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03 Oct 2026 05:44:57
Where does this leave us with Berrarda? Surely he would've known something was up considering his position/s at City.

03 Oct 2026 09:18:23
Realising he can't get as much money out of the Glazers.

29 Sep 2026 16:41:00
Rumours online of Shaw getting a new contract, just gets better really.

29 Sep 2026 18:27:41
If that happens it's purely a money saving exercise because then they can sign a cheaper lb backup rather than a new first choice.

29 Sep 2026 20:17:34
Hopefully, if true, Shaw would be on considerably less money than he is currently on, then it isn't too bad, if he was to stay on as a backup option.

However, now is the time to let his contract expire.

30 Sep 2026 13:22:21
I hope to god that is fake news.

01 Oct 2026 11:15:23
How can it be a money saiving excercise, he's going to be earning probably 50 - 100 grand a week and that could be spent on a new left back.

02 Oct 2026 16:14:13
Money saving because, buying one will generate a massive capital expenditure in the region on £80m. Whilst resigning shaw has no capital expenditure and will likely see a reduction in his £190k per week wages, thus reducing the annual wage bill with no spend.

29 Sep 2026 16:29:56
Moving on from the City charges, we clearly need to upgrade the defence in the summer with signings.

In the meantime, this season, does anyone think there is anyone in the academy that is ready to step up and fill in for a few games.

I liked what i saw from Jaydan Kamason at right back in pre season and Kukonki has shown promise but probably has a harder pathway in the team at centre back considering we have Yoro and Heaven as backups.

30 Sep 2026 13:23:36
Both of those I like DSG.
I think the ship has sailed for Amass and never rated him to be fair.

Would like to something. Of Leon and overy.

30 Sep 2026 17:58:42
Im pretty sure overy has left the club.
Lean is a bit of a strange one. I've only seen snippets but he doesn't seem to be on the radar at all. There was talk of a loan but that didn't happen either.
Shaw getting a new deal is daft imo he has already had 2 contracts too many.

Even on reduced terms if he is not playing every week he is the type to lose fitness so not a great back up choice. Let him walk out the door and get himself a really good deal he'll get a lovely sign on and top wages if he stays fit it will be a good signing for someone.

30 Sep 2026 20:07:50
We can't get rid of our best left back even if he is injury prone until we get at least one top replacement in.

28 Sep 2026 00:01:37
From a high placed individual, the guilty verdict in the Citeh case was leaked and that the intention had been to announce the punishment at the same time. It will come before any appeal can be initiated.

The likelihood of success is very slender. On the facts? After 2 years + of consideration of the evidence? Or fraud? Anyway, this person was pretty convinced the appeal would fail.

28 Sep 2026 21:38:16
But the appeal will take another 2 years. And if they lose that appeal they will take it to the high court and try there. City won't actually see any punishment for years, if ever.

29 Sep 2026 15:58:06
I disagree. I think the Premier League have got their answer now and can punish City how they deem fit. They don't have to wait for the appeal. City can't go to CAS either.

It's in the league's best interest to relegate City as soon as possible otherwise the integrity of the game is completely gone. And while City have made themselves a large part of the success of the league, the damage they have done to its brand is eye watering.

City will be relegated this season. Whether that's direct expulsion or given a points deduction that ensures relegation is up to the league.

They're finished as a club. Even if they unfathomably only got a slap on the wrist with a small points deduction and fine, they're still done. Every bit of silverware they've won post 2008 now has a little asterisk next to it denoting them as cheats. Every game they ever play, no matter what the opposition, or competition, rival fans will quite rightly remind them they're cheats. Nobody will want to play for a team like that. No brand or sponsor will want to be associated with that.

They're done. And it's well well overdue.

29 Sep 2026 18:05:32
Not over til the fat lady sings. City will try to drag this as long as poss or threaten to in an a probably successful attempt to reduce their punishment.

Actually making a judgement was prob the easy part finding a punishment that is workable, fits the crime and does the least damage to English football will be vv difficult.

30 Sep 2026 14:24:24
Some of the charges relate to refusal to cooperate and some of the findings are of perjury. You don't do that in the high court outside of a self policing commission structure. Off you go to jail and are personally liable for damages and losses as a conspirator.

The backbone of the stoic leadership will gelatinise the moment the current commission appeal is concluded.

