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Aye, I should be clear I was making that point specifically about Bruno. I know the typical mindset is 'move over improve' or 'get more money'.

Nah, I get where you're coming from. But I think for his personality type he would rather be seen as a 'legend' here than as another face in the crowd there, even if he did get to play a few Champions League games before going out in the knockout rounds.

Hold your tadpoles there, Froggy . Can an argument be made that Man U trades on its legacy to make a better spin on the reality of the here and now? Absolutely. And howeh, I didn't say nobody wants to join them. I explicitly pointed out that for some players I see the appeal, I just don't see it for Bruno (our Bruno, not yours).

I get it, you've got to stick up for your team, but nothing I said was untrue. They're a legacy club, although admittedly doing well in the league now. For some players, I see the appeal. For Bruno, in his context, unless it's money it doesn't make a lick of sense.

Real? Barely, barely tolerable but at least you can understand it. Man U? For what? For what possible reason? Past glory you'll never be a part of? Being coached by anyone other than Howe? Winning... winning what exactly? They're favourites for nothing Some moves you can begrudge and understand, but if the choice was to remain a legend here or become a nobody overshadowed by the class of 92, Ronaldo and ownership headlines, I know which one any sane person would choose. (Unless of course you just want more money, in which case I sure am glad that PSR is working as intended)

A good run. It's all about progress and the last 16 is exactly that. We're not there yet, but we could be, and that's what is so damn exciting. After seeing other results in the Champions league this week, and the clear officiating bias, we can hold our heads high, regardless of the scoreline here. Hopefully it makes the players hungry for more. Oh also, add Barca to the list.

Unhinged comments about the ref? LinkedIn strategies to 'respect the ball'?

You're right like, that is 100% their new age manager being inspired while listening to diary of a CEO.

This is mental this. How has that been allowed to happen

Class that

If the atmosphere can be like that with all the interlopers, imagine what it could be like if people from the area could actually get tickets. It's an absolute disgrace how hard it is to get a ticket when you've got half and half scarves seemingly walking in without a care in the world. Where are they getting these tickets? And why is the burden of proof higher for an actual home supporter? Questions need to be asked. Raging about this

Just got back in from the match. I've lost my voice from shouting all game. The lads were class. Make no mistake, we dominated Barcelona. I am so deflated by the refereeing decisions I don't know how you pick yourself up from that. I guess there's just so much injustice in the world I'll add it to the pile. Usually try and consume as much post match content as I can, but I think I need a break. Well done lads, and to everyone who brought the noise and positivity.

Atmosphere was class. Best I've heard it in a long time. Not even the half and half scarves could dampen it.

Absolutely buzzing for this.

I don't think that's what he said like We lost our best striker and we've had some injuries, so the squad has taken a hit (backwards), however we're in the last 16 of the Champions league (forwards). It's not binary.

Marmoush is the worry, but I'm glad we're looking to give Barca a real go by the looks of things.

Gonna need that Dreamcast top ASAP.

Surely even that level of derangement can't be attributed to all Manchester United fans. That has to be a lone, unwell individual.

Why does Scholes hate Carrick? Didn't they play together?

Carrick standing on the sidelines looking like the third Oasis brother and saying it hurts him to say Newcastle deserved the win. How can anyone from Wallsend be like that? Makes you sick.

Is this man the best? And absolutely he's a right sided forward.

The euphoria that only the Toon overcoming injustice can bring

Seeing a lot of this sentiment recently. People talking about individuality being coached out of players, with patterns of play and rigid adherence to formation being the cause. It works, otherwise teams wouldn't be doing it, but it's awful to watch. I think a lot of us are still stuck in a different era. When you go to the match you hear people shouting to take someone on, or beat a man, and the player is never going to do that at the expense of shape or losing the ball. That's partly down to tactics drilled into them in training, and partly down to 50,000+ people moaning when someone does try something and they lose the ball. It's a shame, because flair players are the reason we watch the game. Give us a tricky winger over a throw in every day of the week. Part of me does wonder if a team had the bravery to focus more on individual brilliance at the expense of coached patterns of play, if we would see some shocks as other teams are pulled out of position or struggle to adapt to a winger forcing a one on one. Maybe it could be easily defended against in the modern era, or maybe not. To use management speak I hate but have to use, a focus on individual brilliance can give a player a higher ceiling but a lower floor, whereas focusing on systems and to an extent set pieces, gives a player a lower ceiling but a higher floor. And unfortunately in a team game, unless you really trust the individual brilliance of your players and coach and play to those strengths, you're much better off having everyone stick to patterns of play so your 'worst' is still better than other teams 'worst'. Not sure where that came from, but thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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