Manchester United - News, Developments & Season

[wiseone]

[Coach]

^Comical. Amongst the myriad malaise of Man United, is their nostalgitis. Lost in a ceaseless loop of once we were kings, United have all the afflictions of a fallen great failing to except their reality. Having soared at Icarian heights they are now Icarian carrion at the bottom of the sea. A spent force casually bludgeoned by all comers. The only plausible path, destroy and rebuild. Once upon a time Milan were conquerors of all, Juventus much the same. Ten Kings. Ten eras.

United are finished. Time to start anew.

Ten Hag was the absolutely wrong appointment. United have too many vestigial remnants of yesteryears for a coach best suited to work with young neophytes, then seasoned millionaires. ‘Tis rumoured Potter is favoured by Radcliffe’s entourage. Yet another wonder worker with relative unknowns who collapsed under the pressure of moulding a team from Louis Vutton boot bag sporting young money. Potter would likely fail. Spectacularly.

If it is to be Graham not Harry Potter or dare Ten Hag hold firm, there needs to be a gargantuan clear out at Old Trafford. The rebuild should focus on bricks and mortar, one can reach for the bespoke once the foundation is able to prop it up. What’s the point of recurring falstaffian fancy Dans who’ve won it all. Where’s the hunger? There is none. Casemiro continues to gain weight, Varane is playing Humphrey Winston Bogarte, Mason Mount couldn’t mount a quadriplegic wench in a house of disrepute and Martial stopped playing football over 5 years ago. Rasmus sounds like Haaland, never will be. It’s pure Monty python.

Hard to see Eric the Wreck escaping the festive season in full employment. Stranger things have happened.

[wiseone]

I am wondering if United would be in a worse position if they left Solskjaer in charge? He finished 2nd and 3rd and reached a European final. If Ole was still at the club, Ronaldo, De Gea, and Henderson would probably still be there too, Sancho would not be AWOL, and Malacia, Mount, Weghorst, Antony, Onana, Martinez, and Amrabat would not be/would never have been Manchester United employees.

Casemiro continues to gain weight, Varane is playing Humphrey Winston Bogarte, Mason Mount couldn’t mount a quadriplegic wench in a house of disrepute and Martial stopped playing football over 5 years ago. Rasmus sounds like Haaland, never will be. It’s pure Monty python.

Hard to see Eric the Wreck escaping the festive season in full employment. Stranger things have happened.

[Coach]

^Ole was DUI at the wheel, his EPL achievements must be viewed in the context of the voided bladder poor competition. At the wheel today, he’d be reminiscent of Thelma and Louise at the mouth of the Grand Canyon.

United should’ve retained De Gea, would’ve been hard to offer Henderson first team football and for the love of God, Ronaldo was not/is not the panacea to all Mancunian ills. Once upon a time great maybe, he is/was absolutely on the wane and too Maziesque for the pressing game most desire.

Recruitment in its entirety, from boardroom to playing staff, has been a disaster. For close to 200 large they’ve gotten Antony, Sancho and Donny Diabolical. Once upon a time, United’s first thought in the transfer market was to weaken a rival. Now they strengthen them by squandering bullion on Johnny Foreigners and leaving the darlings of their rivals untampered. Pathetic.

Huge clear out an absolute must come January, bigger purge than Idi Amin after a dodgy vindaloo at a Kampala curry house.

[wiseone]

With DDG Man Utd could play badly and get away with it sometimes because DDG's Spiderman reflexes and saves would keep them in the game. Without a miracle shot stopper in goal, more opposition 1-1 chances are scored (e.g. Bowen's first goal for West Ham yesterday is the type that DDG used to save). Both DDG and Henderson are better shot stoppers than Onana (but not as good as him at passing the ball).

Was it worth getting rid of both DDG and Henderson in order to pay nearly 50 million to buy a new ball playing GK who is not as good as either of them at stopping shots? Onana's "highlight reel" this season is like a horror movie and his errors got the team knocked out of the Champions League.

United should’ve retained De Gea, would’ve been hard to offer Henderson first team football and for the love of God, Ronaldo was not/is not the panacea to all Mancunian ills. Once upon a time great maybe, he is/was absolutely on the wane and too Maziesque for the pressing game most desire.

[Coach]

Onana has all the prerequisites to be a bungle in the Premier League. The concessions column comes as absolutely no surprise. Sadly.

United, like the potbellied uncle in Selfridges, opted for the slim fitting Gucci shirt, boasting all the flamboyance of the zero carb nouveau rich, instead of that best suited, a relaxed fit polo and tailored blazer to hide the hefferness. Style over substance. Fashion misfits.

