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Nice goal!

Fulham is not playing well at all. Otherwise, they would have scored more than one goal.

Fulham will take over play 100%, now that it’s Erik and Bruno in the midfield.

Ellexy:
Meanwhile....


#mufc are currently facing the possibility of a £20m reduction in #PL prizemoney this season after dropping to 15th from last season's eighth-place finish, which many inside the club said was unacceptable.

Each place in the table is worth approximately £3m as part of the domestic and overseas TV distribution.

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I guess he wants to give Amorim time which means a potential 15th or 16th finish, thereby resulting in 20m less revenue to be met with cost cuts.

No one should complain about cost cuts by Sir Jim again.

larride:
I’ve always wanted the Saudi’s. I’m not in anyway happy that the Glazers are still at the club, to make it more worse, they sold shares to the UK version of themselves.

If I catch you and Glazers ehn, 2 by 2 go touch una head.

No worry, another one go come. Jassim is not our guy.

Bombblacks:
I can't stand anyone defending Amorim currently. Moyes went to Everton who were relegation contenders and in 8 games won 4, draw 2 and lost 2. That's the same amount of wins Amorim has in 15games at United which includes embarrassing Home defeats and you all think it's just the players. He has underperformed badly even with this current crop of players.

Good that we are on the same page on this.

Bombblacks:
The biggest bank in Middle East and Africa drop guarantee for audio billionaire? This guy and love for the glazers. Bro Qatar was fully funding his purchase in case you are still don't know.

Think about it for a second. Proof of funds is usually a bank letter or investment certificates or evidence showing you personally have the funds for a transaction. Our guy went to a bank for a guarantee which even if accepted, would have been a debt from QNB with the club repaying the debt.

Any bank can provide a guarantee for a billion dollar transaction as long as the billion dollar assets being funded would be considered collateral if the guarantee is used.

At worse, baba suppose even provide PoF with his family name given the family is worth hundreds of billions. He went to get a guarantee from a bank.

larride:
See who your MCM sell club give.

Smhs

Well, I believe you were part of those optimistic and happy after he got in. Anyone but the American family at the helm of affairs. Now you are complaining.

Bombblacks:
Kk

No be fight. Jassim na audio billionaire. Let’s hope another one comes along. You thought these guys are not ready to sell? They shortlisted the guy and had him in the process. The guy no show workings reason he was out.

You can have a letter of credit or bank guarantee for emergency or working capital needs, not for a 4.5bn acquisition.

Bombblacks:
According to jassim that was a lie. His bid was even signed by the Qatar national bank.


www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11667/13051857/manchester-united-sheikh-jassim-seeks-legal-advice-after-claims-he-didnt-provide-proof-of-funds-when-he-tried-to-buy-club

A bank guarantee is not a direct source of funds. You can’t take a bank guarantee to a multi billion dollar transaction table at the New York stock exchange. Plus the guarantee would have been a loan from the Bank of Qatar. That guy is a joker.

larride:
God go punish you and Glazers together.

You too dey quick vex.

Bombblacks:
So how did he bid 4billion to buy the club and another 1 billion to invest in it? Networth is useless when talking about royal families.

Individual net worth is not useless as that’s where the money to spend will come from. Mansour’s family is also rich, but it would be difficult for him to ask his Popsy and aunties to direct their funds at City. His individual capacity of 20bn was key to ensuring he could spend whatever, whenever and however he wants. Plus sports/football is one of his major investments.

Our guy no too bam like that. Utd fans just went with the name and the fact that he’s from the Middle East. Na audio money the guy get.

Shiekh Mansour was worth 20 billion in 2008 prior to acquiring City. Shiekh Jassim was 1.5bn during his discussions about taking over Utd.

Maybe the Glazers helped us dodge a bullet. The guy no get capacity as una think. Na only big dreams and fantasy for Utd full him head. Shey na for Utd fans to go dey beg him papa and family for money to buy players etc.

The grass is not that ‘greener’ on the other side.

Interestingly, Ratcliffe seems to be way richer than Sheikh Jassim. Almost 13bn vs 2.5bn. Where the further investments post acquisition for come from?

larride:
See the oloriburuku wey Glazers sold part of the club to.

Audio billionaires.

Anyone but Glazers as owner at this point.

Thank God we now have Sir Jim to switch things up and put the right system in place. Haven’t we gone the system route now? We even signed and sacked a director in 5 months all in the name of system. Abeg, don’t complain, trust the process!

What is out there is always greener. Una never see anything.

MRTA7:
Of course context needs to be applied. if the hires keep failing questions will be asked. If Madrid keeps hiring a Carlos Queiroz types. Questions would be asked about who is making those decisions. Not so much for hiring and sacking Jose Mourinho after his 3rd year.

How many years were you expecting Mou to do at Utd? Also, don’t forget that all our previous managers were the best of those available at the time, plus we saw some successes with some of the managers.

patrickmuf:
How many of them? I know you love the new manager bounce but for how long?

Look at Sancho at Chelsea, how well is he playing now? I won't talk about Antony because I genuinely think his game is well-suited to La Liga but not the EPL...As for Rashford and others, na here we dey...

I hope you are not expecting these guys to perform at Ronaldo/Messi level. We cannot keep blaming the players, it’s unfair especially after signing them based on their performances at other clubs.

