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#31
General discussion / Re: Man Utd Thread:
November 27, 2023, 11:06:21 AM
Young left his leg out for way too long, if he'd stuck it out and brought it straight back in they no pen but to leave it out for so long you're not going to get away with it.

A better second half after been terrible from 15-45 min, probably one of the best goals ever scored by a United player. Garnacho has a lot to learn but he's got too start, lots of natural talent though.

The most pleasing aspect to yesterday was Mainoo, lots of hype around Manchester about the lad for the last few years. He was outstanding, expected him to be so comfortable on the ball but is the way the way he able to compete with opponents physically, winning headers and making blocks. Would like to see a fit Casemiro alongside him and Fernandes in the new year. Would really like to think we'll see huge improvements in the performances once Martinez returns and see more of Onana's ability on the ball.
#32
General discussion / Re: Man Utd Thread:
November 14, 2023, 11:30:26 AM
Quote from: NAG1 on November 14, 2023, 10:34:31 AM
Quote from: Ghost on November 14, 2023, 10:29:17 AMAmrabat has certainly been a massive disappointment. Expected a lot of him after an impressive World Cup and he was good for Fiortenia in their run to the conference league final but he looks totally out of his depth. Makes so many basic errors.

Utd are just about getting away it against the likes of Fulham and Luton but as shown against Man City that midfield just isn't going to cut it against the better teams in the league.

Think maybe being slightly harsh on Amrabat, he came in for his first couple of games as makeshift left back.

He then is playing in a clearly dysfunctional midfield, trying to hold on his own while adjusting to the league.

There is a player in there for sure, just whether ETH can get to a formation that will allow some sort of structure in the midfield whilst getting the best out of Bruno and Mount/ Erikson/ McT.

Hope you're right but form what I've seen he struggles with the pace of the game, so many times he's been caught on the ball or had a pass blocked as he's taken too long on the ball. He turns like a bus and his array of passing is very limited, not a good combination!!

I assumed Ten Hag thought Mount could play with Fernandes and Casemiro, think they started the first 2 league games as a trio and can't recollect it happening since; From  an attacking point of view it worked really well in the first half against Spurs but like Wolves did United's midfield was wide open during the 2nd half. Casemiro clearly not as it first season and he could well be finished at the highest level but it was certainly not all his fault, whether a slight change in tactics and and a more mobile defensive midfielder will work with Fernandes and Mount I have my doubts but perhaps we'll see next season!

#33
General discussion / Re: Man Utd Thread:
November 14, 2023, 10:08:51 AM
United had 7 points from the first 6 games in 13/14 when Moyes was in charge and 20 points from 12 games and this is the year after winning the title by a landslide. That by a mile will always be United's worst start to a season and probably worst season. 

Ten Hag has got to do better and the football has been muck and too what extent have the injuries too Martinez and Shaw impacted on that I just don't know but its clearly not helping, by a distance their his best 2 ball playing defenders. Add in Casemiro who was outstanding last year has turned up out of shape and been woeful all season is a huge issue too. Look he's not made mistakes, I like Mount but when Eriksen & McTominay are starting ahead of him and another loan signing in Amrabat it doesn't reflect well on him. Thankfully Amrabat is on loan, hes just not good enough.

I'm all for giving Ten Hag time though, he's a got a good track record and and saw enough last season to say he warrants a decent run at it; If a manager with the calibre of Pep or Klopp was available then that changes it but their not.

#34
General discussion / Re: Man Utd Thread:
November 03, 2023, 12:55:54 PM
Jim Ratcliffe will invest £250m of his personal fortune and not Ineos if the deal goes through, first bit of real positive news in a while.
#35
General discussion / Re: Man Utd Thread:
November 02, 2023, 02:50:30 PM
Quote from: Saffrongael on November 02, 2023, 02:42:30 PM
Quote from: Maroon Manc on November 02, 2023, 02:28:31 PMI boycotted for 17 years because of the Glazers, only gone back because of the kids. I was at OT on Sunday, a crap experience where I was sat was full of day trippers with half and half scarfs and megastore bags. Gate receipts are up per game despite prices staying the same for ST holders, selling tickets for £300 for the derby with the option to buy a drink somewhere, its touting.

They are destroying the club with there incompetence, making the same mistakes with managers time and time again. Things were supposed to be different this time round yet £80m has been spent on Antony when Ajax would have taken £40m at the start of summer but we left it too late and they'd sold half their team so they didn't need to sell. Casemiro in isolation would have been fine but not on the back of signing Antony.

