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25 Oct 2022 12:05:13
Question For ED002.

Is there any truth in United making an offer for Michael Edwards as sporting director ED?

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{Ed002's Note - Manchester United want Edwards to lead the recruitment and negotiation side of things - but the relationship with outhers is unclear.}


1.) 25 Oct 2022 13:08:02
ED002,

Would he be a good appointment?

{Ed002's Note - It depends on what he is expected to do.}


2.) 25 Oct 2022 14:09:18
ED002,

Don a clown suit and join the rest of the circus?


3.) 25 Oct 2022 20:32:43
I'm guessing nothing is agreed Ed02 as the report suggests that we've made a 'hugely attractive offer' to him.

{Ed002's Note - I am not aware of any agreement.}


4.) 25 Oct 2022 21:18:12
Well for a team that wasted over a billion on crap in a few years paying somebody a kings ransom to spend the next billion properly would probably be a sensible choice.


5.) 26 Oct 2022 07:26:04
What a coup it would be to get him.

Hopefully they're not that silly as to not play to his strengths.


6.) 26 Oct 2022 12:19:59
Thanks Ed002.


 

 

22 Aug 2022 12:34:50
Hi Ed002, hope you're well.

Is there anything truth in Pedro Neto being offered to United? Would bite their hand off for him, super player!

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{Ed002's Note - Not that I am aware.}


1.) 22 Aug 2022 13:43:31
I rate him too. Would be happy to get him, unfortunately don’t think we hold any interest.


2.) 22 Aug 2022 14:15:19
Personally I'd take him over Antony.

{Ed002's Note - Way back there was a discussion with his agent.}


 

 

25 May 2020 18:25:10
Nice to know Angel Gomes has signed a new contract. 🔴.

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1.) 25 May 2020 21:16:20
Has it been confirmed Scholesy mate?


2.) 25 May 2020 21:40:41
Not that I’ve seen Damon but a lot of chat on twitter so I’d take it with a pinch of salt at the moment. If it’s true and he has signed then hopefully he kicks on. Not developed as we’ve expected when he made his debut. Maybe a loan spell would be good for him.


 

 

16 Feb 2019 14:03:45
If you have the time Ed002, which clubs are interested in Jadon Sancho? Rumours of United 'lining up a move'.

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{Ed002's Note - Right now no one is interested as he is not for sale. In confirming Manchester City's option when asked this week Watzke also said there has been no approach for the player who is not for sale. When he left MC at least Spurs, Manchester United and Arsenal expressed an interest but he had his heart set on Dortmund that was in 2017.}


1.) 16 Feb 2019 16:25:46
Hardly a word about it till Dortmund came to town.
Complete fabrication i'd say.
Scholes. Just watch between now and the end of the season how often united are linked with players playing in any high profile game.
The easiest way to get clicks and readers is to link united with a player.


2.) 16 Feb 2019 19:56:11
I assume he still has a few years worth of development at dortmund left.

They have already agreed to sell pulisic to chelsea in the summer so no pressure on dortmund to sell him.


3.) 16 Feb 2019 21:47:19
Thanks Ed002.


 

 

28 Jan 2019 11:17:54
Any truth in United wanting to take Tielemans on loan from Monaco Ed002?

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{Ed002's Note - I am not aware of any discussions with Manchester United - I am aware of discussions withtwo other sides.}


1.) 28 Jan 2019 18:18:13
Ronnie is taking over.


2.) 28 Jan 2019 18:39:04
Superb talent and maybe a rotation option for Pogba? Not a bad idea with our impending champions league run, FA Cup run and push for top 3.


3.) 28 Jan 2019 19:22:08
He was a player i think ed002 told us a year ago was not ready for a top club. He has not shown anything at monaco in a disaster season for the club.
He may flourish in a new environment and fulfill his potential but it all seems to have stalled for the moment for him.


