United Thread - 2022/23

[Mike N]

We need a song for our favourite racehorse!

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Start of the title race..

 

[iceman]

I say fuck em that's all

 

[Beswick Prize Band]

And instructed his lap dog Pullis to do the same with his Stoke players, one was an ex rag

Yeah forgot about that.How the hell that senile old fart got away with bullying anybody was unbelievable.

 

[dickie davies]

He needs to stand up be a man and drop a few “stars”. Had a perfect chance to do it yesterday and failed the test by just hooking the new signing. The entire set up yesterday was very strange tactically. I don’t think he is what he’s cracked up to be :-)

Or perhaps he sent them out knowing their limitations and his plan worked a treat
Everyone can see they’re an absolute bag of shite, so he can now go to the owners and say “you’ve seen it, Now back me”

 

[laserblue]

Ten Bob has decided on his tactics for the rags. He's forbidden his players to pass sideways or backwards and even in training any player who doesn't pass the ball forward will be subbed. (I'm not joking either).

So hoofball it is then.

 

[GoatersLeftShin]

They split Gill & Ferguson up as they'd pulled a few fast ones to get what they wanted but they should've kept together for a while longer and planned thr managerial succession better.

This, more than anything else, explains their downfall.

Fergie was getting on and they should've handled him leaving far better. In fact, it's hard to think of a worse way to do it. The new man should've come in and worked with him and got to know the culture of the club. This was a fairly unique club in that he ran the place, top to toe whereas everyone now had Directors of Football etc in place.

Moyes came in and got rid of many of their staff and brought in his own men. I can understand why he would want his own men in, but he should've kept them on for their experience. It really showed his naievity, he wasn't a Mourinho/Guardiola/Ancelotti who had a track record of success. At this point now, the 'Fergie United' had gone and by the time van Gaal had got rid of Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Welbeck, Evans, Hernandez etc it makes you wonder if there was any part of it left. Other than the pisscan turning up to see them get beat and booed at home, his dynasty had completely gone.

Mourinho's character and style was well known and he did well there. His style of football was at odds with van Gaal, Moyes and Fergies. He came and went then Ole comes in who's counter attacking, looser style of play was again at odds with Mourinho's style. Ten Haag wants to play like us, but he's got a squad of players who aren't suited to his style.

Contrast that with us and Pep. When he came in, half the squad could adapt to his style and the players who couldn't went fast and were replaced by ones who played his style. The club now is the best run club in world football. When Pep goes, the next manager who comes in won't be Simeone etc it will be someone who plays the way that Pep, Soriano and Bergistrain play. I really don't understand why they aren't trying to copy what we do!

 

[Keep the Faith]

Again history repeating, remember Busby and the souvenir shop?...dodgy bastard and kept it quite for years.

That was a gift to Busby on his retirement and he put his son Sandy in it to run it.
Sandy and Martin Edwards were promised seats on the board but when it came to Sandy's turn Louis refused to allow him to be put forward, hence him and Matt falling out.

 

[Keep the Faith]

I think McManus' and Magnier's 99 questions were aimed at trying to uncover some of the dodgy goings-on at the swamp.

More a warning shot across Fergies bows "don't fuck with us matey".

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I think McManus' and Magnier's 99 questions were aimed at trying to uncover some of the dodgy goings-on at the swamp.

Some of those questions were nonsense and just designed to cause a stir. No quoted company would have published the information they were asking for. It was a PR exercise, a shot across the bows.