United Thread | 2025/26

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manimanc said:
The club is stuck in the 90s and 00s.

The fans, the mentality, the whole place think that those times are just around the corner. The way they throw money at it and expect instant success is laughable.

They are up shit creek without a paddle and I fuckin love it.
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Their celebration of their transfer window as something only they could do in their position. They’ve spent upwards of £200 plus million on Premier League jobbers and a striker that looks worse than the person he was replacing in Hoijland. Not to mention signing a keeper from a league that is worse standard than the championship.

I heard some idiot rag in the beer garden before the season started that they could compete for the league with their new signings. I nearly spat my pint out in disbelief.

They get rid of Amorim and the circle of mediocrity keeps going. They’ve already got Sancho, Hoijland and Rashford out on loan, a new manager comes in and he will have to completely rebuild the squad and take a wrecking ball to it. Trouble is who would want the players they have? They only have one good player in Fernandes and he’s the wrong side of his career age wise. It’s death by a thousand cuts and will take another billion to fix, trouble is they need probably another three billion to build their stadium on top of what ever the council pays to move that freight terminal. They are in a right spot of bother.
 
feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
Their celebration of their transfer window as something only they could do in their position. They’ve spent upwards of £200 plus million on Premier League jobbers and a striker that looks worse than the person he was replacing in Hoijland. Not to mention signing a keeper from a league that is worse standard than the championship.

I heard some idiot rag in the beer garden before the season started that they could compete for the league with their new signings. I nearly spat my pint out in disbelief.

They get rid of Amorim and the circle of mediocrity keeps going. They’ve already got Sancho, Hoijland and Rashford out on loan, a new manager comes in and he will have to completely rebuild the squad and take a wrecking ball to it. Trouble is who would want the players they have? They only have one good player in Fernandes and he’s the wrong side of his career age wise. It’s death by a thousand cuts and will take another billion to fix, trouble is they need probably another three billion to build their stadium on top of what ever the council pays to move that freight terminal. They are in a right spot of bother.
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It's wonderful isn't it.

Just think if they had a competent manager, , DoF & CEO instead of trying to get one over on us, they could have kept Sancho, Rashford & Hojland, took the 100m for rat face & spent the money they've wasted this summer on 2 decent midfielders.
 
feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
Their celebration of their transfer window as something only they could do in their position. They’ve spent upwards of £200 plus million on Premier League jobbers and a striker that looks worse than the person he was replacing in Hoijland. Not to mention signing a keeper from a league that is worse standard than the championship.

I heard some idiot rag in the beer garden before the season started that they could compete for the league with their new signings. I nearly spat my pint out in disbelief.

They get rid of Amorim and the circle of mediocrity keeps going. They’ve already got Sancho, Hoijland and Rashford out on loan, a new manager comes in and he will have to completely rebuild the squad and take a wrecking ball to it. Trouble is who would want the players they have? They only have one good player in Fernandes and he’s the wrong side of his career age wise. It’s death by a thousand cuts and will take another billion to fix, trouble is they need probably another three billion to build their stadium on top of what ever the council pays to move that freight terminal. They are in a right spot of bother.
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Fernandez is the best of that shower but he wouldn't make our 11, nor would he fit into our squad mentality, each time I watch him when things go wrong he hides, Phil's goal on Sunday he stood still instead of tracking Phil, then threw his arms in the air and bollocked his defence, he dives, he cheats, he's in the refs face constantly, he plays more balls backwards or sideways than forward. His stats would be crap if it wasn't for penalties.
 
foggy1974 said:
It's wonderful isn't it.

Just think if they had a competent manager, , DoF & CEO instead of trying to get one over on us, they could have kept Sancho, Rashford & Hojland, took the 100m for rat face & spent the money they've wasted this summer on 2 decent midfielders.
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Trouble is they have had competent managers and it’s not worked. Van Gaal and Mourinho have impressive cvs but they had to work in situations like having family man Ryan being thrusted onto them to take training or Taggert and his class of 92 minions putting their two pennies worth in for what should be done in the background.

They can’t accept where they are as a club and still have this idea of where they should be. Setting out deadlines to win the league in 2028 as it’s some anniversary is completely unrealistic. Putting together nice models of stadiums when they are billion in the hole and don’t have any backers wanting to finance it is another area where they are going wrong.

City as a club are in transition and have ceded ground to Liverpool and Arsenal. I hope our management team looks at what has happened at the swamp and realises delusion and complacency married with unrealistic goals can be a disaster for the long term ambitions of a football club.
 
What I've found strange is they've got rid of their two quickest players. So now they're piss easy to defend against. They are up shit creak without a paddle this season. Great to see
 
I watched Amorim's post-match press conference and the 2nd question is a great and obvious question...

"You've been here for 31 games, and you've won 8 games. At some stage you are going to need to accept that the way you set up your team is not working."

Amorim responds by saying "there are a lot of things that have happened in these months that you do not know about".

What is he referring to? Utd buying players he didn't want, or arguments with the players? Unfortunately the journalists don't realise what he has just said and ask their pre-prepared questions. This is never teased out.

IMO Man Utd are playing better than last season. They had a lot of possession vs City. They have some big problems though, and it's not clear to me how Amorim can overcome this:

1) Sesko was awful. Going home on the bus, I was listening to blues arguing over Sesko. One had to be shown the team sheet to prove that Sesko was playing. OK, this was his first game but what does he have in his game that would frighten you? I can't see anything. He's not quick. Nor is he a great threat in the air. It's perhaps very harsh to judge him on 1 game, but that was a poor individual performance.

2) The goalkeeper is an issue that is potentially going to cause them huge problems. At some point soon you would think Lammens is going to come in. If he struggles, which is quite likely given his age and experience, then Man Utd have a huge problem. They should have brought in Martinez. If he makes a mistake, then so what, you know he is a good keeper. If Lammens makes a mistake, he will come under huge pressure.

It's clear that Amorim might be fired if they fail to win in their next 2 games:

Chelsea (H)
Brentford (A)

Then Man Utd's board will see that CL is impossible and they will face a fundamental question: Does this manager display the qualities that we want. Do we believe in him?

In my opinion the job is too big for him and he says stupid things in his press conferences. Press conferences are not the most important part of a manager's job but they give you a window on their emotional and mental state. He says a lot of stupid things. In this press conference, when faced with a difficult question, he cracked but the media were not sharp enough to follow up on his answer ("there are lots of things that have happened in these months that you do not know about").
 
feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
Their celebration of their transfer window as something only they could do in their position. They’ve spent upwards of £200 plus million on Premier League jobbers and a striker that looks worse than the person he was replacing in Hoijland. Not to mention signing a keeper from a league that is worse standard than the championship.

I heard some idiot rag in the beer garden before the season started that they could compete for the league with their new signings. I nearly spat my pint out in disbelief.

They get rid of Amorim and the circle of mediocrity keeps going. They’ve already got Sancho, Hoijland and Rashford out on loan, a new manager comes in and he will have to completely rebuild the squad and take a wrecking ball to it. Trouble is who would want the players they have? They only have one good player in Fernandes and he’s the wrong side of his career age wise. It’s death by a thousand cuts and will take another billion to fix, trouble is they need probably another three billion to build their stadium on top of what ever the council pays to move that freight terminal. They are in a right spot of bother.
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Good innit ;)
 
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