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no rvp?????
Bench: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Valencia, Giggs, Young, van Persie, Macheda.
Will that be Rafa or Buttner in midfield? I presume it’ll be Rafa, with Smalling at right-back.
chico to score at least one
rafa at right mid/wing? worth a try i guess
3-5-2?
do i see 3 at back with wing backs interesting if it so
442
kagawa sometimes used to play in wings while he was in Dortmund
A chance for Wellbeck to show some form
strong line-up
my guesss is Chicha to score 1, welbs 1 and buttner 1
3-2 for us
Where has Powell gone? Surprised he is not even in the bench.
Interesting line up
Btw what happened to Nick Powell, he isnt on the bench. considering United cup teams one would expect him to be on the bench and given a run out later
interesting Rafael stepping up to right mid,Buttner getting a run out Evra and others getting a rest hmm.
any river for this?
parry
http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/161841/2/watch-southampton-fc-vs-chelsea.html
Always use thefirstrow.eu its the best site
The romance of the FA cup has never faded away from Fergie’s mind, no wonder why there is too strong lineup there!it will be an interesting encounter particularly seeing Rafael as a winger.where is Powel by the way?can’t see him on the bench either!
Realy hope welbz gets on the score sheet! And Hernandez and kagawa… And clevs! Lol
I bet Kagawa s more like a AMFLM like David Silva usually does.
glad to see him tried there. and to get gametime
how wrong were I
we’re playing 4-3-3
Welbeck Chicha and rafael as strikers WOW
a bit of a surporise Rafael is
What do you boys think about the lack of success in The FA Cup?
I know it’s Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, Capital One Cup, in that order but no win since 2002 seems a long time for United.
I like the lineup. Strong defence, a packed midfield and a chance to see Kag at the top of the diamond.
@AlphaRS
I think you are right, we should at least have won another two FA cup since then, but personally I think our longing to surpass Liverpool in term of Premier league success and the intention to be among the Europe’s elite has been the main target for United.furthermore giving our youngsters a chance to shine was came at no consequences thus losing much more grounds in the cup competition, nevertheless I think the passion to win this cup was always part of united tradition, hopefully we will do something about it this season:))
Here in Midwest USA. These Americans sure know how to mess up soccer for real fans. Instead of transmission live on fox soccer channel, they moved it to fox and delayed it by one hour. I either have to watch dog tales on fox now or rerun of queens park v Chelsea premier league game on fox soccer. Way to go America!!!
Many thanks Matt.
fuck that was a good bit of play.. except for pea being offside
chciharito getting everytime better and better WOW
Nice goal. You can hear the disappointment in the commentators voice!
@andromeda
Surpassing Liverpool in terms of League titles the main priority without a doubt.
I think SAF has used The FA Cup more so recently to allow the kids to come through.
United have won The FA Cup 11 times, Arsenal 10, Tottenham 8, Liverpool/Chelsea/ Aston Villa 7. Not a bad record to hold since it has been 8 years since our last win.
@Tourist
Are you watching on ITV? I can’t stand that cnut Andy Townsend.
Damn, the commentators are elated now.
rafael … he never gives up doesn’t he? I love the boy
That twat andy belsend never has a good word to say about us. And the few times he does you can tell he resents it! C,mon United!
seems like all commentators are happy when our opponents score lately… or was it always this way?
Fuck unlucky welbeck son! Great counter there!
This is gonna b a edge of e seat ride! Everytime WH attack we barely hang on! De Gea NEVA cums off his line and the only sub fo Scholes is Giggs….lord gracious save us!
what should united players do to get a foul
Kagawa needs to get more involved
I still don’t think that Welbeck is at United’s level, or will ever be… I always wished he will become the player we will all remember (been watching him from the academy and U18′s and reserves), but I think he will always be a step behind our level
@ nicky
what game are you watching? welbeck is doing really well.
how is welbeck not doing good? Been linking up play up front more than anybody!! Don’t know what game you are watching!!
They did Ok 1st half I reckon. scholes probably the best player, just needs to make sure that he doesnt get sent off
Come on lad we can do better than this. We need to increase the pace a little bit. We are making too easy for them.
I would bring Valencia or Young for Smalling, and put Rafael at RB.
wow is it just me or does big vid look a little shakey not too bad a half welbeck done well scholes is scholes cleverly working hard only down sides to me is butner is exposed big time kawaga is missing and rafa doing ok but he looks like a full back out of position which he is would like to see tony v on
nice of ITV to allow West Ham TV’s commentators do the commentary for this game.
