⚽ FOOTBALL: Carabao Cup On Final Sunday 25th February 2024: Chelsea vs Liverpool

[Rruchi man]

For the neutrals, I am sure they would prefer a Southampton vs Nottingham Forest final.

Nottingham totally have no chance of making it to the finals with the very good advantage and three goal lead that Manchester United have. The people that their getting to the finals is still in doubts is Newcastle because Southampton can turn things around in the second leg. If it turns out to be a final between Newcastle and Manchester United, it will l not be an easy title for Manchester United to just win, They will have to face and play a much more  better and composed game to pass Newcastle defense and to defend against them scoring.

[Oluwa-btc]

For the neutrals, I am sure they would prefer a Southampton vs Nottingham Forest final.

Nottingham totally have no chance of making it to the finals with the very good advantage and three goal lead that Manchester United have. The people that their getting to the finals is still in doubts is Newcastle because Southampton can turn things around in the second leg. If it turns out to be a final between Newcastle and Manchester United, it will l not be an easy title for Manchester United to just win, They will have to face and play a much more  better and composed game to pass Newcastle defense and to defend against them scoring.

It'll be the first time after a long time should I say twenty four good year's since Newcastle united played and won in a final, so I see that they have got to do all it takes to beat Southampton next week.
Manchester United also have been without luck when it comes to Semi finals like this one but the results last night showed they've actually stepped up on that.

Manchester United did impressively great, big defending from the defender's to keep a cleaner last night. It'll take two more clean sheets to finally equal former Manchester United goalkeepers record with a total of 180 for Manchester United during his entire stay.

[JollyGood]

RESULT:

Nottingham Forest 0-3 Manchester United

This result was from the game played yesterday. I think it is fair enough to say Manchester United will make it to the final no matter what happens when they host Nottingham Forest in the second leg of their semi-final. I cannot see how they could squander a three away goals lead when a place in a final is at stake. The question still remains as to who they will meet: Newcastle United or Southampton

[snipie]

RESULT:

Nottingham Forest 0-3 Manchester United

This result was from the game played yesterday. I think it is fair enough to say Manchester United will make it to the final no matter what happens when they host Nottingham Forest in the second leg of their semi-final. I cannot see how they could squander a three away goals lead when a place in a final is at stake. The question still remains as to who they will meet: Newcastle United or Southampton

Southampton kicked City with 2 goals and lost with 1 goal vs Newcastle. In the second leg, Newcastle will play home and I doubt Southampton could pass them like what happened with City.
Now ManU in the second leg will play comfortably at home and I think they will win without much efforts.
The final game will be between ManU and Newcastle and I believe ManU will get that title.

[blue Snow]

The 2nd leg semifinal between MU and Forest seems like is not interesting to watch. Because we all know MU definitely steps to the next Final. but we rule out the injured player, I am not sure Fred will suitable to fill up Ericson's position. but on the other side, Nottingham Forest is also have the same problem, Morgan Gibbs-White is have injured on 1st leg that possible he can't not play tomorrow, So with this situation, the odds is very convincing to MU because the material player is better than opponent.

[Rruchi man]

The final game will be between ManU and Newcastle and I believe ManU will get that title.

It will take a lot of Tactical brilliance for Manchester United to win Newcastle in the finals. Newcastle is a very difficult team to score against because of their very good defense and their attack is very good too and getting better. In the premier league when both teams played against each other, it ended in a draw. This will be a finals, and the morale of the players will be different. For Manchester United, ETH will want to win his first trophy as coach, For Newcastle, they will want to break the long run of no trophy to celebrate that the club has had. The winner of the finals will be the team that wants it more, and both team have good motivation.

[Juggy777]

The 2nd leg semifinal between MU and Forest seems like is not interesting to watch. Because we all know MU definitely steps to the next Final. but we rule out the injured player, I am not sure Fred will suitable to fill up Ericson's position. but on the other side, Nottingham Forest is also have the same problem, Morgan Gibbs-White is have injured on 1st leg that possible he can't not play tomorrow, So with this situation, the odds is very convincing to MU because the material player is better than opponent.

