Manchester United Discussion

18 Apr 2024 02:30:40
Thanks very much ed002 for the updated summer summary. Its simply incredible 🙏.

15 Apr 2024 22:55:38
Potter is going to be our manager next season isn't he.

16 Apr 2024 00:27:23
Hope so.

16 Apr 2024 07:30:50
Careful of what you wish for. He got swallowed whole at Chelsea. Why do you think he can succeed within the atmosphere of Old Trafford?

16 Apr 2024 08:01:41
Agree Fizz.

SJR is going to have to think this one over a great deal to prevent a total meltdown over the next 12 months whilst the club gets it’s proverbial in gear!

16 Apr 2024 08:26:55
Pottor failed at Chelsea due to the Todd Boehly takeover. Pocchitino has struggled this season at Chelsea aswell.

I'd prefer to focus on Potters time at Brighton over his time at Chelsea. He didn't t help coming into a team where the owner was playing football manager and expecting the new manager to make make things work.

I'd prefer Potter over Southgate as a manager.

Southgate clearly has his favourites who are prioritised not matter how poor or how little game time they've had.

I'd love to see Amorin or Nagelsmann come in.

16 Apr 2024 11:38:12
I don't know DH, people keep telling me it will be ETH.
We'll just have to wait and see.
Most educated people with a reasonable amount of emotional intelligence understand that a failure in one Job does not mean failure in the next.
There are anomalies in nearly every career.
Potter would not be my preferred choice but what do I know I've never worked for or with him nor has he ever worked for me. I don't know nearly enough about him
I'd be happy to follow our new DOF's or ceo's decision that's why we wanted them appointed.
From the outside looking in he didn't do well at chelsea but did well in his other jobs. Only a fool looks at 1 piece of evidence to make a judgement in an area where they have no real knowledge. He was a bit rabbit in the headlights at Chelsea imo but no more than eth is at united.
Potter has experience with our proposed new dof so that would help if he came in.

16 Apr 2024 14:01:56
As long as ETH goes and Southgate don’t come in, I really don’t care who it is, no one can be more of a shambles and small mindfulness as is now!

16 Apr 2024 20:43:44
Tosser coin? Pointless continually calling for a manager to be sacked without identifying a replacement. Might as well just be a tosser, coin.

17 Apr 2024 12:03:04
Got no issue with Potter if the correct infrastructure is in place for him. If not, it’ll be a disaster. Much like ETH is now turning out to be.

17 Apr 2024 15:10:40
Not really our job to identify replacements though is it? I'm sure it those in charge decide to move on from eth they will have a very strong idea on who the want to replace him.
I agree with maverick on this one I'm not that fussed who comes in tbh as I don't know what the criteria is. I'm sure the new guys will have that all in hand.

15 Apr 2024 11:58:52
Question for Ed002 please. and apologies if this has been covered [delete if so].

If the club decide to part ways with ETH at the end of the season - who do you think would be the best fit as coach/ manager - and why.

Your thoughts and input are very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

{Ed002's Note - I have answered this recently.}

15 Apr 2024 15:04:45
Jeez, RTFP mate.

15 Apr 2024 20:28:33
Apologies. Did not mean to offend AJH.

15 Apr 2024 20:30:32
I have tried searching but with no luck…. apologies.

15 Apr 2024 20:50:01
It’s either Potter or Southgate as the most likely options rn Wil.

15 Apr 2024 20:51:42
Tap in new coach in the search box Wil.

14 Apr 2024 14:13:59
Manchester United has become an impossible job! A graveyard to enthusiasm, innovation, hunger and success. Devoid of leadership, purpose and direction, infected by apathy, mediocrity and incompetence. No longer the Theatre of Dreams but now a place of decay, neglect and indifference.


A decade of poor decisions, a lack of vision and purpose has resulted in an collection of over paid, pampered, egotistical, charlatans that care more about making excuses and protecting their own brand than taking accountability for their own performance.

A dressing room of blaggers and blame shifters, not fit to wear the shirt but eager to point the finger and shift responsibility have permeated the very core of this once revered institution.

A lack of hunger, intensity and desire, words synonymous with Man Utd for over a decade regardless of manager. Downing tools, blame shifting, excuses. The same things happen, the same words are used as each new hope fails to instil any kind of discipline or standards at this once great Club. EtH is just the latest excuse berated by his own players, the media of some of his own supporters for believing he could make a difference.

Anyone that has watched Utd avidly for the past decade understands the problem and knows it can't simply be solved by the sacking of yet another manager. Years of neglect, apathy and incompetence cannot be purged by the dismissal of one man.

What we need now is clear heads and clarity of thought. A vision for the future, an identity, a philosophy, a purpose, a plan. We need elite decision makers and senior leaders to galvanise the Club and give it purpose. Knee jerk reactions and emotional decisions will only prolong the recovery.

How do we want to play? What is our style? What are our values? What do we stand for? Every new manager, coach, player and member of staff should be carefully selected and recruited that share those standards!

