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26 Apr 2024 19:10:21
Ed002 - If you've got time please, even if Utd wanted to sell Rashford or he wanted to leave is there any genuine interest in taking him? Given his current form and massive wages I wouldn't suspect there is a big queue? Thanks in advance.
{Ed002's Note - I am getting sick of answering the same quesions over and over. It is a complete waste of my time.
Marcus Rashford (LW/F) Much will depend on what happens in the summer regarding a new coach, but I am sure Manchester United will be regretting the new long-term contract. A third-party has spoken to clubs, including Juventus and Arsenal about him on behalf of Manchester United, but I am not aware of any serious interest. Suggestion that he could be a Mbappe replacement at PSG seem far-fetched given they have other clear targets in mind.}
1.) 26 Apr 2024 20:38:07
My apologies thanks for your reply.
2.) 26 Apr 2024 21:05:11
More or less our biggest star/ face off our marketing. Can't see us letting him go for a fee that would be anywhere near realistic. Think he will stay and stink up the place ala Martial for the foreseeable.
3.) 27 Apr 2024 08:16:28
His wages too high to be sold.
Maybe short term loan to help him get form back away from spotlight.
4.) 27 Apr 2024 13:17:13
Quite a few contracts on reduced terms have been signed at the likes of Barcelona recently. Maybe de Jong this summer. Most have done so. True measure of love for a club.
5.) 27 Apr 2024 13:18:23
There were rumours he didn’t get on with Greenwood at all and cannot work with him.
Now that’s a tough choice. A lazy and out of form Rashford or Greenwood back?!
6.) 27 Apr 2024 22:07:56
That's not a choice Eric.
7.) 28 Apr 2024 00:20:58
Why not choose between Messi in his prime or Rashford? ?.
8.) 28 Apr 2024 11:08:36
Generally I tend to find it hard to judge players on things beyond their performance on the pitch. Frankly I just don't know enough about them personally or what is going on in their lives to feel like I know enough to draw a sensible conclusion.
With Rashford he seems like he has a decent moral core based on his efforts to make sure kids didn't go hungry. He used his position of fame to help others and that should be commended, on the most part that has been.
On the pitch he has at times carried us, and has shown genuine world class form at times. Consistency has been a problem, but a fully fit and on form Rashford starts for pretty much every side in the league.
The question is why is he so inconsistent. In the past the excuses of youth and being moved around position have been valid potential reasons.
While he has carried the goalscoring burden for us in the past he isn't the kind of player who can drag his teammates performance up. To be fair very few forwards tend to have that quality. They are goal scorers and by nature that tends to make players selfish and more focused on themselves in their efforts to score. Midfielders and defenders tend to be more team focused and as such there are far more examples of players from those positions who can elevate the performance of those around them.
As such for a player like Rashford his form will be more dependent on that of the team, he needs his teammates to provide him with good quality chances for him to be able to play at his best. So maybe his form and inconsistency can be partially explained by the team's own inconsistent performances.
There have also been rumours and suggestions that his form might be connected to his private life. Again something that shouldn't be too surprising. Most of us will see a downturn in our performance at work when we are dealing with turmoil or difficulties in our private lives. Very few people can block out those troubles while at work, and I think the ones that can tend to be able to do so because their work is an escape. I wonder how that might change if you're work is examined under the microscope of the print and online media. Can work be an escape when you are put under that much pressure.
This brings me to the crux of this whole situation for me. What support should the club offer a player like Rashford and are they giving him that support.
If a player, particularly a current or former academy player has issues in their private life to what extent do the club have a responsibility to support them with that?
We as a club take kids who are not emotionally or mentally mature and start training them to become top players. Part of that process puts them in situations that most teenagers never experience. They are exposed to pressures that many fully mature adults would struggle with, and they are expected to make good decisions and are disproportionately judged when they make mistakes common for most teenagers.
Most of them don't come from homes or backgrounds that have experience or the knowledge of how to support and advise them. They are picked out by agents and hanger-on's looking to make money on the back of these young players talent. People who will use manipulation on these kids to further their own ends.
The club looks to benefit from producing these young players, either making money on the back of selling them on, or by producing a top level player for a fraction of what it would cost to buy a similar player. Academy players on the whole tend to earn less at their clubs than players signed by the club. Their attachment to the club being taken advantage of by the club to have higher quality players on lower wages than they would potentially earn elsewhere.
