October football: The Sack Race

[randomlegend]

He went for £45m with potential £5m in bonuses.

[randomlegend]

That Tielemans goal is absolute filth.

[Waffdon]

He is ridiculously good, I couldn't believe it when Walker-Petera was dropped for the first game of the season but it was the correct decision. He's comfortably our best player.

Just need to hope Reece James keeps cracking on so we hopefully get a couple of seasons out of him.

He has a 30 million buy back clause, he's probably already worth double that.

We just need to find a way to keep Walker-Peters happy as the last thing we want if both of them leaving and being short in a key position

If Tuchel is still there I wouldn’t be surprised if they played James as the right centre half with Livramento in front of him. England’s choice of right backs must be the best pool of players for a position ever.

[Andy]

£60m? He looks decent, but come on.

I don't have a clue about transfer fees these days. Maybe 60m is pushing it. We got 30m for Luke Shaw 7 or 8 years ago, Livramento is better and younger.

It's moot point though with the buyback fee. They will buy him back in the summer I'm sure.

[Waffdon]

I don’t think it kicks in until 2023

[Waffdon]

No Matip or Mane is an odd one. I’m presuming Fabinho must be injured. The midfield for both teams is a bit tragic. All them big signings and you have Fred, Milner, Keita and McTominay playing.

[Gray Fox]

Matip struggles with playing many games in a row. Think Ledley King, if Ledley King was actually a great player.

Mane is likely rotation but Fabs being out is a killer.

[Waffdon]

Should have been left for todays game then if he can’t play 3 games in a week.

Rashford to score a few and Alexander Arnold to have a mare

[Giggles]

Aren’t these nearly always 1-1 no matter how shit one of them is?

[Gray Fox]

Well the usual Ole tactic is to play 9 men behind the ball but with Greenwood/Rashford playing into that gap behind the advancing fullback.

How that now works with Ronaldo and Fernandes there too is unknown.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm on the bin dippers for this. Don't care who is missing.

[Ian]

Aren’t these nearly always 1-1 no matter how shit one of them is?

They're almost always shit games, that's for sure. The most overrated fixture in English football.

[mo]

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Dangerous lunatic.

[Kikó]

We're getting pumped today.

[Yevrah]

This has shit draw written all over it.

[Boydy]

Souness: "James Milner, you know what to expect from him. Guaranteed to get booked today." :D

[Waffdon]

4-2 Man Utd. Have faith

It’s funny how mad Souness gets football Twitter in the huff. As if he isn’t the best player/manager out there as a pundit. Would also smash Roy Keane blindfolded

[Don]

No Matip and Fab no party. We're still the better team obvs so MON.

[Giggles]

4-2 Man Utd. Have faith

It’s funny how mad Souness gets football Twitter in the huff. As if he isn’t the best player/manager out there as a pundit. Would also smash Roy Keane blindfolded

Nobody can touch him. Legend.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We're going to get fucked.

[Waffdon]

That defending.

I hope this isn’t the end of Ole :(

[Lewis]

Decent couple of minutes that. Gary Neville will be blaming Ronaldo for not pressing there.

[Yevrah]

It would be nice to see a big team treat this Man Utd side with the respect they deserve and absolutely ruin them.

[Waffdon]

That Liverpool kit is stunning

[Lewis]

All four defenders were somehow out of position for that goal. Why?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What the fuck are we doing?

[Boydy]

:drool:

[Yevrah]

That is one of the worst goals I've ever seen Man Utd concede.

[Waffdon]

Harry Maguire is some laugh

[Spikey M]

That Liverpool kit is stunning

Meanwhile Uniteh came trotting out in a shit pubs carpet.

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[Jimmy Floyd]

Defend, defend, defend-defend-defend

I put £105 on Liverpool to win this at 11/8 (not aftertiming as I said so above) and now wish it had been £10,005.