Even the academy players are not spared. Garnacho don suffer for una hands.

As Pep is losing his mojo, it’s looking like his players are not great. Some are saying City players are old, bla bla bla, but then, the average age of City’s squad is 26-27, same as last three seasons when they the won EPL back to back to back and the UCL.

Santos07:
I understand he needs to be more flexible even when he gets his players. To me this season is long gone I dey wait for him next season no excuses

What’s annoying is that we got him before mid season. There was a lot of expectations, and even if things won’t go well this season, at least try to experiment and stop sticking to something that is not working.

I don’t see anything special happening next season, as we don’t have the funds to do another overhaul in the summer. We just had one recently. Plus if we go all out for him, and he fails, then we would be in a much deeper shit.

main24:
Nitrogen

- List out current Man U players
- Explain their strength to us

Brah, i don’t have time for this assignment. But I will tell you this: these players leave parmanently or on loan to do well in other teams. Why is that happening?

engrelvis:
Era of pep dominance is gone . Even if he changes his whole squad it will still be same thin. Football is a tactical game n tactically pep is gone. let him take a one yr break

Agree with this. We’ll see some glimpses of hope here and there but he’s on his last legs. Naso life be. There was a time Mou was the king until he became washed up.

main24:
I believe that is their plan, flush everyone out gradually and build whatever they want.
So the 1st phase is to show everyone how horrible they are. Tweaking the system to keep the players is out of the question.

You guys are in your world.

main24:
Lol, you dodged my questions?

- the average term is not fixed.

- Yes they do...did INOS tell you they made a mistake hiring a manager in mid season without the right players for his style?

- 3 months is too short term, especially when you are forcing square pegs into round holes.

- How do you know it's a mistake in 3 months without the right tools?

Average shelf life is 2-3 years. Reason I tell people to stop looking at long term managerial stuff.

If you have square pegs, then target square holes until you get round pegs. Not like there are only round holes everywhere.

So, you’d rather we spend another 700m to confirm that the manager is a mistake? And then you will have the same shitty excuse and requirements for the next manager. Damn!

main24:
Convincedly in 3 months with this squad?!

- How many matches did ETH win convincedly after 2 years with the budget he spent on this squad?

Give us the win ratios of ETH vs Amorim. Talking about their first 15 EPL games.

engrelvis:
100 percent with u on dis... D whole thing is becoming ridiculous. No sign of improvement yet ur telling us to patient. Patient until we r relegated?. We normally c new manager "bounce".it didn't happen for Amorim

Absolutely ridiculous. The guy is not even trying. He keeps yapping about some stupid style. Not like we are dealing with a Pep or Ancelotti or even a washed up Mou that have won everything in football. This guy is a fuvking rookie that should be open to ideas.

main24:
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

- Why did you sack them if they achieved something after 2 to 3 years?

- Why do you want to sack this one after 3 months? is 3 months already too much?

- Who do you want to hire next after sacking this one? Pep or Ancelotti?

- How long before you sack the next one? 2 weeks?

What’s the average term of a manager at a top club?

Don’t managers get sacked in 3-6 months after clubs realize their mistakes?

Is 3 months not enough to see an improvement? Is it until we relegate before we sack an underperforming manager?

Which is better and efficient? Overhauling the team for someone that is looking like a mistake or sacking and getting another manager to replace them?

Look at Slot and what his boys are doing against City. He’s playing a 4-2-2-2 to choke the midfield and ensure City has possession mostly at the back and wings. He won’t play such formation against say Nottingham forest or Westham. That’s how to think and act as a manager. The players are not aliens, Trent is easy to play against but you won’t see Liverpool fans or even the manager complaining because they know it’s better to focus on his strengths vs weaknesses.

Santos07:
Ten hag even abandoned his style to play to the so called strength of the team even after the first season and still got sacked.

Again, you guys are not getting it. ETH changed in his first season to suit the tools he had, and he did well. We eventually did an overhaul for whatever his style was but he decided not to revert. It’s different!

If you have players that can’t execute your style, we should not suffer for it by remaining stuck at the bottom of the table. Adapt and then go back to your style when you have ‘your’ so called players signed for you.

main24:
- Are you saying every Man U manager since Ferguson was sacked for failing to play a style that suited the players?

Focus on the present and stop the whataboutsism. The previous managers were here for 2-3 years and we could say some of them achieved something with the team. I am focusing on the current manager who has not done anything right with this team after 3 months, despite sticking to a certain style of play.

Slot is playing to the strength of this Liverpool side. There is no sticking to some stupid style and asking for ‘his own’ players. I don’t care if the players are from mars, if the manager is bad, the team will struggle.

I dont know why someone will just insist on playing a nonsense strange style that is not helping the players.

The Incorrigibility is astounding!

raumdeuter:
What is wrong with the quality of players you bought? Was it not because of their good performance at their previous clubs that made you buy them or you deliberately targeted bad players and signed them for big money

Every signing was met with excitement until they play for you

The Gravenberch and Szoboslai you mentioned were not moving mountains at their previous clubs when Liverpool bought them and turned them around

If na Man utd buy them, you will be complaining that you bought scrubs

You are wasting your time. Man Utd fans are delusional. They want 11 aliens on the pitch.

Leyqute:
Rashford running into walls. No surprises there

lol, leave the guy alone. 2 assists today is okay abeg.