Manchester United fans have often referred to the League Cup as the Worthless Cup (playing on the words Worthington when they were the sponsors) with it falling as the last priority in comparison to the league, European Cup and FA Cup.
However, after not winning anything in 2005, United were more than happy to win the League Cup in 2006, with it being the first trophy the likes of Wayne Rooney, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Edwin Van der Sar, amongst others, won with the club.
We play our youngsters and fringe players for most rounds but obviously we’d rather win it than not win.
Whilst United have been accused of disrespecting this competition, we’ve gone on to win it more than any other team in recent years, lifting the trophy in 1992, 2006, 2009 and 2010. Regardless, Ben Foster has claimed that after helping United win the trophy in 2009, the players didn’t spend any time celebrating the win.
“There was no celebration,” he said. “There was nothing. We were straight on the train home, then in for training the next day. There was a Champions League fixture coming up, the Carling Cup was over already. Everyone automatically moved on to the next game right away. I was thinking: ‘Jeez, we’ve won a cup, we should be celebrating,’ but I was probably alone in thinking that. United have big games all the time. They win one, then move on to the next. It’s a different world, and though it can seem a bit mad, maybe it has to be that way. I don’t know if Birmingham can win the Carling Cup, but if we do we’ll definitely be celebrating. This is not just another game for us, it’s a very big game. A special occasion. You can sense that from the fans. I just hope they all enjoy it.”
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I hope he has a cracking game today, stop them Gooners .
lol, it’s Foster morning. He sounds surprised the team weren’t out for a massive piss up ahead of a CL game. You sir have found your level.
I almost felt sorry for that lad, Foster…
Hope he enjoys his career now, without the pressure.
@King Eric BG, here here, well said, starting today, at Wembley.
Must go, head of to Church, a few prayers.Looking up to God, please dont allow the Arsenal a win, the boost will, bite United in the backside, possibly.
Cmon you Brummies.
Laters.
fucking foster talks like utd are a pub team,really shows the gap between teams like birmingham and utd.it’ll be the greatest thing to happen to brimingham in god knows how long,utd who gives a fuck, piece of shit cup.lol
over the all comments scott has posted about foster its clear he has a small team mentality and doesn’t enjoy the pressure or the business end of being at a club like utd answers alot of questions in regards to his mental bottle.
STR is on fire……….. Ben is truly fucked
That just shows his different mentality to the rest of the team – same reason he bottled it on the big stage, same reason he couldn’t be arsed fighting for his place. Whereas his former teammates are top of the league solely because of their menality.
Sorry Ben but that’s the difference, when you want to play in the big league you have to make those sacrafices. Just as I am sure weather Arsenal win or loose today as soon as it’s over thy ‘ll be looking forward to the FA cup match on Wednesday.
Ben Foster day at ROM.
He is actually wrong. There was a Ch.League game before the League cup final. The game at Inter Milan. After the final, we had a game at Newcastle. Just saying…
I don’t think it shows a small time mentality, just a difference between a regular starter and a fringe player. I’m sure he wasn’t the only one who felt like they should be celebrating from the team that won, any of those with less experience of being a starter in a team thats won something and wasn’t likely to start the next match would have felt like that.
TBH while the mentality of forgetting the game as soon as the match is over is needed at a club like United it is a little unfair on the likes of foster not getting a little bit of time to revel in their triumph
@wakey its not just these comments though mate its a seris of comments,last time think he said utd take football to seriously and at brimingham losing a game doesn’t matter i’m paraphrasing but it was close to that.
I agree somewhat with Wakey on the celebrations, especially for the younger players such as Welbeck. But I can also see that it’s United’s way of keeping focus, ‘eyes on the prize’ etc, ensuring no-one slacks off after a Cup win when there are more important trophies still to be won. With Foster in 2009, United did go on to win the league, so they got the priorities right. When United won the Lge Cup in 2006 it was after a barren spell and it got the players back in the winning habit and I can remember the victory celebrations, which showed a real release from pressure. It became the springboard for 3 Premierships and a Champ Lge win. I hope Birmingham stop that happening with Arsenal, so Good Luck Ben Foster!
I think the United mentality is one of the most brilliant things about the club. There’s a Cantona quote sums it up, where he said that he didn’t play against the other team, he played against the idea of losing. Or words to that effect. United want to win. They hunger for it. That’s what motivates them. The cups, the medals, as soon as they are won they are forgotten, and it’s onto the next thing. What we have is a club that is just voracious, relentless in pursuit of victory for entirely it’s own sake.