[Lewis]

Harry Maguire is some laugh

If Luke Shaw doesn't hesitate for five seconds and fail to clear it Maguire doesn't get involved.

[Raoul Duke]

All four defenders were somehow out of position for that goal. Why?

One can only Guess at why our Backline is a shambles...

[phonics]

Feels like the old Arsenal games where any big 6 match risked a 4-0 pumping by half time.

Get the early chance. Blow it. Get destroyed for reminding them you could be dangerous.

[Yevrah]

This is odd, as there's a certain level of respect you get being Man Utd that should mean these things don't happen.

If that's gone, they are truly fucked.

[phonics]

What is ogb?

[Lewis]

This is odd, as there's a certain level of respect you get being Man Utd that should mean these things don't happen.

If that's gone, they are truly fucked.

It went under David Moyes.

[Giggles]

What is ogb?

Binman.

[randomlegend]

Curtis Jones looks like a Chinese knock-off action figure of Marouane Fellaini.

[Giggles]

It would be nice to see a big team treat this Man Utd side with the respect they deserve and absolutely ruin them.

Today will be that day.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This is as good as I've seen Naby Keita be.

[Luke Emia]

This is as good as I've seen Naby Keita be.

He’s been decent this season so far. Due an injury any time soon.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Our defence is all over the place.

[Giggles]

He’s been decent this season so far. Due an injury any time soon.

Yeah things always go terrible for Liverpool :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

That was a nice move but jeez he was right in front of four of them for the finish.

[Ian]

Our defence is all over the place.

It's non existent is what it is.

[Yevrah]

This is David Moyes bad, perhaps worse. Don't even think Liverpool have been that good.

[Giggles]

Our defence is all over the place.

They play Harry Maguire on a regular basis. It can't be an surprise.

[Guybrush]

Yeah things always go terrible for Liverpool :D

Keita is extremely injury-prone.

[Lewis]

This is David Moyes bad, perhaps worse. Don't even think Liverpool have been that good.

Man-for-man these past few weeks have been worse than any of the post-2013 slop.

[Kikó]

It's pretty special how unbalanced this team is. Some best in the world ability in the attacking positive contrasted with mentally deficient, Sunday league standard players stood behind them.

[Boydy]

He should be off.

[Giggles]

You'd have to wonder if a manager change at this stage would fix how rotten it's got or if they're into another 2 or 3 year rebuild. They just seem to buy shite all the time.

[Waffdon]

It's pretty special how unbalanced this team is. Some best in the world ability in the attacking positive contrasted with mentally deficient, Sunday league standard players stood behind them.

Fernandes is pointless against any half decent team

[Boydy]

:lol:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This has been horrendous.

[Boydy]

Should be aiming to match Chelsea's score yesterday here. Get the goal difference up.

[Yevrah]

This is genuinely like watching kids defend. Groups of players chasing the ball.

Liverpool will not have an easier game all season.

[Lewis]

Shaw out of position for all four. People bought into him. They did.

[phonics]

Feels like the old Arsenal games where any big 6 match risked a 4-0 pumping by half time.

Get the early chance. Blow it. Get destroyed for reminding them you could be dangerous.

Told you. I’ve seen this before.

[randomlegend]

If Ole has any self-respect he should acknowledge he's out of his depth and quit.

[Gray Fox]

Any reason United haven't played Fernandes?

[Yevrah]

Told you. I’ve seen this before.

If you think taking the early chance would have changed the outcome of this then, well. Man Utd's players simply can't cope with Liverpool's players moving.

[Yevrah]

Gary Neville's "Oh dear" for the 4th was really quite telling.

[Giggles]

If Ole has any self-respect he should acknowledge he's out of his depth and quit.

Would depend on how long is left on the deal.

[Gray Fox]

He just signed a new deal at the end of last season did he not?

[Yevrah]

He should just be sacked. It really is that simple.

[Smjffy]

Well, well, well.

