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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable:
raumdeuter:
Ferguson met Pep twice and got molested both times. That was when Ferguson admitted that he for the worst beating of his career ever in the hand of a rookie Pep.

Pep was the reason Ferguson went into retirement.
Pep had arguably the best midfielders in the world plus Messi. Those trio in the midfield went on to win the World Cup, Euro 2012 and one more CL trophies(all without Pep).

Pep on the other hand hasn’t won anything in the continent for 11 years while managing the highest spending clubs in the world in that period. Pep(since then) has lost to Ultra European giants like Spurs, Lille and Monaco.

It’s starting to look like Barcelona players made Pep and not the other way round. Pep has spent £1 billion at Man City and yet he has only made the CL final once. How good is Pep outside Barcelona? To think Klopp, Tuchel and your PE teacher(Hansi Flick) have all won it since then and Pep cannot simply tells even a puppy that Pep is a nobody in Europe.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 3:54am On Sep 07, 2022
raumdeuter:
1. The season you bought Nani and Anderson how many teams spent more than you in the league
That’s your answer……Madrid were the biggest spenders in Europe and Liverpool were the biggest spenders in the PL.

Yet, Alex Ferguson won the CL in Europe unbeaten while winning the Premier League too. It’s not the nonsense half measure jobs Klopp and Pep are doing now that none of them can cope with winning the two biggest trophies(UCL + PL) in the same season.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 1:18am On Sep 07, 2022
raumdeuter:
Ferguson was managing the richest team in the world and buying everyne he could yet getting molested everytime
Including twice by Pep one of them in the presence of the Queen at Wembley
SAF met Pep twice in the UCL final in 08/09 and 10/11.

Man Utd weren’t the biggest spenders in Europe that season, Man City were in those two seasons and Fergie still beat them to the PL title.

Your elephant lies have been exposed. At no point in SAF’s reign in the PL era was he the biggest spender in Europe. This is why many see him as the greatest football manager in Europe.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 1:06am On Sep 07, 2022
raumdeuter:
Yes several seasons
Mention those seasons.

Let’s expose your lies this evening.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 10:00pm On Sep 06, 2022
raumdeuter:
Ferguson was managing the richest team in the world and buying everyne he could yet getting molested everytime
Including twice by Pep one of them in the presence of the Queen at Wembley
Richest team and yet it was Madrid that had Zidane, Raul, Figo, Beckham and fat Ronaldo in the same squad.

Wipe the lie fluid on the right side of your mouth.

Let me ask again.

Why can’t Pep win CL without Messi?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 9:41pm On Sep 06, 2022
raumdeuter:
Ferguson coached the richest club where he had unlimited control and barely scraped 2 CL titles, one in injury time and one on penalties, The other 2 times he made the finals, he was spanked like a toddler
Ferguson never spent £1 billion in his 26 years at Man Utd.

SAF never spent £1 billion combined in his 40 years of football management.

Why can’t Pep win CL without Messi?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 9:37pm On Sep 06, 2022
raumdeuter:
CL is a knockout competition and has to to with a lot of luck

There is a reason why DiMatteo has the same number of CL as Klopp
Meanwhile luck has hasn’t favored Pep after managing 2 of the best clubs in Europe in the last 10 years.

Pep without Messi is Arteta. cheesy grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 9:01pm On Sep 06, 2022
raumdeuter:
Debruyne who scored 15 league goals last season is there
Mahrez who scored 11 league goals last season is there

Foden who scored 9 league goals last season is there

Gundogan who scored 8 league goals last season is there

Bernardo who scored 8 league goals last season is there

Rodri who scored 7 league goals last season is there

Laporte who scored 4 league goals last season is there

Grealish who should be hoping to improve is also there

Abi if Haaland gets injured shey Man city will start playing 10 vs 11?
It’s another CL season where Pep has the best odds of winning the CL competition. It’s been like this for the past 5-6 seasons.

When he doesn’t win next year, I am sure you would cook up another excuse why he couldn’t win it. It’s either Mahrez can’t finish or Stones isn’t good enough.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:24pm On Sep 06, 2022
Mrviktor:
Make we sha no bash players like that.

We have had only one month of martinez..

