Wigan v Manchester United - 8:15pm 08/01/24 - FA Cup Official Match Thread

And more of the same next round for us, another away tie against "giant killers".

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

And more of the same next round for us, another away tie against "giant killers".

It's probably just as well Riccers because the minute we play anyone remotely decent we'll be out on our arses.

A dominant performance, a clean sheet, a win and into the next round

Originally Posted by Sparky***

It's almost embarrassing how a kid like Mainoo can come into the team and look head and shoulders above every other midfielder on the pitch.

wait.... what?

Originally Posted by jem

wait.... what?

Oh here he is, say midfielder 3 times in a mirror and you'll summon the ghost of £#%&!ing jem...

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Oh here he is, say midfielder 3 times in a mirror and you'll summon the ghost of £#%&!ing jem...

It’s true.

Anytime I mention the midfield IRL I think of Jem ffs

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Oh here he is, say midfielder 3 times in a mirror and you'll summon the ghost of £#%&!ing jem...

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Oh here he is, say midfielder 3 times in a mirror and you'll summon the ghost of £#%&!ing jem...

you make it sound like we play midfielders. he's there on his own. the closest thing he had to a partner was dalot.

Originally Posted by jem

you make it sound like we play midfielders. he's there on his own. the closest thing he had to a partner was dalot.

Alright, Jem. Calm down.

Mainoo was superb and garnacho very decent. Other than that, thought we were poor. Rashford was an embarrassment. Thought Hoijlund was pretty awful too.

All in all though, we’re through and it was a decent enough away. Thought we might have used the match as a bit of a confidence builder but hay ho.

Originally Posted by Hyman_Roth

Mainoo was superb and garnacho very decent. Other than that, thought we were poor. Rashford was an embarrassment. Thought Hoijlund was pretty awful too.

All in all though, we’re through and it was a decent enough away. Thought we might have used the match as a bit of a confidence builder but hay ho.

Corporate review incoming?

Originally Posted by Dasilvatwins

New to this? They’ll be 5 pages of the same one or two posters complaining how hojlund isn’t good enough .

Big Jim needs to sink his teeth in. Hopefully we can manage a decent loan in. Then the summer is where it properly begins

Tonight proves he badly needs an experienced striker to learn from,wonder if getting Martial off the bill to help fund Guirassy is an option.

Hojlund is looking rough but it’s 100% on the club for thinking it was a good idea to sign him and make him the main striker from the off.

He needed a Cavani type to share his minutes with. Who that is, I don’t know.

What we’re seeing now is mismanagement imo. His confidence must have taken a bit of a hit in his time with us.

Originally Posted by est.1878

Dalot speaks better than half the people I know. Be a decent vice captain imo. Fao atticus.

Originally Posted by Stickman

Hojlund is looking rough but it’s 100% on the club for thinking it was a good idea to sign him and make him the main striker from the off.

He needed a Cavani type to share his minutes with. Who that is, I don’t know.

What we’re seeing now is mismanagement imo. His confidence must have taken a bit of a hit in his time with us.

Yeah I am struggling to come up with names

I see we're not afforded the luxury of a routine win these days.

Work can £#%&! off this morning.

Decent night all in all, Mainoo the obvious shining light.

Was entertaining enough but our finishing remains a huge problem. Hojlund's confidence is going to be hammered if we don't make a signing to take the pressure off. He's starting to look lost on the pitch. Pity some of out more experienced players can't step up to help. State of Rashford last night. Against Wigan as well. He's broken.

Originally Posted by dragflick

Work can £#%&! off this morning.

Decent night all in all, Mainoo the obvious shining light.

This.

Originally Posted by shenwen

Was entertaining enough but our finishing remains a huge problem. Hojlund's confidence is going to be hammered if we don't make a signing to take the pressure off. He's starting to look lost on the pitch. Pity some of out more experienced players can't step up to help. State of Rashford last night. Against Wigan as well. He's broken.

And this.

So much better with some excellent service from the right too. If we can now get someone who can provide on the left then who knows…

Originally Posted by shenwen

Was entertaining enough but our finishing remains a huge problem. Hojlund's confidence is going to be hammered if we don't make a signing to take the pressure off. He's starting to look lost on the pitch. Pity some of out more experienced players can't step up to help. State of Rashford last night. Against Wigan as well. He's broken.

I was furious when The Scottish Player nicked the pass from his feet then completely £#%&!ed up the shot.