Manchester United Match Posts 2

13 Apr 2026 22:53:06
To be realistic I bet a few of us saw that result coming tonight. Even without a three week break Utd often start off slowly. Factor in the Utd absentees and a Leeds team scrapping for their Premier League survival and was a defeat such a surprise.

It highlights several things.

We still need a lot of better players in defence and midfield especially.

We still need a captain who brings order to the chaos on the field and inspires/scares the team to perform better.

Mbwuemo Amad and Cuenha whilst all being talented have been poor on recent months and their goals and assists minimal.



Carrick whilst obviously being a sensible calm figure has had the chance to blood more of the youngsters but relied on the same squad players who have toiled and under performed for a few months now.

Lastly very much like last year when Liverpool won the title because their challengers were poor so Utd are in a false position now. I can see Chelsea beating us next game and with rarely any easy games in this league Utd might slump out of the Champions League places. This will dramatically affect the ability to buy better players and a top top manager.

14 Apr 2026 00:27:16
Agree with all these points, Salford.
The standards have been allowed to slip, and, post the City and Arsenal games, we have been on a steady decline. Some will argue the results speak otherwise. Let's see where we are at the end of the season.

It might not be a bad thing if we do drop out of the UCL places.

Let us be clear on one thing, this squad, even with a few players churned this summer, is not competing for honours next season.

That is a fact.

If we appoint Carrick, we are effectively on a merry-go-round that we have been on before.

14 Apr 2026 07:16:58
I wouldn't expect anyone would agree with me, but at the moment, Yoro, Maz, Martinez, Ugarte, Amad are not good enough. A few others are barely good enough, and the guys on the bench are definitely not good enough.

14 Apr 2026 07:55:09
I was disgusted with the attitude and lack of cohones by us last night.
Banjoe, I agree.

14 Apr 2026 07:56:44
Sadly, Jimbo, I'm in full agreement.

14 Apr 2026 08:20:24
There is definitely something not quite right with our intensity at the start of matches, especially when we have a longer period off. Not sure if it is the lack of games we have, or the level of training (whilst I am sure the players are benefiting).

We had a training camp in Ireland that, after this game, looks like it might have been a jolly!

We have done well to get into this position and probably have outperformed expectations (position wise) post Amorim, however, performances show that the team still has major issues.

Carrick has done well, brought calm and a direction to the team... If he is given the reins fully, I would expect a different approach with a full season and team, as it feels at the minute like it is just about getting through the season for the Champions League.

13 Apr 2026 22:06:18
Can’t say Leeds didn’t deserve that. We were awful. Ugarte… My god! Lose to Chelsea at the bridge (poor ground for us) and UCL might not be secured. Opportunity missed big time!

20 Mar 2026 22:17:21
Referees, get a peno, booked their player, did he not stop a goal scoring oppertunity by pulling Cuhuna back? Amad clearly pulled back, no peno, they break and score. Maguire gives away a peno and get red for denying goal scoring oppertunity. 🙄🙄🙄

21 Mar 2026 00:48:08
He did not stop a scoring opportunity by pulling Cunha Redcon. Cunha had another player in front of him. But not giving a penalty to Amad is ridiculous.

21 Mar 2026 00:54:23
We should never have been in the situation that it mattered.

21 Mar 2026 05:36:15
Some strange decisions by ref/var.... but can't help but think we are becoming very predictable with line up and play...... Mbeumo so out of form, it's ridiculous. Sesko, for me, has got lots to learn. Amad is average and don't ever create that much.....
I have always said we not got a decent CB at the club, and that view not changed, they are all average at best...

still a lot to do.....
Carrick appears to be falling into the not make changes when desperately needed... oh wait, we will start Mbuemo then bring on Sesko.. that's about as far as it goes. We need something a bit different sometimes, maybe a Lacey, maybe a Obi... anything, just a bit of a shake up change now and then, something different.

21 Mar 2026 06:02:32
JSU, your endless negativity is tiresome, you're like a Denentor from the Harry Pottter films.

We played well for much of the game, should have been out of sight, and the ref was wildly inconsistent. Your narrative is, as ever, wildly inaccurate

21 Mar 2026 06:19:17
Agreed, AJH - I thought we looked the brightest and most creative in a long time. We just lacked the clinical finishing to be out of sight in the first half.

21 Mar 2026 09:05:43
I very much dislike criticising referees, but he and VAR were shocking. Disgrace!

21 Mar 2026 09:07:06
Maze, give it a rest, please. Boring.

21 Mar 2026 08:57:05
I thought we were given an ignore button now. I've added him to mine but still get to see the nonsense posts, it's a shame.

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21 Mar 2026 10:57:31
I've added him per the ed's instructions. Fingers crossed that's the last I see of him/her.

