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08 Apr 2024 14:59:27
Potter turning down the Ajax job. must have his eyes on a job elsewhere! ?♂️.
1.) 08 Apr 2024 16:55:56
May have something to do with the rumoured/ reported mess Ajax finds themselves in as a club. Not sure the detail or truth but sounds like they’re pretty chaotic themselves at the moment?!
2.) 08 Apr 2024 17:24:12
Ports is right, Ajax are not the side they were when EtH left. Overmars has left, EvdS has left. Basically the whole team or at least the main people driving the recent success at the club are no longer there and they've been a bit rudderless this season and seem a long way from where they should be. They've sold many of the key players during EtH's time at the club with those that remain past their best. They have done a poor job of refreshing the squad and they need a lot of work.
For someone like Potter he would need a club capable and ready to have an impact in European competitions to help rebuild his career. Even if he was able to win the league with Ajax in the next couple of years that wouldn't be given much credit in the English media or with English fans.
He was successful at a very well run Brighton, he then had a nightmare at a poorly run Chelsea. I'd imagine he'll be pretty keen on making sure his next job is at a well run club.
3.) 08 Apr 2024 17:50:05
They sound like Utd.
4.) 08 Apr 2024 19:33:36
Oh I know, thumped by feyenoord at the weekend. they’ve been a shambles since eth left. Depending on what happens with us he could end up back there! Who knows.
03 Jan 2024 22:38:51
Hi ed, any truth in these timo Werner rumours? Apologies if you have answered this already!
{Ed002's Note - Timo Werner (F) At the right price Frankfurt will take him from RBL. His agent is looking for a return to England and has approached a number of Lonndon based clubs. A wildcard would be Manchester United. RBL will accept the player going on loan but want guarantees he would not simply be cover.}
1.) 04 Jan 2024 10:24:32
I’m not against Werner. I thought he was decent at Chelsea, just finishing let him down and he needed more time.
The issue I have is he is another who prefers to play wide on the left, and we are well stocked here.
Unless of course we ditch Martial somewhere, bring in Werner to cover left with Rash, Garnacho/ Antony right and move Hojlund/ Rash up top?
2.) 04 Jan 2024 12:14:28
I was a big fan before he moved to England, he looked a really exciting prospect.
Unfortunately he didn’t realise his potential and I feel this type of transfer shows how far off we are. He wouldn’t be getting looked at by city, Liverpool or Arsenal, but we aren’t sat at the same table as them currently.
Despite that depressing thought, Werner would certainly be an upgrade on Martial.
3.) 04 Jan 2024 12:23:29
Thanks ed as always.
4.) 04 Jan 2024 12:27:51
Thanks again ed, as always.
5.) 04 Jan 2024 13:15:16
Well he would simply be cover, so thankfully that ends that then.
Scary times when Manchester United cannot afford £15.2m for a very good striker entering his prime.
That being said, you have to create opportunities to be able to score goals, we create f all.
6.) 04 Jan 2024 14:20:59
Syd, I'm not sure it's a case of United not being able to afford Guirassy.
I'd imagine it's more a case of not wanting to bring in a permanent option until after the new footballing structure have been put in place and can make the footballing decisions to suit the new vision/ plan.
On a side note, I don't rate Guirassy that highly. He seems like a player who is in a purple patch rather than someone who is about to step up to being a top level striker.
7.) 05 Jan 2024 21:59:18
Maybe you're right about Guirassy hitting a purple patch, still doesn't change the fact United have an interest in him. But a loan move it'll be because there is no money to spend. January is never a great time to do business, but that's because teams want excessive fees for players and clubs want to avoid paying over the odds. However, Guirassy is of interest and he has a clause which is pretty cheap in today's market. We are also very short on strikers, we have one striker.
8.) 05 Jan 2024 22:41:10
Syd, does the club have a genuine interest or is it just paper talk?
I wonder how long the club have been tracking him, couple of months I'd gather.
I just don't want to see anymore bad decisions being made in an attempt to quickly "fix" something.
Personally given the limited number of chances we create it probably wouldn't make a huge amount of difference if we had Harry Kane playing up front for us.
No point buying the wrong player to try and save the season. It won't work. I'd rather finish 10th than 7th if it means actually making good decisions for the long term.
9.) 05 Jan 2024 23:48:13
It's been confirmed by the right people and of course Ed002.
I agree wholeheartedly that we shouldn't just put a plaster on the issue, but take away that clause and he is a €40m player who is available for £15m. His wages wouldn't be an issue and we could easily recoup in a sale.
I also wholeheartedly agree that it is lack of chances being created that is the issue, but we still only have one striker, That's unacceptable for Manchester United.
Had we signed Kane in the summer we would be seeing a different United now. That transfer would have installed so much believe and confidence, we would be a different side now. But we must make peace with the fact we cannot compete for that level of player anymore. Kane's whole package/ age.
10.) 06 Jan 2024 15:54:44
Syd, he's a 40m euros player based on less than 20 games this season only.
Three years ago he joined Rennes for 15m euros, last summer they sold him to Stuttgart for 9m euros.
