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22 Feb 2026 09:17:03
What are your unpopular opinions? An opinion that you know would get most on here all fired up. I'm not looking to start an argument, just interested in some opinions. For example. I think Garnacho should have started the Europe final and was right to be annoyed about it and Harry Maguire has been a fantastic signing and our team is always better when he plays.
1.) 22 Feb 2026 11:39:49
Disagree strongly on both fronts.
2.) 22 Feb 2026 12:18:31
Disagree on both fronts.
3.) 22 Feb 2026 12:21:10
Thanks for playing, Don. Here's mine. We should never have sold McTominay, Maguire should sign a new contract, and we would have won more European Cups if SAF was more tactically astute.
4.) 22 Feb 2026 12:33:48
Indeed, right to call me out on not playing properly. Good shout on SAF. He had issues in Europe at times. I'll give mine: Pogba was a much better player for us than he is given credit for.
The true confirmation of our demise came when Rooney signed that mega contract. And Neville wouldn't be on my top United XIs in the EPL era (I'd have Irwin and Evra as FBs).
5.) 22 Feb 2026 12:49:53
Crazy talk, DonRed. Picking Irwin at right back is clearly cheating. GNev for me, underrated player.
6.) 22 Feb 2026 12:57:10
Patrice Evra is the best LB. VDS is a better keeper than Big Pete. Rio is better than Vidic. Scholes is better than Gerrard and Lampard. Rooney is better for us than Ronaldo. Rooney is a United legend and was world class. ?
7.) 22 Feb 2026 13:10:32
Irwin played a lot at right back. Maybe not as much for us, but at Oldham and Wolves that was his usual position. Definitely not a cheat to have him there.
8.) 22 Feb 2026 13:22:48
We should have stuck with Moyes and we'd have won bundles of trophies.
9.) 22 Feb 2026 13:57:16
No Fizz. In my near 60 years of support, the Moyes period was one of the worst, bar Sexton. I have said many times on here that SAF lost us the Barca finals and some of the earlier 90s Euro Cup chances as well. I watched Rio describe how, after getting a run around in the first half against Barca, in which Rooney equalised just before half-time, SAF did not change anything tactically. Rio said he thought the boss felt he had to play a certain way, and that was it. It was pretty obvious we needed three in CM, with one in front of the LB and CB to combat Messi. SAF said he had learned after the first loss, but he hadn't, so yes, I agree with the tactical comment from AJH, and I said so over a decade ago.
As to Garnacho, I liked him initially and gave him support on here, yet when I saw his attitude change to a stinking one, and he believed he was far better than he was showing, I changed my opinion on him. I actually think RA did really well to get him gone, and it was a big plus that we received the fee. My unpopular opinion is well known. We should have taken the £100m last summer for Bruno. But that has been argued for months, so next one. Appoint Diego Simeone as the next manager.
10.) 22 Feb 2026 14:09:45
RVP worked out well for SAF's last year, but as far as the long-term health of the club was concerned, he was a terrible signing, symptomatic of the short-term, aging Galacticos thinking that became the norm.
11.) 22 Feb 2026 14:37:37
I think it was Ken who said a single player doesn't win titles, or something like that. Whilst true, RVP is as close to doing that as I've seen; he single-handedly dragged us to a title in 2013. I'm not saying others didn't contribute, but without him, we wouldn't have won it.
12.) 22 Feb 2026 14:39:45
Lol, Red Man. Surely you realised my post wasn't serious? I agree re Sexton. ?
13.) 22 Feb 2026 15:31:16
Ha, Fizz. Lot of distractions atm and fell for that.
14.) 22 Feb 2026 16:16:05
Nice post. McT not sold, and Diogo Dalot to be kept.
15.) 22 Feb 2026 18:49:57
Probably will go down like the Titanic, but for me Chris Smalling has been the best centre back the club had after Vidic and Ferdinand.
16.) 22 Feb 2026 18:51:29
Sesko will score 20 league goals next season. We will sell Martinez in the summer.
17.) 22 Feb 2026 18:20:44
Wilf McGuiness and Frank O'Farrell weren't too cool!
18.) 22 Feb 2026 19:43:43
Edwin van der Sar was a better goalkeeper than Big Pete. I love Big Pete, and his personality was exactly what we needed when he joined. However, especially for the modern game, I feel that VDS was far more complete and he elevated those around him far more than Big Pete ever did.
