27 Sep 2025 15:16:06
Not just RA at fault here, to spend all the budget on 3up front, with midfield being such a weakness was madness. We have plenty of players who can play at 10 and still bought 2 more ahead of CDM. The total refusal of RA to change his system is frustrating and will cost him his job, he currently has olyers who can play 4-3-3or even 4-4-2 but refuses. When you play Maguire at CB because your afraid of Brentford long throw, l give up. Said it before the spine of any team is crucial. He had Maguire at CB, Bruno plying out of position in midfield and a you Sesko up top finding it difficult to link play, 5hink Zirkzee would do better at the moment to give awesome time to adjust. On a separate note, thought Bayindir was very good today, only for his saves it would have been 5. Michael Carrick as caretaker, but Nuno would be a good call unless he's already gone to the hammers.
27 Sep 2025 15:45:48
Carrick was a disaster at Boro.
27 Sep 2025 15:47:55
Redcon, do u think the board and owners have the level of belief in Amorim that they say they do? or are they simply hesitant to sack him as he was their appointment, and his failure reflects badly on them?
27 Sep 2025 17:10:41
Redcon let's be fair here last season what let us down the most was an inability to score.
Antony, Rashford, Sancho, Hojlund, Zirkzee, Garnacho, and Amad were the forward options.
Lets say we didn't buy Mbeumo, Cunha and Sesko and bought a couple of midfielders instead like you are suggesting, do you think those forward options would be banging goals in left right and centre now?
The problem is that we needed at least 1 keeper, a striker, a couple of creators, a couple of athletic and technically sound midfielders, and probably a fullback/ wingback. While some would also say we needed a CB this summer as well.
Now we got a keeper for 20m, a striker for 70m, two creators for 70m each. That's 240m spent, which I'm pretty sure is the most we've ever spent in a summer window, all on the backdrop of financial issues with the club that the new owners are trying to sort out.
Where were you expecting the extra 250m to come from for another couple of midfielders, a CB and a fullback/ wingback?
This was never going to be possible to rebuild the team in one window. Whoever we signed was going to leave gaps/ problems in other areas of the team.
Ultimately we signed two EPL players entering their peak years, and two younger high potential players who should be good enough now, but we won't really see the best from them for another 2-3 years.
How much do you really expect us to improve on where we were last season with just four additions?
27 Sep 2025 17:23:08
The problem presented to INEOS is more about the hows than the whats.
If, for example, they do decide that RA is not the solution, then how bad is the smell?
The sparkly magic carpet of 'Home-grown lad brings back success' needs to avoid heavy sidewinds, and his hand-picked motley crew are tasked with the navigating - how does the repeated shows of faith in RA impact the reverence of the INEOS regime?
We all know the media thrive on the 'Man Utd crisis' narrative and that porky animal has already been overfed, they are just waiting for the next big meal - how should we serve it?
27 Sep 2025 17:24:29
We’ve signed prem proven players Shappy who now wander around the pitch with the rest looking clueless.
That’s on the manager and coaching team.
27 Sep 2025 17:43:30
2toms, I'm not sure which games you've been watching but Cunha and Mbeumo have looked really good for us so far. Unfortunately football is a team sport and its about the 11 players and not the individual.
27 Sep 2025 18:05:18
That’s not correct, we did not need number 10s, we needed a proper experienced striker, we got number 10s already, Bruno in number 10 would have got more than Cunha and Mbuemo on his own… we needed midfielder and decent experienced CB
So 100 mil striker 80-90 million on midfielder 40-50 on CB could have still spent 20 on a keeper no one seen yet btw….
But that’s all ifs and buts and maybes, you could give RA a whole team and he would still not win the league probably even struggle for top 4 his in game management is disastrous, he does same thing over and over. He is very naive and so far out his depth, but appears to be unwilling to learn from so many mistakes.
What player has he improved in virtually a year?
Playing this way with such a lack of pace at the back and midfield with 2 poor wing backs will never work in this league….
But it’s ok let’s give him another 3/ 4 windows if we not relegated by then!
Be honest with yourself under 30% win rate is diabolical a year in and every player gone backwards.
Even in transition you need to pick up wins….
27 Sep 2025 19:09:14
German, you say we didn't need number 10's yet we created absolutely naff all last season.
We couldn't score in a brothel.
That would still be the problem this season if we didn't bring in Cunha and Mbeumo.
This is the best 11 we had when EtH was sacked: Onana, Dalot, MdL, Maguire, Shaw, Casemiro, Eriksen, Antony, Bruno, Rashford and Højlund.
How many of them needed replacing in your opinion?
Well we've replaced four of them with new signings.
It's a 2-3 year rebuild and we are in year one. Grow up and realise where we are and stop having a temper tantrum every time something doesn't go your way.
27 Sep 2025 19:35:01
I get that you are playing devils advocate here but Cunha has not been great as if yet, Mbeumo has looked good at times but this was Brentford today who lost Wissa, Mbeumo and Frank and could have scored five. The team need confidence and see a manager that looks defeated on the bench. He had week to plan for this game but it didn't look it. I think most PL managers will find a way to beat this team as they are currently set up.
27 Sep 2025 19:46:04
As much as I love Mbeumo, and it's obvious he's light years ahead of most of the options we already have, that second no.10 signing should have been a central midfielder. The Newcastle interest panicked them and they went for it.
If Amorim lasts long enough to see it I assume this is Fernandes' last season and a mid comes in, but until then, he has to be a no.10, or on the bench.
27 Sep 2025 22:30:19
Really good Shappy? Are you sure about that mate? Mbuemo is a good player, no doubt about that. Cunha could potentially be good for us but to say they have been really good when we languish in 14th on -4 goal difference is a bit of a stretch.