Citeh will definitely try and a drag it out, no doubt, but, the appeal process is only relevant on points of law. You cannot retry the case or the evidence. If citeh withheld evidence deliberately from the original commission to see what the impact would be before they produced anything then that counts against them for failing 5o cooperate even if they then got off scot free on the allegations.

Let's be honest, anyone who thought citeh were getting genuine income form their sponsors is a blatant idiot. It was happening for everyone to see in front of our noses. Any matchbox math would show they were being blatantly overpaid for sponsorships became everyone else's deals are also public. You cannot 'pump prime' any business, even a private owned one where it operates in a regulated industry.

23 Sep 2026 07:02:39
Right now there are multiple free managers of suitable standard, plus Emery at Villa who may also be persuaded. Hurzeler or however it is spelled is also an interesting one to consider. So if United were decisive and changed manager there is good choice.

However, they will dither, give Carrick x more games and you expect the number of suitable managers will disappear or reduce dramatically. Then when they do want rid, the pool is small, so they look at an ex player to keep fans off their back.

Enter Ruud Van Nistelrooy, who wins a few games and fans get all giddy. Ruud must be in contention they say and in July is duly appointed for season 2027.8. Net spend in summer 27 is 65m, when two 29 year old Centre Backs are signed from Norwich. Ruud doesn't start 27.28 season all to well, but the club decide to give him time.

Then, you wonder why i want the club to be decisive right now.

23 Sep 2026 08:36:36
Hurzeler is doing a fantastic job at Brighton. The club is superbly run. I can't see him leaving Brighton. They are already in a CL spot, having beat Arsenal comprehensively at the weekend. It could be a very special season for them.

However, i do believe that the club are unlikely to sack Carrick any time. If they had doubts he woukd have been gone after the Fulham game. The club will look at the City loss as a VAR error - a shockingly poor decision. Realistically, that isn't enough to just sack him yet.

Consequently United are stuck between a rock and a hard place. They won't want to look like they've made a knee jerk decision, but they must recognise and insist that Carrick and Co get the team to more adaptive and show some fight.

The next game, Rashford needs to be dropped, Cuhna back on the left, Lacey on the right with Mbeumo up top if Sesko is out injured. October will be the reckoning for Carrick.

23 Sep 2026 11:04:22
Hurzeler wouldn't work, the infrastructure at the club isn't in place for him to be a success. We need someone who can make big unpopular decisions in the dressing room, for the manager to be able to do that we need a DoF that has the backing of the board and supports the manager 100%. We almost need to bring in a duo of DoF and Manager

As an example, Ralf Rangnick as DoF and one of his Protégés such as Nagelsmann (Only because he's available) Glasner would also be ideal but expensive. You then have a DoF and Manager that share a footballing philosophy and know how to build structure for success. A decent alternative to Rangnick would be Krösche, worked with Nagelsmann at RB Leipzig and apparently had a decent relationship, Eintracht Frankfurt have done very well under his tenure with recruitment. A Krösche/Nagelsmann due could build something long term as they are both very young considering their roles and achievements.

Monchi and Emery would be another example but again super expensive, Monchi only signed for Espanyol 6 months ago and Villa won't let Emery go without a fight.

The one issue anyone is going to have is the financial constraints, pulling something apart and rebuilding it is not going to be cheap and every year it gets harder as transfer prices rise.

23 Sep 2026 11:31:09
I think it might be best to let Vivell have control instead of Wilcox. There appears to be conflicts between the both of them. RA had issues with Wilcox. I'd summise that with Wilcox, it is my way or the highway.

Wilcox comes across as a micro manager, therefore I'm my opinion, having worked under a previous micro manager, he is a hinderence.

23 Sep 2026 16:14:38
Wilcox should go. We should start there. Sack carrick now and you will not get a good manager to come in. You cannot keep treating managers like a disposable single use item. What you can do it look at the success or otherwise of Wilcox decisions and ask whether the club need a fresh best in class point of view in that role.

23 Sep 2026 20:02:47
Please listen. Conditioning is a bigger problem than Carrick.

They have all tools but no talent in the fitness department.

24 Sep 2026 08:14:18
Utd Road,

OGS had the same problem. Both Carrick and Ole are cut from the same cloth.

24 Sep 2026 09:39:35
Carrick will be given until the November international break to improve. If not he will be gone then.

Conte is the favourite to take over. Which would be a massive mistake in my opinion.