I wish there were more clubs like United in that respect. I think Chelsea under Mourinho was the closest anybody else came in England.
i don’t agree with letting the younger players party at all.the reason utd are so successful that mentality is drilled in them at a early age,if a player can’t cut it he becomes a foster and ends up at brimingham again this isn’t pub football there is a level of excellence that needs to be maintained.
Good luck today Ben, but with a mentality like yours, it’s not surprising that you’ll never make it at a big club. United will always move on to the next game or the following season after the final piece of silverware is won. Rio epitomises what a top player is all about – after winning the European Cup in 2008, he immediately stated his disappointment at not winning the treble that season. Like me, he knows we was robbed of that. Great attitude to have. And Sir Ryan said that he wanted more nights like Moscow whilst standing next to the European Cup in the dressing room.
We play to win. Not to avoid defeat. That’s why we are Man Utd.
Leave it to Fergie to decide how and when it is worth celebrating.
He seems to have the hang of running the club in a way that gives us this 2dilemma”.
To celebrate or not to celebrate – That is the question.
The Carling Cup is only worth winning to see City NOT winning anything yet again LOL
At the sound of the beep the time according to Hublot will be ….34 years
Tick and Tock – Its Hublot Time
Talks to much that bloke!
It was the league cup Ben, not the league, or the European cup. The lad could never see the bigger picture.
Its the United way, Rio, Keano,Giggsy,Scholes all buy into that mentality, its what
makes us the best over the past 20 years.
Ryan has always said- its not the trophies you win, its the ones you lose
that you remember.
Who can ever forget the 1996 FA Cup final, United in sober black suits,
the Spice Boys in White suits – that summed it up really.
yo wtf ben…?
Good day red country.
Today, the United boss told the Mail on Sunday: “I want Scholesy to stay but he is such a proud person.
“He wants to play every game. That’s what he’s like and I fully understand that. But if I can get him to buy into the way I’ve been using him in important games, he has fantastic value for us.”
Here’s hoping!
Plus, new from Chechen leader and ex-warlord Ramzan Kadyrov’s image rebranding via football: an $8m salary offer to Brazilian Ronaldo to play for Ramzan’s Terek Grozny. The offer follows deals with Ruud Gullit to be Grozny’s coach, and with Brazil’s 2002 squad to play a friendly against a “Team Ramzan” XI.
(Also on Ramzan’s list this month: a second wife, to add to his current one. “I am looking, but can’t find a pretty one.” Ramzan told local media he’ll respect his current wife’s wishes. “But then if she was against polygamy, I wouldn’t have married her in the first place.”)
Scott Parker kissed the camera.
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update:
west ham 1:0 loserpool
23 minutes
well said, RedScot.
up the Brummies
Half time Hammers 2 Loserpool zip…..
hey up Cedars,,,you calmed down fro Yesterday mate,,,,,didn’t feel like posting in the evening due to so many fucking wankers on RoM during live blog
see you others had fun with Mr Townsend and his Rooney comments,,,,,same as the ABU’s on MOTD…. showed the… elbowing on several different cameras and kept showing the worst time and time again….fucking cunts
Redscot….hope you said a prayer fro me today at church…..
@Hammons cheers mate,it will knock their confidence, if Birmingham, beat them, so fingers crossed.It is possible.You just have to pray hard enough.
Hi Tony B, I should have prayed for you, I know you are a serial sinner.
Of to fill up ma glass. Cheers.
just how old is Scott Parker…..
what you on today Redscot…..
booze wise
Amen to that brother Redscot…..hic..!!
@ Tony, a nice Cider. Chatue, Blackthorn.
i used to drink that with a little add-n…..if you want to try it just drop a large gin in after you have had your first swallie oot the glass…..it sinks to the bottom to finish the pint off nice…..
ho hum …on the wagon now……
great save by green to deny loserpool
@Tony bee, fucks sake, Mother ruin, in the Cider, i wid be flying mate.
I widnae be able to watch the match, ooot of wan eye.
wet sham playing some good footy
Its a good score for the Irons.Dogleash winna be crowing after this.
off topic:
Man Utd target Alexis Sanchéz has scored 4 goals in 50 minutes against Palermo
@The Scottish Wonder, where are you watching that match please?
