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10 Jan 2026 20:58:54
So that’s amad an mbeumo back now then. Just mazroui left in the afcon. Been watching a few games and amad has been good hopefully he can carry that on. Where will we play him now though as his wingback role has now gone and he definitely can’t be a full back.
Right side with mbeumo on left? Cunha might have to miss out especially if Bruno now plays in his natural position. What we think?
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10 Jan 2026 21:13:15
Great to have them back. Can't have enough food players to choose from. City and arsenal are next 2 league games then we play 5 games against teams lower than us. Not that that means a whole lot this season. Every game is hard so the more players we have available the better. There is goals in amad and mbeumo so that's another plus.
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10 Jan 2026 21:22:05
Totally Ken, excited to see amad back in his more natural position. he's done well at wingback but he was probably our best player last season from that wide right position. Having him further forward will hopefully be a plus. His driving runs could be very beneficial for the rest of the season.
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10 Jan 2026 19:53:23
If Urgate is leaving and Collyer going out on loan again, think we would have to be getting in a replacement. Most reports saying we aren't going to sign anymore, part of the reason RA went mad, so its all guessing.
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10 Jan 2026 19:13:19
Jesus it like no other team exists, we are linked to everyone, Palmer to replace Bruno, he wouldn't lace his boots. Every Manager out there, just hope we make the right appointment in the interim, this year most teams are very inconsistent win 3 or 4 games and you are in the top 4, lose 4 and you are in the bottom 4 🫣🫣🫣.
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10 Jan 2026 14:23:51
Palace losing to Macclesfield.
Do you still want Glasner? Hahaha.
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10 Jan 2026 15:02:35
He's Definetly not the solution a poor manager whos doing really well we've seen it many times before.
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10 Jan 2026 18:42:25
FA Cup holders, losing to a non league team, madness.
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10 Jan 2026 20:02:05
The magic of the cup… life comes at you fast. Last year winners, this year dumped out by a 6th division team. Brilliant and what dream are made of.
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10 Jan 2026 14:12:45
Oliver Glasner just failed his United audition.
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10 Jan 2026 14:59:26
Pretty much all it takes Red Man.
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10 Jan 2026 18:56:10
It's just an FA Cup upset and a typical overreaction.
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10 Jan 2026 21:16:15
I don't think anybody will be judging glasner on one game.
But I suppose you never know nowadays.
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10 Jan 2026 11:54:15
Here's a thought, just because RA has gone doesn't mean Wilcox is staying. We need a new Manager, and are waiting until the end of the season
Ratcliffe isn't the messiah but he's no fool. Maybe he realises this structure isn't necessarily quite right and will tweak it, either by a change of responsibilities, or change of DOF.
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10 Jan 2026 12:17:07
Wilcox needs to improve. Young man in a higher position than he ever has been.
Can he command that position and make a success of it? I don't know and you don't know. But just because he made a few errors doesn't meant he can't. Its all part of the learning process and learning from experience.
I think he needs a little time just like our new manager will.
Ajh you are a big cheer leader for giving players a chance and time particularly if they are young and inexperienced. Why does that differ for wilcox?
Why should he be fired?
So give him time and a chance to fulfill the potential people see in him.
I think he should get at least 1 more go with a new manager.
AJH. In your career and several jobs you've had did you do everything perfect all the time? i'd imagine you never had the type of responsibility that wilcox has.
Does a young DOF not need a chance?
Maybe if he came through our academy or was born within a couple of miles of your house you'd be in favour of giving him a pay rise.
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10 Jan 2026 12:31:20
I don't have a strong view on it, I was reacting to the posts with the rumours about RA being backed and Wilcox leaving. If Ratcliffe had decided Wilcox was going, just because RA has gone doesn't mean Wilcox is staying.
In germs of your wider point, I'd rather we didn'it haveba DOF who was learning on the job, which is why we brought in Ashworth.
Like you, I'm not getting het up about it, I'm too long in the tooth for that.
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10 Jan 2026 12:31:31
Yes I think you're exactly right Ken. I think Wilcox should have been able to manage the issues with Amorim better, but there are numerous areas he has done well. Everything at the club is not terrible despite what many are espousing. The underage teams are doing well, the womens team are doing well, and the first team has improved. I disagree that RA's last presser was a sackable offence but it does seem there was other behind the scenes examples of this behaviour. Nonetheless, Wilcox seems to have pivoted from some promises made to RA because of Ratcliffe's insistence on the formation.
This may be rumour but it appears substantiated. If so that displays a weakness on Wilcox's part. I'm more concerned with the fact that they've gone for an interim replacement for Amorim immediately rather than seeming to try at all for a permanent replacement. If that goes wrong then that will - and should - fall on Wilcox. It's a massive risk that I don't understand why he is taking.
