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03 Jan 2026 13:46:44
Rumours today about friction behind the scenes over playing style? And the rigidity of the preferred system.
Add in the latest comments about transfers and it suggests all is not well.
Of course this could be clickbait, bit I think there will be some merit in these rumours.
1.) 03 Jan 2026 15:16:51
Good Amorim should be getting a kicking from his bosses.
Playing style is awful.
2.) 03 Jan 2026 15:27:09
They’ve known this for ages now, if they expect him to change in any way then more fool them. From where I sit none of them have a clue and look way out of their depth. Maybe the blame game is about to begin!
3.) 03 Jan 2026 15:58:44
Here we go again. Might as well just wrap it all up and shut down Manchester United. As it is this hiring sacking hiring sacking cycle isn't taking us anywhere. If the patience is over then so should be this football club.
4.) 03 Jan 2026 23:35:59
The embargoed bit from the pre match press conference pretty much confirms these rumours.
Journo asks Amorim why he's changed system, is it because of lack of budget to implement the 3-4-3 or have Wilcox et al had a word because its not been working.
Amorim who hasn't yet met a journalists question that he doesn't want to respond to says he doesn't want to talk about it but that the journalist is smart to observe this.
5.) 04 Jan 2026 10:58:50
Excuses and finger pointing from all sides, in reality they are all culpable. The players, coach and those above them.
6.) 04 Jan 2026 15:38:12
It's just a typical power struggle. Wilcox and Vivell are sticking their oar in over formation and, in return, Amorim is doing so about recruitment. In reality it's fine for both to do so but it's tense right now while results aren't as good as anyone wants. We're actually in an ok position and with players coming back we should see draws turn into wins.
Too much shaudenfraude here. Utd Road the playing style is not awful. We're creating a lot of chances, and some of the play is very good. We're lacking in some positions and have serious squad deficiencies so of course we aren't fluid or as good as we want to be, but making out as if we're a shambles is very far from reality.
7.) 04 Jan 2026 17:18:15
I would say the playing style is awful but Amorim can't play against ten man Everton and show absolutely nothing and follow that up with a several brutal performances and expect unquestioned support in the transfer window. I wouldn't be on Wilcox side either, I think they should both go.
8.) 04 Jan 2026 19:24:36
Banjoe what good would that be? We keep just jumping from manager to manager. We finally are addressing the actual issues - that the players aren't good enough - and have done well in the last couple of windows. How about seeing that through for once? There is ample evidence that we're improving. Instead of complaining that we're not consistent or not challengers yet let's stand by the manager.
The question should be "are we improving, and doing so at the rate we expect". At the start of the season most here had us between 4th and 8th and we're currently 5th. Nobody had us in the top 3. We most definitely are on track.
9.) 04 Jan 2026 19:54:03
I actually hate this style of play under Amorim. It doesn't feel like United to me, so I'm very happy for him to go but it's not totally his fault. Wilcox and co hired him to implement a system and style and are now not supporting it allegedly. This appointment hasn't worked and I don't believe it ever will.
10.) 04 Jan 2026 20:55:09
There’s problems with both sides.
At a club level, they brought in Ashworth to be director of football and implement a club wide playing style. But Berrada and Wilcox are buddies, and wanted Wilcox to have Ashworth’s job. Ratcliffe’s ear was bent by Wilcox because he prefers blaggers who tell him what he wants to hear, rather than professionals who tell the truth. The net result was that Ratcliffe sided with Berrada and Wilcox, leaving the club without a director of football and giving Amorim far more control over playing style.
On Amorim’s part there seems to be an unwillingness to learn. His system worked in one set of circumstances. This does not guarantee that it will work in a completely different league. The fact that he has persisted despite the mounting evidence that it isn’t going to produce winning football for Man United, suggests that he is incapable of adapting. This has been an issue since he arrived, and he has dug in deeper and deeper.
Today’s comments were interesting to say the least. He was explicitly hired as a head coach, not a manager. Yet, claims that he took the job under the belief that he would be a manager rather than a coach. This speaks to the lack of underlying direction regarding play style - i. e. they told Amorim that he would have control over shaping the play style because the DOF resigned. Now that the club directors can no longer ignore the lack of improvement, we’re seeing tension between a coach who thinks he’s a manager, and a leadership team scrambling to rectify their initial mistakes.
The biggest losers are the players and the fans who just want to play/watch winning football.
11.) 05 Jan 2026 00:23:25
The style of play isn’t as bad as people make out, we are 2nd in the league for chances created, we are third in the league for goals. There’s been a marked improvement in the offensive output.
One thing to point out is, the club have been inept when it comes to getting the wingbacks required for Amorims system. The offensive output would be even higher if he had the players required for the wingback positions.
Defensively we ship waaaaay to many goals, and the culprit is the midfield, we get unpicked by midfield runners all the time. The midfield has been a problem for years. We need two midfielders ASAP, players with legs, tactical discipline and high energy.
Top four is there for the taking, we need midfield reinforcements to achieve it though. The fact Amorim isn’t getting any suggests to me the board no longer want to back this manager.
I feel for Amorim, he wanted to come at the end of the season but was forced to leave a team flying mid season. Wilcox er Al would have known the hybrid Van Gaal/Mourinho/Ole/Ten Haag Frankenstein squad needed tearing down but they never bought Amorim the players he needs to be a success. A lot of that squad have sacked multiple managers.
Rangnick said it best and his comments look more and more accurate every year.
02 Jul 2025 10:08:40
Today's latest rumours
Arsenal close to agreeing a deal for Gyokeres, Bayern interested in Rashford, we're looking at Watkins, Juve offering a swap for Sancho, giving us a choice of 3 players, including Vlahovic.
I think sometimes it's better not to read the rumours, there are so many and they seem to jump around all over the place.
1.) 02 Jul 2025 11:26:38
Juve have just signed Jonathan David so Vlahovic might be available. I’d take him if it meant we could shift Sancho out. Douglas Luis too if he was available.
2.) 02 Jul 2025 11:36:21
Staring to wish Gyokeres would just sign for somebody, getting sick of the stories now.
Wouldn’t surprise me if either:
1) He ends up going nowhere
Or
2) United wait until the last week of the window, come under pressure from the fans and overpay to sign him for £85m.
