United Thread | 2025/26

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domalino said:
Amorim will only play 3421, which means they have to have a midfield 2.

One of the 2 has to be Fernandes.

Mainoo doesn’t fit next to him, he’s not defensive enough, more box to box.

So Ugarte or Casemiro have to play instead of Mainoo.
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However, when the new manager comes in and needs a box to box midfielder for a different system.....
you can guess the rest!
 
The rags need to win and be successful, is exactly why the are failing. Sponsorship tying them to european involvement has meant they have desperately lurched from one manager to another. Buying players like money doesn't matter.

Instead of taking stock, outlining a plan, and then giving it time to take root. They are just blindingly stumbling from one disaster to the next.
It took the dippers decades to see the light. They were suffering from grief of not being top dogs anymore.
The rags won't progress until they reach the final stage, which is acceptance.

Even we have to accept we are not at the top at the moment. We had an unbelievable run. So we as fans have to be more understanding, and give our new recruits time to bed in. The other is not wanting to throw away our established players in some immature strop. We have never done things the "United way", so shouldn't start now!
 
fulabeer said:
The rags need to win and be successful, is exactly why the are failing. Sponsorship tying them to european involvement has meant they have desperately lurched from one manager to another. Buying players like money doesn't matter.

Instead of taking stock, outlining a plan, and then giving it time to take root. They are just blindingly stumbling from one disaster to the next.
It took the dippers decades to see the light. They were suffering from grief of not being top dogs anymore.
The rags won't progress until they reach the final stage, which is acceptance.

Even we have to accept we are not at the top at the moment. We had an unbelievable run. So we as fans have to be more understanding, and give our new recruits time to bed in. The other is not wanting to throw away our established players in some immature strop. We have never done things the "United way", so shouldn't start now!
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I’m guessing you haven’t been reading most of the recent contributions to the forum about our current team
 
moh said:
This is the bit I can’t understand

I can get a toxic workplace culture. I’ve seen a few of them. But normally it’s is a core of individuals who set the norm and keep it going. Usually when this gets broken up things change

They have had such a turnover of players I don’t get how it persists. Especially as every manager has had a mini purge of their own

There’s only one constant in this though we may have overlooked


Phil The Face
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No bones jones somehow has managed to blag a spot as a pundit, fuck me this guy milked em dry for years while sat with his feet up for 5 years yet here he is criticising
The team that put millions into his bank account. Fucking hilarious.
 
KentBlue said:
I have an awful feeling in the pit of my cavernous stomach that they are going to beat Burnley, quite comfortably, and then have their tails up against us because they will have the media behind them blowing smoke up their arses, telling them things are looking up for them, etc. I hope to fuck I'm wrong and their plummet into the abyss of 3rd tier football continues, but we know what scummy cunts they are: a few decisions going in their favour and the heralding of a great new dawn for the rags will be plastered across every tabloid from here to Antarctica.
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Burnley get the 1st goal, early on, after weathering a 10 minute ‘attack attack attack’, then they’ll get another about 10mins later, with a 3rd disallowed goal just before half time. They’ll have 4-5 yellow cards for innocuous issues.
2nd half, the yellow cards will come into play and they’ll be at least 1 Burnley player sent off, United will continue the hoof and hope of the past 6 months, get a goal back, and unfortunately sneak a goal deep into injury time to get a draw.

The Saturday lottery numbers are
8, 23,25,39,46,48
 
jacko74 said:
I said before the appointment of RA that Southgate is a perfect fit for ManU at the moment.

There's an ensamble of top quality musicians that need a talented conductor to bring them together and play in …:
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Atm they are playing “shaddup a your face” by Joe Dolce.
 
give it to gordon said:
Apart from the 96 mob I can't think of any academy kids that's done well at the rags regardless of how much the press/media big them up
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The media keep reminding them though.
I am waiting for the day when they morph into Barnstoneworth United and the number of people in the press box is greater than the number of fans in the stadium.
(Can't be that long now ;- )).
 
KentBlue said:
I have an awful feeling in the pit of my cavernous stomach that they are going to beat Burnley, quite comfortably, and then have their tails up against us because they will have the media behind them blowing smoke up their arses, telling them things are looking up for them, etc. I hope to fuck I'm wrong and their plummet into the abyss of 3rd tier football continues, but we know what scummy cunts they are: a few decisions going in their favour and the heralding of a great new dawn for the rags will be plastered across every tabloid from here to Antarctica.
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I hear you KentBlue, and I share in your foreboding thoughts.

However, I'm possibly a little bit more optimistc this time around, chiefly because of what appears to be a chasm between the players and the manager.

Their game against Burnley this weekend is going to take more than just a casual "reaction" to a previous loss. It's going to take a monumental statement of intent and and a togetherness that would inspire our forefathers in the trenches during the second world war.

The rags (in my opinion) are defragmented in all areas and completely disenfranchised with whatever project was sold to them.

The players don't trust the manager, the manager doesn't trust the players, the board don't trust anyone and the media don't trust themselves.

What's not to like about that?
 
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paulchapo said:
They'll probably stick with him. I'm not sure who's available to replace him.
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According to BBC:
Following a 1-1 Europa League draw with United in October where Mourinho was sent off, he said he wanted to manage a team "at the bottom of the table in England" after leaving Fenerbahce so he does not have to play in Uefa competitions.

Sorted.
 
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