21 Mar 2026 11:06:14
Ed I think the ignore function is defective. Added a name twice, and the box on my profile is empty, and I still see posts from him.

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21 Mar 2026 12:20:01
Then the function is defective. The name is not retained in the box; it remains blank after submission.

{Ed033's Note - OK thanks. Try again, there was a bug in it.

21 Mar 2026 12:56:44
Yay. 💪

21 Mar 2026 16:29:30
Lol. So, Mbuemo is in great form, is he?
And, Sesko, is the finished article or anywhere near it?
And, we have great CBs, do we?

Then, you go on to say we should have been out of sight if we could finish... Lol.

22 Mar 2026 15:24:51
All done, thanks Ed33, delighted.

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23 Mar 2026 07:26:55
Likewise Ed33. Thanks.

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23 Mar 2026 15:24:38
Lol... Yeah, you just listen to the things you like to hear. How sad is that. Just specify what you want to hear, that really gives a good outcome. Welcome to the woke brigade of 2026. Good luck in life if you only want to hear nice things or things that suit your agenda.

01 Mar 2026 17:34:21
Great 3 points, but even against 10 men, l was never comfortable, thry broke a few times near the end and l really worried. But 3rd place 10 games left, will be huge if we can stay in the top 3 /4, make our finaxes and chances of attracting olayers. Hopefully city get a sever points deduction, it night impact players going there.

01 Mar 2026 16:58:33
Terrible performance today. I thought we would win even being one down. Slow and lethargic. Misplaced passes regularly. Slow to the second balls. Red card changed the game. I do think playing once weekly is detrimental to us. However, was imperative we got three points which we did.

Against better ops we would've lost. Still think we could well finish 2nd! Think there's going to be more twists and turns, including us not picking up 30 points from the remaining 30. is say if we picked up 21/30 that would be quite good and achievable.

01 Mar 2026 23:31:12
We are slow a lot of the time in our build-up play. It often seems like we need to start off believing we are one down with only 20 mins left, because when it truly is that, we play quick, fluid, penetrative football.



I am glad we only play one match a week. Our squad is not good enough yet, especially in midfield cover, and the regularity of us losing players to injury would be a worry if we had to play twice a week, every week.

23 Feb 2026 22:11:05
A decent hard fought win were no player from either team played well think the mbeumbo false 9 should be gone now sesko deserves to start one of Cunha amad mbeumo have to be left out against palace but we take the 3 pints and move on.

24 Feb 2026 00:14:52
I've had four pints. But I move on.

24 Feb 2026 06:22:33
No player from either team played well? Did you notice the performance Lammens put in?

{Ed025's Note - he was very good Wiggy..

23 Feb 2026 22:03:02
Great win, against a poor side but 3 great points. i'm giving a lot of credit to Maguire tonight, who l normally critise, he was very good and strong at the back Lammes too was strong under all the pressure. I have to say the situation with corners is gone ridiculous, the refs are just ignoring all the pushing and pulling.

Yoro got booked for being pushed into the net. The ref needs to just start giving free outs and it will all stop. Arsenal started it and the game is being ruined because of it. We keep going, Sesko scoring again 💪💪💪.

23 Feb 2026 22:01:59
Absolutely huge 3 points that. Keeps the momentum going and hopefully we can improve the performances again. Solid tonight though and revenge for the 10 man defeat before Christmas.

07 Feb 2026 08:34:44
Big game today, can we make it 4 in a row. What a feeling that would be.

I was just saying last night to a friend how excited I am to sit down and watch us the last few weeks.

Score predictions? I think we come out fast and score early, lll go 4-1.

07 Feb 2026 12:05:26
I would gladly take a 1-0 win, through an own goal off the backside of one of their defenders, if necessary.

Can see a 4-2 win from an open exciting game (I hope) .

25 Jan 2026 22:38:33
Absolute nonsense from Keane and Neville again. Let’s take things on face value. If carrick carries on this way give him the job. All Keane/neville care about is being loved by fans from other clubs and their paycheck from sky. Great week from carrick/staff/players let’s hope it continues.

01 Feb 2026 16:32:33
From give it to Ole to give it to Michael. If Carrick wins the league this season fine, he deserves the job. He won’t so United need to do what they should have done after Ole’s temp period, choose wisely with the head not the heart.

03 Feb 2026 19:50:10
Red Man, I think there has to be a middle ground, where you make a decision that suits both the head AND the heart. Football is both a business and a passion, one cannot survive without the other.

We have to accept that the Manchester United job is totally and utterly unique to any other job in football. There is no "ideal" training, stepping stone clubs, or pathway to prepare a manager for what they face when they become Manchester United manager.

Who the right man almost certainly cannot be measured on any standard metrics, such as titles won, clubs managed, success, style of play etc.

We have to accept that the right man for Manchester United probably wouldn't be the right man for Chelsea, or City, or Arsenal or Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.

