All purpose football thread 2021-2022 season
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Spraggons Den
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Are Man U flogging a dead horse with Solesjar - maybe he has taken them as far as his ability allows and the old school Ferguson-clone ways don't work in today's game. Not that there is loads of good managers free at the moment. Or maybe what we are seeing is the destabilising effects of Ronaldo whose weekly wage is for example 4 times Lingards and more than 25 times Mctommanays.
Spraggons Den
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You forgot to add - aged 12 - and btw don't give up your day job.
webster
Listen & enjoy.
He's taken them backwards and spent a shed load of money in the process!
Blaming Ronaldo is not logical - they weren't very good before he re-joined and they're not very good now.
I am not really sure that’s a factor, most clubs welcome back past greats, particularly Liverpool.
oldius
Manchester City, dogs, family and food.
Poor? Not at all, they were clinical and destroyed a nervous defence, putting away everything. You can only beat what is in front of you and it is obvious that as a team, United are simply not at the level of the best teams. They will get the odd result because of the individuals they have but it won't be as a result of outstanding tactics or strategy.
oldius
Manchester City, dogs, family and food.
Welcoming back is different to allowing them to have such influence: I cannot see that Ole would be anywhere near the role without the presence of Ferguson.
Spraggons Den
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There were some promising signs last season such as Carvanis work rate and the improvement in Shaw. With the addition of a top notch centre back in Varrane and apparently the best player in Germany last season in Sancho, then they should have kicked on - instead they looked like a team of individuals - I was merely speculating as the effects of wage inequality in the workplace can be devistating.
All the managers have been backed, Ole got the job as there were no available alternatives. Ferguson definitely had a say in Moyes but not so sure about the others.
oldius
Manchester City, dogs, family and food.
It is a particular kind of star who has the team ethic too. Ronaldo has always been a gesticulator who will routinely sneer at teammates who have let him down. Individually, he is clearly one of the best to have graced the game but he is used to winning.
oldius
Manchester City, dogs, family and food.
They really have been backed and now have the highest PL wage bill. For a team of their stature, there are always alternatives and Ole had no track record to speak of.
Brian
Eating fat, staying slim
There won’t be anything from the manure supporting pundits nor their ‘everywhere but Manchester’ supporters about replacing the kid currently in charge with the 1000 match, highly experienced but ill-treated top manager and fan favourite, Steve Bruce.
webster
Listen & enjoy.
I'm welling up here for all those underpaid United superstars.
Colin L
High-tech low-life
Apparently he (Rack Kit) was fishing.
Admitting to such is piss-poor, as is having Bob McC "like" one of your football related posts.
Fishing is an excellent way to instantly reduce the credibility of any subsequent posts you might make, which makes it foolish and self-defeating.
Admitting to such is piss-poor, as is having Bob McC "like" one of your football related posts.
Fishing is an excellent way to instantly reduce the credibility of any subsequent posts you might make, which makes it foolish and self-defeating.
oldius
Manchester City, dogs, family and food.
At least he had the awareness that he was fishing. He indulges in the pastime often, hence the 'everyone else is favourites for the title' posts.
webster
Listen & enjoy.
Indeed.
Spraggons Den
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I'm welling up here for all those underpaid United superstars.
The wages for some PL players are not what you expect eg Calvin Philips on £4500 a week and Declan Rice on £3000 both of whom would be much better in midfield for Man U than Fred and McTomonay. Pogbas on £300k btw.
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