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05 Jul 2018 09:34:57
Papers now linking us with Shaqiri.
Him and Shaw would be unstoppable in the cafeteria.
1.) 05 Jul 2018 11:33:52
If Shaw got in first. There would nothing left in the cafeteria.
2.) 05 Jul 2018 11:49:42
I’d say they both try to go through at the same time, and just get stuck.
3.) 05 Jul 2018 12:29:46
Leave the jokes, guys. For 12mln tell me a better quality right winger who happily will be a squad player. And do not forget that we are playing without right wing for years.
{Ed001's Note - happily be a squad player? He left Bayern because he refused to be a squad player.}
4.) 05 Jul 2018 13:09:07
I mean his career has been a litany of failed auditions at big clubs. He ended up at Stoke where he put in no effort. That’s about his level - struggling EPL club where he can get by on natural ability without having to work.
5.) 05 Jul 2018 13:22:55
Not sure he wanted to leave, more like Bayern wanted to sell.
{Ed001's Note - yes, because he refused to knuckle down and be a squad player.}
6.) 05 Jul 2018 13:55:28
A simple question. what if a gamble clicked?
7.) 05 Jul 2018 15:38:35
Always tried to back jose and give him the benefit of the doubt but if the rumours about Shaqiri are true I’ll have lost all faith, don’t care if its 12 million or 12 bob he’s not worth it, i watched him against the swedes and i bet he didn’t run a bloody mile all game and that's at the World Cup.
8.) 05 Jul 2018 17:32:01
Absolute no to shaq IMO. Wont be happy with what we probably wpuld offer and he'd be leaving again next season.
9.) 05 Jul 2018 19:54:58
He’s failed everywhere, why on Earth would we sign him?
10.) 05 Jul 2018 20:02:26
Make a good door stop?
11.) 05 Jul 2018 20:51:35
Last week some folk on here were saying shaqiri is better than mata and jessie. 😂😂😂😂😂😊.
12.) 06 Jul 2018 01:06:08
Talented player but needs a team to be built around him, and he's not talented or applied enough to get that at a top club. Plus, he personifies the opposite of a "Jose player"! I wouldn't pick him ahead of Lingard, Alexis, Mata, Rashford, or the pre-slump Martial. I'd also rather Pogba play further forward with another midfielder in behind him than in a 2 with Shaqiri as 1 of the attacking 4. A big fat no from me. He'll probably end up joining a smaller club. Liverpool perhaps?
14 Jul 2017 11:22:42
Reported in Spain that Madrid are back in for De Gea, and he wants to leave. Price being mooted is £50m. Take it with a pinch of salt.
But if it is true, then this should be fun. If they wanted £70m for their backup striker, then how much is one of the top keepers in the world worth?
1.) 14 Jul 2017 11:24:47
£100m thanks Real.
2.) 14 Jul 2017 11:41:18
Pickford 30 mil for an upcoming keeper. De gea the best in the world needs to be 100 mil +.
3.) 14 Jul 2017 11:46:08
Minimum 100 million.
4.) 14 Jul 2017 12:00:42
All depends for all we know there might have been a gentleman's agreement for him to leave made last summer and a figure agreed. That figure then would look cheap by today's prices. Time will tell.
5.) 14 Jul 2017 12:02:45
£60mill+Kroos please thank you.
6.) 14 Jul 2017 12:03:17
Toni Kroos and £60m.
7.) 14 Jul 2017 12:26:33
with no prior agreement in place between us and RM i would say £95mil and make him the most expensive player in the world - for the short term anyway.
8.) 14 Jul 2017 12:30:08
If he wants out it will be hard to stop. But it must be on our terms. Perhaps we could get the opportunity to talk to bale or kroos if jose wants them.
A question i asked on another thread would we need to sign a keeper or would be go work romero and Perriera?
9.) 14 Jul 2017 12:35:17
Easily worth £100m today. Kroos and 60 would be a good return but this isn't footy manager. I'd love us to just stick 2 fingers up to Madrid and tell Mendes he needs to be loyal to us given the recent business we've done with him.
10.) 14 Jul 2017 13:54:08
Haven't we already rejected a 60 million bid.
11.) 14 Jul 2017 14:31:41
Don't think so bolger.
12.) 14 Jul 2017 14:31:43
Let's be realistic with the valuation, whilst the money at the minute for outfield players is crazy we are not going to get more than £60/ 70m for DDG. Keepers are important but not valued as highly as strikers.
At the end of last year I thought Mourinho for all his talk would have been happy with DDG going at a good price and starting season with Romero and the pereira who he thinks will be world class in a few years.