Sadly, there’s little else to do but work with the tools assembled. Tactically Ten Hag has to do better.

[mcal]

...we will see what Onana will do for Cameroon at the Afcon.
Seems the guy easily concede any shot towards his goal.
His defender at United will go to sleep, hope Cameroon defenders don't close eyes.

[wiseone]

De Gea at work:

[Coach]

^De Gea is gone. Onana is now the number one. For all the “passing ability”, United have minus marks for goal difference. Upgrade? Hardly. More like going from iPhone 12 Pro Max to Blackberry Bold. Pointless.

[Bigpokey24]

[benteke]

I remember when Ronald's goals started drying up.
And people started blaming Ronaldo, and people were adamant that Ronaldo is the big problem at United holding back all the attackers.

He got frustrated by the scapegoating, and sidi an ill advised interview, but he was correct about the scapegoating.

Now the same problem still exists.
All recent Man U no.9s struggle big time for goals and get very little chances.

This season United has scored just 18 league goals in 18 games.

[Bigpokey24]

[Bigpokey24]

the game don change

[wiseone]

Manchester United never seem to learn and keep making the same mistakes. Aston Villa’s second goal yesterday is another case in point. A few minutes after conceding a goal from a John McGinn set piece, McGinn takes another corner and aims it at 6’1 tall Lenglet. Who should mark the tall and powerful Lenglet who is really good in the air?

1) Rafa Varane (6’3 tall)?

2) Rasmus Hojlund (6’3 tall)?

3) Jonny Evans (6’2 tall)?

Or

4) Kobbie Mainoo (5’9 “tall” - the shortest and least experienced player in the Manchester United team)?

Only Manchester United would choose option 4, and let a rookie teenager (whose entire EPL career consists of 1 month) who is the shortest player in his team mark a strong experienced opposition player who is 4 much taller than him. Shockingly, Lenglet bullied Mainoo out of the way, got a strong uncontested header at the far post, and set up Villa’s second goal.

Why TF did it not occur to Manchester United to get one of the only 3 players in their team over 6 feet tall to mark Lenglet?!

Question:

You are facing a corner from Andreas Pereira (one of the best dead ball specialists in the EPL). Pereira is known to aim most of his corners at his teammate Mitrovic (a big strong center forward who is one of the most dangerous forwards in Europe in the air). You do not have many tall players. Who do you pick to mark Mitrovic?

1) One of your few tall players such as Weghorst (6'6), McTominay (6'4), or Maguire (6'4)?

Or

2) A FB like Luke Shaw who is not known for being good in the air?

WTF would you pick a FB to mark the opposition's biggest and most dangerous player in the air?!

[wiseone]

A few United nuggets from that game against Aston Villa yesterday:

8 academy graduates played; and
6 players aged 20 or under

The comeback also reminded of an FA Cup match against Villa at Villa Park 21 years ago. Villa was winning the match 2-0 with 12 minutes remaining.

Then Ferguson brought Ruud Van Nistelrooy off the bench…

[wiseone]

[wiseone]

[wiseone]

Manchester United- again. On corners why TF was Kobbie Mainoo marking Notts Forest’s most dangerous attacker - the 6’3 tall Chris Wood?

Manchester United never seem to learn and keep making the same mistakes. Aston Villa’s second goal yesterday is another case in point. A few minutes after conceding a goal from a John McGinn set piece, McGinn takes another corner and aims it at 6’1 tall Lenglet. Who should mark the tall and powerful Lenglet who is really good in the air?

1) Rafa Varane (6’3 tall)?

2) Rasmus Hojlund (6’3 tall)?

3) Jonny Evans (6’2 tall)?

Or

4) Kobbie Mainoo (5’9 “tall” - the shortest and least experienced player in the Manchester United team)?

Only Manchester United would choose option 4, and let a rookie teenager (whose entire EPL career consists of 1 month) who is the shortest player in his team mark a strong experienced opposition player who is 4 much taller than him. Shockingly, Lenglet bullied Mainoo out of the way, got a strong uncontested header at the far post, and set up Villa’s second goal.

Why TF did it not occur to Manchester United to get one of the only 3 players in their team over 6 feet tall to mark Lenglet?!

[wiseone]

[wiseone]

[wiseone]

Updated injury list (11 players unavailable):

Martinez
Varane
Maguire
Lindelof
Malacia
Casemiro
Amrabat
Mount
Martial
Hojlund
Sancho (AWOL/disciplinary)

[wiseone]

[mcal]

...if ten Hag were and African coach bribery rumors will follow him around.