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01 Sep 2022 23:13:12
Just want to thank Ed002 and all the other Ed's for another window full of information and updates. I know you get asked repeated questions over and over by fans desperate to get blow by blow updates. We really do appreciate the time spent and knowledge shared each window.
Hope you get a well earned rest before the first post asking for lists for January start showing up!
{Ed002's Note - Thanks. We appreciate it.}
1.) 01 Sep 2022 23:23:04
Never a truer word spoken DB.
Thank you ed002 and the entire editing team. Top stuff. Some dodgy opinions but lots of good banter. ?.
{Ed002's Note - Everyone has done well on the MU pages. Club is doing OK.}
2.) 01 Sep 2022 23:32:00
Ed002 if i am ever in Cornwall dinner and drinks on me, you pick the venue :) and if you ever get to Dubai same goes. thank you. we did okay I agree. Long way to go.
{Ed002's Note - I am not allowed to visit Dubai, but thanks.}
3.) 02 Sep 2022 00:08:47
Too works Eds, top site, love it.
Decent work by Utd too all in all. New manager and 6 good new signings.
{Ed002's Note - Thanks Eric.}
4.) 02 Sep 2022 06:21:55
Thanks EDs.
Thankyou all for the time and effort you put into all of the sites.
{Ed002's Note - Thanks, you are welcome.}
5.) 02 Sep 2022 08:37:52
Yeah, a big well done and thank you to all the Ed's who give up their time to run this site and divulge excellent information.
Thank you all.
{Ed002's Note - Thanks, you are welcome.}
6.) 02 Sep 2022 10:45:27
A huge thanks to all the eds. Some amount of work to edit all the pages.
This place is like a little cosy home on my phone.
{Ed002's Note - Thanks, you are welcome.}
7.) 02 Sep 2022 12:37:45
I agree that ypu very much to all the Eds for their uodates and work to keep the site alive.
A specoal thanks for Ed14 for his constant championing of the brilliant way United are run and support for all their well thought out and planned moves.
{Ed014's Note - thank you mate and I’m sure they’ll get it right one day!
8.) 02 Sep 2022 15:16:47
Echo that. Thanks for all the input eds ?.
9.) 02 Sep 2022 16:23:08
Ed002 - thanks so much for all your time during the window. First class, accurate info as always. Really appreciate your bright insight amongst what is often a dark cloud of uncertainty and confusion.
10.) 02 Sep 2022 21:06:44
Couldn’t agree more thanks to all involved, really look forward to scanning this site daily fantastic feedback back constantly, all the years I’ve been on here I trust nothing without you lot confirming.
11.) 04 Sep 2022 19:46:26
So, Ed002. January. what's happening? ?.
21 Mar 2020 22:26:27
Rumours of Auba to Utd. No idea if this is now just crazy time due to lack of content. But I have to say, that would be an excellent signing for us. Last year with Arsenal, so they may be tempted to cash in. Almost has the feels of an RVP but he's not quite so deep into his career.
He would be an upgrade on Martial as a 9. Scores goals for fun. What do you all think, would you take him?
1.) 22 Mar 2020 10:38:16
Rumours started last summer when Andy Goldstein from talksport said he was told Utd were in for him so maybe there is something in it who knows. Good player though wish he wasnt as old as he is.
2.) 22 Mar 2020 10:54:42
I think we're done buying older players on high wages. He's a fantastic player but you'd imagine he'd demand Sanchez type salary. Just doesn't seem to go along with Solskjaer's plan.
3.) 22 Mar 2020 12:02:02
I'd prefer lacazette to be honest. Although he's seemed a bit off this season.
4.) 23 Mar 2020 11:10:01
I would rather save the money and buy ighalo and spend the big money on right wing, cm, pogba replacement and pacey centre back.
5.) 23 Mar 2020 12:03:35
Thanks for replies guys. I think that Auba allows us to play how we have been playing, direct and very dangerous on the break, but hs also makes runs in the 6 yard area like a striker. He can score headers with more consistency. Depending on fee he could be interesting. Not for silly money either in transfer or wages.
6.) 26 Mar 2020 16:05:39
who is Auba?
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31 Dec 2024 22:45:18
Happy New Year to all the Ed's and posters, hopefully 2025 bring you all joy, happiness and good health.
I'll be raising a chicken wing to Ed002 tonight, who brought cutting slap downs and incredible insights, in equal measure! RIP fine sir.