His goalscoring record per season was fairly ordinary up until this season, scoring 14 goals in 29 games last season, 12 goals in 48 games the season before, 14 goals in 33 games the year before that, and 9 in 24 during the 2019/ 20 season.
He has 98 career goals n 276 games, at a rate of a goal every 164 minutes. That would be promising if he was 24 years old, but he turns 28 in March.
He's another Michu, flash in the pan. Hitting a purple patch in his late 20's for 12-18 months at best. The only difference is Michu did it in the EPL and Guirassy has only done it in the Bundesliga. Where strikers get far more chances and typically score far more goals.
His buy-out clause is probably about where his value is. It's just media hype and a good run of form that has people suggesting he's worth 40m or more. His career up until the start of the season suggests he isn't worth half that reported 40m.
11.) 07 Jan 2024 01:01:08
Seems Transfermarkt disagrees with you. They have him valued at €40m too. But what do they know?
12.) 07 Jan 2024 14:13:20
Transfermarkt? Give me a break, they just pluck figures out of the air for their "valuing" of players. They have Garnacho at 30m and Antony at 35m currently. I'd be absolutely stunned if you could find any club that would pay more for Antony right now than they would for Garnacho.
There is no rhyme or reason to their valuations.
20 Nov 2023 08:58:31
Please tell me these griezman rumours are just nonsense? I hope to god we aren't interested as we need to get away from these sorts of signings.
{Ed002's Note - Antoine Griezmann (F) Manchester United have a declared interest in taking AG but wages being demanded are very significant. Player is keen on a move to the MLS but the transfer fee could be an issue.}
1.) 20 Nov 2023 10:41:28
Smells like the Sanchez deal all over again. Thought SJR would be taking a different direction to be honest. Also, who is doing the negotiating with Murtough and Arnold on the way out?
2.) 20 Nov 2023 10:52:02
Well I'd love to see it, even if he's a little older. I'd be more interested in his perceived position, as we seem to be viewing him as a striker but he plays a lot deeper these days, particularly for France in the World Cup where he was the main man in the middle. So, pretty much in that Mount / Eriksen / Fernandes position - do we need another?
3.) 20 Nov 2023 11:53:11
Thanks for the response ed. hopefully nothing materialises as I smell another overpaid flop on the horizon.
4.) 20 Nov 2023 12:47:14
Calm down, current interest will be from the current set up.
Who the club will be interested in once the new people are in place will almost certainly change.
We don't have a CEO and our DoF will likely change between now and Christmas.
Only when those positions are filled will the club have finalised targets.
5.) 20 Nov 2023 18:29:10
Jean claude Blanc and paul Mitchell will look to find the next Griezeman.
10 Nov 2023 10:12:13
BBC reporting that the SJR minority stake is expected to be ratified in the next few weeks. Will be interesting to see what changes arrive when that happens. Talk of Dave brailsford being involved and others. A fresh set of eyes gazing over the current shambles is no bad thing and we can only hope it leads to positive changes being implemented at all levels.
1.) 10 Nov 2023 11:34:10
It feels like we need to all get our head around the Ratcliffe minority stake and the Glazers being around for a while yet. let's hope they have structured a future phasing out over the coming years whilst taking a hands on role during this period.
Personally I will be excited if he brings the right people in, talk of Jean Claude Blanc and Paul Mitchell suggest that he is looking at experienced people. If this is the case I would expect a change in direction for future transfer windows.
This along with investment in the infrastructure that is rumoured is all a good start and will offset the potential negativity from the Glazers remaining.
2.) 10 Nov 2023 14:13:52
Fantastic news. The majority will be delighted.
Not the result we all wished for but it's the best we can hope for at the moment.
Super.
3.) 10 Nov 2023 16:22:31
Interestingly Nice only started to improve when Brailsford stepped back from the club to focus on United, so I'm not convinced he should be too involved at the club.
But anything that slowly removes the Glazers from our club is a good thing, unfortunately I can see the Glazers just sitting there, creaming even more cash from the club, and expecting the SJR to put more money in.
Funny that the SJR £1.25bn purchase and £300m investment is more than the Glazers have put into the club in the last 20 odd years.
4.) 10 Nov 2023 17:55:35
Nice improved once they realised how tough it would be to run a football club so they hired people who knew how to run a club. Yes Brailsford left but it wasn’t anything to do with Utd. It was because they hired a DOF.
5.) 10 Nov 2023 19:29:24
Brailsford's role is to ensure the right structures in place for each of Ineos sporting endeavours. If the club has sustained success he has done his job.
If Nice are doing well right now then as of right now that should be a positive for Brailsford.
Nice having success is not a stick to beat Brailsford with, rather it's evidence albeit a very limited sample size with caveats that he might actually have done well by Nice.
6.) 11 Nov 2023 08:02:23
Wasn't Brailsford out buying players for Nice without Favre's approval.
If that happens at United it seems we are just going to be repeating the same mistakes the current structure have made repeatedly.
7.) 11 Nov 2023 08:27:46
In order to achieve success, seems logical to bring in expertise starting at the top, then filter downwards.