@blue Snow I totally agree that it’ll be a boring match as I expect Manchester United to play with their reserve player’s, and further I strongly feel that it may also turn out to be a low scoring game. Lastly with Eriksen out Manchester United midfield looks kinda empty, but Fred is a good option and I’m also curious to see what Sabitzer will bring to Manchester United’s midfield since he’s a last minute addition to this Manchester United squad.

[JollyGood]

Newcastle United won 2-1 against Southampton yesterday (3-1 on aggregate) to make their first final at Wembley in 24 years. They lost the 1999 FA Cup final to Manchester United in the season Ferguson managed the treble winning team.

Tonight, Manchester United host Nottingham Forest in the second leg of their semi-final and they have a 3-0 lead therefore the chances are it will be Manchester United vs Newcastle United in the final.

[blue Snow]

The 2nd leg semifinal between MU and Forest seems like is not interesting to watch. Because we all know MU definitely steps to the next Final. but we rule out the injured player, I am not sure Fred will suitable to fill up Ericson's position. but on the other side, Nottingham Forest is also have the same problem, Morgan Gibbs-White is have injured on 1st leg that possible he can't not play tomorrow, So with this situation, the odds is very convincing to MU because the material player is better than opponent.

@blue Snow I totally agree that it’ll be a boring match as I expect Manchester United to play with their reserve player’s, and further I strongly feel that it may also turn out to be a low scoring game. Lastly with Eriksen out Manchester United midfield looks kinda empty, but Fred is a good option and I’m also curious to see what Sabitzer will bring to Manchester United’s midfield since he’s a last minute addition to this Manchester United squad.

In accordance with what we predicted before, MU won easily tonight after changing formation in 2nd half. Martial and Rashford did the situation and make it more effective on the front. I had doubts after 0-0 in 1st half and had time to think to withdraw the bet into the draw. but when I see there is a substitution, i undo it.

[JollyGood]

The final is today, the game will kick-off at 4.30pm and Manchester United will play against Newcastle United.





Most would make Manchester United favourites to win the game but anything can happen in a final. Newcastle will make it difficult but like most I expect Manchester United to win.

[Rruchi man]

Most would make Manchester United favorites to win the game but anything can happen in a final. Newcastle will make it difficult but like most I expect Manchester United to win.

Manchester United did not fail and disappoint people that expected them to win, they won the game clearly. Before the game I saw a video of a man who said he has been following Newcastle for about 60years and this was the first time they were in a finals, he was happy that he finally watched his club Newcastle play in a finals and that was all that mattered to him regardless of the result. I think that that is the same opinion that most Newcastle supporters had. They always knew that winning this game was a long shot, and though they prefer the win, the have their minds prepared for any other outcome. The have a silverware to celebrate after long years of wait, It gives hope to their supporters that Newcastle will be better in the coming seasons.

[JollyGood]

RESULT:

Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United

Manchester United won the game with two first half goals. What a turnaround from the team that lost to both Brighton and Brentford as the beginning of the season. They are still in the FA Cup and Europa League as well as chasing for the Premier League.

As for Newcastle, there are many positives to take because the ideas of the new manager will take time to implement and they are clearly in need of strengthening their squad. If they manage to finish the season in the top four it will be a massive achievement.

[bitzizzix]

Congratulations to Macnhester United and the 2022/2023 English League Cup became Ten Hag's first trophy with Manchester United after winning 2-0 vs Newcastle. And if you look at all the results of Manchester United's matches in the middle of this season, they always produce good results, and I think they deserve it.

and now Macnhester is still fighting and fighting, in the FA Cup, Europa League, and also still fighting for the Premier League title.
And I hope that Manchester United don't just win the English League Cup, and should be able to achieve more than this.

[snipie]

RESULT:

Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United

Manchester United won the game with two first half goals. What a turnaround from the team that lost to both Brighton and Brentford as the beginning of the season. They are still in the FA Cup and Europa League as well as chasing for the Premier League.

As for Newcastle, there are many positives to take because the ideas of the new manager will take time to implement and they are clearly in need of strengthening their squad. If they manage to finish the season in the top four it will be a massive achievement.

Congratulations to ManU for winning EFL Cup and good luck for them to win other competitions. They can do it and win Europa League especially after kicking one of the best teams: Barcelona out. In FA Cup, there isn't many top teams left except City and Spurs.
I am impressed with their performance after their horrible start this season in EPL and they deserve to lift something. For Newcastle, they did pretty well and this team might have a bright future.