{Ed001's Note - HNY Dodgy, all the best for 2025.}
1.) 01 Jan 2025 01:17:10
Happy New Year all!
Utd might be struggling but this a fantastic community where we can all come together and vent our frustrations. We might not always agree but let’s stick together and as they say hated, adored, never ignored!
All the best everyone and of course a special thanks to all the Ed’s as always!
We’ll be back, keep the faith!
16 Nov 2024 06:55:17
Condolances to all ed002's family and friends. The OG legend of the site.
Ed002 was funny, abrasive, cutting and his sharkopods and quips about his dog (Sharky? ) were the stuff of legend.
We all craved the knowledge in his head, but he teased us by giving us a little but never quite enough. RIP sir.
10 Aug 2024 14:16:17
De ligt done, masraoi all agreed pending wan bissska completion. Finally some good news. We needed this to get the defensive line playing higher up the pitch and more on the front foot. Very happy with those two!
1.) 10 Aug 2024 14:31:56
Really excited by the fb. Think he will be in 1st 11 quickly and that can make a real difference. Mdl is better than maguire lindelof and yoro so good to have a cb in that is better than what we have.
2.) 10 Aug 2024 15:03:05
De ligt could be signing of the summer. Not a lot of money for a quality player who is still young for someone so experienced.
3.) 10 Aug 2024 18:01:46
Indeed dodgy, great signing ?.
4.) 10 Aug 2024 18:27:20
Excellent signings and looks like we have sorted out our back 4 finally and we will reap the results later in the season.
5.) 10 Aug 2024 22:26:37
Do we think Mazraoui is a starter for left back?
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1.) 05 Jun 2024 08:12:33
Fire him, he's useless. sigh. Yey get Southgate in to replace him. Sigh.
2.) 05 Jun 2024 10:20:55
Really interesting stats. My earlier view was that Ten Hag should go for all the reasons we've discussed.
I've now moved to being undecided because it's easy to believe the grass is greener and to be very wrong.
Also, the paucity of better candidates is really puts me off changing.
Plus despite everything, Ten Hag has led Utd to win two trophies in two years and under the circumstances I think that's a laudable achievement.
So while I'm not wildly enthusiastic about keeping Ten Hag I think it could be worth giving him another season to see what happens when he hopefully has less injuries to deal with and a better squad more suited to his brand of football.
3.) 05 Jun 2024 11:49:05
Stats don't really show everything. For example it doesn't show that this season in the Premier and Champions League we were vv poor.
Nor does it show the defensive injury crisis Utd had all season.
4.) 05 Jun 2024 13:03:38
We also won 2 trophies, had terrible injuries. Off field player issues. The club was being sold. Our 2 best players from last season (rash and cassemiro) had awful seasons. The club had financial difficulties and brought in loan players and avoided the Jan transfer windows. One striker all season (thanks to AM injury) no leftback all season, with quite a few games playing a midfielder at leftback. No consistency at CB, with many games playing a midfielder at CB.
EtH is a guy who can win things, he has shown this throughout his career. We need to keep him, back him, remove the players that he needs to remove. Bring in players that suit his style and move forward.
5.) 05 Jun 2024 14:37:30
Remember Hoiland joined and he was injured and hardly played early season and so was Ambrabat. Then if If I recall correctly the Sancho saga started and injuries to Shaw, Martinez, cas and just continued, mount too and rash's form.
it was a season of everything that can go wrong went wrong. People will argue that's an excuse, some argue eth is injuring players and want him gone.
We sacked our head physio and doubt everything can be hung around eth neck but some want to do it.
I have zero doubts about his ability as a top manager if he has the tools and support structure around him and will win everything if he stayed. Its a toxic club and environment and the media lives on writing negative stuff about the place some may be true but a lot of it is just bad journalism.
Anyways looks like decision is coming and eth is in Ibiza enjoying some down time and good for him. I would be doing the same. Contrary to some posters here who think he is awful, its clear the new people in charge don't remotely see it that way or they would have made a decision quickly.
Make a decision and let's move forward.
28 May 2024 04:26:20
Saf only won 5 fa cups. Utd have won 13 in nearly 150 years. I think people are underplaying how big an FA cup win is. How many has harry Kane got? Or Arteta since he started managing? How about Alan Shearer, greatest scorer in epl history? We cannot allow top 4 to become more important than winning the second biggest prize in english football. And we can't be sacking managers who win the FA cup in a season when they have suffered major injury crises throughout the year. Make the smart choice ineos and put some trust in EtH.