The culture of the club is rotten to the core with them, we're a rudderless ship. Barca, Real & Bayern have either spent a fortune on redeveloping the ground or moved to a new one whilst OT is decaying. The training ground is just average by premier league standards.

If by shear luck we'd had a manager in recent times who'd returned United to the top we wouldn't have remained there as they only care about finishing in the CL spots.

As for Ten Hag I hope he can turn it round in the next few weeks, saw so much promise last season although think its inevitable he'll be sacked.

As for Arteta there's no chance Ten Hag could get away with finishing 8th, 8th & 5th in his first 3 years.

All the big clubs are at that "hospitality" carry on are they not ?

United taken it to a new level the last few years, very few tickets go on sale to members, should be about 15,000 per game but thats not happening. ST holders if they can't go are told to give the ticket back to the club so it can be resold to a member but so many of those tickets are been sold as corporate tickets for over £300. They want fans spending at the megastore and ST holders and members are unlikely to do so.

Club ae going nowhere with them at the helm.
#36
General discussion / Re: Man Utd Thread:
November 02, 2023, 02:28:31 PM
I boycotted for 17 years because of the Glazers, only gone back because of the kids. I was at OT on Sunday, a crap experience where I was sat was full of day trippers with half and half scarfs and megastore bags. Gate receipts are up per game despite prices staying the same for ST holders, selling tickets for £300 for the derby with the option to buy a drink somewhere, its touting.

They are destroying the club with there incompetence, making the same mistakes with managers time and time again. Things were supposed to be different this time round yet £80m has been spent on Antony when Ajax would have taken £40m at the start of summer but we left it too late and they'd sold half their team so they didn't need to sell. Casemiro in isolation would have been fine but not on the back of signing Antony.

The culture of the club is rotten to the core with them, we're a rudderless ship. Barca, Real & Bayern have either spent a fortune on redeveloping the ground or moved to a new one whilst OT is decaying. The training ground is just average by premier league standards.

If by shear luck we'd had a manager in recent times who'd returned United to the top we wouldn't have remained there as they only care about finishing in the CL spots.

As for Ten Hag I hope he can turn it round in the next few weeks, saw so much promise last season although think its inevitable he'll be sacked.

As for Arteta there's no chance Ten Hag could get away with finishing 8th, 8th & 5th in his first 3 years.
#37
General discussion / Re: Man Utd Thread:
October 16, 2023, 09:54:27 AM
A big week for the club off the pitch, interested to hear the breakdown of Radcliffe's bid. People forgot that 30% of the club is floated on the stock exchange with some heavy hitters involved, the share price is going to tank later on today; There not going to be happy but just hope there's no legal challengers which slow the process down.

You'd think Radcliffe was a pauper not someone who's business has a turnover of $61 billion.
#38
General discussion / Re: The IRISH RUGBY thread
October 16, 2023, 09:50:03 AM
How many of the team will be around in 4 years time? Seems like so many of them are in their 30's already
#39
Football punditry is a strange game, listening to lots of ex players who've no experience of playing or coaching; Jamie Redknapp is a clown but somehow has managed to stay employed for over a decade.

Got to be plenty of ex coaches and managers who'd do be comfortable in front of the camera's and do a better although Hasselbaink has plenty of managerial experience and he's not much better then Redknapp.

Emma Hayes is excellent but the rest of the female pundits are dreadful and they won't last long, Alex Scott was appalling yet somehow got a gig presenting and now funnily enough football focus is about to be axed as viewing figures have pummelled.



#40
General discussion / Re: Man Utd Thread:
October 04, 2023, 12:20:04 PM
Glazers appear to be an obsession of non united fans, spending money and been good owners don't go in tandem. They are clueless when it comes to many aspects of running a football club, their rich kids living of daddy's fortune and bring no expertise like Liverpools owners possess. The club has been left behind and its 100% their fault. Ten Hag wanted Anthony all last summer and could have got him for £40m at the beginning of summer but because of the ridiculous policy of one transfer at a time they wasted the summer chasing De Jong and went to Ajax after they'd sold half their team leaving them in a very strong financial position and didn't need to sell forcing United to pay way over the odds. United have held onto too players for far too long that weren't wanted but it looked better on the balance sheet loaning them instead of selling to satisfy financial lenders, football has become secondary at OT for a long long time. Thousands of Galatasaray fans been sold 'corporate' tickets is the latest in a long line of examples of those c***s ruining the club.

