The League Cup Final
The match is on BEIN and I don't have it but Bob has hopefully got me sorted out. I am going to try and send the picture from my computer to my TV... fingers crossed!
Join me for the Final and the early match at White Hart Lane Lane
COME ON UNITED!!!
UWS
posted by United We Stand @ 8:22 AM
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Just like the '76 Final, United will be wearing their home shirts today and Southampton will be wearing changed colors
They won't be wearing their black shirts but will wearing white....at least it isn't Yellow and Blue!
Speaking of Blue... Ipswich has just taken the lead at Carrow Road
Just tested my computer/TV connection... IT WORKED!!
Not sure how I'll post on here tho
We are off at the Lane
Morning, UWS! Thanks for getting us going this morning. I'm looking forward to joining you for an important match...and a couple of not so important ones.
In years past, there would have been one live match on offer today - the League Cup Final. In the modern age, however, we've got several random Premiership and Championship matches today that serve as a short of weird undercard for the main event. So we start today with Spurs v. Stoke and have to wait until 11am for United and Southampton to take to the Wembley pitch to sort out the first real silverware of the season.
Good morning, UWS. Great to join you on what will hopefully be United's first silverware in four years.
The team news from Shite Fart Lane:
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Dier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Walker, Wanyama, Dembele, Davies, Alli, Eriksen, Kane. Subs: Son, Janssen, Vorm, Trippier, Sissoko, Wimmer, Winks.
Stoke: Grant, Bardsley, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Whelan, Adam, Sobhi, Allen, Arnautovic, Crouch. Subs: Muniesa, Berahino, Afellay, Diouf, Cameron, Imbula, Given.
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Morning, MUR!
Good morning, Bob. Great to have you on board too. I'm guessing you're going for the blue team in the East Anglian Derby.
The Spuds earn a corner after the second cross in a row goes across the box.
Erickson finds no one with a cross find a teammate
Bloody short corner to follow
I just read that the EFL Cup Final kicks off at 11:30. If that's true that gives us an hour to get some tasks completed.
Spurs chaffing about with it...get a shot off
That is correct.. walkies time for me and Shad
For Sparky and I as well. The dog, not Hughes.
Nice autocorrect.... phaffing about not chaffing
Of course, Sunshine will be rooting for the Spuds.
Nice one MUR... I think Mark will be busy complaining to the press about the ref!
Nice play on words.
KANE... ONE NIL
GOAL !!! HARRY KANE GIVES THE SPUDS THE LEAD.
GOAL! After a lot of huffing and puffing in the early stages, Harry Kane hammers home Spurs' opener!
Useless by Shawcross.... terrible attempt to try a back flick in his own box... and then gets megged
Stoke are playing as if they're on a Sunday stroll as they sttod watching the Spuds knock the ball about then a poor clearance by Shawcross resulted in a great finish by Harry Kane.
That's 15 goals in the Prem for HK; he's level with Zlatan now and two behind Alexis and The Chunk at the top.
Back to Sparky that won't be walked... I loved Hughes as a player but I think he is my least liked ex Red Devil since he left
He seems to be very negative about the club. Doesn't seem to have a bond with the club.
Ince was another one that didn't seem to appreciate the club that made them
The big supposedly physical Shawcross has been looking a tad delicate.
Agreed with you about Sparky and Ince. Sadly, that seems like a lot of modern footballers.
I picked Harry Kane to be GBB . He's catching up and Stoke are on a Sunday walkabout today.
I just noticed that both scorers in the East Anglian Derby are named Jacob.
Glen Whelan booked for a naughty challenge on Vertonghen.
Oh - another sweeping Spuds move ends with Kyle Walker blasting over from 11 yards.
Kyle Walker blasts over after Delle Alli failed to control a great pass.
Oh - Lloris saves well from Crouch - close call for the Spuds.