1.) 28 May 2024 07:40:06
Agreed Dodgy. Winning a trophy is much more important than any league position beyond 1st. We are averaging an FA Cup win every 11.5 years.
Imo we’ve had a better season than Arsenal in both of the last two years.
Give me a trophy and 3rd/ 8th over 2nd and no trophy every single day of the week.
{Ed025's Note - the FA cup was a good end to the season Wazza but to say you had a better season than Arsenal is stretching it a bit far mate, they ran city very close in the major trophy where UTD were also rans, its papered over the cracks and to think that it absolves the team for what was a disgrace of a season is foolhardy imo, it seems that all is forgiven now and EtH is the best thing since sliced bread again and the slate is wiped clean...United should be better than that..
2.) 28 May 2024 08:55:04
Hear hear!
3.) 28 May 2024 09:46:23
Wazza, although I agree with your sentiment, sadly, getting champions league has almost become a trophy in itself over the past 20 years due to the financial reward and ability to attract better players. Performance in the league now will always outweigh any cup win which is a sad indictment of how people hold the FA Cup. I’d love (even more so this season ?) if the FA Cup winners got champions league ahead of 4th. No sport in the world rewards 4th place with a more significant reward than winning a cup. And I don’t care if a Palace, Fulham, Brighton won it, good for them, they deserve a crack at the big time. But the truth is, apart from Leicester, it’s usually won by won of the “top 4/ 5” clubs anyway.
4.) 28 May 2024 08:47:16
I get your point Ed25, but I posted similar recently that we need to realise where we are in the pecking order right now.
We’re a club actually starting again with an actual professional footballing structure being put in place to finally to fill the void left by Sir Alex. To win two cups in two years in this mess, with a takeover happening, certain players making life very difficult (I’m looking at you Sancho, Ronaldo, Rashford and Greenwood), and an injury list longer than an A&E ward all centred around defence, I think ten Hag has done as good as anybody could. I think he deserves a shot. He’s not all of a sudden a bad coach this year when last year and his time at Ajax proved otherwise. He invests in youth, has a track record of decent football (maybe not this year granted), and wins trophies.
If he was still at Ajax now, they wouldn’t be in the mess they are, and he’d be exactly the type of manager we’d all be wanting to be appointed right now. He’s had an average seaon, but we beat our arch rivals and beat them deservedly so in the cup final. I for one and pretty happy with that, with expectations league form must improve.
Backed by a proper football structure (training facilities, medical teams, fitness coaches), with proper recruitment and scouting, he’s got as good a chance as anybody.
It’ll still be Tuchel mind after my long Shappy style essay.
{Ed025's Note - i get what you are saying Eric but for a club of United,s stature its just not good enough mate, how long is this transition going to take?, yes the cup was a nice boost but CL qualification should be a given for a club of this magnitude and for me the FA cup has just papered over the cracks, i really expected better after 22/23 where it looked like progress but the same old flaws seem to have come home to roost again and United should never accept mediocrity imo, i dont think its all down to EtH but i dont think hes ruthless enough to stem the tide, its not an easy fix though and whoever (if anybody) takes over will have a massive job on their hands, but i do wish you well because the premier league needs a strong United team and you all deserve better..
5.) 28 May 2024 08:56:41
Ed I get that side of the argument, but before a ball is kicked, I’d take a trophy and no CL over CL and no trophy.
The rest is just noise and will soon be forgotten.
{Ed025's Note - im not buying that Wazza, CL qualification is your bread and butter for a club of United,s history mate, not scraping through against Coventry for a day out in London, it should be nights out in Barcelona and Madrid that should be the aim of a club of your stature, but i suppose we all have our own standards..
6.) 28 May 2024 09:17:17
Total delusion ed025 we had nowhere close a season to Arsenal. The fans were seething every game yet people come out with these wild statements we had a better season than Arsenal.
What have we become? Total Liverpool levels of delusion, shocking. The manager has been allover the place and will continue to be next season because he doesn’t get the league.
{Ed025's Note - im with you G nev, it just shows how low expectations have fallen to mate..
7.) 28 May 2024 09:18:00
I daresay in the history books only the facts will remain, which are that I will remember the season more for Manchester United winning the FA Cup than Arsenal 'almost' winning the league. :p.
{Ed025's Note - but even Wigan can win cups spenno, no disrespect to the likes of Villa and Spurs but if you are happy to finish behind the likes of them then it just shows how far this club has fallen mate..