Anyone who wrote us off before a ball was kicked now look a bit daft but I hope we really go for the jugular now. I thought we'd win today but in the manner we are is a surprise because we're usually pretty grim at OT.

We haven't even been that good. OGS is a goner.

[Shindig]

Bruce in. I'll keep saying it because it's on.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Well, well, well.

Anyone who wrote us off before a ball was kicked now look a bit daft but I hope we really go for the jugular now. I thought we'd win today but in the manner we are is a surprise because we're usually pretty grim at OT.

We haven't even been that good. OGS is a goner.
Who did?

[-james-]

Bruce in. I'll keep saying it because it's on.

Knows The Club :drool:

[niko_cee]

I think he means in terms of the league being a City/Chelsea cash off.

[Boydy]

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:D

Lol

[Lofty]

I think he means in terms of the league being a City/Chelsea cash off.

What does beating this United tribute act have to do with winning the league?

[Smjffy]

Who did?

Quite a few, even some of our own tbh after a quiet summer too but so far so good. I'm not saying we'll win the league but it's clearly going to be ourselves and City challenging, Chelsea will be a bit off in 3rd then 4th will be the standard everyone throwing it away until the last day etc.

In regards to Solksjaer, he's had time, he's had money, he's had countless opportunities and it's time for him to go but there is no quick fix for your lot. Must be tough viewing today but we threatened to spank you when we won 2-0 in our title winning season.

Hopefully a repeat in the second half. 7-1 is the record, apparently.

[Smjffy]

What does beating this United tribute act have to do with winning the league?

Easy six points?

[Waffdon]

Liverpool couldn’t even beat Brentford smh

[Giggles]

He just signed a new deal at the end of last season did he not?

Then why would he quit?

[Waffdon]

I really hope Liverpool try go for 8 or 9 here. Salah is the best player to ever play in this league I think

[phonics]

If you think taking the early chance would have changed the outcome of this then, well. Man Utd's players simply can't cope with Liverpool's players moving.

Didn’t say that. What it does is annoy the tram better than you that you have the temerity to try and beat them so they try harder.

[Gray Fox]

I really hope Liverpool try go for 8 or 9 here. Salah is the best player to ever play in this league I think

Better than Henry?

He's the standard for me. He's really close to that level though.

[Waffdon]

I think so but that’s probably deemed an absurd opinion to some folk.

[Lewis]

Shaw out of position for all four. People bought into him. They did.

Five. Jose was Right.

[Dark Soldier]

Ole just needs more time, still working out the system.

[-james-]

That's surely a red?

[Lofty]

For everyone who can string three passes and an offside trap together.

Edit: Smiffy

[Adramelch]

Ole just needs more time, still working out the system.

Not his fault, Liverpool are just abusing a buggy match engine.

[Dark Soldier]

Not his fault, Liverpool are just abusing a buggy match engine.

hahaha

[Offshore Toon]

Ole has finished 3rd and 2nd in the last two seasons. What more do you want? :cab:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Liverpool should go all out for 8 or 9 here. A great chance to end them as a serious club for a while.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That one is definitely a red.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's a red.

[Giggles]

The biggest waste of space of the lot.

[Lofty]

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[Gray Fox]

Will Neville finally turn on Ole.

[Luke Emia]

He’s been decent this season so far. Due an injury any time soon.

There you go

[Waffdon]

Poor Keita can’t catch a break. Liverpool love all their players in the same position getting injured

[Manc]

Naby. :(

[Giggles]

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[Gray Fox]

Hopefully just a bone bruise or something

[Yevrah]

Will Neville finally turn on Ole.

If he has any sense of professional integrity, he simply has to.

[Kikó]

I'd absolutely love if pogba was off to real Madrid.

[Giggles]

I'd absolutely love if pogba was off to real Madrid.

He should have been gone long before now. Absolute nothing of a player.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Kanté has carried him to all his notable career achievements (he's not alone there, mind).

