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We're in a new era of sports journalism.

A twitter twat has created a website where they make up news based on something some other bellend made up and posted on twitter, with half the article using rehashed tweets.

What a time to be alive.
 
United without any question had world class squads in 98-99 and 07-08, possibly one or two others as well where we came up just short in the CL while winning the PL trophy.

One of our problems today is that we have nothing close to a world class squad. As this season started there wasn’t a single player you’d rub your hands together over and say yep he’s world class.
 
Yep, we have finally had a summer where we targetted profiles over names. So its now time to develop our players into real top players.

I think if we can develop Hojlund Garnacho and Diallo, they can be our goal scoring trio. The good thing is they seem to be mates off the pitch which kind of helps, they all want each other to do well, hopefully we see that on the pitch and they look for each other.

The way Amad plays, I can see Hojlund getting goals in the box, he has this cut in and backpost cross that we need to make use of against low blocks.

Not scoring enough goals this season will be determintal to the team's progress.

I agree in terms of the trio you mentioned, Rashford and Bruno are the main guys and they both must lead in performances, but the other 4 attackers (Hojlund, Zirkzee, Amad & Garnacho) must manage some consistency to score and hopefully they develop that part of their game.
 
Not scoring enough goals this season will be determintal to the team's progress.

I agree in terms of the trio you mentioned, Rashford and Bruno are the main guys and they both must lead in performances, but the other 4 attackers (Hojlund, Zirkzee, Amad & Garnacho) must manage some consistency to score and hopefully they develop that part of their game.

Exactly, even though they are young, players seem to peaking earlier now, you dont generally see players get to 26 then peak.

So that excuse that people us "not in his peak yet" needs to be stopped. Look at Rashford, this should theoretically be his peak but is he any better than he was 3/4 years ago? Is Bruno any better than when he first joined us? Amad is 23 now and really needs to step up to the plate, the early signs are he is going to do that which is good.
 
Exactly, even though they are young, players seem to peaking earlier now, you dont generally see players get to 26 then peak.

So that excuse that people us "not in his peak yet" needs to be stopped. Look at Rashford, this should theoretically be his peak but is he any better than he was 3/4 years ago? Is Bruno any better than when he first joined us? Amad is 23 now and really needs to step up to the plate, the early signs are he is going to do that which is good.
100%.

Our attackers must step up this season, no matter how well the team defends or controls the midfield, if our attackers don't convert chances, we'll be in trouble.
 
100%.

Our attackers must step up this season, no matter how well the team defends or controls the midfield, if our attackers don't convert chances, we'll be in trouble.

Exactly, no excuses really now, we have quality and depth so there is nowhere to hide now. Last season we had to rely on Hojlund, Rashford, Garnacho who didn't really set the world alight.

This season with Martial, Sancho replaced with Amad and Zirkzee, hopefully we can play the players in form whilst the players out of form push the starters when given the opportunity.

Those opportunities will come, we have Europa league which should be where the subs and fringe players play, a bit like how we did it against Barnsley.

Then when you have Garnacho and Rashford scoring, all of our wingers know, its deliver or bench. Then it is up to the manager to decide, if Rashford is not delivering he needs to be dropped, likewise with the others.

I will also say, I know we dont like Antony and he hasn't done much for us to back him, I kind of like his attitude, he seems to want to play for the club and it seems he understands why he isn't starting and he knows there will be opportunities to play, its then up to him to take those and push Amad
 
He's looking relaxed and confident. I like it. I think we'll go on a bit of a run now. Hopefully Hojlund can get 20 minutes tomorrow and gradually build his fitness.
 
Yep, I think its difficult to rely on individuals to get those goals, its about sharing them around. Madrid, City all scored goals prior to getting Haaland / Mbappe, so its more created enough chances.

I think next 4 weeks will be crucial for Ten Hag.

Great to see finishing improve last 2 games as, especially away from home, first goal so important.

Would be ironic if ETH forces Levy’s hand on Ange. Villa will pose a real threat up front.
 
We are lacking an experienced striker, and will need Højlund or Zirkzee to hit scoring form. Do you think there are managers out there that instantly turn these two into goalscoring monsters?

