And United Blue it

Mar 14, 2017, 8:42 AM

Few thoughts from the CFC/ManU FA cup quarter yestiddy:

*ManU had zero answer for Hazard. Other than to kick him. Over. And over. And over. And over again. Not sure how I feel about the red over such a petty foul, but at the same time they were fairly warned about the repeated fouling and chose to test the ref. If not for the kicking and the red, EH looked to be on his way to dominating the match and I think CFC gets the result regardless.

*ManU played as well as they could. They are a strong group even though they are a few missing pieces from being a top 2 EPL team right now. TRDJ LOVED Rashford's work ethic yesterday. Boy worked his brains out. I also thought that Valencia and Darmian were really good defensively despite getting run at all day long by world class wingers.

*Reduced to 10, ManU simply could not play out of the back and were pinned in. Rashford despite his relentless work rate simply could not be correctly positioned for every ball being cleared. The 60 yard width was too much to cover alone. That and ManU chose to not even try to play possession from the back with 10...rather they just played direct long balls out.

*Diego is a fugging nutcase. While he was not at his finest quality (at least in terms of finishing), he found a way to impact the game by going Rodman 2.0. Love it.

*If not for De Gea's 2 world class saves early on, this one could have gotten way out of hand.

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about Jose. But let's face it....easy come, easy go. If he were more of the mold of SAF where he was a classy guy that was there for a long time, I would totally agree with the treatment by fans. But to win and dash, the to win and immediately take the squad to the brink of relegation? All while being an #######, blaming players, throwing the team dr under the bus, etc? He asks for it, he gets it. CFC fans I think are still enamored with him but chose to give it to him in the moment yesterday.

How was the refereeing decision poor given the build up? The actual foul that led to the red was I agree soft. Very soft. But IMO the ref was correct in that he HAD to stop the kicking at Hazard. He warned them properly, they didn't listen. So in total context it had to be done.

If anything I hate seeing a team reduced to 10 that early in any match. But I think that was a decision United made, not so much the ref.

And United Blue it

I totally agree.

and also missed out on that little jewel, Piedmont***

Best part about the match

Jose Jose'd and asked for all the treatment he got

Re: And United Blue it

I agree with most of what you are saying

Meant "disagree" with Jose's treatment if he were

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