If DDG goes Hopefully we start conversations about Bale coming the other way.
13.) 14 Jul 2017 14:42:21
Unfortunately I think it's inevitable that De Gea will end up at Madrid. I've said before that it has the feel of the Fabregas to Barcelona to it and will eventually happen. I just hope we get the maximum amount for him. Jose seems to be getting decent fees for all the outgoings so far. I'd say between £80-90 million and he's yours. Then go after Jack Butland.
14.) 14 Jul 2017 14:46:48
Brad, historically goal scorers command the big fees. But with Liverpool rumoured to be happy to pay £70m million for Keita who's had one season in the bundesliga, why not stick for £100m for the worlds best goal keeper?
15.) 14 Jul 2017 15:09:35
Even if the player wants to go, we don't have to do the deal. It is feasible to hold the player to his contract. DDG seems like a good professional and he's already at one of the biggest clubs in the world with Champions League football.
However, I really rate Romero. I was at OT when he made his debut and I thought then he looked like an accomplished keeper. I have no doubt he would be an excellent number one for us.
If DDG is sold that leaves an interesting conundrum with Perriera. If I was Jose I would be asking myself, if Romero got injured is Perriera ready to step up straight away?
I think as that we need to reset the balance of our relationship with Real Madrid. They need to understand that they cannot just help themselves to any of our players and that if they are not prepared to be reasonable with players we want to buy from them, we are prepared to walk away and find an alternative.
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31 Dec 2024 22:56:02
Shappy new year everyone, may your paragraphs be many and your words bountiful.
30 Oct 2024 10:14:14
My take on the ETH era:
- ETH came with a clear idea of how he wanted the team to play.
- realised that the squad couldn't play how he wanted, and reverted to compact counterattacking style in season 1.
- that worked, so he started second guessing what he wanted.
- but persisted with bringing in players that fit his initial plan.
- ended up with a style of play that was cobbled together from various things that work in a unified system but were a complete mess when put together for a full 90 minutes.
- players were confused.
- ETH is not a good communicator and that made players angry.
- the players that did well were the ones with the simplest instructions - i. e. Garnacho = run at defence, in behind defence, shoot.
- ultimately, he lost sight of who he is as a manager, and tried to cherry pick from various successful systems thinking that he could tie them together.
1.) 30 Oct 2024 10:34:35
Nice post Danny.
He will have learned a lot from the experience and will be successful elsewhere IMO.
2.) 30 Oct 2024 10:56:24
Thanks angel. I think he needs to take time to reassess who he is as a manager. It feels like the first few games into his tenure shook his confidence in what he was doing at Ajax, and since then he has been looking at what works for other managers, and trying to fit different parts together.
I also think he needs to improve man management because, like it or not, you need to be able to cater to egos at the top level.
3.) 30 Oct 2024 11:20:41
I always felt like he was second guessing himself all the time rather than being true to himself.
I was excited about his style of play at Ajax and how he could bring it to united. But we never saw it.
4.) 30 Oct 2024 12:01:26
Like most of our ex employees I hope he rediscovers his mojo in a league and club more inkeeping with his skillset and talent.
It would be nice to see him so well elsewhere.
Hopefully he will have learnt plenty and will be able apply those learnings elsewhere and kick-start his career again.
5.) 30 Oct 2024 12:16:27
Good post Danny, I think he found the water a little too deep for him. If it is Amorim, will he turn out to be another ETH, or a Mourinho?
6.) 30 Oct 2024 12:39:48
That’s the big question AJH.
He’s a young manager with an exciting style of play that has worked in a less competitive league. You’d suspect him to come in full of confidence, but it’s difficult to see how he can fully transplant what he’s doing at Sporting with this squad. In particular, our lack of fullbacks will be a problem. There’s also a question of Bruno’s role in a 3-4-3. You need a strong and mobile midfield two.
For me the biggest issue will be keeping the squad happy and unified. It’s very difficult to implement a new system without antagonising players who don’t fit with what you want to do. He needs to have a strong personality, but one of ETH’s issues was being too autocratic and not listening to players.
On paper he’s a massive coup. I’m just wary of every new dawn at the club after the last decade.
7.) 30 Oct 2024 13:21:22
Danny, I agree that one of the big issues with EtH is that every year he seemed to change how he wanted the team to play.
What is harder to understand is whether that was because of his own self-reflection, or because that was asked of him. Or maybe a bit of both.
Either way it seemed to just muddy the water and the players seemed either unsure or unconvinced about what they should be doing.