In as much as he has been brilliant.. He will still get bad games.. Like the Brentford match.. They tore him into bits.. He was hooked off at halftime...

Shaw and Maguire balled for England on their euro run.
Nd during qualifiers..
Same as sterling..

Once d team is performing perfectly everybody will shine.

It's wrong to blame Fred.. Nd mactominay nd shaw.. Or degea 2 years back.. Or lindelof under jose.. Or even Aaron...

When it's good it's good.
I don’t care about what happens in England? Shaw has been at United for 9 years. Baring 3 months of good form when Telles was signed, Shaw has been ultra useless at United. If he wasn’t British, would he have gotten that many opportunities to rediscover himself?

In England, Southgate plays 3 CBs at the back. Ten Hag is never going to play like that so what purpose do perennial failures like Maguire or Shaw serve Man Utd. United can’t keep rewarding failure year after year and demand/expect progress. The moment Shaw and Maguire got benched as advised here, the defence improved by 10,000%.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:21pm On Sep 06, 2022
MRTA7:
The passport is irrelevant.it didn't help Henderson or Lingard get in the team.
British passport is the only reason Henderson is relevant and the reason he’s in a conversation at all.

United had Romero that was Argentina’s #1 at some point and was treated like shït by Ole till he sauntered off from Man UTD.

Lingard wouldn’t have stayed that long at United if he wasn’t also British. We saw what happened to Fellaini who was miles better and how he was booted off by Ole.

I can give you many other examples.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:56pm On Sep 06, 2022
Expert17:
I can't waste my time writing an epistle to convince someone who thinks Maguire is a good CB

we would have won Liverpool if Maguire had played grin cheesy

Every week with different jokes, last week was Ter stegen and Neuer VS Ederson.
Ole never beat Arsenal and Liverpool in a league game throughout his time at the club.

That should tell you all you need to know.


Cyberrex:
I think he's not that bad, pple would argue that he's not at the level of player that should be starting for Manchester United, maybe?

but we all know most of our players were badly coached under olè, that is another angle

look at Mctominay, I was literally begging God to touch ten hag's mind not to use the boy, but somehow he's found a way round the dude(at least for now), he analysed him, brought out his pros and cons and he's prolly making a proper baller out of him, Mctominay he's the only one in our midfield that is press resistant, he'll get out of a 2/3 man press 7/10 situation, he's also an excellent ball winning, he just lose focus on the pitch,hes not an excellent passer, but he can get the ball out of a tight space while he delivers the ball bruno/eriksen or our FBs and I think ten hag has prolly assigned someone to always remind him of his zone, when he moves forward Eriksen drops to cover and add extra man to defence while also orchestrating play from deep

I know he'll start on Thursday and he'll like to make an impression, I just hope he doesn't doom himself, because that's "bye bye 1st 11"
Maguire is a very terrible player. A horrible player and a useless captain.

Maguire has never won player of the month at the club. Martinez did that under one month of joining the club.

Bailly also won player of the month at the club under one month of joining the club.

This was why the fans were outraged that it was Bailly leaving instead of Maguire. Bailly was outstanding in the preseason but he doesn’t have a British passport so he had to leave for useless players to thrive at the club.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:16pm On Sep 06, 2022
Expert17:
So we would have won those games with Magwaya?

He isn't good enough but Maguire is good enough.

All these OLE fanboys cheesy
You are paying attention to people with kunnu in their brain cells.

Maguire lost 0-2 to City and 1-4 to Watford consecutively last season, why wasn’t he dropped in the next game?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:03pm On Sep 06, 2022
Leyqute:
I trust Captain Slabhead.

He will just put his arms akimbo and readjust his captain armband.

Passive olodo.
Captain Slabhead would tell the referee to book Eriksen for complaining.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:33pm On Sep 06, 2022
Cyberrex:
on maguire issue, let's be critical, is it the inability of him to read the game? or the fact that he's overdoing things? or he's just a person that should be led and not leading?

whenever I look at his structure, his built, he's supposed to be one of the most feard defender in PL, but opponent attackers always like to press him, because he's error prone

but I think he will be essential for Erik's style
No pace, no agility, no athleticism.

