Rangnick was very close to getting a very similar role we’ve given him, with AC Milan last year until they pulled out at the last minute.
Paul Merson - Is his job to be a prick?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
He pulled out, didn't he?
I am happy he said all that, When ever he predicts something always opposite happens..Means Ralf will have a good time with us
He's the stereotypical thick as two short planks idiot footballer. Treat him like the court jester and he's harmless.
To be fair, he’s not really said anything crazy ridiculous there.
Don’t get me wrong I’m really happy with the appointment but there is a lingering feeling about why none of the top clubs have hired him previously, it’s still a massive improvement on the coaching form where we we’re though and I don’t think he quite realises that.
He clearly thinks the players were shocking this season as well and they have been imo, individual errors have been off the scale.
Don’t get me wrong I’m really happy with the appointment but there is a lingering feeling about why none of the top clubs have hired him previously, it’s still a massive improvement on the coaching form where we we’re though and I don’t think he quite realises that.
He clearly thinks the players were shocking this season as well and they have been imo, individual errors have been off the scale.
I'm under no illusions about RR, and I don't think he's a dead cert to save our season, I'm totally on the fence about him. He's not said anything particularly controversial, but it's more that Merson has a solid track record of ranting about player transfers and managerial appointments that have not come from within the Premier League, and he's been hopelessly wrong on many occasions as a result. This is just more of the same from him, when all he is doing is showcasing how little he knows about football outside of the top 6. At least give him a chance. He's not even officially been appointed yet.
He certainly is but it's more him being a troll than saying something controversial. He did the same when Ronaldo came back.
He's not trying g to wind people up. He's just too dim to think outside the box.
It's more that he's got nothing to base his strong opinion on. It's an interim appointment, not the deal to whinge and whine about.
Also, his view above on KDB
He may very well be right, but his opinion is based on the fact RR isn’t as popular as other options. Paul hasn’t got much of a clue but he can definitely guess something and it be right.
I’m not so much excited for this season as the fact we will actually have a style of play over the next 2.5 years with him here in some capacity. At least there will finally be a style of football and not 11 players thrown out on to the pitch.
People overreact to the things he says. He doesn’t say anything too controversial most of the time
Not a lot of big clubs have needed a RR type. His speciality has been building clubs up and getting them promoted. It’s not a surprise that AC Milan were the other club who has looked at him recently. Both us and Milan have needed someone to come in and rebuild the football side of things.
Meh is entertainment on his part.
More fool anyone who takes what he says on Sky seriously.
Guy does make me laugh though.
He did do a good doc on gambling the other day so I give him that.
More fool anyone who takes what he says on Sky seriously.
Guy does make me laugh though.
He did do a good doc on gambling the other day so I give him that.
My understanding of that situation was certain members of Milan's board didn't want Rangnick, it was Gazidis that did and so he went and negotiated.
It ended up with Pioli staying as he started winning essentially.
But are we really suggesting Milan are a big club anymore??
He is excellent at his job. A lot of you just don't seem to know what his job actually is.
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My issue with pundits like Merson is that they don't provide any intelligent arguments for their opinions.
Just lazy generalizations like "he hasn't done it in England", "he hasn't won any trophies" or "why can't they hire/play English players?"
It's fine to disagree, just provide some cohesive arguments.
Just lazy generalizations like "he hasn't done it in England", "he hasn't won any trophies" or "why can't they hire/play English players?"
It's fine to disagree, just provide some cohesive arguments.
In fairness, he's not wrong. They are all fair questions to ask.
Redcafe: The manager's shite, the players are shite, the club's shite, the coaching is shite, the scouting is shite, the owners are shite
Also Redcafe: *has an absolute fecking meltdown the moment anyone else expresses an even slightly negative opinion about any aspect of the club *
Also Redcafe: *has an absolute fecking meltdown the moment anyone else expresses an even slightly negative opinion about any aspect of the club *
As every said, it is not about him opinion about RR, it is about the reason he has that stupid opinion. For him, anyone who has not proven themselves in England= meh.
Paul Merson is a thick moron.
Paul Merson is a thick moron.
I usually believe the opposite of what he says.
I do find that he enjoys having a good moan about Man Utd.
I think its just his personality, he seems to find very little joy in anything, which tends to lead to being pretty pessimistic. I share this trait and always see all the problems and negatives, before any upsides.
I have to admit that I hold a lot of his opinions in high regard. When he questioned why we hired Rangnick? I noticed. Even now he's talking about how we should go after Tuchel and it made an impression.
https://www.skysports.com/amp/footb...-experience-required-for-old-trafford-success
https://www.skysports.com/football/...qualified-as-director-by-premier-league-board
Paul Merson on Soccer Saturday:
If I was Man Utd, I would be all over the manager Thomas Tuchel. He's top drawer, I don't care what anybody says. He's world class, and I would be tapping him up straight away.