Looks like DB and SJR bring in Jean Claude Blanc as new CEO and Paul Mitchell as DoF to replace amateurish RA and JM. Will expect other changes also.
Looks likely that, once a club-wide footballing philosophy agreed, appointments will be made to suit that vision, including potentially changing the manager to more of a coach-type role, with DoF running club day to day.
Am personally very much looking forward to all if this - and jyst highlights just what awful and negligent owners the Glazers have been, aside from the greed.
8.) 11 Nov 2023 08:42:24
Had the Glazers selected a person who actually knew how to run a football club as the CEO back in 2012, rather than Woodward, we would arguably not be in the mess we are today. In the last 11 years we have spent plenty money to be a top contender. While debt servicing and FFP (which won't be helped if we don't get back in the Champions League), are not gong to get resolved in the short term under what we know of Ratcliffe's plan, the primary problem of poor club management will at least be addressed. That's the starting point whoever is the owner.
The key to a resurgence is not the ownership per se but who the owners select to manage the club. The benefit of Jassim would reportedly be debt elimination and funds for investment in infrastructure. There is no guarantee that the club would be run any better if he took over. With no experience whatsoever, nor any clear indication of where the funds are coming from, Jassim's offer may be less attractive than one might initially think. Success on and off the field, including debt and FFP issues, will not be instantaneous, but if SJR provides the management nous we need then it will come again. And if it does I don't care if the Glazers still own a significant stake in the club, but remain in the background. Unfortunately it's taken them 18 years to realize the level of there incompetence when it comes to owning a successful football club, which requires as the #1 priority the hiring of a competent management team that can install and maintain a winning footballing structure.
9.) 11 Nov 2023 14:48:07
If SJR chucks in a fiver to the club he will have put more money in than the glazers have for the last 20 years. We have an estimated borrowing after continuing transfer commitments of 800m of debt from the glazers. That wasn't there before they arrived.
The just turned down 5bn for something they paid nothing for and people wonder why the fan base hates them.
It will be a big stride forward to put some competent football people in charge. Not bankers. I am not celebrating them still surviving this though, there had better be a plan to remove them.
10.) 11 Nov 2023 19:13:19
Maybe on the flip side Brailsford sorted out the structure and helped get the right people in the right places. If sjr gets the right people in it will be a massive step forward for us, even If we can't see it immediately.
11.) 12 Nov 2023 06:08:33
Is Dougie Freedman the right person?
12.) 12 Nov 2023 10:34:19
SJR is 100% more qualified to run a football club than anyone we currently have at the club.
He's worked with Nice and while everything hasn't always gone to plan he has learned from those mistakes. Found out what works and what doesn't, made actual contacts within the sport and has sporting expertise from other sports that could be useful.
Nice are currently 2nd in Ligue 1, and are playing some very good football and punching well above their weight. Which suggests that SJR and his team have learned fairly quickly and are getting the rewards from that.
I'm excited to see what he can do with our club, I'm 100% sure it'll be better that what we would get without him.
13.) 13 Nov 2023 06:53:50
Nice wage bill is 22/ 23 mill euros. psg wage bill 270 mill euros. I think they know what they are doing even with some early set backs. Need to build a sustainable model that works to a plan and not reactive like we have been for so long now.
People who question them on their venture in nice, nice last won the French league in 1960 and never been considered in the same bracket as Marseille, lyon, lille, Monaco. Their revenues are tiny and not a case study or comparative to United.
They basically bought a midtable team and fans and their expectations is typical football fans. They made a mistake of saying they wanted to challenge PSG and have walked that back a bit now. Their biggest single sponsor is Ineos btw, go figure:)
14.) 13 Nov 2023 15:54:59
Ahmad, it's about realistic expectations and about maximising the return on the pitch.
The reality is to get a relatively small club like Nice to challenge PSG would require a similar amount of outside investment. The club cannot create the kind of income that the big clubs being in. Therefore the money has to come from elsewhere.
SJR and INEOS are not looking for a bottomless pit in which to pour all their hard earned money into.
They will want to create a club that can get the maximum on pitch return within that clubs own means.
We see clubs perform really well and succeed without billions of outside investment. Well run clubs that either have an excellent youth system that enables them to efficiently add quality to the first team. Ultimately producing players that they wouldn't be able to afford to buy. Them either keeping them as key players in the first team or selling them on for a massive profit to be reinvested elsewhere. Think of a club like Ajax, a great academy but not able to financially compete with the richest teams, but who regularly punch above their weight in terms of out performing clubs who have similar financial restraints.
Or you have clubs who have an excellent scouting system. A clear well run recruitment policy that enables them to find value for money players. Either players who are "hidden gems" or high ceiling young players who they can develop into top stars. Clubs like Benfica are famous for it, or Brighton recently in the EPL.
I think if SJR can get Nice consistently finishing in the top four in France. While the club remains spending within its own means then that would be a great success as it would mean the Nice would regularly be finishing higher than clubs with far more financial and historical significance.
