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18 Jul 2026 17:16:06
Only a friendly, but Santos looked a class above anyone on the pitch. Good positioning, always asks for the ball, and great one touch football when needed.
1.) 18 Jul 2026 20:46:14
Should he not look a class above half the players on the pitch anyway! Don't think we should read too much into a friendly against Wrexham, and the first one at that.
13 Jul 2026 23:31:50
Hello Ed001 (especiallly) and friends. I would like your opinion on Sorloths famous pass that he didn't, to Haaland.
I see all people blaming him, the hate online is unheard. I think he is targeted unfairly, i think "journalists" create a tension of nothing, because (this kind of) bad news sells a lot.
Sorloth didn't had a passing angle, i was seeing the match live and the lad tried to pass but there was no passing angle, and then instead shooted the ball. What do you think?
{Ed001's Note - I didn't see the game mate. I don't watch international footie, it is just not the same as club stuff.}
1.) 14 Jul 2026 08:31:01
Totally his fault. All he needed to do was pass the ball. He had the angle, or could easily have manipulated that angle. He hasn't got the guile. He is an awful player, and he screwed that chance too. It's solely on him.
Anybody that's played the game at a decent level knows how simple this was.
Don't agree with the online abuse he is getting, but all he needs to do, same as Lammens, is say that he holds his hands up to the mistake. That's life.
2.) 14 Jul 2026 09:20:41
He just isn't very good. He also won't be the last player to try and score himself when there is a pass on. I didn't realise there had been abuse, people are idiots.
3.) 14 Jul 2026 09:46:23
He brought it on himself. The pass was on for any unselfish team player.
4.) 14 Jul 2026 09:54:02
He's a shocker of a player. I've seen him live a few times, and I think he really is poor.
That pass, or lack of, should I say, sums him up.
5.) 14 Jul 2026 13:21:34
He wasnt good, but thats not my point. He tried, but he couldnt pass because he is a bad player with the ball. Its not that he did it on purpose.
6.) 14 Jul 2026 13:22:17
It was just a poor decision under pressure, and plenty of players do it on the counter attack, which is why I find the narrative that if you score a counter attacking goal, it's less impressive than one that takes 30 passes and breaks open a deep defence.
The reason why there was no passing angle is because Sorloth is so heavy footed and can't shift his weight to move the defenders.
Look at Bruno's pass to Sesko/Mbuemo against Brentford/City, for an example of how it's done on the counter, to move the defence with his body movements and open up the right pass.
7.) 14 Jul 2026 14:07:26
He definitely isn't winger material, but what can you do. He doesn't get in the team otherwise. I thought he'd make a decent no.9 for a mid-table Prem team in a Delap/Fulkrug kind of way.
8.) 14 Jul 2026 15:53:33
No Heaven, you said there was no passing angle. That's nonsense.
He has to make the angle. There was time and space to create the angle. He just didn't do it because he had his head down, like the bad player he is. He tried to go solo, which was harder than creating space for the pass for most players.
He made an arse out of it because he is not good enough technically and likes to glory hunt.
Totally his fault. I'd expect a decent u 16 player to attempt and deliver the pass.
9.) 14 Jul 2026 17:19:28
And its true. There wasn't an angle. What i said is absolutely correct and you said it yourself too-he had to to make the angle, as you say.
Then there is an argument that he could create an angle, and that is another matter. The fact is he did not do it on purpose and my point is the abuse online is not fair.
Bad player yes, maybe. Doing it on purpose? Certainly not. You can't expect from Messi to win the headers Sorloth wins and you can't expect Sorloth to manipulate defenders the way Messi Hazard etc do.
So you critisize a player for what he can do and not what other player could do in the same circustances. The point is, they unfairly abusing the lad, like he didn't pass on purpose.
Maybe you can your time understanding the point before coming to have a dig and playing the smartest person in the room. You are clearly not
10.) 14 Jul 2026 23:00:09
Your point was that he didn't pass on purpose?
Of course he chose not to pass on purpose.
He chose not to pass because he felt he couldn't pull it off. He saw the chance to pass, and purposely chose not to pass.
It's not a case of trying to be smart at all.
No player loses the ball on purpose, but plenty choose not to pass and back themselves.
On this occasion, it went wrong. If he had ignored the pass like he did and scored, he'd have been the hero.
There are several options open to him; he makes his choice in a nanosecond, he has time with it.
It's like a penenka pen when it goes wrong.
He shouldn't be getting online abuse, nobody should, for making a wrong decision in a play like that. It's not a big deal.
But don't think he didn't ignore the pass on purpose. He definitely chose not to pass.
11.) 14 Jul 2026 23:19:24
I criticise players for their choices, their consistency, and their input to the team play, and for a host of reasons, but I genuinely don't expect them to do things they are not capable of.
I've no issue with teams playing long to a big man, for example, and if everybody plays to that plan, it is effective. You then judge players on that sort of criteria.