4.) 28 Jan 2019 19:58:05
Be fair Ken, he has probably been Monaco's top performer this season. The reason he is likely to leave is because he doesn't see eye to eye with Jardim who is returning as manager. He has up until now been the only player at Monaco who say he has played well this season.


5.) 29 Jan 2019 05:34:58
Herrera and Matic will be 30 and 31 next year.
It would be nice to see Tielemans coming in being groomed for the 3 man midfield role.
Ruben Neves is another promising quality midfielder.


6.) 29 Jan 2019 18:54:33
Their defence is appalling shappy but he is not showing his best albeit in a poor team.
Neves is ideal for us imo he can play any of the 3 midfield roles and has excelled for wolves all season and tore up the championship last season. He can mix it with the toughest of them and can play football with the best of them. Top player.


 

 

 

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28 Sep 2025 12:08:00
Think that was the game that seals his fate, even if we somehow beat Sunderland. We only won last week due to a red card.

We're crap, his system is awful but what i find staggering is his refusal to adapt, the top coaches all adapt in game, he doesn't. The same subs, same sh1t every week, truly terrible.

But some of these players, my God, Shaw, Maguire, Dalot, Fernandes, Ugarte, Bayindir, shocking. Bruno just isn't a captain, he's a pathetic loser, can't handle pressure, bottlers it when it matters. And he mentions a cultural reset but plays two of the biggest losers I've ever seen at the club in Shaw and Maguire, Shaw should have been sold in 2018 under Jose and yet he's still playing, madness! He's literally making a minimum of 2 big mistakes per game since he came back from injury in April and the fool in charge starts him every game.

Should have terminated his contract when he got fit for England and then got injured straight after again, pathetic loser, literally undoubtedly one of the worst utd signings ever. If there's a player that sums up the club's downfall, its him. Overrated tosser.

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1.) 28 Sep 2025 14:07:16
Simon stone reporting that ratcliffe still backs him and think he deserves a full season…that sounds like a great idea! If that happens we will be in serious relegation trouble, that’s not hyperbole that’s a fact. He’s been in charge nearly a full season of games and we’ve amassed 32 points. Clueless.


2.) 28 Sep 2025 14:55:34
I think we beat Sunderland, then there's a mini break during which time the narrative will be all about the buzz of trying to reach the heady heights of winning a second successive game again :D.


3.) 28 Sep 2025 16:09:05
Which we have no chance of because it’s Liverpool at Anfield.

I don’t think it’s a fact that we will be in relegation trouble, it’s just an opinion and certainly is hyperbole, especially at this stage.


4.) 28 Sep 2025 16:20:10
It feels like the directors have doubled down as much as they can. You can’t keep backing a coach who is failing this badly.

I’m gutted that it didn’t work out for Amorim because he brought a bit of swagger to the job that has been missing. But the worst fears about his inflexibility have come true. At this point he looks completely defeated, and unwilling to try something different.

The sooner he goes, the better for everyone, including Amorim.


5.) 28 Sep 2025 16:58:13
Id thank him for getting rid or at least trying to get a decent amount of the wasters out- then wave him goodbye. He can't do the job, end of.


6.) 28 Sep 2025 17:15:56
If they didn't hire him, he would've been sacked long ago.

GDS, I know it's not really right to put the two seasons together but we are in relegation form here. Its unacceptable the level he has us playing at.

I'm not even bothered by the set up, the tactics, even the constant rotation of players positions. It's the fact that he can't seem to get a tune out of the players, either last year or this.

Maybe he just needs more time on the training pitch ?.


7.) 28 Sep 2025 20:05:37
I just want these players gone now. Too many managers sacked, too many open wounds. Wont trust them again. I don't care what happens with the coach as long as all players from 4 plus seasons also go. can't defend the coach anymore, but I am desperate for hin not to be to blame. This is mich deeper than him. This squad has no fight.


