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05 Jan 2026 12:33:17
BBC reporting that the club hope to appoint an interim manager until the end of the season and then appoint a full time manager. They state it won’t be fletcher but that he’s in charge for Burnley. Any ideas?
1.) 05 Jan 2026 12:49:35
Michael Carrick maybe, or someone connected to the club, with some sort of history.
2.) 05 Jan 2026 12:53:53
Big Sam will make sure we stay up.
3.) 05 Jan 2026 13:08:01
If they are waiting until end of season then Tuchel comes to mind.
4.) 05 Jan 2026 13:10:59
Rathcliffe, Omar and Wilcox clearly made this decision based on emotion as we clearly had no plan in place.
Binning this season off in January to focus on next year is absolutely ludicrous from the board considering Ashworth left because of his concerns for Amorim and his 3-4-3.
I'm not saying Amorim was the right man, but surely you have more of a plan than "give it to Ole for the rest of the season".
Onto that, Ole (PTSD incoming) Carrick, Ruud or Blanc. Maybe Fletcher wins the next 2 and gets some joy at City and Arsenal and stays. We've seen this movie before and it doesn't end well.
I hope you're all doing well considering.
5.) 05 Jan 2026 13:18:17
Tuchel? ????
Noooo!
6.) 05 Jan 2026 13:22:53
OGS will do again.
7.) 05 Jan 2026 13:25:33
End of season I agreed red man, he will be no.1 choice. Poch maybe a close second.
If they move now, Glasner.
My choice, would be Emery.
8.) 05 Jan 2026 13:37:34
Bring Keano in…that would be pure cinema ?.
9.) 05 Jan 2026 13:38:50
Can only imagine that would go down swell with the rest of Ingerland if Tuchel took some time off preparing for the world cup to take charge of Manchester United on an interim basis lol.
10.) 05 Jan 2026 13:41:08
Southgate to enter through the OT gate.
11.) 05 Jan 2026 14:03:11
Tichel after World Cup is a good shout.
12.) 05 Jan 2026 14:05:42
Is it not Fletcher until the end of the season?
13.) 05 Jan 2026 14:18:24
I think it’ll be Tuchel after the Word cup too. The club needs a big personality and figurehead to be in charge.
That or they go to Xavi.
14.) 05 Jan 2026 15:50:37
Maresca as interim is probably what they're exploring.
15.) 05 Jan 2026 16:16:04
Tuchel left Chelsea because he clashed with the management over transfers and squad formation, sound familiar.
Wilcox going to sit down and have a Friday afternoon chat with Tuchel and tell him about formations, not a chance.
It just sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.
16.) 05 Jan 2026 16:56:35
Klopp. Would piss the scousers off even more than us winning the league!
Yes I know it won’t happen.
17.) 05 Jan 2026 19:11:16
First of all I couldn’t disagree more with the club sacking Amorim. I believe he was the man to change us given time and getting in players he wanted. For the club to ignore the need for a dm in the summer over an Additional number 10 was baffling and also predictable.
Knowing how our club is run they will look to make an appointment on the interim that will in their eyes silence any possible backlash and will get someone in the fans would support and also more importantly someone the media won’t go after ie Gary Neville.
We know how silent he was when OGS was in the hot seat.
18.) 05 Jan 2026 19:31:05
twenty, if they got Neville in, I think I’d turn my back on the club and never attend another match. Can’t stand the snivelling little worm.
19.) 05 Jan 2026 20:22:14
Hope it’s not tuchel, plays such boring football.
Needs to be someone that plays attacking football. I’m not an expert on the manager market so no clue who they will go for.
Glasner seems to be the favourite for the summer. But that’s more 3 at the back football. So not my choice.
I’d try and get Emery from Villla. Or maybe Xavi.
20.) 05 Jan 2026 21:23:28
2toms he’s a rat ?
No I wasn’t suggesting that but they will prob get someone in who g Neville won’t say anything against as it will be an ex team mate. Amorim said in his last press conference that if people can’t handle gnev criticism we need to change club.
It was clearly affecting the Wilcox’s and berradas.
