United Thread - 2023/24

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terraloon said:
As a youth player he had it all and to be fair developed well under Lampard but he hit a brick wall. I wonder if that was in part due to the influence of his father but he really thought the grass was greener at Utd and yes he has had significant injuries he has had a terrible season.
To be fair to his he displayed a decent amount of energy last night but he is now 25 nd should be in his prime
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I don’t know why any player would consider moving from Chelsea to Utd these days, or indeed for the last ten years.

How long until the media stop making them out to be some top team and accept they’re mid table with the odd cup final, like Villa, Newcastle level?
 
terraloon said:
Ok they had a lot of injuries last night but that would be a lame excuse to put out there.

The issues run far deeper and to be honest they were on show as early as their first game of the season when they were extremely lucky to beat Wolves you could see that there were problems.

This Utd squad isn’t one in transition nor is it young and developing it’s not just badly coached it’s a squad that needs to be totally dismantled that said I hope it’s not!

If you get a chance to have a good look at Palace’s first goal last night do so if I had anything to do with them I would be extremely worried about next season because most of the players they had on the pitch yesterday will be there next season. It’s no surprise that they will almost certainly finish in their lowest ever PL position

It’s quite staggering that we , Chelsea, are now higher them in the league not because I rate them nor is it because I think we as poor as some said in early season it’s because their squad has simply fallen off the cliff.

People go on about how many chances Jackson misses for us but he is 22 and despite not taking penalties he has scored to date 3 more than Fernández (10) has for Utd this season and of that 10 four were penalties and he is top of their scoring charts

If you exclude goals scored by Fernandez, Rashford , Hojland, Garnacho and Mctominay for Utd in the PL this season Jackson has scored more than the rest of their squad put together in effect exclude the GKs he has scored more than the 25 other players in their squad that have appeared for them this season. It’s not that Jackson is close to the finished product but he has energy and his overall effort is everything that Utd players don’t seem to display.
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Maybe the table (eventually) doesn't lie. For most parts of the season, Chelsea have genuinely been the better team IMO. I can't remember one United win that I felt was truly convincing and that's really bad after 35 games. They are really lucky to be where they are on the table. At least with Chelsea, I remember a small handful where I think it's a well-deserved win.

Their goal difference is absolutely damning. For large portions of the season, they looked the odd one out, fleeting between zero or a negative, that suggests a fall off seems inevitable. Too much money spent on players who are supposed to be the solution, only to end up exacerbating it.
 
Semper aggressus said:
I don’t know why any player would consider moving from Chelsea to Utd these days, or indeed for the last ten years.

How long until the media stop making them out to be some top team and accept they’re mid table with the odd cup final, like Villa, Newcastle level?
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The media still keep repeating "But this is Manchester Utd we are talking about" mantra, they keep them relevant.

But in reality teams like Villa and Newcastle are playing much better more exciting football.
 
It’s an autopsy of all things shit rags on talksport. It isn’t Monday, but it sure feels like a brilliant start to the week.
 
KentBlue said:
Two shots on target? FFS! And JFE in defence? If this is the same team for the final we'll reach double figures.
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Don't forget that VAR helped to get the rags to final after, they blow a 3 goal lead.

My coventry mate still hasn't got over it
 
East Level 2 said:
I actually feel sorry for the rags as they have so many injuries. But who has been missing and would they have made much difference?
Meanwhile, City have been without one of the best players in the world for half the season and without the top striker in the world for a couple of months. And we've also had injuries across the rest of the team. Couple that with the fact that we choose to play with a small squad and almost all risk injury and tiredness during international breaks. - Who is extending sympathy to City?

PS. I may have lied about feeling sorry for the rags.
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Never feel sorry for a rag.

Any of them.
 
cheekybids said:
The need to think the future is rosy & another class of 92 around the corner has made them blind to their whole predicament. They are fortunate Slab head & McTom turned down West Ham otherwise without those bang average players they’d be in the relegation mix.
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They are due another ‘class’ in about another 10 years.
1950’s with Busby’s, 1990’s with Fergusons, 2030’s with…

… but That will all depend on whether they implement a root and branch of their structure, ethics, ethos, ambitions and reality, immediately… I can see some movement with the Ineos outside sugar daddy investment and management changes, but until the mantra of ‘this is manshernitid we’re talking about’ is consigned to the bin from the top down, then they are anchored to their past with no escape to the future and progression.
 
Blue5964 said:
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Yeah - but weren't they absolutely incredible last night in defeat. Doing what no away fans have ever, ever done - clapping their team.
Can't wait for the Sly Spurts Documentary on it.
Disappointed Carragher didn't make more of it at the time - more thoughtful intakes of breath and circling the really good clappers.
 
Paladin said:
Anyone posted this from the Café yet?
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Hahahaha. The Erikssen one is class
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
40 something man in his jin jams in the spare room breaking his IKEA light for subs on a streaming video platform over a game of football. Anyone feel like we took a wrong turn somewhere?
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I feel strongly that we need to return to the goldbridge standard.
 
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