Players like Sorloth have their place in certain systems and teams, and he has his strengths. His coach picks him, he plays for a big team.
Any player at that level should make an attempt at that pass, but he made the wrong choice to ignore it.
He backed himself to pull off a 1% route to goal, instead of backing himself to play a pass that, in that second, he clearly didn't fancy.
He had probably a 40% chance of pulling it off. He chose not to try the pass on purpose. Poor call, as it turned out. I'd say Haaland was fuming and thinking to himself when he saw it with Sorloth, "oh dear, wrong man in the right place at the right time."
It could easily have been a header chance at the back post when he would have been the right man in the right place at the right time.
Same idiots abusing him would have been cheering him.
That's football.
So I agree with your 1st point on the abuse, but not your second that he didn't not pass on purpose.
28 Jun 2026 22:21:32
Hello guys. What are your opinion about recent links with Ayyoub Bouaddi? Do you think a midfield trio of Mainoo, Ayyoub Bouaddi and Mateus Fernandes can win the league in the near future?
1.) 29 Jun 2026 08:46:30
If Declan Rice, Zubimendi and Odegaard can, then they most certainly can. They are hardly Iniesta, Xavi & Busquets, are they?
2.) 29 Jun 2026 09:27:27
I think at present, Bouaddi is overhyped. He is one to look out for in the future.
3.) 29 Jun 2026 13:47:19
Apparently he prefers other clubs to us, if you believe media reports.
12 Apr 2026 00:51:29
Eds and posters. I too saw Bornmouth against Arsenal, visitors were the best team and i was also impressed with Iraola. That said, although they are in great unbeaten run, recently they weren't great and some results flattered them.
I have two questions: Is there a managers profile for Iraola? Bacause i didn't find one.
And second, because i keep reading that he is like Klopp, is he really the closest to Klopp? Because i think he is a little bit more organised, pragmatic and defensively than the great German. Thank you.
{Ed001's Note - I would say Hoeness was closer, but other than that, yes. Klopp was very organised, that was how he made the press work. It requires a lot of organisation to get it right, which is why so few can get the results he did with it.}
1.) 12 Apr 2026 13:11:33.
Iraola has done a phenomenal job at Bournemouth. They aren't a huge team that have the same kind of financial power behind them as many other EPL clubs, but he has got them playing some really good football, especially when you consider that last summer they lost their first choice keeper, both first choice CBs and their LB. This meant they had to replace four of their back five. They also lost a couple of other key players like Ouattara, Billing, Jaiden Anthony and Sinisterra. Then, in January, they lost their best player, and arguably the best player in the league this season, Semenyo.
That's 6 of their first-choice players from last season gone, along with another 3 who were regular players.
That's a lot of disruption, and yet they've managed to ride that out fairly well.
Imagine if this summer we lost Lammens, Dalot, MdL, Martinez, Mbeumo, Amad, Mainoo and Zirkzee, and then had to replace them for less than we got for them.
How would you expect that to impact our season next year?
Iraola has done a phenomenal job in the circumstances. The real question is whether he can scale up his approach to a bigger club. His high-energy, team-focused approach works great at "smaller" clubs, but can he convince the guys on big wages with big egos to put that ego to one side and to run through brick walls, to put the team above themselves? That's the real question with him as a manager: can he take the next step?
2.) 12 Apr 2026 13:08:23
Thanks as always Ed001
{Ed001's Note - very welcome mate.}
3.) 12 Apr 2026 15:56:03
Shappy, all that is true, but look at McKenna. Relegated last year, he lost a bunch of players, including his best two, Delap and Hutchinson, and yet here they are, storming towards automatic promotion again.
The challenge for Iraola, and the likes of McKenna or Glasner, is: can they cope in the United goldfish bowl? Harry made some interesting comments this week about the club being too big for some players, and I suspect the same is true of managers.
There are some very impressive managers out there doing it at 'lesser' clubs (in terms of pressure), but the risk is they can't handle what is still one of the biggest jobs in football.
4.) 12 Apr 2026 21:33:58
Ipswich aren't storming to the Premier League. I have followed them closely to see how McKenna was doing.
They have had more than a few well below par performances, and the Championship is not of a particularly high quality either this year.
Southampton have hit form, and Coventry have been the best team overall, but generally the rest are mediocre.
I really don't think anyone can judge McKenna and say with a high degree of confidence that he would be able to take Utd to the next level.
I am not saying he cannot, just that we don't have enough evidence to judge him on.
Iraola, by contrast, as Shappy points out, has a track record over more than just a single season in the Premier League, despite the severe handicap of losing his best players.
The real problem for any manager, be it Carrick, McKenna or Iraola, is whether the players at Utd are determined enough to knuckle down and work really hard, and follow instructions....
5.) 13 Apr 2026 09:03:45
Fair points, Salford, but my wider point was doing it at a 'smaller' club is no guarantee a Manager can deliver at United. Alonson was awesome at Leverkeusen, but was sacked by Madrid. Same story with Nagelsmann.
