League Cup Quarter Finals 2024/25: Spurs vs Man United - Thurs 19th Dec - 20:00 KO

SuperRash

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I totally forgot we were in the QF’s to be honest!

Will be good to get some momentum going after the high of yesterday, I suspect both managers will make some changes with other commitments taking priority but I guess it’s still a QF and a good chance of taking home a trophy.

I wonder if we’ll see Garnacho and Rashford back in the squad? Not sure either of them really fit into an Amorim side right now but sure they can learn to play one of those number 10 positions with some time.
 
Spurs are even more unpredictable than us when they are on it they can basically rip through anyone but equally they could collapse at any moment.

Not sure how either side will play this in terms of rotation.

Spurs will surely go strong that club is starved of trophies and he can't risk not going full strength in a quarter final at home. Got some injury problems as both of their starting centre backs are out injured.

As for us we've lost Mount assume he won't be back for a few weeks but hopefully the rest of the lads are ready to go again.

Hasn't Biyindir started most of the cup games for us?
 
We need to be on our game from the first kick as Spurs love a quick start. I think they are a fragile team, so get stuck in and they'll get rattled.

Will be interesting to compare with September's hapless performance.
 
I do think it's a much bigger game for them than us.

Bigger picture wise I don't think Utd need a 2 leg semi final they'd probably be better off with the training time rather than more games. Not saying we chuck it but if we do get knocked out I won't be losing much sleep. we've had recent cup success.

If Ange loses this one I think they'll sack him and there seems to be some real tension building between him and the players. Fans have already started turning on him right now feels like getting knocked out of the league cup might be the final nail for him.

Agree about the focus needing to be spot on from the first minute it certainly wasn't in the league game they absolutely ran riot on us in the first half at Old Trafford it was the worst 45 minutes of the season so far.
 
Amorim hasn't confirmed if Garnacho and Rashford will return the squad.

Said everyone has to earn their spot in the squad.
 
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Rashford out.

But I'm not sure I'd read too much into it, even though the press will. He left training ill on Monday
 
Amorim did say for both of them to get back in they've got to knock someone else out of the squad.

Mount's injury means there was always going to be space for 1 of them to return and looks like it's Garnacho who's got the nod.

I wonder if we might see Antony get a start tonight.
 
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United have been the better team in the first half and are unlucky to be losing. Should have scored through one of the opportunities from the edge of the penalty area.
 
Our starts to each half really do my head in.

We concede so many goals in the first 15 minutes of each half.
 
Poor from Martinez again. He has not been the same player since returning from injury.
 
3-0 game over

Sit those subs back down and save them for Sunday.

Way to easy for Solanke to beat two defenders and get a shot off
 
Worst I've seen us all season. And that's some feat.
Luckily it's just this crappy cup

Eriksen and Martinez particularly poor
 
It’s always going to hard starting with Eriksen who’s only good for 20 minutes now, Lindelof who’s never been good enough and Antony who’s just shit. Martinez has been awful this season and this game is his worst.
The manager has to rotate but this is what you end up with this squad when doing it.
 
Missed the first half but heard we’d been alright.

Second half we’ve been awful Spurs have just bullied us all over the pitch
 
What are Spurs playing at

3-0 up and you dick about on a goal kick with a keeper who clearly isn’t comfortable on the ball.

I really don’t get this with modern managers
 
Spurs might be the only team that are dumber than us.

That keeper does not want the ball at his feet but they keep giving it to him.
 
That’s a foul on the keeper.

It might look soft but it is and the ref has got to be giving that.
 
Ffs we’ve got to get a grip on these corners it’s gone way beyond a joke now.
Keeper was impeded but also he should have done better, no var.
 
Ffs we’ve got to get a grip on these corners it’s gone way beyond a joke now.
Keeper was impeded but also he should have done better, no var.

It’s just a foul the player holds the keepers arms down. Not much the keeper can really do.
 
That’s a foul on the keeper.

It might look soft but it is and the ref has got to be giving that.
It would have been very soft. Bayindir completely misread the flight of the ball and gets caught under it. Left arm was impeded but right arm was free to punch the ball away. Even without the foul he wasn't in the right position to punch it away.
 
It would have been very soft. Bayundir completely misread the flight of the ball and gets caught under it. Left arm was impeded but right arm was free to punch the ball away.

His arm goes across both his arms as he’s jumping and positioning himself to tip it over.

It’s a foul all day every day.

It’s a really poor decision by the ref
 
Ffs we’ve got to get a grip on these corners it’s gone way beyond a joke now.
Keeper was impeded but also he should have done better, no var.

Amorim should probably take his assistant off of the set pieces.

We've been shockingly bad since the change. This isn't Portugal.
 
Won't feel like it right now, however we could see the benefit of those two free midweeks later in season
 
Not that fussed about losing last night, it gives us a couple of less extra games. The EPL and EL are the important comps right now.

I thought we played okay but our attack is very blunt right now.
 

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