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And Gary Neville is loving it.
December 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
And Gary Neville is loving it.
The funny thing is the academy is currently full of extremely talented players, with more outstanding young players doing very well out on loan, like Amass and Vitek. I would say the youth policy at the club is in as good a place for the future as it has been in a very long time.
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The funny thing is the academy is currently full of extremely talented players, with more outstanding young players doing very well out on loan, like Amass and Vitek. I would say the youth policy at the club is in as good a place for the future as it has been in a very long time.
How are we terrible at chasing a game and breaking down a low block when we need a goal, but also terrible at controlling a game from a winning position? If we weren't scoring set piece goals we'd be back down around 15th. Again.
December 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
How are we terrible at chasing a game and breaking down a low block when we need a goal, but also terrible at controlling a game from a winning position? If we weren't scoring set piece goals we'd be back down around 15th. Again.
I'm rueing quite intensely here. What a team.
December 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I'm rueing quite intensely here. What a team.
You know we always rue the misses!
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
You know we always rue the misses!
Was it the defensive error they mentioned?
December 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Was it the defensive error they mentioned?
Hopefully not too serious so.
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hopefully not too serious so.
What was the injury to Sesko Kev?
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What was the injury to Sesko Kev?
I have an incredibly elaborate plan for eradicating time-wasting, but the easy bit is to put a board at the side of the pitch and have the 4th official add extra time during the game so everyone can see it accumulate.
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I have an incredibly elaborate plan for eradicating time-wasting, but the easy bit is to put a board at the side of the pitch and have the 4th official add extra time during the game so everyone can see it accumulate.
It's all about driving storylines. It's football as soap opera.
September 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It's all about driving storylines. It's football as soap opera.
Sky Sports had a convoluted list of stats negging United's victories too. Did you guys feed the same prompt into your LLMs? "You're a wannabe soap opera story editor hack. You'll be fired if you don't find stats for a tweet about how whatever Man United just did was the worst thing in the world."
September 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Sky Sports had a convoluted list of stats negging United's victories too. Did you guys feed the same prompt into your LLMs? "You're a wannabe soap opera story editor hack. You'll be fired if you don't find stats for a tweet about how whatever Man United just did was the worst thing in the world."
Think Amorim deserves credit for his tactical adjustment at half-time. Ugarte anchoring the midfield, with Amad (and then Mount) to the right of him and Bruno to the left, brought real solidity to the team. Not sure about taking Maguire off, set pieces and crosses were always going to be dangerous.
September 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Think Amorim deserves credit for his tactical adjustment at half-time. Ugarte anchoring the midfield, with Amad (and then Mount) to the right of him and Bruno to the left, brought real solidity to the team. Not sure about taking Maguire off, set pieces and crosses were always going to be dangerous.
I think he's been unsettled by the signing of Mbeumo. He must have seen himself as first choice in the left-sided ten position by the end of last season. Lots being asked of him tactically too, covering 3 positions. Definitely having a tough time of it, but he's got so much quality.
September 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I think he's been unsettled by the signing of Mbeumo. He must have seen himself as first choice in the left-sided ten position by the end of last season. Lots being asked of him tactically too, covering 3 positions. Definitely having a tough time of it, but he's got so much quality.
Second yellow cards should be checked by VAR. Not a fan of VAR, by any means, but surely if the ref sees that tackle again he'd overturn his decision. Casemiro has been so unlucky with referees in his time with united.
September 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Second yellow cards should be checked by VAR. Not a fan of VAR, by any means, but surely if the ref sees that tackle again he'd overturn his decision. Casemiro has been so unlucky with referees in his time with united.
Robbed today to be fair.
September 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Robbed today to be fair.
I don't know, I reckon if one of these teams was Man United, Gary Neville would have found seventeen different ways to complain about the lack of quality on display.
August 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I don't know, I reckon if one of these teams was Man United, Gary Neville would have found seventeen different ways to complain about the lack of quality on display.
I don't usually watch Sky coverage of football outside of live matches, but Sky Sports News had pundits talking after the win today, claimed (lied) that Amorim said he hated his job, described him as "cowering" in the dugout and described Bruno celebrating today as "embarrassing". Incredible stuff.
August 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I don't usually watch Sky coverage of football outside of live matches, but Sky Sports News had pundits talking after the win today, claimed (lied) that Amorim said he hated his job, described him as "cowering" in the dugout and described Bruno celebrating today as "embarrassing". Incredible stuff.
Not a goalkeeping error but keep going.
August 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Not a goalkeeping error but keep going.
Do those who work down the football content mines ever worry about what will happen to their industry if Man United don't manage to overcome the damage inflicted on the club by the Glazers? If this "story" is anything to go by, it might be time to check on the canary.
August 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Do those who work down the football content mines ever worry about what will happen to their industry if Man United don't manage to overcome the damage inflicted on the club by the Glazers? If this "story" is anything to go by, it might be time to check on the canary.
Cunha controls the ball, Saliba kicks Cunha, should have been a penalty, what can you do?
August 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Cunha controls the ball, Saliba kicks Cunha, should have been a penalty, what can you do?
It's not remotely like that though. It's a clear foul, Cunha gets to the ball first, Saliba is late and kicks through the back of him. It's not really that complicated.
August 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It's not remotely like that though. It's a clear foul, Cunha gets to the ball first, Saliba is late and kicks through the back of him. It's not really that complicated.
United do have clear issues that need addressing, they have done for years. INEOS have started addressing them, and encouragingly that's how United were able to dominate the game yesterday. A result would have been great (and deserved) but the performance is all you can control, and it was good.
August 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
United do have clear issues that need addressing, they have done for years. INEOS have started addressing them, and encouragingly that's how United were able to dominate the game yesterday. A result would have been great (and deserved) but the performance is all you can control, and it was good.
Saliba kicks Cunha's feet out from under him, it's a clear foul, much more obvious than the obstruction on Bayindir. You don't get what you deserve in football, you get what you take, but United deserved more yesterday.
August 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Saliba kicks Cunha's feet out from under him, it's a clear foul, much more obvious than the obstruction on Bayindir. You don't get what you deserve in football, you get what you take, but United deserved more yesterday.