8.) 28 May 2024 10:00:04
Well said DB.
9.) 28 May 2024 10:14:00
I must be old fashioned, but I just do not see CL qualification as better than a domestic trophy.
The only way CL qualification can be deemed better is if the team goes on to win it. So let’s see if Arsenal win the CL this coming season. But I very much doubt they will as it’s very difficult, and therefore I’m taking the trophy every day of the week.
{Ed025's Note - i can just picture you Wazza standing on your own in a nightclub with your shirt open sporting a Del Boy like medallion around your neck mate.. :)
10.) 28 May 2024 11:12:48
We had an awful season, but we did win a trophy, taking us to 2 behind Liverpool. The obsession with the a champions League is pretty silly, qualifying generates cash but even if we had scraped top 4, we would be a long way from winning it.
Arsenal had a great season, they have an awesome team, they are well positioned to challenge for the League and Champions League. We won a cup off the back of a terrible league showing.
But I still like to keep the trophies clicking over.
11.) 28 May 2024 11:29:11
Fair point Ed025, I don't doubt that the club has fallen considerably in the last decade. But got to cling onto the few rays of sunshine they've provided in that time!
{Ed025's Note - its ok to bask in the sunshine sometimes spenno, as long as you prepare for the cold and rain that inevitably comes your way mate.. :)
12.) 28 May 2024 12:24:30
If we had just had Arsenal's season then no way would there be any discussion of Ten Hag being sacked.
13.) 28 May 2024 13:19:31
Agreed. A great end to a truly awful season.
14.) 28 May 2024 12:38:59
Agree 100% Ed025. There's a real lack of reality with some of the posters in here. I just don't get what they've been watching all year.
{Ed025's Note - they have been watching guff BRD, a bunch of players some of them very good individuals who have not played as a team mate, unfortunately that has to be laid at the door of the manager im afraid, turning up for a cup final is just not good enough and some of them should be ashamed of themselves, hes a nice man EtH...maybe too nice and far too loyal to some imo, would these players have acted up like they did if SAF was in charge?...not a chance, get someone in with a backbone i suggest..
15.) 28 May 2024 16:39:46
Ed, I don’t think anybody is claiming that United have played well all year. I think every poster on here, regardless of their opinion on ETH, will accept that 8th isn’t good enough.
There is a difference between dropping standards and accepting where we are. This conversation has veered well away from the subject of winning a trophy vs CL qualification. As for the night club, you’re more likely to catch me in the Thomas Frost!
{Ed025's Note - love it Wazza, for me mate the domestic cups are a bonus and are mainly for the supporters than the club, the generation of money and the players it will attract it would be CL every day of the week personally, some will have a different view i suppose and thats fine..
16.) 28 May 2024 16:59:40
Backbone Ed? Poch? Lol.
{Ed025's Note - not for me angel..
17.) 28 May 2024 18:34:53
Nor me ed, smart thing would be to let ETH carry on. If it doesn't go well, no harm done, more time will have passed, structure in place and a new man will be appointed.
Sack ETH now, puts INEOS right under the cosh straight off the bat.
{Ed025's Note - they say the biggest act of stupidity is to do the same thing and expect different results angel, i see it as a great opportunity for SJR to put a marker down here and show he can steer the club in the right direction, but maybe thats just me mate..
18.) 28 May 2024 18:37:16
It’s a totally fair argument Ed - and what you say about fans… we are all fans. Nothing more (despite what one or two on here think ?) . The cups are great and I have to admit I’ve been over the moon since Saturday. As they say, you’re only as good as your last game, and our last game was an FA Cup win which was also a derby AND dropped Chelsea to the Europa conference AND knocked Newcastle out of Europe. As a fan, surely that’s something to celebrate.
{Ed025's Note - im not knocking the excellent cup win Wazza, its the best i have seen you play for quite a while mate so enjoy it..
19.) 28 May 2024 20:30:31
Well 25, that we can agree on.
{Ed025's Note - i knew there had to be something we agree on Wazza mate.. :)
20.) 28 May 2024 22:54:18
Spurs comparison is harsh Ed025, there was a trophy win after all!
{Ed025's Note - thats a fair point actually Kev.. :)
21.) 29 May 2024 08:24:41
I'm alright with insanity if it means winning trophies ed.
if you think so ed. But if SJR does, he better get it right because there won't be much sympathy if it goes tits up. That's why I think he should give ETH the rope. He will either pull himself up or hang himself. And if he does hang, we'll SJR can turn around and start from a completely new slate. He doesn't by sacking a man that majority want to stay.