I genuinely have no idea who we should appoint. I think Enrique would be a great appointment, but beyond that, I just see huge risks.
6.) 13 Apr 2026 17:46:20
Nobody will succeed in year 1, and our fans don't like the thought of change or don't understand patience. Whoever comes in needs the 3 or 4 years Klopp, Fergie, and Arteta were given and needed. It's the same story at Chelsea. Very few do what Jose did the 1st time at Chelsea.
7.) 13 Apr 2026 21:19:46
Sigh! Another rebuild period. I'll be dead before we have rebuilt at this rate!
23 Jan 2026 16:49:25
Hey guys. Any info about the plans for the new stadium? What's the expectations to start?
1.) 23 Jan 2026 17:08:52
I think its Friday week about 11am?.
{Ed025's Note - its when SJR gets the government to pay for it, the minge bag wont put his hand in his pocket..
2.) 23 Jan 2026 18:44:31
Oh are we meant to be building it? That'll keep costs down. Everyone bring a brick each game.
3.) 23 Jan 2026 19:24:00
Ineos not doing well either. A lot of debt, falling sales etc.
Rich people never put their hands in their pockets. at least not to pay. Everything nowadays happens behind the corporate veil, if only to avoid personal liability for debts in the event that it all goes badly.
4.) 24 Jan 2026 06:10:02
They had originally planned to open for the 30-31 season, but it’s a big project with significant hurdles in the way, and as with all construction will get delayed at some point.
Spurs took 4 years and didn’t have the added issue of the railway line, so I would expect maybe 32-33 or 33-34 at the earliest.
5.) 24 Jan 2026 09:39:45
Is that 20 or 21 Grim?
6.) 24 Jan 2026 10:44:11
It’ll be made from Lego.
7.) 24 Jan 2026 13:17:38
They won't pay for REAL lego Eric. It'll be multi coloured stacking blocks of Amazon.
8.) 24 Jan 2026 16:18:41
Lego. but from the middle at Lidl.
9.) 24 Jan 2026 18:02:07
Will it still be called Old Trafford? Roker Park, Ayrsome Park, Maine Rd, Upton Park, Highbury etc etc. all now in the history books.
No sentiment with this lot!
10.) 24 Jan 2026 20:32:10
It's the UK. We don't do building stuff on time or on budget.
22 Jul 2026 18:48:23
It's something I always do, Key. Even more with Emery, as you say. ?
22 Jul 2026 12:55:31
Every time I see him, he is their best midfielder. Maybe it's luck, but every time I see PSZ he is magnificent. I think it would be difficult to price him out.
15 Jul 2026 16:52:01
I have seen all Argentina matches, Banjoe. I love Martinez but he is a liability defensively in most of them.
11 Jul 2026 14:45:07
Jd, he was. Next to Casemiro, he had to be. In fact, he was very energetic and very aggressive in the last part of the season. He surprised us all.
21 Jun 2026 17:22:36
Hey, Charles, mate. Are you our ITK? I would like to have our own ITK, just like Liverpool has with Carra, etc.
09 Aug 2026 00:59:09
Early days but he looks really good. We may have a gem in our hands.
06 Aug 2026 03:16:56
Is there such a thing as deliberately setting the manager to fail; so they set up the club to fail because they want to get rid of the manager? That doesn't make any sense. I think you are blinded by hate for the Glazers and the slow transfer window.
05 Aug 2026 23:57:26
Hall wasn't in the World Cup, but was the World Cup the only factor?
I think the transfers of Tonali and Gordon were pending, they knew they would leave. Then there was a high possibility that Bruno would ask to leave without European football and Arsenal waiting in the corner.
Whether we went for Hall now or in June, maybe there is not much difference. The way I see it, it's Hall at 21 they want to keep rather than rejecting 80 millions for Bruno at 29, or trying to keep Gordon, who was as good as gone.
30 Jul 2026 23:50:37
Dodgy, that's what fans always do, they live in hope. This time there is the argument that we are finally well run and have a better squad. Things look much better, the mood of the team is high, and we have some good characters. I would say we have the best group of players in years, and a lot of leaders.
Santos may surprise a lot of people. I think he is the closest in character to Casemiro. We have a lot of grafters too.
Time will tell how good the team is, but it feels that we are building something, slowly of course, but we are on the right path.
23 Jul 2026 18:38:15
I don't blame you, Newname. I must make this clear because English is not my first language. When I say "you say splash the cash" I don't mean you, but the majority of fans who always want the team to spend big. I know your post is balanced, and you are not overacting.
Bilko, that's one explanation.
Then, if it's true, the only person that had the power to oust the Glazers was him. I think he did not have any problem with them. My opinion is, SAF would never be a puppet of the Glazers or anyone's puppet. I believe what he then said; he truly believed it.