[Waffdon]

Not the World Cup final to be fair

[Manc]

This has become immensely dull.

[Luke Emia]

This has become immensely dull.
It has but it’s still fucking beautiful.

[Lewis]

Big up the United fans only hanging around to boo them off.

[randomlegend]

Lewis I think we might not win the league.

[Manc]

Slightly concerned with the midfield situation. What's the latest on Fabinho & Thiago?

[Giggles]

Why did Liverpool back off so much? There was double figures in this.

[Offshore Toon]

Was the Ronaldo v Liverpool thing in all competitions?

[Lewis]

Lewis I think we might not win the league.

Your fault. Me and Webly and Mahow wanted him gone last season.

[randomlegend]

Was the Ronaldo v Liverpool thing in all competitions?

IDK, I tried to confirm with him but he ignored me.

[randomlegend]

Your fault. Me and Webly and Mahow wanted him gone last season.

I don't think I have that much sway over what United do, tbf.

[phonics]

Man United on the same amount of points as relegation candidates Arsenal and Juventus.

[Manc]

United fans applauding Ole. :harold:

[Waffdon]

Imagine staying until the end and not even booing or causing a scene. A tourist club.

[Boydy]

Disappointing tbh, could have been double figures.

[randomlegend]

Man United on the same amount of points as relegation candidates Arsenal and Juventus.

Nobody's denying we're absolute shit, so what's your point? That Juve are also shit? Yes, I know.

[Smjffy]

Nice three points, shame we didn't really turn the screw but 1-0, 5-0, 10-0, a win is a win.

Another rebuild coming for United?

[Don]

Calm down, mate.

[phonics]

Whoever the host is tried to make a Shankly Klopp comparison and got really annoyed that Gerard Houllier was also in his stat.

[Offshore Toon]

IDK, I tried to confirm with him but he ignored me.
Didn't he say it was up to you?

[Mike]

What a great day.

[Smjffy]

What's this Paul Scholes sucking on his daughters toes business all about?

:D

https://twitter.com/_Shaquille_/status/1452179802035822602?s=20

Ming.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What's this Paul Scholes sucking on his daughters toes business all about?

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[Lewis]

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:lol:

[randomlegend]

Didn't he say it was up to you?

Maybe I missed his reply then?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Are you chickening out of the bet?

[Dquincy]

What a game. :D I'm just here for the comments. :drool:

#olein

https://c.tenor.com/NV9IjYQzeMUAAAAd/funny-ole-at-the-wheel.gif

[John Arne]

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[randomlegend]

Are you chickening out of the bet?

Obviously not.

[Kikó]

Anyone seen this Scholes thing

[randomlegend]

Who is "Scholes"?

[Shindig]

It's a group of fisch.

[Lewis]

There must be an innocent if weird explanation for the Scholes thing (although why would you post it?), but there he is noncing all over her other pictures the weird little freak.

[Waffdon]

‘I’m only here because I need to be’

What a club captain.

[Lewis]

Gary Neville blaming the players what a cretin.

[Lewis]

He thinks these performances have only emerged this season. What?

[Giggles]

Was Scholes a good enough player to get away with public paedoing?

[Spikey M]

Nobody's denying we're absolute shit, so what's your point? That Juve are also shit? Yes, I know.

:happycry:

Can we get an update Spreadsheet please James?

[7om]

I thoroughly enjoyed that. Don’t particularly hate United or anything, I just love a shambles.

[Giggles]

Did Neville go anything other than the usual licking of Solskjaers balls after?

[Smjffy]

Roy Keane's reaction would have been better than the match itself. :D

[Ian]

I'd have taken 10-0 if it would have hastened Ole's demise.

The players need to be held accountable too but I'm certain a competent manager would be getting a lot more out of the same squad.

[Adramelch]

Watching Bayern's highlights from yesterday and that ball by Upamecano for Coman's goal is pure filth.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Solskjaer said the loss is his "darkest day" as manager but will carry on.

