Recent content by The Siege

We're playing marginally less rigid, more high risk high reward football in the last few weeks, which is an interesting choice. But if we don't finish the great opportunities and turn them into goals, there's a battering coming. Scoring and holding on isn't what this kind of football was made for.

I think his contract length is a mistake, especially because we're not good at managing and extending the longevity of physically declining players via the proper role adaptation. He's a quality player and I'm glad he's in our side, but he needs to figure out the Casemiro he is now or this...

This is one of those statistics that got made because the media needed to put United on a pedestal before they can throw us off it again. We're in rubbish form, beating bottom 5 sides with last gasp goals and hanging on for dear life. I'm glad for those results, don't get me wrong, it's great...

er I meant in the past of the same players. Like Rashford, McTom, Maguire, Dalot, Lindelof, etc all have a bit too much air between their ears, and that's not really changed. They're not suddenly going to become smart.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that this is just a phase where the whole lot are having a rough time learning to not play underdog counter football. The footballing intelligence of our players has been remarkably low in the past, so it makes sense to me that when a few of the smarter cookies...

I liked it overall. I'm glad Hoddle's getting roasted again. He redirected the anger of a nation towards a kid who made a mistake so he could keep his job. On the personal end, the awkward stepping around that they had to do, so that Beckham could admit guilt without admitting he cheated, was...

I recommend reading what I wrote again, because I pointed out that their opportunities may get limited as a consequence of them standing by their principles and opinions. Pros and cons, they're adults. And celebrities know the balance of power they have, and there is often a price to pay for...

I think there must often be a big gap between what is good for them vs what they feel is the right thing to do as the human being they see themselves as. I agree with the OP, they're adults, they deal with the pros and cons. They ply their trades in one of the highest echelons of capitalism, and...

I think he's an okay shot stopper who's having a bad patch of form and confidence with the rest of the team, making him a horrendous shot stopper. He looks like a keeper we can afford to have when we're great as a team, don't expose our keeper much, dominate possession etc. If we keep playing...

I think Thomas Frank is a smug little poopoo face and I enjoy him being sad. cheers jeff.

High pressing teams learn to ruthlessly hold possession for bits in the middle because it gives them a recovery phase. I think one of the reasons our lot looked absolutely gassed every time we play is that we're learning to be a high press team (which will have its teething issues) but are also...

It's two things I feel. 1) I think it's just overlapping with a phase at the club where we're struggling to help players grow from top to bottom. We've barely helped expensively purchased first team players with potential find their previous best or a higher level in the last decade, I must...

He's 30, which is often not too old for a center-back, and even then old players often see out their contracts and move to other clubs on a lesser contract on a free. If what you're saying is true, it makes even more sense for him to not move on unless he's paid the difference of his new pay-cut...

Yes, because usually a player moves to his next club at a higher wage and his projected earnings for the next few years increase, unless they're at the twilight of their careers, so they have no reason to ask for the rest of their contract value. In the case of United and the stupid wages we...

Yeah, but he's not moving on, the club's moving him on because we don't think he's worth the money we pay him. West Ham just means likely regular football for him, and everything else is a downside - he's moving to a smaller club that competes for less and will pay him less. This transfer has a...