At United he will have a similar job. He will need to maximise the on pitch return compared to investment. How to create the best squad available with the resources the club has available. Where this differs obviously is that the funds available to Manchester United absolutely dwarf that of Nice. Yet fundementally the task is the same, there won't be billions pouring into the club to go on a fancy shopping spree. What they need to do is make sure that the considerable funds the club has available are spent in a way that maximises the return on that investment and we see value for money out on the pitch.
The reality is that we have spent enough money over the past 10 years to have a team every bit as good as City, maybe better. But we have spent it so poorly. If that's corrected over the next 10 years then we'll have a squad capable of challenging for all the major honours.
15.) 15 Nov 2023 07:07:46
Shappy
I think the stuff written about Ineos and nice good or bad is of no relevance to what is happening at United.
Its like comparing apples to oranges and just noise. We are a much more complicated project if you want to call it that given our size and magnitude of things to deal with.
What would be very interesting is when this deal gets announced, if they also announce a change of leadership at the same time, which would speed things up.
16.) 16 Nov 2023 09:54:28
Ahmad, of course it has relevance. It's a direct example of them running a football club.
It at the very least provides some sort of blue print for what they will likely look to do. The only thing that really changes is the scale of the club.
With Nice they looked to get the club running within its own means, without the mind of massive outside investment that we have seen from Abramovic at Chelsea, or at clubs like City, PSG and now with Newcastle. They aren't sugar daddy owners. Which is something I'd expect to see carried over to United. They aren't going to come in and subsidise the club to the tune of hundreds of millions a year.
They seem to favour a director of football/ head coach model of club rather than a manager having greater control. This approach has often been looked at with skepticism in England. Manchester United fans have been accustomed to having Sir Alex Ferguson as the manager, and see that as the model to follow. Yet if you scratch beneath the surface then you'll see that SAF was a director of football in everything but name. He would control the club's football in activities and plan it's future. While he would also go through a lot of assistant managers who would in many cases be given far more control than is typically seen in assistant managers. This is reflected in just how many left Old Trafford to become managers in their own right.
The real issues at Manchester United hasn't been replacing the SAF from the training pitch, but the SAF who would direct the footballing activities from his office.
So I actually think the model that SLR and INEOS have seemed to settle on at Nice is a good fit for our club.
It seems like they have been doing a good job behind the scenes to line up all their dominos before they kick the first one over.
It sounds like they have Jean-Claude Blanc lined up as CEO. Which seems like a sensible choice, someone who knows INEOS and SJR as well as having great experience at Juventus and PSG. Knows football and knows how to run a top club.
Paul Mitchell seems in line to step into a director of football role. He's been free for a while and instead of taking up any of the offers he's had he's instead decided to buy a new house in the north west of England. It does seem like he's waiting for something. Almost like there's some kind of gentleman's agreement for a job at least, if not something more formal. Again a man with a great track record in football. Also highly likely to know SJR on a personal level. When Mitchell lived and worked in Monaco they would have practically been neighbours. Two Englishmen born and bred within a few miles of eachother living in the south of France at the same time. I'd imagine their paths will have crossed on more than a few occasions.
While Dave Brailsford seems like SJR's right hand man in terms of sporting ventures. So it's probably fairly safe to assume he'll definitely have some sort of role to play both in both an official and a personal capacity I suspect.
I'm not sure how many of his ideas from cycling can be carried over, but most elite sports learn and adopt ideas from eachother. His marginal gains concept should at the very least be something that could be adapted to football and with it bring better performance. That attention to detail to look to improve every single facet by 1% does add up and it means you easily spot the easy wins the things that can make big changes first.
It looks like those three along with SJR will have a big part to play. I'm particularly excited by JCB and Paul Mitchell as they have a proven quality and track record in football. They also seem likely to be able to work well with eachother as a team.
Either way exciting times.
26 Oct 2023 14:56:37
Rumours about us bringing degea back. surely not!
1.) 26 Oct 2023 15:52:03
Load of crap in my opinion. I think it's a case of journalists putting 2+2 together and coming up with 7 as per usual.
DDG has been pictured back in Manchester catching up with old teammates while Onana has had a difficult start.
DDG still isn't able to play out from the back and I can't imagine his form will be great having not trained with a team or played any football since June.
The idea that the club will look to sign him on a short term deal to cover Onana while he goes to the AFCON doesn't really make a great deal of sense. The club would have known it was a possibility when they signed Onana. They also bought Bayindir in the summer and blocked a move for Heaton.
In my opinion those two will have to step it up while Onana is away.
2.) 26 Oct 2023 16:19:52
Hope so as it’s makes zero sense to me.
3.) 26 Oct 2023 18:10:29
Those pre season games, I felt Heaton to be more comfortable on the ball than de gea ever was.
Heaton is also a very decent shot stopper.
Have no idea about bayindir but hoping he gets a start vs newcastle in the league cup game.
4.) 26 Oct 2023 19:35:53
Wouldn’t be the worst thing imo. As long as he was comfortable with us holding all the cards instead of the other way round, I think he’d only bring positives to the goalkeeping group.
5.) 26 Oct 2023 21:00:25
We should get Carrick and Rooney while we’re at it, with De Gea and Evans completing the spine of the team.
