United Thread - 2023/24

[KingGeorge]

I've watched most of their games this season. On the ball, in possession, they aren't actually that bad. Should have been a few goals up against Spurs. Played ok at Arsenal, but here is the big problem that they can't seem to fix. When the other team has the ball, they don't know what to do. How to press, close down passing lanes, track runners. It's a mess.

It reminds me of when you were at primary school and everyone is trying to score, but nobody is concentrating on the opposition going up the other end and scoring against you, so you end up with this really open game that just goes end to end. There's no control or game management. If the other team are clinical in their finishing you are toast. It's proper headless chicken stuff. Another worrying trend is that when the opposition scores first, they just down tools and give up. Like spoilt brats. No fight left in them.

I actually think that Ten Hag is a decent manager, but that job is wider than just coaching a football team, he's like a social worker/parent/head teacher/coach/chef/chief scout/media spokesperson...

Ralph Rangnick said all this and he was bang on the money.

Ten Hag was determined to run Ragnick off. He probably would have been better off if Ragnick was his director of football. He could use the help with player recruiter and general club building. Ragnick knows a thing or two about club building.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Does that not get you in the champions league.

I believe it does. They aren't good enough for top 4 but I wouldn't put it past them to be the first club to qualify for the CL by the new route.

 

[Protein Junkie]

I've watched most of their games this season. On the ball, in possession, they aren't actually that bad. Should have been a few goals up against Spurs. Played ok at Arsenal, but here is the big problem that they can't seem to fix. When the other team has the ball, they don't know what to do. How to press, close down passing lanes, track runners. It's a mess.

It reminds me of when you were at primary school and everyone is trying to score, but nobody is concentrating on the opposition going up the other end and scoring against you, so you end up with this really open game that just goes end to end. There's no control or game management. If the other team are clinical in their finishing you are toast. It's proper headless chicken stuff. Another worrying trend is that when the opposition scores first, they just down tools and give up. Like spoilt brats. No fight left in them.

I actually think that Ten Hag is a decent manager, but that job is wider than just coaching a football team, he's like a social worker/parent/head teacher/coach/chef/chief scout/media spokesperson...

Ralph Rangnick said all this and he was bang on the money.

Rag :-)

 

[deegee33]

Is there anywhere I can get a bet on them finishing exactly 5th ?

I got $100 that says they won't.

 

[TonyM]

Somewhere out there is a united fan who is day dreaming about the current team's plane going down tomorrow night as an answer to all their problems. I just hope he's not on the airline maintence crew or scheduled to be on duty in a surface to air missile crew.

 

[mexico1970]

Somewhere out there is a united fan who is day dreaming about the team's plane going down tomorrow night as an answer to all their problems. I just hope he's not on the airline maintence crew or scheduled to be on duty in a surface to air missile crew.

It's hard not to comment on the air disaster when it is brought up time and time again by a machine for the interests of profit.

People of Manchester know what a sad day it was, they don't have to buy a commemorative shirt to let everyone know that.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Apparently a bust up in the changing room

So punch-ups in the dressing-room are good if it's the rags? Then I guess if they have as many punch-ups as corners turned they'll be in great shape.

 

[JASR]

Another worrying excellent trend is that when the opposition scores first, they just down tools and give up. Like spoilt brats. No fight left in them.

 

[horlock_was_super]

It's hard not to comment on the air disaster when it is brought up time and time again by a machine for the interests of profit.

People of Manchester know what a sad day it was, they don't have to buy a commemorative shirt to let everyone know that.

This ^
As a people Mancunians shrug their shoulders and move on we always have.
It doesn't mean that we don't care it's just we are stoical by nature.
In my foolish youth I joined in the stupid songs - regret it now because it was an awful thing to do - not making any excuses.
Glad that it has stopped because it's wrong.
1970's, 1980's it was mentioned once a year on the date of the disaster - then everyone moved on - it's our way.
Maybe the fact that since 1992 as their worldwide fan base grew it become a thing to commercialise a money making opportunity - or am I being cynical?

 

[Impeccable One]

I always like to squeeze as much in to my visits home as possible. This trip is West Ham, Red Star & Forest.

I thought my Saturday evening may be a bit boring after we’ve smashed Forest, so I’ve decided a good laugh is in order and have grabbed a ticket to see Vinny’s Burnley add to the Scum’s pain & suffering [emoji16]

 

[cookster]

Come on, man, I can't stand Utd or the way the media talks them up, but remembering a tragedy like that, when the club returns there to play, is hardly 'sickening' or shill journalism.

Very true but its never balanced.
Not one journalist have ever had the nerve to mention the appalling treatment of the families of some of the last babes

 

[Blue Til Death]

Only one way to depict their whole organisation, team, club, fan base the fuckin Jewson lot….!!!!

 

[Blue Til Death]

I think Casemiro has that for starters, main and pudding

Casemiro v Shaw…..!

 

[Blue Til Death]

I've watched most of their games this season. On the ball, in possession, they aren't actually that bad. Should have been a few goals up against Spurs. Played ok at Arsenal, but here is the big problem that they can't seem to fix. When the other team has the ball, they don't know what to do. How to press, close down passing lanes, track runners. It's a mess.

It reminds me of when you were at primary school and everyone is trying to score, but nobody is concentrating on the opposition going up the other end and scoring against you, so you end up with this really open game that just goes end to end. There's no control or game management. If the other team are clinical in their finishing you are toast. It's proper headless chicken stuff. Another worrying trend is that when the opposition scores first, they just down tools and give up. Like spoilt brats. No fight left in them.

I actually think that Ten Hag is a decent manager, but that job is wider than just coaching a football team, he's like a social worker/parent/head teacher/coach/chef/chief scout/media spokesperson...

Ralph Rangnick said all this and he was bang on the money.

 

[its grim up north]

Watched it and thought he was quite respectful. Personally think he laughed because their istory name was brought up despite their crap start.

I think he was laughing at the cretin who said it.

 

[Blue Til Death]

So punch-ups in the dressing-room are good if it's the rags? Then I guess if they have as many punch-ups as corners turned they'll be in great shape.

Not one of their squad could punch their way out of a wet paper bag .. Fuck me just look at the fuckers on the pitch… Spineless to a man…! I use the term man loosely…!

 

[GOULDYBOBS]

Ferguson wanted Pep and visited him in NY. They parted with Pisscan asking Pep to ring him if he fancied it when ready. Pep never phoned.
Masterly swerve.

Wonder if the next phone call they made was bacon face congratulating him on the treble

 

[Mr Fraser]

Ground hag day

 

[TCIB]

An arguement up can only be benneficial if you have a leader in the dressing room to later on say "alright lads, you have had your rants, now buck up, the lot of you, we all want to win..." and get them all to shake hands. I don't think Utd have that in their dressing room currently. If you don't have that, bad feelings can fester and create a toxic atmosphere pretty sharpish.

If it is straight punch ups they had then that's pretty bad.

 

[KentBlue]

The big question we should be asking is why have the media suddenly started bringing out negative stories about the rags? They never did before - far from it.
It's easy to say that under that repugnant, Glaswegian dictator, the press were too fearful of reprisals to ask questions: but he's been gone (theoretically, anyway) for years and years. Now, within the last couple of months, there have been more articles criticising the vermin -both in print and within the broadcasting media- than there ever was before.
I was told earlier that even Neil Custis had written something in the tabloids about the alleged fisticuffs at the swamp. This would not have happened a year ago.