Which for me personally means that the club does have more responsibility to support it's players, particularly it's academy and former academy players, far more than that of a traditional employer.
The club, while providing these young players with a fantastic opportunity, have exposed these young people to experiences and challenges they are not for the most part equipped to deal with.
Rather than throw a player like Rashford to the dogs, the club should be doing everything they can to support him and help him deal with whatever issues he has and work with him to get him back to his best form.
Maybe they are, I hope they are. Maybe playing most games is part of that support, maybe he needs the distraction of playing to give him a rest bite from whatever is happening off the pitch. Maybe the club is offering the support and the player isn't accepting it. Or maybe they aren't offering any support at all.
The point for me is that I don't know which of the above is happening. Which makes it very hard for me to judge Rashford currently beyond that his form (for whatever reason) isn't good enough and that needs to be addressed. His on pitch body language and his perceived effort is difficult to judge as I don't know why it's changed. As previously he has always been a hard working and committed player.
His body language, the rumours, the speculation, his tweets or response to questions in the press, and everything else is something I find it difficult to judge him on as I'm only seeing less than 10% of what is happening.
Is Rashford's form a problem? Absolutely. How best to fix that? Well without seeing the whole picture it's impossible to say.
9.) 28 Apr 2024 11:08:59
Why not ship out both and completely remove Ole's first choice attacking line from the club in one fell swoop. None of them have lived up to what we had hoped they would be for different reasons.
10.) 28 Apr 2024 22:23:47
Why not bring back Greenwood, since the charges were dropped, he has a child with that girl and also married her?
11.) 29 Apr 2024 04:27:22
Quite simple Trololo. The club doesn't need the circus that will come from bringing him back. They are trying to turn the page and move forwards with positivity, and bringing Greenwood back would not help to deliver that.
12.) 29 Apr 2024 06:25:29
Sell Greenwood to whichever Spanish side want him and use the money to fund a bid for Olise, then move Garnacho back to is favoured position on the left, move Mount up to attacking midfield, Bruno as the box2box midfielder and let Mainoo keep learning the DM role.
With Licha back next season with Shaw we only need a new CB, maybe Braithwaite or the kid from Nice and we are good to go.
Easy being a manger isn't it.
13.) 29 Apr 2024 12:59:13
I understand that Dodgy, the problem is with the fans, who are, imo, hilarious, that is why I posted that.
14.) 29 Apr 2024 13:23:55
She is so lucky eh Trololo?
15.) 29 Apr 2024 14:00:56
Taking Greenwood back is not an option. Rushford is in poor form and clearly struggling with his mentality. Greenwood is a scumbag who doesn't deserve the talent, platform or career ahead of him.
16.) 29 Apr 2024 16:33:14
What is your point patrick?
James, that is only your opinion. If he is or isn't a scumbag should be irrelevant. He wasn't convicted and that should be enough.
17.) 29 Apr 2024 19:23:58
Are you really asking Trololo?
18.) 30 Apr 2024 16:02:20
For some reason, my comment didn't go through.
Anyway, yes, I am really asking.
19.) 30 Apr 2024 17:45:58
Trololo, Domestic violence. Not a good image for the club to be associated with. Most victims stay / withdraw from cases. Does that make him innocent? What about women, both players and fans of Man Utd? Move on from Greenwood.
20.) 04 May 2024 14:22:36
I think there is another angle that is worth looking at.
First of all, if he realLy is innocent as Richard Arnold’s taskforce seems to believe, he should be reinstated.
If not, then him playing for Manchester United is in the best interest of the victim. She would be isolated anywhere else in the world, in Manchester she would have her family around for those tough moments that will surely be coming again sometime in the future.
Just food for thought.
23 Jun 2023 17:49:20
I find it disingenuous to those that suggest the sale of the Club will have no bearing on this summers transfer window.
Had the takeover of the Club been completed in April or May as many commentators had predicated I don't think there is any doubt that this summers transfer window would have looked remarkably different. New owners would be keen to show intent and make an immediate impression.
Whilst it may be true to suggest that the sale of the Club won't necessarily divert from a usual Glazer summer of indecision, delay and protracted negotiations had new owners been in place maybe we could have been spared such frustration and drama.
In relation to this summers transfer window a lack of leadership and indecision reigns again.
Mount may arrive if a fee can be agreed with Chelsea and Rabiot seems a cheaper alternative to the likes of Rice and Caicedo however his wages could still present a problem.
