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14 Apr 2026 13:03:49
Really missed Mainoo last night, no one in the team can come close in midfield when it comes to technical quality or composure in tight spaces. No one, even Bruno, was able to receive the ball with pressure from behind.
As a club, we really under-appreciate the technical aspect of the game and glorify the marathon running shin kickers (Gallacher/Ugarte).
Needs to be addressed in the summer even if it takes most of our budget. Midfielders have to be able to receive the ball and pick a pass.
14 Apr 2026 15:18:05
Not once was a Leeds midfielder pulled out of position. Mainoo is great at that.
14 Apr 2026 16:14:48
You play your best games when you're not there.
14 Apr 2026 07:55:50
We were back to RA stuff last night all over the place at the back, running through us with ease. Yoro was bullied, he needs to bulk up in the summer. Think last few games have shown Carrick is not the man going forward, poor, slow decision making last night. I think Licha is not the same player since his injury last season, his sending off was terrible from him.
I can't understand not bringing on Heaven even when Licha was sent off, instead of Ugarte playing CB. I'm really worried again now about top four, last was a great opportunity to cement it.
14 Apr 2026 10:05:38
Not making changes at half time was a cause for concern.
14 Apr 2026 11:20:36
REDCON1, I said exactly the same thing about Heaven. I think he's a better center back than Yoro. Every time I see Yoro, he's getting bullied, and he looks like he's always panicking when he's on the ball. Heaven is a lot more composed, and a lot stronger than Yoro, but for some reason Carrick prefers Yoro.
I'm not a massive Dalot fan, but I couldn't understand Carrick throwing Mazroui in when Dalot has played all season.
Mazroui had a stinker of a game.
Playing Ugarte completely exposed Casemiro. Both of them have absolutely no pace, and were unable to get around the pitch. We had a constant gaping hole in the central midfield area.
I would have played Bruno in midfield just for this game, and brought in Mbeumo.
All in all a p*ss poor performance by the whole team.
Certainly wasn't worth that 3-week wait.
14 Apr 2026 06:57:12
Simply, Michael Carrick was a coward last night. He set us up using Steve Holland “Southgate” tactics, slow slow slow don’t lose the ball, at home against a lively relegation candidate. Shocking! Team selection negative with Ugarte, lack of drive after a supposed important camp in Ireland. Then Carrick dithered. There should have been subs when we went 2 down; he hesitated. Half time he dithered. Second half he didn’t know what to do, rabbit in the headlights.
How the same team came out second half was beyond me. Boro manager level doesn’t cut it at Utd, so don’t anyone tell me he should get the perm role. If the club have anything gumption, Steve Holland is gone this morning.
One good thing was that maybe, if SJR and Co have anything about them, is to realise they were seeing how Southgate United would look with Steve Holland in the background and run a mile.
14 Apr 2026 07:51:06
I was absolutely appalled at what I saw last night, and for the first time in my life, I gave up on a United game before the end. Actually, I gave up at halftime. I've left the live chat here a couple of times due to some 'children' behaving like nobs, but never left a game. And I've been a lifelong supporter and was travelling the country, home and away, before and during the relegation seasons.
To play walkball like that is beyond criminal, and insults our fan base.
A proper slap in the face to those who fund their wages!
We are at home against Leeds of all teams, and walking about as though we don't care. Does this group not understand the feelings of our supporters with regard to Leeds? We are walking about and getting battered at home by relegation fodder, and G Neville says in commentary, "United have to weather the storm here". Really? Disgraceful performance and attitude by the players and coaches.
UCL football? You're having a laugh!
14 Apr 2026 07:58:11
Shocking performance. Leeds deserved the win.
But got to feel for Paul Tierney's wife if that's considered hair pulling.
14 Apr 2026 09:28:08
Nothing like an overreaction to a defeat, hey, lads.
14 Apr 2026 09:42:58
GDS, read the posts! Not all about 'the defeat' but the attitude and lack of any fire. If you think it's ok to lose in that manner, then you need to give your head a wobble.
14 Apr 2026 09:47:50
A couple of 1000-word essays incoming!