19.) 22 Feb 2026 20:38:31
I liked Mike Smalling, but he always appeared on the cusp of being a really great player without quite getting there. Another player who did better having left United; he was a star in Italy.
20.) 22 Feb 2026 21:54:36
His fitness improved a hell of a lot in Italy, Ajh. I always felt if he and Jonny Evans had stayed fully fit, they were a really good partnership, but that's just my opinion.
21.) 22 Feb 2026 22:17:41
I was a fan of Mike and Evans, but neither could stay fit. Add Jones into the mix; all were good players that got injured early in their careers and never reached the heights they could or should have. Shaw, to a lesser extent.
22.) 23 Feb 2026 00:31:15
Great post. Carrick will take us to third this season, sign as permanent manager, and get us within ten points of the PL winner next season.
23.) 23 Feb 2026 01:29:24
We will win the title this year.
{Ed025's Note - and im dating Emilia Fox Jimbo.. :)
24.) 23 Feb 2026 15:15:26
It was Sydney sweeney last time Ed, you get around a bit ? I also don't know who your new fling is.showing my age perhaps
{Ed025's Note - you need to watch Silent Witness Jimbo, although i do have 2 back ups mate in Carol Vorderman and Carol Kirkwood.. :)
25.) 23 Feb 2026 18:56:35
I was then mixing up Silent Witness with Prime Suspect, maybe that's another for your bank in Miss Mirren.
{Ed025's Note - Helen would work for me Jimbo..
26.) 23 Feb 2026 19:04:09
I don't think Mainoo will succeed at United. Martial had more talent than Rashford. Garnacho was one of the worst youth players to play that amount of games for United. Rooney is United's best ever player. But my favourite one that gets a good debate is Edwin, who cost us the Champions League final by conceding a near-post goal from 20/25 yards out.
27.) 23 Feb 2026 22:49:13
Carol Kirkwood. ❤️
28.) 23 Feb 2026 23:22:54
Beckham wasn't as good as people think, but his brand made him global.
11 Feb 2026 18:33:14
Just when I start to feel a bit of pride again in our club, 'ole Jim has to come out with his stupid comments. I hate that he ever came to us.
1.) 11 Feb 2026 19:40:23
Hes a disgusting c-unit, who moved to Monaco to not pay tax, utter rat. Typical billionaire bull, look poor man, that foreigner is taking your cookie, whilst he hoards 1000's!
2.) 11 Feb 2026 20:25:00
All those immigrants coming over scoring goals for us.
3.) 11 Feb 2026 21:32:03
Many immigrants in Monaco?
4.) 11 Feb 2026 22:09:58
The problems that billionaires have to cope with…hard times!
5.) 11 Feb 2026 22:12:14
He’s good with figures! 58, million in 2020? Gone up 12 million in the last five years? Slightly off there Sir Jim!
I wonder what he paid off ETH and Rubin? No wonder we’re skint!
6.) 12 Feb 2026 08:07:40
So, are you suggesting that immigration ISN'T out of control?
I've no desire to get involved in any political argument here, but I think he made a good point and that he wasn't talking about his own wealth but about the country's wealth. I believe he was pointing out that the current.
and increasing levels of benefits expenditure are unsustainable. In that, I consider he's very much correct.
That said, I have only seen a snippet of the interview and may have missed your point and be off the mark.
{Ed001's Note - have you thought that if he actually paid his taxes, expenditure wouldn't be out of control? Rich prick points the finger at immigrants to avoid admitting it his actually his fault is what happened there. Immigration isn't out of control, it has lowered in recent years, but that doesn't suit racist rhetoric.}
7.) 12 Feb 2026 08:58:11
Racist?! Behave! I'm talking specifically about the illegal immigrants arriving by boat across the channel. I do NOT see the vast majority of those as 'asylum seekers'. I see them very much as a Trojan Horse invasion that is going to destroy this country. Absolutely nothing racist about my attitude, but it seems easy to lob the old racist card into a discussion!
{Ed001's Note - funny, I never said you were racist, but your reaction tells its own story.}
8.) 12 Feb 2026 09:08:11
You can have a nuanced argument about how much immigration has taken place in the UK, most definitely. From 2020 it seems to have gone to unsustainable levels, all parties agree on that tbf.