The GK situation is bizarre. Surely if there was uncertainty surrounding De Gea this should have been treated as a priority with many supporters labelling a new keeper as essential summer business. If De Gea leaves then obviously a new GK will arrive, however as it stands the situation remains unclear. Will the club move for a cheaper GK to provide competition for De Gea or someone more established and replace him as No1?! The fact this decision has not yet been made is scary.
A new CB is probably dependant on selling Maguire so I don't expect that to be resolved anytime soon.
With Kane and Osimhen seemingly both unavailable the CF situation is complex. I get the impression the Club are reluctant to splash the cash on a younger, inexperienced prospect just yet. I have a suspicion that some at the Club still believe that Harry Kane may become available later in the window especially if he agitates for a move therefore in my opinion I don't think the CF position will be resolved until the end of the window.
I get the impression there is a lot of indecision within the Club not fully decided if they want to invest heavily in new GK or the what kind of CF they want to move for. Considering many supporters believed both positions were key summer priority's it's alarming that the Club doesn't seem to have a clear and coherent plan.
We could fall lucky like we did last year but if that happens I expect more panic, drama and no doubt a big overspend on someone because they've left it late.
1.) 23 Jun 2023 18:04:18
Clear and coherent plan and Manchester United don’t go together and hasn’t for years. We can only hope that new ownership and a new structure can change that…. if we get new owners that is.
2.) 23 Jun 2023 18:11:51
Good post DLIB. 10Hag must be incredibly frustrated.
3.) 23 Jun 2023 18:55:07
I don't think even this leadership will fail to get an acceptable striker, but we do really need a backup too, unless Rashford is being moved up front full time (which I don't think he should be, at least not now, maybe in the future) .
Well, worst case we can use McT as backup striker, he offers everything Weghorst did, but with more goal threat! (Sadly I'm only half joking here)
4.) 23 Jun 2023 18:56:25
Maybe if the club had been sold by April/ May then things might have been different.
Yet I think its disingenuous to place all blame at the Glazers door for that.
The saying goes it takes two to tango. The fact that we ended up with three rounds of bidding and that the rumoured fee being paid is north of 6bn, up over 3.2bn on anything offered in the first round of bids just shows that this is a process.
Being angry at people for refusing a lower deal when they have gone on to secure a much better one seems daft and pointless.
I think a lot of of fans got a little carried away when the first rumours of the club being potentially up for sale. They let their imagination run away with itself. We'd get a new owner, someone who understands the club, who is a fan, who has a clear plan and will invest. Clear the debt, build a new stadium, build a new training ground, and of course bankroll a luxury summer of expensive signings.
It's best not to look at things in the short term view. We will have new owners and it's probably better for them to really get their feet under the table over the summer and over the course of next season.
The last thing the club needs is kneejerk reactions. Sack this person and that person and try and hire someone to come in and implement a plan that they have literally had to pull out of their derrière with absolutely no understanding of the club. Owners more concerned with making a fancy entrance than making sensible well thought-out moves. Buying big name, fancy players to try and woo the fans.
The signings the club have wanted to make after scouting throughout the season, players who suit the managers profile and fit into his plans.
Having new owners who can have a chance to see what is working and what isn't, while also having the common sense to plan out how and when to make those changes. Is vital.
5.) 23 Jun 2023 20:01:38
Dlib, we have ffp to deal with. Owners can't just come in and spend what they want. Unless we sell some the kitty is looking low.
6.) 23 Jun 2023 22:00:34
FFP is definitely a factor for us, we have to face facts that for now we can’t compete on the mega deal front in respect of transfer fees.
7.) 23 Jun 2023 22:28:09
FiremanC - Not without sales. The issue is we must raise £100m sales to be able to spend say £400m. But we cannot spend £400m without knowing for sure we can raise £100m. And you cannot guarantee you will raise £100m. We don't have a crystal ball. That's why we cannot rush into buying everyone. It was always going to be about outgoings, I'm not convinced we will do anything different than other seasons, therefore it'll be tough this summer. We have already priced Fred out of a Fulham move. He's 30. We need to be more flexible with sales and not penny pinch so much. We will miss out on EtH's targets. That's why for me it was super important that we were taken over by the Qataris asap, as they would allow for small loses on outgoing players to allow them to move on. IE freeing up money for the benefit of FFP. I have no faith in the current team to get players out the door.