24 Sep 2026 09:55:59
Conte would be entertaining, he's the kind of that could walk into an empty room and fall out with everyone.

24 Sep 2026 10:00:23
Realistically the club are not going to move on from both Wilcox and Vivell so likely one of them will come out on top. Question will then be whether this results in a change of manager, regardless it is likely Carrick will be given until December to see of he can turn it round especially as he appears to be a Wilcox choice.

On the basis it is Vivell who stays it is possible that we see a change for Nagelsman who if storys are true he was pushing for previously.

24 Sep 2026 09:56:52
Wilcox has to have some dirty pics of Omar/Sir Jim locked in his drawer. It's the only explanation as to why he's still there.

24 Sep 2026 14:35:14
If Wilcox had dirty pics of SJR locked in his drawer, I feel sorry for Wilcox then, because that means he must have looked at them and that would be traumatic and would scar you for life! No wonder the terrible decisions!

{Ed001's Note - I think I am going to vomit at the thought!}

20 Sep 2026 18:08:47
Get Emery.

21 Sep 2026 05:55:37
It doesn't matter who we get, if they don't have final say over players being targeted, players being sold and players being selected, it is a poisoned chalice.

21 Sep 2026 08:42:16
Yup. At this point, Wilcox out is the only logical play.

21 Sep 2026 13:23:47
It will be the same s*** show no matter who comes in.

That kind of performance is just standard now for United.

22 Sep 2026 05:46:03
While I agree that we need to fix the leaky roof before changing the carpet, MC has to take some of the blame. Amorim built up fitness levels throughout the squad. We've become lazy and out of shape since he left. It's not good enough.

22 Sep 2026 12:28:45
I am not convinced at all by Carrick - his credentials or his demeanor at every press conference I've seen. I don't find him convincing inspiring at all and I feel he benefited from a good old bout of new manager bounce when he first came in.
But. I don't think fitness levels, coaching and tactics are all his fault.

Yes he should be implementing and communicating these during games, and again he doesn't seem particularly vocal or proactive in this regard. But there is a whole host of coaches responsible for this during the week. He can't be solely responsible. Seriously, Woodgate and Evans? They have as little experience and clout as Carrick.

22 Sep 2026 22:41:34
Bang on redseven. MC rode the Amorim wave all the way to the bank and the hierarchy fell for it again.

Said hierarchy needs to look at Wilcox and Berrada. They have sold the plan of title challengers next season, or is the season after. Either way, we are closer to relegation form than title winning form, with a squad so far out of shape it isn't funny.

The club is void of standards. It is a global embarrassment.

23 Sep 2026 16:17:37
Record revenue for club announced. I dare say the owners think he is doing a great job. Director football is the role to address.

20 Sep 2026 17:17:54
Heard some saying he's been our best attacker since coming back, barca and villa reject, horrendously poor! It's fine, just needs another loan or two and he'll finally be ready to go, cant believe the failed boro coach brought him back.

20 Sep 2026 17:56:13
No end product. Final pass and shooting all pathetic. Otherwise decent. But that's simply not enough.

20 Sep 2026 18:01:29
Its really really bad, there's no urgency, no control, no quality, completely reminiscent of Ole just before he got fired. don't know what Carrick expected, half these players got ole the sack.

20 Sep 2026 18:06:43
The whole team is playing sh*te but somehow it's always Rashford's fault. Cunha, Dalot, Mbuemo, Tielmans, Maguire, Shaw, the whole team are walking.

When it's the whole team you got to think the manager needs to put a rocket up them but he's looking as lost as his team right now.

Not saying Rash has been great but some fans are just obsessed with only blaming one person.

20 Sep 2026 18:35:27
And do you really think Carrick was the decider?

20 Sep 2026 18:11:00
Hes the one on 350k a week, he's the one who gave multiple digs at the club when he was at villa and barca, and he's the one who missed 2 big chances in the first half, dalot maguire Shaw can also f ***.

20 Sep 2026 19:52:26
The yes man shouldn't have taken the job then.

20 Sep 2026 20:42:22
I thought tielmens was it best player in the 2nd half.
Ive noticed that every time he gets the ball and looks up there is nobody running off the ball. He is looking for movement that never comes All so static.

At villa he had players moving with intent here he has to give it to someone standing still that inverably gives it backwards again painful to watch that 3 games in a row.