I like the fact that Amorim has a very clear structure and idea about how his team should play. That doesn't mean he isn't adaptable with his tactics, but that they tend to all be based around the same core ideas and principles, and they tend to be little tweaks rather than sweeping changes. Hopefully that makes it easier for the players to understand, and more convinced about the strategy.
I do have a certain amount of sympathy with EtH, he took over a Frankenstein squad that didn't look well suited to playing any specific style. He had to deal with so many off the pitch issues, most not of his making. While the club also had a "soft" takeover and a change in identity and direction.
So it's understandable that he maybe tried many different tactics and ideas to try and get something out of this squad and meet the changing demands put on him by a changing hierarchy.
Fortunately I think this squad seems fairly well suited to how Amorim like to set up, and needs a little tweaking and improving. But on the whole the majority should be able to adapt to his demands fairly well. He also has a history of overachieving with his team. Which makes me hopeful that he can make a team out of our squad that is greater than the sum of its parts.
8.) 30 Oct 2024 17:12:09
Good, balanced post, Danny ?.
07 Oct 2024 17:01:18
My take on the whole ETH situation.
During the summer it seems obvious that the club couldn't find a coach that (a) they could all agree upon, and (b) wanted to come here. Giving ETH a one year extension appeared to be a sensible decision. It provided him with the veneer of support, and gave the incoming directors more time to identify his long term successor.
There have been missteps since then. Notably, the signings of De Leigt and Zirkzee are simply not what the club needed. They look like ETH choices, and they have both struggled.
Now it looks like the club made the wrong decision in the summer. ETH's abrasive personality is a possible barrier to the team gelling, and, despite two full seasons, is still lacking a clear identity. The results, and performances, have been piss poor.
The only question really is, sack him and what?
There aren't any new managerial options knocking about now that weren't there in the summer, and, if anything, the club would have less time to make the right decision. Yes, you could install RVN for the rest of the season. But he's a key part of the floundering coaching setup, and there's no evidence that he'll do any better.
For me it's still a question of persevering until the summer, and giving the club more time to identify the right successor, or pulling the plug now in the hope that they can find them now. Neither is ideal, but I don't think Ineos can afford to get this decision wrong.
1.) 07 Oct 2024 17:17:42
But Danny rvn has really been here only 10 games not like eth who has been here for more than 2 years. We really don't know what rvn may get with this squad. He may struggle or he may get us through this rough patch.
2.) 07 Oct 2024 17:39:47
UA there’s also the question of whether RVN would be willing to step into the role of interim coach. ETH sought him out for this job, and may feel obliged to leave with the rest of the coaching team if ETH is sacked. Plus it would be difficult for an interim manager to bring this fractured squad together. I’d also be concerned of an Ole situation happening with RVN getting a string of performances out of the squad because they’re happy to be rid of ETH, and getting the job permanently. I want the new staff to take their time to identify the right person to coach the squad long term.
3.) 07 Oct 2024 17:42:27
Good post Dan.
4.) 07 Oct 2024 19:50:37
But, but, but.
I agree Danny, we can't keep jerking our knee and sack another Manager. Interesting that Ole, Jose, and ETH all enjoyed some success before things fell off a cliff. Let's assume ETH needs to go, we really need to fix some fundamentals before asking the next person to step in. Jose called it, Ralf called it, even LVG saw it and told ETH not to take the job.
So sacking the Manager isn't the simple solution some (especially ken) think it is.
It seems there is a lack of player application and commitment, that's a real tough one to address. SAF took no nonsense but those days seem to have gone. Given all the new players, you would hope that we would have fixed it, but it seems not, probably because purchases have been really beem poor.
. in.
5.) 08 Oct 2024 05:59:28
I remain totally torn.
I was, like many on here are with ETH, convinced that a tough no nonsense Jock was the right man for the job and vehemently defended him in many pub discussions. None of this forum nonsense back then! As I’ve said before all this vitriol between fans would be negligible if we met in a pub and had a few beers!
So I totally understand your absolute support of EtH. I would love it if he could replicate the swing in fortunes even if it’s not to the same extent.
But I feel he is just not a United manager. He doesn’t appear to have the nous or the character to pull it off.
Personally I would love him gone based on current state of affairs but will reluctantly accept the decision as I did a few months back.
Does not mean I have to like him!
6.) 08 Oct 2024 08:51:48
I agree Danny. Getting the right person is key. I don't care who they choose at all. Interim managers don't sit well with me.
7.) 08 Oct 2024 12:20:39
The next appointment will be irrelevant if we don't have the correct structure and ethos within the club. It is not a coincidence that every manager post SAF aside from Moyes and Rangnick has gone this way.