8.) 23 Jun 2023 23:20:52
According to the Athletic we do not have particularly pressing FFP concerns. I think the existing combined debt of £1.1bn is more problematic. We don't have the cash on hand to make any big up front cash purchases.
21 Jul 2020 08:15:50
There has been some fierce debate since the Chelsea defeat but maybe some perspective is needed.
Only a couple of weeks ago Chelsea lost to West Ham and Sheffield Utd and looked anything like convincing in a narrow victory over Crystal Palace. They have their own problems in defence and with another Spanish goalkeeper coincidentally so they have not suddenly become world beaters again overnight.
Utd now need to show some resilience and mental strength. We look a team showing signs of fatigue and some parallels can be drawn to last season when Ole went on a magnificent run only for it to fall apart once we'd dragged ourselves back into contention. The same excuses were rolled out then. Injury and fatigue bore the blame but this time history cannot repeat itself.
We need to exhibit a steely reserve, to win our next two fixtures and complete a remarkable turn around. There will be no trophy or even celebration for finishing 4th. It will still represent a poor season where we have finished over 30 points behind the leaders but maybe the seeds of recovery have been sown over the last few weeks. A return to Europe's elite competition will see us welcome Europe's best back to Old Trafford and hopefully the extra revenue generated will be reinvested back into the playing squad.
As for next season expectations should be tempered. Any talk of a title challenge is dangerously premature and once again we'll be in a fight for a top 4 finish with the likes of Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal, Leicester, Wolves etc
Progress has been made, the team is now capable of scoring more goals, is becoming more consistent, whilst the style and brand of football is slowly evolving. I think we've been treated to some fantastic, attacking football since the re start, scoring some memorable goals and perhaps we have seen the birth of our next academy superstar.
We've seen ourselves the difference that just one player can make to a team so with the right recruitment we do have cause for optimism. The prospect of seeing Rashford, Martial, Fernandes and Sancho not matter how unlikely is exciting and with Greenwood continuing to develop we have a core of good players capable of competing with the best.
We must now finish the job and look forwards not back. The Chelsea defeat is consigned to history and in some ways we have bigger business to take care of. It's a big week ahead for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and the direction of his Man Utd team.
1.) 21 Jul 2020 10:27:48
Dlib
Nice to see there are still some people on the site with a modicum of common sense and knowledge. ðŸ‘ðŸ‘.
2.) 21 Jul 2020 10:28:57
Sensible post. I think the issue is most of us have become entrenched in our views either pro or against the manager. Them the most recent results become the basis of either proving your opinion right or wrong.
The reality is the unless Ole massively improves them he isn't the right long term manager for us. Yet in the short term he has shipped out the right players, brought in players with the right mentality, he has given youth a chance, improved most players in the squad and given the club back some of its identity. As a result whoever takes over will take over a club and a side in much better shape than it was when Ole took over.
Whether this summer, next summer or beyond is the right time to replace Ole remains to be seen and until he is will remain a hypothetical opinion only.
My view is we have a young side that is benefitting from having a manger who trusts them, regardless of who we sign we are too far off of Liverpool and City who have sides at their peak currently to realistically catch them next season.
They say a squad peaks with an average age between 26-29. That is where Liverpool and City are now. Our average age is 23/ 24 so we need more experience before we hit our peak.
For me next season would be a success if we are comfortably 3rd with a much smaller gap between us and 1st, anything below a 10 point gap would be a great improvement. I think we need to win a cup either the Europa League this season or a cup next season. Winning breeds a winning mentality and with so many young players in the squad winning a cup would be a huge growth experience for them.
Onwards and upwards. We need to refocus on the next game, forget Leicester. Win at West Ham, and try and win by a good margin. That would show a good bounce back mentality and would go some way to maintaining confidence levels. While also putting us in the best possible place ahead of the final day showdown.
3.) 21 Jul 2020 10:58:29
Agreed. If Ole can get us back into the top 4, playing some good football, maybe Europa League as a bonus, you have to after he’s done a sterling job and deserves another transfer window to continue his project. The atmosphere around our club is chalk and cheese to Jose’s reign. I for one am not complaining - yes he makes a few mistakes, but he’s learning all the time.
4.) 21 Jul 2020 11:20:01
Top post DLIB.
5.) 21 Jul 2020 12:07:37
Top post and well said DLIB.