Fuckin bias is unbelievable!!! Everything is based around what West Ham should do. Our goal was a terrific team goal, they seemed reluctant to mention it. took them 10 minutes to say we’ve kept the ball well.
To be fair, Kag is still coming back from an injury, so I’m not too worried. Cleverly and Welbz have done really well for me. Anyone else fed up of hearing commentators talk about how Rafael is a dodgy defender? Have they watched him this season at all?
@ hans
if we take off smalling though we will be fucked for set pieces. we’re already getting done from long/high balls, it would make it that much harder if smalling goes.
Fuckin Lee Dixon now calling Evans Vidic. I thought the fact they have different builds and more importantly wear different numbers on their shirt would be a dead give away. But hey, it’s too much for me to ask a tv pundit to do the simple parts of their job properly
would bring on valencia for rafael and let have a run at the youngster potts
@ ak47
LOL
@matt
I just felt Rafael and Smalling is not working down the right hand side! I suppose AV for Rafael then is a better option.
@ ak47
i was listening to that mug richard keys during the halftime break. i almost forgot how much i despised him
yes good at linking play….
@ hans
yeah i didnt think it was working too well, i thought rafa was a little lost in his more advanced position. AV for rafa would probably be a better swap
i would like to see buttner push up a bit more too
Valencia in – Kagawa out. He’s jus a passenger
It’s time for Valencia & rvp
the commentators are making it even harder to watch
It has been too long since united won the cup
Id bring on R.v.p for kagawa. Need to get bck in this and kagawa Looks out of sorts.
De gea is getting no help from the back 4. There’s only so much he can do.
Also, anyone else who can’t deal with andy townsend, i muted the commentary and put on bbc radio 5live. I refuse to suffer.
agree belfast red
Defense non existent. Two free headers.
We can concentrate on EPL and champions leagues now… Out of both cups is too sad… I hope Sir Alex understand that we didn’t have any trophy last year and this is another trophy lost this year… I hope he gets at least one trophy this year…
What will happen now to our defensive formation after this substitution?
@ woodise, at least rvp is on. Thought scholes has been fine in the middle, maybe incase he got sent off hes protecting him. Plenty of time for a comebck. We are holding the ball alot better since they scored, just have to take our chances now. C,mon United..
Why Ferguson keep Welbeck???? Kagawa is playing awful and Welbeck had two chances of passing the ball to Hernandez and he made bad decisions! Chicha has been one of the most best players in the past few weeks, but again Ferguson giving too many chances to Welbeck with no good reason!!!
our build up has been so slow , once we get close to their box .. it seems as if we dont know what to do ..and sitting on the ball. hence allowing their defense to regroup
Come on!!
valencia just crossed with his left!
Why do we persist with Welbeck
Tonight has made it absolutely clear that Buttner is NOT the player to take over from Evra at left back!
Sorry but Kagawa has been shit today!!!
Valencia’s crossing has been criminal.
fuck me rvp you lord. and giggsy with the pass
GET FUCKIN IN THERE!
NEVER SAY DIE OR GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welbeck might want to actually score a goal one of these days… you know, like rvp
VAN PERSIE
Oh what a goal…
Is this our 12 comeback?
what a fuckin ball by Sir ryan giggs! And what a def touch. O my lord. That was porn!
@ ak
the commentator just said united have not had a draw this season..
last i remembered swansea game was a draw.
He scores wen he wants.
VAN PERSIEEEE!
You beauty valencia
Absolutely criminal shooting/crossing from Valencia….but RVP!!!! no words can describe him….
RVP Class.
Valencia looking completely off since he got subbed on. From what I saw from when we were behind, thank god for van persie.
@matt
he meant in our comebacks no draws
MOTM for us Chicharito and Cleverley, both always mocing and stretching the opponent
Well FERGIE that worked didn’t it???? Rest players and get an extra game!!!! You want to rest players?????? Give them a day off training!!!!!
Can’t remember the last time Tony V had a great game. He’s been a bit disappointing this season. He played better after just coming back from injury than this season.
Phew! Really bad game, you cannot leave collins unmarked in the box… and when u do and u concede… you can’t do it AGAIN. But fuck it, it’s a replay and its at Old Trafford, where it’ll be a different game. Kinda wish we didn’t have the extra fixture but I didn’t want to go out in the 3rd round either.
Giggs still tearing teams apart. RvP is just plain class. Now, move on to Liverpool.
We will fuckin have them at o.t. btw those commentators were so 1 sided it was sickening! I was guna put my boot thro the fuckin tele, until Van the fuckin man scored that is! Hahahaha.
