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

I rate him way above Thomas Frank but also never said anything about him becoming United manager.

Amad was pulled down with force with the defenders hand while Maguire pulled across the stomach back but the forward dived forward.

Both should be a peno or not.

It'll only get worse though. Andy Cole was saying why would he go down?

"Like I said OFF AIR why did he go down, because its easier to get a penalty 9/10 than it is to try and score" he slipped that in their dont know if anyone noticed.

Refs are pretty pointless tbh. No bottle for the hard decisions and listening too lads in their ear.

100%

With De Ligt and Martinez being unreliable and Maguire turning 34 next season, we could really do with another experienced PL proven defender. He's only on 50k a week at Bournemouth so wages shouldn't be a problem

I actually thought that the first two decisions were about right and about what I would expect. Cunha looked more like a penalty because he was dragged back and momentum halted.

Amad I thought it looked a bit soft and think he is so lacking in confidence in front of goal he just wanted to go down. Yes there's hands on him but not enough for me. And we all know it, right or wrong, regardless of teams involved you're probably not going to get a soft one having had a pen 5 minutes earlier.

What I'd like to know is why the ref runs over towards Amad on the ground and stares intently as if that's going to somehow help make a decision. What is he doing there?

The way it transpired that Bournemouth scored from it is what is enraging, but it happens.

I actually thought the Maguire one was the real con job. He doesn't drag him back or impede his momentum from what I can see. He puts out a flat arm and the lad takes a very clear dive. Maybe Maguire was going to drag him back but Evanilson dived before he had the chance.

I honestly don't think either of them should be penos but its **** ridiculous that you give one and not the other, either you give them bot or none at all. The officiating in the Prem is shockingly bad and it'll never change if the people making decisions aren't held accountable. Its not **** rocket science either, its a foul or not a foul, handball or not handball etc rules cant be changing every match or in last nights case during the game.

Neither of the 2 were penalties, once he gave the Maguire peno he probably had to send hi off, last Sunday Van Dyk pulled Richardson back, though he got his shot away it was a stone walled peno, possible red card, VAR never looked at it

Mike Keegan

Article:

Manchester United are today set to make a formal complaint to refs’ body PGMO after they were controversially denied a second penalty in last night’s draw with Bournemouth.

Daily Mail Sport understands Old Trafford officials have been left furious at what they believe is ‘yet another VAR blunder’ which has cost their Champions League chasing side.

Amid extraordinary scenes, forward Amad Diallo appeared to be wrestled to the ground with no attempt to play the ball inside the area with the visitors leading 1-0.

Referee Stuart Attwell, who was positioned just yards away, waved play on and from the resulting passage Bournemouth levelled through Ryan Christie. A subsequent VAR check then failed to overturn what may well have been a two-goal swing.

To rub further salt into the wounds, after United had retaken the lead Harry Maguire was sent off for a foul on Evanilson, before Junior Kroupi tucked away the resulting penalty to level. The view within United is that Maguire’s foul was similar to that committed by Bournemouth’s Adrien Truffert on Diallo, which went unpunished.

Senior officials at Old Trafford believe the foul on Amad was a clear one and that, had the penalty been given, the likelihood was that Bruno Fernandes would have scored from the spot for the second time to give Michael Carrick’s men a 2-0 lead midway through the second-half.

Instead, within a minute the scores were level.

As Daily Mail Sport has previously reported, United have already made representations to PGMO boss Howard Webb following what they see as ‘numerous errors’ which have cost them valuable points. They include the failure to send off Brentford’s Nathan Collins for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity (the offence for which Maguire saw red at the Vitality Stadium), the failure to award them a penalty at Wolves and the disallowing of a goal by Lisandro Martinez in a 2-2 draw at Burnley they felt should have been allowed to stand. Attwell was again the referee at Turf Moor.

Following the game caretaker manager Michael Carrick spoke of his astonishment at what had unfolded. ‘For him (Atwell) to give one penalty and not the other… I find it crazy,’ he said. ‘I cannot understand it. Mental. It’s astonishing. One of them must be wrong.

‘A big opportunity to go 2-0 up and we get one penalty and not the other. It's exactly the same thing really - a two-handed grab. He's got one wrong so, I don't know which one but he doesn't give us the second one.’

Carrick’s view is shared by those above him at United who are fully behind their manager.

It is understood that Jason Wilcox, United’s director of football, plans to raise the matter with Webb later today in a formal capacity.

United will also now be without Maguire for their clash with Roses rivals Leeds United.

In addition, with the score at 2-2 and the 10-men visitors attempting to see the game out for a point commentators expressed surprise when nine minutes were added on.

United are also likely to ask for an explanation of where those nine minutes came from.

PGMO have been contacted for comment.

The draw leaves third-placed United looking over the shoulders at the chasing pack of Liverpool, Aston Villa and Chelsea. Villa can close the gap to a single point with victory over West Ham tomorrow.

Welbeck doing us a couple of big favours against them lot today.

Yup, having the one actual proper number 9 is coming back to bite us yet again. If Welbeck was willing to come back and finish his career at United it's a no brainer if he's on a free and allows you to spend extra funds on another position that's also badly needed.

Well played agent Welbeck

Now I'm even more annoyed!!

this result is great opportunity to be less angry

True but we should be further ahead, the general thread might cheer me up 😬

I thought Brighton took up an option to extend Welbeck a few weeks ago?