United Thread | 2025/26

[KentBlue]

Even Phil isn't associated with them anymore.

Starring role in 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'?

 

[Zubrman]

Even Phil isn't associated with them anymore.

He is one of their Youth Team coaches.

 

[thegoatsthegoat]

He is one of their Youth Team coaches.

Is he? He was on their game the other night and was battering them so I didn't think he had any links there. Fair enough

 

[bluemoon32]

 

[Odd socks]

Just read on BBC football about a manager who's been sacked after a loss to Benfica, he said he'd like to manage a lower team in the Premier League who hasn't got European football.
I don't know if he's taking the piss of them or fishing for a comeback.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Mourinho sacked this morning and he sounds like he’s going back to the rags.
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.

 

[mattcity5]

Please don't sack him before the Derby.

We could absolutely ruin them and seal his fate.

And even if the worst happens on the day and they beat us, it might mean he stays longer. It's a win-win.

 

[mattcity5]

Mourinho has been sacked - would they consider getting him back? I wouldn’t put anything past this shower

Thought the same and came on here to mention it. Tbh he'd improve them, so they could do worse

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Ole, PEG, the big names just keep rolling....

 

[KentBlue]

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.

 

[Tracking back]

They were playing for set pieces and long throw-ins. Like Stoke of 20 years ago.

Exactly.

They really are a throw back (if you'll pardon the pun) of the traditional mid table teams, that used everything in their arsenal and played to their strengths to stay in the league.

The significant difference is the rags haven't got the game intelligence or street smarts to pull it off. They've completely lost all notions of who or what they are anymore.

 

[give it to gordon]

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

 

[Grassland Blue]

One more to add was Halifax beating us 1-0 in the FA cup in 1980, that hurt!!

Add Oldham to that list.

 

[Damanino]

love how that pic of trio sitting on the billboard Hojlund, Mainoo, Garnacho that was hyped by british press as iconic:DDDDDDDDDDDD, now none them will be at their clubs by next week.

replaced by very expensive lower half signings like Cunha, Mbuemo on higher salary...

 

[fulabeer]

Biscuit wrists..... :)

 

[Grassland Blue]

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.

However, when the new manager comes in and needs a box to box midfielder for a different system.....
you can guess the rest!

 

[fulabeer]

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!

 

[Silva61]

Is he? He was on their game the other night and was battering them so I didn't think he had any links there. Fair enough

You must not have listened to his pre match drivel.

 

[thegoatsthegoat]

You must not have listened to his pre match drivel.

No, only caught a bit of half time and then afterwards

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

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!

I’m guessing you haven’t been reading most of the recent contributions to the forum about our current team