3.) 02 Jul 2025 12:51:12
I'm not even sure we are interested in another striker. It will probably only be if Hojland goes and both he and Amorim have said he's staying.
4.) 02 Jul 2025 13:01:26
With hoijlund up top and the slab in defence we cannot fail!
5.) 02 Jul 2025 13:27:05
Sancho for Vlahovic is a no brainer for me.
6.) 02 Jul 2025 16:21:05
What frightens me most is asking about Watkins who can be bought for £60m. yet utd again don't want to pay what's being asked . lack of resale. who gives a monkeys if for 4 seasons he scores some friggin goals. This club and the morons that run it ?♂️.
7.) 02 Jul 2025 16:35:28
I got some grief for suggesting Watkins, but he scores goals and has pace, both of which we need. Not sure I want to pay £60M, but some sort of swap would be good.
8.) 02 Jul 2025 17:14:22
Our biggest issues last season was not scoring goals, it’s the one main area we must improve, nobody can expect Cunha to cover the gaps all by himself.
9.) 02 Jul 2025 17:18:10
Watkins is a decent player, but he is overpriced.
He is 29, and had a fairly decent season. I don't think he is the answer, unless he is considerably cheaper.
10.) 02 Jul 2025 17:33:21
Watkins wouldn't be the worst signing, I just think he's uninspiring for most fans.
At 29 he isn't a long term option, and we shouldn't be paying too much for him. Ideally around 45m, but anything upto 55m seems about the right range.
He's EPL proven, and consistently gets 20-30 EPL goals and assists. He's the kind of player I can see linking up really well with Cunha and potentially Mbeumo.
Yet we will probably get 2-3 years of him as first choice with maybe another year as decent back up. He will need a replacement bought for him in the next two years. Which isn't ideal. But in a limited market he is far from the worst option.
11.) 02 Jul 2025 18:26:12
Rashford and Garnacho to villa singing
Oh brother, we'll go deeper than the ink
Beneath the skin of our tattoos
Though we don't share the same blood
You're my brother and I love you that's the truth.
We're hoping for better lives
only Emre knows
He said will bring us back with all our pictures and our clothes
Five goals twenty assists doing all we can to please
Just give me back my car keys
If I was dying on my knees, I've got a brother from another mother
Then the boos for lazy attitude start.
{Ed077's Note - KODALINE ♥️♥️♥️
12.) 02 Jul 2025 20:05:46
Vlahovic would be a terrible signing, I wouldn't touch him with a barge pole.
He has regressed every season since he joined Juventus. They are desperate to get shot of him.
He has courted controversy, has said that he prefers playing with another striker who can do the defensive work as he thinks it "impacts" his game and it's best if he doesn't have to work hard.
All this while currently being the highest paid player in Serie A on around €374k or £315k a week. You'd imagine he'd want something similar if he joined us, and to be frank he's not even worth £200k a week based on his last couple of seasons.
13.) 02 Jul 2025 21:30:28
I think his comments were actually that he isn’t asked to track back so much for Serbia as he is at juve, which suits his game more and keeps him fresher in the final 3rd.
To me that sounds like just what we need! A no.9 who is in the box not 30 yards away with his back to goal.
With regards to his regression, I’d say it hasn’t really worked at Juve but that isn’t his career over.
You were banging the drum for kolo Muani who is a year older and less impressive goal scoring record. Admittedly, he has come into the Juventus in place of Vlahovic, but had also gone through a ‘regression’ at PSG himself and seems to have found his feet in a new team.
I do agree that we shouldn’t be giving him the money he is on in Italy but I don’t think anyone coming in this summer or for the foreseeable will be given them kinds of wages.
14.) 03 Jul 2025 07:39:03
AJH, avoid the rumours?
This is a rumours site ?.
15.) 03 Jul 2025 10:38:50
I know, but it's the false hope MancMan, every day brings a different twist!
16.) 03 Jul 2025 11:33:10
For sure AJH, but that's all part of the fun.
Some rumours are credible such as the one I posted, others are obvious BS like the one I read the other day about Utd signing Ruiz from PSG ?.
17.) 04 Jul 2025 22:50:25
2toms, there is a world of difference between the situations of Vlahovic and Muani in terms of why it didn't work out with their big moves.
Muani literally signed for PSG one day and before he could even kick a ball for them they hired a new manager who wanted his strikers to play a very different way. He was never really given a chance. Even then he still scored at a respectable rate given his limited game time.
Vlahovic on the other hand has never stepped up despite repeated and consistent opportunities and chances for him to do so. Despite his significant game time he has regressed in a not too dissimilar way to Højlund. Given chance after chance after chance with every passing game him looking worse.
Vlahovic is also on massive wages, and would be our second highest earner only behind Casemiro if he was to join in his current salary.
While his comments align with the eye test of him being a lazy player off the ball. He doesn't want to have to sweat for the team.
For me he's definitely a player I'd avoid.
23 May 2025 07:36:25
I saw this earlier today.
There are unsubstantiated rumours of players not being happy with RA's methods. A couple of thoughtful trophy-winning former United players wonder how effective it can be having a coaching staff that, in some cases, is both younger and less experienced than the players they are attempting to work with.
Many will say the players are the issue here, but if you lack confidence in the coaches, or they are hugely inexperienced, then is it a surprise?
1.) 23 May 2025 08:47:10
We had the exact same leaks with Moyes, Van Gaal, Mourinho, Ole, Rangnik and most recently with Ten Haag. Six repetitions of the same thing, IT’S THE BLOODY PLAYERS!
2.) 23 May 2025 09:05:26
In one Rewz.
3.) 23 May 2025 09:31:42
Rewz,
Couldn’t have put it better myself. Also, we don’t have any players older than the manager. If they don’t like the methods they know exactly where they can go.
4.) 23 May 2025 09:54:57
What players do we have older than the manager, I know they play like there 50 but they ain’t, just more crap that comes out when losing.
Like all blame the system bandwagon that’s all tosh, can’t score goals can’t win matches, when we come up against physicality we are in trouble, everytime.
5.) 23 May 2025 10:38:03
If this is true then it’s the same crap over and over again, simply the players trying to shift the blame into someone else. Other side is that it’s utter bs and simply the media making up crap to stir the pot and create even more tension in an already volatile situation. We need a massive culture change this summer one way or another….