[Juggy777]

RESULT:

Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United

Manchester United won the game with two first half goals. What a turnaround from the team that lost to both Brighton and Brentford as the beginning of the season. They are still in the FA Cup and Europa League as well as chasing for the Premier League.

As for Newcastle, there are many positives to take because the ideas of the new manager will take time to implement and they are clearly in need of strengthening their squad. If they manage to finish the season in the top four it will be a massive achievement.

@JollyGood I vividly remember that time as Ten Hag was written off by all, but he said he doesn’t care and he’ll work tirelessly for the club and in the end results are showing that he was the right man for the job. Furthermore Newcastle have improved a lot this season, and for me even if they finish in top 6 it’s a massive statement of intent from them because they’ll be considered as genuine title contenders next season.

[JollyGood]

I think Manchester United were labelled as a failing team in the first couple of games in to their season but the vital win against Liverpool set them back on the road to recovery. Ten Hag made a huge decision to bench Maguire and that somehow kick-started their season with Martinez and Varane occupying the central defensive positions.

They won the Carabao Cup and are still in the semi-final of the FA Cup, the quarter-final of the Europa League and are joint 3rd in the Premier League therefore they have made progress.

@JollyGood I vividly remember that time as Ten Hag was written off by all, but he said he doesn’t care and he’ll work tirelessly for the club and in the end results are showing that he was the right man for the job. Furthermore Newcastle have improved a lot this season, and for me even if they finish in top 6 it’s a massive statement of intent from them because they’ll be considered as genuine title contenders next season.

[harapan]

I think Manchester United were labelled as a failing team in the first couple of games in to their season but the vital win against Liverpool set them back on the road to recovery. Ten Hag made a huge decision to bench Maguire and that somehow kick-started their season with Martinez and Varane occupying the central defensive positions.

They won the Carabao Cup and are still in the semi-final of the FA Cup, the quarter-final of the Europa League and are joint 3rd in the Premier League therefore they have made progress.

Any body who understands football will know that Ten Hag was a good coach. The way Manchester United played even at the beginning of the season when they were losing shows that Ten Hag knew what he was doing, but I must confess I thought he would need more time to get things right. I felt this way because watching the Manchester United players play you'd see they struggled to execute things on the pitch exactly how Ten Hag wanted. His concepts were alien to them.
Take for example, Ten Hag is a manager that loves his team to always be on the ball by releasing it very quickly to their teammates. United players struggled with this because they were not used to that style of play, but look how quickly they all adapted.

There is still a lot of room for development in that team and a lot of positions that needs to be filled by the right players, but from what Ten Hag has done so far, we can say that he might be the coach to return Manchester United to her glory days.

[JollyGood]

Throughout the season Manchester United have not been good enough to finish in the top two places in the Premier League because Arsenal and Manchester City deserve to be fighting for the top two positions but Newcastle United, Manchester United and Tottenham do deserve to be fighting for a top 4 finish and with that champions league qualification.

Ten Hag has done well by winning the Carabao Cup but they have to focus on the Europa League and FA Cup. If they win three trophies in his first season and finish 3rd in the Premier League that will be a success considering their fall from grace after Ferguson retired.

There is still a lot of room for development in that team and a lot of positions that needs to be filled by the right players, but from what Ten Hag has done so far, we can say that he might be the coach to return Manchester United to her glory days.

[JollyGood]

SEASON 2023/24

It is now the 4th Round. The next games to take place are on Tuesday 31st October 2023 are:

Bournemouth vs Liverpool
Chelsea vs Blackburn Rovers
Everton vs Burnley
Exeter City vs Middlesbrough
Ipswich Town vs Fulham
Manchester United vs Newcastle United
Mansfield Town vs Port Vale
West Ham United vs Arsenal

Which team do you think will win the tournament? Manchester United are the current champions but Liverpool, Chelsea, West Ham and Arsenal are still in the competition.

[casperBGD]

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Everton vs Burnley

Which team do you think will win the tournament?

have to pick my own Everton to win it
after seven matches drawn as away in Carabao cup, Everton has a good chance to progress further against Burnley at home
two wins in away matches in a row, against Premier league rivals (not in Premier league, dough) after several years, and it seems that Everton found some form, with DCL back on the pitch