Stoke go very close to the equalizer... Great save by Lloris but Crouch was offside... not called though
OH!!! What a superb close range reflex save by LLoris from Crouch off a pass from Pieters. I thought Stoke had tied it up.
I wonder if Martin Peters watched that pass from Pieters.
Who scored in the derby? Ipswich were ahead... did Norwich tie it up
Charlie Adam follows his colleague Shawcross into the ref's book.
Charlie Adam booked for a naughty challenge on Delle Alli. Charlie Adam has been sent off twice at SFL. Now he's on a hat-trick.
Just looked it up.. ended 1-1
Good result for Our Bob
The two Jacobs scored. Knudsen for the Tractor Boys and Murphy for the Canaries.
OH!!!! Off the bar from Vertonghen off the corner.
OH!!!! A long range curling effort from Harry Kane is inches wide. He normally doesn't score with those types of efforts.
So, 11/12 games to go in the Championship
Are the top two in trouble?
Are the top six set?
As of this morning
Brighton 71
New 70
Hud 65
LEEDS 61
Read 60
Wed 58
Ful 53
PNE 52
Nor 51
12 /13 matches to go
Agreed, UWS. Bob should be pleased. It seems that the playoff places are all but decided, barring a miracle.
Harry Kane is fouled by Pieters, not former legend, Martin Peters.
OH!!! Lee Grant tips over a long range effort from Kyle Walker off a short free kick from Zeriksen.
GOAL! What a finish from Kane from about 14 yards!
His 16 of the season!
TWO NIL
TWO FOR KANE
Great effort... do that for the THREE LIONS!!
GOAL !!!!! HARRY KANE AT THE DOUBLE. GREAT TECHNIQUE OFF A TRAINING GROUND ROUTINE. THE CORNER WAS PLAYED TO HIM AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND HE HIT IT FIRST TIME WITH HIS LACES IN THE CORNER.
My GBB is catching up.
My Sparky has an upset tum tum. Is that true for Stoke's as well?
Thanks for posting the Champ table. I think that the top two and the top six are close to set now. I'm a bit worried about Fulham, who still have a couple of matches in hand on us. They could still get into the top six.
He is indeed, mate. Only one off the top boys now. He does like to score in streaks.
Walker is a player that is a prime example of what's wrong with modern day football
He is a full back that attacks but can't defend. Teams don't have fullbacks any more. They don't have a #2 and #3. They have WING BACKS... every heard of defending!
United have Valencia at right back... he was signed as a replacement for Ronaldo
Liverpool have Milner in in the same position
What's wrong with playing with players that are defenders first
Hudders are only 5 and 6 points back... the top two play each other midweek
Charlie Adam trips Delle Alli. Would they do any worse with Adam Ant on the pitch?
Wow! Kane again! Will he claim that one, despite the huge deflection?
0-3!
GOAL !!!!HARRY KANE SCORES A DEFLECTED EFFORT OFF THE SHORT FREE KICK. A FIRST HALF HAT-TRICK.
Free kick chance...... GOAL... KANE WITH HIS HATTRICK INSIDE 36 minutes!
Massive deflection but still his because it was on target
Back to back weekends with a trio
It's Kane's because it was still headed on target, not an OG by Bruno Martins Indi 500.
Hudders has a replay at the Etihad in midweeek.
typical modern day football there
Spurs trying to play their way out the the back with defenders that think they are Scholes... Lloris has to hack it out of play
Arnautovic concedes another free kick.
Useless effort of a free kick that time
Stoke were wise to the short set piece after Kane had scored two before under those circumstances.
Harry Kane tied now for GBB?
Cricket score possible at the Lane today
Can Spurs declare?
This is what United don't do... Score plenty
Agreed, UWS. The fullbacks are more like Steve Coppell and Gordon Hill, not Mick Mills or Kenny Sansom.
Now Spurs are in second place with this win. Ten points behind the Blues...any chance?
Who do you guys think will miss out on the top four?
