Sir Alex Ferguson joked that he would be making a trip to the FA Cup quarter final draw, if we beat Arsenal, to make sure it wasn’t being fixed. After facing ten Premiership teams in a row in the Cup, whilst our rivals have enjoyed lower league opposition, Fergie could be forgiven for thinking something was afoot!
However, after knocking out Arsenal with ease yesterday, Wayne Rooney has claimed that he wants Chelsea in the next round. “I hope we get Chelsea,” he said. “Personally, I’d like to play them at home and try to knock them out. After that we’ll be through to the semi final and I’m sure we can take things from there.”
United have certainly shown their worth when drawn against the better teams, so it makes sense to want another tough draw. We have shown we’ve got the mental grit as well as ability to get a result against the best teams in the league. Playing Chelsea now, and winning, would lift the pressure from us for the remaining games in the Cup. On the other hand, if we’re going to lose to Chelsea, I’d much rather lose in the quarters than the final itself.
Would you rather get Chelsea out of the way now?
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I agree. It would be better for all to knock them out sooner rather than later, give a few of the lower league teams a bigger chance and also help us in our pursuit for the Cup. Also, if Chelsea beat us nowand not the final it’d be better as we’d have a les congested run in.. saying that if I knew we’d beat them in the Final I’d obviously wanna go all the way.
To me the Premiership is the most important thing. Roll on >>>>
Yes, I hope we play Chelsea at Old Trafford in the quarter final! If we win, There maight not be any more Prem teams left, so we should easily go on to win the FA cup.
P.S. YEEEAH, reat performance yesterday guys, proud of you!