Gnev is happy to spout on about Amorim but never the owners strange that.
21.) 06 Jan 2026 12:54:31
Wilcox will be next out the door.
22.) 06 Jan 2026 18:10:45
I hope so Eric, well actually I hope it is Mainoo, then Wilcox then.
Shaw
Maguire
Casemiro
Dalot
Ugarte
Dorgu
Bayindir
Sesko
Amass
Mount
Etc etc
This squad needs tearing apart.
09 Oct 2025 09:24:30
Anyone seen the post by Turki alalshikh? Seems to be saying United are close to selling to a new investor. Whether that's full sale or just extra funding who knows. Might also just be bs for publicity. What do we think?
1.) 09 Oct 2025 13:49:50
Believe there was a clause in the Ratcliffe deal that after a certain period allowed the Glazers to sell and Ratcliffe would be forced to sell his holding for the price per share the Glazers agreed.
Anything that gets the Glazers out and debt paid off in full will mean popping Champagne corks
The next question is whether the prospective buyer has enough money or is it just the Glazers want to raise more money by selling more shares but not concede control. Not completely sure on the company structure but think if Ratcliffe were to buy more shares that took him over 30% he may be required to offer to all shareholders the same price per share in a full takeover. Hence why he sits at below 30%. Unless there is a clause saying they can’t, then as long as they retain overall 51% the Glazers may sell shares above that level to someone else and pocket the next load of cash. The club won’t benefit until they and the debt are gone completely. A happy day.
2.) 09 Oct 2025 15:25:30
The freeze period ended around mid August RedMan. The 1958 were planning a protest before the Arsenal game but cancelled due to some positive feedback from fans regarding signings and the new training centre. I found it interesting the SJR would put so much money into a project when potentially he could be forced sell his shares. Apparently he gets the opportunity to match any offer the Glazers recieve. I posted that it felt like something was in the pipeline. It’s interesting an individual like Turki Alalshikh would post something like this but no idea if it has any substance. I also, perhaps reading too much into it, found the wording of ‘investors’ rather than buyers/ owners interesting and maybe deliberate?
There has also been no movement from the 1958 recently who have been so vocal and active in their protests to the Glazers. You do wonder if they have been briefed that something is happening?!
OR this could all be nonsense and we are getting excited about the Glazers being gone for nothing ?.
3.) 10 Oct 2025 08:46:58
Probably linked to investment in the stadium.
4.) 10 Oct 2025 11:12:21
Someone buying up all the seat licences?
5.) 10 Oct 2025 14:15:39
turki says a lot of stuff. would not spend too much on what he says. He likes the attention.
6.) 10 Oct 2025 15:50:24
If only this were true….
7.) 10 Oct 2025 21:09:52
redseven are you for real? The Glazers are awful, but wanting to be a pawn in a sportswashing operation isn't something I'd like to see happen.
8.) 11 Oct 2025 11:16:09
I'll be very happy to see the back of the Glasers. They have offered nothing to our club but have taken plenty from us.
That said I am cautious over who it is who eventually buys them out. I'm overall pleased with how INEOS have managed things since they bought into the club. I wouldn't want any new ownership to rock the boat with that. Ideally a change in ownership would either see a total buyout by INEOS, or they at least own the controlling stake in the club so as to not complicate the running of the club.
We have to remember that anyone prepared to pay the eye watering costs of buying us will be doing so with their own agenda, and that may or may not be in our best interests.
Be that sports washing or merely for financial gain. The last thing we need is a power struggle with billionaires squaring off against eachother across the board room.
Personally, what would be my ideal situation is for INEOS to increase their stake to around 70% or more, then maybe a minority stakeholder comes in with around 30% stake. Meaning we are shot of the Glasers, but there isn't going to be a power struggle, or change in how the club is currently being run. INEOS owning a significant majority over anyone else makes things far more secure.
I have a feeling that Sir Jim might set things up and in place for some kind of partial fan ownership held in trust for after he dies. Meaning his legacy will be rebuilding the club and then giving it back to the fans. INEOS is suspect will still own a majority and controlling stake, but the rest being fan owned.