Agreed. United need to do the same just down the road at Wembley.
Perfectly stated MUR
What wrong with having a Jimmy Nichol, Stewart Houston, Arthur Albiston, Gary Neville or Denis Irwin?
Defend and let the likes of Coppell, Hill, Kanchelskis, Beckham and Giggs to the attacking
I think Chelsea have all, but won the Prem. Missing out on the top four depends upon who chokes in the run in. Hopefully, the fixture congestion doesn't cost United.I'm thinking The Gunners and Pool will miss out.
Yes - HK has been awarded that last goal and his hat-trick. So he's on top with Alexis and The Chunk. Points for several of our PPPers, including MUR, on that one.
Cheers, UWS. Great to see we're on the same wavelength.
Kane has scored three hat-tricks in nine games
Of course, still another 45 minutes to go in this one
Two minutes of stoppage and like my Sparky, Stoke's is probably sick to his stomach.
I agree, MUR. I can't see Chelski dropping many points now. They're playing like a well-oiled machine. They put out just enough energy to get a goal up. If they concede, as they did yesterday against Swansea, they're able to just push into another gear to score one or two more.
FOUR NIL
Kane provides the numpty from midweek with a tap in
Blimey - it's a rout! Dele Alli knocks in the fourth!
Perfect cross by Kane
GOAL !!! THE SPUDS GO FOUR UP AS KANE ASSISTED ON THIS ONE GOING PAST BRUNO MARTINS-INDI 500 AND LAID IT ON A PLATE FOR AN EASY DELLE SANDWICH TAP IN.
I didn't see the midweek match in the EL. Why was Alli a numpty?
The Sparky at WHL might need walkies at half time...he will probably kill some one in the dressing room if he doesn't
Half time..quite a half for the Lillywhites
The Spuds are four up at the half.
An atrocious tackle to get a straight red
Half-time: Spuds go in 4-0 up. What way back for Stoke?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5UhJVu9eT8
He was pissed he didn't get a foul called and just went in for the kill
I hate the argument that he's JUST young
I hate the arguement that he is JUST immature
I hate the argument that you can't take the viscous streak out of him because he won't be a great player
True greats are great and mature at a young age and get better with age
Just making excuses
What do you want to happen to Leicester this season?
I never wanted them to be relegated but what they did with their manager... I think I'd like them to go down
It's a strange one. The players showed they can play with the best of them with a decent performance in Seville, yet have looked like Championship players the remainder of the 2017 calendar year. A tough one, but I would like to see them stay up.
Even how they treated the man who won them the ONLY ever League Title the club will ever get?
The second half is underway from, SFL.
They are out for the second half... and we are underway after a false start
What on earth could Sparky say in the dressing room. 4-0 down - cor!
I saw this coming after a poor run of results and especially after he said he gave players too many chances. I'm sure the owners were not pleased to hear that. it seemed like the players had quit for the season. After Jose was sacked at Chelsea , that told me that nobody is safe any more. I agree with you, but unfortunately this is modern football.
THREE big sport fixtures taking place in the Capital
This match, the League Cup Final and at Twickenham for the Six Nations... England take on the Italians
Toby is down with what appears to be a groin injury.
Toby back up.
Thoughts on Alli?
The League Cup Final sounds like the biggest of the North London matches.
Wimmer on for Toby. Like for like.
Delle Alli chests down a long pass from Dier and with his back to goal volleys wide.
I posted the link to his tackle
Thanks for catching me up on that, UWS. Alli better not pull that nonsense when playing for England!
Hugo Lloris could probably go off for a kebab during this second half.
Agreed. It wouldn't make a difference. Lee Grant must be wishing Lou was playing goalkeeper for Stoke.
Shawcross fouls Delle Alli by the corner flag
I am going to shower right now so I can walk the dog in between matches
I'll be back before the end
Harry Kane just fails to connect with a cross of the short free kick and is injured as he slid into the advertising boarding, holding his knee.