6.) 26 Oct 2023 22:31:01
There's a reason de gea doesn't have a club, and it's money. He doesn't need any as we were paying him massive amounts and nobody wants to pay what he thinks he's worth. He would be at Madrid otherwise. I love de gea he's one of us, but the ate old saying you never go back to you ex is for a reason. I'm excited to see what bayindir is like.
7.) 27 Oct 2023 08:28:59
Stranger things have happened. Doesn't seem beyond the realms of possibility tbf.
8.) 27 Oct 2023 13:24:09
Still like to see him back for a proper send-off.
9.) 28 Oct 2023 00:36:45
Don’t know if it’s a good idea, but has nobody noticed that the last 4 games Onana is not playing out from the back at all? Just hoofing it long like DDG did. So it wouldn’t make much of a difference except for we’d have a better shot stopper.
10.) 28 Oct 2023 11:59:42
Exactly Pat what we bought him to do, he now not doing anyway, shock horror the players we got can’t receive the ball like that! But to be honest when he was kicking his percentage is only low 70s anyway which is nothing to get excited about.
Yes his is better than DeGea with ball at his feet, but even a declining DeGea is better at saves. And last season we did not let in that many goals, certainly be more this season.
Personally I would have rather spent the money on Decent midfielder or added Goals get a decent striker or winger, would have been better, 80m wasted on Antony, 45 million Onana 60 million Mount 70 million Rasmus and hardly a goal out of the lot of them. (Rasmus ok for future, but too much to be main man for him now)
Buy better then what you got or had is my motto, and I’m struggling to see many additions that are any better loans or buys.
I don’t buy this rubbish that ETH just given Weghorst, Sabitzer, Arambat, they are clearly his choices even if loans and none of them good enough, Sabitzer may have done a better job then what we now got and he sent him back, did not want him for 20 million!
11.) 28 Oct 2023 20:40:18
That change in what the keeper is being asked to do is almost certainly linked to the injuries in defence.
Absolutely no point trying to play out from the back with Maguire in front of you. Play the ball to him when a team is pressing and you'll lose the ball.
12.) 31 Oct 2023 08:35:32
Agree with that Shappy. We don’t have the defenders for that system your right.
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16 Apr 2024 11:44:39
Donny back in June, sancho back in June. Their loan clubs aren't for activating the buy option. Wanting rid of these players is easy, actually doing it is another thing entirely.
1.) 16 Apr 2024 12:08:02
Tim I think at worst dvb will agree to cancel his final year and get himself a new club. Just a feeling I have.
Sancho will at worst be loaned out imo.
I think there is an appetite to bite the bullet financially on these. Understanding the dynamics surrounding srp would be helpful to you.
2.) 16 Apr 2024 12:17:57
Martial and VdB simply have to go.
Seems a bit of the unknown around Sancho and Greenwood. Can't see either getting a great reception if they return at this point but so much is up in the air.
3.) 16 Apr 2024 12:28:13
#spr sorry predictive typo.
4.) 16 Apr 2024 13:17:48
Again psr ? doh!
5.) 16 Apr 2024 14:49:16
We could maybe do like Chelsea and sell some of our property portfolio to ourselves. I can see big changes to psr as the complaints about it are getting louder, though the clubs did agree on them so not sure what they’re complaining about now.
{Ed002's Note - The changes have already been agreed.}
6.) 16 Apr 2024 16:42:38
Ed002 are the main changes to the rules around moving away from total club profit to a cap on costs for the players wages, transfer fees, agent fees and other associated costs.
I've read that clubs will be restricted to 70% of total income if you are competing in Europe while sides outside of European comps can spend 85%
Points deduction will remain in place for serious breaches I understand.
It was not from a hugely reliable source that I read it.
Thanks.
{Ed002's Note - It is broadly what has been agreed. There are broader penalties available aside from points deductions.}
7.) 16 Apr 2024 17:16:03
@ tim there are a few good articles to read up on if you fancy.
I just put 'psr rule changes in epl' and it came up with a few good articles. ?.
8.) 16 Apr 2024 17:10:06
Thanks ed002.
Looks a positive change from uniteds perspective.
Appreciate the confirmation.
9.) 17 Apr 2024 01:18:09
Don’t think much changes from a Utd perspective currently. Utd have the 2nd highest turnover but also the 2nd highest wage bill. Unlike city and others, Utd also have very high interest repayments based on the buyout and transfer funding from previous years. If Utd were debt free, the rule changes would be ideal but realistically even if Utd sold the 15 players most mentioned and saved 50% of their wage bill, it would only allow an extra 75m in transfers. Reducing as players and wage bill increases.
Definitely better for Utd et al long term though.
10.) 17 Apr 2024 08:57:10
Thanks Ken. I listen a lot to Simon Jordan and steffen borson (ffp expert) on talksport. They are very good at dumbing down the complexities of psr for dummies like me.
11.) 17 Apr 2024 10:00:52
Tim I would day you are no dummy.
12.) 16 Apr 2024 21:53:11
Thanks ed as always!
