United Thread | 2025/26

[Tracking back]

Anybody name a manager in the world who would be capable of turning around the shit show ?

Ted Lasso.

 

[Vienna_70]

Ted Lasso.

The manager at a demolition company?

 

[Andy TheCatalyst Morrison]

To be honest, I think someone like Southgate would be better suited to where they are. I think he would get a steady set of players playing in a steady way a bit like moyes at Everton.
With their resources they can add on cherry on top players to improve and challenge with maybe a manager with different ideas.
In the meantime they keep buying cherry on top players with no clear plan and it's working a treat for us.
I would worry if they got Southgate because I believe it would be the start of their recovery.

Nice Clarkie. Very well executed. Bravo sir

 

[heslops barnet]

Ted Lasso.

Couldn’t do any worse?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

This came up on my “7 years ago today” on Facebook.
Needs updating…….

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Anybody name a manager in the world who would be capable of turning around the shit show ?

Ancellotti? Guardiola? Slim pickings for sure!

Feel like they’ve bought very poorly and still don’t have the personnel. Maguire? Shaw? Casemiro? Mount? Bayindir? Dorgu? Yoro?

Too old, too young, too expensive…

 

[TinFoilHat]

Dyche or BFS if they look like there's a chance of going down.

 

[Gordyola]

I doubt that Phil has the hunger or confidence to be world class. I think he could be very very good but his potential doesn't scream out to me.

I would disagree he lives football and his performances this season has shown his desire he’s only 25 no where near his peak definitely he has the confidence the only thing that stops him is injury
Obviously it depends on definition of WC for me it means would a player get into the top five teams in the world? If Phil was put on the transfer list how many clubs would be in for him?

 

[Gordyola]

If Ferguson was brought from Aberdeen in 2025 he would struggle, footballers today are multi millionaires who don’t give a fuck for the manager they see them as temporary and they would stick his “hair dryer” up his arse
Exceptions apply of course

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Ancellotti? Guardiola? Slim pickings for sure!

Feel like they’ve bought very poorly and still don’t have the personnel. Maguire? Shaw? Casemiro? Mount? Bayindir? Dorgu? Yoro?

Too old, too young, too expensive…

Not quite true. The common denominator is that they’re all shite.

 

[TinFoilHat]

If Phil was a Scouser/Rag he'd be up for the Balon D'or every year.

Henry winter et al would be working his shaft on an hourly basis.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Ancellotti? Guardiola? Slim pickings for sure!

Feel like they’ve bought very poorly and still don’t have the personnel. Maguire? Shaw? Casemiro? Mount? Bayindir? Dorgu? Yoro?

Too old, too young, too expensive…

 

[RodneyRodney]

The table has been fairly safe for big clubs in recent years. Generally 3 or 4 recently promoted sides getting low 30s points. You were safe at 36 points. In 2023/4 you only needed 26 to be safe.

There is no reason this can't swing back with a much more competitive bottom 6 clubs all winning games. Wolves look lost right now, maybe Burnley as well won't go on a run, but I can see every other team doing OK. Its very plausible that to be safe you need close to 40 and if that happens big clubs will get dragged in.

possibly the rags also

 

[TonyM]

I would disagree he lives football and his performances this season has shown his desire he’s only 25 no where near his peak definitely he has the confidence the only thing that stops him is injury
Obviously it depends on definition of WC for me it means would a player get into the top five teams in the world? If Phil was put on the transfer list how many clubs would be in for him?

I hope he is the best he possibly can be. Especially if that comes this season.

World class is a very subjective thing. I think it's easier to see in hindsight. For example I am pretty sure that Kompany, Yaya, Silva, Fernandinho, KDB, Aguero were all world class but at certain points they may not have been. Hopefully in years to come we'll regard some more of the current squad in that bracket (Rodri, Haaland, etc).

 

[Franny 1234]

Amorim is a nice bloke doing a wonderful job in times of austerity. It isn't easy building a team when you only have about a billion pounds to play with. Give him time.

If you don't already please post in the save Ruben thread. To many are not trying to be positive towards Ruben.

 

[levets]

Erling?

100%

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

If you don't already please post in the save Ruben thread. To many are not trying to be positive towards Ruben.

I post my support in there as you suggest but it seems as though some are wavering in their beliefs. Some people are such bad judges of character and fail to realise what a tremendous job Ruben is doing.

 

[Franny 1234]

It's been far too many pages since.
RAGS are SCUM
The CITY is BLUE and always will be.

 

[horlock_was_super]

SCUM.

I went to school in Salford in the late 60’s /early 70’s and had school dinners.

I fought my corner in the school playground and subsequent workplace’s.

I have argued/scrapped in pubs for a while in my adult life with your needy, inadequate, moronic so called gobshite followers.

Hitting my 61st 01/10 and can honestly say being a City fan is just the best feeling ever.

It’s always been an honour and a privilege being a Blue.

WTFAMu.

CTID.

As you were my beautiful Blue family.

 

[Vienna_70]

SCUM.

I went to school in Salford in the late 60’s /early 70’s and had school dinners.

I fought my corner in the school playground and subsequent workplace’s.

I have argued/scrapped in pubs for a while in my adult life with your needy, inadequate, moronic so called gobshite followers.

Hitting my 61st 01/10 and can honestly say being a City fan is just the best feeling ever.

It’s always been an honour and a privilege being a Blue.

WTFAMu.

CTID.

As you were my beautiful Blue family.

Happy birthday, mate.

Just over two years younger than me.