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

And his record as a manager was still better than Ruben Amorim which makes it all the more surprising that some people complain at others for being delighted at this decision.

If it was based on performance there was a 1/2 dozen other times he could have been justifiably fired. Waiting until 5 days into a transfer window reeks of just saving money in January. Dunno how anyone thinks THIS squad seeing out the remainder of the season is good.

I gotta be honest it will be hilarious to me personally if Fletcher starts 3atb on Wednesday night

Complete and utter joke.

We were clearly heading in the right direction under him despite what some on here would tell you.

No point in even trying to dissect it further. Club is a mess.

This is it in a nutshell. He talked the talk but results and the football were shite. We need to get back to attacking entertaining football.

Amorims record is more than his united career, Neville could get back into management for another 20 years and never win anything close to what he has in trophies or win percentage if we are being honest

I said after Wolves that I’d been on Amorim’s side but he wasn’t it after that match, but I’m so fkn despondent now. Over the last decade I’ve thought United are fukd but this really feels like a new low. Why? Because since he came in, there were small signs that the culture was getting better and there were times where we played good football. Not enough of it but at least there was hope. That’s gone now.

Ultimately it was too big a job for him and I’m glad for his sake he’s moved on - he looked under serious pressure from the start and just couldn’t get his vision implemented. In hindsight he should have stuck to his guns and either joined at the beginning of this season or not at all. Berada didn’t do him any favours by forcing him to join last season. It was a **** show when he came in and the win ratio since has been used as a stick to beat him with. He would have had a better chance with more of a clean slate.

Once there were briefings that the leadership were questioning his system in the background (and using Gary fuckn Neville’s analysis as proof) his time was over - he knew it and the press conference was him saying he was done).

Yep! Can picture Wilcox leaning over the lad typing it out… “no, no, that needs to say head coach!”

When we hit the dizzying hits of winning 3 in a row (Christ, we used to celebrate trebles rather than winning 3 games in a row), Wilcox couldn't get enough of the camera.

He did a few interviews that week, he's a fcuking spoofer imo. This was just one of them, he was the first guest on a new Vlog a few days later after the Forest game… I remember mentioning that interview at the time, it should have been an early warning sign that he sees himself as having a big say in the on field stuff, he was citing the players lack of intensity in that interview.

He should be out the door with Amorim imo.

Pretty mixed feelings about the whole situation. In one way he can't have many complaints, his record was poor and results over the last month and haven't helped. But I don't know, I kind of liked him even for his faults. The authority he tried to put on the squad by bombing out the likes of Sancho, Rashford, etc.. was badly needed and even though results haven't gone his way this season there was a sense that they were playing a lot better but consistency hasn't been good! In the end it's not result's but a falling out with Wilcox/Berrada which seems to have done for him. Who they go with next is the big question, waiting until the end of the season seems to be the wise move but getting the right interim manager is just as important. To get the quality of players we need, we have to be playing in Eurpope next season so getting an interim who will push us into these places is vital. I don't think going with Fletcher will be a good idea, it would put him and his sons in an awkward position.

Feel like I've watched a different United side for 15 months if people think we were clearly going in the right direction.

15 wins, 15 months. Won back to back games once. 15 consecutive away games without a clean sheet. 36% win record, our worst by 20% since SAF retired. 4th lowest points out of all PL sides since his appointment. Lead us to 15th in the league, banked everything on the EL final where we limped to a defeat against Spurs of all sides. Knocked out of the Carabao by a league 2 side who ran rings around us. Lost at home to a 10 man Everton. Set standards so low anything above 15th this season is now seen as a positive. Any progress is down to better attackers and a keeper who doesn't dodge the ball. Guy was an absolute calamity. Should've been sacked ages ago.

How so? I was. Big Amorim supporter but the results haven't been good enough. We are 6th due to it being a poor league this season. By right we should be 3rd or 4th but his inability to see out games has squandered points. We couldn't even manage back to back wins. As a character I liked him and he did great work to sort the dressing room but ultimately the job was too big for him. Not forgetting he tried to quit more than once