14 Apr 2026 13:09:42
It's not overreaction to comment on managerial incompetence in tactical set-up, motivation, team selection, and lack of in-game management. Shocking and totally unacceptable last night.
14 Apr 2026 17:27:00
It was very poor last night, but Red Man, you are over reacting. Fizz, I would say you're over reacting, but it's pretty standard stuff from you at this stage. ?
We are currently third. Carrick has lost 2 games in his tenure. He has done incredibly well given where we were at the start of his tenure and how we had played the 18 months prior to him taking over.
Let's see where we are at the end of the season, or even how we react v Chelsea at the weekend. Lots to play for.
I would've snapped your hand off a few months ago if you told me we would be sitting third with a few games to go.
15 Apr 2026 07:55:20
Angel, I couldn't care less what you think. Talking "standard stuff", your post is so very predictable. (no laughy cop out).
15 Apr 2026 12:54:34
Yet here you are replying, and then giving your opinion (sigh). You seem really angry or upset for some reason. My words always seem to trigger you. It's only footballing opinions, come on, Fizz.
It's all very OTT above. Let's see where we are in a few weeks. Big game against Chelsea at the weekend, and hopefully we can get back on track. Carrick has done an incredible job so far.
{Ed001's Note - improved massively under Iraola, previously he was weak and would hold onto the ball too long which caused a number of injuries when he was tackled hard in the Prem. Now he is much better at releasing the ball early and not doing too much on it. However, not convinced he has the quality to step up another level.}
13 Apr 2026 11:59:11
Thanks Ed001
{Ed001's Note - very welcome MH.}
13 Apr 2026 14:48:42
Personally, I think that she's an awful commentator.
13 Apr 2026 18:18:19
She's a presenter so she probably isn't a great commentator.
12 Apr 2026 15:53:19
With it looking like a real possibility that Spurs could get relegated. Are there any of their players worth looking at? Porro, Udogie, MvdV, Romero would all add depth in defence. Whilst Sarr and Bergvall have shown potential at times in midfield.
Personally, I'd like to see us try for MvdV as an upgrade on Martinez. Thoughts?
12 Apr 2026 18:02:55
Only Spurs player I would take is Kudus. Rest of the squad is very average. Richarlison and Romero had potential, but they haven't progressed at all.
12 Apr 2026 20:54:36
Gray, we wanted him before he went there. Versatile.
Maybe Porro, but better available.
Others have major injuries, so discounted for that reason.
12 Apr 2026 21:24:09
Gray, and if he was fit, Maddison.
Vdv have to question his character, but a v g player when fully committed.
12 Apr 2026 21:31:41
I've never understood the Gray hype myself. Hard working and honest sort of player, but I think people get carried away because of his age. I don't see a talent that is going to become a top player. Can see him having a Will Hughes type career - solid prem player.
12 Apr 2026 23:23:01
Solanke would be a good option. I like Bissouma and Sarr too, but all of those I'm thinking of as squad depth options.
13 Apr 2026 01:29:18
Jamham, solid prem players to bulk our squad is what we need.....
13 Apr 2026 08:37:39
None.
13 Apr 2026 08:49:34
Would normally say yes, but considering our gaping hole to fill is in midfield, Spurs midfield has been horrendous for a lot of seasons now, probably since Eric Dier and Dembele days.
Watching Conor Gallagher run around like a technically deficient headless chicken, thank the lord we didnt sign him.
13 Apr 2026 17:16:14
Mvdv, yes, but he is injury prone. Love Romero, as he's a bit of a headcase, but he has Atletico Madrid type player written all over him. No one else, apart from a fit Kulusevski or Kudus, maybe. (But we have Mbeumo and Amad on the front right).
13 Apr 2026 22:05:08
Kulusevski and Gray as squad fillers.
12 Apr 2026 00:51:29
Eds and posters. I too saw Bornmouth against Arsenal, visitors were the best team and i was also impressed with Iraola. That said, although they are in great unbeaten run, recently they weren't great and some results flattered them.
I have two questions: Is there a managers profile for Iraola? Bacause i didn't find one.