We have fecking RvN on the coaching staff, give it some time.
Well maybe we should have brought in ONE RECOGNISED goal scorer instead of two youngsters one who is injury prone and shown absolutely nothing to indicate he will be a success. Hojlund is a bloody disaster and a waste of money. I’m not sure on Zirkzee because even he said he’s a number 9.5 what ever the hell that is.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
 
Well maybe we should have brought in ONE RECOGNISED goal scorer instead of two youngsters one who is injury prone and shown absolutely nothing to indicate he will be a success. Hojlund is a bloody disaster and a waste of money. I’m not sure on Zirkzee because even he said he’s a number 9.5 what ever the hell that is.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
Huh? Since when? Why have such a downer on him? Explain your workings.
 
Well maybe we should have brought in ONE RECOGNISED goal scorer instead of two youngsters one who is injury prone and shown absolutely nothing to indicate he will be a success. Hojlund is a bloody disaster and a waste of money. I’m not sure on Zirkzee because even he said he’s a number 9.5 what ever the hell that is.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
How is Højlund a disaster? He’s not even had a chance this year. Showed promise with his goal in pre season against Arsenal. Didn’t have to bad of a first season in a dysfunctional team.
 
I agree that Liverpool probably aren’t that much better than us. They’ve just had a world class manager that got the most out of some average players. Bit like Fergie did, we never really had a world class squad under Fergie, I mean some players was but he made average players look world class. Arsenal I’d say have a very strong squad all round. Plus they’ve had years playing together under Arteta so have developed really good. I think that’s what we’re aiming for under ETH, a young squad that can grow together and challenge for top trophies. It is very hard to sign a world class ST who guarantees you goals. I think only Kane and Haaland probably fit that profile now. We have 2 young ST, with a world class ex ST now coaching them. Time to develop our own goal machine.

What is this new narrative? :lol:

I guess there's never been a world class squad in the PL then.
 
What is this new narrative? :lol:

I guess there's never been a world class squad in the PL then.
So I’m guessing you’re saying John O Shea, Fletcher, Fabio, Rafael, Gibson. All them are world class? Like I said we had world class players under him but never a full squad of them.
 
So I’m guessing you’re saying John O Shea, Fletcher, Fabio, Rafael, Gibson. All them are world class? Like I said we had world class players under him but never a full squad of them.
There's never been a team I can think of that had a squad that only contained 'world class' players
 
So I’m guessing you’re saying John O Shea, Fletcher, Fabio, Rafael, Gibson. All them are world class? Like I said we had world class players under him but never a full squad of them.
Take any so-called world class squad in the PL and you'll find players like this. You think City have/had a world class squad while destroying the league? Delph, Zinchenko, Sane, Laporte, Ake, Akanji, Cancelo?

SAF is widely acknowledged to be an all time great and easily the best manager the PL has ever seen. We don't need to pretend it was an Aberdeen v Old Firm situation.
 
There's never been a team I can think of that had a squad that only contained 'world class' players
Ye but my point was he could make average players world beaters. Pep sold most of city’s average squad when he took over and replaced with superstars.
 
Take any so-called world class squad in the PL and you'll find players like this. You think City have/had a world class squad while destroying the league? Delph, Zinchenko, Sane, Laporte, Ake, Akanji, Cancelo?

SAF is widely acknowledged to be an all time great and easily the best manager the PL has ever seen. We don't need to pretend it was an Aberdeen v Old Firm situation.
Ye but pep got rid of most of them. Only 2 of them remain and there good players in a system. Fergie didn’t sell all our average players he made them world beaters.
 
Well maybe we should have brought in ONE RECOGNISED goal scorer instead of two youngsters one who is injury prone and shown absolutely nothing to indicate he will be a success. Hojlund is a bloody disaster and a waste of money. I’m not sure on Zirkzee because even he said he’s a number 9.5 what ever the hell that is.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear.


Shown nothing and a bloody disaster? Really??? Such hyperbolic nonsense. He has shown there's plenty there to work with.
 
