Well, at least the most expensive was a solid hit.
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I put this down as a ālatest fashionā transfer.
āLook Liverpool and City have keepers that can kick a footballā
āI want one tooā
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Wait, theyāve ditched the guy they spent months and months prizing away from Newcastle, leading to the breakdown of his relationship with Newcastle hierarchy and subsequent gardening leave that they cut short by agreeing to pay the fee that Newcastle demanded to release him from his contract? We simply donāt deserve this iterration of Man Unitedā¦
Thereās something Faustian about their club that Iām too scared to enjoy, by the way, even though I know that I should put an extra effort into it because it wonāt last for long because of their endless pits of money and people like Berrada.
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Reading the Guardian piece it sounds like Ashworth was resistant to bringing in Amorim over concerns about his preferred playing style, instead wanting to implement a consistent style and approach to long-term recruitmentā¦ only for the club to go yeah, nah, weāll just keep tearing up the blueprint every couple of years, ta.
Have to say I think Ashworth is probably in the right on this oneā¦ I look forward to them signing a load of flying wing-backs for Amorim, only to sack him and bring in someone who plays 442 lol
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They spent a lot of time beefing up a manager who won a few league titles in Portugal.
He may well come good but the publicity and the media about him were far OTT for who he is.
I know itās Man Utd but the fawning over one result was funny it even seemed to get more coverage than us beating City in some places.
The manager does seem to understand there are teams in better places than them.
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This made me laugh, from the BBC article.
In total, appointing Amorim and Ashworth and sacking Ten Hag has cost the club nearly Ā£25m.
Also the ticket price riseā¦Jim is endearing himself well with his fans
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I think Amorim might be a good appointment, but youāre right there is yet to be any evidence that Utd have the wherewithal to properly back him or handle any transition to his favoured system or back again should they wish or need to change managers again.
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Iām left wondering if the Forest result was a new manager bounceā¦
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Raising ticket prices is one thing, especially if the money is then spent well. But if you continually piss away money then it becomes even more hurtful to the fans having to pay the increase.
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Amorim has to be first and foremost, courageous. Strip Bruno of the Captaincy. That kind of character should be nowhere a leadership role in any club.
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Someone is saying the quiet part out loud again!!!
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Donāt know what happened behind the scenes, but even appointing people with reputation (or some of the best in business, although itās pretty hard to rate people who work off the pitch) right, left and centre doesnāt guarantee that they will all work well together. Theyāll be back eventually (who knows when), but returning isnāt smooth sailing without more issues and more changes along the way. So itās not really shocking news, just a reminder for (their) fans that a few (perhaps even too many?) quality-CV appointments doesnāt mean they can sleep peacefully for the next 10 years and āit will work nowā.
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If Ruben strips Bruno of the captaincy Portugal will strip Ruben of the citizenship.
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And should be a sobering reminder to our fans that our success hasnāt been easy. We might not be an all-conquering, domineering machine, but weāve mostly only had single-season blips once we got the system right.
It should also be a clear example to football fans in general about being billionairesā playthings.
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Did I just read somewhere that Dan Ashworth , the guy they spent so much effort to hire has just left United ?
Maybe learn to read? Itās only been the topic of discussion for the last 20 or so posts?
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What doe everyone think is a realistic honeymoon period, here?
Ignoring the media (which I think we can all agree absolutely loves sacking any manager), how long before the fans and then the club turn?
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Itās not all bad news for them, thoughā¦
There are some pretty decent SDs floating around out thereā¦
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Except for the bald fraud.