FA Cup round 5: Manchester United v West Ham United: official match thread .

Enjoyed that

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Didn't Burnley get something at their place fairly recently or am I just misremembering?

Hammered?

Originally Posted by marlo

Opta defines a shot on target as any goal attempt that:
Is a clear attempt to score that would have gone into the net but for being saved by the goalkeeper or is stopped by a player who is the last-man with the goalkeeper having no chance of preventing the goal (last line block).26 Jan 2023

Can you link me to that quote as well

Blocked shots are not shots on target ffs. Is this the lengths you man are going?

Why would I care what Opta defines it as?

The target is the goal. Anyone who knows ball can tell the difference between a shot that was on target but hits an opposition player on the way, and one that was wide all along.

Weggy’s shot was a lovely strike on the target. Not his fault a defender got in the way, outside of his control that.

Originally Posted by Sapien

Hammered?

It was a serious question, can't be arsed looking it up myself just now

You can see Keane brewing and just about ready to go off on a massive gloat, especially considering what he and Neville have had to put up with on sky for the last few seasons with the likes of Richards, Carragher, Souness and Redknapp

He’s biding his time obviously but you can see it happening soon.

Some people earlier on in this thread, what did they expect from close to a second string outfit FFS

Job done

Originally Posted by Ethers

Why would I care what Opta defines it as?

The target is the goal. Anyone who knows ball can tell the difference between a shot that was on target but hits an opposition player on the way, and one that was wide all along.

Weggy’s shot was a lovely strike on the target. Not his fault a defender got in the way, outside of his control that.

Stats that record everything from goals, assists etc, do they also adopt this principle when recording “shots on target” ?

You know the ones complied and published after most games….

Keane

Originally Posted by dunk

Keane

anyone got a link to what he said?

https://twitter.com/itvfootball/status/1631051817810370560

Originally Posted by 92ToBury

https://twitter.com/itvfootball/stat...51817810370560

He’s bursting to run riot on all these teams and pundits that have been getting one over on United in recent years

Originally Posted by dunk

He’s bursting to run riot on all these teams and pundits that have been getting one over on United in recent years

Yup

Said similar up the thread

Would be nice if it’s on Sunday…

Originally Posted by AK14

Yup

Said similar up the thread

Would be nice if it’s on Sunday…

would be lovely. Haven't won there since Van Gaal was manager, seven bloody years ago

Originally Posted by Sparky***

would be lovely. Haven't won there since Van Gaal was manager, seven bloody years ago

Weggy’s gonna pull a Forlan.

First half a bit flat - last 30 mins old United ripping into them. Absolute panic. Great team performance.

Originally Posted by Fat Al

Weggy’s gonna pull a Forlan.

he's on course so far.

sadly, we are playing liverpool at just the wrong time. jota is back and they are finding some form. plus, getting away with being dirty. brace yourself for disappointment.

We couldnt be facing them at a better time, theyre £#%&!ing shit atm and would be losing more games had they faced better opposition. We will win on sunday.

Originally Posted by jem

he's on course so far.

sadly, we are playing liverpool at just the wrong time. jota is back and they are finding some form. plus, getting away with being dirty. brace yourself for disappointment.

Based on what you said about Leicester I’m twice as optimistic now.

Fair play to Weggy, he keeps playing and we keep winning. Could be this seasons Henrik Larson

Ps Fred

When we go at teams, we're unstoppable. So much talent in the team now. Weggers had his best game. Couldn't hit the proverbial cow's arse, but is making up for it by helping other player's score.

No more Maguire-Lindelof though please. Don't think either were especially awful (even thought Maguire had a good game) but as a pairing they are dreadful.

Fulham on form at the moment but Wembley semi should be in the bag.