6.) 23 May 2025 11:44:55
The thing that worries me, is the sheer number of players we need to get out he club. We’ve got players out on loan that need to be sold and replaced (Sancho, Rashford, Antony, Malacia), players leaving on free’s (Eriksen, Lindelof, Evans, Heaton) that need replacing PLUS a large number of the team that needs selling and replacing.
Realistically the players we can probably sell are Bruno, Garnacho, Mainoo, Dalot, Amad plus with the documented interest from Italy maybe Zirkzee and Hojlund. Of the aforementioned players Mainoo and Amad are probably the least likely to be sold.
Shaw and Casemiro are finished but still have years left, approx. £600k pw in salary so we are stuck with them. Martínez is quality but can’t stay fit, Mount hasn’t be able to put a run of games together in 2 years. That’s four senior players you can’t reply upon.
The goalkeeper position needs addressing.
I can see Garnacho, Bruno, Dalot, Zirkzee and Hojlund potentially going, add in the four out on loan and the four leaving on a free, that’s potentially 13 players.
The rebuild needed on the squad is terrifyingly large.
7.) 23 May 2025 12:08:32
In my opinion I think the potentials are Bruno Fernandes potentially sold for £120m. Rashford linked with a £40m move. Garnacho, despite his talent, might be off for £50m. Sancho could go for a cut-price £20m. Add to that a list of expiring contracts — Eriksen, Lindelöf, Heaton, Evans — and you’re looking at a significant reset both on the pitch and on the wage bill.
But what does this mean in real financial terms, especially under the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR)?
Estimated Player Sales and PSR Profit Impact
Player Sale Fee (£m) Original Cost (£m) Book Value Left PSR Profit (Est. )
Bruno Fernandes £120m £47m ~£5m ~£115m
Marcus Rashford £40m Academy product £0 £40m
Garnacho £50m Academy product £0 £50m
Jadon Sancho £20m £73m ~£30m ~–£10m (loss)
Estimated PSR Profit: ~£195 million
Because Rashford and Garnacho came through the academy, 100% of their sale fees count as profit in PSR terms. Bruno, with most of his transfer cost now amortised, would also register a massive profit. Even with a Sancho loss, the total PSR profit is significant.
Wage Bill Relief
Player Weekly Wage Annual Saving
Fernandes £240k £12.5m
Rashford £300k £15.6m
Garnacho £50k £2.6m
Sancho £350k £18.2m
Eriksen £150k £7.8m
Lindelöf £120k £6.2m
Heaton £40k £2.1m
Evans £40k £2.1m
Total Estimated Wage Savings: ~£67 million annually
This creates vital breathing space under both PSR and the UEFA Squad Cost Ratio, even though United will not be in the Champions League next season.
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So, What Can United Spend?
Under PSR, you can’t lose more than £105m over three years, but player sales and cost-cutting can offset this. With ~£195m in PSR profit and a leaner wage bill, United could reasonably reinvest around £200m–£250m, if structured smartly.
How?
Buy a player for £50m on a 5-year deal = only £10m/ year hit to PSR.
Spread your rebuild across 4–5 signings on these terms, and you stay well within your financial limits.
Other Factors:
No Champions League = a £40–60m revenue hit.
Still paying instalments for past transfers (Antony, Casemiro, etc. ) .
Need to budget for agent fees, bonuses, and future wages.
8.) 23 May 2025 14:46:08
Doesn't Sancho only have 1 year left on his contract meaning that if his original cost was £73m his book value should now be down to £15m and a £20m sale would yield a small profit?
I wonder whether there will be interest in Antony from any richer clubs than Betis. His book value is reportedly still around £32m. His salary remains an obstacle, but we can only hope. If not maybe he can stay there at Betis. They qualified for the Europa League and could maybe afford to cover all his salary.
Amorim doesn't seem to fancy Mainoo much either but if Bruno goes he maybe has to be kept for another year. Often players have a poor second year after impressing the first. Kobbie was blighted by injuries this season, maybe he'll shine next year. All profit if sold.
Dalot could also be a potential sale. He's been written down to £0 so it would yield all profit.
The commentators on the Europa final were suggesting that a place in the Champions League would be worth > £100m between guarantees, sponsorship etc.
With no European football we should be able to make do with a slightly smaller squad.
9.) 23 May 2025 15:50:46
There is no outstanding transfer fee to be amortised for Bruno.
10.) 23 May 2025 16:07:57
Rinse and bloody repeat from the players. never their fault.
So they don't like the methods of a manager with a young coaching set up. One that got success at their previous club as the players brought into it and they got players that suit.
Get rid of these players.
11.) 23 May 2025 16:18:55
Why does everyone worry about players salaries and fees etc, it’s not your money, what’s the point quoting figures you have no worry or concern about, plus. What makes you think if any quality players come in they are going to be cheaper or work for a few luncheon vouchers, I don’t get it….
Would not be so bad if you knew the inner workings of the club but your all dreaming these figures up on hear say, don’t give me the accounts tosh or media BS
Oh just sell Bruno for 120m yeah easy… and also get rid of the only player we got that’s any good….
12.) 23 May 2025 16:25:58
Sancho was bought for £73m on a 5 year deal. That’s £14.6m pa, that obviously is just the fee, I have no knowledge of how agents fees etc are accrued, they may be an exceptional line item on the balance sheet or could be wrapped up in the amortised book value. His contract is up in June ‘26 so that would leave £14.6m of book. The £20m figure banded about is about right is the other costs were included.
Bruno’s original deal (5.5yrs) ran until the end of this season I believe.
Playing football manager with the player amortised number is all god and well. However we still have significant debt owed on players, we have reductions written into contracts for not being in Europe and we will have a yr on yr revenue reduction for the league revenue due to our finish. The 25/ 26 forecast will have significantly reduced revenues, it’s not just about PSR it’s about balancing the books. Don’t be surprised to see more staff cuts, high earning players moved on with cheaper alternatives coming. Any planned capex projects will get canned.
I still don’t understand why Ineos bought in the way they did. They would have done an incredible amount of due diligence and yet still dropped over £1.3bn to buy 29.9% of a failing company. They would have had asset surveys undertaken on all the physical stuff like the stadium and training facilities, forensic accounting on the finances. They own other clubs so it’s not their first Rodeo. On the face of it, it doesn’t make sound commercial sense.
