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The general consensus (or so I thought) was that he did a decent job backing the manager and his targets. The downside of that, with benefit of hindsight, has been over the top transfer fees on one-dimensional players who would be hard to get rid off if you abandon the manager. A more astute...

I cannot help but wonder if Fletcher will be the next to follow. To be fair, his job description seemed vague from the beginning and there didn't seem to be any clarity except for few articles mentioning his role as 'talking united up'. It was strange to see him on the bench sometimes and having...

Exactly, poor passing once a while can be overlooked given how good the opposition team press is / how available your players are for a pass. The likes of Ederson, Allison or other modern day goalkeepers have committed similar mistake on more than one occasion. What is concerning though is the...

Exactly. One kid said he is excited to see Rashford play. Yesterday they asked another kid who does he want to see as striker and he said Kane. *awkward*

Sure enough, as wild and improbable as this is we are nowhere close to a sale. Even if I entertain this conspiracy theory, I thought there would be no state involvement.

Did I miss something? We’re nowhere close to being sold, let alone to Qatar.

I'm trying to draw parallels with the Abramovic saga where he was ousted after the UK govt's sanctions. Although different scenario and circumstances, I'd like to think there would be some consistency in outcomes? Not sure of any such cases before.

Let's hope Ronaldo can put a good word in and boast about the best players going to Saudi!

This is something which will ache for a little bit, not on the fact that he needs to go but that he definitely deserves a send off for years of service and being the only shining light in some really dark and gloomy years. My memory won't be tainted by the blunders (which became more common in...

Has anyone mentioned Scholes already?

This one is on the regulators of football, people who talk about maintaining integrity of the sport but don’t take any action about it. There was an article by Athletic (Oliver Kay I think) which talked about precisely this and the implications. How would fans of any club feel being like being...

Having funds doesn't necessarily translate into hiring the best team, it can go either ways - how about PSG or more recently Chelsea? Any by that argument - Glazers spent money as well but didn't hire the best team (Woodward?). What makes you so sure Qatar will hire the best team?

So you prefer having someone with no track record or expertise whatsoever to someone who has some experience?

Was thinking the same while watching the game. He seems to be a player lacking confidence but liked that he cut inside with conviction in the second half even though the shot was off. As pointed out several times, have come to realise he isn’t going to run past players but can create some space...