I have to say, WH had a gameplan and stuck to it well.
my god wtf has happened to valencia cant wait for nani to return to challenge him to make him pull his finger out or atleast have one dangerous winger
the result masks a shockingingly awful performance by United. These players on 80k+ a week in wages, being beaten by a team at the bottom of league who are probably all average around 30k in wages. God help us when we play Real Madrid.
well played west ham they deserved to win that but hopefully we will sort them in replay
could u hear the disappointment in the commentators voice after we equalised! unluckyy ITV.
That Collins handball was a stonewall penalty but wasn’t mentioned after the replay was shown. Yet scholes gets a yellow card, every time he commits a foul they bring it up.
Man of the Match – definitely Collins, he made the difference, if his handball went punished, who’d have know what would have happened!
Giggs just loves to make you cunts i hate with a passion, that keep criticising him look like complete and utter useless wankers dosnt he?
So who are you pathetic fucks blaming this one on?
Great comeback, we should batter them at home;)
RVP!!!what can I say, no words to describe the man.
no welbeck thrashing here but the rvp goal just shows you the gulf of class between welbeck and other strikers.
At times he did well in tight spaces but it gets to the final third he just take one touch too many .. rolls the ball under feet … either he is just trying to be too clever or just trying way to hard to impress.
He just sometimes avoids the simple passes but then trying to do a highly intricate one-twos.
I agree it looks brilliant when it works out . but not when you are in the last 10 mins and chasing a game..
Valencia’s major asset is crossing but the way his crossing has been so far it seems like bebe is playing in valencia’s skin ..
Overall first 3o mins we were good.. second half we were poor until the final 5 mins or so after giggs and rvp came one . Our final third play was a let down , sometimes too slow , and too narrow
I’m sorry valencia, take that #7 off and give it to RVP. Great great performance after the equalizer.
@belfast red. —> Were you expecting impartial commentating with Andy Townsend involved?
Andy always shouts for smaller teams vs. United, and always talks up any England international player like they are Gods 
United were unlucky to be behind. Good thing RVP was around. The main worry is how we defend headers. That was dreadful defending out there and proof that Vidic won’t magically solve everything.
RVP, what a player! I just cannot believe in with wildest stretch of the imagination what Arsenal were thinking of when they let him go, their supporters must be pig sick !
I guess Collins’ handball is insignificant for ITV to cover….
If that was Evans or Vidic with the handball, i’m sure they’d have covered it with chocolate and sprinkles to make it look like refs favour us.
@ WeAreUnited
Well don’t I look like quite the fool.
We were very lucky not to go out, yet should have scored another one in injury time.
Apart from the bright start we were again pretty poor today. Disappointed with Kagawa in particular! Valencia is out of sorts, what was he thinking blasting that ball like that when he could have squared it and possibly create the winner.
It hurts how cheaply we conceded both goals today. How crazy are we to allow Collins two free headers, and twice not close down Joe fucking Cole quickly enough? We made them look a decent side, when in fact they are rubbish!
Anyway, we should now go through at OT!
There is no words that can describe RVP. He must be the best striker in the world right now. What a touch, what a finish.
Oh man it’s raining screeners.Absolutely Superb,no Reacher yet though but it’s coming,brilliant.
Robin Van Savior.. !
And one question in my head, whats wrong with Tony V..?
And yet again our players celebrate a goal and have bits of chairs thrown at them, yet no one mentions it.
If i ever meet andy townsend im actually going to kick him in the balls and sucker punch him in the head. Look out for it on the front page of the daily mail… It will happen someday!
An extra fixture is the last thing we needed at this busy period, nonetheless we are still in touch with FA cup and that is a bonus, should sort things out in the replay.Meanwhile bring on Liverpool and take some pride out of this great comeback.
Valencia, the only positive thing for him is he actually used his left foot once or twice but crossing wise, i’m speechless as to what has happened to his all round game.
Fcuk me- I am not sure I can handle overtime goals anymore……
Thankfully we at least got a draw
United didn’t create much in the second half but created more than west ham and even tho the away team we had much more of the ball…and still those itv ‘experts’ just want to talk about how well west ham did!
THAT’S IT. I have decided to get VP’s shirt in home and away colours. What a MONSTER. But Valencia though. FUCKING HELL. just put your foot thru it and stop playing like a mug. FUCK. we could have won the game there. Now we have to play yet ANOTHER 90 flipping mins of football. No matter we’ll do the fuckers at OT hopefully. PHEW relieved to be still in it.