Can you tell me, where are you in Scotland? I am near Gairloch, Westerross
Glen Johnson, just scores for Liverfail.
west ham 2:1 loserpool
84 minutes
@the scottish wonder
Really hope we go for sanchez looks a real talent
2 1 now johnson joke of a goal to give away
What else was Foster expecting, its bang in the middle of the season with other important competitions all going on, I would expect the players to not dwell on past games, we always look towards the next. Celebrations can be saved for the end of the season.
@Red Scot
im in Iceland my name refers to my favourit player: Darren Fletcher the scottish wonder
im just following the game on soccernet gamecast
@chughesmufc
i would rather go for Bale but Sanchez is a great plan b imo
3 1 cole
Take that Liverfail, Carlton Cole, knocks one past a hapless Pepe Reina
west Ham score their third…hee hee
Thank god. One to go to day.
west ham 3:1 loserpool
90 minutes
iceland….is that the island…or the freezer shop that ells fucking vegetables and shit…lol …
west ham 3:1 loserpool
full time
Upton Park going wild! Well done hammers!
holy sit. 3-1 to West Ham. What a good weekend this turns out to be! Hoyeahhhhhhh!
@ The Scottish Wonder, oic, Iceland, brrr.
Not a bad choice to name for your favourite United player. I admire Darren also, not just because he is Scottish, but for the many detractors he has had and he keeps fighting and wanting to improve.
He is off form just now, but that is only temporary. Cheers.
fuck….. we are truly global…..
update:
city 0:0 fulham
23 minutes
@Tony ohhh fuck off you, i was chatting someone up, you always come in with snide comments.
If we go for a winger it should be Sanchez. So versatile and is able to play everywhere in the offense.
wing, playmaker, off the striker.
It doesn’t matter.
and works a lot for the team.
city 1:0 fulham
25 minutes balliotelli!
Now if Birmingham can at least show us some of the steel they displayed when drawing with us and beating shellsea. It’d awesomest. But that, is highly unlikely.
Oh well here’s to Benny Foster celebrating overdue cup celebration!
@ scotish wonder
Don’t think Bale would be a good option as he’d cost 50 plus the yids have no need to sell him as they’ve no money problems and he stated he doesn’t want to leave. . . .. .. but sanchez on the other hand would cost around 20 mil and he has a lot of flare and end product. . .
I’m a bit biased mate as i really rate this guy as a footballer and think we’ve a good chance of getting him in the summer as he wants a new challenge. . . . . . . .
Snide …ye wee jock upstart…… there was me thinking i was taking the piss….gently of course…. ;d
i’ll get the fucking hang of the fucking smileys one day lol
@Smart Alex, does he have his snood on , or mood on? He is a wanker, i hate him.Everything about him is City. Dispicable
@Tony Bee haha
Udinese are just hammering Palermo 0-7.. Palermo are two man down, and 20 minutes to go.
@ Tony, press : then the D, Together, we need a reprisal from our dear friend Costas
@chughesmufc
I agree with you that Sanchéz is a more realistic options and a would really fancy our winger options with him, Nani, Valencia, Giggs and Welbeck
but since i watched Inter-Tottenham i cant get the idea of Bale in the Man Utd shirt out of my head
Anyone else notice how tired Stevie me looked in the scums devastating defeat. . .
Head down usual shrug of the shoulders when something goes wrong
Bags under the eyes an all. .. .
Redscot I think he does have his snood on! The sun is shining though! I can’t see on this stream, unless there’s a close up, which there hasn’t been since you asked. The ball stays in city’s half, even when they have it. cunts.
hoo fucking ray
Wow Scott the Red, 7 articles / threads posted today, thank you!
Click on the ads, lads! There must be a few of interest.
@ Smart alex, cheers for the update.Do you not get the Carling cup match, mate?
This is gonna be a cracker, although we have that smack head, Paul Merson, in the sky studio, more well informed anyalsis.
The Bee seems to be on fire today. Great to see
Afternoon reds
Afternoon Cedars, how are you,Aye the Bee is swarming all over the forum, imagine calling me a wee Jock upstart, I mean the very cheek of it.
afternoon Cedars….
