Manchester United Banter Archive May 06 2019

05 May 2019 20:36:51
Awful today but I'm not writing him off yet, let him get some of his own players in, get rid of a few lazy bad apples and have a full pre season under our belt.
Can't believe so many have turned on him allready, didn't take long. GIve him a chance at least. He took us on our best run in years with the players he inherited and playing more exciting football than the dross served up by Van Gaal and Mourinho. Yes that's dropped off but it was bound to really.
He deserves a chance and our full support. You never know some of the experts on here could be wrong, it's happened before.

06 May 2019 19:33:53
Hello Ed002,
Does Lukaku intend to leave United this summer. If so, sre United going to persist with Rashford or look for established names?

{Ed002's Note - Lukaku may want Champions League football but has not shown a desire to leave so he will need to get on with it like many of the others.}

07 May 2019 08:25:44
Hasn’t shown much desire for anything by the looks of it. Waste of space.

06 May 2019 23:19:07
Do you know if United are looking for another striker Ed? Would you also have any information as to whether the first team manager and coaches think there is a realistic likelihood of U23 midfielders being used next season and not just for one or two appearances. If so who. Thanks for all your work and info over the regularseason. The silly season awaits!

{Ed002's Note - In terms of forwards, Manchester United's priority is to bring in an AM and a flexible RW/F and, if they can move both Sanchez and Martial on, a flexible LW/F leaving Lukaku and Rashford as strikers. And that is what they have been lookimg for. Of course, bereft of their own ideas they are still looking to Mr Mourinho's targets - and it will be made much tougher by not having any Champions League not having a coach who instills any sort of confidence at all. In terms of midfield players they will look to bring in at least one, perhaps two, to replace Herrera and if they can find someone to pay the asking price, Pogba. They will not be looking at any emerging players from the younger group beyond Scott McTominay who is already on the fringes, although I understand much is expected of a young DM (Garner) and the kid from PSG (Traore).}

07 May 2019 14:16:42
Thanks for the reply. Sounds very depressing. Should be used to it by now I suppose.

06 May 2019 18:31:18
{Ed's Note - Park3lung has posted a new article entitled, Why are Manchester United Supporters Turning Against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?

06 May 2019 18:40:11
Good article Park👌.

06 May 2019 19:03:59
I think it’s fair to say a lot of us think OGS appointment is the incorrect choice, but if he’s given the right structure above him and brings in his own coaches then who knows he has a chance. One thing is clear in his defence - this is not his team or his squad and it’s quite frankly a very poor one he had inherited so needs time to make some very significant changes.

06 May 2019 16:41:55
Sad to see Utd in such a state but it reminds me of the post Busby era, Frank Farrel, Tommy Doc et al.
To my mind Utd now have too many prima donna's that go back to the Ferguson era and they need claering out. The recruitment has also been abismal, more spoilt over paid posers. It's really down to Woodward who does have a footballing cell in his brain, need a director of football to support OGS and keep Woodward's head in the accounts.
Get rid of the prima donnas and the old lags and rebuild with the young and hungry. To me that means if De Gea can't give his commiyment let him go, Young needs to be put out to grass, Herrera as De Gea, Pogba too much of a poser, Mata on the way down, Matic not a Utd man, Martial not committted and too moody and Lukaku not Utd's style. Clear out and rebuild, an interesting summer in store I suspect.

06 May 2019 17:52:01
Sorry forgot Sanchez, a waste of money and space also with bad attitude, Smalling and Jones, beyond their sell by date for Utd. Also need a Captain Utd through and through, could this be McTomminay, someone in the Brian Robson/ Keane mould. You got a big job Ollie!

06 May 2019 16:04:40
Would Van Der sar be a good choice for the director of football role Ed002?

{Ed002's Note - You should try the search engine - some time ago I explained: Edwin Van Der Sar would be a particularly stupid choice - he has no relevant experience.

Nothing has changed.}

06 May 2019 11:08:36
Is anyone else worried by the fact Solskjaer has tried so many different formations/ tactics. Normally a manager has his way of playing in a set formation and sticks with it so the players get used to it.

