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Manchester United Teamtalk/Transfer/Gossip 23/24 - [New Thread Available]

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  • Posts: 27,583 ✭✭✭✭ Keith Low Baton


    I'm not actually in anyway surprised in the performance. It just baffles me how it won't come into question. Nobody at the club to challenge Ole who is cushioned with protection from his backroom staff.

    Gonna be a long season...again



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,485 ✭✭✭✭Father Hernandez


    All that talent on the pitch and that's the best that can be served up.

    Ronaldo, Sancho, Bruno, Greenwood, Pogba all playing and not a clue how to get the best out of them.

    It's Villarreal. At home. In the Champions League.

    Emery has a gameplan, Ole doesn't and it shows massively.

    Horrible half and not just the anomaly, this is the standard and it can't be defended.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,474 ✭✭✭Quags


    I enjoyed that half, listen we know what we going to get with Ole. He isn't going to have some plan cause he hasn't had one apart from counter attack football so just enjoy the highs and lows cause unless we dont get CL football he is staying with us beyond next season. Glazers dont care for trophies



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,054 ✭✭✭wanderer100


    Worse performance than Villa. All that attacking talent and we're thumping long balls up front.

    Our midfield is non existent. I don't understand what we're doing playing McTominay as a number 6.

    I can see Ole bringing on Fred for Sancho (who's been one of our better players) , shut up shop and create f*ck all, then he'll bring on Cavani in the last 5-10 mins in hopes to grab a last min winner



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,012 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    Huge problems here for utd



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,547 ✭✭✭Your Airbag


    Hurts me to say it but Greenwood's attitude is shocking atm. He is putting in very little work rate at the back and against Villa he was very selfish, shooting when he should have passed it. It looks like the hype may have gone to his head.

    He made a half hearted lunge at a Villarreal player on the edge of their box and the player just breezed passed him, this lead to a direct chance and DDG had to make his best save, Pogba was about level with Greenwood when he made the challenge and when VR countered and the camera panned to our half Greenwood was nowhere to be seen but Pogba had to track back the entire length. Shockingly lazy from GW.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,579 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    The problems are so obvious that even Michael Owen is able to analyse them.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,575 ✭✭✭✭billyhead


    It's dreadful stuff. Let's see if there a big improvement in the 2nd half.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,206 ✭✭✭✭FourFourRED


    Not a fan of Greenwood’s attitude either. It’s hard to warm to him (for me at least) - the Villa game was very frustrating yep.



  • Posts: 847 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    United may well go on to win but it will just be papering over the cracks. Emery is a very capable coach making him look like a fool, he is competing with pep, Klopp and Tuchel who quite frankly in a league of their own!

    The board need to make the call and get rid, tired of repeating myself but no other club in the premier league would consider him, once Ole is done with us he will do well to get a job outside of Norway.



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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Bruno appears to be given the team pep talk in the tunnel.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,137 ✭✭✭Bleating Lamb


    If I see Pogba come out for second half I will be pissed off…..don’t like when he is back to this crack of having different hairstyles for every matches…..he is the Aidan O’ Shea of Soccer….it’s all about him.

    Ambling around in first half.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,700 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,575 ✭✭✭✭billyhead


    All this waving and thumbs up from Ole as he walks to the bench. It's as if he is overwhelmed by the job he has.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,625 ✭✭✭✭StringerBell


    What do you think happens at training?

    At this point I would genuinely love to know.

    "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭maximus15


    you could have the lead singers of the 5 best bands in the world waiting in the bus to get to venue to perform but they are not worth a sh*** if (a) there is no driver and (b) there is no engine. We need a central midfielder and a new manager .



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,131 ✭✭✭malinheader


    Embarrassing. Only for De Gea the game would be long over. I see fernandes organising the players in the tunnel. I would say there wasn't much organisation by the manager. He's totally in over his head.



  • Posts: 14,734 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Greenwood is probably being told to do what he wants tbh, and if ole can't control a 19 year old he might as well give up the whole management gig.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,206 ✭✭✭✭FourFourRED


    Sitting around watching Jesse Lingard breakdance



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    at least he is ambling, Ronaldo is stationary, waiting for the ball to land at his feet.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    Yep, worse then Villa. I’ve money on United not winning and Villarreal keeping clean sheet, looks like handy money unless the second half changes dramatically and Oles not managed changing games well to date.

    It’s not 0-0 really, United completely outplayed.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,366 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Seriously considering just turning this off.

    I've been finding it increasingly difficult to convince myself that it'll come good for Ole and tbh there is just no trust or faith left any more.

    But Carrick and Phelan are worse. WTF do they do all week? Seriously. Our players don't look like they are coached. Nobody is telling Ole what subs to make etc. Last thing an inexperienced manager needs beside him is yes-men.

    We now have a very good squad - but we don't have a good team. Sometimes we don't look like a team at all - just eleven players doing their own thing and hoping for the best. It's nowhere near good enough. If Tuchel was manager we'd be in serious contention for both PL and CL.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,579 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Looking forward to seeing Cavani on at left back soon



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Pipmae


    If I hear the '36 year old' in commentary again 🙄



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,012 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    bring donny on centre mid ta ****



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,474 ✭✭✭Quags


    for my guess on the 1st sub. Sancho for Fred so Pogba goes LW



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,700 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    That last attack from us, just look at how well Villarreal hold their shape and lines. Us on the other hand are running around like the Anthill Mob.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,700 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    There we are.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,366 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    and whooomp there it is

    not one bit surprised except that it's taken so long

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,313 ✭✭✭KH25


    There it is.


    This is insipid. Did zero at half time to address this.



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