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Bloody hell Utd are awful.
Fair play to De Gea for coming out for an interview afterwards and holding his hands up.
Bloody hell Utd are awful.
Fair play to De Gea for coming out for an interview afterwards and holding his hands up.
Why couldn't he do that in the match?
His post-match rant is all about deflection, and heap the pressure on the owners (he knows 90% of the fanbase will follow suit), this removes the focus on the manager and players. Perhaps it also takes the heat off of him following his pre-match waffle where he was praising ETH approach to the game expecting "total football"!!!!
He's one of the most powerful voices in football today, I actually like his commentary on most things, however what I can't stand is him using his voice to the advancement of his team. I will never let him off the constant public tapping up of Poch whilst he was our manager. The effect is to destabilize us and it happens unchallenged, no one called him out on it, he did literally what he wants.
Levy a billion times better than the Glazers. He’s actually invested in the infrastructure of the club and trophy’s or not ( which are a bit of a toss up ) we’ve come a long way in 20 years.
In contrast, Man Utd by all accounts have a rotting stadium, dilapidated training facilities and a terrible sports science and scouting department. All of which, underpins the value of the club and the performance of their players.
They spend money on players to try and appease the fans - but unlike levy they don’t invest in the fundamentals that support their likelihood to succeed.
We’ve made some big mistakes, but we’ve gone about it the right way at least.
More than he did for the goals!
But this shows how fucked United are. If they have a decent DoF (Rangnick, Campos etc) and a scouting network they would be able to identify players who can fit Ten Hag’s system but also be suitable for the Prem. It shouldn’t really be the job of the manager to buy and sell players.
I mean even Klopp wanted a player from the German league for his scouts to tell him to get Salah instead. Until United have a DoF, scouts and a manager all in sync with a clear vision they will amble from one fuck up to the next.
Modern football requires not just elite managers but elite DoF’s, scouts, medical teams etc and United just look like they are stuck in the 90’s. United got so accustomed to Fergie being good at everything than when he left rather than accept a new modern set-up they seem to want to find a new Fergie which ain’t gonna happen.
Liverpool scouts ensured Jurgen Klopp signed Mohamed Salah
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He was 5'9 on the last page - is he shrinking?
Wasn't ETH the manager who lost a 3-0 lead against us through hoofball to Llorente? Hail Marys from Sissoko?
Dyche, Allardyce, Pulis - they'd be licking their lips at the thought of playing this lot
Dyche, Allardyce, Pulis - they'd be licking their lips at the thought of playing this lot
I am torn on this. I like to think that he is smart enough to not take it after his PSG stint.
But he is also enough of a mentalist to think that he could fix it.
Yep
That's a big issue for them - nearly every team in the PL has big / physical players, and United's frailties are so obvious.
United would be a disaster. He would say I want XYZ gone and ABC to come in and United would do something completely different. Their lack of a good DoF and scouts would also leave him bare and hung out to dry.
PSG is a joke club but at least you get a title and a few cups on your CV. United is much worse, even someone as good as Klopp would be on the end of a hiding.
Its a shame we are not playing this rabble for a couple of months. Son/Kane could win the golden boot in one game
Alex Ferguson is the main problem with United they’re fucked with out him.