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10 Jan 2026 12:50:28
Im not het up ajh just calling out double standards and putting it a different Maurice to yours. I won't ever promote hating the club.
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10 Jan 2026 13:28:00
The club had an extremely competent sporting director in Dan Ashworth but Sir Jim did not like someone disagreeing with him (regarding redundancies) and not having a superstar manager (Berrada was a big Amorim advocate) in his plans.
The briefing put out against Ashworth when he left was pretty disgusting for what is supposed to be a corporate environment above the manager.
Wilcox is a man over his head and the idea that plucking anyone from Man City and assuming they are competent is ridiculous. The main guys there were Soriano, Bergiristain and of course Pep.
We are lucky that the players signed so far by the new regime are pretty manager agnostic and of a good age profile (dont see the next manager not wanting Cunha/Mbuemo and Sesko) .
But they have to get the next manager pick right and not make the stupid recruitment decisions that the previous regime did.
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10 Jan 2026 13:47:36
This is all new to United. First time that they've ever really had this structure, it's going to take time. I'm just a little more enthused that the people that have been appointed are footballing people that having been working within successful structures and as you said Ajh, ratcliffe is no fool.
This was their first managerial appointment, they made the wrong choice and that is okay. I still have faith that they will get it right.
And yes, Wilcox's head is on the chopping block but it can be quickly removed if the next person they put in place manages to get a run going, then he will quickly go back into the background.
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10 Jan 2026 16:36:58
The way things are going, they'll bring Ashworth back.
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10 Jan 2026 16:52:31
I would be very surprised if a new DoF wasn’t in place next season.
Wilcox knows that the club were ready to sack him to keep Amorim happy, and I suspect that the only reason he is still at the club is they’re waiting for the Amorim fallout to blow over.
Personally, everything I’ve heard about him makes me question his expertise and character.
Stealing Ashworth’s job.
Telling Ratcliffe what he wanted to hear, rather than the truth.
Saying (to a reporter) that he thinks the squad is a few players away from competing for titles (that was last season) .
To me he looks like a blagger. Someone he talked himself into a job that he isn’t capable of doing properly. I don’t think that there are a lot of top coaches who wanted to work with him either.
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10 Jan 2026 17:07:00
Could vivell be the one to step up into s more prominent role if we bring either tuchel or naglesman in the summer with Willcox being let go.
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10 Jan 2026 18:26:26
Training ground sources say Wilcox billed himself as “like a manager” and stressed that Amorim was the coach.
Look at Wilcox CV, youth development at City, bigger role at relegated Southampton. Then telling the manager at United what to do and if the above is correct, proclaiming himself as manager.
Jason Wilcox has to go.
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10 Jan 2026 11:41:10
Ed033 can you put up a poll please.
Do you think our interim manager will be able to keep us in the European place amorim left us in by end of season? or do you think he can improve it by just 1 place to secure a cl position?
Or do you think he will lose us the European spot we've been in for last 6 weeks?
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{Ed033's Note -
European place poll
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10 Jan 2026 12:28:34
No. He can't.
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10 Jan 2026 18:20:06
No to UCL. But more because the squad can't get us there, not the manager. Midfield is weak. Striker is learning. Feel like we will cone up just short.
But I feel we were coming up short anyway. Maybe a feel good run could get us over the line for UCL if it extends down to 5th place.
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10 Jan 2026 10:47:48
Seems nailed on it’ll be OGS as interim.
The choices were clearly to him, Fletcher, Carrick or RVN. Hardly a roll call of top coaches but we are where we are.
Question is who do you think OGS will bring in as his coaching staff?
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10 Jan 2026 11:54:49
Im sure ole as bad as he is will keep us in the Europa league place that amorim left us in.
He'll have Harry and bruno and might ask jessie rashy and sanchy back it will be fantastik.
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10 Jan 2026 10:39:10
Amad on Ruben Amorim:
“He’s the coach who gave me more visibility and more opportunities to play for Manchester United.
“I was very sad. I even sent him a message to thank him for everything he did for me, both in my life and especially in my career.
“We had a very good relationship, almost like a father-and-son relationship. He understood me, gave me a lot of advice, and let me play freely. It’s very unfortunate, but that’s life.
For those on here who said the players were against him.
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10 Jan 2026 11:15:09
Amorim never lost the dressing room unlike all the other managers we've sacked.
INEOS are different to the previous ownership, they aren't making the same mistakes, they are making new ones entirely.
The issue here was clearly a breakdown in the relationship between Amorim and Wilcox. That relationship between the DoF and the manager is the most important relationship at the club.
