United Thread 2015/16

[kinkysdribble]

This all day long, Mendes has the Rags firmly in his back pocket, I really dangerous precedent to set and could have awful consequences, HA HA HA!!!

 

[babyape]

They'll have Woodwards pants down in the negotiations. Maureen's wages will be astronomical.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Patrick Barclay on 5 Live saying United fans were used to attacking football and success under Ferguson and 'Busby before him' - there was 20year gap!

Wilf McGuiness' teams were legendary for their daring do.

 

[jay_mcfc]

RIP The United Way™

 

[kinkysdribble]

They'll have Woodwards pants down in the negotiations. Maureen's wages will be astronomical.

So will every Portuguese teenagers who turn up at the swamp

 

[Blue_Rossy]

Has anybody noticed the moaninhio is not the manager he was 5yrs ago! He's on the decline and looks like he's loosing the plot tbh.

 

[sir baconface]

Let's hope Our Louis isn't bought off from saying his piece. Not an easy guy to gag, I'm sure, although his story can and will be undermined by unsympathetic reporting.

I suspect the Eva case will be harder to suppress when it comes up.

 

[Deleted member 13905]

Wilf McGuiness' teams were legendary for their daring do.

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[M18CTID]

The pundits seem to have conveniently overlooked that Mourinho has been on a downward spiral in recent years.

He was despised by all and sundry at Madrid and lost the plot completely at Chelsea (after we gifted them the league in 2015) where everybody but himself was to blame for their performances.

He relies a lot on psychology which, when he was starting out in management seemed to work, however he has now been sussed and football wise he is just not up to the task.

Lets face it the most arrogant Club in world football and the most arrogant manager are just made for each other.

Yes, this might not turn out as well for them as they think. He's clearly been a very good manager in the main but his shelf life is limited - if it can go tits up at his beloved Chelsea it can go tits up at United, and United fans need to realise that their global behemoth of a club isn't immune to a Mourinho Meltdown. I'm sure if he's given generous funds to improve the squad he's capable of having them up there challenging for the league but having to pretty much re-build a team is not something he's really done since his Porto days - since then he's tended to walk into clubs that have the players in place and just needed a manager to take them to the next level.

On the face of it the PEG is a clear upgrade on their last 2 managers and for that reason alone I expect a better showing from United in the league than we've seen in the past 3 seasons but I'm not overly worried as his nemesis is pitching up at our place.

 

[M18CTID]

Wilf McGuiness' teams were legendary for their daring do.

Was McGuiness their manager during the 73-74 relegation campaign when Stepney was their joint top scorer about 3 months in?