I doubt it’ll make much difference mind.
The first 3 games of the season have proved that any of us hoping for any improvement from the new sort-of-owners are just pissing in the wind
Same old, same old…
https://Twitter.com/betfair/status/1830300292749070464?s=46&t=1lK7Dw1b6RqGJyvufO-trQ
That Alan Shearer clip is fantastic! 😀
that ETH video is by Bryans Gunn on twitter - well worth a follow, his vids are always brilliant:
https://twitter.com/bryansgunn
Newcastle were lucky to get 3 points today.
They’re lucky to have any points at all. They’ve played like a relegation team so far yet somehow have 7 points. Gordon looks pissed off, Bruno has lost it, Isak is starved of service and Longstaff is as inept as ever. If it wasn’t for Joelinton and Barnes we’d be down there with Everton.
Howe is also making some poor decisions. Why marginalise Trippier when he’s still one of our best and most experienced players? Why the continued reluctance to play Barnes and Hall? And what’s going on with this Steve Bruce sit back and play on the counter?
Amazing how much can change in a few months. There’s obviously lots going on behind closed doors and they need to sort it out before the the crap performances turn into crap results.
I would argue he's protecting Trippier - given his age & the fact he didn't have a summer break
I'm reading Trips could be off to Turkey, seems daft to me.
maybe he wants some shiny new teeth?
I would argue he’s protecting Trippier
Nope. Pretty sure he's turned against Trippier because of all the stuff in his personal life. Howe doesn't like his players in the tabloids, especially his senior ones.
And what’s going on with this Steve Bruce sit back and play on the counter?
Dan Burn and Emil Krafth don't have the pace to cope with players running in behind them, which is always going to happen when playing the high pressing game they used to, he's gone back to the style of play that we had just after the takeover but I agree we've been poor so far. Playing badly and still picking up points didn't happen last season
God knows how we got him but Elliot Anderson has been fantastic for Forest, playing beyond his years for a 21yr old.
maybe he wants some shiny new teeth
I thought you signed for Liverpool if you wanted those?
God knows how we got him but Elliot Anderson has been fantastic for Forest, playing beyond his years for a 21yr old.
FSR at it's worst, being forced to sell a homegrown talent to balance the books. 13 years of development.
God knows how we got him but Elliot Anderson has been fantastic for Forest, playing beyond his years for a 21yr old
You got him because of the ridiculous PSR rules that force a club with no debt and the richest owners in world football to sell players they'd rather keep. As a Toon fan I was pretty p****d off to see him sold, with Bruno, Joelinton and Tonali he wasn't going to be a regular starter but I've always thought Anderson was a better player than Sean Longstaff who was regularly picked ahead of him. The applause he got from the Toon fans after he was subbed in the Carabao Cup said it all
I think we'd have probably sold Longstaff in preference but Anderson is just a better prospect
(and fwiw I thin Longstaff is maligned, he does a lot off the ball that he doesn't get proper credit for, and if he could finish his record would look overall quite decent. Big if, of course)
Oooooh what's Trippier been doing to get in the papers?
Rumours he's been playing away at home.....having been grassed up by his own doorbell.
We've suffered from selling home grown talent as well, PSR is a joke, us having to sell Johnson for 15m less than we'd get at the end of the same window to appease accountants then losing points for it when it's meant to be protecting the smaller clubs..
Just glad someone at Forest had the foresight to bring him in, plus you got one of Greece's best keepers in part-ex? 😉
How come Newcastle have struggled with signings? Rumour of an Elanga bid came in Friday at 5pm, 30+Almiron was doing the rounds but I'm kind of glad the big man put the phone down, we are starting to learn a little.
Clubs aren’t forced to sell their homegrown players. They end up having to do so because they buy some foreign bloke who’s probably not much better for a quick fix, rather than coaching/developing the home grown player. Eg McTominay v Ugarte / Tonali v Anderson.
McTominay had reached his ceiling, how much more development could they have done with him? Anderson's about 3-4 years off being at Tonalis level if he ever makes it, he could do an ACL next game and never recover, Newcastle need points now not in 3 years time.
In the case of Forest we had to build a team who could stay up in one window which theyd have just about done if they'd submitted accounts at the end of the window not mid-way through?
Tonali is as untested in the prem as Anderson is. His first few games before his ban weren’t great, but agree he has good pedigree. Let’s see. Yes, McTominay wasn’t going to get much better but he gets goals, has good energy, and gives 100%. I think he’s even scored more goals at Old Trafford than Salah!
McTominay in the ManU team was always a fudge to fit in, but would have been a great EPL player for a Newcastle, or Villa, or Spurs, or Brighton, the lad has ability and goals, knows the EPL inside out and would fit into most teams well.
