04 Mar 2021 06:58:34
I can't wait for the weekend to watch the absolute meltdown on here.

Yes we have been poor for the last few games especially. Really struggled in attack. Bruno looks exhausted and needs a break. As do a few others.

But if people think 3 0-0 draws are bad then they are going to lose their minds when we lose to Man City this weekend.

City are the most in form team in the world. They have by far the best defence in the league and atm we can't buy a goal. No way we will score. While they are also top scorers and our defending could take centre stage at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.

Atm I'd be surprised if we could restrict them to just 3 goals.

1.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 07:41:22
Shappy, so you mean you don't trust Ole and the team to get a result?

Form goes out of the window in a derby.

This is the same City who are winning consistently without their best striker.
Therefore our club should also adapt and find creative ways to challenge up top.

2.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 07:43:38
TrueRedDevil, "adapt and find creative ways" doesn't sound like a Ole plan to me.

3.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 07:46:28
Bruno (along with Rashford) has needed a break for months now, most of us have been saying it, but Ole persists with his favourites and as a result we look knackered.

I keep saying that persistence will cost him his job.

3 x 0-0’s in a row. Absolute borefest. For weeks now it seems Luke Shaw is our best player.

There’s every chance we go 4 games without scoring this Sunday.

4.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 07:53:20
Sadly I have to agree LPU.
I hoped Ole would learn on the job as the season progresses, but our play style especially the past few weeks have been absolute dross.

Ole said when he used to be a sub during his playing days, he would study the opponent and make an impact while coming on.
But the same Ole refuses to bring subs on while managing.

5.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 08:08:49
What point are you making shappy? I won't be surprised if we beat City, most their wins have been very lucky and we got better players apart from their defence.

The issue we have is that we got a joke of a manager in Ole and our cbs our pants.

The best team in europe is Psg or Munich and one of them will win the champs league this yewr and it will most probs be Munich.

6.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 08:14:14
So why are you looking forward to the meltdown Shappy? I don't get why it would bring you joy knowing we've just been beat off City. Do you think it's fair that we are constantly served up this drivel yet constantly told its ok because Ole is improving us, Jose was hounded out the club for these type of performances. Ole doesn't have the balls to use his squad and players are now looking tired Rashford was a waste of space last night but played the full 90 and do we really need two holding midfielders against Palace? The fact is from the position we were in 8 games ago we should be challenging for the league now and it goes back to the game at Anfield which if we went at Liverpool and win that game the lift and energy it would of gave the squad would of maybe pushed us on to getting more points but oles safety approach has killed any momentum as its become glaringly obvious he's happy to settle for top 4 which is we will ever get under him. I don't want that, I hate the fact we are now a top 4 club some seasons with no title challenge in us, oles good runs followed by bad runs will never ever get us to that point.

7.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 08:15:39
I think we might win. It's out pattern, we fail when it matters and win when it doesn't.

8.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 08:49:58
Joke of a post shappy.
Looking forward to us having a certain loss according to you by s minimum of 3 goals and you can't wait to see the reaction.
Id be a lot more interested in watching the teams reaction to 3 crap 0 0 draws.

9.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 08:56:52
Shappy, come on mate! If we lose to city I don’t think people will complain as much as drawing 0-0 agains a Crystal Palace with injuries to their best players. I don’t know how you can watch us this seasons and be happy with what you see!

We’ve maybe had 4 good games this season and have been lucky or horrible for the rest of the season. We are second because of the collapse of all the teams around us and not because of anything Ole has done.

It took him 73 mins to make any changes yesterday, how are you happy about that?

We looked like we were playing for a draw, two defensive midfielders against Crystal Palace, taking our time on throw ins, passing it around like we are in a training session rather than going for a win.

You can’t blame fans for not being happy with the team, the games have been boring, horrible. I still tune in and support the team, but after the game I’m allowed to not be happy with the performance.

We can lose to Man City, but we shouldn’t be dropping points against Crystal Palace, West Brom, Sheffield United etc.

10.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 09:20:57
TrueRedDevil, while form can go out the window for Derby games I severely doubt it will for this one. We are in poor form due to exhaustion. That won't change before this game.

Wazza, we have all seen that the players need a rest, but the drop off in quality when we rest players like Bruno and Rashford to the likes of Mata and James is huge. I suggested resting players for cup games and focusing on the league. But most thought that was a "defeatist" attitude and that we should be Manchester United and go out to win every game with our strongest side. Maybe my attitude in hindsight was more realist rather than defeatist.