Ye but pep got rid of most of them. Only 2 of them remain and there good players in a system. Fergie didn’t sell all our average players he made them world beaters.
Each of them played a very important role in one or more PL wins. They were moved on after Pep made them 'world beaters'.

Seems like Pep just likes to keep signing average players and making them star in title challenges. Maybe folks in the "Pep is the greatest manager of all time" thread would have something to say about that.
 
Each of them played a very important role in one or more PL wins. They were moved on after Pep made them 'world beaters'.

Seems like Pep just likes to keep signing average players and making them star in title challenges. Maybe folks in the "Pep is the greatest manager of all time" thread would have something to say about that.
But could pep beat an AC Milan side by playing 7 defenders? :confused:
 
Well maybe we should have brought in ONE RECOGNISED goal scorer instead of two youngsters one who is injury prone and shown absolutely nothing to indicate he will be a success. Hojlund is a bloody disaster and a waste of money. I’m not sure on Zirkzee because even he said he’s a number 9.5 what ever the hell that is.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear.
That’s the spirit!
 
So I’m guessing you’re saying John O Shea, Fletcher, Fabio, Rafael, Gibson. All them are world class? Like I said we had world class players under him but never a full squad of them.
There never was a squad made up entirely of only world class players. The notion is ridiculous.

A "world class squad" means a squad at the highest level of squads in relation to other squads in the world. Clearly, say, our 2007-08 squad is one hell of a world class squad.
 
Usually we fold after a couple of solid performances. Lets see what we show tomorrow but to finally tuen things around we need to go on a very good, consistent run
 
Max Allegri


Surely there comes a point we just ban some of these sources. If I just made some social media and called myself United4Eva or something and just spewed this kind of stuff I’d have no credibility. Why do they get air time at all?
 
So I’m guessing you’re saying John O Shea, Fletcher, Fabio, Rafael, Gibson. All them are world class? Like I said we had world class players under him but never a full squad of them.

There's never been a single team in football history that fits this criteria.
 
There's never been a single team in football history that fits this criteria.
I’d say Barcas was pretty close. The point I was trying to make is Fergies teams weren’t full of superstars like the majority of peps teams.
 
I’d say Barcas was pretty close. The point I was trying to make is Fergies teams weren’t full of superstars like the majority of peps teams.

Currently, I'd say it's the quartet of Haaland, Rodri, Gvardiol, and KDB that gives City that edge over other elite teams' squads, other than Pep himself obviously. All the other players they have, you can find better or similar ones at other clubs. And City's current squad isn't really perfect.
 
Isn’t it funny after 2 wins in a row and scoring some goals there’s all this nonsense about max Allegri. Why on earth would we part ways with ETH after 2 wins anyway? If it was gonna happen it would have after the Liverpool game. Hate the media trying to stir things up a day before we play a game. Focus on city and how they didn’t win their champions league game or something!
 


Shown nothing and a bloody disaster? Really??? Such hyperbolic nonsense. He has shown there's plenty there to work with.

Exactly. Bloody disaster my arse. Højlund had a great first season, especially considering the circumstances. The unjustified hatred towards him has been ridiculous. He’s a great finisher despite having received little service.
 
That's going to take a few years and one of the other three falling down. Hopefully City will get relegated for a decade of cheating but the corruption of football suggests they won't.
I mean, three possibilities:
1. He shows progress, makes the CL spots this year, challenges for the PL and /or CL in the next year. Wins a title and challenges consistently for titles and wins one every few years. This is the “ride off into the sunset” scenario.
2. Shows progress, makes a CL spot this year and keeps his job, but never really challenges for a major title. Eventually gets sacked.
3. Fails to make CL spots this year and is sacked. Could possibly implode and get sacked during the season.

I sort of take offense to your “and one of the other three falling down”. No, the manager of Manchester United is paid a lot of money, like a top 5 salary. It’s not good enough to back into a title. He needs to go and grab it. That’s the job. With the amount of money spent on the squad, the expectation is major trophies.