13.) 23 May 2025 17:38:55
Here we go again with the players don't like the managers methods.
I do fear for Amorim though, if United start poorly next season the media are going to whip up a storm.
United need to start getting some positivity in the news and begin changing the narrative.
14.) 23 May 2025 17:58:47
Won't happen thou, it's utd therefore only negative stories get published. utd ruined a lot of these jurnos childhoods and this in their heads in revenge. It's that simple, until utd start winning this is always going to continue.
15.) 23 May 2025 19:19:49
For f**KS sake it's the players. How stupid do we have to be to keep blaming the manager time after time after time.
Just remove the emotion for a second and think logically.
This is a league title winning manager with these coaches. He has taken a fallen giant club and made them back into a genuine force in Portugal.
While these players have never won the title and have shown themselves to be incapable time and time again under multiple managers.
If at this point you still feel its the manager that is the problem them either you have a very low IQ or you've suffered some traumatic brain injury at some point.
16.) 23 May 2025 20:33:17
Indeed Shappy.
17.) 24 May 2025 01:48:36
I am in agreement it’s not the manager, but stating people have a very low iQ because they have there opinions is a bit rich, when your opinion rates highly Martinez and the others that you done in an earlier post, some could say your iQ must be equally as low, but it’s an opinion so it’s not, but only someone with a very low iQ or traumatic brain injury would make such a crazy statement! Grow up a bit, it’s not funny or a nice thing to say don’t matter who you are addressing it to….
18.) 24 May 2025 08:06:05
From 13/ 14 - 18/ 19, sporting finished between 2nd and 3rd in the Portuguese league.
A fallen giant? You make it sound like he took them from the bottom of the league.
Shappy, what are you on about?
19.) 24 May 2025 08:13:02
Shappy
9 of the players in the squad have won league titles before.
20.) 24 May 2025 08:28:23
It’s the owners
It’s the management
It’s the coach
It’s the players
Let’s face it we have bad owners, historical mismanagement, a coach who can’t get results and a poor squad.
It’s entirely plausible the management hire the wrong managers and purchase the wrong players.
21.) 24 May 2025 09:11:30
Imagine making the initial post as a stick to beat the manager with, when every manager has had the same briefings. Every single manager post Ferguson.
Was Van Gaal a shocking manager? Mourinho? The answer is no.
22.) 24 May 2025 09:19:44
We could just do a what Chelsea did and sell ourselves the women’s team. Worth 200m apparently would make a massive difference.
23.) 24 May 2025 11:52:52
Whole squad needs ripping up and starting again. It’s crap.
24.) 24 May 2025 12:15:12
German, get off your high horse! You're guilty of posting similar insulting comments when you disagree with someone's opinion. '
25.) 24 May 2025 12:54:17
Fizz you have never seen a post of mine that’s personally derogatory
And saying about brain injury’s is beyond a joke, so I will stay on my high horse thanks, if coming off it means getting that far down in the gutter.
26.) 24 May 2025 13:21:18
Ooh, matron.
27.) 24 May 2025 19:09:19
Garnacho been told he can go.
{Ed025's Note - some good news at last Wallace...can he take Hojlund with him as well please mate?..
28.) 25 May 2025 01:26:06
I am sure they can get a bigger taxi along with Garnacho, Rasmus, Ugarte, Zirkee can sit in the back, because cutbacks and can’t afford 2 taxis best also put Onana in the boot
SJR could always send a fleet of his Grenadier vehicles which he can’t sell because are as crap as the United team and could fit most the squad in them. set the satnav to a far away land
In fact SJR could drive….
29.) 25 May 2025 19:54:25
Let's be fair German, we'd need confirmation of the previous names you've posted under to be able to check whether you've been derogatory towards other posters.
Typically I'd say if you're using a new username as your previous ones have been banned that kind of suggests that you crossed a line with what you wrote, whether it got though the editing process or not.
08 Jan 2023 17:47:43
Latest rumour I've seen is we want Weghorst and Felix, which makes more sense to me. Options, and more creativity.
1.) 08 Jan 2023 18:26:33
That would do for now. Though not sure how felix would fit in our new wage structure?!
2.) 08 Jan 2023 22:07:35
how many players are a club allowed to loan in the PL?
3.) 09 Jan 2023 07:18:06
I wouldn't want Weghorst, but you have to trust the manager if he has identified him.
Joan Felix I think could be a fantastic signing. He doesn't fit the type of football being played at Atletico but he has all the minerals.
4.) 09 Jan 2023 07:46:44
I'd take both in a heartbeat. I'd take one in a heartbeat actually.
Neither are the ideal candidate but we need bodies up front.
Garnacho is a bonus and has stood in well for sancho but he is just a kid and the Ronaldo gap needs filling too.
5.) 09 Jan 2023 20:48:33
You are only allowed 2 loan signings and we already have butland, so it was never going to be both.
We probably moved onto weghorst when Felix was no longer an option.
6.) 10 Jan 2023 19:51:59
Wouldn’t touch Felix with a barge pole. His style and physical make up won’t suit the Prem one bit.
22 Jul 2022 10:00:09
Jesse Lingard.
Could have gone to West Ham and been at the upper end of the table fighting for Europe.
Decided to go to Forest for what will likely be a relgation dog fight. Hmm, I wonder why.
1.) 22 Jul 2022 10:13:20
I'd imagine it's so he doesn't have to move his family to London.
2.) 22 Jul 2022 10:18:30
A one year contract too. His agent was talking about PSG, Milan and Juventus interested in him a couple of months ago. Maybe the teams that actually did want him didn't match his ego.
I'm sure he thinks why not get paid handsomely for a year, finish top scorer and then join Madrid next year.
3.) 22 Jul 2022 10:25:00
Surprised he’s not gone on that Love Island!
4.) 22 Jul 2022 10:32:08
And only on a one season deal in case it's straight back down to the Championship. That over the MLS or trying to nudge his way back into the England set-up with West Ham as he was starting to do when on loan there.
5.) 22 Jul 2022 10:35:58
1 year contract on £200K a week plus signing n fee. He'll be able to do the same next year. Seems like the lad has done a pretty decent deal for himself.
6.) 22 Jul 2022 11:13:33
It's all about the money money money.
