Manchester United

[Froggy]

2 minutes ago, buzza said:

No fernandez and ugarte! Big blow for you guys as one is your only attacking outlet, unless rashford and garnacho suddenly get back in the good books!

Who thr hell will fill those gaps? Casemiro? Erikson?

You lot look really  fcucked!

 

Our best attacking outlet is Fernandes obviously but Amad has been our most dangerous player this season. 

 

King Antony set up for a redemption arc.

[Cronky]

48 minutes ago, Checko said:

Worth reading comments on Eddie Howe from 15th Jan before writing off Amorim.

 

Things can change very quickly in football when it starts to click, as we've seen over the last couple of weeks.

 

 

 

Interesting, but you never saw Eddie with his head in his hands, staring at the ground, or moaning about difficult the job was. He always projected faith in his players and faith in himself.

[KaKa]

18 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

There's no pressure on Amorim, which is important to note. We trust him and want him to do his thing.

 

The players are in bother mind. Old Trafford will not be nice if Monday goes as expected.

 

Yeah, was talking more about the players, regarding the pressure, because they are getting rinsed by the fans, and rightfully so.

[Checko]

2 minutes ago, Cronky said:

 

Interesting, but you never saw Eddie with his head in his hands, staring at the ground, or moaning about difficult the job was. He always projected faith in his players and faith in himself.

Yeah, Eddie's evenness, at least in public, is a good feature. A lot of football is about not getting too carried away with the wins or down with the losses.

 

Haven't seen much of Amorim, but I certainly wouldn't be writing him off yet. He plays a completely different system, which was known when they bought him so he'll need time. He's also new to the country and giving interviews in a foreign language so sometimes allowances need to be made for the exact wordage he uses.

[Joelinton7]

12 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

For a man who’s under no pressure Amorim has the look of a man under massive pressure

 

 

 

He won’t even last anywhere near as long as ten Hag. He’s so uninspiring and totally overwhelmed with the PL. Then it’ll be Southgate next which might not be a bad thing. Look how he galvanised the England squad. 

[Froggy]

5 minutes ago, KaKa said:

Yeah, was talking more about the players, regarding the pressure, because they are getting rinsed by the fans, and rightfully so.

 

Even Bruno who's already one of the best in our history, is getting a lot of stick now. That was extremely stupid from him last night.

[El Prontonise]

Classic NO for people writing off Amorim already.

 

This place is worse than twitter nowadays.

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8 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

Classic NO for people writing off Amorim already.

 

This place is worse than twitter nowadays.

Have you seen Twitter? This place is a Jane Austen book in comparison  

[KetsbaiaIsBald]

I know it won’t happen but Man Utd getting relegated would be utterly hilarious.  
 

it would also put is both on 6.  Ashley putting our relation count higher than theirs is irritating.  

[Froggy]

9 minutes ago, KetsbaiaIsBald said:

I know it won’t happen but Man Utd getting relegated would be utterly hilarious.  
 

it would also put is both on 6.  Ashley putting our relation count higher than theirs is irritating.  

 

The league only started in 1993 so no idea what you're on about.

[Shearergol]

32 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

Classic NO for people writing off Amorim already.

 

This place is worse than twitter nowadays.

[The College Dropout]

I’m not writing Amorim off. He’s just been setup to have a really bad start. And long term it doesn’t make sense for them to build around a back 5 manager. 

[Big River]

Ugarte still has nightmares about playing our midfield, so no surprise to see him get intentionally suspended. coward.

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

42 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

Even Bruno who's already one of the best in our history, is getting a lot of stick now. That was extremely stupid from him last night.

Agreed, his worst performance for nearly 4 days 

[Pixelphish]

I'm normally a fairly optimistic guy but the seminal years of my life have conditioned me to expect the worst against this lot and LFC no matter their situation. 

 

Most of me expects another Tonali and Bruno show this time. 

[Lotus]

 Bruno F is fantastic player and any team would miss him. 
 

I think his petulance is just due to him feeling his career has not gone the way he wanted. He could have done so much more at a competitive club. 
Still, I’m sure he’s been very well rewarded financially. 

[Shak]

I do think it's gonna be a challenge for Amorim and their recruitment team to build the team he wants, given his system is very different from what most teams do and most of their current squad don't seem a good fit for it.

 

Seems their PSR situation isn't great and the big earners on their books could be hard to shift. Ideally you'd want a clear out and bring in a lot of young players to build your new culture and system, but I suspect Amorim is going to have to make do with some less than ideal pieces for quite a while.

 

Obviously the people in charge will have known all of this before giving him the job so you'd imagine they plan to give him plenty of time. He seems a decent fella who wants to play good football so outside of the fact that he's the manager of one of our more direct current rivals I don't wish him any specific ill will.

 

Would love to see Brexit Jim forced to pay him off early and look like a complete tit again, mind you

[Nucasol]

4 minutes ago, Shak said:

 

 

Would love to see Brexit Jim forced to pay him off early and look like a complete tit again, mind you

I’m really hoping that Doper Dave Brailsford is the next Brexit Jim casualty.

[The Butcher]

Watching this back. And they gave the cunt a new deal

 

Heart completely gone. He's finished and he's career will end like Dele and Lingard.

[The College Dropout]

1 minute ago, The Butcher said:

Watching this back. And they gave the cunt a new deal

 

Heart completely gone. He's finished and he's career will end like Dele and Lingard.

This was after the contract no?

 

The lack of work rate is astounding. It’s Kyliann Mbappe levels. At least Mbappe knows he has to do something to justify that lack of work rate. Even when it’s going bad for Mbappe you can see the weight of expectation on his face to deliver.  Rashford could not give a fuck.  
 

 

[geordie john]

Just watched that. The guy shouldn't be anywhere near a football pitch. He's just completely lost interest. £300k a week? Seriously? That's 15 years of an average persons wage. Utter disgrace.

 

[Dr Venkman]

13 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

I liked Amad since Sunderland  days. 

[Erikse]

1 hour ago, The Butcher said:

Watching this back. And they gave the cunt a new deal

 

Heart completely gone. He's finished and he's career will end like Dele and Lingard.

 

And then he goes on to complain about people having anything critical to say about him. Everyone else is the problem. Classic victim role.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2024 by Erikse

[The College Dropout]

 

The comments are funny. Particularly The Shield reference.  
 

 I think it’s not sustainable with European football. But being overpowered physically is a good way to get ahead of the pack. We do need to increase the technical floor of the team but that power, athleticism, aggressiveness should remain as our identity. Someone like Hall might not be a natural to it but he’s grown into that. 

[The College Dropout]

34 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said:

What’s the point in this?