Match Day Thread Manchester United v Wigan Athletic. FA Cup 4th round.

FA Cup fourth round between the defending cup holders and former cup holders and once mighty Wigan.

Four o clock kick off on Sunday because we're on TV, as is FA (and BBC Salford) law.

I'll be honest, we could pick the youth team and should win this at a canter but will probably make ridiculously hard work of it.

Interesting fact; Wiganers are known for liking their pies. Good on 'em, I do too.

They've also got a pier, despite being an inland town.

 

That's a great fact about the pier. I knew that but good fact.

 

I used to go clubbing there. Cracking days.


I think the pie fact is better, they love a pie and rightly so.

http://www.lifeofpies.co.uk/component/jaggyblog/the-top-ten-pies-in-wigan.html

 

We should not allow match day threads without at least one interesting fact

 

Too right.

Matth, this is a warning and example for you. Take heed.

 

Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Sergio Romero and Anthony Martial will start on Sunday.

 

Interesting and factual.

What more do you want @Chief ?

 

I need to know what boots they'll be wearing.

 

I have a good fact.

Jose will be the UTD manager, do I win cake?

 

Only if you play for City.

 

Nobody wins cake, you have to earn cake

 

WTF is happening with Martial? JM is clearly unhappy with him. He had a bad game against the RS but that should not lead to him being ignored/banned. Clearly one of our most talented players and he deserved to be persevered with.

 

Does seem strange, considering how **** Pogba has been last three games.

I think we never really had to experience this for 27 years but what we're experiencing to a certain extent is how new managers go off the previous manager's buys.

 

Slightly off topic - a piece in the Torygraph about Warren Joyce's time with the Academy.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...n-paul-pogba-always-wanted-best-keeps-having/

 

Team news Glazerfodder??

 

Man Utd XI:

Romero, Fosu-Mensa, Smalling, Rojo, Shaw, Fellaini, Schweinsteiger, Mkhitaryan, Mata, Martial, Rooney.

Subs: Pereira, Blind, Tuanzebe, Herrera, Young, Ibrahimovic, Rashford.

Winning side!

Rooney or Tony M at centre forward, not sure which.

 

No sub goalie.

 

So. Apparently the stat for games vs Wigan. We scored over 60 goals to their 4 or something like that.

Will mourinho do a van gaal and allow teams to break records. Surely not.

Isn't the Wigan manager Joyce who coached our reserves?

 

That's because we're going to smash the 5hite out of them and take Romero off after half time and put Ibra on for a brace.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...n-paul-pogba-always-wanted-best-keeps-having/