Singh, pass me a pair of those rose tinted glasses or a pint of whatever you're drinking if you think only City's defence is better than anything bin our team.
Do you really think Fred, McTominay and Pogba are better than Rodri, Gundogan and KDB? I mean really?
Or that Sterling, Aguero, Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, and Jesus are worse players than Cavani, Martial, Rashford, Greenwood, and James?
Is DDG a better keeper currently than Ederson?
I'd argue that Bruno is the only player in our squad that would seriously challenge for a starting spot in City's strongest 11. I'm not sure many of even the most ardent United supporters would disagree with that comment either.

Derby, will I enjoy losing to City? Absolutely not, and I hope we can get a result, I really do. But as for United and this forum they are very different things. I now find it hilarious to see everyone throw their toys out the pram after a draw let alone a loss. So while I'll be as annoyed and upset with a lose as anyone else. It will bring a smile to my face to read comments from grown men crying about a football result online like it'll make any difference 😂

Ken, no the joke is the posters who think their comments on here make any difference to the fate of our football club. Grown men crying on the internet over failing to score a goal. Frankly it's hilarious. I'm not looking forward to the spanking I expect we'll get this weekend, and I dearly hope we can win. But every cloud has a silver lining.

Either United win, I get to celebrate and watch all the Old outers go quite and begrudgingly be happy with a win. Or United lose and I laugh at grown men acting like little school girls.

11.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 09:44:00
It wouldn't surprise me one bit if we beat them. It's typical of this team.

12.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 09:54:00
That's a sad old life in fairness shappy, can't wait for a meltdown on here 😂.

13.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 09:59:33
Wow shappy that last paragraph makes you look a right tit.

14.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 10:20:35
Angel, I genuinely find it funny that men old enough to be my dad come on here crying over every poor result. Everyone's got to get their kicks right?

Ken, well then maybe I look like all the Ole outers now.

{Ed077's Note - and here I was thinking Shappy was older than Ed025 😜}

15.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 10:41:28
What’s your point Shappy? Are you happy with the state of our coaching staff and (cough) manager? He hasn’t progressed through the Dummies Guide to Managing as quickly as needed. It looks like the first few chapters have confused him.

He certainly hasn’t read any chapters relating to effective substitutions, rotation of out of form players, resting players in dead-rubbers or. actually virtually any aspect of player management.

Fact is he throws eleven guys out on the pitch hoping they can muster a performance based upon individual moments of brilliance. It’s woeful. He’s regressing in to the worst manager we’ve had. Argue about position in the table as much as you like because we won’t be top-4 (which is a sickening goal to be satisfied by) at the end of the season.

16.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 10:46:37
Shappy your always hiding the players and ole behind excuses. Exhaustion, give us a rest. Here is it, the reason we’ve won 3 from our last 10. is because the manager is Sh*Te and so are half the players. They can’t be arsed to earn their £200k a week and people like you accepting it left them off the hook.

17.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 11:31:18
BadRedDevil, Ole has performed about on par with Moyes, LvG and Jose. So did they not read the dummies guide to management either?

The truth is simple, the problems filter down from the top. No direction, no vision, they only invest enough to keep the club in the sweet spot to keep the UCL and sponsor money rolling in.

Until something higher up changes there is little point changing managers. The new guy will get a new manager bounce, maybe a little money to bring in their 4th or 5th choice players, then they'll scrape top four and the investment will dry up. Then they will have to keep a half built squad in 3rd or 4th, eventually the fans will be sick of that, turn on that manager and they'll be sacked and we'll start the cycle again.

So sure shout for Ole's head, I'll bet £1000 that within 3 years we'll be back in the same situation we are in now and you'll want the new manager sacked.

Stand, you think exhaustion is an excuse and the reason we haven't won our last 3 games is because the manager and the players are useless. Yet how does that explain the previous games which got us up to 2nd in the league. It doesn't.

The truth is simple we haven't rotated players enough and now they are exhausted. I said this might be an issue back in October. So let's not pretend no one could foresee this. The sad fact is that the back up players are a big drop off in quality from the first choice options, so the moment we rotate 3 or 4 players out of the first team we suddenly look a lot weaker.

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18.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 11:52:30
Amen to that ed002, a much better squad. He's out of his league unfortunately.

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19.) 04 Mar 2021
04 Mar 2021 15:00:17
Apologies ed025.

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