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05 Jul 2018 09:34:57
Papers now linking us with Shaqiri.
Him and Shaw would be unstoppable in the cafeteria.
1.) 05 Jul 2018 11:33:52
If Shaw got in first. There would nothing left in the cafeteria.
2.) 05 Jul 2018 11:49:42
I’d say they both try to go through at the same time, and just get stuck.
3.) 05 Jul 2018 12:29:46
Leave the jokes, guys. For 12mln tell me a better quality right winger who happily will be a squad player. And do not forget that we are playing without right wing for years.
{Ed001's Note - happily be a squad player? He left Bayern because he refused to be a squad player.}
4.) 05 Jul 2018 13:09:07
I mean his career has been a litany of failed auditions at big clubs. He ended up at Stoke where he put in no effort. That’s about his level - struggling EPL club where he can get by on natural ability without having to work.
5.) 05 Jul 2018 13:22:55
Not sure he wanted to leave, more like Bayern wanted to sell.
{Ed001's Note - yes, because he refused to knuckle down and be a squad player.}
6.) 05 Jul 2018 13:55:28
A simple question. what if a gamble clicked?
7.) 05 Jul 2018 15:38:35
Always tried to back jose and give him the benefit of the doubt but if the rumours about Shaqiri are true I’ll have lost all faith, don’t care if its 12 million or 12 bob he’s not worth it, i watched him against the swedes and i bet he didn’t run a bloody mile all game and that's at the World Cup.
8.) 05 Jul 2018 17:32:01
Absolute no to shaq IMO. Wont be happy with what we probably wpuld offer and he'd be leaving again next season.
9.) 05 Jul 2018 19:54:58
He’s failed everywhere, why on Earth would we sign him?
10.) 05 Jul 2018 20:02:26
Make a good door stop?
11.) 05 Jul 2018 20:51:35
Last week some folk on here were saying shaqiri is better than mata and jessie. 😂😂😂😂😂😊.
12.) 06 Jul 2018 01:06:08
Talented player but needs a team to be built around him, and he's not talented or applied enough to get that at a top club. Plus, he personifies the opposite of a "Jose player"! I wouldn't pick him ahead of Lingard, Alexis, Mata, Rashford, or the pre-slump Martial. I'd also rather Pogba play further forward with another midfielder in behind him than in a 2 with Shaqiri as 1 of the attacking 4. A big fat no from me. He'll probably end up joining a smaller club. Liverpool perhaps?
14 Jul 2017 11:22:42
Reported in Spain that Madrid are back in for De Gea, and he wants to leave. Price being mooted is £50m. Take it with a pinch of salt.
But if it is true, then this should be fun. If they wanted £70m for their backup striker, then how much is one of the top keepers in the world worth?
1.) 14 Jul 2017 11:24:47
£100m thanks Real.
2.) 14 Jul 2017 11:41:18
Pickford 30 mil for an upcoming keeper. De gea the best in the world needs to be 100 mil +.
3.) 14 Jul 2017 11:46:08
Minimum 100 million.
4.) 14 Jul 2017 12:00:42
All depends for all we know there might have been a gentleman's agreement for him to leave made last summer and a figure agreed. That figure then would look cheap by today's prices. Time will tell.
5.) 14 Jul 2017 12:02:45
£60mill+Kroos please thank you.
6.) 14 Jul 2017 12:03:17
Toni Kroos and £60m.
7.) 14 Jul 2017 12:26:33
with no prior agreement in place between us and RM i would say £95mil and make him the most expensive player in the world - for the short term anyway.
8.) 14 Jul 2017 12:30:08
If he wants out it will be hard to stop. But it must be on our terms. Perhaps we could get the opportunity to talk to bale or kroos if jose wants them.
A question i asked on another thread would we need to sign a keeper or would be go work romero and Perriera?
9.) 14 Jul 2017 12:35:17
Easily worth £100m today. Kroos and 60 would be a good return but this isn't footy manager. I'd love us to just stick 2 fingers up to Madrid and tell Mendes he needs to be loyal to us given the recent business we've done with him.
