Recent content by fatboy

7/10 for quality of players brought in, covering key position. Would have been 8 if we brought them in earlier, and a 9 if we negotiated better fees. +1 if we get a good right back and ship AWB, or ship Ron and get a good replacement. Can still happen.

Imagine the inquisition by all experts and pundits if Ole brought on a player in the last minute to take a penalty and he misses. They would probably do a feature documentary on how a real coach should never make such a rookie mistake. But because its Moyes, its overlooked. Not a word on any...

He's only good enough as back up to Bruno, regardless of recent West Ham or England exploits. Any contract offered should reflect this status, and if it doesn't work for him, he should rightfully move on. No right or wrong in this. I don't see what the club or player has done wrong. We wouldn't...

He earned his last contract by breaking into the England squad on merit. Its clear that he was having issues after and his form and confidence fell off a cliff. Fortunately (or not) he seems to be coming back to form pretty strongly. He's the most natural like for like backup to Bruno at this...

I don't think there's anything wrong with feeling upset and frustrated at the way the match is going, and posting about it at half time, or at any point in the match. But you just get the feeling that some of these posters all Ole outers just using this as chance to stick the boot in. Their...

In my opinion Son didn't do anything worse than what many footballers do nowadays to win a decision. It would've been forgotten had we not scored from that sequence of play. Thing is, the ref should never given the foul because Son initiated the contact by grabbing at McT first. Now this will...

Totally agree with this. At the same time, City and Liverpool have set new standards in the past 3 seasons in terms of what it takes to win the title. We're not there yet, but we've gotten closer to them thanks to Ole, despite an uninspiring transfer summer. Whether he's the guy to take us...

Just a few points I want to make. The OP isn't saying media doesn't have a right to bash United when we play badly. It's a general trend of creating click bait with catchy throwaway lines to constantly feed the negativity. It creates echo chambers which strongly polarises the fan's views. This...

Nothing story. He probably wants a bit more love from his manager next season and will likely get it.

4th in pecking order at Real behind 3 strikers who cost more than 80mil in today's market and won't join us anyway. He's on a long contract, won't disrespect his boyhood club, and the whole world knows we're rich and desperate for a no.9. This deal had "overpay" written all over it right from...

Think a bit too much is being made out of Rojo playing at Wembley in place of Shaw. Jose was never going to let Shaw's first competitive game in ages to be a Cup final. I think he will get some minutes soon on as our fixtures pile up. Whether that is enough to get him to stay, is another matter...

Problem is, every match is a big match from here on. So I can't see many fringe players getting an opportunity unless we take an 2 or 3 goal lead into the final 20 minutes of a match. The only ones I see possibly coming more into the picture is Bastian, Rooney, Young and possibly Shaw (if Jose...

I see the CL is "play-offs" for the previous season. Playing in the CL means you were top 2-4 in your domestic league last season. Winning the CL simply means, out of all the teams from last season that qualified for this play-off, you were the best in a knockout tournament format. It's tough to...

I think Pogba starting in a deeper role when we're in possession works well. When he's too far up the pitch, teams press him quickly in numbers and stifle him. In the deeper position, he has the extra time and space to pick a pass. If the other team stands off him, he can move quickly forward...

We can't say we're lucky to have this owner or that owner. Business people like the Glazers do what they do because they feel there's money to be made. In this case, they called it correctly when the moved in to buy the club. They took a bit of a gamble (at our expense), but thankfully the...