9.) 11 Oct 2025 12:44:51
Nothing could be worse than the Glazers and the debt they have saddled the club with.
If somebody agrees a deal with the Glazers, Ratcliffe will have the opportunity to match it. I’m still not completely sold on INEOS, though, so whether he does or he doesn’t, I’ll be glad to see the back of the yanks.
10.) 11 Oct 2025 14:30:01
You mention sportswashing but conveniently forget to mention the awful history of the glazer family in American politics DonRed?
Extremely large contributors to the Bush presidental campaign, which eventually led to an illegal war that killed millions?
Its only fair to mention both, two cheeks of the same arse as far as I care, but you must be fair. Again, I absolutely do not agree with sport washing nor would I endorse for any of these c**** to own the club, who are undoubtedly involved in atrocities across planet. No to both!
11.) 11 Oct 2025 15:36:56
One is some prats I don't like. The other is a government funded operation to detract from horrific acts. You are equating direct involvement with indirect. That is whataboutism. I'm also not sure about your analysis of this. The Glazers give money to anyone that'll suit them. They funded a lot to both the Trump and Harris campaigns last time. You are stretching very much imo to put those two on the same footing.
12.) 11 Oct 2025 16:14:38
"Some prats I don’t like" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there and i’m not saying the UAE investors and the Glazers are identical, one’s a state trying to polish its image. But let’s not act like the Glazers are some neutral ‘just business’ owners either. Their money’s been tied up in nasty sh1t
If the point is moral high ground, there isn’t one. It’s picking between a sportswashing operation and parasites who’ve bled the club dry while funding war-mongers. Different flavours of the same ? sandwich. I just don’t want either anywhere near United. ”.
13.) 11 Oct 2025 16:18:45
And no, that’s not whataboutism, that’s just called having a memory. You don’t get to downplay one set of rotten politics just because it’s wrapped in a different flag.
If we’re talking morals, the Glazers have happily bankrolled people who create the mess, while the other lot are using football to cover theirs. One’s direct, one’s indirect, both are still rotten to the core.
One stinks less loud, that’s all. Still stinks.
14.) 12 Oct 2025 14:53:04
Saying that I shouldn't take sportswashing seriously because of some other indirect involvement via funding a politician before they took an action is pretty much the archetypical example of whataboutism.
15.) 12 Oct 2025 17:38:34
That’s not what I said at all. I never told you not to take sportswashing seriously, I said don’t act like the Glazers are some moral alternative. And no, that’s not whataboutism, pointing out that both sides are rotten isn’t deflection, it’s context.
16.) 12 Oct 2025 21:54:03
Scholes, Unless you are talking about something other than funding a political campaign you are equating two very different things. It is common - expected in fact - for rich people in the US to heavily donate to campaigns.
The Glazers as I said above heavily funded both Trump and Harris! It feels like you are searching for a reason to put them on equal footing with direct and actual evidence of human rights abuses by the groups funding these sports washing operations. I just don't see the equivalence you do. This, one is bad and the other is bad so why split hairs logic just isn't something I'm ever going to agree on.
17.) 20 Oct 2025 13:58:18
And let’s not be so naive to think Ineos and SJR are not in it for themselves either, like some are suggesting.
18.) 23 Oct 2025 05:07:01
Reality is, if whoever comes in will be skeletons in the cupboard but if they injecting money and United winning you same bunch will turn a blind eye…hypocrites.
19.) 24 Oct 2025 18:37:01
Notimesoon
Maybe your next persona could be shakesfistatcloud?
28 Sep 2025 12:40:06
Southgate rumours have begun. ??♂️.
1.) 28 Sep 2025 13:26:51
I don't want Southgate anywhere near the club, but I can't help but know deep down that he would of got results for us with this team.
2.) 28 Sep 2025 16:55:39
Not a fan either -but he would come in insist on 2 big centre halves, 2 decent full backs,3 in midfield. maybe 4-4-2 . but we would be a lot more solid and maybe start to look like a well coached team. At this point i'm just Amorim out full stop.
3.) 28 Sep 2025 20:32:49
Southgate's only relevant experience is the Premier League where his record reads: got Middlesborough relegated.
