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  1. Marcus Rashford | 2023/24 Performances

    This is why Jose wanted him gone. Literally only puts out for contract year, then does feck all. I'd bench him and move on. If he's not healthy which I can see with his ankle issues, then an extended break will help him. And we can develop another player instead. The problem is it takes...
  2. Antony at leftback…

    What a top club would do with an intelligent DoF is measure player athletic performance in EPL and establish baseline values for agility, acceleration, pace, strength for each role. As a Brazilian, I don't need that data to tell you Antony is too slow to play in the EPL as a RW. Let alone a LB...
  3. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    Playing Eriksen in the first place, and then not subbing him at half time was a major blunder. Cost us 2 points. He has more than enough players healthy and no excuse against a decimated, young Spurs team on the road. It's becoming clear that ETH is not the right manager due to a combination...
  4. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    Whether ETH should stay or not depends on if he will give up control over transfers. If he doesn't then kick him out the door once season ends. If he does then let him stay, he's a good manager. Just clueless with transfers and squad building.
  5. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    Decent manager tactically. But he has no clue about squad building. His success at Ajax was because Overmars gave him an amazing squad. Extending Rashford, overpaying for Hojlund, Mount, and Antony. Buying casemiro who only has 1-2 good seasons in him when your squad needs 3-4 years to...
  6. Mason Greenwood | Please be respectful and stay on topic

    Please bring him back. It's just football. Everyone has moved on. Him playing doesn't mean that we support domestic violence. This cancel culture needs to stop. Everyone does shitty stuff, ALL OF US. Who are any of us to judge another person. Especially if the court didn't. It just means that...
  7. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    This is when you need a director of football to come in and say we back the manager 100%. Players who are not on board can leave. You get rid of all high-wage players who don't perform consistently (rashford, sancho, varane, casemiro, eriksen, mount, antony, maguire, martial) and bring in...
  8. André Onana | 2023/24 Performances

    1st - Lets celebrate the fact that we no longer pay our GK squad more than what the bottom 5 sides pay their entire squad. 2nd - Onana can actually pass the ball, which is crucial to any top-flight team that wants to play attacking football. And he seems to be passionate, vocal leader from...
  9. Club Sale | It’s done!

    You are right in that we didn't need it initially with a brand like ours. But having been mismanaged we have an outdated infrastructure, huge debt, and a subpar squad. All of which will take a lot of money to fix to compete against City.
  10. Club Sale | It’s done!

    Have you ever looked at how much the UAE & Saudi Funds are worth? Add a 0 to Jim's net worth and multiply by 2.5. Also Jim's net worth includes his INEOS stake which isn't a liquid asset. There are all kinds of restrictions on accessing that wealth and utilizing it.
  11. Club Sale | It’s done!

    There is no morality in football anymore. Oil money runs it. Blatantly. Your choice is be sad and mediocre trying to compete against wealth, or accept that football has been reduced to this, get oil money and be happy as United returns to it's old glory backed by competent, rich owners If you...
  12. Marcus Rashford | 2023/24 Performances

    Anyone else notice how he plays great during a contract year, gets the extension, and then performance drops? Happened after 2019 extension and happening again. He just doesn't have the mental composure to make elite decisions with the ball. He's got great pace, technique, and movement. But...
  13. What do we still need? Aka The never ending story

    Glazer's or future owners if you want to hire me, I can fix this team pretty easily: 1. Identify and target top DOF talent that can fit well with ETH's and United's philosophy. Pay this talent whatever is necessary and give them full freedom to bring in their own staff. They would have the...
  14. Mason Greenwood | Please be respectful and stay on topic

    Bad decision football wise as we desperately need him on the RW. Good decision from a branding perspective and impact on the women's team. Not going to comment on his charges beyond that the charges themselves are serious and unexcusable. But at the end of the day, none of us have enough...
  15. Antony | 2023/24 Performances

    One footed. No pace. Doesn't play simple easy passes. We paid £86M for a short, left footed Jessi Lingard. Don't protest the glazers protest that we haven't hired a competent DOF in a decade.