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Not really a surprise when talk was of him leaving on a free and it was just saving wages. Utterly pointless in that case. Wouldn’t even be shocked if come end of season, it’s Pope we try and move on and give Dub a new one year deal.

Aston Villa going to get a daft sale to help them right out. Guy is ok, but not £60m+ ok So many strikers out there for less.

And a CM for me, because Ugarte / Mainoo just won't work. Amazes me how often I see Man Utd, how slow Mainoo is tracking back. I just don't think it's in his natural mindset to sprint back which makes him in a two an issue.

They regularly spend like the 2nd highest amount on average across seasons, with one of the top 3 wages. Doesn't matter who is in charge, by virtue of throwing enough shit (money) at things, they will pick up cups. It's why the cup competitions are dominated by the select top clubs, despite how shit they can be. Like if we got to spend another £400m, wages increased to matched top 4, we'd be winning cups regardless who is manager.

Played RW more than LB this season according to Transmarkt. Straight swap for Antony squad position.

These are a shocking side. Turn up with right attitude, should be scoring 3 goals minimum, which should be a win even with some routine mistakes. Schar in and same team again because we have no options. Miley at best for Joelinton, but can understand Howe rationale for not changing the midfield.

Said in the press releases, that he was moved on because he questioned Amorim approach, wanted a consistent approach across the club to help with long term recruitment (i.e. not 3 at the back just for first team) and Ratcliffe was not impressed all he could come up with as ideas were Prem based managers. Small bust up and Ratcliffe got rid. I mean, Ashworth is a total knob and funny how it ended, but he's looking to be on the right side of things again, bit similar to his time here. Be a bit blinkered to not think the same situation couldn't happen to Amorim. If league form doesn't take an upturn, it'll depend on how much weight Ratcliffe puts on the cups to paper over things.

Nah, nice looking player who will do well but not a priority and many more will come along at LW. Giving how the game has gone past decade, the talented right footed attackers are more and more getting played on left from an early age and as a result the quality in depth in that position is vast. Left footed players are less of, so naturally there's less depth to the RW if wanting the same. Why I'm coming more round to the idea of getting a right footed RW, or one who's playing LW at a young age and retrained to RW to be direct. Because the directness I feel gets most out of Isak with his movement knowing a ball will come in first time when played out wide.

Honesty is one thing, but saying this is shit that is shit, and doing little about it isn’t some master manager because he says how it is. He’s a good coach because he produced at Sporting and you don’t get the heights he did by being average, but then certain coaches need the perfect environment and when it’s not that, they’re clueless and flap. That’s something fans can’t grasp. Narrative is ‘he’s finding out who’s staying here next season etc’. The XI he keeps putting out, have to all stay because there’s big money tied up in them. And we all know the manager is easier to replace than players which makesMan Utd are no different to any other club. The days of SAF are way in the distant past. He’s long way from being the first coach that’s been superb elsewhere and crash and burned in a different league because the environment hasn’t been right, and neither will he be the last. His blessing is the Europa is weak so should get something going if they avoid Bilbao till the final.

Pre Amorim era Current Amorim era Current stance Aka, please sack me Ratcliffe.

What stench is there to remove that’s playing? Literally what’s there is what he has to use because they’re players they’ve spent money on for a manager to use. Can’t be blaming likes of Lindelof, Shaw, Rashford for this because the fuckers are not playing and results and most performances are still shit Not a great advert for him that all he needs is to sell a load, spend a load. Same they did with ETH and nothing suggests so far it will be much different bar he speaks better and has his ‘principles’ which is ‘I will stick with 3 at the back regardless’.

Ratcliffe can’t be far off thinking what the fuck is this guy doing and saying, and sacking him off. Not like they’re wedded to him, just be a financial write off which can be balanced out by selling Garnacho.

Yea, but they beat Real Madrid to him. By overpaying £50m and now stuck with him so got to use him.

Please back Amorim with his guys.

Kelly being sold is the business we have to do moving forward, taking advantage of deals when they’re there, not hold on for the sake of it. He’s potentially 3rd choice LB (2nd at best long term) and 3rd choice LCB (2nd at best long term). That’s not worth turning down something close to £20m for.

DCL looking a player now there’s a competent manager there. People turning their nose up at him on a free ffs

Who was in the more shit position for PSR, us or Forest? Because Anderson had the potential and I find it so tough to take that we couldn’t give them Longstaff, even Willock to keep Anderson. Instead lost a great talent and left with two who we are/will be actively trying to move on in this and next window.

How random. Saudi money linked to Juventus? Have to put my tin foil hat to believe that’s remotely a deal.

Spurs going down will fuck up the Sky big 6 narrative.

He’s a good midfielder for what we would want, but it’s a big fee for a position that wasn’t a priority.

Look man so good.

One positive of this game, come league cup 2nd leg, the players will fully know 2-0 is not safe and we have to treat it as 0-0.

Agree. Dust it off, strong words said in changing room after game. Back on training ground Monday for a response next weekend.

They have to get rid now, accept they’ve fucked it and go elsewhere.

Think even if we sign youth, it needs to come with backing for Howe higher above to play them and accept some ups and downs. Like let’s not kid ourselves, no injuries last season, Hall barely features and probably doesn’t get the break early this season, same with Tino. Seeing same with Osula. People will say it’s Howe managing the players, which to a degree it is, but he’s also probably under pressure he needs UCL/Europe so may not feel ready to play younger players unless hand is forced too. Could sign a young pacey CB, dynamic CM or RW, but wouldn’t expect them to start over senior pros unless they got injured. Squad stuck in an impasse it feels. The XI that started plus Schar (who’s contact ends in summer) is main team, then rest are not favoured unless forced and Miley in that young situation mentioned earlier.