We will go down if we appoint Southgate. Regardless what the Atomic Kitten song said he really isn't the one.
4.) 28 Sep 2025 23:05:29
He would probably put his hands round the shoulders of the players and maybe get a better spirit and short term might see an improvement in results but I don't think he is an elite manager who would get us back the top. Let's take the pain now to get to a brighter future.
{Ed025's Note - maybe he should put his hands around their necks Salford?..
5.) 28 Sep 2025 23:33:54
I’d rather give it back to OGS for a go over Southgate.
6.) 29 Sep 2025 07:51:32
And have us see Maguire start every game? Along with Shaw? No thanks.
7.) 29 Sep 2025 11:26:18
How’s it any different to now Trumours?
8.) 29 Sep 2025 13:24:29
Eric79 I think that's exactly the point. So many people are fixated with formation. The issue is the personnel being chosen. Against Brentford we played 5 players that I would say are either not good enough or just not ready - Bayindir, Maguire, Dalot, Dorgu and Ugarte. That's almost half the team. We can get away with one off games where those players play, or even where just one or two of those are playing. The issue is that when we need a lift in our play, those players are just not good enough. Amorim really made a huge mistake with that line up. But he compounded it by not making a change.
9.) 29 Sep 2025 14:43:25
Also Glasner interview, not sure of details but think in German rag. (Not drag) . Although still not sure it’s the best long term if it changes focus away from the leadership team.
01 Sep 2025 06:45:00
Ornstein reporting Betis have agreed to sign Antony for £22m plus 50% sell on. No payoff on wages. Well done to the club for not caving on this after the stunt they pulled. Another Pratt gone. sancho please!
1.) 01 Sep 2025 07:47:54
Celebrations galore as it turns out Betis did have the money but were trying it on.
Is this the most satisfying deal of the transfer window, or will it be Sancho going to Villa for a something similar
And then Malacia, not heard much but I suspect he will go, then if we sign a GK, which of our GK will move on?
Busy day of outgoings.
2.) 01 Sep 2025 12:30:14
Glad we stood our ground.
3.) 01 Sep 2025 15:13:50
Tim why is he a prat.
I don't think he was good enough, but I never seen him not trying or giving his best.
Not his fault to be honest.
28 Aug 2025 17:39:51
Galatasary sniffing round lammens and had talks with him today. If we lose out on him then who? because we simply cannot continue with Onana and bayindir.
1.) 28 Aug 2025 17:56:19
You’re putting a lot of faith in a young, untested keeper. No guarantee he’s any good or ready to be first choice.
There are some videos around of good saves he's made. But have a look for the videos on his mistakes. In some clips he looks no better than Onana.
2.) 28 Aug 2025 18:06:03
Why haven’t we gone all in for Donnarumma? The last thing we need is an untested GK. Yes Donnarumma hasn’t played in the PL but surely if available we got to rival City after the rubbish show yesterday.
3.) 28 Aug 2025 18:10:58
Fall guy I’m not saying he’s the messiah just that he’s the only credible gk link we have so if we don’t get him do we have any other options. Continuing with what we have just can’t be an idea, I’d honestly start heaton if we don’t sign anyone.
4.) 28 Aug 2025 19:00:04
Singh,
Because he wants £300k a week and would be coming for the money, have we not learnt?
5.) 28 Aug 2025 20:40:35
Donnarumma isn’t the answer in my opinion. I don’t think he’s any better at crosses into the box. Although he is a better shop stopper. But he will want a ridiculous salary.
I’d look at Costa from Porto. Or just go and get Emi Martinez.
6.) 29 Aug 2025 08:25:51
We should sign Ederson from City. €15-20m for a keeper of his caliber is a steal. Can’t think of too many players who are better with their feet.
7.) 29 Aug 2025 09:28:53
Redseven, if we still had EtH as manager then Ederson might make some sense. Or if we had a manager who puts a lot of focus on playing out from the back with the keeper.
Yet that's not really Amorim's style, he doesn't need a playmaker keeper. He needs a good shot stopper who is strong in the air and commands his box.