These lack of defensive attributes makes him a liability. PL is very tough and with very smart attackers. Even an all rounder looking Saliba got ruined by Rashford twice.

If Maguire didn’t have a British passport, he would be playing in League 1.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:22pm On Sep 06, 2022
Cyberrex:
if I have power to kill and resurrect the second day, I'd kill olè, that man played an unfit maguire for that Leicester clash over a fit baily, which later cost us the 3 points, that loss is solely on Ole, and I'll be forever bitter about that game
Add Maguire to your kill list. cheesy grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:04pm On Sep 06, 2022
Santos07:
Make we forget all these argument,na ole cause all this things

Thank God his no longer here
And whenever I curse Ole here, his fans are quick to defend him to let it go.

The damage he’s caused still has a ripple effect. Ten Hag, the no nonsense manager has gotten rid of all the British defenders at the back and we suddenly look like a team that can play football.

If Ole was still here, back line would be

AWB - Maguire - Jones - Shaw.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 4:55pm On Sep 06, 2022
melodyogonna:
I no sabi that one, you'd have to ask Ralf as I don't think Maguire was any better than any defender last season.
Maguire is the worst defender at Man Utd. When it was confirmed that Bailly was going to Marseille on loan, there was outrage on social media with people asking why him and not Maguire?

Luke Shaw has had only 3 months of a decent season in 9 years and he’s still at the club. He’s given chances after chances after chances to redeem himself but Bailly is the one sidelined because he neither has a British passport or friends in the media to hold a brief for him.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 4:48pm On Sep 06, 2022
melodyogonna:
Who's talking about Jones? More impulsive than even Bailly.
Lindelof is a calm-headed defender, not very tough though and he's been obviously sidelined, same with Maguire. You fight for your place. I'd take Maguire over Bailly any day. I'd take Varane or Martinez over both.
He was speaking about last season. Obviously he’s no longer here. There was no Martinez last season and Varane was always injured too.

What logical explanation does anyone have to start Maguire or Lindelof ahead of Bailly?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 4:44pm On Sep 06, 2022
melodyogonna:
What value, you have to compete for your own place. No sensible manager would make Bailey is first choice pairing - my guy is injury prone, reckless, and impulsive... As I've consistently said here.
He plays at a world class level one week, then consistently make school boy errors the next, then get injured the following week.
If Bailly is reckless and impulsive, what does that say about Maguire, Jones and the Swedish Lesbian?

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 4:28pm On Sep 06, 2022
melodyogonna:
Guy couldn't stay fit to save his life but looking for who to blame. Fit go back to injury on his first training with this new team.
You people have been brainwashed.

He was only injured for 13 days last season. 13 days and I remember the decade useless Jones starting ahead of Bailly at Anfield in a 3 man defence, only to lose 4-0.

Even if a player is injury prone, play him till he gets injured again cos his value is on the pitch, not on the bench. Bailly is better than Jones, Lindelof and Maguire so why didn’t he get any chance to play last season?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 4:04pm On Sep 06, 2022
MRTA7:
He's obviously talking about the times a half fit Maguire was played over him.

I dont think he has a future at the club though and I think he knows that.
He was only injured for 13 days throughout last season and he made only 4 PL starts throughout the season.

If this isn’t xenophobia, I don’t know what else to call it. He was the best CB at the club but when you don’t have anyone at the high table defending your name, nobody would care.

The ever useless Maguire hasn’t played in 3 games and every British pundit is asking why and some are even saying Maguire has been maltreated. That’s the power of the British passport.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 2:48pm On Sep 06, 2022
The power of the British passport.

I have always known of this British bias.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 3:53pm On Sep 05, 2022
Expert17:
Bruno's assist for Rashford against Atalanta is another trivela beauty, taking out 4-5 players

Any team that deploys high line will suffer from Erikssen and Bruno through balls. grin
That’s the best one for me.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 1:54pm On Sep 05, 2022
Expert17:
Bruno wicked sha, the pass confused Saliba and White....Saliba turned right and left grin grin
Jordan Henderson did it last season at Old Trafford to put Salah through for their 5th goal.