Vartonghen fouls Arnautovic just outside the Stoke box,
A poor free kick by Charlie Adam is headed out by the first man for a rare Stoke corner.The corner is out for another.
A wretched corner and the Spuds eventually clear for another and yet another poor set piece from Charlie Adam.
That was a quick kebab for Lloris - he's back in action, clearing out a rare Stoke attack. Spuds noticeably taking the foot off the gas here.
Applause as Harry Kane is back up.
A double substitution by Sparky as former Spud, peter Crouch is cheered, as he's replaced by Berahino and boos for Charlie Adam as he's replaced by Affellay
Superb close range save by Lee Grant from a volley from Dier off a free kick, but the offside flag is raised.
Arnautovic wins a corner on the counter off a Spuds free kick.
Harry Tiddly Winks on for Vertonghen. Both teams have one substitution remaining.
Harry Wink time.
Wimmer booked for a foul on fellow Austrian , Arnautovic.
Harry Winks has a shot deflected for a corner off a pass from Eriksen
I've just been explaining the meaning of the term "England cap" to Kate. It is a really interesting tradition.
Lee Grant superbly turns around a pile driver from Harry Kane off of a pass from Harry Winks.
It sure is. That's a unique teaching moment.
I don't think that other countries award actual caps, do they?
The East Anglian Derby is still at 1-1. That'll keep Norwich on 52 points, six points back on Not a Big Club in 6th and 9 points back on us.
The East Anglian Derby has been over. It did finish 1-1. Hard to see the Canaries in the playoffs barring a miracle.
I think caps are a British tradition. That's one that needs to remain.
Stoke got away with one there as Shawcross seemed guilty of hand ball in the box off a Spuds corner.
My mistake - I thought it was still being played. They must have started early doors.
I am back all clean and shaven and I have missed nowt... I am going to go on a walk right now to be all set for the Final
Our weather has been so warm but alas it has turned freezing again!
I'll be back
I'm happy with that result. 1-1 suits us just fine. Keeps Norwich at bay. Fulham are still a worry, though.
Eriksen with a long range effort about a foot over.
Geoff for Jeff as Cameron, owner of many Yank Caps is on for Whelan in the final roll of the dice for Sparky.
Off you go, mate. You should have kept the fuzz for the walk, though. It's a bit parky here.
Welcome back, UWS. You picked a perfect time to shower. Both teams seem to be waiting for the final whistle.
You need to hide Kate's striking boots.
I will be walking Sparky at the conclusion of this match on a warm, breezy morning.
Lee Grant blocks from Kyle Walker from a narrow angle. A routine save
It has been a bit dull in this half.
The final roll of the dice for Poch and a deserved standing ovation for Harry Kane as Number One Son is on for the local's number one son.
Stoke players have looked like Number two or Number Three Son.
Lee Grant got just enough of a touch to deny Delle Alli another goal.
Wanyama with his requisite booking for a naughty challenge on Wee Joe.
A minute of stoppage time. I agree.
Potch displaying a disastrous sartorial style today. But he'll be happy with that 4-0 win.
It finishes 4-0 to the Spuds with all the action in the first half. Off to complete some tasks ahead of the League Cup Final.
Some team news out of Wembley
Mata and Lingard start
Rashford and Rooney on the bench
Here are the two starting elevens
Man Utd XI: De Gea, Valencia, Bailly, Smalling, Rojo, Herrera, Pogba, Lingard, Mata, Martial, Ibrahimovic.
Southampton XI: Forster, Soares, Yoshida, Stephens, Bertrand, Romeu, Davis, Ward-Prowse, Tadic, Redmond, Gabbiadini.
Southampton have had two weeks to rest for this game and name the same team that beat Sunderland 4-0 a fortnight ago.