10.) 14 Jul 2017 13:54:08
Haven't we already rejected a 60 million bid.
11.) 14 Jul 2017 14:31:41
Don't think so bolger.
12.) 14 Jul 2017 14:31:43
Let's be realistic with the valuation, whilst the money at the minute for outfield players is crazy we are not going to get more than £60/ 70m for DDG. Keepers are important but not valued as highly as strikers.
At the end of last year I thought Mourinho for all his talk would have been happy with DDG going at a good price and starting season with Romero and the pereira who he thinks will be world class in a few years.
If DDG goes Hopefully we start conversations about Bale coming the other way.
13.) 14 Jul 2017 14:42:21
Unfortunately I think it's inevitable that De Gea will end up at Madrid. I've said before that it has the feel of the Fabregas to Barcelona to it and will eventually happen. I just hope we get the maximum amount for him. Jose seems to be getting decent fees for all the outgoings so far. I'd say between £80-90 million and he's yours. Then go after Jack Butland.
14.) 14 Jul 2017 14:46:48
Brad, historically goal scorers command the big fees. But with Liverpool rumoured to be happy to pay £70m million for Keita who's had one season in the bundesliga, why not stick for £100m for the worlds best goal keeper?
15.) 14 Jul 2017 15:09:35
Even if the player wants to go, we don't have to do the deal. It is feasible to hold the player to his contract. DDG seems like a good professional and he's already at one of the biggest clubs in the world with Champions League football.
However, I really rate Romero. I was at OT when he made his debut and I thought then he looked like an accomplished keeper. I have no doubt he would be an excellent number one for us.
If DDG is sold that leaves an interesting conundrum with Perriera. If I was Jose I would be asking myself, if Romero got injured is Perriera ready to step up straight away?
I think as that we need to reset the balance of our relationship with Real Madrid. They need to understand that they cannot just help themselves to any of our players and that if they are not prepared to be reasonable with players we want to buy from them, we are prepared to walk away and find an alternative.
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25 Nov 2025 13:20:24
Last night is exactly why I wasn’t gloating over Liverpool’s decline. They’re struggling, but we are not on an upwards trajectory.
The system seems to be entirely focused on exploiting a high press. If teams push up and attack, we can score on the break. However, against a deep sitting team, we have nothing.
Last night was the familiar pattern of shifting the ball from side to side, and looking to cross into the box. The problem is that there are never enough players looking to get on the end of crosses. It’s rinse and repeat with no other ideas.
Let’s be honest, the ref gave us a huge advantage, and we still didn’t even cause Everton problems. All they had to do was stay compact. No great strategy or plan to stifle us because we’re just that easy to play against.
As for Amorim, last night showed all the, “the system is adaptable, ” arguments for the nonsense it is. Despite having an extra man and needing to score, he refused to try anything different. Not an extra body in midfield. Not bringing on the young lad to play as an actual striker. Nothing. Just tottering up the pitch to play the ball slowly around their box.
All the same issues remain. Every team should know how to win against us, and I still don’t see anyway that this rigid system gets us close to competing,
1.) 25 Nov 2025 15:13:28
I think the ball coming in from the wingbacks on either side was appalling. against teams that sit in you need a lot more quality of final ball and passing.
2.) 25 Nov 2025 15:51:18
I don’t get all these system comments we changed just about everything we could in the 2nd half (have you seen our bench) unless you believe Lacy was the saviour we needed. If anything we’d too many players upfront for the last 25 mins. Just zero quality. We needed 9 players end of last season we got 3 and 2 are injured. Dereliction of duty from Ineos.
We are a very poor side any manager/formation. The big problem is where is the money coming from cause with the bench we have and not every signing always working out we still need 9 players and more. The entire senior leadership team (Bruno etc) need to be gone in the summer. Not one of them has anything of value for the future of the club.