13.) 16 Apr 2024 22:52:30
Ken, I listen a lot to Steffen borson who is on talksport. He’s an ffp expert and he’s great at explaining things for simple folk like me. I’m not a huge Simon Jordan fan but when those 2 discuss this topic it’s engrossing and very informative!
14 Apr 2024 22:58:56
It's been said before but unai emery really is a fantastic coach. There's no chance we could get him but he should be on any list we have. Everywhere he goes he has success (other than an unlucky stint at Arsenal), and his teams have a clear style and substance to them. I'm sure he's having a very good ebening tonight ?.
1.) 15 Apr 2024 07:09:32
But according to many on here, only months ago we have already got a fantastic coach, yes appears now many have changed there minds! Over a year ago I named the players who were not good enough that included AWB McT McG etc etc, I was given pelters again many have changed there mind. nice you finally woken up and smelled the coffee that ETH is out of his depth.
I was also given stick for questioning ETH demeanour also ability to fall out with everyone, you all said he was a disciplinarian and doing great at it. How’s that looking now?
These players are not as bad as you all say, they are just being told to play with a terrible game plan and tactics and awful coaching. A decent manager would get a lot more from them.
Bruno and Rashford are probably our best two players but you all fallen under this spell that they are rubbish, they are not rubbish it’s what they're being ask to do, same with Casermiro, he is hardly rubbish. but of course the lambs follow.
2.) 15 Apr 2024 07:38:45
I'll take Ross county's manager at this point.
3.) 15 Apr 2024 08:45:48
Romanian what nonsense about Rashford
He ain’t rubbish he’s absolutely useless and lazy and spineless
Yes ETH isn’t blameless.
4.) 15 Apr 2024 12:43:32
Brilliant post Romanian Maverick. On behalf of all of the posters on this forum, thank you for sharing your valuable insights with us, oh wise one.
It’s good to know that none of this is the players fault. I will take back anything I’ve said about Rashford’s work ethic and Martial’s laziness. Rangnick, Ole, Jose and LVG are all to blame. Damn those managers, it’s a miracle that they’ve managed to win league titles and champions leagues before they came to United.
Also thanks for the heads up on “McG”. I haven’t heard of him before, but will surely check him out.
5.) 15 Apr 2024 13:03:46
Wazza I think we got a couple of those managers a little past their sell by date in Jose and lvg.
None of our managers let go since fergie have won anything of note since they left and been fired from their subsequent jobs too. Of course only some of them even got another job.
I think it was right they were fired.
Jose did an OK job apart from that eth had a good 1st season.
Lots of our players that were deemed useless and toxic and sold have gone on to win titles and plenty of them.
I'd say the coaches were a bigger problem than the players. Their winning pedigree since their various departures would uphold that view somewhat imo.
I'm not suggesting that all the players are right for united but neither is the manager we have imo.
6.) 15 Apr 2024 17:40:42
Its a shame that sarcasm doesn't come through in a different colour font Ken.
7.) 15 Apr 2024 17:57:18
If you seriously think that ETH is this such a strong character and full of discipline, don’t you think for one minute he would drop Rashford if he was not doing exactly as ETH is telling him to do… maybe use some more brain power on thinking why he is picked for every game, I’m told he is the best trainer at the club, so hardly lazy!
BTW I said Sancho was an awful waste of money because his attitude…got that right too, even though one big poster on here told me time and time again I did not know what I was talking about he he is great and you even backed him up…. How that turn out!
8.) 15 Apr 2024 23:26:42
Wazza, sarcasm is in black text on this site.
9.) 16 Apr 2024 18:55:56
Romanian maverick
I didn’t want Sancho and said so on here, I suggested Ousmane Dembele, to much derision.
14 Apr 2024 11:37:11
While we all hope that this summer will be a big one in terms of rebuilding the squad, we have to be realistic! How many of our players are we going to be able to sell especially for the fee and wages asked?! Let's face it they aren't exactly painting a positive image, the performances and effort of most have been way below standard so why would anyone else want them? Temper your expectations for most likely a large number of them will still be here come August.
1.) 14 Apr 2024 17:00:26
Well Martial will be off so that's a great start, Casemiro and Varane need to go but unless Saudi clubs come in then wages are going to be a problem, I think AWB needs to go he is a great tackler but that's about it.
Then there is the if you get the right offer for them let them go, that would be Maguire, Rashford, McTom, Pellestri and Anthony.
07 Apr 2024 22:17:26
Rashford injured. not being rude but that might be a good thing considering his performances. Be interesting to see who plays in his place but surely they'll provide more workrate than he has so that's a bonus.
1.) 08 Apr 2024 06:56:42
I hate to say this regarding an injury… but… hopefully for the remainder of the season.
And I never thought I’d say this… Antony has done more in the last 2 games than Rashford has for a while.
In a lovely related (injury) not, seems Martial may be off to Italy and we may not see him play again.
2.) 08 Apr 2024 08:25:39
Like others, I don't like to celebrate an injury but. I'm not upset about this one to Rashford. Did anybody else notice how our play went up a notch when he went off? Strange that.
