The FA Cup Thread

Oh dear. Moment of utter madness from Preston keeper.

 

Yes, but it was a dive.

 

That is a shocking dive from Rooney looking at it again. And Keown says it was a penalty!

 

Tough one for the ref though in fairness. It was a good bad dive!

 

Actually, I'm quite pleased United won. Still got 2 competitions to focus on.

 

Manc U v Arse could be feisty, hope they kick the crap out of each other.

 

Hodgson and Neville complete muppets - after replays still staying its a penalty

 

If refs think that is not interfering then the modern day offside rule is ****e. How can it be fair for a keeper having to second guess if Rooney is going to touch it. The keeper isn't to know that it will be offside if Rooney does touch it. In that sense it is quite obviously interfering with play. Doesn't matter how many Refs defend that decision.

And that dive was obvious first viewing in real time. I told my son it was a dive about the same time as the ref blew.

 

Matty agres with you Tom. He's quite damning about Rooney and Keown too: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...on-Matt-LeTissier-Man-Utd-Wayne-Rooney-FA-Cup

 

I always disliked Ferguson interviews, but I could listen to him for hours compared to Van Gaal. He is so annoying.

 

If we were to get three goals on Sunday, first a dubious offside, the second a foul by the scorer and the third a dive for a penalty, I would accept that we have joined the big boys at last.

 

Especially if the decisive goal is in the 8th minute of Koeman time added on at the end for no reason whatsoever

 

Given the international break, and Arsenal's second leg against Monaco, I'm trying to work out where they would fit a replay in between Utd and Arsenal, should one be required (and such a replay would be ideal for us).

Weds 25th March is absolutely too close to the international matches starting on Fri 27th, and presumably Tues 24th is too close too. Monday 23rd might be just far enough away (I don't know), but that would mean Utd's game vs Liverpool on Sunday 22nd having to be moved back to Saturday - and I can't see Sky being happy with that. Nor Utd for that matter.

So the most likely scenario would appear to be Tues 7 April or Weds 8 (even if Arsenal progress to the CL QF, they wont begin until Tues 14). That would be just days before Utd play City, and just days after Arsenal play Liverpool.

 

Anybody read that last bit about the Rooney dive/no dive..? This has appeared on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31515155

Preston keeper Stuckmann said "Rooney told me: 'Sorry, it was my chance to get a penalty. I had to use that',"

So Roy Hodgson and Phil Neville were wrong and Kevin Kilbane, who stood his ground and insisted that it was a dive, was right.

 

Yes, I read that. That's our 'leading' English striker

 

I would hate a dive to win us the World Cup, but you know what, I could live with it. Though I would prefer it if Rooney never confirmed that it was a dive...the foot of God, perhaps.

 

I'm the opposite with this one. Think it was a stupid move for the keeper to charge out and the only difference between this and other similar penalties like this was that Rooney didn't leave his foot in to be tripped.

For me, in modern day football it's' a penalty.

 

Yes, well modern day football needs to go and get itself unmodernised in that case.

BTW, he left his foot there. The keeper just missed it.

 

What genius managed to come up with an international break at this time of the season? Having two in the autumn is senseless enough, but three in a season is just ludicrous!!!

 

Bradford v Reading still goalless at 75 mins. Dreadful pitch.

FT 0-0