He’s one of the most annoying footballers I’ve ever seen and I’m including Mario in that. Capable of the phenomenal, all the talent in the world and the capacity to be galaxy class. Trouble is that the 4 inches between the ears just can’t match the sheer raw talent. Happy for United though, they deserve each other. Fucking morons.
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Is Pogba’s new contract a done deal?
It represents the current Man Utd malaise. He’s all about the brand. The hair. The social media. The posturing. And while he undoubtedly has talent, getting the most out of his talent is way down the list of priorities.
Until they decide to be a football team first and foremost, they will continue to punch below their weight. They should be challenging for the title. Instead they will finish way off the pace, and will have a big fight on their hands to make top four.
Long may it continue.
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It’s all about the brand. Pogba has a massive brand and global online presence, which is exactly what united want. Football is secondary to them, their decision-making is 100% driven by commercial success. The minimum necessary to achieve their goals is a top-4 finish, they don’t care about winning things because to them, only commercial wins are important.
And the great thing about it all is, Ferguson is the one who orchestrated the Glazer’s leveraged buyout after he had a falling out with the previous owners over a racehorse. We all hated Fergie because he was making United successful, but in reality, he’s done more damage to them than anyone could have hoped. The cunt.
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EXCL: Sunderland plan to interview ROY KEANE to return as manager Sunderland plan to interview ROY KEANE to return as their manager | Daily Mail Online
The players will be delighted.
MaN uNiTeD aRe BaCk!
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Get the contract out, put it on the table and let him write what ever he wants
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OLE’S AT THE WHEEL! WE ARE BACK!
Twat.
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Further distancing from Utd…all shirts with a certain name on the back are now being offered by the club for free replacement for a different shirt.
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To be fair to them, I think they’re handling this about as well as they could. Quickly distancing themselves from him without just outright sacking him before the investigation is complete, refusing to speculate or allow speculation on their club channels (including their usual journos), removing any and all merch from their stores and providing fans with a means to exchange any merch they purchased with his name or likeness.
That said, the club is in shambles at the moment, IMO. a massive rebuild is needed, and it seems they don’t trust Ralf to do it since they ignored his plea for a midfielder in Jan, and his “consultant” role looks like it will have next to no actual decision making power.
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Yeah, interesting take that Im not sure I’d have stated, but the fact he agreed with Lingard to let him leave only to be overruled somewhat supports that.
I don’t think Man Utd can do anything else tbh.
With the advent of Social media and the speed in which the media has spread , as well as the pressure by the sponsors.
Irrespective of whether Greenwood is guilty or not (which the due legal process will establish hopefully) , The pressure by the sponsors alone would force United or any other club’s hand on these steps.
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The greenwood development would probably have scuppered Lingard’s plans of getting a move away.
Yeah, this plus the Martial/Lingard undermining of Ralf’s comments in now two separate press conferences tells me that he really has no power there. All signs point to United appointing Poch in the summer because he’s likely to be sacked by PSG and therefore be available on the cheap. Ten Hag is flying at Ajax and will cost a lot to pry him away. Their board has made that job the ultimate poisoned chalice at this point, because although they pay shedloads of money to managers, there is high potential for your career to be severely damaged because their setup is shit, the expectations are sky high, and you’re far more likely to fail than to succeed, even after spending obscene amounts of money on players.
That is the story, but did not seem to bother Ralf. He still seemed to think he was going use him infrequently enough to allow him to move even after developments with Greenwood. He was overruled by people above him.
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What is the story there with martial? I must have missed that?
Rangnick claimed that Martial wanted to not play a match , That led him to start with a reduced team.
Martial refuted that comments saying that he’s never refused to play a match for Man Utd.
Truth i guess is somewhere between
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