3.) 08 Apr 2024 08:41:22
It just goes to show how much Rashford has fallen out of fans favour with his performances. Hopefully he recovers in time for summer so he can be moved on. No doubt he is thinking the same.
Agreed Wazza, Antony has played really well.
4.) 08 Apr 2024 09:12:53
No doubt he is thinking the same? We seem to pay more than most teams, and he's very much out of form - who's going to pay what he wants? He's got a new contract, think we're stuck for a while.
5.) 08 Apr 2024 09:29:15
Fans will understand a dip in form. We feel a player's pain during his loss of form. What is unforgivable is a complete lack of effort. Us fans will jump on a player's back when he appears not to care.
6.) 08 Apr 2024 09:35:14
I'd rather be was not injured but dropped. The only way rashford moved on is if the manager calls him in and tells him he has no chance of playing for him again.
Maybe eth should ban him from the dressing room and make him eat his lunch alone out of a lunchbox.
7.) 08 Apr 2024 09:41:45
There’s a player in Antony, I’ve said it all along. Just not sure the Premier League is the place for him. Let’s see. I’m sure the off field incidents have been very difficult and distracting to deal with. Elite sport is All fine margins, and a slight dip in performance is huge.
I’m think Rashford hasn’t been fit mentally or physically all season, hence why he’s been so bad.
8.) 08 Apr 2024 10:09:00
I agree Ken that I wouldn’t want him injured but dropped but if he is out a few weeks or whatever it’s a get out of jail card for eth. I also agree on Antony, he may be short on ability but his workrate and desire is clear for all to see, I think the team will function better if he plays instead of rashford, and it’s not as is rashford has been banging them in either.
9.) 08 Apr 2024 10:28:40
The whole team looks terrible, players aren't 100% commited to the style because they either aren't sure what their being asked for, can see the issues what their being asked to do are causing, or are trying to mange energy through a game knowing the amount of running they will need to do.
The attackers always look the worst because they are the ones usually winning you games. everytime we've looked terrible the blames pushed on the attackers, Bruno, rashford, are the latest targets despite being out beat players.
If you need proof of the running find the clip of what garnacho had to cover over the 5 minutes to score his second goal up and down the length of the pitch at a sprint 4/ 5 times in 4/ 5 minutes if that long.
Also it's been clear for the last 4/ 5 weeks rash has had a knock exactly like he did under rangnick he's worried about making it worse by going into a tackle. because what cover have we got for him? He's been in a position where he has to make sure he's available.
10.) 08 Apr 2024 10:31:14
I would play Bruno on the right, Garnacho on the left and give Mount a shot in the middle alongside Manioo, with Casemiro sitting.
Manioo needs to play in a midfield with positional stability. Bruno leaves him exposed far too often. I think Mount would provide a bit more protection, and it give Dalot a chance to overlap on the right instead of pretending to be a midfielder in possession. Might actually get a few crosses into Hojland.
11.) 08 Apr 2024 10:10:05
I think he is holding out for an approach from PSG Spenno with Mbappe moving. I don't think we pay more than them.
12.) 08 Apr 2024 11:22:23
I see PSG going for a more prolific replacement to appease the fans after losing their talisgan, maybe Osimhen. But who knows, Rashy last year wouldn't have been out of place anywhere.
As an aside I think the days of the likes of Barcelona and PSG (and many Prem teams) going nuts on transfer fees and wages will be tempered in coming seasons with the emphasis on younger homegrown players.
13.) 08 Apr 2024 11:38:50
I have no knowledge but I think Rashford's issue is mental, I wonder if he is perhaps unwell and needs help. He is a quality player, we forget just how good he has been but right now, he isn't managing the basics.
14.) 08 Apr 2024 11:39:06
IF you ignore brunos goal, he is so ill disciplined imo on the ball and what he does positioning wise. He kind of throws the other mids under the bus and we are exposed. He runs a lot but in the wrong place to tackle or always behind the play and chasing. Very hard player to solve for.
15.) 08 Apr 2024 12:25:36
How many of peps players run around out of position doing their own thing?
16.) 08 Apr 2024 13:06:16
The well-documented stats around Utd conceding most shots in Europe's top 5 leagues (were third prior to the Liverpool game but I think we must now be top! ) are a major concern and Erik seems to brush the stat off with words to the effect of it not mattering as they aren't quality shots.
Throw in Neville's stats/ opinion about Utd being the worst team out of possession in the league and things are pretty worrying. Is that a Casemiro thing, or a tactic/ ten Hag thing? The midfield seems to be at the root of many of the issues.
17.) 08 Apr 2024 13:08:18
None Ken. It’s a massive problem defensively. That’s why I’d play him on the right wing. Give him a specific area to operate in, and if he doesn’t stick to it, drop him. At the moment he’s given a completely free role, and that results in far too much space in the midfield.
18.) 08 Apr 2024 13:10:16
Ajh I'm not sure it's impossible to know. He looks very unhappy.
I do get the feeling he is unhappy with his working environment.
But it could be all personal issues and nothing to do with work but his form is effected badly by whatever it is.