"We know we are rock bottom, we can't feel any worse than this. Let's see where we take it," he told Sky Sports.

"I have come too far, we have come too far as a group. We are too close to give up now."

...

[Shindig]

Close to what? Herd immunity?

[Ian]

Too close to a cushy payoff for him to resign now.

[Smjffy]

Caption time.

https://i.imgur.com/39I8Sqf.png

[Kikó]

Ole Gunnar solskjear answers questions after embarrassing loss.

Do I win?

[niko_cee]

It's a substantial sum.

[Shindig]

"Steve Bruce was a great captain but he doesn't know the club like I do."

[Smjffy]

Ole Gunnar solskjear answers questions after embarrassing loss.

Do I win?

Try and be a bit more creative. You just McFred'd it.

[Dquincy]

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:D

Lol

[Ian]

:D

[Baz]

:jayjay:

Konate is gonna be streets ahead of van Dijk.

[randomlegend]

Oleout with Conte in cautiously doing the round this morning.

[Don]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/oct/25/antonio-conte-keen-on-manchester-united-job-as-players-doubt-solskjaer-capability-tactics

Those suggesting they ought to let Ole get through the tough run of fixtures first are so small-time :D Keane said it right, the entire squad is broken, a system manager like Conte would need to be backed by the sort of big decisions that I doubt they're in a position to take yet with the rapist still being a new arrival.

[Offshore Toon]

Those who think Conte wouldn't be a good fit are morons. The club are a joke right now so Conte turning everything upside down but bringing success would at the very least assure the appointment of a world class manager when he leaves and you may well get a trophy out of it.

[Yevrah]

Neville's "They've tried that with LvG and Mourinho and it didn't work" stance is ridiculous.

He's a good pundit, but he's embarrassing himself with his stance on the binman.

[Giggles]

Once you start looking after your mates then all credibility is gone.

[Mike]

Still grinning over yesterday. I hope they keep Ole for years.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm not a Man U expert but from the outside, the decision to sign Ronaldo, more or less on a whim, looks to have been a really poor one which has upset whatever they had going, or had planned, between the young front players.

[Don]

They laughed at us for suggesting it a mere 2 months ago :*) Anyways, Rashford and Sancho being retrained to become fullbacks will sort it.

[Yevrah]

A competent manager would have got it to work.

[Don]

Ronaldo's 50 and Pogba is on the way, how you cut the buck-toothed gyppo is the real question.

[Lewis]

Ronaldo is the least of United's problems.

[Waffdon]

I love him but he’s definitely an issue.

[Spikey M]

Ronaldo is the least of United's problems.

Buying him was a clear indication of what the problem is though.

[Manc]

"We've come too far". I'll remember that for when I'm next on the ropes in a performance review.

[-james-]

He's gone.

[Giggles]

He's gone.

How did you close your own thread?

[Jimmy Floyd]

They need someone to organise a defence, first and foremost. Bruce until the end of the season genuinely wouldn't be the worst idea, and would give them time to sort out a proper appointment for the summer e.g. Poch or whoever might be available.

[Gray Fox]

He just needs more time.

[Yevrah]

They need someone to organise a defence, first and foremost. Bruce until the end of the season genuinely wouldn't be the worst idea, and would give them time to sort out a proper appointment for the summer e.g. Poch or whoever might be available.

I'm sure Kik's and SvN would welcome that. He has managed 1,000 games after all.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The other problem they have is that unlike say Chelsea, the job is just too big for almost any manager. You go in there as a young upstart and you're dwarfed by all their bullshit iconography, theatre of dreams, Matt Busby, biggest club in the world etc, not to mention the presence of the Glazer money-stripping machine. Solskjaer has only lasted this long because he's just Old Trafford wallpaper with a heartbeat. You have to be a big old fish like van Gaal or Mourinho to stand a chance, and even they couldn't get it done.

