Recent content by Josep Dowling

  1. Is Pep the greatest manager of all time?

    In the end he will be lauded because of his trophy cabinet. But when you look closer into the successes. He was caught using steroids as a player. There was the Spanish cycling scandal with steroid and question marks over the Spanish football team at the same time. This was around the same...
  2. VAR and Refs | General Discussion | Forest go into meltdown

    It’s does seem curious that nearly all the professional referees support lower league clubs or bottom half Premier League sides. Anyone would think they lied so they didn’t lose the chance to ref big games.
  3. VAR and Refs | General Discussion | Forest go into meltdown

    The NFL is a very stop start game. That style of refereeing is never going to work in football. We’re already seen the amount of complaints when decisions take a couple of minutes. My perspective with offsides would be to accept the on pitch decision unless there is a clear and obvious error...
  4. New ticketing system

    Or your parents could get into the 21st century?
  5. If ten Hag was sacked tonight, who would you have as an interim?

    I want Ten Hag gone in the summer but at this stage what would be the point of bringing in an interim manager now? We are 7th in the league and can’t qualify for the Champions League. To be honest not having Europa or Conference league would be beneficial for these group of players as they can’t...
  6. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    If we were creating chances and playing good football I’d give him more time. This season we aren’t playing well, can’t retain possession, can’t defend, can’t score enough goals, can’t retain a lead against weaker opposition (2+ lead against Newport, Coventry, Copenhagen and Galatasaray). I...
  7. The fanbase's role in the erosion of standards

    United have needed a major overhaul for years. That means getting rid of so many players that have been around during the disaster years. Yet we are still giving Lindelof another year on his contract. Why? He wasn’t good enough when he was signed under Mourinho but managed to survive 2 more...
  8. Post match vs Coventry City

    I’m sure many United fans did back then, the difference now is the social media era where with a click of a button you can see millions of fans moaning online.
  9. Post match vs Coventry City

    Agree with this. I might be in favour of Ten Hag if he actually benched players who aren’t up to it. Rashford needs to be dropped. Amad played great against Liverpool and not given a chance. Antony is now back in most games when he hasn’t played better. Continually takes off Garnacho whether he...
  10. Coventry City vs Manchester United

    Casemiro hit that like he wanted to miss. Need him shifted to Saudi in the summer.
  11. Coventry City vs Manchester United

    Please never allow Dixon to commentate on United games ever again. How can you allow such ridiculous and bias commentary all game. Yes I know Coventry are the underdogs but that’s twice he's said the ref should give the wrong decision just for the story.
  12. VAR and Refs | General Discussion | Forest go into meltdown

    Said it so many times refereeing is now about creating drama, nothing else. Dixon even said he thought it was wrong but glad VAR didn’t overturn because of the drama. Football has become a joke.
  13. Revisiting the past: Which former coach should United rehire?

    The only manager with the capability of managing Manchester United was Mourinho but even then he was on a downward trend of success. Just goes to show how poor our managerial recruitment has been on top of player recruitment.
  14. Is Pep the greatest manager of all time?

    It’s almost like the bias English media focus on the ‘best league in the world’ whilst yet again having no English sides in the semi final of the Champions League.
  15. City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with numerous FFP breaches

    I agree with this but I think you’re also missing the fact we have terrible owners who don’t want to spend cash on capital projects like a new stadium. Massive debt put on us since 2005 which reduced cash flow and didn’t mean we invested properly in the squad from 2009 to 2013. This meant we...