3.) 25 Nov 2025 16:39:48
Such a typical performance for this squad. You think they've turned a corner and then fall straight back into old habits. I thought Shaw and Dalot were very poor. The midfield was terrible, it lacks legs, it lacks bite in the tackle and we just can't break teams down when they play that low block so got pushed to the wide channels. Bruno was to blame for the goal, the most half arsed attempt to tackle and just let him run and shoot. Yet again stupid longshots from outside the box rather than looking for the pass. 25 shots on goal, only 6 shots on target.
The fact there wasn't a striker on the bench is concerning, we were always a Sesko injury away from having a problem.
4.) 25 Nov 2025 16:54:24
The manager had the opportunity to play with a back 4, add an extra body in midfield, play Bruno higher, or even bring on a striker. He did none of this, and stuck with a back 3 because it’s the system. Bringing on Dalot in a like for like change illustrated this.
We needed something different, that either gave more scoring threat in the box or more penetration through the middle. Amorim simply won’t change the overarching system, even when it clearly isn’t working.
5.) 25 Nov 2025 17:34:06
There wasn’t just a lack of creativity, whenever the ball was out wide with Amad or Mbuemo, all the attacking players were stood stock still in the box just waiting for some magic. No runs, no offers for 1-2 basically just mannequins occupying space to perhaps get on the end of a cross or loose ball from a shot.
{Ed025's Note - i agree Fuser..
6.) 25 Nov 2025 18:18:59
I can be honest I dislike 5 at the back. It’s a waste of players and skews defensive.
I will be forever Amorim out as consequence. So I’m fairly biased.
5 at the back at home against 10 man Everton? Well dressed, nice hair, self critical charm and a bit of charisma goes a long way apparently.
41% win rate, is pathetic. It needs saying. Amorim has opportunities to try different formations and chooses not to. He rejects youth and reduces Bruno’s impact, (play your best player close to goal further away from the goal ?), all to accommodate his system, that is clearly not working.
At some point people will realise the club have compromised values and identity while backing a manager with money and selling academy graduates. All for a “system”.
This is Ragnick levels of dross - another canny chatter.
Emperors new clothes. We beat a poor Liverpool, followed by a good performance against Brighton but then a slow tail off to here with spots of positivity or resilience.
He’s a nice fella but it’s not good enough and he should go. Liverpool are ready to sack an EPL winning manager, we’re persisting with this.
I’d genuinely say a caretaker manager would achieve a higher win rate.
22 Oct 2025 07:39:09
{Ed's Note - Danny Pughnited has posted a new article entitled, A Turning Point For Manchester United Or Another False Dawn?
1.) 22 Oct 2025 13:53:12
Ask after Brighton.
21 Oct 2025 15:11:45
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1.) 21 Oct 2025 16:45:11
I'm begging, a turning point.
2.) 21 Oct 2025 18:13:43
Me too Angel. I want to see him succeed. One thing I will give Amorim is that the squad seems more unified since he shipped the trouble makers.
27 Sep 2025 18:09:07
As I said a few weeks ago, if every other coach can see what our weaknesses are and Amorim is unwilling to fix them, they will be exploited.
The first goal today was the most blatant illustration. With the two wider centre backs pressed up, the wing backs pressed up, and the two midfielders pressed up, all it takes is one hopeful ball over the top and we're exposed.
People can talk about Amorim tinkering with things all they like, but the basic foundations of formation, shape, and tactical approach never change, and they are not working.
One of the things that really sticks out to me is the lack of threat coming from the two number 10s. The club spent over £100m on Chunha and Mbeumo. They were supposed to give us attacking threat and creativity. However, they often seem completely anonymous. Chunha in particular looks lost. This is a player that can score and create, but the space he's being asked to play in really limits his ability to impact the game. Today he seemed to be drifting all over the field trying to get on the ball. The system puts creative players in congested areas of the pitch, and this results in the wingbacks being the ones with the space to create. It's just not working for the players, the team, or the coach.
I can't see a situation where Amorim keeps his job because he isn't willing to change something that is fundamentally broken.
1.) 27 Sep 2025 18:49:41
See my post below Danny.