Maguire was confused as usual. If the technique is applied correctly, it’s difficult to defend. The ball bent around Maguire like magic. cheesy grin


https://twitter.com/kurdishball93/status/1566759367860420608?s=21&t=WO8UCXT0-D9CVflo9sGlUg
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 1:29pm On Sep 05, 2022
melodyogonna:
I don't think this is McToms best game, that Leeds game still stands top for me.
Are you sure about this?

McTominay completed 100% of his passes. He did not misplace a single pass for 90 minutes. One of his biggest criticism is that he is such a poor passer of the ball.

He responded last night by completing all his passes.


Scott is proving everyone wrong.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable:
Lana1:
The vision from Bruno to not pass it in between White and Saliba where he will easily get marked out, but to put it behind Saliba where Rashford can easily run in 1-on-1 needs to be talked about more.

This na the normal straight pass that someone's grandfather can make. Is that why ur darling manager chose to sign Bruno instead of ur grandfather?

https://images2.imgbox.com/92/f0/g4oRb3S0_o.gif
There are many many midfielders in the PL that would screw up that pass. McFred would have either delayed the pass or overhit it.

The brilliance of this pass isn’t only the vision, it’s the execution. The trivela technique was the reason why the ball went around Saliba.

You have to also consider the weight of the pass. If applied wrongly, it would be underhit and the 2 Arsenal defenders would have cut the pass out. If overhit, if would have gone straight to Ramsdale.

When Fred got the ball on the left channel and Ronaldo was free in the centre. Fred screwed up the pass and left Ronaldo frustrated. If Fred could apply the trivela technique with his right foot, he would have put Ronaldo through on goal.

Bruno deserved MOTM for his application alone.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:01pm On Sep 04, 2022
DeadPresidents:
Basing your perspective of football on Redcafe opinions is folly.

Many posters on that site post with their brains switched off
RedCafe stopped being relevant in 2015. It’s a nuthouse.

Bruno ate today.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:50pm On Sep 04, 2022
LordAdam16:
It's the difference between your pivot mate being Eriksen and not Fred and having that back 4 behind him.

The one midfielder without a replacement in the team is Eriksen. Crazy he came on free.

Rising tide lifts all boats. Even Rashy don rediscover him form. Waiting for Sancho to cook proper.

-Lord
The offensive side of Eriksen is well known to every football fan, his defensive side might yet cost the team. He needs to be more aware and stronger on the ball.

That incident with Odegaard. He shouldn’t be getting bullied like that. Another referee would stick to his original decision and that could have changed the tide of the game.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:40pm On Sep 04, 2022
Searchingvictor:
He go still fuçk up one day
It’s inevitable because he’s overachieving right now. ΜcTominay has never been this good. Seeing a competent replacement often does wonders.

I remember Shaw becoming Shawberto Carlos after Telles was signed. Nothing could get past Shaw for 3-5 months. He was scoring and assisting in huge numbers.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:31pm On Sep 04, 2022
Man Utd signing Casemiro has turned McTominay into a prime Gattusso.

Scott doesn’t want to lose his shirt. He’s playing for his life and for his family. He knows if it goes downhill from here, he might be playing for Brentford next season.

Well done, Scott.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:22pm On Sep 04, 2022
Mrviktor:
I believe that Gabriel Jesus is the best signing within the premier League teams..

Was always lively..


Martineli na one for the future too..

Arsenal is cooking something amazing sha.
Jesus is ultra-combative. He didn’t give the United back four any rest and he was at it for the entire game. Dude should be tested for banned substances. He was outstanding.

I am not sure if Arteta’s subs(3 at a time) was the straw that broke the camel’s back or the stupid high line they were keeping. Arteta must have watched United’s game against Liverpool. How didn’t he know Rashford was capable of beating an offside trap and finishing it?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:14pm On Sep 04, 2022
Ellexy:
Bruno, Dalot, McTominay, Rashford, Eriksen

These are the names.
I think Malacia also did well. It’s not easy marking Saka. Saka can go inside and outside and I think they both got the better of each other.

The duel between Varane and Jesus was also interesting. I cannot even imagine what Jesus would have done to Maguire today for 90 mins. Varane’s brilliant form has also been a key part of Ten Hag’s recent emergence.

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