United Thread | 2025/26

[johnnytapia]

It should’ve been 10 (well 5 or 6 at least) …. and against an Imps reserve team with 11 changes from their win at Peterborough on Saturday. A fair few of them were U21 yo as well.

Chido Obi was anonymous throughout and subbed off after an hour or so.

To be fair, he was excellent in Return of the Jedi.

 

[mac]

Fucking love Old Jim

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Neither Ancellotti or Pep could manage at utd. They're both used to working with technically good players with football nous. They would both assume with all the money they've spent since Ferguson went, the squad would contain that sort of quality.

Absolutely, but they’d have the gravitas to be able to attract the level of talent United used to be able to buy under Ferguson.

Seems to me, United have slipped down the “Hell yes I want to play for them!” list since he left, as it’s clear the club is not in the financial shape it once was and the revolving door management is kryptonite to a players career. They want a manager who is willing to come and get them and wants them. If that’s chopping and changing all the time, you can quickly find yourself yesterday’s Flavor of the Day!

 

[bennyboy]

Been a few seasons now.

 

[roach3]

I see scruffy is planning some mid season friendlies in Saudi to bring in some revenue.
The rags over on the caf apart from a few using desperate mental gymnastics to justify it all saying it’s not the same as being owned by the Middle East.
The hypocrisy is off the scale, so it’s ok to take Saudi money in friendlies but not take money from ownership.
One or two can see it but in the whole they’re all for it.
Desperate times indeed for the rags.

 

[Citi-leaks]

Absolutely, but they’d have the gravitas to be able to attract the level of talent United used to be able to buy under Ferguson.

Seems to me, United have slipped down the “Hell yes I want to play for them!” list since he left, as it’s clear the club is not in the financial shape it once was and the revolving door management is kryptonite to a players career. They want a manager who is willing to come and get them and wants them. If that’s chopping and changing all the time, you can quickly find yourself yesterday’s Flavor of the Day!

Ferguson's last title winning team was distinctly average. Smalling, Jones, Evans, Fletcher, Cleverley, Young, Rafael, Nani, Valencia, Hernandez, Wellbeck, Kagawa...

I think Van Gaal got rid of all of them.

I would argue that they have bought and ruined much better players in the last 12 years

 

[jimharri]

Football has always been cyclic. The Ferguson era is long gone, just like the Revie era at Leeds, Clough at Forest, Mercer and Allison, Shankly and Paisley. Their fans rant on and on about their history but have no awareness of their own history apart from the days of Busby and Ferguson. They can’t move forward till they accept this reality.

Pretty sure that I read somewhere that if you take the Busby and Ferguson eras out of their past, their history isn't all that special. Certainly not what their fans would have you believe. Can't be bothered googling it.



And yes I'm well aware that they'll say the same about us before Pep.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Amorim is a nice bloke doing a wonderful job in times of austerity. It isn't easy building a team when you only have about a billion pounds to play with. Give him time.

Yeah, but Luigi Goldfish said he hasn't been backed financially.

 

[citizen_maine]

Pretty sure that I read somewhere that if you take the Busby and Ferguson eras out of their past, their history isn't all that special. Certainly not what their fans would have you believe. Can't be bothered googling it.



And yes I'm well aware that they'll say the same about us before Pep.

I believe they've had 3 managers who won the league in their history - we've had 3 since 2008

 

[jimharri]

I believe they've had 3 managers who won the league in their history - we've had 3 since 2008

What the hell are you doing away from the music association thread? Are you lost?


;-)

 

[remember arthur mann]

Anybody name a manager in the world who would be capable of turning around the shit show ?

Yeah, but I'm not telling.

 

[citizen_maine]

What the hell are you doing away from the music association thread? Are you lost?


;-)

haha! I'm waiting on somebody else posting, so i can go back

 

[remember arthur mann]

Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse.

Greggs set to raise prices again in response to cost pressures, says CEO

It will be increasing the price of its breakfast meal deals, with a smaller increase in the cost of its biscuits.

www.bbc.co.uk

I wondered why Shaw, Cashemiro, and Mainoo had put in for a wage rise.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

As long as the revenue keeps coming in it's only the fans who are concerned.

Oh dear the poor things

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

What a fucking dump.
The worlds greatest football club.

Give over

 

[Franny 1234]

Ex Rags fake Haaland as scored tonfrim a KDB assist.
Ex Rags Rashford gets a assist tonight.
Must play with their fans heads how players improve after leaving. CTID

 

[Franny 1234]

correction
Ex Rags number 9 scores a brace courtesy of King Kev.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Millwall lost 4-0 at home to Frank Lampard’s Coventry City.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Pretty sure that I read somewhere that if you take the Busby and Ferguson eras out of their past, their history isn't all that special. Certainly not what their fans would have you believe. Can't be bothered googling it.



And yes I'm well aware that they'll say the same about us before Pep.

Until Ferguson won his first trophy there both City and United had an identical tally of major trophies.

 

[Chris in London]