8.) 28 Sep 2025 20:07:34
You like Shaw then! But have to pick up on the Bruno bit, how would you feel, if your employer took you out of the position you excel in and put you in a position that you don’t like and makes you look awful that’s also detrimental to your colleagues and the companies performance… would you be happy and we all know if your not happy you don’t give 100%
RA is huge problem I heard a stat today that out of 49 games he changed his CB 43 times….

The in game management is awful…mount on LWB. Is weird but all because he can’t change his philosophy! It’s bordering on insanity, then after the game comes out and says all the things players did wrong. well maybe trying to rectify that in game maybe useful.

Cunha and Mbuemo now gone backwards under him too
It’s diabolical and he got to go
If they can’t get Iraola then Xavi is out there, I have even got to the stage I would take Rooney till end of season, it can’t get no worse if we stick with RA it’s going to be painful.


9.) 29 Sep 2025 11:58:06
He's missed 2 penalties with the slightest bit of pressure, league games against Fulham and Brentford, not the bloody champions league final! He's a joke captain, and needs binning, such a weak fragile captain.


 

 

24 Sep 2025 09:47:19
Hello Ed001,

Hope you're well.

Did you do a gameweek review for this weekend? Or have I missed it?

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{Ed001's Note - I am in the middle of doing it now. Sorry, running a bit late as I had a plumbing problem which meant my kitchen flooded and I spent most of Monday cleaning up. Hopefully should be finished in the next few hours.}


1.) 24 Sep 2025 10:54:37
Once disconnected my washing machine pipe from the machine without turning the water off.

Needed a bigger boat for that mess!

{Ed001's Note - in one place I live, the drains got blocked and water was pumping back up out of sewer pipes. The whole floor was flooded throughout the flat. And it kept happening about once a month until in the end they redid all the pipes in the building to fix it.}


2.) 24 Sep 2025 13:46:13
“In one place I live”

What a way to out yourself as omnipotent Ed001.

{Ed001's Note - oh that was an interesting typo! Should have said lived. It was above a bank, so they couldn't fix the pipes until the bank changed location as the vault was there. It was horrible to have all that dirty water flooding every so often. But the rent was cheap because of it!}


3.) 24 Sep 2025 17:14:43
Thank you ed, much appreciated.

{Ed001's Note - it is up on FNV now, just waiting on Ed33 to link it up. Sorry for the wait.}


4.) 25 Sep 2025 00:04:35
I had a cellar in a place I lived where that happened often. Dyanrod were the saviour that day!


 

 

25 Aug 2025 11:38:56
Lets not get anything mixed up, he has been an absolute disaster and that's a fact. Took charge of 29 PL games and we've got 28 points.

Id personally give him a handful more games, if not, get rid. How much further down do you want him to take us.

He quite literally could not have done any worse since he became coach.

The football is crap and the system, well I just laugh at it. Shoehorning Bruno in is a good way to get the sack; his mad crazy decision not to play Mainoo is staggering; he's an unbelievable footballer who should be starting every week.

We needed a goal yesterday since the captain got put off by the ref; and he put on 2 CB'S, Ugarte and Dalot who are truly dreadful and Sesko, who received 0 crosses.

I cannot for the life of me seem to understand the concept of blindly backing coaches the way we do, when he's evidently so bad. Honestly give him 3/ 4 more games and if it continues get rid. let's not leave it too late to the point the season is beyond saving.

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1.) 25 Aug 2025 12:21:06
The results have been terrible, and there are big questions over the system. But the club has just forked out close to £200m on players to fit this system.

This has been the consistent failure of the club for over a decade. They bring in a new manager, give them money to bring in players to fit their style, then sack them, and replace them with a manager with a completely different system. The new manager is left with a squad that struggles to play the way they want, they don’t hit the ground running, they get time to bring in a few new players, it still doesn’t work, and they get the sack too.

Dan Ashworth was brought in to draw a line under all this, and ensure squad and system continuity if a manager left. He was opposed to Amorim because it would mean another drastic change in system. The owners overruled him, and he went.