Jims comments however come over as misinformed and hyperbolic when he uses phrases like “colonised”. Also once you factor in the tax point and him living, for sensible reasons in Monaco, he looks hypocritical.
Combined with the fact that Man United is supposed to be an institution in the country, would expect the supposed figurehead to speak more carefully.
9.) 12 Feb 2026 09:17:35
Fizz,
Don’t want to get into a political debate, but please take a step back, do your own reading about why the expenditure and economy are failing. It’s such a lazy narrative to blame that on immigrants and what the rich people would love you to believe, it doesn’t take too much to step back and see it’s nonsense, but most are just willing to believe what the rich people tell them. If you do your own research and come up with the same answer then that’s fine, and you may have already done that, but as the Ed says, think why the rich people want you to believe it’s immigrants fault.
10.) 12 Feb 2026 09:37:16
Just when you thought you couldn’t dislike our owners any more, Jim chimes in and says hold my beer!
11.) 12 Feb 2026 10:12:26
I see the owner of betfred was the highest payer of personal tax in uk in2025 @330m and the 3rd biggest was the last that owns a large chunk of bet 365.
1. It shows how stupid people are to lose so much gambling
2.
How much tax the wealthy do pay if they are resorted for tax in the uk.
Taxation is one if the least fair responsibilities today.
12.) 12 Feb 2026 10:14:42
Ed001. No, it doesn't tell its own 'story' at all. If you knew anything at all about me or what I'm about, you would understand that it is impossible to label me as racist. The fact that your post is directly below mine and appears to be responding to my post led me to believe you were indeed pasting that label on me. Dropping the race bomb is simply a cheap shot aimed below the belt.
GDS2. If you read my post, you will see that I'm not being led by the nose by rich folk.
I am referring specifically to the thousands of illegal immigrants crossing the channel and the ongoing expenditure of housing, feeding, health care, legal fees, etc. I also made it clear that I had not viewed the entire interview, nor did I suggest a liking or not for SJR. I have nothing to 'step back' from.
I should have trusted my first instinct and avoided this thread like the plague. I shall do that now.
{Ed001's Note - ok mate, of course.}
13.) 12 Feb 2026 11:06:05
Imagine living in Great Britain, the biggest colonizer of history and then having the audacity to complain about immigration. Humanity is bigger than football. Now having said that, illegal immigration, the one where people have no plans to work but scrounge is wrong and needs to be stopped.
Without immigrants, our NHS would stop in a heart beat and our taxi system would grind to a halt (to name a few) .
Ratboy lives in Monaco and has the audacity to complain about immigrants lol.
14.) 12 Feb 2026 11:08:53
???? ???
Bloody foreigners!
15.) 12 Feb 2026 11:18:38
Since Brexit, and us leaving the Dublin convention, the number of “ boat people” coming across the channel has quadrupled, because they couldn’t then be sent back. Hope you didn’t vote for that Fizz!
By the way, I’m an immigrant and I came across on a boat! And, I’ve been paying taxes for 60 years!
16.) 12 Feb 2026 12:27:41
Net migration is likely to be in a negative by the summer. I wonder what Nigel and his cronies will have to talk about then. Labour are sorting immigration, once they do the narrative around them ‘should’ change, but with our media run by the rich, it’s important to get your information from a wide range of sources.
Farage has come out and backed the Rat’s comments, if you’re not a billionaire and you’re thinking of voting for him this should tell you all you need to know.
17.) 12 Feb 2026 13:31:37
Brexit - and in particular the extreme interpretation of it that has been adopted - is a far bigger drain on the UK economy than anything Jim spoke about. The worst case economic forecasts of its impacts are actually very close to what's happening. The UK clearly needs to re-establish relations with Europe. That can all be true and not imply that wanting to have more control of borders is racist. Control though is often launched on with language like "close the borders" or "invasion" or by automatically linking societal issues with immigrants.
That is racist (or more precisely it is xenophobic) unless there is evidence behind it. For instance data shows that immigrants are net contributors and proportionally commit fewer crimes. But wanting to ensure the rate of population growth is managed so that services can scale accordingly etc is all fair. I think Jim Ratcliffe has veered towards xenophobia here but as Fizz said that does not negate all his points.
