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23 May 2025 21:14:00
McTom and Lukaku scoring as Napoli head for the Serie A title. Would we have been a better team with those two rather than Hojlund and Zirkzee? We would have saved some money too. McTom was an absolute. steal.

23 May 2025 21:49:58
Napoli have a top manager, don't overlook that, not everyones cup of tea but Conte is a very serious coach.

23 May 2025 22:05:39
And Anthony has scored for Betis.

23 May 2025 22:06:10
Darmian and Miki in the Inter squad to come second and be in Champions League final.

23 May 2025 22:39:39
Let’s not pretend all the above mentioned set the club alight they didn’t.

They have found their level in a team that suits them in teams with much less pressure where they are getting 90 percent less attention by the media because it’s United and everything is blown 10 times worse.

23 May 2025 23:18:33
Hey Bolger, have they found their level or have they found an environment they can flourish in? There’s a clear pattern forming of players leaving us and playing well elsewhere. Maybe a bit of both.

24 May 2025 01:02:38
Amz do you remember how bad Lukaku was and how much he was slated on here, everyone wanted him gone.

Mctominay was a tough one personally he would have been a good squad player but I’m glad he’s doing well he’s a top professional although not the best he gave it 100 percent and ran his balls off.


I think they have found there level, look at Antony no one in here can say he’s been hard done by United or wasn’t in a great space he was absolutely terrible and has found his level in a much less physical and demanding league.

Some players cannot adapt to the English game look at Veron for example looked great in Europe but in the prem was awful.

23 May 2025 18:56:26
Posted on X:

@Mufcwonitall2

now someone who is getting made redundant at @ManUtd next week.

Been at the club 24 years, would do anything for the club, often working after hours for free

Devoted his working life to the club and the club only let him know 2 days ago

These are the type of people you need.

23 May 2025 19:22:47
Apparently not as their job is redundant. Look up what redundant means.

It sucks and I have sympathy for these people, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. But there is only one way out of this black hole we find ourselves in and it isn't pretty and it won't be easy.

23 May 2025 22:09:33
I get it from a finance perspective. We’re only in this position because of poor ownership. We’re a massive club. We should never have been in this position. Ever.

23 May 2025 22:13:28
Hahahaha shappy. Businesses make people redundant all the time as they want to get rid of wages of their books, not because those people don't do their jobs well or aren't what is needed.

The black hole we are in ain't because of those good honest hard working people. It's because of financial mis management at the top.

"It sucks" Jesus. You still a student yeah?

23 May 2025 16:39:00
Another 200 redundancies at Carrington with sports science, medical and scouting departments all affected.

Talk about kicking the club whilst they're down.

23 May 2025 17:45:08
If the club can withstand another 200 redundancies does that not indicate a serious over staffing issue?

23 May 2025 18:02:16
The thing is if they are overstaffed then fair enough espically if people in those jobs are not fit for purpose etc. it’s up to them it’s there business

Its not nice and I’ve been made redundant twice so know how people feel, but it’s life you move on as sad and stressful as it is.

But they then have to be the same ruthlessness with players that have and are underperforming for years.

23 May 2025 18:45:28
Officially there were 1,100 employees last year when they cut 250, now another 200 this month means almost half the employees have been let go.

They said they would save £10million last year, so maybe something similar this year.

By comparison Rashford and Sancho loans would save £30+million in wages. So have we saved close to £40-£50million in the last year?

23 May 2025 18:46:30
Just proves we didn’t need these people really. Have any of these people moved the club on. We’ve gone backwards in every department. Every scout should be looking over their shoulder.

23 May 2025 22:14:25
How does it prove that Blackpool red? That doesn't mean that at all.

23 May 2025 13:15:35
Bolger real madrid are light years away from us! I said about buying players to suit the system. I don't believe we can do that in 1 window.

German the top teams in the prem aren't playing 3 at the back palace have done it best doesn't mean it translates to all teams and as I've said in the past it usually lasts a couple of seasons. Happy to be proven wrong.

Patrick these aren't a back 4 that got anyone sacked! Since last summer we have a whole new backline as a 4! Eth actually did pretty good last season with his whole backline out for most of it!
I don't not back amorim I've discussed my view what the sites for!

23 May 2025 14:43:09
Doesn’t matter if there light years, was making a point they have hired a manager that plays a completely different system to the previous one but nothing is being said about “why are Madrid going for something completely different”

But I Gurentee they will be more suited because they have better players and players to suit that system in contrast to United who do not.

And let’s be honest ten hag didn’t do pretty good we lost 14 games and conceded 58 in 38 games we’ve conceded 54 in 37 this year and lost 4 more.

It’s small margins but let’s be real this squad that ten hag has constructed has lost 32 games over 2 seasons and it is appalling how he was given that much money and made a squad this bad.

23 May 2025 16:16:24
We have identified that we need wholesale changes in the squad. Many squad members have to go, but in the interim we have to rely on them to get results. I think this situation, the players' motivation due to this situation, is clear for everyone to see in the league table.

When you take a chainsaw to your squad, it is going to get worse before it gets better. First the unhappy players play worse, understandable. Then new players need time to gel. Last season chelsea spent a fortune and were terrible because of the team needing to get together.