[Kikó]

I'm sure Kik's and SvN would welcome that. He has managed 1,000 games after all.

Must be amazing being this thick.

[Yevrah]

Must be amazing being this thick.

You were the one with the outstanding logic of him not being a bad manager, "because you can't be if you've managed 1,000 games".

[Kikó]

Someone who has managed a team at the top level of the game 1000 times is obviously not a bad manager. You're doing the usual "everything is easy because I understand a little about it" stick again.

[Offshore Toon]

They need someone to organise a defence, first and foremost. Bruce until the end of the season genuinely wouldn't be the worst idea, and would give them time to sort out a proper appointment for the summer e.g. Poch or whoever might be available.
You're not implying that Bruce could organise a defence, are you?

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's been organising defences for 20 years, whether your cult likes it or not.

[Yevrah]

Someone who has managed a team at the top level of the game 1000 times is obviously not a bad manager.

Was Maggie Thatcher a bad Prime Minister? She did it for 11 years, so I'm guessing not.

[Manc]

What's Laurent Blanc up to these days?

[Yevrah]

What's Laurent Blanc up to these days?

Managing in Qatar, absolutely not for the money.

[Giggles]

Get Stevie G down to really confuse things.

[Kikó]

Was Maggie Thatcher a bad Prime Minister? She did it for 11 years, so I'm guessing not.

Lol what?

[Yevrah]

Lol what?

It's your ridiculous position, not mine.

[Kikó]

Him being a good manager doesn't mean I think he should manage United. You're lost in your own black and white world as usual.

[Yevrah]

Him being a good manager doesn't mean I think he should manage United. You're lost in your own black and white world as usual.

So he's a good manager, but you don't even want him in on an interim basis until the end of the season? Hmmmm.

[SvN]

Oh, so we're doing the "everyone is either the best in the world or dogshit and needs to be murdered" thing again.

[Kikó]

I think Chris Hughton is a good manager but I don't want him to manage United.

[Adramelch]

I mean, he can be a good manager for relegation fodder, that doesn't mean he'd be a good manager for United.

[Ian]

Two flavours of manager:
- joint-equal best ever
- joint-equal worst ever.

You'd think hiring one would be easier. Stupid football clubs. :nono:

[Offshore Toon]

He's been organising defences for 20 years, whether your cult likes it or not.
And this is his most recent and relevant work:

https://e0.365dm.com/21/10/2048x1152/skysports-bruce-steve-newcastle_5545543.png?20211013180758

[Yevrah]

Oh, so we're doing the "everyone is either the best in the world or dogshit and needs to be murdered" thing again.

Sigh. :yawn:

[Yevrah]

I do have to hand it to Bruce in one respect, he has done an amazing job on the PR side of things.

He's done well a couple of times, but has shafted/left in the lurch numerous clubs he's been at. Despite this he gets constant support from his Man Utd and media cheerleaders for what a "great bloke" he is and he gets away with painting himself as the wronged party at Newcastle, despite making public digs at the former manager and players and trousering £8m on his exit.

It's quite brilliant really. If Sven fancies a return to management ever I'm sure he'll be asking for tips.

[Boydy]

Is he actually gone?

[Yevrah]

No, Gary Neville's glued himself to the carpet outside the Old Trafford boardroom.

[Offshore Toon]

Naturally I was curious as to how Rafa's Newcastle side were defensively, and it turns out Bruce took over the 7th best defence in the league and turned it into the worst.

[Pepe]

Thatcher would sort that lot in a heartbeat. Get her in.

[Yevrah]

Naturally I was curious as to how Rafa's Newcastle side were defensively, and it turns out Bruce took over the 7th best defence in the league and turned it into the worst.

None of these things matter when you've managed 1,000 games.

[Gray Fox]

Is there a current equivalent of "give it Giggsy til the end of the season?"

[Spikey M]

Ronaldo player-manager.

[Lewis]

I love him but he’s definitely an issue.