I have been a big fan of his and really want to see him do well elsewhere.
A move might be good for him and the club.
19.) 08 Apr 2024 13:46:04
We don't always need to compare to "Pep". I know he's the best at the minute but there's many different ways to play football.
20.) 08 Apr 2024 14:34:07
I’d also add that it feels like every corner we concede, we almost always give up chance, let alone concede a goal.
We are simply awful in the air and at set pieces. What are they doing in training?
21.) 08 Apr 2024 14:25:15
OK banjoe how many of klopps players run around doing their own thing?
Or alnso's or indeed any manager of a top side.
I use pep as he is the best and that is what we need to be aspiring to be.
22.) 09 Apr 2024 07:58:42
I get your point weed and I agree, I'm just sick of Pep at this point.
31 Mar 2024 22:53:57
Anyone want to see mount at 10 instead of Bruno and hopefully Casemiro instead of mctominay. I'd also play diallo in place of rashford. Might not make a difference but we couldn't be any worse.
1.) 01 Apr 2024 07:11:06
I'd definitely try that. Rashford offers nothing. Diallo can go RW and Garnacho LW.
EtH seems to have hair favourites. He is stubborn as a mule.
2.) 01 Apr 2024 09:43:25
Garnacho is making the RW his own, I wouldn’t move him.
I’m all for dropping Rashford, his attitude stinks and he needs to go. Unfortunately the replacements are Antony and Diallo who are worse, so it makes sense that we are stuck with Rashford, for the rest of the season at least.
3.) 01 Apr 2024 09:53:49
I find this "manager has his favourites" line pretty funny to be honest.
Anyone noticed that Jose's favourites, pretty much became Ole's favourites, while the same players were Ralf's favourites, and now those same players who were the favourites of the previous managers are the current managers favourites.
It's almost like multiple different managers have spent hundreds of hours on the training pitches with these players and all come to the same conclusion about which ones are the best players ??♂️
The argument that they only play the players they sign doesn't even hold up. Garnacho is naturally a LW player, but has been starting ahead of the current managers biggest purchase Antony for nearly two months now on the right.
EtH has literally moved a kid out of position to try and find a solution to drop Antony. That doesn't sound particularly stubborn to me.
People complained that Antony got picked because he was the managers favourite. But completely overlooked the fact that at the time Greenwood and Sancho were unavailable, while Amad was injured meaning the only other option was Pellistri who underwhelmed every time he has played either with us or on either of his previous loans.
Reality was that Antony was the best available player at that time. Since then Garnacho has improved and stepped up, shown he can be relied upon and has taken Antony's place as a result of that.
The only thing I'd criticise the manager for is that tactically I think we need to change our shape in possession from a 3133 to 3223 we need an extra midfielder deeper to protect against the counter.
Tactically the issue we have had all season is the gap between the defence and the forward line is too big. But I'm sure the manager has his reasons for not changing things, and it's more likely due to the players he has available rather than an unwillingness to change his tactics as he has shown himself to be a pragmatic manager and more than willing to alter his tactics to suit the game/ players he has available.
4.) 01 Apr 2024 10:40:00
Shappy,
All managers have their favourites.
5.) 01 Apr 2024 11:37:51
They’re called the best players.
6.) 01 Apr 2024 11:43:58
Correct mad hatter.
Rashford was not a Jose favourite shappy what are you talking about?
Managers favourites under ole were
Rash martial Bruno maguire awb Shaw mctom
Ralph's were not obvious
Eth
Onana martinez Bruno rashford Antony (until it became untenable)
Jose's favs matic I'd say that's it.
7.) 01 Apr 2024 12:06:41
Exactly Shappy, it’s no coincidence. The manager has to select from average players with poor attitudes. It doesn’t take much to stand out in the current squad.
18 Apr 2024 10:46:03
Won’t affect us anyways I wouldn’t imagine. Bad news for spurs.
16 Apr 2024 14:44:10
Ed02 the GOAT as always. Thanks for that amazingly detailed and insightful breakdown!
08 Apr 2024 19:33:36
Oh I know, thumped by feyenoord at the weekend. they’ve been a shambles since eth left. Depending on what happens with us he could end up back there! Who knows.
04 Jan 2024 12:27:51
Thanks again ed, as always.
04 Jan 2024 12:23:29
Thanks ed as always.
17 Apr 2024 22:02:57
80% Ken that’s optimistic…I’m at around 60% ??.
17 Apr 2024 22:02:13
Id like us to try something different…whether that be tactically or personnel wise. Doing the same thing week by week isn’t getting us anywhere.
16 Apr 2024 22:52:30
Ken, I listen a lot to Steffen borson who is on talksport. He’s an ffp expert and he’s great at explaining things for simple folk like me. I’m not a huge Simon Jordan fan but when those 2 discuss this topic it’s engrossing and very informative!
16 Apr 2024 21:53:11
Thanks ed as always!
17 Apr 2024 08:57:10
Thanks Ken. I listen a lot to Simon Jordan and steffen borson (ffp expert) on talksport. They are very good at dumbing down the complexities of psr for dummies like me.