Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 12.02.26

What I am actually suggesting is the manager is blinded by his adherance to his system. He shifted his tactics and it was working but he is so wedded to his tactic that instead of drive on with what was working, shifted back, not becasue he didnt want to win but becasue he didnt want it said he won due to new tactic, and probably expected to go on and win when they reverted.

Would have given anything for the 3 points last night but it was a brilliant match and the most entertaining game in a long time.

Some of the movement and transitional play was as good as can be seen and we should have been up by at least 2 at half time.

Compared to the Everton and West Ham matches we were at it from the start and brought huge intensity which is often missing.

Obviously we badly missed DeLigt or Maguire to help the younger lads but I still won’t criticise their efforts.

Lammens looked poor enough last night for a couple of the goals. I get the feeling he will be a 6 or 7 out of 10 keeper, but no better. Hopefully Vitek has a good season with Bristol City and can com back into the squad next season

Do we know if he's actually close to his brother!? I'm all for getting players with bad attitudes out of the club but if this clown is going on a solo run, and isn't really part of Kobbies close network, then he should be just taken for what he is… a clown looking for attention.

It didn't take much to pile on Mainoo. I wasn't aware of his brother before this, that would give me some hope he isn't part of a stupid entourage or the likes. Bar his agent creating a bit of a fuss just before deadline day, there's not a whole pile to suggest we should be lumping Mainoo in with the likes of Garnacho.

On the game last night, I thought we deserved to win but Bournemouth would likely feel the same. The only goal I think Lammens should have done better on was the free kick. His side down low and looking at his instant reaction you could tell he felt the same way. One thing we absolutely lacked last night was pace in defence. Bournemouth attackers were almost taking the piss the amount of times they breezed past Yoro, Shaw, Dalot & Heaven. Good to see Sesko back, thought he did well considering he's just back from injury. Mainoo had some bright moments but its clear he lacks the physical attributes to play as a traditional CM.

Overall a good game of football and I'm not too upset about the result. There 2 very good teams (Arsenal & City), 1 absolutely shite team (Wolves) and 17 teams of varying levels of inconsistency in the league this year. I'd love us to be picking up wins every game but we just aren't there yet. The losses have been turned to draws so thats some positive I guess. I think we'll sign two players in January and still finish somewhere between 4th-8th.

He's his half brother, didn't even include Mainoo in his name until Kobbie made it into the senior squad. Used to be on love island as a contestant. Wasn't in pictures of Mainoo signing his contract. Says enough I think.

Bruno confirms the club wanted him out last summer. Sounds like he's fed up and is setting up for an exit next summer

“The club WANTED ME TO GO [in the summer], I have that in my head. I told the directors this, but I think they didn’t have the COURAGE to make that decision.

“I decided to stay, also because of family reasons, but because I genuinely like the club. The conversation with the manager also made me stay. But, from the club’s side, I felt a bit like, ‘if you leave, it’s not so bad for us.’

“It hurts me a lot. More than hurting, it makes me sad because I’m a player they have nothing to criticise about. I’m always available, I always play, good or bad. I give my all. Then you see things around you, players who don’t VALUE the club as much and don’t DEFEND the club as much… that makes you sad.”

WTF is he doing coming out with all this trash talk now. Some captain he is

I suspect they may have asked him again... Or he knows the club have an be an offer on the table again for Jan.

Agree with him in the sense that the club showed no balls during the summer... Leaving it to the player to decide if he wanted to stay is pathetic really.

I don't even understand what is happening here with Bruno is this something that was said last night? Or is it an interview done another time surfacing now? Timing seem odd for last night tbh.

seems a podcast interview from a couple of weeks ago, coming out now.

I've no issue with what he has said, and I don't think anything is revalatory. We knew in the summer the club were leaving the decision to him - the implication of that being they were ok to sell him. No shock hearing that now. We know Amorim wanted him to stay, no shock hearing that now.

But I still find it odd him saying this, now, during the season. and not, seemingly, as a heat of the moment reaction to something.

Makes me think there is some push to sell him in the summer that he is feeling now, and that is what he is reacting to - while talking about the past.

Fair enough, I hope you are right. First and foremost I’d just like to see him getting more attacking actions. We know he has a bullet strike but I can’t think of many shots he’s had for us.

I think that could come with time. I think he makes football look difficult though and I’d be surprised if that changes.

It’s a cut throat sport. Hojlund (similar age, similar price) got 2 seasons. His career was essentially over at United by Christmas last year, writing was on the wall by then. That’s 1.5 seasons to prove himself. Sesko is approaching half way through season 1. You don’t get years to do something as a 9 for United.

Similar age, similar profile, similar price.

Relax man. Just clarifying if you were attributing the draw to such a non event as a little celebration.

I'll now know how much time to give your posts in this thread

I'm a little bit on the fence with Lammens. He's definitely much less of a calamity in waiting than Onana or Bayinder but I've noticed he's been well beaten at times by balls you'd expect him to get a hand on. The Liverpool game was a bit of a warning, he was the thickness of the coat of paint on the woodwork away from letting in 4 and was rooted to the spot for most of them.

On the flip side he has made multiple good saves, has shown great reflexes, doesn't palm the ball to oncoming strikers and an ability to drop low and get a leg or a lip or something in the way. He's fairly calm and most importantly he's young and can definitely improve. At the moment he's a 7/10, hopefully he pushes on