Recent content by Abraxas

It's true that I think we have to temper what is actually possible with these players. Maybe nobody would do substantially better in terms of actually competing for major honours, almost certainly true in fact, but probably a stretch to imagine nobody could have done any better for example. He's...

Never really understand when people point out "look who we would have bought." So what, it's not clever. There's 200 players around Europe that would have performed better than Mount, it's not about specifics, especially when none of them were actually needed including a type like Palmer. We...

But giving him a new contract at this stage is doubling down on a potential mistake. Going into a season with an expiring contract is risky, yes, but not unheard of. But giving him another contract would be a very bad situation for the new ownership to put themselves in the way of. Sacking him...

What's the logic of this? Why would he ever be offered a new contract at this stage? If he's going to stay he needs to earn his continued existence at this club which means a good start to next season, one indicating genuine progress. I think that would be a mistake because he's too far gone...

He's more or less on par as I expected in terms of numbers and performance. Peaks and troughs. What I didn't expect is quite how shite the team has been. So the par performance requires some nuance in analysis by looking at it in that context. Yes his intelligence and runs can improve but...

Not sure I buy ETH saying he's always confident, maybe he puts on a good face but at the moment he looks a bit sheepish. At the moment he looks exactly like what he is, a young player in a big side that's also a poor side and it's not easy to deal with that. Needs some definite support next...

More interested in his rubbish performances than his celebrations. Do your job and you can get away with most things. Within reason. The issue with Antony is primarily one of ability.

Piss poor professionalism and game management and defending. It comes to something when it's not unexpected that a United team can relinquish such a lead against a Championship opponent. It wasn't such a huge shock it happened.

It could be that. I'll have to see if a mate has the CD or even try streaming it and see if there's a discernible difference. The new Priest is very good, as always really.

Excellent. This was such a brilliantly inventive and interesting title. A little bit of refinement and it has 10/10 potential.

What did people think of the "new" Cannibal Corpse album? Just picked it up on Vinyl thinking I can't go too far wrong buying blind, it's CC - they don't do shit albums. But it's a lot muddier than I'd like. Not sure that G tuning is doing much for it. Picked up a shed load of metal vinyl in...

There just isn't one key attribute for a Manchester United manager. There's loads of qualities you need, it's very hard to nail it down to one most important thing because if you're not the full package you will get found out. The job is far too difficult to muddle through. The only thing...

Neither would even be on my long list. But I'd rather have Potter. Who himself has shown no capability to manage a club this size. In fact I think he demonstrated the opposite, that he was wholly incapable at this stage. If ever, it also takes a certain personality. Which as it happens I am...

He's had his job to play for all season when we've been shipping goals and chances left right and centre so I'm not sure the look really matters at this stage. It probably earns him a bit more credit to set his stall out to look at players like Kambwala, Amad and see what they can do - there's...

Seems a good athlete which is very important for a CB these days if you want proactive football risking the 1 v 1s. You can't necessarily manufacture that easily - see Lindelof and Maguire. We'll see, hard to say on a few games. If he plays until the end of the season we'd have much more...