The 343 shape should force teams to attack the wide areas with the middle of the pitch congested. That tends to lead to his team's facing more crosses than teams that play with a back four.
The problems we have with Onana and Bayindir is that both are weak in the air and tend to flap at crosses, and neither command their box well or communicate with their defence. Both can be reasonable shop stoppers (although Onana makes a lot of saves he had a tendency to push the ball back into danger, but does at least make the initial save) .
Ederson doesn't solve any of our problems with the keeper while adding a strength that isn't needed and wouldn't be made the most of.
8.) 29 Aug 2025 14:24:31
Maybe on paper, Shappy, but in reality, our current formation just leads to teams running straight through our midfield and attacking us head on. Our vulnerability from corners comes more from the poor positioning of our defenders than our keeper (although, dgmr, our keepers do suck) .
Ederson is a better shot stopper than any of current keepers and could walk right into the starting 11. Maybe Lammens will become an elite keeper, but Ederson is already at that level, and would cost around the same.
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20 Mar 2026 09:25:22
Big game tonight away against a difficult opponent. The 4-4 draw earlier in the season was exhilarating and frustrating in equal measure so let's hope tonight we can get a positive result. We don't play again until Leeds in 3 weeks time so let's go off on a high note please ??.
1.) 20 Mar 2026 10:13:32
Would be great to get a good win, especially with some tricky fixtures for Villa, Chelsea and Liverpool. It would be nice going into this 3 week break before Leeds with a 7 or 8 point gap on 5th place. Being 4 points behind City would also get them looking over their shoulder.
2.) 20 Mar 2026 10:59:15
A good, conclusive, dominant and exciting win will be blinding, but any old scrape through 3 points will do at this moment in time.
3.) 20 Mar 2026 13:54:53
Alex Scott is a player I'm interested in viewing. He's potentially a good CM target for us. With Licha out, I'm expecting more of the rotation of Bruno into the middle we saw in the 2nd half against Villa. It's the pros and cons of Bruno's positioning - we want him closer to the opposition goals, but it's not much use if we can't get the ball up there.
We win, imo, if Maguire and Yoro don't slow the ball down too much. Let the ball into the attackers much quicker.
4.) 21 Mar 2026 05:29:16
Well, did not go too well. We are becoming very predictable with our line up and play. We are poor at the back, and still not that great up top. Lots of work still to be done, and many players are needed.
Said it so many times, we are full of average players.
Mbuemo, who looked like one of our better signings, has been so poor since AFCON. Sesko, for me, still got long way to go. We still need an experienced striker with pace.
Now got 3 weeks till next game, that won’t help us 1 little bit.....
5.) 21 Mar 2026 11:44:31
Je suis, what would your line up have been?
It's easy to say we are predictable with our line up, but then the manager can only pick from the players available.
We had no MdL, Martinez, Mazraoui or Dorgu available for the game. Mount has only just come back from injury, and almost certainly isn't ready to start a game.
So, really, the manager's options to rotate the line up are Ugarte, Sesko and Zirkzee.
If we are honest, Ugarte and Zirkzee probably aren't good enough or well suited to the EPL. I'm also 99% sure that if he did name them in the starting line up, you'd be complaining about that before a ball has even been kicked.
We've tried giving Sesko a couple of starts recently, and, to be honest, it didn't really change a lot. He also looks much better coming off the bench later in games, up against tiring legs and minds at this stage of his career.
In terms of threat going forward, we haven't looked as good since Dorgu's injury. That doesn't mean he's the answer per se, but his skillset opens up space and opportunities for other players. Ultimately, football is a team game, and it's the way the players combine their skills that gives you good or bad team performances.
This squad still needs a massive amount of work on it before it's genuinely good enough to compete at the highest level consistently. We probably need another 4 or 5 starting players, and another 3 or 4 top quality options to challenge the starting players and provide different tactical options within the squad. So we are 8 or 9 players away from the squad we need, and that is still dependent on the younger players in our squad reaching their full potential, such as Lammens, Yoro, Heaven, Mainoo, Dorgu, Amad and Sesko. All of which could be top quality starters if they reach their full potential. If not, then that's potentially another 4 or 5 players who will need to be upgraded in the coming seasons.
