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Still badly missing a bona fide striker 67. The goals won’t flow until we solve that problem.

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Be surprised if the FA Cup doesn’t end up in Manchester but whether it will go to United or City is the question?

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Congratulations Ed and the rest of the United lads on here thoroughly deserved.

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Disgusting 67. Hopefully these idiots are followed up on.

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I’m just hoping Chelsea rise to the occasion today 67 and actually score a goal.😊

Hope we get a game worthy of a Wembley Final this afternoon and it’s competitive.The Geordie fans will do their best to make it a Final to remember.

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I watched the Palace v Liverpool game for 30 minutes but it was so dire I switched over and it sounds like it didn’t improve so it was the right decision.

67, like you I’m not confident today but defensively we’ve been sound so I’m not as pessimistic on the scoreline as you are.😃

If Rashford is fit I can only see a comfortable United win if not it could be closer. I hope Karius doesn’t suffer again poor bloke has been through enough.

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Ed, Be amazed if United don’t get a comfortable win. But like you say you never know in a Final.

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United to win their first trophy in 6 years on Sunday.

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After 18 years, the war against the Glazers is finally nearing an end. But Manchester United fans are sleepwalking into a new fight for the soul of the club against a foe far more fearsome than a single family. One that many don’t even recognise yet as the enemy.

The Glazers selling up is undoubtedly good news for United. The end of their lecherous reign ought to be relished. But amid the celebrations, the club and its supporters seem to be taking a far more casual, wait-and-see approach over their potential new owners. The worry is, wait and see too long and the keys to Old Trafford will already be in the wrong hands. Specifically, the grip of Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Sheikh Jassim is one of two front-runners to buy United, the other being Sir Jim Ratcliffe. We know very few specifics of the bids placed before the Glazers other than the PR lines spouted from the rival bidders’ camps. It almost doesn’t matter. Any individual or group with sufficient wealth to buy Manchester United ought to be treated with suspicion.

That suspicion is manifesting itself in peculiar ways, certainly online and on social media, where the previous unity among the United fanbase fed by their common enemy has given way to intense and often spiteful splits while supporters pick one of two hastily-painted red corners: that of the British billionaire or the state of Qatar.

Let’s be clear here, it is Qatar that is coming for Manchester United. Sheikh Jassim is the face with a profile and bank balance large enough to appear a legitimate purchaser, but not so grand as to prompt awkward questions over who is really driving the bid.

It seems to have worked on many supporters, mainly those prepared to turn a blind eye to almost anything in return for star signings. The rest should be pushing back harder against the possibility of Manchester United falling into the hands of an oil state, the very real prospect of one of football’s grandest institutions being used to launder a nation’s reputation.

If you’re not sure why Qatar is so keen to divert your attention and sentiment, you haven’t being paying enough attention in recent months. Here, courtesy of Amnesty International, are just six things you ought to know.

Cue the whataboutery. Pro-Qatar United fans whine that the takeovers of Newcastle and Manchester City didn’t prompt the same moral outrage – they absolutely did, certainly in Newcastle’s case – while Toon and City fans demand that United be subjected to the same scrutiny and criticism, often simultaneously highlighting just how and why sportswashing works.

Qatar tried it with the World Cup and, to an extent, it worked. Concerns over the rights of workers, women, the LGBTQ+ community were raised, despite FIFA’s best efforts to suppress them, and issues were highlighted. Then almost unanimously ignored. Those conversations, though, have led some pro-Qatar United supporters, as well as some Newcastle fans, to claim that the clubs can help further those causes from the inside. Which, at best, is disingenuous horsesh*t.

Some individuals may be able to park their morals for the cost of a new centre-forward but clubs, community and global institutions, absolutely should not. And, perhaps more galling than it is relevant, Manchester United have absolutely no need.

Newcastle, City, even PSG before they were taken over in 2011, all needed investment. Each was ripe for it, which PIF, ADUG and QSI were smart enough to identify while being rich enough to capitalise.

United simply do not need such state-backed transformation to compete, nor does the club require a sugar daddy, especially when they have a proper manager to steer the team back towards the top of the table. Liverpool, with Jurgen Klopp, demonstrated that too. And, even more so than Liverpool, United can pay its own way at the high-rollers tables, especially when it isn’t being used as a cash machine for the six spawn of a Florida-based billionaire. Football 365 Ian Watson

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John Motson “the voice of football”. RIP

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I can’t see Liverpool coming back from this Nil but where there’s life there’s hope but winning by 3 clear goals in the Bernabeu is a massive ask.

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Unreal nobody would have predicted that result after the start Liverpool made.

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I very much doubt the Pochettino rumour it would have been headline news were it true.

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I’m not sure why anyone would invest heavily in a Club they don’t own and with a limited say.

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Agree with all that Mikey Liverpool’s last 2 games suggest they’re beginning to get their mojo back the point I was trying to make was that Liverpool will probably have to go up another level against Real Madrid with some players back I certainly think they’re capable of doing that. It promises to be a very good game I’m looking forward to it.

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If Liverpool can get past Real they will be real contenders to win the CL Liverpool looked a lot better again on Saturday but it will be a lot tougher than playing 10 man Newcastle for over an hour.

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100% agree with everything you say above Lucky but I wouldn’t rule anything in or out.

Spurs away next week was already a big test it’s massive now.

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Nil the Arsenal fan. Lol!

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…thoughts and prayers go out to all the families so tragically affected.

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What a terrible tragedy in Turkey and Syria with over 40,000 deaths and countless injuries today comes the news that our former player Christian Atsu has been found dead. RIP all.

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