Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 26.09.24

I wouldn't be at all surprised. I mean they took Sancho who was both performing worse and also causing more hassle from a disciplinary point of view.

And they constantly spend money like nobody's business.

They lost 4 in a row and were top due to Amorims coaching having them so far ahead.

not a chance, lucky to get 20 for him, utd will supplement his wages for remainder of contract. Utd don't have any room for negotiation, manager wants rid.

According to reddit this journo is good for Brazil/Portuguese football, with him and possibly Rashford sold could free up money, although....

Your original point is nonsense,.you said there are only 3 teams in the league and it is impossible not to be top, 3 doesn't divide into one for a start,

Also amiron guided sporting to their first title In 19 years so the impossible you call was actually very frequent.

The level of posting here tonight is in the toilet

Ha ha I know you are joking but nothing wrong with your posting.

But I do suspect one two many sherries are to blame for others no doubt

That quote was taken from the post match interview, talk sport have it up on socials.

I'd advise people here to watch it somehow. He raises a lot of good points and is clearly frustrated.

Think Lauire Whitewall asked him why not change the formation to suit some the players.

He replied in something like,

If he goes back to what the players know then my system will not work, I was brought in because the team was losing anyway the last 2 years, why go back when it breaks my beliefs etc. Something along those lines.

I agree with him completely, we won't change if we try and suit the players, we will finish a record low no doubt and sky will pull up a random stat like I seen earlier of a 19 game thing. Who the hell makes a stat like that unless it's a narrative to get clicks. When has 19 games been a barometer and has any team ever been judged by that...

The media is scandalous.

His playing style shows, like many managers before him that there is so many players not up for it and the mix of hodge dodge trying to get different players from different managers to work.

Has been Slot's saving grace this year imo, he's gone in to look Liverpool and has all of Klopps signings ready to him but trained a different way.

We have a group, wouldn't even call it a squad but a group of lads that have had either 2/3/4 different managers trying to do the same again in changing the style when they can't, and sure why would they when on mega money.

Amorim is 39 and will be a success no doubt, youngeat manager in years but my god, the clearest with us and what is going on in only 6 weeks at the job.

It's a long term job which should be given to some long term.

This season is a right off and I wouldn't want any European football next season. Get the minutes on the training ground.

Tbf he did say it would be painful

In the league, we will find it the hardest by any other club media wise because it's a constant.

How has, Slot not getting attention he deserves, Chelsea doing well, Nuno at Forrest killing it and Arteta's maybe downfall from a title challenge. The Pep collapse is not as huge as reported.

I would rather he stick with his system and beliefs than cave to these players like Ten Hag, buy himself a year and the rot continues.

I genuinely couldn't care where we finish. He is showing this club and players up for what it is.

Is he making tactical mistakes sometimes. Sure but that's because he's experimenting with players he can build a base around.

Do what Forest did when they came up from the Championship. Totally press the reset button. Buy 20 non well known players who are hungry enough to give it a go. Sell the rest.

I saw his interview after the game where he said relegation is a real possibility.

While I really admire his belief and backbone, imo there is no way Ineos will tolerate a relegation on their watch. Having screwed up the managerial situation early Summer, and having embarrassed themselves with the Ashworth fiasco, SJR won't have his name further tainted as the guy who brought relegation back to Old Trafford for the first time in 50 years.

They arrived at Christmas 2023 as the supposed saviours of the club. In the following year we've plunged from 8th to 14th, have lost 6 of our last 8 and it's going to get even worse looking at the upcoming fixtures.

If RA can't at least temporarily address this slide, Ineos will show their ruthless streak once again.

he looks like an Aussie rules player playing in a socccer charity fund raiser.

Would it be showing a ruthless streak, or showing they can't run a club?

I'm beginning to think the latter.

A ruthless streak would have had them show Ten Hag the door after the cup final, after a season of abject football and abject results. Instead, a contract extension and 200m to spend having already wasted 400m previously, knowing they'll probably end up sacking him.

The cost cutting, while it may be necessary, just smacks of a big business not giving a damn about anything other than the bottom line. I'm sorry now, but that's been the case with the Glazers for 20 years, and the club doesn't need that attitude to be maintained.

I'm beginning to think INEOS are just the Glazers with an English accent, and nothing will really change. I hope I'm very much wrong, but they don't seem to have a clue what they want or do given the past year.

There's no doubt the last few months has shown them in a new light. And it's not very flattering. If the Glazers had presided over what we've seen recently, Utd fans would probably be on the point of rioting at this stage.

All that being said, if the nose-dive into the relegation zone continues, it's entering a territory Ineos won't accept imo.

And the outcome for RA will be inevitable.