It’s frustrating, but I don’t see sacking Amorim a few games into a season does anything other than perpetuate the cycle of failure.


2.) 25 Aug 2025 12:25:42
Let’s face it, his current premier league performance would get the team relegated in some seasons.

I don’t for a minute think that is anywhere near likely. But it shows how poor it’s been.


3.) 25 Aug 2025 12:26:57
It would be hard for the club to justify sacking Amorim now.

They have been clear that he was the new regimes man and he himself didn't want to take over mid season but was given reassurances by the hierarchy that he should come in sooner as he would be given ample time-to mould the squad into his system.

The only way they could save face is by admitting that we need a manager with premier league experience but the best option, thomas frank, has already gone, which leaves, Howe, Iraiola, Emery etc.


4.) 25 Aug 2025 12:33:22
Disagree Danny, we said the same last season with Ten Hag, and how we can't sack him after backing him with arounf £200m and look where it left us. Ruben has had a pre season, got a new front line and we're still crap, there's no improvement.

Good riddance to Dan Ashworth too, didn't he have Graham Potter on the list to replace Ten Hag?


5.) 25 Aug 2025 12:34:05
Ed001, is there any chance in hell you'd Bench Kobbie Mainoo in this utd XI? Its a joke, seething!

{Ed001's Note - no, he would be the one to build the midfield around. But then I wouldn't have let Collyer go on loan and had him next to Mainoo as they actually compliment each other. Fernandes is an excellent player, but he is not suited to playing in central midfield in a pair, he needs help. This system is still not right for the players.}


6.) 25 Aug 2025 12:42:28
The system is sh1t, and is hindering him. It also limits Amad massively. Just play a 433 and end this madness but I can't see him changing it.


7.) 25 Aug 2025 13:57:12
Woah nelly, let's just take a deep breath and engage our brains.

We lost against Arsenal in a game that we should have won. We were the better team but ultimately got a little unlucky with the decisions. There goal probably should have been chalked off for a foul and we had a blatant penalty completely ignored.

Against Fulham I feel the players need to front up. Cunha could and should have had two goals in the first 15 minutes, and we missed a penalty. Forget about how we played in the second half, we should have been 3-0 up by that point and if we were it would have been a very different game second half.

We look like a team that still has the look of a hangover from last season. We don't look fully comfortable and confident yet. Every set back we face we have a wobble and the performances drop.

We haven't been helped by possibly the toughest run of fixtures at the start of this season. They almost look like they've been handpicked by someone who wanted to put the pressure on our side right from the off.

Is the system and team perfect? Absolutely not, but we all knew it wouldn't be. We still need a rebuild in midfield, a goalkeeper who inspires confidence (at this point we would probably just accept competence), while there are question marks over LCB and RWB.

That's potentially 5 positions that still need to be addressed, pretty much half the team. While that's without thinking about quality squad depth.

Yet despite the clear lack of balance in midfield, and the lack of confidence in our keeper we have played two games where if the decisions were called correctly and we took some clear cut chances we would have won both games and played some pretty good and entertaining football at times.

The sky isn't falling and it's not time to panic or call for the managers head. The tactics are fine, the only real decision I think the manager has probably got wrong this season is playing Bruno in midfield. Other than that I don't see him doing anything wrong. I do see several players making mistakes that are costing us.


8.) 25 Aug 2025 18:08:11
Welcome to Manchester United Ruben Amorim, where the supporters have a meltdown because we don’t play great for 60min but still got a point.


9.) 25 Aug 2025 18:48:01
Well said Shappy.


10.) 25 Aug 2025 19:36:29
It’s been clear for ages that it should be a back 4 DeLigt and Yoro would be good in that. Then you have choices for both full backs, creates extra man for midfield gives licence for Bruno to roam and still keep balance and strength in midfield with Mainoo in there too… but ol no we carry on with this crap, and most of you are lapping it up RA knows best. yeah with 24% win rate he knows nothing.


