he’s no better that what’s left behind. In fact, I know Darlow isn’t up to it - at least with Karius there is the hope from ignorance.

No question re his talent, but Hughes always came across as a tosser, especially on QoS

It was before my time, but my folks always talked about it when I was a kid, and before the ‘98 and ‘99 finals. By all accounts Shankly’s teamtalk was pinning Supermac’s interview to the dressing room wall (according to Emlyn Hughes anyway - there was a man I couldn’t find likeable).

I think NUFC has nailed the media approach personally. Get everything out of the way at the start of the week, then radio silence. Thankfully we’ve not got any Supermac characters gobshiting to the press about what we’ll do to them.

Of course they’ll enjoy it and take the piss if we lose - but for all the ‘Man Utd will walk it’ patter we all know that they’re fucking shitting themselves right now. Guarantee they’re more anxious than us. I’m sanguine about it at this point - win or lose I’m just delighted that we’re taking these things seriously again, and I’m confident that even if it doesn’t go the right way this weekend, a trophy is coming soon. They know that too. I hope it haunts their sleep.

‘Mind games’ are a load of tiresome wank, and it’s ungentlemanly to use an outmoded expression, but baals to him. It actually suggests more fear than I’d expect in all honesty - I can’t imagine it’ll arse Howe one iota

Used to have to get on one every month here in Australia for a site visit. It was a bumpy ride That’s not to say others (like yourself) can’t appreciate them, like. But they’re nightmare fuel for complete fannies like me

Just looking at a prop plane makes me nervous. Hate flying on the fuckers. Almost as bad as Bergkamp, me