A swarming of the Bee…. FUCKING LOVE IT….. d:
OH FUCK THE CUNTING SMILEYS…. HAHAHAHAHAH
Cannot take the cheek off the Bee I guess!
Hello fellas…. Red Scot, good to see you posting here again buddy
Oh and before I forget, Foster can go and fuck himself, again
Well I mean Foster is a human too. Some people can’t just handle pressure well. I remember what my friend said regarding his career as a designer. He used to work at this super big agency in San Francisco, but he quit after a year because he just hated pressure. With so many designers dreaming of working at that agency, one wonders if his decision was correct. But as a friend and a fellow designer I think he made the right choice for himself.
United isn’t for everyone, although I’m not Foster fans but I understand where he’s coming from.
THE RADLEGION …YOU IN THE GOOD OL USA ?
TonyBee
Seems you are just like me, i.e. a fucking idiot when it comes to things internet, keyboard and the like!!
Bet you have a twitter account?
@ Cedars och you know me (I think) I just love fun and humour and United.I just see all lads the same, on here, United supporters with a plethora of views.I just dont like being called a cunt for my opinion.Aye thanks regards back to posting, i think i know most lads and lassies and their humour.
Sorry I am a bit hyper today, after a great result, and a United type performance yesterday.It fair made me chuffed as fuck, to see the lads dominate the game.
Its time for kickoff nearly at Wembley.
Cmon You Brummies, please. please. stop them
No Cedars…i dont twit….coz I’m a twat….only just learned how to use a fucking keyboard….
Lets ride a horse, light up a Marlboro and go yee haa
TheRadLegion,
Yeah and if in Birmingham he’s found his home well am all happy for him. I understand the ‘United is not for everyone’ statement very well. Its just that he’ll be more likely to receive appreciation from OTs crowd if he were to shut his trap up from mouthing off his club, our club.
Other than that I think he’s having a pretty decent run in Birmingham.
ps: But I like the recent interviews better, says a lot of good things about United – before he went on said he can’t handle pressure all over again. Sheesh
Red Scot
Anyone calling you a cunt is one themselves mate…
TonyBee
Thought as much, same here mate… Cannot even find the fucking ‘at’ button on my keyboard when I need it!
Redscot ….people call me a cunt all the time…lol…but I reserve the right to say it back to them and that’s when the fun starts…cos, like you, I can get very descriptive in my replies…if they don’t like it ….fuck em
his old club *
sorry over sexcited.
cedars… in our chats. methinks we are roughly the same age…..
complete pair of cunts…and useless ones at that….
Afternoon CedarsDevil!
I’m not sure RedScot. I get a god quality feed from a local subscription service, but as I’m not the subscriber I never know what I’ll get. I get 95% of our games. There’s always low quality/inconsistent feeds available though.
@ Cedars Cheers, enjoy the match.I hope you get it live.I cant get this “God save the Queen”
Which Queen is this, some poofter, thats a bottom.
Anyhow, I must recharge my glass.
And can someone tell around how many minutes / hours more before the Wembley kick off ? I hate trying to convert the time zone because I pretty much get it wrong all the fuckin time.
And thats why I fuckin love United’s global mentality, they’ve got this local time zone converter for each and every country (maybe) in the world thus I have no problems in watching United’s matches.
TonyBee
I guess so buddy, old and a bloody fucked up cunt here……. Useless to say the least!
I see you got your smiley sorted you fucking idiot!
Afternoon smartalex……..
@ Smart Alex, thats a shame, you wont see the match live, I dont like those internet streams.My laptop does not appreciate them either.
Here we go kick off.
Cmon you Brummie’s
The ‘god quality’ must be United!
I meant ‘good quality’ at 15:58.
I do not have the match Red Scot, well may have if I pay a guy who knows a guy to pirate the channel for me….. Got the shitty match and Fulham just scored!
city 1:1 fulham
47 minutes
@ Cedars and Smart alex, cheers lads, great news.
Great save bye Ben Foster, with his legs
@Raizzen
Kick off was 8 mins ago. When you posted actually.
Bowyer the twat was onside then and it was a definate penalty.
ABU’s will make fcuk all of that though.
http://www.soccertvlive.net/watch/52418/1/watch-arsenal-vs-birmingham-city.html
try that cedars
Tevez missed a sitter!
TonyBee
You must be fucking joking. My internet connection is so fucking slow that it takes like 3 hours to stream a 5 minute video on youtube. Furthermore why should I give a fuck about watching then nancy boys?