Dan young – you have to wonder how that cunt townsend is allowed to co-commentate, he orchestrates and cajoles teams to beat united.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Wenger, Arsenal’s chairman and every Gunner for this wonderful gift of life hehehe
@ ohiored
Ease up mate, WH had a gameplan and executed it very well. They put all their men behind the ball and stocked the middle of the pitch, which made it difficult for us with no natural wingers to spread the play. Shinji, Danny, Tom, Scholes, they all tried to play the ball through the middle but it wasn’t gonna work cause it was too packed. Different personnel on the field may have made it a bit easier for us too, I thought Rafa looked a bit out of place. Also, WH are a fucken tall team, it was inevitable they were going to continually pump in crosses. Collins second header was pretty fucken good too I must say. The team didn’t play that poorly, WH just made it really difficult.
Dont worry about it ,So clear we have no interest whatever in the F.A.Cup imo
West Ham had a game plan? Well fuck me, who would have thought? Calling it hoofball doesn’t do it justice, the Luftwaffe would have been proud of that shit. We should have been doing one thing on the training ground all week long: defend crosses. When James fucking Collins is made to look good it is time to have a lie down. One thing that bugs me as fuck is seeing Scholes on the edge of our box not trying to block crosses (instead just lifting the leg à la Nasri), that is where his age and lack of mobility is brutally exposed.
ohiored says:
the result masks a shockingingly awful performance by United. These players on 80k+ a week in wages, being beaten by a team at the bottom of league who are probably all average around 30k in wages. God help us when we play Real Madrid.”
Granted the performance was below par but annoys me when people continue to bring up this dull cliche about players getting paid an X amount, what does have to do with what happens on the pitch? Get out of the box and live in the real world. Westham are competitive and was never going to be easy at upton park. Long balls, diagonal balls, consttant launch of crosses. Never going to be an easy walk to victory.
tbh wouldnt of mind gettin knocked out of this mickey mouse cup (what it has become anyway nowadays)
even when we were losing i didnt wnt RVP to come on as i wouldve preferred losing and not risking him..giving him a rest aswell
anyway,all turned out well,but kagawa doesnt seem to be adjusting to english football at all…hope am wrong,valencia has turned in to a shocking player..nani come back…
the less said about welbecks finishing the better…he couldve and shouldve squared it to chicho first half,but decided to go alone..
@ Dela. Yeah i guess i shouldn’t expect anything less frm those Abu tramps! I guess it makes it all the more sweeter when we shut them up and score in injury time!!
Get in! 
Sam allardyce and his associates claim his doesn’t knock long balls into the box but my goodness, reality paints a different picture. Westham make it extremely difficult.
The beauty about Robin Van persie is his flexibility and adaptability, he doesn’t care which players are on the pitch playing beside him, whether its Rooney, Chica or Welbz, Tony or Young or Kagawa…the guy is scoring from a quarter of a chance, and not complaining, he is just true goal scorer.
@ belfast red
Did you see Richard Keys face after the match? Fuck it was good.
@parryheid –> It’s oscar season
I seem to remember vividly some people here saying we don’t need RvP when we were unto him,i defended fergie’s decision then,but i guess there is no need to now.
GIGGS,the day i criticise his selection or perfomance is the day i stop been ungrateful,nope i never will.and for those who do(many on here),goodluck.
Did someone say Buttner wasn’t good? Well he was class,running up and down that left back.Evra still ahead,no argument there.
Valencia please get back to your normal self soon,super player he is.Welbzz shhould have squared ball for chica in the first half,but had a decent game
Last Word for Tonight…There is Only One Giggsy,Best ever United player(for me)
@samuel – united WE stand –> Well said mate!!
Teams like West Ham play for cup glory, they are always going to be difficult, especially when we have to face them on their turf, and I too am getting annoyed with the money aspect always being brought up or the typical “god help us when we play XXX” because more often than not, we face that XXX, and WIN.
Ziggo – squared what? Did welbeck not hit the target? A couple of inches sideways and that goal would have had people salivating. He’s a striker desperate for goals and for me, he put in another good performance which hasn’t yielded goals but that’s not his fault, he didn’t really get a clear cut chances. He has a lot to improve on and he’ll get there. Kagawa has just returned from injury, he didn’t have his best game but he tried to make an impact. Demanding the ball and trying to link up. I think he will hopefully come good, he has the quality.
