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Bombblacks:
Exactly. We are Manchester feckin United, what’s the point in being a sporting powerhouse of a brand if we don’t have any financial power to outmuscle our rivals and retain our spot at the top table. Yeah we’ve wasted money, sure, but we should be able to spend double and correct it ffs! Its our money generated by the club and fans so should be spent on the club and infrastructures.

ChristoBam:
Did you even read what I said. Where did I say we've wasted money there. Back a manager every summer with transfers. That's what is expecting from a club like United.

I remember how hyped I was about LVG's second window. It was supposed to be a busy summer. Would have been an utter failure if not for the late purchase of Martial.

Don't let me even talk of Mourinho.



This is why we're where we are.

Illimitable:
United make the most money in England. There’s no reason Chelsea, Man City(who can’t fill their seats) or even Juventus be in the same level as United.

£600m revenue per annum is £6 billion in 10 years. How are we spending only £1.3 billion of that on players?

Do a ratio of how much Chelsea, Man City, Juventus have spent on players in the last 10 years to their total revenue and you would get a true picture of how things have been under the Glazers.

eph12:
Hmm so its not for the club but to appease Ronaldo

Illimitable:
Why should Ronaldo put up with the lack of standards currently at Man Utd? He’s Mr Champions League. He told Man Utd from the off that he doesn’t want to come here, make huge salary and finish 5th or 6th.

United forfeited an entire season in October when they kept on persisting with the Norwegian fraud. When the results got embarrassing to the point that fans walked out of OT in the middle of a game, they decided to sack Ole and they brought in a replacement.

The replacement asked for some signings to level up, the board refused. Rangnick later said the recruitment this summer should be huge and that maybe 10 new players would be needed. United have only bought 3 or 4 players and 8 players have departed.

If you are Cristiano, does this look to you like an ambition to compete with City or Liverpool? The season hasn’t even started and everyone already knows United cannot win the PL next season. That’s the lack of standards that is pissing Ronaldo off. Man Utd could have made a statement in the transfer market by bringing in at least 8 tier-A players to compete.

Why should Ronaldo waste his final years of his career playing for 5th or 6th? He scored the most goals for the club last season. He won PFA player of the month twice(highest in the country), he scored the most goals against the top 5 teams in the entire division. If the other dross players in the team contributed as much as he did, United would have finished 2nd or 3rd.

I support any decision he makes. He has been betrayed by Man Utd.

Illimitable:
The club’s money that doesn’t get spent is converted to dividends that buy yachts and helicopters for the Glazer kids.

They spent money on Maguire and Pogba and so what? The club makes £600m every year. So what’s the big deal in spending on Pogba or Maguire?

Pep has replaced every player in his squad bar De Bruyne. He arrived in the summer of 2016.

Do you know how many players United still have in their squad that was here before the summer of 2016?

That’s the difference in the ambition of both clubs.

Illimitable:
The club’s money that doesn’t get spent is converted to dividends that buy yachts and helicopters for the Glazer kids.

They spent money on Maguire and Pogba and so what? The club makes £600m every year. So what’s the big deal in spending on Pogba or Maguire?

Pep has replaced every player in his squad bar De Bruyne. He arrived in the summer of 2016.

Do you know how many players United still have in their squad that was here before the summer of 2016?

That’s the difference in the ambition of both clubs.

Illimitable:
Lamptey is better than all the options we have got.

Sangare is the closest player in style to FDJ in Europe. He’s one of the best midfielders around. Just have him at the base of that midfield and watch him go.

Antony’s price tag shouldn’t be our headache. The more money we get from the Glazers going to player transfer, the better for me. They are the stingiest owners around so I don’t care how much they lose in transfer fees. My concern is squad investment.

MRTA7:
Elanga, Amad, Pellistri and Garnacho cannot be our attacking options this season. We need to sign another wide attacker and those boys need good loan spells.

ChristoBam:
It's too much tbh. For the shortest CB in the league.

Bombblacks:
Even Pereira looked World class during Pre-season. You guys need to calm down. Pre season friendlies doesn't show anything and should not be taken seriously.

LostMyZeal:
Those blind ones that'll claim not to see my guyy

I hope you can see he's been trying to make those runs around the box but the passes aren't forthcoming from those midfielders

afrodoc2:
That is Sir Kazeem bro. Sir Kazeem.

🚩Erik Ten Hag talking about Donny Van De Beek’s best position pic.twitter.com/LojNX4lKkW

— MC (@UtdMicah) July 14, 2022

Trevor012:
Malacia, Eriksen, Martinez and De Jong are almost done. Anthony you are next!!