United have two ways of playing: on the counter against the good teams (Ronaldo is hardly a worse option here than Martial [doesn't run] or Rashford [doesn't think]), and being a rabble that waits for Bruno Fernandes to do something against everybody else. They have never looked organised at any point, and haven't beaten a side with PRESSING since those first few months where they tired themselves out by February, so this stuff about changing the way they play to accommodate him is well off, and I think a lot of it is cover for not noticing how disorganised and shit they have always been.

[Giggles]

Is there a current equivalent of "give it Giggsy til the end of the season?"

They’re currently coming to the end of one of those that’s just went on too long.

[Lewis]

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What?

[Giggles]

That’s some hole he’s digging there.

[Adramelch]

Would getting Sheringham in appease Neville then?

[Yevrah]

Fair play to him - it's one thing to defend OGS in one of the most nonsensical ways going, but to work in the way fans are disagreeing with him as being Boris' fault is almost poetic.

[Lewis]

Next time he says 'I've never called for a manager to be sacked', somebody should ask him whether he would still have David Moyes in the job. I don't think he even realises that is what he's saying.

[Max Power]

Next time he says 'I've never called for a manager to be sacked', somebody should ask him whether he would still have David Moyes in the job. I don't think he even realises that is what he's saying.
He said on sky he never called for Big Ron to be sacked when he was a kid. Wonder how they’d be if he was still in charge to this date, Pogba probably not in the team.

[phonics]

Really not understanding Yevs point. If Steve Bruce doesn’t count as a ‘good’ manager, then are there only about 10-12 managers in world football that we can say are good?

[Giggles]

It’s 2021. Every single thing has to be best ever or worst ever.

[Lewis]

He said on sky he never called for Big Ron to be sacked when he was a kid. Wonder how they’d be if he was still in charge to this date, Pogba probably not in the team.

In the team, but encouraged to track back.

[Offshore Toon]

A 'good' manager doesn't undo his predecessor's work whilst spending over £100m.

[Gray Fox]

Does Big Sam have one last big job in him?

[niko_cee]

And this is his most recent and relevant work:

https://e0.365dm.com/21/10/2048x1152/skysports-bruce-steve-newcastle_5545543.png?20211013180758

Aren't United's defensive stats actually worse than those?

Step up.

No idea how you link to this image (https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/qf3v1y/manchester_united_defensive_stats_this_season/)


Really not understanding Yevs point. If Steve Bruce doesn’t count as a ‘good’ manager, then are there only about 10-12 managers in world football that we can say are good?

I think his point is more that there are managers who get themselves on the old merry-go-round and manage to milk it forever with very little actual substance to show for it and that in those circumstances longevity isn't necessarily laudable in a footballing sense, which I sort of agree with. In a way Bruce is one of those, but, at the same time, I think he did a pretty decent job at Newcastle, to the extent that he can be credited with where they ended up in the league in his two full seasons [was it]?

Doesn't mean I'd want him at United [of course I want him at United if Ole has to go].

[Shindig]

I wouldn't really hold the clean sheets against him when we had to play Freddie Woodman for the first four. Unfortunately, we do seem to have collapses engrained in us. United under Ole have made hard work of games by shipping goals early.

I can't see Bruce playing 5 at the back for United. If he did, he'd at least have the personnel to do it instead of sticking Ritchie out there. I'd only see it on an interim basis but then that got Ole the job with his Pardewesque form feast.

[Spikey M]

That’s some hole he’s digging there.

Pile of dirt. (Or hill to die on if you wish).

[Shindig]

'Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's CV was managing Molde and managing Cardiff and he gets the biggest job in world football on the basis of that.'

14 wins in 19, Graeme.

[Bam]

Souness is posting on here! :eek:

[Shindig]

He's Wedge.

[Gray Fox]

The bigger story is Souness is not talking about Pogba.