{Ed025's Note - in the end its just my opinion angel, i just dont think one great game can define a season mate even though lifting the cup was a massive boost for the fan base, i could be wrong....but that has never happened before.. :)
22.) 29 May 2024 09:30:38
Was this poll that states the majority want ETH to stay carried out before or after the FA cup?
I wonder, if it was done afterwards, how much the result was swayed by the immediate euphoria of winning the cup and what the results would have been if it wasn’t done afterwards? I’m not advocating either way. I have already decided what I would prefer but will accept a decision either way.
As far as FA Cup goes, I would have preferred CL over an FA Cup (or both! ) . It’s not about winning the CL. It’s about being there to attract the right players to support the rebuild.
23.) 29 May 2024 09:28:43
I'm looking at the 2 seasons, 2 cups, 3 finals and we should have went further in Europa league last year. All under an absolute mess of a club. He needs time. Our two most successful managers of all time, had time.
I'm sick of this carousel and I will not judge him on last season. There's been huge upheaval at the club.
Haha Ed, we will see ?.
{Ed025's Note - we certainly will mate.. :)
24.) 29 May 2024 10:52:54
It was before the cup final Keefy.
Honestly it’s mostly noisy internet fans that want him out from my experience. The feeling in and around the ground, and amongst friends who are local and lifelong Manchester United fans, is very positive towards ETH. As I have said before, I’ve never heard so much discontent towards players inside OT. But one or two of those players are leaving / have left, which bodes well for the coming season.
25.) 29 May 2024 12:13:17
Fair enough.
As I have said I am not completely against ETH but admit to sitting in the out basket. But as I have said will happily get behind him and team if he stays.
BUT
He needs some educating or vetting of his post match comments. Some may be lost in translation but jeez he has spouted some tripe! That is possibly what has alienated him more than his strange tactics and substitutions as he often comes over as having lost the plot.
Time will tell. Going to be a very long and drawn out close season!
26.) 29 May 2024 13:46:01
He can talk double dutch for my liking Keefy mate, as long as he keeps bringing home that silverware ?.
27.) 29 May 2024 17:12:04
I was a 9 year old in boarding school and had no affiliation until I saw united win that 77 fa cup vs the scousers. its always been a great trophy for me and my induction to becoming a lifetime united fan. I wonder how many young ones watching that game of Saturday are the next lifers.
05 Jan 2025 04:00:46
Ruben M-or-him? ?.
21 Aug 2024 20:29:56
I agree the number of players out is important, and they are working hard to make that happen (in some cases with both hands tied behind their backs due to book value and stupid wages) . I would not class letting players contracts run out for no fee, the same as agreeing a sell in fee. These are not the same.
Jnfirtjnately, some of our toxic contracts (not players, contracts) we may have to wait till they have all run out for no sell on fee. Another stunning glazer legacy.
14 Aug 2024 04:06:25
We are putting a squad together of players who will be great in a season or two. We are not looking for a star player looking for their last big deal before saudi.
12 Aug 2024 04:16:53
You are not wrong oakbark, except that we need to keep sponsors on board. This is probably why Fernandes has been extended. We need some stars now to bring the youngsters along and also give us some credibility in the league and with our sponsors.
09 Aug 2024 12:47:42
Because we have got rid of varane, who was our best defender, and Cassemiro is another year older.
Our first team is worse.
04 Jan 2025 23:11:19
When the players all gather beyond the back post, how long until the defenders line up un a linked line and block them from making runs to the middle?
04 Jan 2025 05:02:56
Another year is good news, a four year contract would have been a problem. Good decision all round.
03 Jan 2025 04:54:09
De ligt is all good. He should be playing in the middle CB position. We looked much more solid at the back when he did.
Problem is that for some unknown reason people watch harry McGuire play and think he resembles a reasonable option at the back. Of course he can only play centrally where more people have a chance of covering for him, so de ligt gets moved to the right.
We need to change half the squad. So buckle up!
03 Jan 2025 02:57:19
This is priceless, the beauty is I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not AJH ?.
01 Jan 2025 20:39:20
Di maria? Seriously?
Pogba, not for me.
Lukaku can't hold ball up.
Elanga for RWB
Amad LWB (why don't we try him there? )
Cavani striker
Martial left 10.