United's Road to Wembley
3rd Round Northampton 3-1
4th Round Man City 1-0
QF West Ham 4-1
SF Hull 2-0, 1-2... 3-2 on aggregate
Southampton's Road to Wembley
3rd Round Crystal Palace 2-0
4th Round Sunderland 1-0
QF Arsenal 2-0
SF Liverpool 1-0, 1-0 2-0 on aggregate
Pretty impressive... all Premier League... no goals conceded
Not liking BEIN... a 5 minute pre-game...are they in the Fox mold of coverage??
Off to pick up Jon from work
I'll be back
Cheers, UWS. Back from a brief walkies with Sparky and a few small chores completed. Off to do a few more ahead of the Wembley match
Solon's road to the final would be more impressive if it weren't for the policy of Prem managers to play "C" teams in the League Cup. In reality, Soton were beating reserves.
I won't be able to comment much
My computer is being used for the match
I am probably behind slightly too
Not exactly a dream team in the BEin studio for this one. Wrong-Way Rongen, for example.
The pre match show is on BEIN and it starts with an error by Gary Bailey, stating that the Saints won their only major trophy in 1977. It was a few years before he joined United, but should someone remind what actually happened?
Bein better than fox
Agreed. Rongen is really irritating.
I was kicked off your act for time
Hope it doesn't happen often
A tad better, but nowhere near NBC.
Home team Spurs won
Home team England winning...but struggling against Italy
Home team United...
Of course, Spurs and England wore white
Southampton wearing white
Teams out of the tunne
Back for a cozy 10 secs and off to another commercial
The Saints haven't faced a full strength team so far in the competition and Jose has a really great record in this competition. Hopefully, this is a good sign.
There’s a terrific atmosphere at Wembley, with the players on both sides shaking hands. United are the designated home side and are wearing red. It’s League Cup final time!
The other guy is an idiot
Ward Prowsey
Other than Northants, both teams faced top flight opposition. Hopefully United can defeat Southants as they did Northants.
They're off from Wembley.
COME ON MAN UNITED!
COME ON MAN UNITED!
COME ON MAN UNITED!
A quick check on the PPP stakes in this match:
Most of us don't have a shout in this one. Only MUR and Red Devil picked United and will pick up 6 points.
No one picked Soton to be here.
Plus the points for GBB. Hopefully , it's a profitable day , both from a PPP point of view and a United point of view. Thanks for posting,.
First real chance of the match falls to Pogba who warms Forster's hands early on.
Fraser did well to beat out a powerful long range effort from Pogba.
It could well be a profitable day. However, that six points could also put Red Devil out of sight.
Pogba takes a shot straight at the third post
I want Martial to take men on
Bailey almost got pick pocketed by Manolo Gabbiadini , but got away with it. Eric, not Gary.
It's been a tight PPP race this season. I guess we're finally going to have a front runner.
Lingard sucks
It’s been a respectful start from both sides, and as I type United are having their first extended spell of possession.
I guess Red Devil would profit from a Red Devil's win. Am I correct?
Redmond has a shot deflected or a corner off a solo run
Rojo heads out a cross from a short corner for another.
The corner from JWP is headed out.
Short corner by the Saints
Why do people of today think that the comer isn't a chance to get the ball in the box
Too much over thinking
Soton have the ball in the net but it's ruled offside.
Bertrand really burned Bailly on that move - that's a danger sign for United.
DAMN!!!! PHEW ! Gabbiadi has a goal disallowed for offside. Rojo had his pocket picked and it looked like Gabbiadini scored a tap in.
Phew
Saints almost score and then do and then no for offside
The replay shows that Bertrand was offside by the goalscorer Gabby was level. Unlucky for the Saints.
Struth
Well on side
Gabbiadini was actually on side, but was Bertrand interfering with play? If so, that was the correct call. Great run, pass,a nd tackle from Cedric.
Saints have their tails up now.
Useless defending by United all round
Rojo has been clueless as has Valencia
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