6.) 21 Jul 2020 12:52:37
Good post dlib. City have lost a host of league games this year and are 20 points worse off than last year and have just been outplayed by arsenal. Do we see mass hysteria? Sack pep? players not good enough? No we don't. If I had said after the Burnley defeat that with 2 league games to go CL qualification would be in our hands I would have been laughed off this site. We are looking a little fatigued which is why the team and the manager need all our support not relentless criticism for losing a game which wasn't in the grand scheme of things particularly important.
7.) 21 Jul 2020 13:31:30
our inability to finish teams off is one of the issues we had early in the season which has cost us points.
we have drew 11 games.
lost the 2nd least amount of games and have conceded the joint second least.
i think with a few more players, especially a right winger, and another central midfielder regardless if pogba stays or not you will see a difference.
8.) 21 Jul 2020 14:02:34
Good post DLIB.
But I remain unconvinced that Ole has what it takes to take us forward next season and beyond. Still too many question marks hang over him and what he has achieved so far. I do hope I am wrong.
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14 Feb 2025 07:39:05
{Ed's Note - DLIB has posted a new article entitled, Ineos And The Glazers Are A disgrace?
1.) 14 Feb 2025 18:10:09
First of all the damage was done by the Glazers. Secondly SJR did not "gift" them anything, he bought stock. Thirdly he has injected approx $300m cash into the club in addition. Yes, clearly it was a mistake to have hired Dan Ashworth. Yes, in retrospect, they probably should have got rid of ETH in the summer.
Suffice it to say it was the Glazers, and only the Glazers, along with their management team who created the debt and the debt service costs. They created the hole out of which SJR/ Ineos has to dig the club. I'm in favour of the club being able to produce the cash flow it needs to run efficiently and effectively on the field. For that to happen there's clearly going to have to be enormous changes, and as is always the case in these situations, some people aren't going to be happy. Is it fair? No. Is it pleasant, no? At least someone is finally trying to stop the rot rather than piling it one.
2.) 14 Feb 2025 18:43:57
Shawthing, read back over what DLIB wrote.
The mistakes made by Ratcliffe have cost the club millions over the past few months.
Extending ETH’s contract and bringing in new coaching staff to support him last summer, only to sack the lot a few months into the season, resulting in a huge compensation bill.
Spending close to £10m on a new sporting director, only to completely ignore his advice, and sack him after a few months. More compensation.
The money spaffed up the wall on these mistakes could have comfortably covered the wages of all the staff he fired for the next decade. But we’re expected to believe that it’s a matter of sound business principles. It isn’t, Jim and his team made huge mistakes, with big financial costs. Now he’s laying off staff at the club BECAUSE of these mistakes. Punishing ordinary workers from the community for the mistakes of the owners is not how I want the club to be run.
3.) 14 Feb 2025 19:22:50
The mistakes have been expensive but it's an error to compare the cost of those vs the savings made elsewhere. Those savings are -by and large- annual. We all know the club has been grossly mismanaged. We all knew the correction would be painful. Unfortunately some good people will suffer for it. However the overwhelming blame is not on the new club management. It was the previous management that over-hired.
4.) 14 Feb 2025 20:17:49
SJR will be judged on whether His decisions bring us success. No one, outside of those persoanlly affected will remember the redundancies or the Ashworth fiasco, if in a few years we win an EPL or CL.
If we don't then it will be bought up constantly as another stick to beat him with.
5.) 14 Feb 2025 21:01:21
im thinking sir Skint ratcliffe might not be the financial saviour we hoped. Reading INEOS is 12 billion in debt is not reassuring, chemical business is fast moving some say his business is not at the cutting edge, even his new 3billion pound facility in Antwerp might also be outdated before its finished. Being downrated and the debt being common knowldege now will impact INEOS ability to borrow -should they want to and would face higher interest rateson any offered loans. that's not good.
6.) 14 Feb 2025 22:22:29
The new regime were always going to make mistakes. No one gets everything 100% right.
While I agree that the cut backs for employees seem small and even petty when compared to the costs of players wages and compensation payments etc. That doesn't mean that it is the wrong decision to make.
Ultimately there are bigger issues, but they cannot allow be fixed or certainly not any time soon.
Yes we all want to see the debt gone. But why should it be Jim Radcliffe who foots the bill. With the money he's paid the buy the club (out of his own pocket) and the 300m he has put directly into the clubs accounts to help fund things, the reality is that he has already invested more into our club than any other single individual in history.