At least he will get game time. So many players move for money and see their careers die, Sinclair, Drinkwater spring to mind as examples.
7.) 22 Jul 2022 12:31:04
So much on Lingard all the time. Good luck to him if he's getting more money.
So what?
8.) 22 Jul 2022 13:32:13
He's not united so I don't care.
9.) 22 Jul 2022 15:47:46
Shappy is right, he isn’t allowed out of the house without his babysitter. Last time he gave them the slip he spent all his pocket money on chocolate and fizzy sweets. Best to keep him away from that London or he’ll be onto those American Candy stores and spend his £200k weekly wage on milk duds.
10.) 22 Jul 2022 16:28:28
Danny, I think you'll find that he has had to assume the care of his two school aged children while his mum was unable to care for them. On top of having a daughter of his own who lives with her mother after they split up.
Living in Nottingham means he is still close to his family.
While a big wage packet certainly won't do him any harm.
I'd imagine he will see it as an opportunity to stay close to his family earn a big wage and potentially put himself in the shop window for a club like Everton, Leicester or Newcastle.
11.) 22 Jul 2022 17:24:31
Shappy, trains to Nottingham from Manchester take 2 hours, the same time it takes to drive. 2 hours also for Leicester, 3 hours for Newcastle.
Trains to London take 2 hours, and are far more regular. Nottingham is not close to his family, but its a lot more lucrative.
same as driving,
12.) 22 Jul 2022 17:26:17
That should be school aged siblings.
13.) 22 Jul 2022 18:23:06
Poor babysitter has their work cut out. Get two kids to school and then back to cut the crusts off Jessie’s sandwich and get him down for a quick nap before training.
14.) 22 Jul 2022 19:52:32
This is some mad post about why an ex United player has signed for a football team ?
Has anybody here spoke with him? How would any of ye know and who cares why or why he didn't sign for a club.
Got get that money Jesse, enjoy yourself and keep being you.
15.) 22 Jul 2022 21:04:28
Couldn’t give a damn about what Jesse Lingard is doing. When he was coming through I liked the lad, but the past 2 seasons at least I’ve thought he was a git.
Forget him.
16.) 22 Jul 2022 21:08:05
Indeed. It’s his business and his alone. He’ll play every week, it’s a great traditional club, and he’ll be handsomely paid.
As for logistics, I’m sure he’ll work it out by himself ???.
17.) 22 Jul 2022 18:59:50
Despite all this, Lingard’s going straight into my FPL Team!
18.) 23 Jul 2022 13:57:49
Shappy is so busy now googling travel times to uphold the most ridiculous argument of the day?? nice one ajh. Lots to be said b
For knowing your geography??.
AJH's banter posts with other poster's replies to AJH's banter posts
18 Jan 2026 10:42:14
I watched the match and then watched the highlights this morning. I don't remember any team giving City that sort of battering, it was a proper shellacking.
We won at Anfield in dramatic fashion but on another day, that result could have gone the other way. Whereas yesterday, we were completely on top throughout. Yes we had players back giving us a stronger first 11 and stronger bench, and yes it is just one game, but what a game.
442, playing with pace and urgency, you do wonder where this passion has been so far this season. Too often in the past, we were aimlessly passing it across the back 3, yesterday we were very direct.
Its mystifying how we can pull that kind of performance out of nowhere, but as Carrick said, we need to do it consistently.
And finally, was that third goal offside? It looked onside to me and I didn't see any graphics confirming it was off which is unusual. Just me?
1.) 18 Jan 2026 11:25:49
Thought the same and the only graphic I've seen of the 3rd was showing the defender next to him, not the one in the middle who would've been the one playing him onside. It was weird watching how long it went on for to decide without really any explanation.
2.) 18 Jan 2026 11:26:53
That’s it ajh, the result was brilliant but it was the performance that was even more impressive. No smash and grab, we battered them. If we repeat that next week no matter the result then I’ll be very happy.
{Ed025's Note - you were excellent Tim, i dont think City were great but im taking nothing away from that performance mate, best of the season i would say..
3.) 18 Jan 2026 11:40:21
New manager bounce and a derby game. Agree that came from nowhere. It was a battering that could easily have been 5. Let’s see in two or three games time if the bounce is still there.
On the third goal, I was mystified, it wasn’t shown. I have looked at the picture and the graphic now. Looks like the graphic is a few frames later than the photo. Cunhas body position on the graphic doesn't look the same as in the frozen still picture. I think there should be questions to referees body about the timing of the still graphic frame. Didn’t look right.
4.) 18 Jan 2026 12:31:11
AJH we played brilliantly yesterday. Best of the season. I don't like this rewriting of history to suggest it was dour under Amorim. We'd multiple excellent performances this year like Chelsea, Brighton, Sunderland, Liverpool. It was refreshing to see Carrick be his own man and to not blindly do one formation but actually transition between formations already depending on defence and attack phases.
Hopefully this pragmatism continues because Fletch went straight to an alternative and rigid set up and it definitely didn't work.
I cannot understand why that 3rd goal was disallowed. Only thing I can think is Mount was offside on the original pass but he wasn't interfering so not shouldn't have mattered. Bizarre.
5.) 18 Jan 2026 13:32:56
You’re right ed City weren’t great but I have to laugh as I’ve seen a few city fans online saying that they’re in a rebuild and pep needs 3-4 more players. Seriously?! Everyone had city easily yesterday but now they lost then they’re short.
Yes they’re defence was weakened but I think pep’s selections were more of an issue than who was available. Hopefully we can continue in this vein as now we’ve set a standard we shouldn’t be falling below it.
{Ed025's Note - it was a top top performance Tim, but you have to build on that now mate and keep up the intensity of yesterday and top 4 could well be in your grasp..
6.) 18 Jan 2026 14:33:52
Can't judge where we are based on a game against city. We have always been able to turn up in the big games. We live to sit back and counter. It is very effective. We cannot do that against 90% of the league, so let's see how we do against the mid table and lower table before we start booking our tickets to Europe next season.
Having our afcon players back made a big difference. New manager bounce made a big difference. We should be happy we won, but our failings have not been against the bigger teams.
17 Jan 2026 17:59:20
Roy Keane isn't a fan of Carrick is he?
We've had the spats with Carrick's wife and he has been complaining all week about the coaching staff, not sure what his beef is.
