You think it feels good to be called names left and right and having my love for United questioned simply for putting my opinion out there that the squad selection was self indulgent and disrespectful?
What's that got to do with me?
You can’t underestimate the fatigue too. This is a big trip and a midweek game.
Just pointing out the attention here is nothing pleasant or desirable. It's not a look at me thread. It's a contrary , out there opinion thread. I'd spend more time talking to my friends about it in person but United is irrelevant with them and much of the footballing world these days
This is a perfect example of a hater or someone who already make up his mind to go against the manager. They will find a way to criticise the manager even if the manager did the right thing, find a way to make excuses that doesn’t make sense to suit their agenda which we can also call it as disrespectful & selfish too.
I still think so. Advocating for playing Matic and Young should have given it away but people keep biting. There was also the 'we could have tried Jones at DM' line. No way he is serious about that
Are you on a wind up?
I am more than happy to ignore the League Cup, regardless of our circumstances. It's a competition that really should be abolished.
I don't agree although I don't think much about the League Cup. I wouldn't think about abolishing it as it a way for some teams to get into Europe who may struggle to qualify other ways. A positive I can see for the League Cup is to a team who is challenging for League is that it can give them a boost at a time in the season where they may need it and push them on to to do better in the League.
You are calling the manager selfish and dissrespectfull of the club in a game where he gave first team opportunities to kids in a dead rubber game; one that we were super unlucky to lose btw. What happened is the complete opposite of that; he took the risk of a "humiliating" defeat in order to do what is in the best interest of the club, both short term and long term. Could have very easily played a full team, get a win, stat pad, have the players tired for the PL game and then blame a lack of squad depth.
I agree with what you say. People are going to moan that he doesn't give the youngsters a chance, then when he does give them a chance people are still going to moan. Some people it is very hard to please and some of them would be moaning if he played a first-teamer and they got injured and say why did we play them and risk injury when we are going to qualify from the group anyway.
Who are you trying to reach with that? You'll see plenty of Ole out guys these days but I don't think you'll bring em along with this sort of nonsense. We all want to see youngsters get a chance, and they did get to play because we have a bunch of exiting talents at this moment in time and most of our old guys are done. If you are too negative, why don't you focus on what got you into football and go follow the youth team for a while until you get your love back. This thread is ridiculous.
It's nothing like that.
What we did is more embarrassing, because we didn't win the league and fielded only 9 youngsters. It is important to grasp the difference. Infinitely more embarrassing to be a United-fan after fielding youngsters and not even an imaginary City team filled with youngsters breaking records, winning the league could top that embarrassment.
And also, whether or not that happened
Nooo don't. I like seeing people getting pissed off over something silly. Angry people = funny people, let them be.
Yes. It was logical. I don't blame him for doing that. I want him to do that.
Maybe not, but understandable given the shite we have to read every day by posters like him who rather than wanting to support the team when they're down would prefer to be negative, critising every decision and every player. It's tiresome.
I agree with you. Some have made their minds up and will paint everything in to a negative, little you can do about that.
When was the last time a top manager was in charge of a squad so thin in numbers?
This thread is on another level though
In fairness, if the players are not going to be able to cope with the "unnecessary pressure" in a game at OT against a team like AZ where they only need a point to top the group, or against Aston Villa then they are clearly not good enough for Utd long term!
I kind of get where you are coming from, but the squad is so short in depth and so called squad players just are not good enough to be at Utd. This was a great opportunity to see what some of the youth can do in a semi-proper game. From what I saw in the match there are a couple of lads who are ready for more minutes in first team games and wouldn't be any worse than some of the "squad players". With a first team that is depleted of any real quality bar 3-4 players this was a great exercise to see the kids in action. Good call and brave from Ole. He should be applauded.
Sounds like you're advising me to pick my battles better. You're right there.
I'm also categorically wrong with everything in the original post. Eight of the starting eleven are officially first team players. Strangely not a single person pointed that out.