And second, because i keep reading that he is like Klopp, is he really the closest to Klopp? Because i think he is a little bit more organised, pragmatic and defensively than the great German. Thank you.
{Ed001's Note - I would say Hoeness was closer, but other than that, yes. Klopp was very organised, that was how he made the press work. It requires a lot of organisation to get it right, which is why so few can get the results he did with it.}
12 Apr 2026 13:11:33.
Iraola has done a phenomenal job at Bournemouth. They aren't a huge team that have the same kind of financial power behind them as many other EPL clubs, but he has got them playing some really good football, especially when you consider that last summer they lost their first choice keeper, both first choice CBs and their LB. This meant they had to replace four of their back five. They also lost a couple of other key players like Ouattara, Billing, Jaiden Anthony and Sinisterra. Then, in January, they lost their best player, and arguably the best player in the league this season, Semenyo.
That's 6 of their first-choice players from last season gone, along with another 3 who were regular players.
That's a lot of disruption, and yet they've managed to ride that out fairly well.
Imagine if this summer we lost Lammens, Dalot, MdL, Martinez, Mbeumo, Amad, Mainoo and Zirkzee, and then had to replace them for less than we got for them.
How would you expect that to impact our season next year?
Iraola has done a phenomenal job in the circumstances. The real question is whether he can scale up his approach to a bigger club. His high-energy, team-focused approach works great at "smaller" clubs, but can he convince the guys on big wages with big egos to put that ego to one side and to run through brick walls, to put the team above themselves? That's the real question with him as a manager: can he take the next step?
12 Apr 2026 13:08:23
Thanks as always Ed001
{Ed001's Note - very welcome mate.}
12 Apr 2026 15:56:03
Shappy, all that is true, but look at McKenna. Relegated last year, he lost a bunch of players, including his best two, Delap and Hutchinson, and yet here they are, storming towards automatic promotion again.
The challenge for Iraola, and the likes of McKenna or Glasner, is: can they cope in the United goldfish bowl? Harry made some interesting comments this week about the club being too big for some players, and I suspect the same is true of managers.
There are some very impressive managers out there doing it at 'lesser' clubs (in terms of pressure), but the risk is they can't handle what is still one of the biggest jobs in football.
12 Apr 2026 21:33:58
Ipswich aren't storming to the Premier League. I have followed them closely to see how McKenna was doing.
They have had more than a few well below par performances, and the Championship is not of a particularly high quality either this year.
Southampton have hit form, and Coventry have been the best team overall, but generally the rest are mediocre.
I really don't think anyone can judge McKenna and say with a high degree of confidence that he would be able to take Utd to the next level.
I am not saying he cannot, just that we don't have enough evidence to judge him on.
Iraola, by contrast, as Shappy points out, has a track record over more than just a single season in the Premier League, despite the severe handicap of losing his best players.
The real problem for any manager, be it Carrick, McKenna or Iraola, is whether the players at Utd are determined enough to knuckle down and work really hard, and follow instructions....
13 Apr 2026 09:03:45
Fair points, Salford, but my wider point was doing it at a 'smaller' club is no guarantee a Manager can deliver at United. Alonson was awesome at Leverkeusen, but was sacked by Madrid. Same story with Nagelsmann.
I genuinely have no idea who we should appoint. I think Enrique would be a great appointment, but beyond that, I just see huge risks.
13 Apr 2026 17:46:20
Nobody will succeed in year 1, and our fans don't like the thought of change or don't understand patience. Whoever comes in needs the 3 or 4 years Klopp, Fergie, and Arteta were given and needed. It's the same story at Chelsea. Very few do what Jose did the 1st time at Chelsea.
13 Apr 2026 21:19:46
Sigh! Another rebuild period. I'll be dead before we have rebuilt at this rate!
{Ed033's Note - 
{Ed001's Note - improved massively under Iraola, previously he was weak and would hold onto the ball too long which caused a number of injuries when he was tackled hard in the Prem. Now he is much better at releasing the ball early and not doing too much on it. However, not convinced he has the quality to step up another level.}