21 Sep 2026 03:52:38
That's how poor we become if you think Tielemans is our best player he hardly moves himself when he does it's like he running in treacle. plus remember Fulham were hardly closing down, you would have looked good against them awful game every player was very poor, even Lammens did not cover himself in glory with that goal and Martinez is so poor.

21 Sep 2026 08:58:38
I did not say he was our best player i thought in yesterdays 2nd half he was the best of a bad bunch.

18 Sep 2026 22:06:38
Unless we get Conte there is literally no point in getting any other manager in.
The top brass can tell Carrick to get in whatever coaches he wants and all the tacticians, scientists and support they want and tell him to be ruthless in pursuit of winning the league.
Fundamentally Carrick is a decent principled man.

Read his comments about JJ. Absolutely bang on.
He knows how to win football games . He won everything!!
Get the only guaranteed winner in and buy him whatever players he wants or stfu and give Carrick some time and stop being total anchors.

19 Sep 2026 08:35:24
There is no such thing as a guaranteed winner.

19 Sep 2026 14:37:07
De Zebri might be available soon. Didn't some people want him?

19 Sep 2026 14:48:08
Not me that's for sure, De Zerbi is a poor mans Conte but Ken likes him a lot I seem to remember.

19 Sep 2026 15:58:07
Would we be doing better if we had Fernandez and Tonali?

Things have been very poor for us. It's quite clear we have not yet adapted to the loss of Casemiro. Also, too many players have simply not been up to snuff, particularly some if the World Cup players. It will be interesting to see if things change when Baleba gets fit and adapted to the team. Right now a lot seems to be resting on him.

I also wonder whether Rashford might go on a streak once he breaks his scoring jinx. He seems to have been working hard at least, getting into good positions, but his final ball has been poor. Very much like Spurs. until the 88th minute today. They created good opportunities in the first half but failed to capitalize. Having finally put the ball in the old onion bag I think we'll see an improvement.

19 Sep 2026 20:13:44
Recruitment is the problem, not the manager. Of course we need players with ability but this has to be allied with drive, commitment, determination and passion. What we do not need is watery players who couldn't tackle a fish supper.

They say the era of ball winners and tough nuts is over and that it is all about technical ability now. I think that a few intimidating players in your team makes a fundamental difference to your approach to games.

19 Sep 2026 21:44:49
Yeah i like de zerbi i like what he did at Brighton and he did OK at marsaille.
I didn't want him at united as i think he is very emtional same as conte.
I think he is a good coach bit of a head case at times but i don't mind a but of that but i think he is a bit ott at times.


He has a brand new team it will take time. He needs results quickly. They don't look cohesive at all and lack a striker big time. Some poor buys at hugely inflated prices. Most on here had them to finish above united this season.

19 Sep 2026 21:46:52
Spot on the best teams always have dominant players who drive them forward.

20 Sep 2026 01:16:21
Do you think we could get Emry out of Villa?

Just had most of his team dismantled. If there was anyone who might be dislodged atm

Not asking for Carrick to go at all but would be one of the few people I'd be happy with as a replacement.

{Ed0666's Note - you kind of are asking for Carrick to go if you’re talking about his successor. Personally I think you guys should get steady Eddie for a couple of seasons, take a beat consolidate, get top 4, earn some money and then mount a title challenge in a couple of seasons..then go for the big name managers/coaches like Enrique’s of the world.

20 Sep 2026 06:01:26
Howe??? Decent but not good enough. He presided over a shambles at times at Newcastle. His three best players wanted out. Isak Tonali and Gordon. They obviously weren't convinced by him. Jury is out on him nice Guy that he seems to be.

Why waste more years consolidating. Try now to get a top top manager and spend the time doing a proper rebuild giving him the chance time and players he needs.

20 Sep 2026 15:52:12
No proper manager as you say wants to stay though once they find out the clowns they are working for that's why we end up with 2nd 3rd rate managers and 2nd rate players now too.

18 Sep 2026 21:57:34
Is Xabi Alonso getting sacked?

Maybe we could get pinch him from Chelsea?

He's a winner 😀.

17 Sep 2026 21:26:48
Watching Palace against Lech Posnan and Wharton is soooo good. Head an shoulders above every other player times two.

Seems to stroll but covers a lot of ground and he sees passes nobody does and delivers so accurately. If he scored more goals he would be even better. Almost a scholes and we should be signing him.