18.) 12 Feb 2026 13:42:43
The man who lives in a tax haven to avoid paying his fair dues, who has seen his individual wealth skyrocket over the past few decades, and has taken his companies out of the UK to avoid paying tax, is actually not the problem.
No, the real problem is immigrants because they are the ones responsible for lack of state revenue, the cost of living crisis, below inflation wages, and housing shortages.
This has nothing to do with the persistent concentration of wealth in a ever narrowing percentage of the global population, and everything to do with bloody immigrants.
19.) 12 Feb 2026 14:12:31
Not a big shock this is how Brexit Jim thinks.
20.) 12 Feb 2026 14:59:51
Hes a moron and every day i dislike him even more. He doesn't know his ancestors were romainians!
21.) 12 Feb 2026 15:25:57
Patrick, by the way, my father is also an immigrant, and he too came across on a boat! He served this country and has been paying taxes for longer than 60 years.
22.) 12 Feb 2026 17:44:36
We’re all immigrants Fizz! I think you should let your father retire!
23.) 12 Feb 2026 17:58:42
Danny, immigrants are not responsible for lack of state revenue. They, in the long term, contribute more in taxation than they do in claiming benefits.
Housing shortage? Thatcher selling off council houses anything to do with it? Successive governments not fulfilling building targets?
24.) 12 Feb 2026 19:15:02
Patrick, tax is paid on pension.
25.) 12 Feb 2026 19:28:45
Get the Saudis in, least they've got nothing dodgy about them.
26.) 12 Feb 2026 20:33:36
Wow!
What a thread to walk into first thing in the morning! Calm down people.
NHS would stop in a heartbeat - gold!
27.) 12 Feb 2026 22:02:28
Keefy- can’t tell if that’s sarcasm or you agree with my comment re:NHS.
If you agree - fair.
If you disagree you’re entitled to. However unless you work on the frontline as I do and have knowledge about the ethnicity of staff then I’d be happily engage in convo.
28.) 13 Feb 2026 05:14:13
Don't the Rat's companies also receive handouts from the government that are being paid for by taxpayers as well? So not only does he not pay taxes, he actively takes money out for his own benefit as well.
29.) 13 Feb 2026 08:47:22
Fizz, may your father continue to pay taxes for many more years. Did he hail from the Emerald Isle?
30.) 13 Feb 2026 09:00:31
I was loving the NHS and heartbeat link. Calm down!
31.) 13 Feb 2026 09:12:31
But for what it’s worth I do agree.
32.) 13 Feb 2026 10:55:13
Patrick, indeed, he does hail from The Emerald Isle. Born and raised in Curry, County Sligo.
33.) 13 Feb 2026 12:09:18
I wonder what the players think about his comments, we're a squad full of immigrants or sons of immigrants. These joint owners are as bad as each other in different ways, I hope I live to see the day when we're bought out by a lesser evil. P. s the term 'race card' f**ks me off no end, it says more about the person saying it than who it's targeted at.
(Brown boy born and raised in England, living in Aus last 11 years)
34.) 13 Feb 2026 19:07:27
He employs thousands of people in the UK who will most likely pay tax in this country. a lot of British reside in Monaco to avoid tax. Everyone would if your accountancy firm recommends it.
Dont remember Piers Morgan calling out Arsenal for paying their players through their Jersey office.
SJR has a point and is allowed an opinion. Maybe worded more carefully. The over-reaction is not a surprise and anyone who think Brexit (in name only) and governments want to solve the issue are deluded. They skew the numbers on everything including immigration. How can they even know who has arrived and how many? Only goes to boost the black market economy and or increase the public burden. The public sector has to be paid for by the private sector, private sector must be bigger than the public sector to pay for it. Its always been like that. The NHS is failing as there are very few jobs for skilled/trained and hardly any jobs.
Many people are leaving this country who were born here more recently but all is positive as it at least keep the net migration lower.
01 Nov 2025 22:55:00
Remember when Thomas Frank was getting all the praise earlier in the season and the media were asking how he could get Spurs playing but Amorim can't get Utd going. Anyway, it just crossed my mind.
1.) 02 Nov 2025 00:14:49
Exactly Banjoe, there was also much comment and criticism on here, last season, about how Vitor Pereira had achieved wonders at Wolves and yet the same had not happened to us.