There is something fundamentally wrong within the club and getting rid of ETH will not fix it long term.
I'm okay with keeping a hold of ETH until the right man can be put into place. Another Interim is not the answer here.
Good posts Danny and Tony.
8.) 08 Oct 2024 16:54:42
Angel red spot on. There needs to be an atmosphere throughout the club top to bottom that everyone has to give their best and slackers will not be tolerated.
I don't care if the club loses a ton of money dumping the rotten apple players who show minimal desire and thereby no respect for the club or fans. Get rid. Once you a players willing to put everything on the line for the club and things will improve.
9.) 08 Oct 2024 20:22:00
Salford had the results gone our way V palace and Brighton we would be in a very different place. Because we were actually playing good stuff.
But the good performances did not convert into points. And when points aren't there, players stop buying into what you're selling.
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1.) 12 Jun 2024 17:15:29
Woah.
2.) 12 Jun 2024 19:52:22
???.
3.) 12 Jun 2024 20:03:25
Ten Frank?
4.) 13 Jun 2024 18:32:58
This gives me weird David Ginola vibes.
15 May 2024 12:27:23
Everyone knows ETH is done. But the new back room team hasn't been given a chance to formulate a long term strategy.
Crazy idea. How about giving Rangnik a year contract. He gets to come back and revenge cut all the players from the squad. The club gets a year to plan. Everyone's happy!
1.) 15 May 2024 13:16:35
Or just give ten hag more time think he deserves that, he’s only a year left on his contract
New footballing structure above he deserves a chance, won our first cup in 6 years got to 3 finals in 2 years
Yh he’s made errors himself but those players are the main issue
What’s another season we’ve had 10 years of dross takes more than 2 seasons
Give the man a chance pep would struggle with that back line we have had a shed load of injuries and certain players have dropped well off
In my opinion we should stick with ten hag.
2.) 15 May 2024 13:20:40
I don't know it.
Rangnick back isn't a runner. He turned down Bayern. Don't think it'd be a good idea to have another interim coach either. Better to keep ETH if that's the thought process.
3.) 15 May 2024 13:40:03
Not everyone.
4.) 15 May 2024 14:26:22
Just you and ken Danny, although I'm not sure about ken.
5.) 15 May 2024 15:40:08
I’d be happy to keep ETH for the last year of his contract. It’s better than singing the wrong manager now. But I think he’s done. I just can’t see the club keeping him given the finish to season.
Rangnik is obviously a joke post. But I don’t see any way ETH is still here by August.
6.) 15 May 2024 16:14:11
I'd like to see how McKenna and Carrick get on this year. Let ETH have a go under the new structure for his last year, then reassess then.
7.) 15 May 2024 16:39:10
If Ineos have doubts about ten hag, then it makes no sense to start their project with him.
8.) 15 May 2024 18:15:49
Or Caolan, if they don’t think they can turn the squad over into a great place this summer, why saddle their new manager with an awful squad?
9.) 15 May 2024 18:17:57
Unfortunately Caolan, apart from Pep, there's not a manager out there that a football leadership team wouldn't have doubts about.
10.) 15 May 2024 18:25:32
We can't get the best we've single manager out there is a compromise on pep. That's not to say we can't compete and beat him but they're is no other manager close to him in my opinion at the moment.
His teams ooze class his teams win leagues and cups, score lots of goals and attack. Everybody seems to know what their role is and they are all technically proficient.
We need the next pep a lot more than we need the next keane stam or Scholes or frenki de jong.
11.) 15 May 2024 18:26:12
But there is doubt and DOUBT ?.
12.) 15 May 2024 18:54:57
So we write another season off then?
Sounds like a plan.
13.) 15 May 2024 20:05:04
Sounds like a man not putting his own money in???.
14.) 15 May 2024 22:05:06
Caolan, no-one knows if it will be a write-off. If SJR decides to keep him, what does that say about SJR and his leadership team?
15.) 15 May 2024 22:10:58
Well would you want to come in and stake your reputation managing this group of players? With maybe 3-4 new ones? Unable to offload say Maguire or Casemiro/ Anthony/ etc if they don’t want to leave, so even less new players in (1-2), or having to settle for 4th/ 5th choice cheap options as the club doesn’t have the money due to players not leaving?
16.) 15 May 2024 23:35:24
Remember peps first season at city.
He bought a gk then replaced him 12 months later
Bought defenders then spent money replacing those defenders
Not saying money is the way forward but we need to right signings to play in a way that the manager and the club want to play
There is a reason why the Ajax style has not been seen yet that ten hag had them playing. the players cannot play that way (the majority)
I hope they keep him and I hope he gets the chance and he turns it around, he deserves to with all the crap he’s had to put up with.