Why should he be expected to plough another 800m of his own money into a black hole to get absolutely nothing for it. Just to clear the debt someone else foisted on our club?
If you're all so desperate to clear the debt I'll set up a GoFundMe page and we can get every single United fan to put £100 into it to clear the debt.
Are you prepared to use your hard earned money to clear the Glazer's debt?
I suppose the answer will be "why should you? " Which unless you're a hypocrite should be the same thinking towards Jim Radcliffe paying it.
The club is in an almighty mess, the only way out of this is to make unpopular decisions. It is those tough decisions that the previous regime shied away from which ultimately has compounded issues and set us on a downward spiral.
The club will have to make unpopular decisions to get us back on course now, either that or we have to accept life in the mire and mid-table mediocrity.
Part of the reason I wanted EtH to stay this season is that the manager was going to have to make some very unpopular decisions. They were going to have to stand up against the players and in doing so were bound to make enemies. Lots of players need booting out, those that stay will have to be worked harder than they've worked before. It's likely that the manager who has to be the guy to do the majority of this work will end up the fall guy and it'll be his successor who'll truly benefit from the work he does. That to me made more sense to keep EtH to be that guy. Unfortunately obviously his position became untenable, yet the reality is that the new man has come in and he hasn't managed to improve things. I really don't think it matters who is managing us right now, this is the level we will get out of these players when they are being forced to do the things they need to do to eventually become successful.
Jim Ratcliffe and the new regime will make mistakes along the way. Some might be relatively small, others might be huge.
As fan we will have to probably accept another 18 months to 2 years of stories like the ones that have been published recently, of hardship and difficult viewing, of inconsistent football. A couple more years outside of the UCL, and 10th to 6th placed finishes. But it needs to happen.
But until we grow a pair and suck it up and take our medicine, that two years or so of real hardship as a fan then things will never be able to really get better. Even then there are no guarantees.
{Ed001's Note - none of the money has come out of Rat's pocket at all. Utter nonsense. He has spent zero pounds of his own money, the exact amount he paid in taxes as well, zero.}
7.) 15 Feb 2025 07:52:30
In the rush to be free of the Glazers, we welcomed SJR with open arms. Some cuts made sense, but the focus on the lowest paid whilst wasting tens of millions on amateurish decisions leaves a nasty taste.
We were told the adults were now in charge but so far, I'm not seeing it.
8.) 15 Feb 2025 12:03:02
Ed001, the company that bought the shares and invested money into the club was Trawlers Ltd, a company wholly owned by Jim Ratcliffe.
It was not INEOS's money.
{Ed001's Note - again read it - company. Not his money, the company's money. It is not difficult to understand, he doesn't use personal money, he uses finance to pay for things. Just like the Glazers, but borrowed from outside, rather than against the club. Why do you argue when you don't actually know?}
9.) 15 Feb 2025 18:57:55
Ed001, I feel like people are so desperate to believe that Ratcliffe taking over from the Glazers is going to save the club, that they’re willing to ignore all the evidence from the past year that Ratcliffe has made a mess of things, and is using low paid staff to make it look like he’s cutting costs.
13 Feb 2025 15:16:09
DLIB has written an article entitled, Ineos And The Glazers Are A disgrace?
1.) 13 Feb 2025 19:21:33
Thank you for expressing what many of us long standing supporters feel DLIB. The ownership is essentially robbing the club of its money, heritage and morals. They increasingly disgust me more and more and more. The soul of this club is being slowly choked to death.
Enough is enough and its time to fight back in any way the fans and supporters can. I do sense a ground swell of an uprising and it can't come too soon.
2.) 13 Feb 2025 21:04:12
I’m not saying I agree with the cuts (especially from a financial point of view) but if you only need 10 groundskeepers but have 20 do you just keep having 20 forever? I have no idea what jobs have been cut or what level but have seen several articles say that UTD have/ had the highest level on non-playing staff in the PL.
3.) 13 Feb 2025 22:27:46
And to think when I favoured the Sheikh, there was all sorts thrown. When I have flagged what the Glazers have done on here for 15 years, some defended them. I have pointed out the problems with the debt time after time. The debt is a millstone, has been for 20 plus years, whilst so many denied it.