 

 

23 Aug 2025 10:32:47
Score predictions for tomorrow then lads? 3-0 for me, first goals for Mbuemo and Cunha too.

We do really need to start getting points on the board now under Ruben, he's been here long enough.

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1.) 23 Aug 2025 11:13:34
I think we'll score 2 or 3 goals, and I think we will see Sesko get his first goal for us, Cunha to score as well.

I'd like to see Mbeumo score, but I think he's a couple of weeks behind the rest of the lads in terms of fitness and sharpness. We saw that against Arsenal where he got into good positions but didn't quite react quickly enough to take full advantage of it. He also seems to be trying a little too hard to impress right now. I hope he scores soon and gets that off his chest, but I think it'll be another week or two before he gets his first United goal. However, once he finds the net I expect him to go on a really good scoring run, something like 7 or 8 goals in 4 or 5 games.


2.) 23 Aug 2025 12:31:24
We will see how good or bad amorim is as a coach now. more or less 1 game per week with a lot of players he chose. let's see. Think we will win 2-1 tomorrow.


3.) 23 Aug 2025 12:59:41
Well of course I want a first win, indeed the first of many this year.

But in fear of copping grief from the usual quarters.

1-2 loss.

Until we get our squad fully gelled and up to speed I think we may well fall into the trap of underperforming against the less fancied teams, putting needless early pressure on Amorim and igniting the blue touchpaper of the doubters.

However longer term prediction is a complete and rapid upturn in fortunes, especially if we get those last couple of cattle through the door.

I hope to be proved wrong in my first prediction.


4.) 23 Aug 2025 13:15:31
I fear the same KEEFY. I very much hope that I'm wrong.


5.) 23 Aug 2025 13:21:18
Fulham is always a tricky place to go, got a cracking little player called Josh King who we’ll need to keep an eye on but, unless I’ve missed something, they haven’t really freshened up this summer so maybe a good time to play them early on. I’m going 2-0 United.


6.) 23 Aug 2025 13:45:34
Ports, we haven't lost at Fulham for god knows how long. Hardly a tricky place. Its more to do with how are preparations are.


7.) 23 Aug 2025 16:17:53
My guess is
Bayandir amad yoro deligt Shaw dorgu
Bruno cas Cunha mbeuno sesko.
United win 1-3.

Team v Grimsby
Heaton dalot fredrickson maguire heaven Leon mainoo ugarte mount zirkzee sesko.


8.) 23 Aug 2025 20:18:27
Probably starts Dalot and mount.


9.) 23 Aug 2025 22:15:36
Fulham are a middle of the road team, but very well organised.

However, if we're seriously wanting to see improvement from last season, we should be beating them by a couple of goals.

That said, 2-1 to us ?.


10.) 23 Aug 2025 22:21:45
I reckon a draw for tomorrow. Maybe 1-1.

United have a good record at Fulham. But most recent games have been fairly tight.


11.) 23 Aug 2025 23:00:52
I'm going with a high scoring game.

I think united could potentially blow them away early but the longer it stays level the more chance it turns into one of those games with a late goal either way.


12.) 23 Aug 2025 23:40:55
United Addict, yes we’ve won against Fulham but last 4 results at Fulham have been 2-1, 2-1, 1-0, 1-0. Let’s not pretend we rock up at craven cottage and smash Fulham regularly. It’s a tricky fixture and one we should win but not one we should be taking for granted. These games could easily have been draws or defeats.


13.) 23 Aug 2025 23:50:12
3-0 Utd. Cunha MOTM.


14.) 24 Aug 2025 06:34:24
Utd win 1-2 and should've scored more.


15.) 24 Aug 2025 09:00:17
I am going 3.1 to us.

The issues we have remain well documented, GK and CM. I would be disappointed if Sesko doesn’t start because he feels we have to protect a dodgy pair in CM. Must release the attacking three.

If I was Fulham I would have three CM because we need to be honest, a Cas Bruno pair is poor.