We now have very little money, and a squad of unhappy players on long expensive contracts. Total mismanagement of the club, not caused by the first team coach RA.

23 May 2025 16:24:59
All hindsight isn't it? When we were first being linked with Amorim in ten Hag's final days, there was nothing but sheer excitement and anticipation at the thought of going for this guy, perhaps even because of how the undefeated (at that point) Sporting played. It was even the same with ten Hag and us wanting a bit of that Ajax magic that had taken them to a CL semi.
I thought the idea was to bring in a technical director who would be responsible for coming up with the blueprint for how United would play, then finding the players/ staff to suit it. Then when it all goes pearshaped, the blueprint, philosophy and formation is still there, and we're not left with 20 players who play in the wrong way. Did they dig out Amorim as he matched what they want? Or find him first then completely change their ideas to match his?
I don't believe it hasn't worked so far simply because the players are rubbish, there are various players in that team who've won big things previously. A few of the players we've shipped out this season have been better at their new clubs. The Utd factor can't be overlooked, things get amplified to the extreme under the microscope of the ruthless English press and forums like this. Stronger players required yes, but also of mind as well as ability and suitability for this system.

23 May 2025 16:25:02
Wes but we are not a top team and nowhere near being one, and they finished above us and one won a cup along the way….
Too hung up on systems it’s crazy
ETH buys are pathetic, our back line is pathetic in a 3, 4 or 5 Martinez, Deligt, Maz, Shaw, Are nowhere near any top teams, but like I say we are not a top teams….
ETH could not score goals and he spent over 100 million on 2 of the worst strikers your ever likely to see, plus a GK who is pants along with Centrebacks who are just as useless one is made of glass and they have audacity to call him the Butcher…. The other one Deligt, plays with a fridge on his back and again more injuries than enough.

23 May 2025 17:59:34
ETH is miles better than amorim as a manager in my mind. eth sucked speaking the language and never charmed you, amorim is charming but he is a pretender, he has 6 wins 6 draws and 14 losses in the pl in 26 games, think about that.

4 of those wins were against relegation teams. say what you want about the squad this manager is poor.

{Ed025's Note - those figures are damning Ahmad..

23 May 2025 19:01:50
Ahnae

Ahmad, nailed it



M.

23 May 2025 19:32:18
Ahmad Amo has been a disaster yes but let's be honest ETH was awful as well and left Amo with not much to build on after spending 700 million his squad building was borderline criminal his old dutch pals and players from his brothers agency like Hoijlund the traffic cone i said when he left only see the damage he's done once he's gone there u see it awful squad of unsellable players little funds left to rebuild yet again . Cheers for the couple of little cups Erik but your legacy will always be the worst rebuild ever seen in British football history 150 million for Antony and Hoijlund no wonder wev turned in to a laughing stock now wer stick with another foreign hipster.

23 May 2025 22:15:34
ETHs biggest problem was communication. That's about.

Ken, Redman etc called him clueless.

So what's Amorim lads?

23 May 2025 23:17:40
ETHs biggest problem was he was a dummy who couldn't set up a midfield or identify a player good enough for English football. Amo so far angel has been worse but with out spending 700 million smackers.

23 May 2025 10:24:31
I don’t claim to be directly connected to the club but I know for a fact that many staff made redundant have faced some serious difficulties. If you don’t think being made redundant can lead to drastic changes in your life then you have no clue how things work. Some of the staff would have been at the club for donkeys years. They would have thought their job was safe at United. After all, this is a family club. Some won’t have transferable skills. These things shouldn’t have to be spelt out. There are some in the fanbase who truly understand what United is about and others who think cutting jobs is necessary because our costs are too high and we need better players. I wonder how we got into that position in the first place?

23 May 2025 10:29:59
As a fan for 40 something years it's not nice to see where we are now but if you step away a bit and look at it, a lot at utd probably deserve where they are right now, players, coaches and directors.

23 May 2025 11:25:18
Amz

Anyone who has been made redundant knows what that brings, financially it can be devastating. Even more if you love the job and more again if the employer is who you support as well.

Just a brief view is that the business operation is dealing with the club like a business as it would if it was a manufacturer. The feel good “all in this together as one club” has gone. That may also affect the players as they see it.

Anyone who has seen or been to the Nou Camp will have seen the More than a club sign. It just feels now like United owners, both of them, have lost sight of what the club is, was and how it grew.

23 May 2025 14:54:21
Of course it's true but clearly, looking at the numbers employed by top teams, United had become a seriously bloated operation. And, moreover, if there is going to be a new stadium in the midst of an urban regeneration the number of jobs created will far exceed the number lost. As negatively as it has been portrayed in the press, I believe it was a sad necessary. United is no longer a top club and it cannot afford to carry on retaining by far the largest payroll in the EPL.

23 May 2025 17:45:44
Why don't the players earning £200k + A WEEK do the decent thing and step in and cover the wages of the lowly paid workers who are losing their jobs because those players are underperforming.

23 May 2025 22:19:07
Salford7, because that’s not how the world works unfortunately. Why didn’t all those millionaire artists donate their millions to Band Aid?
Do you walk past a homeless man and offer your months salary? Nope.