2.) 27 Sep 2025 19:03:28
Exactly, AJH. The coach’s job is to get the best out of the players, and if the players can play better in a different system, then do it. Amorim’s style of play is not getting the best out of anyone, including players he bought specifically to play in it.
3.) 27 Sep 2025 20:35:16
Said it about the Chelsea game, we didn't look any better; we were just lucky they went down to 10 men after 5 minutes.
We are poor, not even statistically; we are just poor under RA. This "system" isn't a system and certainly isn't good enough for the Premier League. Whatever it is meant to be doesn't work. I would argue this is the worst football to watch under any of our other managers. Previous managers have been sacked for less.
Its not just RA fault. Ineos incompetence also to blame. Not listening to the people appointed. Not getting a centre midfielder in the window.
Despite the best in class structure, we are far from it. Ineos couldn't run a bath.
4.) 27 Sep 2025 21:00:37
Didn't palace just beat Liverpool with a 343 system.
5.) 27 Sep 2025 22:23:15
It all boils down to the coach. Not good enough.
6.) 28 Sep 2025 04:43:24
Palace got proper CBs to play the system decent wing backs and a midfield that’s the difference, plus a coach who plays to his strengths.
7.) 28 Sep 2025 07:29:04
Ironic if Amorim is sacked, Glasner comes in plays 3-4-3 and makes it work.
16 Sep 2025 07:39:03
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1.) 16 Sep 2025 08:55:07
Good post Danny.
2.) 16 Sep 2025 11:08:55
The real question we should be asking Amorim is why he’s sticking to his guns?
Is it because he’s stubborn and wants to, or is it because him and his coaching staff don’t know how to play and set up a team any other way. My fear is it’s the latter, which makes him a very limited coach at elite level.
3.) 16 Sep 2025 14:20:06
I agree, Eric. But the thing for me is that he is young enough to learn. That’s what I find so frustrating. He’s 40 years old and is essentially saying that one formation and one tactical approach is all he thinks he needs to be a top class coach.
Amorim obviously has a lot of the qualities to succeed, but seems totally blinkered by one way of playing football, even when it clearly isn’t working.
One of the main reasons Fergie was successfully for so long is that he brought in coaches to help the team adapt to new styles of playing. Because if your team can only play one way, other teams will figure out how to beat you.
4.) 16 Sep 2025 14:51:15
The purpose of the sport is to win. The system employed should be in service to that end. To hold rigidly to a system that isn't producing winning football when one has the resources to do better, is either arrogant and/ or amateurish, particularly when there's no guarantee that even with all the right players in place it would produce a superior outcome.
5.) 16 Sep 2025 19:25:08
There is no guarantee that 4-3-3 will help either although the players should be able to manage that. It’s the lack of effort/ attitude that is worse. Give my hind teeth for half of Burnley’s defensive desire against Liverpool.
6.) 16 Sep 2025 20:43:07
It’s not simply about a change from one system to another. It’s more a case of Amorim needing to be willing to adapt.
The formation should be designed to give your side the best chance of winning in a specific game. In one game a 3-4-2-1 might work. In another a 4-3-3 might be the better option. Every manager who is successful at the top level changes their side’s formation and shape depending on what they think will help them win.
Pep last weekend is a perfect example. He looked at United’s weaknesses and adjusted City’s shape accordingly. For instance, Doku was clearly told to play a bit more centrally because his pace could be used to exploit the space United leave in that area of the pitch.
Amorim’s cardinal sin is tactical rigidity. He sets his team up in the same way for every game, and refuses to consider changing this. Tactical rigidity can sometimes work if the team is set up to be compact and hard to break down. However, Amorim’s tactics are the opposite of this. The team is set up to spread players as wide as possible throughout the pitch. There is no compactness, and one mistake can leave the defence completely exposed.
The point is that United under Amorim have glaring weakness that every opponent can target and exploit because the coaching team refuse to try anything different. It’s not rocket science. By this point, it’s basic common sense. The system is not helping this team win, and the coaching team need to try something different. They need to do their jobs and find a way to get the side playing winning football.