16.) 24 Aug 2025 10:41:17
3-1 to United and Mbeumo should have an impact as they are missing both Robinson and Sessegnon at left back.


17.) 25 Aug 2025 07:10:43
1-3 United just have to win this and win comfortably otherwise more and more pressure mounts.


 

 

09 Aug 2025 10:20:58
Hi Ed001,

Hope you're enjoying the start to the weekend. Simply rumours at the moment but we're being linked to Donnarumma quite heavily, thoughts on him as a gk? Certainly an upgrade on Onana.

scholes_18_18

{Ed001's Note - yeah upgrade on Onana, but very inconsistent as a keeper, has an error in him too. Not really reached the level he promised to when he first appeared. Good but not great.}


1.) 09 Aug 2025 17:26:09
He's Gordon Banks compared to what we have.


2.) 09 Aug 2025 17:29:58
That explains why PSG have upgraded him.


3.) 10 Aug 2025 10:21:41
Think for the price mentioned itd be a no brainer; just can't go into the new season with Onana in goal.

You still in the UAE ed001? Been back and forth for work but was off the site for a while so didn't manage to get in touch.

{Ed001's Note - yes mate, still here. Do you work out here then?}


4.) 11 Aug 2025 00:23:44
Did*, had my last trip towards the back end of April. Took a short career break after I was offered the same role at another company so get to work from home in the UK, which i prefer. Travelling started to take a huge toll on me so glad its in the past, i'm getting old ??.


 

 

 

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12 Oct 2025 17:38:34
That’s not what I said at all. I never told you not to take sportswashing seriously, I said don’t act like the Glazers are some moral alternative. And no, that’s not whataboutism, pointing out that both sides are rotten isn’t deflection, it’s context.

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11 Oct 2025 16:18:45
And no, that’s not whataboutism, that’s just called having a memory. You don’t get to downplay one set of rotten politics just because it’s wrapped in a different flag.

If we’re talking morals, the Glazers have happily bankrolled people who create the mess, while the other lot are using football to cover theirs. One’s direct, one’s indirect, both are still rotten to the core.

One stinks less loud, that’s all. Still stinks.

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11 Oct 2025 16:14:38
"Some prats I don’t like" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there and i’m not saying the UAE investors and the Glazers are identical, one’s a state trying to polish its image. But let’s not act like the Glazers are some neutral ‘just business’ owners either. Their money’s been tied up in nasty sh1t

If the point is moral high ground, there isn’t one. It’s picking between a sportswashing operation and parasites who’ve bled the club dry while funding war-mongers. Different flavours of the same ? sandwich. I just don’t want either anywhere near United. ”.

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11 Oct 2025 14:30:01
You mention sportswashing but conveniently forget to mention the awful history of the glazer family in American politics DonRed?

Extremely large contributors to the Bush presidental campaign, which eventually led to an illegal war that killed millions?

Its only fair to mention both, two cheeks of the same arse as far as I care, but you must be fair. Again, I absolutely do not agree with sport washing nor would I endorse for any of these c**** to own the club, who are undoubtedly involved in atrocities across planet. No to both!

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10 Feb 2023 19:28:01
A million people dead and you say "Morally justifiable" shame on you!

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29 Sep 2025 11:58:06
He's missed 2 penalties with the slightest bit of pressure, league games against Fulham and Brentford, not the bloody champions league final! He's a joke captain, and needs binning, such a weak fragile captain.

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24 Sep 2025 20:43:35
Thank you again Ed001, top read as always.

Still can't believe Arteta didn't start Eze.

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{Ed001's Note - thank you mate. I am not surprised, Arteta is just too negative.}


 

 

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24 Sep 2025 17:14:43
Thank you ed, much appreciated.

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06 Sep 2025 17:41:08
Disagree, he's worse than Bayindir.

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29 Aug 2025 12:50:53
Cunha playing on the left for Arsenal and that's just about it.

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