Kilishihunter:
During the covid pandemic and last season he agreed to defer his salary via a pay cut alongside other top earners like busquets, coutinho, pique et al after the departure of Messi and griezmann who earned the most at the club, That's why you see news of Barca owing pique 80m, It was needed to register Players and trim the bloated wagebill to post losses for the last financial season, And fdj is earning 14m + 4m out of his deferred salary next season
He also has other hefty clauses like loyalty, performances and trophy bonuses,. Each year till his contract ends his salary will bump up alongside his deferred payments and bonuses, That's why he's being moved out to trim our wagebill to accommodate others, Nothing concerns man united's

Kilishihunter:
There's nothing like salary is holding up his move bro, Either the English media or agents have been fingered to have leaked that, Coutinho also had deferred salaries but he's already in Villa now, Deferred or postponed salaries can be paid anytime, it's all about the agreement with the stated player, It can't hold up a move if the player really wants to leave

Mikechinos:
They don't play the same position. We need de Jong or someone similar who can make our play from the back more successful and control games

LostMyZeal:
It's obvious that our coach is trying to control the narrative from the press, but some people are masturbating already.

Fun fact: All your faves played against Liverpool's feeder team. So there's nothing really there to see

He's already said he wants to assess the squad and that's why he's made no changes so far.

Maguire is still the captain and the XI remains the XI.

It is expected that any new acquisition will be gradually eased into the team, while the old unrepentant cabal of unserious players will be quietly moved on - and rightly so.

But if you think Erisken, who's at least assured of a starting berth at Brentford, chose United over Brentford just to come watch our midfield stink up the place from the bench, then you're just being naive.

When our gra gra finish and we're into the season proper, the new signings will be gradually eased in.

Like I said: we'll see who will turn up when it matters the most. The season is a Marathon afterall.

ChristoBam:
Do you watch Rodri play? Dey bring McFred stats against Rodri.

BlueAngel444:
is that 101 shots, if 31 is on target and 44 is off target, wetin come happen to the remaining 20+ shots

Trevor012:
Come and see this brilliant comment na. This was exactly what I was saying the other day on how Ten hag used Blind so Maguire won't have any problem when that one was saying nonsense about highline this and highline that. It's so refreshing when you see a comment that corresponds with your line of thought. Read




""""The disadvantage of having slower straight line speed for centre backs is usually grossly overstated. There are
many ways of defending in the middle third of the pitch that doesn't involve just sprinting backwards. I'm not
sure why many act like playing in a high defensive line means the defenders constantly running backwards
chasing the opposition's forwards. For what it's worth, the average CB is never catching the average forward once the latter gets a yard. The key to
making a high defensive line work is to ensure the CBs rarely get in such positions. The extra CB and FBs are
there for cover and a sweeper keeper is usually employed. That's how I expect Ten Hag and Maguire to play it
unless De Gea is going to pull up after every 30 yard sprint of course. The defenders at the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and other teams that want to play in the opposition's half
regularly come up against forwards much faster than them, and do just fine. Aymeric Laporte and Ruben Dias are
never going to beat Miguel Almiron in a foot race, but they do just fine when Man City come up against
Newcastle. It's okay if you argue against Maguire's caliber, but not sure why his pace is going to be the reason
why he can't be the same. Defenders playing in high defensive lines are always going to come up and contest one-on-one duels against
forwards much faster than them. It's not uncommon, and Maguire won't be the only relatively slow CB out there.
What matters is being in positions to intercept the through balls, getting tight to avoid being squared up, staying
strong to avoid being rolled, and the other defenders and goalkeeper providing the cover they are expected to. Maguire admittedly had a very terrible season last time, but when in form, he is strong physically, aggressive and
proactive up the pitch in the sense that he tries to get himself in good positions before the attacker receives the
ball. He is usually close to the top of the interception stats for defenders which shows that he is very good at
getting himself between man and ball, a very effective way to defend against forwards that are much quicker. He
is strong in the air too, so the ball is not going to be flying over him."""

LostMyZeal:
I couldn't help but realize that some people here actually want VDB to flop, just so at the end they'll say they're right.

You people just never learn and it's so funny

It's just 1 game with Liverpool's C team and let's not pretend that we didn't park the bus in that second half - which of course is the ideal thing to do.

Wether you choose to believe it or not, there's nothing to be really excited about with these crop of players, except we do more in the TW.

And what's even more disturbing is those ones Yabbing Nunez for that miss.

When it counts the most, we'll see the teams that'll turn up.

I'm not sorry to say, but United is not back.

And for those of you crying about Bruno because he was criticised, just know that we haven't even scratched the surface yet - of course until he repents.

Your so-called favorites were fielded against team C, while VDB's team had to park the bus and play against team B and A. Now do the maths.

Or should we talk about the fact that the second half was more interesting than the first that was garnished with our first 11

TrebleChamp:
It mean plenty, fitness is very key. Didn't you notice how our players easy tires out in games, expecially in the second half. ETH should make fitness top priority too in his training programme....