I know injuries have maybe hampered his plan a little but to change from week to week is a little concerning, I'm hoping ole succeeds and in no way am I defending the players but how likely are we to see any rhythm in our play if we change the way we play game to game.

06 May 2019 11:47:31
Not at all. We have a fractured squad who are either unable or unwilling to play in certain ways. So as a manager you have no choice but to try and work out a different way to get the results.

Give him the summer to move some players out, bring some new players in and to work with the side during pre-season. Then judge if there is any improvement next season.

People need to remember Pep didn't win the title in his first season as City manager. Even with a pre-season behind him to drill his players, an almost unlimited budget, buying 8+ new players was he able to get his side playing perfectly. It took arguably the best manager in the world, with a very good squad to start with 500m plus buying 15 new players, and two whole seasons to create a winning side.

Yet people are hanging Ole out to dry after half a season with a terrible squad, no money and no chance to bring in or ship out even one player.

06 May 2019 11:48:22
It's hard to have a consistent team and formation when

1. The team is crap
2. We have no squad depth.

06 May 2019 12:07:05
Well said shappy.

06 May 2019 12:11:40
That’s a good shout Shappy. Ole Solskjaer has to be given time now. I think it was a mistake announcing him before the season ended but it’s done and Woodward has made his bed. I’m desperate for Ole to succeed but I’m also desperate to see him given time to rebuild a squad capable of actually playing some half decent football.

06 May 2019 12:22:31
Shappy I remember peps 1st season though he didn’t have the players to carry out his plan you could still see how he set the team up and how he wanted the team to play. What I’m concerned about is we look like we have no plan or style of play game to game as it’s always changing. I’m also concerned that ole will not get as much backing as the fans want less so the players we need.

06 May 2019 12:34:56
The difference being that pep came from managing the biggest clubs in football, with huge experience handling players with all sorts of egos and traits.

06 May 2019 12:36:44
He has no idea. never did have an idea. Will never have an idea. Let's stop this insane and inane optimistic posturing. A mistake has been made, and hardly for the first time. Go get someone who can manage and recruit. Relying on emotion, sentiment, heritage fantasies, imagery and symbolism is futile.

At least he is cheap to terminate. So terminate.

06 May 2019 12:56:58
It doesn't help when most of the team are out of breath after thirty minutes like yesterday. How professional athletes can be so unfit is beyond me.

06 May 2019 13:06:34
I can't remember watching a PL team so out of shape like Utd are.

Frankly its embarrassing. Sheer petulance. All we can do is back the manager and hope for the best.

06 May 2019 13:47:54
The ...............

{Ed002's Note - Why bother posting when you know so little about the club? At the moment you are just trolling the posts of others. You would do better to post nothing and try to learn.}

06 May 2019 15:01:10
Shappy is bang on here.

I don't know enough about the details of how the club is run but something is broken above Ole's head And something seems a miss in the changing room. We need a clear out, fresh ideas and new personalities.

06 May 2019 16:45:17
If a strong personality like Mourinho couldn't put his foot down and get backed, do you guys think Ole will do that or have the backing.

I very much doubt anything will change.

The club seems to be be clueless and targeting Mouirnho's identified player which again points to th3 fact Ole is not choosig the players it is getting chose by the people above.

Th3 club is just going back on their words which is r3qlly bad and if a new manager looks at it from that angle i am sure he wouldn't want to be associated with th3 club unless he is given full backing.

Ole was and is a easy get away choice because of the fqns that adore him and will give him time but i don't think he has it in him to succeed long term unless there is a full structure around him which i highly doubt it going by whqt the clubs has been doing for the last 6 years.

I promise you guys the next excuse we are going to have is that it wasnt Ole's chosen players if the club decides to buy Mourinho's targets and will most likely be in a never ending transition period for the next 5 years or so.

The club is player poker and the sooner the dealer gets relieved of his duties the better it is because the cards have been the same but just exchanged hands a few times to keep us fans happy.

06 May 2019 17:54:59
So Ed ....

{Ed002's Note - Yopu are seemingly the most ill-informermed of the ManchesterUnited supporters - it is really a joke how little the others know - and well beyond a joke what you know.}

06 May 2019 20:53:23
Ok Malcolm I succumb to your vast knowledge of every detail of the inner workings of our club. Thank you.