People sat back and welcomed, well some did, Ratcliffe. I was criticised for calling him the Rat, the Rat for letting the Glazers stay.
If Ratcliffe cared about the club he would pony up and pay the debt, buy the whole club, instead we have this mess.
4.) 14 Feb 2025 02:13:00
Redman you need to get into one of those websites and request yourself a sugar daddy. Dance around a bit and you might get one??.
5.) 14 Feb 2025 05:03:17
The only bit about this that grips my proverbial is that there are underperforming clowns on the park paid enough to cover a few low paid workers who can’t ill afford the loss of income.
But yep I get that you can’t throw money away.
6.) 14 Feb 2025 06:35:50
Looks to me Tumble like Ratcliffe needs to do that.
7.) 14 Feb 2025 14:35:16
Luke shaw, mason mount, casemiro, Anthony, rashford, eriksen, lindelof. How much cash are we paying these guys? How many millions down the drain? But beryl the tea lady is the problem.
Give me a break.
06 Dec 2024 07:39:08
{Ed's Note - DLIB has posted a new article entitled, What's the future for Manchester United
05 Dec 2024 20:17:04
DLIB has written an article entitled, What's the future for Manchester United
1.) 05 Dec 2024 21:46:08
Good post dlib.
I'm not sure that anybody is expecting too much this season.
I think significant improvement next season as the squad takes shape and adjusts to the training, demands and expectations is likely.
I'd have a very positive outlook.
2.) 06 Dec 2024 13:23:31
I remember saying the same thing at the start of the season.
And the 11 before that.
3.) 06 Dec 2024 14:41:33
You couldn't have thought there was any positives under eth. More full you of you did.
4.) 06 Dec 2024 21:06:47
Why not, I was optimistic. He was brilliant at Ajax.
25 Nov 2024 14:33:00
Penny for Ruben Amorim's thoughts as he travels back to Manchester after a sobering first performance.
All the optimism of positive training ground clips and wining team photos, quickly evaporated after an insipid display against newly promoted, relegation fodder!
Effort levels lasted a full 45 minutes for interim manager Ralph Rangnick, Amorim was afforded less than three minutes!
Several players don't deserve to wear the famous red jersey, let alone be paid over £300k per week for the privilege. The fabled United trinity statue has more mobility than the motionless, Casemiro, Eriksen and Rashford!
The only saving grace, Amorim has not been deceived by a temporary Adrenalin jolt which has deceived others into thinking some of these players are actually worthy of the shirt. Let's be crystal clear, most are not!
Some advice for our newly appointed head coach, forget past reputations, ignore the egotistical high earners, charlatans masquerading in Man Utd shirts, trust your instincts, trust your eyes, select players with effort that will follow instruction! Blessing in disguise. maybe?
Let's hope Amorim is a quick learner and he doesn't go the same way as his predecessors. Hash words, considering that was his first game and he's only been in charge a week, but the effort levels of some of these players for his first game in charge was an absolute disgrace!
1.) 25 Nov 2024 22:51:41
DLIB, his face said it all.
He will have the most amount for goodwill of any United manager post Fergie.
Now is the time to do what ever he sees for in order to make this team move in the right direction.
I have a feeling he will do what is necessary. You could tell from his demeanour at the end of the game, he knew what's needed to be done. The best compliment he gave the team was that he believed that they tried, that's it.
2.) 26 Nov 2024 15:59:46
Angel - I hope you’re right mate! We’ve watched some of these players for years, we know exactly what they’re like.
I think we need honesty from Amorim. To be fair, he did give us that in his post match press conference and I thought his substitutions were absolutely spot on. I don’t hope the Club doesn’t wear him down. If Rashford won’t press or track back for example, drop him and tell us why? He’ll have the fans full support, it’s time to stop protecting these players.
It’s then up to Berrada, Ashworth et al to kick them out.
12 Jun 2024 10:01:51
Good post Wazza.
29 May 2024 09:11:14
Good post Shaw llets see what happens in the coming days.
28 May 2024 14:57:55
Who’s conducting this review?
The new CEO doesn’t start until July and Dan Ashworth was last seen potting his geraniums?!
Jason Wilcox only started two weeks ago?
If they sack EtH before either are in post who has made this decision?
The cyclist enthusiast, the petrol chemical billionaire or Joel Glazer maybe?
28 May 2024 14:48:42
Excellent post Shaw.
26 Apr 2024 20:38:07
My apologies thanks for your reply.