[Kikó]

I wouldn't really hold the clean sheets against him when we had to play Freddie Woodman for the first four. Unfortunately, we do seem to have collapses engrained in us. United under Ole have made hard work of games by shipping goals early.

I can't see Bruce playing 5 at the back for United. If he did, he'd at least have the personnel to do it instead of sticking Ritchie out there. I'd only see it on an interim basis but then that got Ole the job with his Pardewesque form feast.

Nearly had a stroke listening to this.

I mean wank.

[Giggles]

The bigger story is Souness is not talking about Pogba.

He should be the focus of a lot of it too, amongst others. Parasites.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://i.imgur.com/I4O2Trb.png

Ronny's at the wheel :drool:

[Lewis]

Ronny's at the wheel
Tell me how good does it feel
When you wake up confused in his bed
'Cause he didn't back off when you said

[Lewis]

CHEEKY tenner on Arsene Wenger for me.

[Ian]

If Erik ten Hag was the coaching equivalent of van de Beek I assume we'd hire him as the first team manager then have him putting out cones for the U18s.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If Erik ten Hag appeared in my dreams with an 'EtH' tracksuit top and told me we are going to play four three fucking three, I still wouldn't know who he was.

[Ian]

There's no chance United hire him anyway, he won't be expensive/obvious/binman-y enough.

[Kikó]

Surely Rooney should be a sure fire thing? All in.

[randomlegend]

Ten Hag has said he won't leave Ajax before the end of the season I believe.

[Ian]

Surely Rooney should be a sure fire thing? All in.

Rooney / Giggs / Ronaldo triumvirate.

The Misogynist Binman Collective.

[Lofty]

Ole is also a candidate for that by all accounts.

[Kikó]

Rooney / Giggs / Ronaldo triumvirate.

The Misogynist Binman Collective.

Surely we need Tevez in there instead of Giggs? Owen Hargreaves as fitness coach.

[igor_balis]

Rooney / Giggs / Ronaldo triumvirate.

The Misogynist Binman Collective.

Ted's atomic dustbin tribute act name deemed "ill-judged"

[Ian]

Ole is also a candidate for that by all accounts.

Oh, really? Perhaps not a huge surprise given he's in favour of starving the kids for on-field misdemeanours.

[Dquincy]

1452661113577955328

Lols

[Pepe]

Every player to snort coke at the ten minute mark to honour Diego.

[randomlegend]

Ferguson apparently wants Ole to stay on and it looks like he's going to be in charge at least til after Saturday, quite possibly til the international break.

The Italian journalists are really pushing the idea he'll be sacked ASAP with Conte to come in. Makes me wonder if Conte is more keen on Utd than Utd are on him.

Having said all that, the British press are always briefed that the manager is staying right up until they are actually sacked so who knows.

[Lewis]

Ferguson could have been the manager all these years. He's at every game and function, sticking his nose into things. He should be banned from the stadium.

[Ian]

Well Ferguson's previous managerial selection was a winner so we should definitely do whatever he says.

[Yevrah]

I'm with Lewis. Pandering to former greats is a bad way to go.

[Ian]

If his policy is just to go with whoever did a thing that positively impacted his career then maybe the groundsman for the 2008 final is next.

Or Mark Robins. 4th in the Championship. :nodd:

[Don]

Conte's agent is driving the rumours and his sister-in-law is actually a columnist at The Independent which is a big help. Utd directors held a meeting with Ole at an undisclosed Costa late last night and it seems like he might take charge of the Spurs game but Pellistri has been leaking the dressing room discontent to the media after him and Cavani's late night FIFA games.

[Kikó]

:D x

[randomlegend]

Conte's agent is driving the rumours and his sister-in-law is actually a columnist at The Independent which is a big help. Utd directors held a meeting with Ole at an undisclosed Costa late last night and it seems like he might take charge of the Spurs game but Pellistri has been leaking the dressing room discontent to the media after him and Cavani's late night FIFA games.

Barely read any different to one of your normal posts.