Ineos must not make the same mistakes of the past. They must understand salvation cannot be found in one man but the calibration of experts all working tirelessly towards the same purpose and goal. They must implement their philosophy and vision. They must recruit the right people. They must create a coherent plan and devise a roadmap to get there. They must root out incompetence and indifference. They must dismantle player power and eradicate the excuses and blame shifters. What they do in the coming months may just define the next decade.

14 Apr 2024 15:30:03
It's not an impossible job at all.
Dlib they know what they are doing. Not every decision they make will be correct but they will do the right things they have experience and expertise what they mustn't do is listen to rhetoric from people that don't have the 1st clue what they are talking about.

They need subject matter experts they are on acrecruitment drive to fill key roles but they must not be deterred by know it all, know nothings.
You cried here for years wanting a dof and new set up so let them do their jobs. Why you think you your the man to tell experts how to do their job is beyond me.
You just want what you want you have a very high opinion of your own opinions which are based on what knowledge exactly?

Opinions are all valid but you need to understand not to get too attached to your opinion when it's based on no practical knowledge of the job that needs doing.
Just because you feel something must be done does not make it necessarily true.

14 Apr 2024 16:49:01
Tumbleweed you win the internet for a day for the most ironic post of the month. Given some of your post's content, I would say you've excelled yourself in bolloxology with this one! Just too funny 🤣🤣.

14 Apr 2024 17:44:00
Dlib I am not meaning to be negative I have no intimate knowledge either but we have a chance now better than we have had for a long time.
Sjr has been talking the right talk imo.
They have made some good moves in recruitment. They don't have their get under the table yet.
They will need time to u destiny what they must do.
None of us know what they must do.
They need time let's not judge them on the jobs we feel they must do until they understand the priorities themselves.
Surely can't tell them what they must do without knowing the details of so many situations they have on the table.
All any football fan has is hope and belief.
I hope that the investors help turn our fortunes around and at this time I believe they will. I won't agree with lots of stuff that they decide and do. Least of all keep eth in place but if they do it means they are seeing something I'm not and I'll accept that and bow to their greater knowledge. And go back to hoping that whatever they are seeing appears soon 🤣
Maybe it's how I read your posts but they come across to me and my perception is that you are very set on what must happen and questioning decisions before they are made insisting on what you know is the right thing to do. I find that difficult to understand when you don't know most of the details and there could be 100 reasons why your wrong. You call it an impossible job I call it the opportunity of a lifetime for the right manager. I don't understand how any Manchester United supporter wouldn't think that. Its just maybe how we see things differently. I support the club, brand and institution as much as I do the team
I didn't mean to get at you dlib so wanted to explain myself.
I hope that in 12 months that we can see some improvements in all areas but some must come before others are even addressed.
The task they face is monumental and that's even before they are the team issues.
Let's hope we can beat Coventry and all go into the final with a bit of hope if not too much belief🙈.

15 Apr 2024 09:42:56
Bolloxology ken 😂.

13 Apr 2024 22:03:34
Does rashford have nudes of eth or what? I've never seen a player so bereft of form attitude and effort yet he starts nearly every week. My question is why?

13 Apr 2024 22:26:10
Rashfords clearly carrying a knock, but what's the option? Antony had 1 alright game against Chelsea but people forget how bad he was before that, Amad? Manager clearly isn't convinced who else Mount? Just come back from muscle injuries that have had him out most the season, being nursed back into it.

Everyone's keen to slag Rashford but the whole team is awful, they aren't 100% sure on the tactics, which means they aren't committed to them and that's if they understand what they are meant to be doing which I'm not sure they are.

Not only that the gaps in the middle because the defence drop early and the midfielders push up, like the manager wants, mean players aren't flying back all the time as they hope someone else will cover it, not always because they're lazy but because they know there's going to be another mad chase back in a minute or so, they're trying to pace themselves through a match.

14 Apr 2024 11:18:41
Rashford is in poor form, and has probably needed to be dropped to give him the chance to refocus and find his drive and desire again.

Yet the sad reality is that we have such a poor squad that there are literally very few options to drop him for.

Garnacho has shown he needs to play on the right for the time being to help his development. Sancho has had to sit on the naughty step and been shipped out, the club reneged on reintroducing Greenwood and he's been shipped off.

Antony has struggled and has been utterly awful this season. Not even good enough for a team battling relegation, let alone one competing in the UCL.

Amad and Mount have been out injured for the majority of the season. Even if/ when fit they aren't really wingers, neither are quick dribblers or able to play well on the counter. They are more like wide No.10's, creative players who need players around them to play off of.

Which really leaves Pellistri and Shoretire, neither are good enough for this level and should have been sold last summer.

So if you drop Rashford then who are you playing ahead of him?

That's the real problem.

14 Apr 2024 11:26:56
Antony lacks quality but at least he would give us workrate and effort. Both clearly lacking from rashford. Don’t get me wrong there’s more than him at fault but he seems to be one of the worst, and trust me that attitude is infectious in the wrong way.

14 Apr 2024 11:52:54
He seems to be the worst because he's seen as the talisman the match winner and we aren't winning matches, same with Bruno he dragged us through to an undeserved draw yesterday he's barley mentioned other than to say how many misplaced passes he's made or that he runs round like a mad man (people usually say that while complaining Rashford doesn't run round like a madman) .