The Manchester United Thread

woolly said:
I think you will see Newcastle pushing for Europe next season after all with their oil money and a half decent manager in Dean Smith they should do better than this season as much as it galls to see Middle Eastern owners taking over at least they will put their money into the club.
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I think we should all relish what we have for the next few years (Well, maybe not in Utd's case but yanno' ..... ), as the game as we know it is fast coming to an end with UEFA's backdoor European Super League/ the bollocks 24 team summer club world cup/ South American teams in the UEFA Nations League to combat the biannual World Cup from 2024 et al.

We'll soon be entering an era where 2 or 3 State owned clubs dominate everything as you'll need 40/ 50 man squads to cope with all the games and they'll hoover up all the talent.

But that's a conversation for down the line as that might well be the time I sack it all off. So I don't want to contemplate that when things are this good and L'pool are this dominant at the current time.
 
Legend Incredible said:
I do have a theory for this: Solskjaer never really lost the dressing room. The players still played for him till the very end. The issue I saw (besides “vibes” tactics) was the lack of discipline that developed over the years that somehow allowed standards to slip. Also having the persist with underperforming players allowed players to think they could play terribly and still get into the side. He also covered players a bit too much for my liking. Not insinuating he should’ve pulled a Jose and called out players publicly however, he’d praise the players and smile even after producing very mediocre performances.

Usually with the new manager bounce, it’s often a case of the incumbent manager being on the end of dressing room frictions thus “losing the dressing room) and having a replacement come in and offer that gentler touch to raise spirits; hiring Rangnick after Solskjær happened to be the reverse. We went from a manager that’d offer that gentle touch to one that isn’t afraid to hold players accountable (still plays Maguire for some reason). The players (or certain players) have been conditioned for year to believe being average is good enough. Solskjær was the perfect temporary solution after Jose but a terrible permanent one.
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My thoughts exactly
 
Legend Incredible said:
That’s TOD level optimism there mate considering we’d had to go on a winning run and have everyone else’s around us capitulate
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I want us to finish 8th. No optimism at all for the end of this season! Going forward for sure IF these football people and the new manager are allowed to do what needs to be done.
 
The likes of this proper gobshite needs to keep his grid shut on all things Utd too and stop embarrassing yers Nationally.

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Scouseinthehouse said:
The likes of this proper gobshite needs to keep his grid shut on all things Utd too and stop embarrassing yers Nationally.

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Listen, Man United might not thank me but get the contract out, put it on the table. Let him sign it. Let him write whatever numbers he wants on there, given what he's done since he's come in.
Ole's at the wheel, man. He's doing it. He's doing his thing. Man United are BACK.
 
Theatre of Dreams83 said:
I want us to finish 8th. No optimism at all for the end of this season! Going forward for sure IF these football people and the new manager are allowed to do what needs to be done.
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Doesn't 8th get you the Conference League place?

Yers can **** right off winning a trophy we'll never be in like the cup winners cup!

Finish 9th! 🤬
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Doesn't 8th get you the Conference League place?

Yers can **** right off winning a trophy we'll never be in like the cup winners cup!

Finish 9th! 🤬
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I don’t want to be in the Europa or CL. And these players sure as **** don’t deserve to be in it. The new man will need as much time training these clowns as possible next season
 
Robin van Persie is being lined up as a potential coaching assistant to Erik ten Hag at #mufc. Steve McClaren is expected to be Ten Hag's no.2 at United. His trusted coach Mitchell van der Gaag will also be joint him along with one more unarmed coach from FC Bayern #mulive [@draper_rob]
 
@David_Ornstein: "Erik ten Hag is the preferred candidate for #mufc, but a deal is not done yet - he has a number of demands he wants satisfied around control, style of play, recruitment, budgets, being able to get rid of big players and bring in players of his choice."

@David_Ornstein: "My understanding from sources around the situation is that #mufc will have the process of a new managerial appointment completed in the next two weeks."


The top tweet is absolutely key!!!
 
He also mentions RVP, McClaren, Meulesteen and his No2 from Ajax and a coach he worked with at FC Bayern ll coming in as a back room staff overhaul on his podcast. Says he wants trusted people. But also people he knows who know the club he can trust.


Defo not coming to be a yes man or a vibes man that’s for sure!
 
Theatre of Dreams83 said:
He also mentions RVP, McClaren, Meulesteen and his No2 from Ajax and a coach he worked with at FC Bayern ll coming in as a back room staff overhaul on his podcast. Says he wants trusted people. But also people he knows who know the club he can trust.
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I don’t mind Rene as he’s a brilliant technical coach in his own right but what qualifications are RVP and McClaren getting picked based on? (Especially RVP) If I didn’t know any better, I’d think they’re getting the old Fergie guard back together without any real qualifications. Might as well bring back Carlos Queiroz.
 
If these are the guys ETH wants to bring in to build his back room staff along with the Dutch and German coach he’s worked with before then that’s fine by me. And as Wooly pointed out he’s not bringing in nobodies! McClaren, Rene will be good additions as coaches experienced and been part of successful winning eras. Even Quieroz was a top coach.
 
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