Ultimately, as fans, we put far too much on managers to affect the results. The difference between an average manager and a top quality manager is they maybe get an extra 10% out of the squad.
However, the way the club is structured and set up, and the quality of the players will ultimately dictate around 90% of what we see on the pitch.
01 Mar 2026 16:07:39
Jimbo mate if the league were 5 games longer then your prediction might be right ???.
1.) 01 Mar 2026 18:06:39
Funny Tim here, watching the Arsenal Chelsea match, conflicted about who is gonna win.
2.) 01 Mar 2026 19:07:56
Watched it too, not a great game tbf, but Arsenal won't care. 3 points closer to the title for them. As for us, that's a 6-point gap to Chelsea now, and they have Villa next. Got to just keep getting the points, and things will take care of themselves.
3.) 01 Mar 2026 19:41:40
Masters of our own destinies now, Tim. We just need to keep getting positive results. Villa and Chelsea next. If we can beat Newcastle, we will put distance between at least one of them, or maybe both.
4.) 01 Mar 2026 23:01:19
I still believe until it is mathematically impossible!
5.) 02 Mar 2026 05:28:34
If RA would have been sacked when he should have been, we may have been 6-10 points better off, because we lost some shockers under Mr Naivety, RA.
Talk of Martinez for manager now. Could be a worry, but hey ho, it is what it is, much better than the Southgate concern anyway.
6.) 02 Mar 2026 12:15:26
Stunned by the amount of grappling, pushing, holding, and shoving on all set pieces and corners now. Not just from Arsenal, although they are the worst at it. We're talking both arms around an opposition player, even in the build up to the kick, let alone for a split second.
But until teams are punished for it, then it won't be a problem and will just get worse.
7.) 02 Mar 2026 16:26:35
They are far from the worst at it, spenno.
8.) 02 Mar 2026 17:37:22
Rice gave away 2 penalties, one for grabbing and pushing down, one for handball with his arm. Maybe 1 wiped out the other?
9.) 03 Mar 2026 10:44:43
I doubt they are 'far from the worst' lol. It's like Wrestlemania.
27 Feb 2026 21:58:17
Massive opportunity now for us on Sunday. Beat palace and we go 3rd. We have a real chance now to push on and cement our UCL place, let's hope we take it. Make no mistake villa are now 100% involved in the top 4-5 scramble.
1.) 28 Feb 2026 00:08:05
Massive few weeks. Villa vs Chelsea and United vs Villa coming up. We need a win tomorrow to take advantage of results around us. Hold on, we've been here before!
2.) 28 Feb 2026 01:55:17
I agree, Villa are, and always have been, in the fight for the 3/4/5 places. We will continue our push towards the title.
3.) 28 Feb 2026 11:58:29
Like I said last week, we need to ignore results elsewhere and focus on our performances and our results. It doesn't matter when or if other teams drop points, that is beyond our control. We should only be worrying about how we play, that is the only thing we can control.
The league is a marathon. You don't win the race by adjusting your pace to what everyone else is doing. In order to win, you have to run your race your way.
4.) 28 Feb 2026 17:59:18
I agree, Shappy. This group of players have shown that their heads fall off when this type of situation occurs, though.
12 Feb 2026 09:31:01
Tuchel not going to be an option then if you believe today’s reports. Least it gives clarity good and early if that was the route we were heading down.
1.) 12 Feb 2026 13:37:05
Yes it is better to know early one way or the other.
10 Feb 2026 22:36:08
The unbeaten run under carrick continues. Not the great performance but a decent point away from home against a team in decent form who are fighting for their lives. We always struggle away to West Ham so we all knew that this was a hard game.
Happy to sesko again, great finish…near 2 week break now b4 Everton so plenty of time for rest and recuperation and some work on the training pitch too! then it’s the final push towards the end of season.
1.) 10 Feb 2026 22:49:23
Disappointing results tim wan bissaka with the usual goal line clearance against us first thoal was crucial and unfortunately Martinez switched off again.