ManU have instead gambled twice the money they got for him on Ugarte, who is unproven in the EPL, was not a starter at his previous club, and is going to be trying to break into a basket case of a team!
As stated a few times, ManU should have went for Onana, the guy was pretty much 100% able to fill the gaping hole ManU had in their midfield, allow Mainoo and Fernandes to do their thing, and wouldn't have had to move house!
You’re trying to apply logic where there is none. Uniteds transfer policy hasn’t made any sense for over a decade. Worryingly, it sounds like things are now even more chaotic behind the scenes
https://Twitter.com/centredevils/status/1830622639204729065?s=46&t=1lK7Dw1b6RqGJyvufO-trQ
The whole Fergie stuff is getting a bit old, yes he was a great manager, but he was in charge of ManU at the best time in history, at the same time he had youth players coming through and bought wisely, they won with Sky TV and the likes kicking off, and dominated for a while, with only really Arsenal chasing them at that point, and that allowed them to build an empire off the pitch, that benefits them to this day.
Fergie retiring reminds me of Tony Blair leaving, the writing was on the wall, and he left at the right time, which has left this whole 'since Fergie left' myth, the issue they have is that the league got more competitive, they bought less wisely, and the youth players hitting it big dropped a bit as well.
I think the issue is the dizzying speed with which it went from multiple title-winners to complete and utter ****ing shambles and it’s been a consistent downward trajectory ever since.
I fully expect this season to be the worst yet, with this present squad under this manager, with the chaos that’s clearly going on both on the pitch and behind the scenes.
United are presently 14th in the table and I can honestly see us finishing the season there or thereabouts. God knows who the manager will be by that point. Big Sam?
To be so catastrophically bad given the enormous (if inexplicable) spend on players is absolutely nuts!
There really should be a Man U thread!
If Ugarte is the answer in midfield, why’d they take so long to sign him? So long he misses all pre-season and the first three league games. Panic buy.
It’s the same every season. Like Groundhog Day. A complete farce!
Fergie built insane expectations which the fan base now hold, and the owners don't really care as long as they're creaming off the top. Shrug emoji
I don’t think the expectation to watch something that isn’t complete and utter shite on the pitch is too insane?
Bruce is a Tangerine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cg4ywkr1lqdo
Is it warm up gig for the Man Yoo job?
I backed Southgate, and I know it's only the RoI but so far this more positive intent and lineup is pretty good to watch so far. The second goal was a delight.
Enjoyed that England performance- can’t normally say that!!
I didn't.
Thought it was a good performance against a very average ROI side. Will be interesting to see how we play against Finland on Tuesday
This is a first in the fact that I was actually glad to see the international break for some pointless Engerland games.
But can we just take a moment to acknowledge the best performance anyone has put in while wearing a United shirt for a good few seasons?
Wrexham top of the league (sorry @Doris5000) and 4 clean sheets on the bounce. Phil Parkinson getting pelters from opposition fans for his 'anti-football' with wxm 24th in possession stats and 23rd in touches in the opposition box but boy is it effective and I'm fed up with teams in the lower leagues trying to emulate Pep. Happy to give up possession and work incredibly hard to close down the opposition before putting in some strong tackles (remember them?) to set up the counter. Birmingham away next Monday should be a cracker.
Shame he's bringing the current Utd way to management.
Sigh. I saw the highlights on YouTube. What the suffering **** was that third goal all about 😆
Proper lower league action! Our defending wasn't much cop for the 2nd goal either, but it was well taken tbf...
The crowd noise in that video is proper FIFA video game crowd noise.
Just noticed that Wrexham's highlights video is three times as long as the Shrewsbury one, arf. Also has a lot more views, and comments of people saying things like "Awesome match Reds!! Saw it live in the US on CBS Sports, STōK Cae Ras was electric!!! My dream match is Celtic vs Wrexham!!"
It really is mad what a bit of Hollywood glamour can do...
Birmingham away next Monday should be a cracker.
Can't wait for that, almost sold out - will be sold out by match day. 🙂
Can we come back from the embarassment of drawing with blinking Walsall...?
As a Forest fan I never thought I would see the day we are in a Champion League slot in the table. I wasn't a fan of Nuno but give him credit, a few astute signings this season and the unbeaten start has been amazing. Perhaps a top 10 finish this season rather than a relegation battle is possible.
Nuno is a bloody good manager. I’m not remotely surprised with how well he’s doing at Forest. Playing good football too. I had the Liverpool match on while I was driving and it sounds like he turned up with a pretty solid game plan and stuck to it
God only knows how Villa are conspiring to lose this match to Everton? You never know though… Everton could still end up losing it 5-2
EDIT: And right on cue! Shocking defending