@zigoo –> don’t worry about Shinji, his adaption time has been limited so far due to injury, but even at that, I have no idea why we played him on the left today with Giggsy on the bench. I guess Sir Alex just saw it as a way to help him gain match fitness or something, probably didn’t expect us to concede two goals of that nature.
Dela I know and I have them all bar Reacher my last two The Impossible and Django Unchained great.
So to all those that have slagged giggsy relentlessly this season?? Is he now sir Ryan until next week? He has showed he still has a place….at the right time ! I thought west ham wanted it more… Simple as that!
@samuel – united WE stand
the reason wages is important is that if players are being paid “big money” they should perform like big name players. In any job, the amount of money you are paid is tied to the amount of value you bring to your company. Liverpool away, Man City away those should be difficult fixtures, but West Ham away should not be a hard fought result for a United team that supposedly has big name players.
Wasn’t a great performance and it showed how valuable the likes of Carrick and Ferdinand are to the side. Hopefully they will stay fit for the remainder of the season.
@samuel
yeah he went alone,which is fair,but the better option was to square it…am not knocking him on his performance today,i thought he did well,his link up play was good and kept the ball well for the most part,however,his finishing is just so so poor,even that header that he got at the end,was a sitter for a man of his height…not the first time hes been so wasteful
Meant stop been grateful there* and buttner running up and down that left flank….the performance was nowhere near woeful,infact it was a good perfomance.
Dela – an example – you could see that cunt joe cole huffing and puffing, putting every bollocks in to give westham a cheer for his “come back”. I bet he won’t repeat that all season. Play like it’s a cup final when united turn up.
@dela
yeah i hope he comes along because he has that elegance of a number 10 player,in the kaka mould,lets hope he can fit in and find his feet,this season he will be given the benefit of the doubt i guess…
Kagawa was spent after 60 minutes. He should’ve come off instead of Chico.
ohiored says:
@samuel – united WE stand
the reason wages is important is that if players are being paid “big money” they should perform like big name players. In any job, the amount of money you are paid is tied to the amount of value you bring to your company. Liverpool away, Man City away those should be difficult fixtures, but West Ham away should not be a hard fought result for a United team that supposedly has big name players.”
No offence but This is not hockey, the supposed “best” do not always win every game, football is one game that embodies unpredictability, regardless of how better your resources are, things may or may not go your way. You do not underestimate teams in this league or you will fall flat on your faces, westham have a manager that gets them fighting for every ball. What you earn does not apply on the pitch, football is an entirely different industry to the things you compare it with, results aren’t guaranteed. Get realistic.
who does this remind you?
http://www.manutd.com/~/media/F30102F4DBCE4E789BF3C38D75A4516E.ashx?20130105T1939296079&mw=500
@ohiored
It’s the FA Cup!! Where giant slaying has always been commomplace and the stuff dreams are made off for lesser teams.. And it can be hard to go to a championship side away never mind a prem one
Really if you dont understand that well it’s obvious you are from Ohio and not in touch at all with reality
@samuelUnitedwestand. Totally agree with you about the unpredictablity of football. Thats what makes it the greatest sport in the world. For ex chelski against qpr. Also its what makes the f.a cup the best cup in the world imo. The minnows get a shot at the giants and 99% of the time the giant’s win, but there is always that 1% chance it can go to the under dog. For me we played abit underpar 2nite and we missd Carrick “the engine” in midfield. But we get another crack at them at home and it will be a totally different game. Wh had there chance and they blew it!
@We are united
It reminds me of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Not here for a fight or to gob off but fuck me how awesome is RVP??? Am really worried some twat is gonna nail him and do some damage. For me it just seemed one of those nights. Joe Cole on a return to West Ham for me he was the MOTM but as soon as he went of I thought we would pull it back. Really not sure about Kagawa he struggled a bit may just lack match fitness? Anyway just still basking in the post RVP glow!! Just one thing though I fuckin hate ITV!!!
exaclty Andromeda, and we know what happened in those seasons, it also remids of cantona, but Cantona never did his lips like that
It was writtem Ronald oall over it, by an oustanding a proven one of the best in the world player RVP. Who I think now playing for us, will be recognised as one of the bests in the wWORLD
ou wenger ou wenger what did you let go.
I’m not too unhappy it’s gone to a replay. It’s best not to have extra fixtures but we’ve got a big squad and players coming back from injury . On yesterday’s performance the likes of Kagawa and Valencia need game time to get back into the swing of things. Rather have them have a run out in the FA cup when we’re top of the league with a cushion than in a must win Premier match. I’ve no doubt that we’ll kill West Ham at OT – they’ve just had their Cup Final …