2.) 10 Feb 2026 23:23:20
Mistake not starting Sesko. Amad shouldn’t have started as his main threat is pace and beating his man but there was no space, and never was going to be. They were compact and fluid and made it difficult. We needed the first goal and after they scored just sat in.
Hopefully carrick learns - at least should’ve bought Sesko on half time or even 55 mins! 13/15 points from a tough run and top 4 is safe for this week of games. Need to plan for Everton - lack of game time could work against us though - not playing enough.
3.) 11 Feb 2026 01:02:47
Shaw didn't do well in the first instance either. Couldn't deal with the high ball and then took himself out of the play with a missed tackle.
Yoro made two saving tackles. Kept us in the game. Sesko's finish was superb. Kobbie played really well. Mbuemo and Amad couldn't find any space. We'll have the same issue against Everton.
4.) 11 Feb 2026 02:01:05
4 wins 1 draw in 5 is top 4 form. Drawing a tricky away game midweek after short rest is not that big a surprise. Keep moving forward and don't let the nay sayers bring the doom and gloom after a couple of dropped points away from home. This epl is like that this year.
5.) 11 Feb 2026 05:58:32
Don’t matter how we dress it up, trying to mitigate it over 5 games, tonight was very poor performance, which is a worry that we still struggle to break teams down for some reason we just run out of ideas against the lower teams, our forward line looks poor in these games and the build up gets so slow, it’s pedestrian
I appreciate you all think Martinez is a great CB, but he is poor, in fact I would say our whole back 4 and there replacements in this squad are all average at best and not one of them is at the required level, yes they get by but come on be serious not one of them would get in Arsenal squad let alone team and surely as they are top of league that’s who we should measure against and the level required.
Midfield is not our only problem CBs is a real mess.
What was you all saying previously when I said Deligt can’t be relied on because he misses so many games through injury!
For one reason or another the whole back line is just nowhere near good enough.
6.) 11 Feb 2026 07:30:01
Amad was by far the worst player on the pitch for me, why does our best goal threat get moved out of his main position for Amad who has not done a lot this season in fact he has only ran around. very rarely does you contribute for goals and assists.
16 Jan 2026 15:49:50
Saw that online earlier. Didn’t he say secret midfielder? One with epl experience but not currently playing there. The inference was then that it’s neves as Jacob’s is the Middle East football guy. Wouldn’t be against it as it’s an extra body but I think we need more of a defensive minded player.
07 Jan 2026 12:32:43
Don red. For our lot it probably does. Their end of season review of eth took about 6 weeks. ?♂️.
06 Jan 2026 20:24:54
Ole is to sir Jim as Martin is to wee dermott up in Glasgow. I’d much rather carrick be brought in as I thought he did ok at boro and for a few months then why not.
06 Jan 2026 17:47:56
The scenes on here if that happens…hard hats at the ready ?.
05 Jan 2026 13:37:34
Bring Keano in…that would be pure cinema ?.
16 Mar 2026 22:31:45
I'm with Ken on this one. Let's see how the end of the season plays out and go from there. There's pros and cons to keeping Carrick or replacing him. Do our due diligence on other candidates, and then, when the season is over, make an informed choice.
If it's Carrick, then I'd have no qualms, but the same goes for Nagelsmann etc. I'm just enjoying us atm, and as long as that continues, then I'm happy.
05 Mar 2026 22:53:31
We are seriously lacking in depth and quality. If we do make UCL, then this squad needs serious investment to be able to cope with the extra workload. Villa is huge. If we win, then I'd be confident of us getting top 4.
04 Mar 2026 22:33:02
Notice a lot of our poor performances have come when we've had to play a midweek game. It's just not the squad depth or quality, and nights like tonight show some players' age.
01 Mar 2026 19:07:56
Watched it too, not a great game tbf, but Arsenal won't care. 3 points closer to the title for them. As for us, that's a 6-point gap to Chelsea now, and they have Villa next. Got to just keep getting the points, and things will take care of themselves.
23 Feb 2026 22:00:41
Sorry lads, before my time as you say. Onana top 3 though, surely?