(Thanks for the link nonetheless)
I get every United game on tele, thats all I give a shit about
That’s a good link TonyBee, thanks!
Now I’m watching both games. Come on Fulham! Come on Birmingham!
What’s also good, is that I have both sounds up, so I hear the crowd, but the commentators cancel each others stupidity out!
We should start some sort of a campaign to get Townsend voted as the best and biggest pundit prick to ever exist…… Do they not have such awards ?
Birmingham have scored!
yearghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
thats 1:0 u fuckin cockneyssssssssss
yearghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
and thanx AlphaRS
AND TonyBee for the link
Blues 1-0 up! Ha.
A great idea CedarsDevil!
We need to convince Ryandunny to make a video that matches townsend’s blatently ABU and erroneous comments to footage showing his anti-United bias.
Once that’s on YouTube, RoM alone will generate 1,000′s of views. Then it may get picked up by a news/tabloid service.
Le Arse gets away with such a blatant foul but of course its United who always gets their way
fuckin cockneys
Zigic.
update: no change at wastelands
city 1:1 fulham
80 minutes
arsenal equalise on 38 minutes.
ergh despicable. they equlized thru Persie. But was he injured there ? hrm hrm hrm sly smiles
But the ‘experts’ said Arsenal will surely win! What is happening to the world?
smartalex, lets just kill the bastard and avoid technicalities!
Balotelli seems like some sort of a tribal hunter. Every shot he takes seems to be directed at a pigeon in the sky…….. Great ability that
A simple euthanasia, short, sharp, painful and oh so sweet.
city 1:1 fulham
full time
Sweet, bitter, SWEET!
Well done Sparky!
@Smart Alex, Wow, brilliant.Thats them out of it for deffo now.Mr Mancini, we wont see you on the forum will we? Or Alex Blue, or the other nuters that “cum” on here.
smartalex
What went on between Sparky and Mankini at the end? damn I missed it
Townsend
Mark should have waited to shake Mancini’s hand after the game……..
What the fuck do you know about this shit you idiot? Name me a club you managed before?
I also missed that, CedarsDevil. I only saw Mark turning and walking away up the tunnel, throwing a hand up in irritation. I suppose the thought of touching a bitter revolted him.
What did we hear at the final whistle at wastelands? Boooooooooooooooooooooooooo
1 billion spent in the last 2 years and they still boo their team. Shit club, shit fans, biiter kuntz.
35 years = fuck all
@ Cedars Ignore him mate, i saw you last night, “Ranting ” About him, he is a twat, he does it for publicity and media attention, like that fool Durham on Talk Shite.
Did he not play for Villa.He looks down on most people mate, if you watch his expression and his eyes. Its all in the facial expression, trust me. Pour another drink and Chillax
That’s it RedScot, the bitters are 10 points behind with 10 to play.
We have 10 to play, and the opportunity to pick up points we never played for at the bridge.
Tuesday may in truth be an unplayed game, but it feels like an extra one. A bonus ball.
Drink poured and chillaxing away…….. Thanks mate
So, surely extra time, then birmingham on penalties (3 – 0) is the best outcome?
@ Smart Alex, its great you kept us up tp date with that score, as you say , the game at the Bridge is huge, surely the officials will give United a break this time. Call it correctly.
@ Cedars, good to hear this, We are United.Its still swing and sway at Wembley.I want them stuffed.
Then the title is ours, no danger.
it is a plane, it is an aeroplane, no it is scheczny spilling the beans……….Nigeiran international obafemi martins
1st trophy in 6 yrs ?
OMG how I love to rub this at that Polish scheczny twat’s face yearghhhh
And oh Wilshere too
I think CedarsDevil chillaxed his way to cloud cuckoo land.
Cant get my head around Foster, great goalkeeper (can make a few mistakes but good none the less) but has a small time mentality, he had the ability to be Uniteds number 1 but not the mentality, the reason we dont go crazy celebrating carling cup wins ben is so we can concentrate on being able to celebrate champions league and premier league titles!
he’s abit of an odd one but very glad he won a trophy at birmingham he’s a top goalkeeper all the best to him.
good for him that theywon the cup
Im over listening to Foster, he was far to bitter when leaving United and truth be toid he is a class keeper but wouldnt wait any longer to be no 1.