In effect, Carrick replaced Keane, and their United careers are oddly similar. Keane made 326 appearances, Carrick made 316. Keane won 12 major trophies, Carrick won 11 major trophies, remarkably similar United records.
I like Keane as a pundit, he's good value but he was having a dig before Carrick even got started and I thought he was grudging with his post match comments. To quote Chris Sutton, you're better than that Roy.
Kudos to Carrick for refusing to rise to the bait.
1.) 17 Jan 2026 18:11:44
On the Overlap AJH?
I don't recall him having a direct dig at Carrick himself (could be wrong) but he did have one at his wife, who had a dig at Keane on social media years ago. He's like an elephant that lad, and doesn't let go but tends to disguise it with humour, but we know how he feels.
But on the Evans thing, I could understand what he was saying. Why has he been selected to coach when he's never done it before.
2.) 17 Jan 2026 18:49:45
Fair po8nt Angel, I think the dig at Carrick was about bringing in Evans, Woodgate, and Holland.
Jimbo suggested Keane as Manager but he's too emotionally unstable. Passion is great, but his track record suggests it would explode at some point.
I may he completely wrong. I just sensed Keane has an ongoing beef, maybe it is the wife thing.
Did you also notice Neville salivating today.
3.) 17 Jan 2026 18:52:01
Keane is bitter. He loves united but is very bitter because if his ending there and been looked at for any type of job.
Every coach has the right to select his own staff with club agreement.
Carrick has a temp job he see Evans as a good fit maybe if Roy was so good at picking staff he would still be in a top coaching job. But he didn't make a success at being a manager that is no surprise.
4.) 17 Jan 2026 19:19:48
I agree with all that ken, he's not one to let things go so his United departure still probably eats him up.
5.) 17 Jan 2026 20:20:44
Is Keane and fan of anyone or anything?
6.) 17 Jan 2026 20:49:09
They’ve all been at it this week. Butt and Scholes were also giving off about Martinez being picked up by Haaland like a toddler. Martinez in fact man handled Haaland off the ball to a loud cheer from the OT crowd.
They all sit around fruit bowls and waffle on about the good old days. They were very talented players but also very lucky to be a part of Fergusons reign.
7.) 17 Jan 2026 20:54:10
Keane gets paid handsomely to be a sound bite and be controversial. It’s just television.
8.) 17 Jan 2026 21:02:55
He's probably annoyed his mate Ole was passed over for the gig for Carrick.
9.) 17 Jan 2026 21:15:06
I mean, as a player he is my idol. Nostalgia would have me craving him to be manager of this club. It was written, had he not fallen out with SAF.
I just think he sounded annoyed at the rhetoric of how it's great to have Evans back at the club, he wasn't having it, and I understand why.
But any negative about united will be seen as bitter. He's also said plenty of good things about them too, but the sound bites are magnified way too often and he comes off sounding a lot more bitter than I believe he actually is.
10.) 17 Jan 2026 21:17:50
I remember them as great players, some as United legends, but their punditry risks spoiling that. Neville in particular gets right on my t1ts.
11.) 17 Jan 2026 21:48:39
Let's face it, keane has been a knob this week. Bitter and waffling nonsense. what he waffled about Evans was laughable. Roy put a sock in it, a complete lack of any class.
12.) 17 Jan 2026 23:04:34
Keane struggles with his emotions. He's got a point about what United should be doing and the issues at board level, but he's pushing it further due to animosity with Gill and Ferguson over his own departure.
Super player but that drive and determination that made him great, also means he fails to relate to those around him that approach things differently. A real pity because he's clearly well liked by those that know him.
13.) 17 Jan 2026 23:13:01
Im a big fan of keane the player and I like his banter and sense of humour. He plays the panto villain very well. He learnt from eamonn dunphy the master trash talker.
14.) 17 Jan 2026 23:57:49
Keanes right. We’ve been here before a million times. Playing city or arsenal or even Barcelona isn’t the problem it’s consistently every week playing well. These players can’t do it.
15.) 18 Jan 2026 01:24:57
Sometimes with pundits you hear them talking tactics, I don’t think I’ve ever heard Keane go past the aul “get stick in” and “play for the jersey” kinda cheerleading. Maybe he would be good at putting out the cones and making sure they aren’t training on a carpark, but I don’t think he should be coaching anyone above the U13s.
16.) 18 Jan 2026 10:46:20
Keane gives a bit of a reality check. Brutal at times but on the opposite side too many fans and pundits get carried away. We are only a few wins until some start calling for Carrick to be given it permanently, if they haven’t already.
Keane was a great player, once of our best, he is a bit short with people, doesn’t stand fools easily. At times we need a reality check, rather have that than the obsequious Gary Neville, talking all managers other than Ole down.
Lastly it’s about time these pundits started talking about the ownership, instead of cuddling up to them.
17.) 18 Jan 2026 11:16:06
Keane is Keane. Leave him to it.
13 Jan 2026 17:42:29
So, the Bruno poll. 118 votes with 81% of people saying we should sell him.
I'm split on a Bruno, he's a big girl's blouse and he gives the ball away a lot, but his goals and assists numbers are staggering, if he goes he will leave a big creative gap to fill.
1.) 13 Jan 2026 18:00:01
This squad is in no position to let someone like Bruno go. He has his downsides but relying on the recruitment to replace someone that contributes as much as him is nearly impossible.
The majority would have choose Wirtz to replace Bruno last year if they could have cherry picked someone. Look at how poor he's been, albeit adapting to a new league. The numbers, work rate, heart and soul Bruno brings to the club can't be understated.
We all watch Lingard play behind the striker for a couple of years. No goals or assists in 18 months. That could be the alternative if we don't find a successor. Even players like Wharton or Anderson would improve our midfield but not as a replacement for a creative outlet like Bruno.
If we didn't need full backs, two centre midfielders and possibly a wide forward, I would say we could let him go. But the sheer amount of influence he has on the pitch and I'm sure off it too, is too valuable to roll the dice because people want a fresh face.
2.) 13 Jan 2026 18:07:45
If he stays, would have no qualms with that, quality player.
Just think the player and team are worlds apart in their ambitions at the moment. We need a pretty comprehensive rebuild and Bruno at 31/32 has a few years left at the top to win major honours.