What we’ve seen so far, I would put scenario 1 at less than 10%. Maybe others think it is a bit higher, but even at 20%, that’s still a low chance. If that’s the case, why waste time? Obviously, we would need to see strong performances and results in the next run of matches. Outside the top 4 by the new year and I think it’s danger one for him.
 
United without any question had world class squads in 98-99 and 07-08, possibly one or two others as well where we came up just short in the CL while winning the PL trophy.

One of our problems today is that we have nothing close to a world class squad. As this season started there wasn’t a single player you’d rub your hands together over and say yep he’s world class.
There are some here who say Licha is world class. Not me, but some.
 
I sort of take offense to your “and one of the other three falling down”. No, the manager of Manchester United is paid a lot of money, like a top 5 salary. It’s not good enough to back into a title. He needs to go and grab it. That’s the job. With the amount of money spent on the squad, the expectation is major trophies.
I appreciate and share the sentiment but at the same time we all have to appreciate how entitled it sounds. We've been shit for decades because of the Glazers. That doesn't get fixed with a chequebook overnight. I think it's gonna be a long long time, to quote Elton John.
 
Isn’t it funny after 2 wins in a row and scoring some goals there’s all this nonsense about max Allegri. Why on earth would we part ways with ETH after 2 wins anyway? If it was gonna happen it would have after the Liverpool game. Hate the media trying to stir things up a day before we play a game. Focus on city and how they didn’t win their champions league game or something!

It's not even media, it's less than that. It's absolute nonsense made up by chancers. The fact its even being mentioned on here is mad.
 
I mean, three possibilities:
1. He shows progress, makes the CL spots this year, challenges for the PL and /or CL in the next year. Wins a title and challenges consistently for titles and wins one every few years. This is the “ride off into the sunset” scenario.
2. Shows progress, makes a CL spot this year and keeps his job, but never really challenges for a major title. Eventually gets sacked.
3. Fails to make CL spots this year and is sacked. Could possibly implode and get sacked during the season.

I sort of take offense to your “and one of the other three falling down”. No, the manager of Manchester United is paid a lot of money, like a top 5 salary. It’s not good enough to back into a title. He needs to go and grab it. That’s the job. With the amount of money spent on the squad, the expectation is major trophies.

What we’ve seen so far, I would put scenario 1 at less than 10%. Maybe others think it is a bit higher, but even at 20%, that’s still a low chance. If that’s the case, why waste time? Obviously, we would need to see strong performances and results in the next run of matches. Outside the top 4 by the new year and I think it’s danger one for him.
What currently available manager would you bring in and be able to confidently say that scenario 1 is more than 20% likely to materialize?

Besides, your putting too much on the manager here. He’s important, but there is development needed at all levels of the club to achieve that goal. Especially in the recruitment and player development areas. I’d say ETH has proven throughout his career that he’s quite capable on the player development front, both at Ajax and here. But there structure around him needs to work as well.

I’m seeing promising signs all across the pitch so far this season. Liverpool game was an ugly blotch, mostly due to atrocious passing attempts from the base of midfield that they ruthlessly exploited. Other than that our performance wasn’t all that bad. Overall I would be inclined to give him this season + 1 more year as long as we’re in the CL spots or very close to it this season.
 
It's not even media, it's less than that. It's absolute nonsense made up by chancers. The fact its even being mentioned on here is mad.
I’m just venting my frustrations at the fact we always get these nonsense stories coming out after winning a few games and the day before a match. Where as none of the other big teams get these stories that could distract them.
 
I’m just venting my frustrations at the fact we always get these nonsense stories coming out after winning a few games and the day before a match. Where as none of the other big teams get these stories that could distract them.

It’s not even being spoken about anywhere of note though, is it? Kids on twitter is hardly noise, it’s not a distraction and can’t be spoken about like it’s some big disturbance. It’s obvious bollocks.
 
It’s not even being spoken about anywhere of note though, is it? Kids on twitter is hardly noise, it’s not a distraction and can’t be spoken about like it’s some big disturbance. It’s obvious bollocks.
Give me sport article was saying it yesterday. And when it gets published from different articles then the manager usually gets asked about it in his press conference. So everyone hears about it