We have a unique blend of things we need from a manager, they need to play an entertaining style of football, a style of football that isn't common in the modern game, a style of football that takes risks, to borrow a motto Manchester United football should be "who dares wins". They need to connect with the fans and unite the fanbase, they need to have faith in youth and develop our own players, yet blend that with bringing in the best players, ideally from within the EPL, or abroad.

It might take a former United player to be the one to get us back on track, not because they are the best manager available, but because they are the best suited to us. We are in a rebuild phase and the fans lack patience, but they will be more patient with a former hero over fancy named outsider with a shiny CV.

Many of us fans think we crave one thing, but don't understand what it is we really want. We think we want a tactical genius who'll wring every last ounce out of our squad and find a way to win every game. But the truth is we don't want a pragmatist who'll happily send Old Trafford to sleep if it means they eek out a 1-0 win, and we won't have the patience to deal win someone who'll play football like that.

Manchester United's style of play isn't nuanced, layered or overly intelligent. It's quick, daring, often simple, but very effective football. You go out there and make sure you are the hardest working team, you risk losing the game to win and in doing so you put on a show.

We don't support our club to count trophies, we support our club for the passion, for the enjoyment, for the emotional rollercoaster that hopefully ends up with unbridled joy.

I am 100% certain that both EtH and Amorim are better managers than Carrick, at the very least their CV's would back that up.

Yet neither of them have been able to get me as excited to watch my club as Carrick has in these last three games. Neither truly "got" us as a club, they set up to win, to play percentage football the best way they knew how, limit risks, maximise the chances of gaining a result. Yet even the impressive wins that they managed lacked a real gloss. We were happy with a good result, but we didn't spend every day the following week talking about excitedly.

Carrick has managed to out play Pep (with a far inferior group of players), he embarrassed Arteta at the Emirates, bloodying the nose of the champions elect, then in the game against Fulham we sae a team that over came set backs, found some fight, showed some quality, and entertained us, and gave us the high risk, high reward football that we all actually crave.

Maybe Carrick is the man to get us back to where we want to be, maybe he isn't. But I'd gladly take 2-3 years of football like we have seen over the past few weeks, just to be entertained and to truly enjoy watching my team again.

04 Feb 2026 14:11:04
Excellent post Shappy, one thing I would add to the requirements of a Manchester United Manager is a very, very strong personality and character.

I believe that given the pressure on a Manager/Head Coach that is more important than thing's such as tactical nous. A dominating personality can very often achieve more than technical knowledge, look at Sir Matt and SAF and remember that ultimately the job is about ruling, controlling and inspiring young men who are mollycoddled, spoilt, overly indulged and wealthy beyond their dreams.

There are, of course, many aspects needed to be successful as a leader but without the ability to dominate and influence I think it becomes impossible to achieve at the highest level.

07 Feb 2026 17:47:44
Stop talking sense Shappy, others might join in. One thing I will say about Carrick, he's es underrated.

08 Feb 2026 05:05:42
Oh please. take the specs off, it’s the same criteria at Real Madrid and Barcelona and a few others, why do you possibly thinks it’s only United that have severe pressure to win, win playing good football, have demanding fans, media always on there back actually in Madrid it’s probably worse from the media than at United.

Yes what you say is partly correct but to think that’s only at United just shows ignorance.

08 Feb 2026 10:58:10
Maze, me saying it's different to other jobs is not the same as me saying other jobs are easy.

Mourinho was successful at Real Madrid and is still held in high regard by the majority of their fans, yet that is not the case at United.

In terms of trophies won he was our most successful coach post SAF, yet he still failed because his style of football didn't endear him to the fans and he didn't embrace the clubs identity with trusting in youth players.

Yes Manchester United managers, just like all top clubs, the manager is expected to win major trophies and will face intense media scrutiny. But unlike other top clubs the manager is expected to do so with a specific style of football, while also do it with players from the clubs academy.

That is certainly not the case at at Real Madrid. Maybe you could make a case for Barcelona, but the difference is the Spanish press do not place the same kind of scrutiny on Barcelona as the English press do on Manchester United.

08 Feb 2026 15:19:46
Having lived in Spain for 5 years I can vouch the press are worse on Real Madrid and Barcelona and Aleti to some extent then they are in U. K. against United, if Barcelona or Madrid lose 2-3 games the hankies are out and the press slaughter them, if 3-4 games the media print on black pages like it’s a death.

Those two teams have to play with flair, even Aleti have changed this year to try play with flair because too much abuse from media about being defensive…

Your view is clouded if you think United are under more scrutiny than those clubs, it’s just not factual at all.

08 Feb 2026 18:59:59
Add Spain to Germany and Romania.

09 Feb 2026 06:09:40
GDS, I've figured his identity out, he's Karl Pilkington 😂😂😂.