Man Utd Thread:

[Maroon Manc]

No surprise getting beat yesterday. I'm not sure what he's going to do at centre half against Ajax, I expect Jones to start its just whether its Smalling or Blind; I'd like to see both players leave OT this summer. Martial showed in glimpses what he can do, I'd start him ahead of Lingard and move Mkhitaryan back to the right hand side where he's had better game earlier on in the season.

[nrico2006]

Jones and Smalling both have to go.  I would keep Blind.

[DuffleKing]

All three should be P45d. When on form, Smalling is competent at best and I could understand keeping him as cover. The other two can jog on...

[Maroon Manc]

Jones and Smalling both have to go.  I would keep Blind.

I think Blind is even more of a liability than Smalling, his lack of pace and power is an obvious issue but my main concern is that he makes a huge mistake in every game he plays at centre half, lost count of the amount of times he's fallen asleep and dropped deeper than the rest of the back 4 and its led to goals. Smalling is just hopeless in possession.

[ballinaman]

Who else likely to be moved on?

[Geoff Tipps]

No one deserves to be moved on more than the manager.

[Kidder81]

No one deserves to be moved on more than the manager.

Wouldn't be surprised if he deliberately sacked off the chase for top 4, knowing he wouldn't then be criticised as severely for league position.

No such excuses next year.

[Maroon Manc]

Who else likely to be moved on?

Probably not too many, Rooney will certainly be moved on this summer but not expecting too many given Schnierdlin, Depay & Schweinsteiger were sold without been replaced. Zlatan will likely leave given the injury but other than that i'd imagine one of Shaw, Blind & Smalling will be let go.

[Avondhu star]

All this talk about the Top 4. Getting there but 20 points behind the league winners. Solely for financial gain and failing to get past the last 16.

[magpie seanie]

No one deserves to be moved on more than the manager.

Absolutely correct. Lose to Ajax and it's a worse season than last when the manager got sacked. He's a complete embarrassment. "Most important game in club's history"...."only 15 or 16 players" - every press conference it gets more embarrassing. He has no business at this club.

[Denn Forever]

Is it on terrestrial TV?

[magpie seanie]

From memory RTE2 normally have the Europa League final.

[Geoff Tipps]

Is it on terrestrial TV?

TV3 or one of the TV3 channels.

[Syferus]

No one deserves to be moved on more than the manager.

Absolutely correct. Lose to Ajax and it's a worse season than last when the manager got sacked. He's a complete embarrassment. "Most important game in club's history"...."only 15 or 16 players" - every press conference it gets more embarrassing. He has no business at this club.

I think Mour and Man U are a perfect match. Both good about five years ago.

I doubt the Glazers fancy another big spend on a manager when they've so many other problems to fix.

[The Stallion]

I'm not a fan of Mourinho's style of football and he often comes across as a bit of a tit, but there's no denying he's a good manager. He has made a poor enough Utd team hard to beat. The big test is this Summer.

One of Mourinho's biggest weaknesses over the years has been a tendency to make mistakes in the transfer market. He needs a few defenders, a central midfielder, some proper pacy wide men and a striker.

There's a very long list of players who just aren't good enough, including Smalling, Jones, Shaw, Carrick, Rooney etc.