Recent content by BringKlebersonBack

You seem to have inferred meaning in my words that simply doesn’t exist. At no point did I imply that Solskjaer is a “good” choice, nor that he is a “better candidate than Mou.”’ I’m not even sure where you got that quote from, since it’s certainly not in my post. My argument is...

It is quite difficult to argue the benefits of “proven manager”, when most managers actually seem to make little difference to results. I’m not arguing that they make “no difference”, but it is actually rare to find one who is adding value, statistically. So, what would qualify as “proven”? If...

This is absolutely true. For all my dissatisfaction with the Glazers, Ed Woodward has convinced them to invest SIGNIFICANT funds in players, players chosen by the managers. How can Woodward be blamed for the choices of Moyes, Van Gaal and Mourinho? Woodward did not force players on them - quite...

Absolutely spot on about the change into the 2v3 midfield issue, and the movement into teams that “camped” if you like, and then hit hard on the counter-attack. In fact, this was a reaction to the possession-heavy and ultimately inefficient style that teams were trying to play - and Ferguson...

I think there may be a disconnect between what the fans think Solskjaer has been hired to do, and what he has actually been told to do. Realistically, the club can only sign 2/3 players in this window. We are not attractive to top-level players anymore, and we are now focusing on 21-24 year...

I don’t think we were always tactically disciplined, or sophisticated enough, to win consistently. The pre-99 side was learning and improving for 3/4 years, and each season brought a gradual improvement in the side - and even in the final, we were lucky to win it. Post-99, I think we had to...

Marketing slogans, cringeworthy “feel-good” sayings, pr corporate speak... I remember when we used to let our trophy cabinet do the talking. The last few years, you’d get more conversation out of a corpse.

Absolutely - this is probably the clearest example of a rational approach to this subject on the board. Evidence matters. Pogba, Lukaku, Martial, De Gea, Rashford...these lads are not “toxic”. They’re professional footballers, and they’re like all of us - they get paid to do a job, they think...

It was the desire to have an almost instant title challenge that led to Jose’s poor signings/attempted signings of players “in their/close to their prime”, and capable of no more than 2/3 seasons of top-level performance, on vastly inflated wages. It was the worst kind of short-termism. We...

You’re right, we do need an objective way to judge the way we’ve performed since SAF, but I find the harping on about points totals et al, to be parochial. That said, I think you make some good points here. The structural issue is the biggest problem, in my view. The gap is increased not...

But it wasn’t “any other season”, it was that season, and before Jose, the season before that one , and before that, and the one before that and... We need to stop living in the past. The competition don’t care if this season’s points total would have won us the league in 2011, or finished us...

Evra is only saying what so many of us have observed from outside the club. Even he is questioning exactly who chooses and signs players, and by implication, who is assessing these players as good enough to play for Manchester United. One hopes he has asked Ed Woodward these questions. It’s...

This isn’t remotely true - Spurs are a MUCH better side. Their squad is far smaller, and they’ve had a terrible run of form - and they have STILL finished ahead of us, and are comfortably capable of thrashing us 3 or 4-0, if they turn up against us. Times have changed - they turn up now and say...

Pogba is a fantastic footballer, who has been our best player by far this season. Yes, he is inconsistent. Yes, he is not captain material. No, he does not track back and pull off superb tackles, before going on lung bursting runs, and smashing 30-yarders into the top corner. SO WHAT? This is...

Today was absolutely atrocious, but I don’t believe that Solskjaer had much choice but to try to play his senior players and see if they could rouse themselves for a win. If he had sent out a youth aide, and they had been beaten 4-0, what would that have done for their confidence and their...