Other Games - 2024/25

[edgysatsuma89]

He's not been impressive at Man Utd, but it's still a bit early to call him a fraud.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

He's not been impressive at Man Utd, but it's still a bit early to call him a fraud.

Agree, as Dave said his work at Sporting will hold more meaning for people than any failure at basket case club Man U.

[Somniloquism]

Diallo out for the season.

[kippaxvilla2]

I get confused with him and Amad are they different?

[Somniloquism]

Same. Amad Diallo. He prefers his first name on his shirt though, whether through local custom or through vanity I can't tell you.

[lovejoy]

Can I also add my support for booking divers. i do not think you can moan about VAR when players are making it difficult for refs by simulating contact. A deterrent would help everyone surely?

[Somniloquism]

AFAIK, the ref can decide to book the player for diving if reviewing a penalty decision on VAR (which is not usually used for bookings). And as the VAR review shows he was fooled into making the decision in first place, you would have thought he would have wanted to discipline him as it definitely wasn't a slip, but a deliberate kick out by Jota to get contact.

[brontebilly]

Amorim doesn't stand a chance of bringing in his own players.

That shouldn't really matter in the context of their current issues. If he's looking at the difference between 6th and 4th, or 3rd and 1st then those fine margins would obviously be important. But there's no reason why he should have managed the current bunch down the league to fifteenth

A good manager wouldn't look at the current Man Utd squad and think "they can't play my formation, but I'm just going to do it anyway until they either work it out or I get fired". You just work out a new way that means the players that you do have win football matches.

Emery's first half-season with us wasn't really like how he'd played at his other clubs, but he changed his way of playing to fit the players. He didn't stick Mings in midfield because the way he'd played before demanded a massive bloke in the middle of the pitch, and then whine when "his style" meant a load of defeats.

Loads of managers these days prioritise their "identity" over results and getting rewarded for it. See Kompany relegating Burnley and getting the Bayern gig. A recent glut of injuries has saved Amorim from already getting fired. Delighted for that creep Ratcliffe that this INEOS investment is already blowing up in his face.

For all the talk about Guardiola, his treble winning team had four centre backs in defence after he bombed out their star full back Cancelo. Sometimes pragmatism is called for.

[olaftab]

He's not been impressive at Man Utd, but it's still a bit early to call him a fraud.

Agree, as Dave said his work at Sporting will hold more meaning for people than any failure at basket case club Man U.

Agreed that he's not a fraud and possibly an elite coach however he abandoned Sporting at the drop of hat and ruined their season when manu came calling. He know or should have known the situation there if he has active managerial brain cells. He knew that he will need to get results  from more or less the same players. He has fixed nothing. Not Rashford, not Antony, not Hojlund, not Zirkzee in fact no one. So I have no sympathy for him but with the money he is on he will win either way.

[Hookeysmith]

Could not be happening to a better club and set of suppo glory hunters

If Scrooge Ratcliffe thinks saving the cleaning ladies wages will help pay the bills then he is mental

[The Man With A Stick]

So sorry to hear that Ruben finds the job "hard".  Maybe we should all have a whipround for him.

These fuckers have had it coming for years, may their demise be slow and painful.  It's funny though how every single one you speak with seems to their they're about to turn the corner, magically, just because they're The Famous Man Yanighted.

[Sexual Ealing]

So sorry to hear that Ruben finds the job "hard".  Maybe we should all have a whipround for him.

These fuckers have had it coming for years, may their demise be slow and painful.  It's funny though how every single one you speak with seems to their they're about to turn the corner, magically, just because they're The Famous Man Yanighted.

I think I mentioned this in the things that are annoying thread a few months ago. It's profoundly depressing when you hear people talking about The State Of Man Utd, and there's real anger that they're shit from people who don't support them.

An idea persists that the world needs a strong Man Utd otherwise the sky will collapse, Trump will be re-elected and a Labour government will be a massive disappointment. Hang on...

[ChicagoLion]

So sorry to hear that Ruben finds the job "hard".  Maybe we should all have a whipround for him.

These fuckers have had it coming for years, may their demise be slow and painful.  It's funny though how every single one you speak with seems to their they're about to turn the corner, magically, just because they're The Famous Man Yanighted.

its brilliant that once the Glazers were out of the picture and we get a great business man to start running the club properly we will be back to where we belong.
Then twat face from Ineos and cycling bloke turn up, do a lot of dosh bringing in elite sports management and make them even worse.
Brilliant.

[Somniloquism]

Glazers are not out the picture though, they just managed to con Ratcliffe into paying them several hundred million for the honour of being in charge of the operational side.

[Brazilian Villain]

Sunderland 1-0 up at Leeds.