Maybe it's not just about looking at instantism, but show a bit of patience. Transforming a juggernaut like United, especially given the overall situation at the club when RA arrived was never going to be achieved quickly, it is more like trying to manoeuvre a gigantic oil
tanker than changing course on a small yacht.
Altering the basic fundamentals is the most important thing to achieve, that will always take time.
26 Oct 2025 07:29:51
Casimiro has been pure class the last two games.
1.) 26 Oct 2025 09:32:22
As they say, form is temporary, class is permanent.
2.) 26 Oct 2025 11:27:29
He’s been good all season. Probably our best player. Sadly, he just doesn’t have the legs to play the full ninety minutes anymore.
As I said in the live chat yesterday, I’ve no idea who we could get in to replace Cas come the summer, but it’s a signing that we need to get right.
3.) 26 Oct 2025 14:10:00
I actually think we need to sign two players to replace Cas. One to start, and a back up to mould into the role who can step in.
07 Oct 2025 09:54:30
Possibly not a popular thing to say on here but Haaland is awesome this season so far. I love watching him.
1.) 07 Oct 2025 10:39:14
Ban Joe! ?.
2.) 07 Oct 2025 12:11:02
Don't see why it would be unpopular to say mate. Great point he is awesome. I played as a cf so I enjoy him and my fav united cfs are mark Hughes and rvn but this guy is streets ahead.
3.) 07 Oct 2025 13:30:01
Hojlund and Rashford are also having good starts to the season, u can watch them :P.
4.) 07 Oct 2025 13:59:33
He’s a goal scoring machine. In some ways he feels like a throwback to traditional strikers because he can bully defenders, but he combines that with athleticism. I think it’s telling that Pep has adjusted City’s style of play to play to Haaland’s strengths.
5.) 07 Oct 2025 15:26:20
He is so strong and accurate especially 1v1 with the keeper.
He often looks a bit awkward but his footwork is great.
Your right Danny he often cut a frustrated figure with very few touches games but the style more suits him better and he has matured into a real leader for his team.
But he is so good that he could play in any team in any style and still get his goals.
Needs a haircut though?.
6.) 07 Oct 2025 15:34:55
That’s where his power comes from Ken.
7.) 07 Oct 2025 17:34:44
I've no hope then Danny?.
8.) 08 Oct 2025 23:48:07
Woodward fumbled Haaland so badly.
Ole wanted him when at Molde and Salzburg.
Haaland, Bellingham, Rice - Ole had the eye for a player. Woodward unfortunately not.
04 Jan 2026 19:54:03
I actually hate this style of play under Amorim. It doesn't feel like United to me, so I'm very happy for him to go but it's not totally his fault. Wilcox and co hired him to implement a system and style and are now not supporting it allegedly. This appointment hasn't worked and I don't believe it ever will.
04 Jan 2026 17:18:15
I would say the playing style is awful but Amorim can't play against ten man Everton and show absolutely nothing and follow that up with a several brutal performances and expect unquestioned support in the transfer window. I wouldn't be on Wilcox side either, I think they should both go.
03 Jun 2025 16:59:20
I'm not a fan of Sancho but "greed and delusion" does not come into it. Utd gave him that wage and that contract and why would he take less. He has also had a disagreement with the club so why would he make things easy for them.
19 Aug 2024 09:54:44
Welbeck would be great around the place, ports but like quite a few other ex players, he was hurt with the way he felt united treated him. I doubt he would come back.
26 Jun 2024 05:53:09
Morata doesn't want to live in England.
17 Jan 2026 21:41:01
I don't think Amorim created division Grim but I do think that more than tactics or formations that if players feel good, feel positive you will get results, then you can implement your ideas. It's hard to implement your plan when you get beat most weeks.
14 Jan 2026 07:48:24
I was happy to see Holland on the team. I think he's a smart and experienced coach.
12 Jan 2026 11:11:33
Are there still managers out there that players really want to bust a gut for. I used to do boxing when I was a young man and my trainer made me feel like I was always going to win. He made me feel 10 feet tall.
I know Ferguson and Mourinho could make players feel that way but is that gone now, is there a distance between players and coach or are there inspirational managers still like that.
12 Jan 2026 06:04:24
That's one of the most ridiculous posts I have ever read.
08 Jan 2026 15:37:16
I also think it's wrong and insulting to say the appointment of Ole would be a joke but I expect nothing less at this point.