7.) 16 Sep 2025 21:02:47
Nail on head Danny. My point exactly.
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30 Sep 2025 14:33:17
It feels like there is growing downward pressure on Amorim. While the directors will be reluctant to sack him, and admit they made a huge mistake, they also realise that things can’t continue like this. I wouldn’t be surprised to see interference with coaching decisions, or strong nudges towards a different play style.
However, if Amorim has proven anything, it’s that he’s stubbornly committed to playing his way. It might be a case that he would rather resign than change. But being a head coach, there is also scope for the directors to force his hand. Will be interesting to see how this eventually plays out. Regardless, I can’t see him still in the job by the end of the year.
01 Sep 2025 13:32:20
I think Onana stays because nobody would take him on loan, even if we paid all his wages, and gave them a few million.
01 Sep 2025 11:46:08
His contract is up next summer, with a club option to extend. Thankfully, this will be the end of the whole silly business with him.
31 Aug 2025 18:56:00
They might have to Rush to get it done ;)
28 Aug 2025 21:01:56
No, it was Ruben Amorim, GDS. It was on tv and all, unless this emotion was impersonating him, and, as we all know, identity theft is not a joke.
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06 Dec 2025 19:44:50
Like, I get that Ratcliffe’s a bit of a Scrooge, but I’d be surprised if he wouldn’t spend £100,000 if the right player was available in January.
06 Dec 2025 16:46:30
For me it’s the inflexibility that’s costing us.
The system works in some games, particularly games in which the opposition is pushing high up the pitch. Amorim’s approach stretches the pitch, and this opens up space to hit on the counter. Problems arise, however, when the opponent sits deeper. Stretching the pitch doesn’t work then because the opposition is tight and compact, and our players are spread too far apart to put together moves that cut through a low block. That’s when we end up with plodding sideways passing and crosses into the box without no one there. Worse, when we lose possession, the players are so spread out that teams can go right through us.
What I would like to see is more common sense flexibility. Everton is the perfect example. We had an extra man, but weren’t creating chances. The common sense solution would have been to bring on an extra midfielder to help us play through their low block. Amorim didn’t do this because it would change the system. The result was losing a game we should have won. If your system becomes more important than the result, you’re never going to make it at top level management.
29 Nov 2025 20:50:55
That’s what I think Eric. Hojlund wanted to stay and compete with Sesko. But the club decided to loan him out and keep Zirkzee. Made no sense at the time because we have only one genuine number 9 in the squad.
Obviously things have worked out well for Hojlund, but it would far more logical to have him on the bench than Zirkzee.
28 Nov 2025 13:27:33
Berba was a striker, who could score and create.
Zirkzee doesn’t know what he is tbh. Especially in our system. I feel like he might work well in a front 2 where he’s an outlet to hold the ball up, and wait for the other striker to make the run. Even as a number 10, he really isn’t particularly creative. He’s more of a facilitator than someone who can make something happen. I just think it was a bizarre signing, and more bizarre that we kept him and loaned Hojlund.
I don’t mind his style of play and he could do well at another club with the right strike partner, but for us he is dead weight.
27 Nov 2025 20:08:00
What I find really telling about the defences of Amorim’s rigidity is that they talk about substitutions and game management as if the system/formation doesn’t exist.
He brought on Mount and Manioo, therefore he took a more attacking approach.
Yes, but within the same system that kept 3 central defenders on against 10 men when we were a goal behind.
As others have said, the obvious tactical change was to go to a back 4. Adding an extra midfielder to help us move the ball around quicker in the final third, or adding an actual striker. Yeah, the only striker on the bench was a young lad, but he might have actually caused their defenders some problems.
The glaring point is that Amorim’s system was working in this specific game. Everton were comfortable. Even being a man down. They just needed to stay compact and defend against crosses. Anyone watching could see that something different was needed, but Amorim kept the same system despite it clearly not working. That’s the point. Not that he didn’t try to make attacking changes. That these changes made zero difference because Everton were able to defend against the system without breaking a sweat.