21 Apr 2025 16:21:42
Danny - I was actually agreeing with you but there are two sides to every story and hindsight always provides the context not available at the time.
We must remember these signings came on the back of a 3rd place finish, a league cup victory and an FA Cup final. At the time most believed EtH was the man to take the Club forward and Rashford had just become the first Utd player to score 30 goals in a single season since RvP.
Many argued that we needed a ball playing GK, many speculated this would be transformative, some even said that signing a new ball playing GK would help the team score more goals.
Who knows if Levy would have sold Kane to Man Utd? Who knows if Kane even wanted to join us? Some questioned the logic of spending so much money on a player approaching their 30’s. It was a complicated and difficult transfer to complete and not everyone agreed he was the right man. Not because of his quality, but there were concerns about the transfer fee, his wages, his age and even his injury record.
Hojlund was well rated at the time and seen as a CF with potential for growth and improvement.
The Mount signing was a touch perplexing with no obvious place for him in the team and a dubious injury record but again many speculated EtH was going to move towards two 8’s with Mount and Bruno in midfield?
If you argued at the time that the Club should go all out for Kane, no matter the cost or complexity of the deal and shouldn’t be targeting a younger CF to lead the line for Man Utd or replacing De Gea with Onana, that despite a excellent performance in a Champions League final was in fact a calamity waiting to happen, then that was incredible insight but at the time many couldn’t stand De Gea and many were not totally convinced about Kane for differing reasons not to mention Spurs reluctance to sell him to another Premier League side.
It looks so obvious now I completely agree but there were other factors to consider at the time and that’s all I meant by hindsight.
21 Apr 2025 12:39:17
Danny - Hindsight is a wonderful thing but it’s hard to disagree with you!
I thought we did ok yesterday, the young kids Amass and Fredricson were excellent and I think if we had a decent CF we win that game comfortably. How many games have we said that this season?
In line with what you’ve said would we be better off blowing most of our budget on Gyokeres in the summer? I appreciate he’ll probably have other suitors but if we can somehow win the Europa League maybe that might just give us a shot?
Should we be spending our money on just 1 or 2 quality additions that can come straight into the first team and make an immediate impact. How many more points would we have this season for example if we had a competent CF and GK?
06 Mar 2025 20:48:26
Danny I’m just not convinced Mainoo is demanding £180k per week that’s my point. Call me cynical but I think it could be an attempt by the Club to alienate the player and turn some fans against him paving the way for a sale in the summer. Maybe I wrong but by all accounts Mainoo is a sensible and professional young player. I personally feel he should be paid in line with other promising young players such as Yoro and Amad. His contract still has 3 years to run my point is more about why are these stories in the press. I think we should be supporting our young players and not turning on them (I’m not saying you are) when we don’t know all the facts. I don’t like the idea of the Club selling its best young players.
If it later transpires he won’t sign a new contract and demands top dollar then the Club have a decision to make but his contract runs until 2027 with the option of another year so surely there is plenty of time for negotiation.
06 Mar 2025 13:13:55
Tumble - The owners are a disgrace, they are the cause of our financial problems and Ineos are the enablers.
How about if SJR really loves the Club so much he’s invests billions into the Club to help ease our financial problems? He’s an alleged Utd supporter after all.
There is a big difference between selling your best players like Coutinho who wanted to leave and they got top dollar for and re invested back into the squad which I presume your are referring and selling your best young players in order to re pay interest on the debt or compensate for revenue loses!
German - Is he not one of the best midfielders in the world? Name me the other 19 year old CM that are better or have more potential and that was the assessment of thousands of our own fans only a few months ago not my words!
Ineos and the Glazers are not trying to win or return us to the top! They are making cuts and exploring selling players in order to compensate for our new financial position, which they have created. If you think this is acceptable as the Glazers watch on with well over £1.2b in their back pockets whilst the Club and the Team suffer that’s your prerogative!
05 Mar 2025 22:38:59
What the greater good? Money towards paying off the interest on the debt repayments? Clubs don’t succeed by selling their best players and especially not the best prospect to come through the academy in years.
Why stop there, just sack all the staff and all the players and sell old DVD’s to make money. The Club is a laughing stock run by idiots and what’s worse we have fans who lap up and believe the rhetoric!
Now Maino’s not good enough when he was the best young midfielder in the world a few months ago what has happened to this Club.