No doubt but his time here has been what we needed as it truly shows these players are the problem. Ralf was never going to be the answer long term and while I expected better we are seeing that these players will fail under anyone.
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Honestly…what the feck has gone on behind the scenes in that dressing room. It’s astounding to me.
And we were fed the notion Ole brought the culture back
Yeah my point exactly. The whole point of Ole was to get rid of the toxic stuff from Mourinho’s time here and set the foundations right. He was never going to be a great game manager or out think Pep. So what exactly was the ferking point of Ole? LVG you could see what he wanted to do (dull, but at least there was a plan), Mourinho was horrible but he won something. Ole has been the biggest failure barring Moyes post Fergie.
Well this time last year for me was the first time since Ferguson the fans and players were properly connected. Even the Caf was a pretty upbeat place. It was a likeable side - yes lacking in a bit of quality - but since Fernandes signed until the end of last season we had a win percentage of 60%. That’s an 18 month sample size. Heck, even the Leeds home game the whole club was absolutely rocking. If someone told me after that game we’d be in the state we currently are I’d have asked what drugs they’d taken. It’s proper bonkers.
It’s insane how quick things changed. Last season the dressing room was settled and the group looked harmonic. The British fraction was in charge and maintained order in the ranks.
In letting us fall off a cliff?
Wow. What a quote. Good man.
In other words the players have downed tools.
Yes. It’s totally a race thing.
This is a lie which has been peddled here for a very long time.
Yeah something seems very wrong. Ralf does seem to be suggesting all is not right and i'm glad he's acknowledging it.
There was a quote though I think at the start of the season by a player through the media that said something to the effect of 'people don't realise how far this team has come in the past few years" and I remember thinking "but, you actually haven't really done anything at all". Jose's final full season finished with 81 points, 2nd place and a deserved defeat in an FA cup final. He deservedly got the sack next season. Ole's final season finished in 2nd place with 75 points and a Europa league final defeat. If they get upset by the arrival of actual winners in Ronaldo and Varane, then you have to question what kind of culture exists at the club and how fragile the player's egos are, not to mention their notions of progress/success.
That's remarkable (in a bad way). Please put the youngsters along with De Gea, Fred and 3 or 4 them.
How people can be paid tens of thousands per week and not even apply the basic level for their job. A bunch of chancers, the lot of them.
Keep blaming Ralf.....keep denying that these chancers are stealing a wage and just not even participating in training any more.
After the 3rd manager in a row trusts mcfred over likes of pogba and matic, may be they know something we don't given they actually know how these guys do in training.
based off Rangnick's presser, maybe they are the only 2 that attend the training session
What a daft post. First, things were wrong a long time before. 2nd, the English players are as poisonous as any other group we have.
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I mean he’s not wrong is he? He’s an interim manager, his remit will have been to challenge in the cups and secure Champions League football. While that is still mathematically possible there is no way he can just throw the kids out there. Not unless he was absolutely sure they were a better option than anyone else. You can make all the comments you like about the state of our current squad but I promise you that if your life was on the line and you had to pick a winning lineup against Norwich today, you would be picking McTominay and Fred ahead of Hannibal and Ronaldo/Rashford/Cavani ahead of Garnacho
I know what you are trying to say, but let me call your bluff by saying, yes, exactly.
Why though? This isn't some petulant, hipster point of view. The players he's using at the minute have 1 win in our last 7 games. That, in itself, could be reason enough to give a young player an opportunity. But then throw in that players in those positions are either injured (McTominay, Fred) or grossly underperforming (Rashford, Sancho) then what harm will it do?
He's right even if we're not fighting for much, we still play teams who are and there are ramifications for teams in competition with other teams such as in the relegation battle.
Yeah, that's disappointing.
Not certain what point you're making here. You saying we shouldn't play the likes of Hannibal and Garnacho for some kind of sporting integrity reasons?
You shouldn't play too much of a weakened side as it risks benefitting certain teams.
I'm not suggesting playing 11 kids. I'm saying it's disappointing he's suggesting he can't really play Hannibal or Garnacho at the moment, despite the "senior" players having 1 win in the last 7, and having so far guided us to 7th in the league.
I would bench them all as a message. But, that's because am beyond pissed with most of them.
If we cant get Top 4 then it has to be then EL. So there will be few opportunities for the academy kids to play.
Its always easier to buy players than to sell or let them go. Thats why its always the manager who goes first.
He makes it sound like a young player is only ever gonna play in friendlies.