Would expect him to move to a big club on the continent to try and win something substantial or just call it a day at top level football and move to Saudi Arabia for the money.
3.) 13 Jan 2026 18:31:28
81% of people are wrong then. Bruno owes the club nothing. If he decides to stay we should be thrilled. If he leaves we should use the money wisely. But he's the one player who consistently delivers.
The whole assumption that we need to sell Bruno in order to be able to invest doesn't have a basis. As such we should be looking to add to our group of good players, not lose any of them.
4.) 13 Jan 2026 19:00:44
Bruno has great numbers for sure. How have the team done.
No cf has excelled in front of him.
No cm has excelled alongside him
No wingers have done well outside of him.
Football is a team game.
4 or t managers
Over 20 players signed since him and still no telling with him.
Mctominay didn't excel alongside him.
So bruno has great numbers the team and nobody else has done well.
Its a weird one but Manchester united have never competed for the top prizes worth him in our team.
Normally world class players get more from those around them and help them lift their game but its never really happened for any player playing with bruno at united.
Cunha and mbeumo both not scoring more despite bruno being better than any individual at Brentford or wolves.
I think the question is a fair one.
Why has no other player or the team ever performed consistently well with bruno in it?
Im Just offering a different perspective.
Did salah replace the irreplaceable suarez?
Did dembele replace mbappe?
Cantona irreplaceable was replaced.
There is no player in the world irreplaceable never mind won that's never won a league as part of a team.
Google all the wc players to never win a league.
Greizman Gordon banks and booby Moore were the best of them.
He has been a shining light in a bad team for 7 years.
Id love to see him win the big trophies and how he would fit into a winning team and how he would have to adapt his game.
If he played in midfield for Madrid his numbers would not be what they are at united imo but he could be part of a winning team.
5.) 13 Jan 2026 20:30:15
Ken I agree to an extent. No player is bigger than the club. But we are in a fragile position and need our better players. If we qualify for CL and can get in the pick of midfielders then ok, but there are so many assumptions to the question. If Bruno wants to stay then I really don't think we should consider selling him.
6.) 13 Jan 2026 20:52:37
Liverpool were the same when Gerrard was leaving, how could they ever replace their talisman. Probably the best thing that could’ve happened to them.
7.) 13 Jan 2026 21:02:27
Don if he wants to stay and sign a contract I've no issue if he wants to stay to see out his contract then i'd rather sell.
8.) 14 Jan 2026 07:35:00
I think Booby Moore might be that drag queen you once met Ken.
9.) 15 Jan 2026 10:39:56
Good post Ken, Bruno is Juan Sebastian Veron. The only difference being that he couldn't displace Keane or Scholes nor replace our attackers or wingers so a world class talent moved on.
It's much easier for Bruno to look like a world ie when he's the only person receiving the ba as they expect him to do something g with it, but as per the stats that originally put United off signing him the summer before, he gives the ball away constantly and is a bad fit for a team structure in a team looking to rebuild rather than plug a hole.
11 Jan 2026 12:20:17
I love the FA Cup, really looking forward to today's game. Before we get there, here's a quick FA Cup quiz for you, NO GOOGLING! And no looking down at other people answers.
1. Which team has won the FA Cup the most times (a nice easy start)?
2. How many times did SAF win the FA Cup?
3. Across all clubs, which player has the most FA Cup Winners medals?
4. Who was the first Manager from overseas to win the FA Cup?
5. Who scored the fastest goal in FA Cup history?
6. FA Cup finals have been held at Wembley, the Millenium Stadium and one other ground. Which ground?
7. Who did Unit3d lose to in the 1958 final, post the Munich disaster?
8. Tough one to finish. Four United players have won the cup 4 times. Name the players.
1.) 11 Jan 2026 12:40:01
Nice ajh.
1 united
2 5?
3. Ashley cole? John Terry?
4 wenger?
5 di mateo final v Middlesbrough?
6 maine rd? Villa pk?
7 Preston?
8 giggs keane neville Robson?
2.) 11 Jan 2026 14:21:54
Lovely, no googling, just like talksport ?
1. Arsenal
2. 4
3. Ryan Giggs
4. Wenger
5. No idea
6. Villa Park
7. Arsenal
8. Giggs, Butt, Keane, Scholes
Great shout AJH, more of those please.
3.) 11 Jan 2026 16:10:47
8. Maybe Giggs, Keane, Scholes and G Nev?
4.) 11 Jan 2026 16:19:44
1. Arsenal
2. 5 at least. 90, 94, 96, 99, 03
3. Ashley Cole
4.Wenger
5. Gundogan, was DiMattio I think.
6. Villa Park
7. Bolton, I have the programme
8. Giggs, Keane, Scholes Robson.
5.) 11 Jan 2026 19:16:16
Answers
1. Arsenal
2. Five
3. Ashley Cole
4. Ruud Gullit
5. Gundogan
6. Old Trafford (1970)
7. Bolton
8. Keane, Giggs, Butt, Robson.
10 Jan 2026 11:54:15
Here's a thought, just because RA has gone doesn't mean Wilcox is staying. We need a new Manager, and are waiting until the end of the season
Ratcliffe isn't the messiah but he's no fool. Maybe he realises this structure isn't necessarily quite right and will tweak it, either by a change of responsibilities, or change of DOF.
1.) 10 Jan 2026 12:17:07
Wilcox needs to improve. Young man in a higher position than he ever has been.
Can he command that position and make a success of it? I don't know and you don't know. But just because he made a few errors doesn't meant he can't. Its all part of the learning process and learning from experience.
I think he needs a little time just like our new manager will.
Ajh you are a big cheer leader for giving players a chance and time particularly if they are young and inexperienced. Why does that differ for wilcox?
Why should he be fired?
So give him time and a chance to fulfill the potential people see in him.
I think he should get at least 1 more go with a new manager.
AJH. In your career and several jobs you've had did you do everything perfect all the time? i'd imagine you never had the type of responsibility that wilcox has.
Does a young DOF not need a chance?
Maybe if he came through our academy or was born within a couple of miles of your house you'd be in favour of giving him a pay rise.
2.) 10 Jan 2026 12:31:20
I don't have a strong view on it, I was reacting to the posts with the rumours about RA being backed and Wilcox leaving. If Ratcliffe had decided Wilcox was going, just because RA has gone doesn't mean Wilcox is staying.