Hopefully the team show up against city and with some luck we get the job done.
17.) 16 May 2024 00:29:24
If sjr decides he is the man then I'm on board simple as that.
18.) 16 May 2024 11:19:10
EtH will be delighted and thankful Ken ?.
19.) 16 May 2024 14:50:59
He won't be here angel so it won't be his concern. ?.
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18 Dec 2024 13:36:31
“ I couldn’t help but agree with what he said - Rashford has basically come and said he wants to leave and Amorim has said he’s still got a part to play etc etc - a complete opposite of his message dropping him from the team. Make your mind up…”
I don’t see how what Ruben said is contradictory.
Rashford and Garnacho were dropped for one game because they didn’t train to the standards expected by the manager.
Rashford then threw his toys out of the pram, by announcing to the world that he’s prepared to leave the club.
Ruben said that he wants to keep Rashford at the club, and that he wants to help him recapture his best form.
Unless you think that the manager should never drop certain players from the squad, regardless of how much effort they put into training, then Ruben has been consistent.
17 Dec 2024 22:10:48
I don’t understand why people think PSG will buy him. They bought Barcola two summers ago for a big fee. It seems like people think that PSG are trying to sign any big name player, even ones they don’t need.
Personally I think that it will be very difficult to sell Rashford. The best I could see happening is a loan where United continue to pay a significant amount of his wages.
09 Dec 2024 11:37:18
I think it’s a steep learning curve redseven.
He went out and tried to hire two of the most successful/ sought after candidates for CEO and Sporting Director. Unfortunately, his team didn’t do enough to ensure everyone was on the same page.
Personally, I think it would have been better to wait until Berrada was in place to start looking for supporting staff. Your CEO is the one driving, and they need to make the final decision on the rest of team below them.
It seems like Berrada and Ashworth had fundamental disagreements on the future of the club. That could have been avoided if Ratcliffe had take a more patient approach to recruiting directors. However, the big difference here is that he sought out skilled people from outside the club, and made a quick decision when a conflict between the CEO and Sporting Director happened. Neither of these things would have happened under the Glazers.
08 Dec 2024 13:45:49
I think that what happened was that Ashworth was reluctant to hire Ruben in the summer because he isn’t a fan of his system, and the director of football wants to be in charge of the overarching footballing approach. So, they kept ETH on at the end of last season and signed players that fit Ashworth’s criteria for how he would like the squad to be shaped.
When it became obvious that ETH would have to go, Berrada pushed for Ruben. Ashworth likely pushed for another candidate *cough - Southgate - cough*. Berrada overruled him, and that undermined Ashworth’s position.
I think it spells out the importance of having a unified vision from the top down. The CEO and sporting director need to be on the same page. Otherwise you end up with fundamental disagreements on the direction of the club, and power struggles.
I go back to the sorely missed Ed002 saying that Mitchell was the right man for the club. It seems like he’s a bit at odds with Howe, who worked well with Ashworth. Think we made the wrong call on this one. A costly lesson learned.
29 Oct 2024 12:00:35
€100m = £83m
If Solanke is a £55m-£65m striker, £80m+ seems about right.
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06 Jan 2025 14:21:09
Sneaky bid for Andy Carroll so Shaps?
04 Jan 2025 13:48:07
My opinion is that some current keepers aren’t aggressive enough coming from corners. I don’t want the game to lose its physicality. If a player is blocking the keeper’s path to the ball, they need to go through them. That’s part of the position.
02 Jan 2025 17:32:49
Casemiro is a liability in midfield. The two central mids need to be able to get up and down the pitch all game. Casemiro gets caught upfield far too often. Manioo could actually work as one of the attacking mids, as he is good in tight spaces. Unfortunately, we don’t have anyone to play in the centre instead of him.
01 Jan 2025 12:49:12
“Regarding Rashford, I believe, rightly or wrongly, that the comments about a new challenge have been taken out of context. ”
It wasn’t taken out of context. He was dropped for the City game, and immediately gave an interview where he said that he’s ready for a new challenge. In that interview he continued to say that he will leave with no ill will to the club.
There’s no ambiguity - he wants to leave the club.
31 Dec 2024 13:16:51
Absolutely ed. Aside from Amad, Hojland, and Manioo when he came on, the Man Utd players didn’t work as hard. It’s has been this way for years. Consistently toward the bottom of the distance covered stats. It doesn’t take talent to run, only effort.