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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20148050" data-attributes="member: 158020">Bilic hopes Manchester United win the FA Cup after West Ham miss out on top six  Slaven Bilic is hoping Manchester United win the FA Cup to ensure West Ham qualify for next season's Europa League following their 2-1 defeat against Stoke City. The Hammers took the lead thanks to Michail Antonio but second-half goals from Giannelli Imbula and Mame Biram Diouf dented their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League. Victory would have sealed a top-six finish and a Europa League place for West Ham, but they are now reliant on Louis van Gaal's United beating Crystal Palace in next weekend's FA Cup final for European football to be on show at the Olympic Stadium next term. "I expect Manchester United to win the FA Cup," said Bilic, whose side finished seventh."It's going to be hard but they go into the final as favourites. I'll be a fan for 90 minutes." Bilic accepts it was disappointing to see West Ham lose at the Britannia Stadium after missing a glut of chances to secure the points."Frustration is the feeling I have. It was the last game and we needed to win but we didn't do it." he said.  "I am disappointed. It's difficult to take because we were the better team for the majority of the game but we didn't take our chances. "We were dominant for long periods in a difficult away game but we are disappointed to lose sixth place on the final day. "I want to congratulate Stoke because they didn't steal it, they just took their chances. I said to the boys at half-time that if it was basketball we would be 15-20 points up and we should have been 3-0 up and cruising."Despite seeing their season end on a low, Bilic says he is happy nevertheless with the progress West Ham have made this season. "Of course it was a great season for us," the Croatian said. "At the start there were so many question marks with a new manager and new players."Now we go into the new stadium and we are one of the biggest sides in the league. That gives us confidence."</blockquote>

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