In germs of your wider point, I'd rather we didn'it haveba DOF who was learning on the job, which is why we brought in Ashworth.
Like you, I'm not getting het up about it, I'm too long in the tooth for that.
3.) 10 Jan 2026 12:31:31
Yes I think you're exactly right Ken. I think Wilcox should have been able to manage the issues with Amorim better, but there are numerous areas he has done well. Everything at the club is not terrible despite what many are espousing. The underage teams are doing well, the womens team are doing well, and the first team has improved. I disagree that RA's last presser was a sackable offence but it does seem there was other behind the scenes examples of this behaviour. Nonetheless, Wilcox seems to have pivoted from some promises made to RA because of Ratcliffe's insistence on the formation.
This may be rumour but it appears substantiated. If so that displays a weakness on Wilcox's part. I'm more concerned with the fact that they've gone for an interim replacement for Amorim immediately rather than seeming to try at all for a permanent replacement. If that goes wrong then that will - and should - fall on Wilcox. It's a massive risk that I don't understand why he is taking.
4.) 10 Jan 2026 12:50:28
Im not het up ajh just calling out double standards and putting it a different Maurice to yours. I won't ever promote hating the club.
5.) 10 Jan 2026 13:28:00
The club had an extremely competent sporting director in Dan Ashworth but Sir Jim did not like someone disagreeing with him (regarding redundancies) and not having a superstar manager (Berrada was a big Amorim advocate) in his plans.
The briefing put out against Ashworth when he left was pretty disgusting for what is supposed to be a corporate environment above the manager.
Wilcox is a man over his head and the idea that plucking anyone from Man City and assuming they are competent is ridiculous. The main guys there were Soriano, Bergiristain and of course Pep.
We are lucky that the players signed so far by the new regime are pretty manager agnostic and of a good age profile (dont see the next manager not wanting Cunha/Mbuemo and Sesko) .
But they have to get the next manager pick right and not make the stupid recruitment decisions that the previous regime did.
6.) 10 Jan 2026 13:47:36
This is all new to United. First time that they've ever really had this structure, it's going to take time. I'm just a little more enthused that the people that have been appointed are footballing people that having been working within successful structures and as you said Ajh, ratcliffe is no fool.
This was their first managerial appointment, they made the wrong choice and that is okay. I still have faith that they will get it right.
And yes, Wilcox's head is on the chopping block but it can be quickly removed if the next person they put in place manages to get a run going, then he will quickly go back into the background.
7.) 10 Jan 2026 16:36:58
The way things are going, they'll bring Ashworth back.
8.) 10 Jan 2026 16:52:31
I would be very surprised if a new DoF wasn’t in place next season.
Wilcox knows that the club were ready to sack him to keep Amorim happy, and I suspect that the only reason he is still at the club is they’re waiting for the Amorim fallout to blow over.
Personally, everything I’ve heard about him makes me question his expertise and character.
Stealing Ashworth’s job.
Telling Ratcliffe what he wanted to hear, rather than the truth.
Saying (to a reporter) that he thinks the squad is a few players away from competing for titles (that was last season) .
To me he looks like a blagger. Someone he talked himself into a job that he isn’t capable of doing properly. I don’t think that there are a lot of top coaches who wanted to work with him either.
9.) 10 Jan 2026 17:07:00
Could vivell be the one to step up into s more prominent role if we bring either tuchel or naglesman in the summer with Willcox being let go.
10.) 10 Jan 2026 18:26:26
Training ground sources say Wilcox billed himself as “like a manager” and stressed that Amorim was the coach.
Look at Wilcox CV, youth development at City, bigger role at relegated Southampton. Then telling the manager at United what to do and if the above is correct, proclaiming himself as manager.
Jason Wilcox has to go.
16 Jan 2026 21:31:19
I read it was Sneijder.
10 Jan 2026 11:45:02
Ugarte has been a massive disappointment, when you think we signed him and let McT go, albeit slightly different positions. I get why we want Rashford to leave, lack of effort, questionable commitment, but losing Scott seemed mad at the time. And this is how I now feel about Mainoo
I can't think of on evanescence when I thought I see why qe signed Ugarte. Maybe the cub is too big for him, who knows, but I would absolutely play others in front of him, including some of our youngsters.
10 Jan 2026 09:10:23
I'd rather play him than Ugarte.
27 Aug 2025 17:54:17
Time for Ken I think ?.
26 Aug 2025 17:34:56
Mainoo competing with Bruno, what poppycock.
29 Jan 2026 14:30:16
Fizz ????.
19 Jan 2026 07:48:22
The oxymoron is that you could see progress, but as soon as he goes we get the best performance for 2 years. I don't want to fall out with long standing respected posters, and I realise I feel more strongly about RA than most, so I'm going to take a break and have a reset, put myself on the naughty step for a couple of weeks.
18 Jan 2026 21:01:57
Don, you and I see different things mate.
There was no 'subtle' difference in formation, we moved to a pretty standard 442, something RA has refused to do since he joined.
Yesterday was joyful, and yes, Carrick seems to have undone in 3 days what Amorim did in12 months, but it was only 1 game.
RTFP, most people are seeing yesterday as our best performance for over 12 months, our best 90 minutes since before RA joined.
It was only 1 game, so who knows what will happen next, but yesterday was soooo different to anything I have seen under RA's reign.
18 Jan 2026 19:35:46
"I was sad to see Amorim go the way he did. I could genuinely see progress under him. That said, yesterday's game was by far the best performance we have seen from a United side in years. "
If you want to understand what an oxymoron is, look no further.
We were making progess umder RA apparently, but as soon as we lose him, we see the best performance for years ?♂️. The absurdity is staggering.
In one game, Carrick has shown what is possible. I should add that I am very relaxed via Senor Malbec, but it needs saying. RA was full of hot air but delivered very little. There was no new Manager bounce when he joined, there was the odd good result, the occasional whiff of progress before reverting to mediocriry, but generally it was awful.
In 3 days, Carrick has shown what is possible. I'm not suggesting he is the answer, but he has shown in 1 game thst RA was definitely not the answer.
17 Jan 2026 21:17:50
I remember them as great players, some as United legends, but their punditry risks spoiling that. Neville in particular gets right on my t1ts.