Whoever buys this club will have to love Chelsea Football Club like Abramovich did. If they don't, it's just going to fizzle away.
Chelsea's biggest hope is that it's a Chelsea fan buying it. I don't see anyone else coming into the club again and spending that kind of money.
I worry for Chelsea now. It was in a song: "When you've seen such riches, you can't live with being poor."
I don't where the money is going to come from: I don't see anyone spending the money Abramovich has been spending.
In terms of players and raising funds, someone could come in and buy the club and sell five or six players straight away for £400-500m! I hope that doesn't happen. Now, as a Chelsea fan, you don't know what you're going to get, it's like a bag of Revels.
Someone could come in and be like the Glazers at Man Utd, or someone could come in like at Newcastle and flood it with money.
https://www.skysports.com/amp/footb...-experience-required-for-old-trafford-success
https://www.skysports.com/football/...qualified-as-director-by-premier-league-board
Paul Merson on Soccer Saturday:
If I was Man Utd, I would be all over the manager Thomas Tuchel. He's top drawer, I don't care what anybody says. He's world class, and I would be tapping him up straight away.
Whoever buys this club will have to love Chelsea Football Club like Abramovich did. If they don't, it's just going to fizzle away.
Chelsea's biggest hope is that it's a Chelsea fan buying it. I don't see anyone else coming into the club again and spending that kind of money.
I worry for Chelsea now. It was in a song: "When you've seen such riches, you can't live with being poor."
I don't where the money is going to come from: I don't see anyone spending the money Abramovich has been spending.
In terms of players and raising funds, someone could come in and buy the club and sell five or six players straight away for £400-500m! I hope that doesn't happen. Now, as a Chelsea fan, you don't know what you're going to get, it's like a bag of Revels.
Someone could come in and be like the Glazers at Man Utd, or someone could come in like at Newcastle and flood it with money.
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I just can't get over the way he pronounces Mwanuanited
So true
Should put him in charge of hiring the new manager. The only problem I see would be his business expenses for wining and dining.
It doesn’t really take much brains to say the manager that won the last CL is a top manager, I think he talks shite 99% of the time obviously something sticks every now and again.
He strikes me as somebody with a very good intuition. I remember his Argentina 2014 WC pick being a missed Higuain one on one chance from being right.
https://www.skysports.com/amp/footb...brendan-rodgers-would-be-a-better-appointment
If I was in charge at United, I'd be going for Rodgers or Graham Potter now. People are still caught up on the Pochettino of seven years ago. If that's the case, why isn't everyone going for Claudio Ranieri again?
He won the league in 2016, Pochettino didn't. He took Tottenham as far as he could, and then you've got someone like Rodgers who has done a far better job than what Pochettino did.
He only lost the league at Liverpool because of a slip. Now, he doesn't even get a mention.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/cristiano-ronaldo-could-walk-away-25553172
Doesn't he contradict himself? Rodgers isn't the same one that was at Liverpool and has them mid-table.
Potter is hard to tell whether he's a top manager or not.
I think he'd argue neither is Pochettino and Rodgers came closer to winning the league against tougher competition to boot. He still rates the current version of Rodgers.
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he is fairly skint by all accounts (he was on the anything goes podcast with james english a while back) so is relying on his pay cheque from sky and whatever punditry he does so he knows he has to wind people up to a degree. he seems like an ok bloke besides his opinions on football to be fair - mad story and life, the podcast is worth a listen.
Yeah, watched a programme on BBC1 about him he lost £7.5m gambling or close to it, seems a decent sort and looks to live very modestly compared to what you’d expect, but still think he spouts nonsense constantly.
Saw that too and felt sad. He's not blameless but it's sad and eye-opening what kind of life he's had and the effect gambling and drugs has on people
Name me a good football pundit on Sky these days ?
The only skill set you need on Sky these days is being able to be a complete self obsessed idiot.
The only one ive really been impressed with on Sky was Danny Higginbotham but he seems to have been poached by the MLS these days.
The only skill set you need on Sky these days is being able to be a complete self obsessed idiot.
The only one ive really been impressed with on Sky was Danny Higginbotham but he seems to have been poached by the MLS these days.
People just cant take it when someone`s opinion bursts their bubble, you know shit is bad when they start throwing ABU term left right center. His take about Ronaldo, Ince take about Ole etc. Some bunch are just weird i guess.
Dont think i ever had issue with him as a pundit, dunno why some losing their shit about things he says.
Dont think i ever had issue with him as a pundit, dunno why some losing their shit about things he says.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the one and only Paul Merson
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“If they changed 7 of those defeats into wins, they’d be 4th” (about villa). What an absolute spanner!
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“If they changed 7 of those defeats into wins, they’d be 4th” (about villa). What an absolute spanner!
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