From the outside perspective Wilcox was only visible when things were going well. He was absent every time we struggled. That is the time the DoF needs to come out and protect his manager and shield them. We didn't see that with Wilcox.
Then there are the rumours of him wanting to have too much input into the team tactics. The DoF should have a good tactical understanding and should be a good sounding board for the manager to bounce ideas off of. But they shouldn't be trying to pressure the manager to alter their tactics. Which again is something that has come out a few times, with reports leaked to the press about him suggesting ideas or changes to the tactics and formation. He has even publicly admitted that he can overstep due to his coaching background.
From my perspective I'm laying the majority of the blame for this mess at the feet of Wilcox. I don't think he's supported the manager as he should, in fact at times he has undermined him. He is also the one in the senior position so he has a greater responsibility to make the relationship work.
Personally if I was the club I'd be looking for a new director of football, not because he hired a manager who has ultimately failed, but because he was a key reason for why that manager failed. If he is going to continue to do his job as he has done then all managers will fail under him.
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10 Jan 2026 11:47:30
Jesus, can we move on? We are all clear on how we feel and why, I am happy to disagree and not fall out over it.
He's gone, the new owners are incompetent, Ole at the wheel, Southgate next year. Huzzah!
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10 Jan 2026 09:45:09
Darren Fletcher: “I just think historically, this club is BUILT around the academy. Our record speaks for itself. ”
Where was the academy to replace the great 68 side. I watched for years whilst hearing the academy would produce. Sporadically a player appeared a McIllroy a Whiteside, but really this magical academy did little until SAF got in and changed the ethos. Since the CO92 we have had scraps. Lacey and JJ could be interesting but long way to go.
Now, that sounded like a we are not buying anyone this window, I have been told to say this so people don’t ask questions. The Ole news has helped the ownership because the fans are asking less on who we are buying. Now Fletcher flags the academy, no need to buy.
Well here is a question Darren, if our academy is so good why did you send both your kids to the Manchester City academy for 9 years, with United having to buy them back about two years ago?
Now we don’t have Amorim to change the ethos, we have Fletcher who will step back into what will be an influential role of some sort, who didn’t trust our academy.
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10 Jan 2026 10:22:22
Because City’s academy is/was better right now, so he did what any dad would do and wanted the best for his children I guess.
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10 Jan 2026 10:50:04
So was the change all about the money for the fletchers then eric do you think?
I mean if city is the place to be and as a parent he wanted what was best as you say, why move them to united?
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10 Jan 2026 11:51:05
Which Academy has more players playing professionally than any other. Hmm, United, that's whose.
I think we develop great players, the issue has been transitioning them into the first team, that's where the issue lies, so many have gone on to have good careers elsewhere, and then we have transitioned some. we then ship them out.
If we are serious about the Academy then it needs investment and a clear defined pathway to get players into the first team.
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10 Jan 2026 12:42:09
And that’s the point. City are currently better at developing good youth players, but fewer of them make the first team unless they are worldies like Foden as they are simply operating at a level above us right now.
Maybe Fletcher let City develop his boys, but realised they might actually get a chance to play more at Utd? Maybe it was financially motivated? Maybe the club put pressure on Darren and let him know it’s not a strong PR look to not have them in the club rather than at City?
It’s a moot point - we’ll never know.
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10 Jan 2026 12:45:41
I think the other issue AJH is that we when we do transition the youth to the first team, we are them too quick quick to turn on them when times get tough.
Rashford being a great example example, those looking to get Mainoo out etc. Welbeck was much maligned for years as it being good enough, but he’s a class team player with an amazing attitude and the type of character we desperately need right now.
McTominay got pelters for years, now we’d take him back in a heartbeat. The list goes on.
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10 Jan 2026 13:06:20
I agree Eric, although I think Rashford was shown an awful lot of patience. I also think playing for United is tough, players say they didn't realise just how big the club is until they get here.
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10 Jan 2026 14:11:34
I don’t think using Rashford is a good example. Sense of entitlement comes to mind, his attitude stank. We needed to solve the attitude, will we do that, I am not sure now.
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10 Jan 2026 18:59:45
Some of the greatest mistakes we made were letting players leave or forcing them out when we opted for a shiny toy.
Mctominay and Evans spring to mind, there will be more of course I'm just not as invested in this anymore. Rashford for me I would take back if he agrees to drop his phone and knuckle down and be the player he knows he can be, if he can't goodbye. Same goes for Mainoo, I have been one of his biggest advocates until this whole contract debacle and insta influence etc, drop all that he has the world at his feet, don't drop it and off you go lad.
I guarantee under Amorim all new players contracts had clauses in them about posting crap online, it is the only way to stamp that crap out and remove the damage one post can do to a team and played. I hope this is something the club sticks with.
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