Ten Hag is miles off getting the sack and would be idiotic to even think about it, he's the first manager since Fergie to try and implement real change; There's no doubt its a really tough period but there is so many mitigating factors around the club with the ownership then then all the noise around Greenwood, Sancho & Anthony along with the injury crisis we're suffering.  Give him time, I like what I hear he's doing around the club and he did more then enough in his first season to give him that time to put things right, might be different scenario if he'd come into a settled club who'd been on top but he's not and the club is a shitshow and has been for years.

My main issue with him is playing Amrabat at left back, Dalot should be playing there until Regullon is back and play Lindelof at right back, have reservations about him as a midfielder too;  Takes too many touches on the ball but like everyone else deserves a run in the side in his best position first.

Onana is very worrying but Ten Hag worked with him at Ajax so got to trust him but not looking good so far. Whilst Martinez is out Amrabat has got to partner Casemiro, Martinez is a huge loss as he's our only centre half who's good on the ball. Mount looked good last night and Hojlund was exceptional. Fernandes got to play wide right for the next few weeks, its not ideal but needs must.

All is not lost in the CL but United have to go to Galatasaray and win to get out of the group.
#41
General discussion / Re: Man Utd Thread:
October 02, 2023, 11:01:44 AM
ETH is not on borrowed time at. I'll first to admit I'd have got rid of Moyes, LVG, Mourinho & Ole a lot earlier but its different this time. We've got a manager in his prime with a great recent track record who's still dealing with the nonsense of the Glazer ownership, the balls up with Martinez's injury is another to add to the long list of c**k ups. The issues surrounding the club doctor was farcical and obviously player a huge part in this.

Results and performances need to improve but the time to judge him is at the end of the season not a month in when he's had to deal with a huge injury crisis, about as bad as I've ever seen.





#42
GAA Discussion / Re: AFL Invasion
September 07, 2023, 02:29:47 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on September 06, 2023, 11:28:49 PM
The latest potential AFL recruits are Cork's Conor Corbett, Galway's James McLoughlin, Down's Odhran Murdock and Tyrone's Eoin McElholm all will spend two weeks Down Under and are expected to visit a number of clubs who could have an interest in signing them professionally.

The quartet have been involved in ongoing trials and a network in Ireland established by the AFL for potential recruits. In recent weeks, Longford's Matthew Duffy and Kerry's Rob Monaghan have been signed by Carlton, while Cork's Liam O'Connell has joined St Kilda. That trio had been observed by clubs at recent trials in Dublin.

Corbett is probably the best minor I've seen since Clifford, McLaughlin not far behind him but both have suffered so many injuries since 2019.
#43
GAA Discussion / Re: All-Stars 2023
July 21, 2023, 01:21:01 PM
Quote from: Walter Cronc on July 21, 2023, 09:06:47 AM
Quote from: Maroon Manc on July 21, 2023, 09:03:22 AM
Quote from: twohands!!! on July 20, 2023, 11:14:24 AM
Quote from: imtommygunn on July 20, 2023, 09:01:54 AM
The criteria for "young" is pretty broad from memory. I would say Gannon would qualify for it too and he's a good one but McEvoy definitely should be right up there with the best of them.

I think it's still U21. Not 100%

Should be U23 in my opinion as there's been a few years lately where there has only been a very limited pick of eligible players.

Jack Glynn won it last year and he'd have been u22.

He certainly didn't hit the heights this year. Looked very average

Missed a lot of the league with injuries and picked up a bad knock to the face when Burns was sent of against Tyrone. Only for having a steel plate from a previous break he'd have broken the jaw again.

#44
GAA Discussion / Re: All-Stars 2023
July 21, 2023, 09:03:22 AM
Quote from: twohands!!! on July 20, 2023, 11:14:24 AM
Quote from: imtommygunn on July 20, 2023, 09:01:54 AM
The criteria for "young" is pretty broad from memory. I would say Gannon would qualify for it too and he's a good one but McEvoy definitely should be right up there with the best of them.

I think it's still U21. Not 100%

Should be U23 in my opinion as there's been a few years lately where there has only been a very limited pick of eligible players.

Jack Glynn won it last year and he'd have been u22.
#45
Thought Derry had a decent chance before the game but that 1st half performance was way better then I thought they were capable off. That 2nd half will haunt for a long time, should have been 4 or 5 points up going into the final 10 minutes.

Derry's injury record the last 2 years looking from afar is impressive as is Kerry's especially when you compare that to someone like Galway who were decimated this year, Derry playing division 1 next year might find it tougher in that department so finding new blood is imperative.

Thought Derry would need a bit of luck to win the game but the reality is that Kerry got the luck from McQuillan.