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

Sky only want clicks. I was happy to see Amorim call out Neville specifically because he’s been more than happy to have a go at any stage. Funny how he wasn’t so gung ho when Ole was the manager.

But statistically he is, that's the point. We've gone 15 games without keeping a clean sheet and today we started with 6 defensive players, 7 if you include Casemiro. IMO, the football is dreadful. We're boring to watch. I can get behind the excuse of attacking players gone to AFCON but there's not excuse for the games v West Ham (1-1 at home, they'll be fav to get relegated), losing 1-0 at home to Everton (versus 10 men for 80+ mins). They were dreadful watches with no excuse.

For plenty of the wins this season, you could point to reasons as to why we won (Chelsea v 10 men, Burnley last minute peno (fav to get relegated), Palace (lucky to get the win), scammed a result at home to Newcastle.

During 2025, we won 13 games and drew 11. 50 points. It's not the standard we should be aiming for.

As I said, there are plenty of issues above Amorim - they knew about AFCON and never prepared for it. Spending £70million on Sesko who looks miles off it, could come good but huge lack of confidence. No depth in midfield, been an issue for years at this stage. The blame isn't solely on Amorim but he's not good enough. A new manager can transform a team (look at Emery), we never even got a new manager bounce with RA.

I admire your positivity, hope you're right!

While I'm unsure if Amorin is the right manager I'm all in for the overhaul he's trying to implement. If the club goes ahead and sacks him without addressing the areas where he needs to strengthen ie wing backs and central midfielders then not a single thing has changed. I dont see his system working at all but the powers that be in the club were all for it so its all on them. We were all critical of Ten Haag for changing his principles once he seen the players he had, we'll do the very same with Amorin.

This gets dragged every so often, despite being absolute nonsense.

Under INEOS:

• The massive bloated staff has been greatly reduced.
• The practice of giving crazy £300k+ contracts to the likes of Sancho, Rashford etc has ended.
• Endlessly extending contracts for the likes of Shaw & Martial to "protect their value" has stopped.
• For the most part we've bought well, in terms of quality anyway, not so much in terms of the right positions being filled. But no more letting ETH buy tubes like Antony & Onana. Ugarte and Zirkzee are failures in fairness, jury out on Sesko.
• A temporary hold on the Glazers taking dividends was agreed. It'll end at some stage but it was a good thing anyway.
• Plans are in place for a new stadium. Only preliminary, and there are many obstacles not least funding, but compared to the absolute neglect of the stadium by the Glazers it's a major move forward.

Not everything in the Ineos garden is rosy, far from it. But it's much much better than the full Glazers ownership.

I look at positions Dorgu gets into out wide or Dalot and Shaw then I watch in disbelief as they either hit the ball into the defenders ankles or pass back for it to be passed back and again and Lammens hits it long and possession is lost...

I remember fondly the old type chalk on the boots wingers..stay high and wide. Imagine Giggs, Kanchelskis, Sharpe.. even Tony Valencia in those Dorgu positions..always forward full back offering the overlap and put the ball in the box, if youre going to concede possession do it by attacking not trying to pick up 2nd balls around midfield

We've seen a resurgence of the long throw in..my new years wish is the old style winger full back overlap and 1st time cross to become the next resurgence

Champagne on ice for one more day until this clown is sent packing.

Worst manager in PL history.

Think it's pretty clear what's hapenend.

I believe there's been a disagreement behind the scenes with wilcox and viveli or whatever his name is and Amorim. I think it would of stayed in house but someone has leaked it to the press and that's what has triggered Amorim.

In that argument I belive someone mentioned what Pundits(Nevile) was saying and tried to use it agaisnt amorim.

Amorim didn't have a go at Nevile he literally said if you can't handle criticism from Gary Nevile and the likes you shouldn't be at the club. He was calling out wikcox and viveli for not doing their job properly that's all. And basically saying he won't quit so they will have to get with it or sack him.

It was planned and wasn't even him losing the head I think it was him getting his story out incase he has to sign a non disclosure agreement it was very measured.

He is bang on to do it too call them out and put the attention on them if he does get sacked.

Media are delighted.

Get Carrick in for the rest of the season if it turns out to be true.

Thats exactly how I see it.

Wow, it's all escalated very quickly!

I'm conflicted like a lot of the fan base I think.

Two things can be true here, we don't want to once again rip things up and start again and Amorim is not doing enough with what he has.

I still come down the side of supporting him and giving it more time, we have to get through a tough period together and maybe something good is on the other side of it and maybe not. But I'd like to find out for sure first.

He has the worse record of any United manager. What makes you think it will improve and for anyone saying that he did a great job clearing out the mess I.e. players that were surplus to requirements with poisonous attitudes i.e. Rashford, Sancho. This would have happened irrespective of who was in charge.