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Can an FA Cup win save Van Gaal? Don’t bet on it

“I’m sure it’ll be a tough game but I think the fans deserve it (a win)”.

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Van Gaal hinted the giant Marouane Fellaini, who is available again after suspension, will be brought back into the United team on Saturday.

Louis van Gaal’s side made a late push for Champions League football after winning 11 of their last 19 outings since the turn of the year, losing just five times.

“You couldn’t put a price on it in this media world”. I lost a cup final in Holland once before and I didn’t know if I would get another chance to win one.

“Close is not enough, you have to win it”.

Reece Woodham from Parsonsfield Road, Nork won a competition to be one of 11 Crystal Palace mascots as they take on Manchester United this afternoon.

United last won the FA Cup in 2004 and Blind is adamant they can not afford to miss out on an opportunity to add more silverware to their trophy cabinet after another largely underwhelming campaign under Louis van Gaal. Photo: teamtalk.com We’ve seen a range of different systems used by van Gaal since he arrived at Old Trafford in 2014.

Early victories over lower-league sides Sheffield United, Derby County and Shrewsbury Town came during a dismal run of three wins in 13 league games, when criticism of the Dutchman was at its fiercest.

“I had to tell five players that they are not involved, four players are more or less injured so that’s not as hard and they know already”.

JustPark founder, Anthony Eskinazi, said: “It’s an expensive business being a football fan these days, so we’re happy that we can help people find cheaper match day parking through JustPark – whilst putting money back into the pockets of local residents at the same time”.

Alan Pardew says you cannot underestimate the implications a FA Cup win could have on Crystal Palace.

18 Manchester United players got on the bus to London. It was Pardew’s extra time victor in the semifinal against Liverpool which bought his club to its very first FA Cup Final appearance.

Koeman and van Gaal’s relationship first strained when they were both at Ajax in 2004 and it has rumbled on in one way or another ever since.

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But they have shown superb form in the cup, notably eliminating Southampton, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur and Watford, and now find themselves on the brink of a historic achievement.

Lee Martin of Manchester United and Andy Gray of Crystal Palace