Shall we talk about the Arsenal game?

Nketiah wins it for Arsenal. (Credit: The Independent)

You know something, I would feel sad about the Arsenal defeat, but I don’t have time to because we play 14 games in the space of 6 hours. Fixture list for us is as criminal as Zahawi not paying his fucking taxes.

Anyway, shall we talk about the Arsenal game?

No? We’ll I’m going to anyway so.

I’m genuinely not to down hearted about it. Yes, I’m gutted we lost as you should be however; we’re playing an Arsenal team that in my opinion are very likely to win the league this season.

I was sceptical they’d win the league but watching them against us, I was convinced. They were excellent and it is a huge credit to Arteta. After Sunday, I wish his old man wore a condom.

Firstly though, I want to say that we didn’t play badly at all hence the close score line, but evidently Arsenal are much further into their progress than we are. A team that was 3 years into a project with a manager that has been time and time again by a board who believed in his vision.

We are 6 months into that with an ownership that are looking to leave, probably to Epstein Island. We*** spent a lot in the summer I get that, but the squad is still thin, and you saw that with the absence of Casemiro.

***NOT THE GLAZER’S.

Secondly, Casemiro’s absence was as the clear as the corruption in the Tory party and in addition to this, McTominay’s lack of ability to ever want the ball on Sunday meant we were really going to struggle. We lost the battle in midfield and unfortunately was a big part as to why Arsenal’s quality outshined ours.

I’m not blaming it on that. Like I said earlier, we didn’t play badly, it’s just clear as day that the squad as thin beyond the first team and that next bit of progress comes with coaching the current players, recruiting the right ones, and removing those on the fringes to allow correct recruitment and youth development.

This summer to maximise whatever budget we get, we simply have to do better in selling players. Our inability to get maximise the value of our players was one of Ed Woodward’s failings. Another failing was he was a Knobhead.

Thirdly, and this is a personal opinion and feeling whilst I was watching the game. I felt nervous every time Arsenal attacked our goal. A feeling I’ve not had since they pretended they went unbeaten in 2004.

Whether this was because of the horror of conceding so late to Palace 4 days earlier I don’t know but for the last 20 minutes, there is no doubt that we were holding on. We were certainly on the back foot. However, away from home to top of the league and their fans on your back, I suppose you could say that could be half expected.

Finally, as I said, we didn’t play badly but all 3 goals were avoidable. Lapses of concentration put us in a position we shouldn’t have been in.

Wan-Bissaka caught out at the back post which came from De Gea’s bad pass (don’t get me started). As well as this, Saka could have been closed down a lot better to stop his long-range effort fly in.

It was a frustrating end to the week for United. Ultimately, talks of a title race were premature but even the mere mention of it is huge credit to the players and Ten Hag. The manager has made incredible progress this last 6 months and should be applauded.

Ignore Jermaine Pennant and Gabby Agbonlahor. They’re about as useful as an ethics advisor in a cabinet meeting with the Hitlers.

Since 15^th September, we have played 23 games in all competitions, winning 17 and losing only 3. 6 months in with 6 weeks halted because of a World Cup is phenomenal. It’s important he’s given the correct resources to achieve success.

Ignore those who are reactionary online, those that did wrote Marcus Rashford off. These same people are writing Sancho and Antony off. Form your own opinions and don’t follow toxic accounts on Twitter.

They will always seek to be negative because negativity sells, especially with Man United.

We are 6 months into a rebuild with a brilliant manager and furthermore the likelihood is we will have new owners by the end of the season.

If Ten Hag can show these signs of progress with only 6 months, imagine where we could be in 2 years. Arsenal had 3 years with their manager as well as a full week to prepare, in comparison, we had 2 days.

Manchester United are on the way back and after ruining a lot of people’s childhood’s they’re desperate for us to not ruin their adulthoods too.

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Pain at Palace & a dying Old Trafford

Spurs dropping points was more inevitable than Rishi Sunak being an out of touch twat.

Hence it being why it makes it even more frustrating the result for us against Crystal Palace. Ultimately, the performance wasn’t good enough against Palace, especially in the second half. It felt very lacklustre and struggled to get control of the game.

We can blame VAR because yes, we should have had a penalty but the performance in the second half and the lack of killer instinct to get that second goal and kill the game off is what hurt us in the end.

First half our performance was good but we just couldn’t find a way through until Palace lost concentration and we slipped in Eriksen to set up Bruno. However, after that, we got what was coming and sometimes you must hold your hands up and say we weren’t good enough on the day.

After our run of form, you can forgive a performance like that. We can pick ourselves up and go again against a very good Arsenal team. Confidence should still be high in the team and we have to not let that result damage morale.

You can’t blame Ten Hag either for keeping Casemiro on because had he taken him off the likelihood of them scoring increases. We didn’t control the game and because of this Casemiro stays on to protect the defence, unfortunately leading to his yellow card and suspension from the Arsenal game.

I’m not mad at Casemiro though and would happily have his babies still.

The squad still needs some work, and this kind of performance shows we’re still a little short. Evidence of why any talk of a title push is maybe a year or two too early.

I notice how TalkSport didn’t spend 3 years talking about the decision that went against us though like they did at the weekend…

Moving on from the game, as I live locally to the stadium, I wanted to have a chat with you all about it. It’s a shithole and it shouldn’t be. Some parts of the structure look like a face that’s been hit with a steel chair like in the prime days of WWE. It has been left to rust and slowly die under this ownership.

Manchester United have a stadium declining faster than Joel Glazer’s deletes his hard drive.

It’s a stadium that was once hailed as the best in the world, but the parasite owners have allowed a holy ground to become something that can only resemble an unfinished building site. It’s now rusted, outdated, and unfortunately falling apart. All because an ownership that doesn’t care allowed it to decay.

However, plans have been drafted for Old Trafford to resemble something that is from the 21^st century. There are multiple proposals being mulled over to bring Old Trafford into the modern day, aligning it with the likes of Tottenham Hotspur’s ground and the revamp of the new look Santiago Bernabeu.

One of the proposals include the demolition of the famous stadium. Now to me, demolishing the ground would be the footballing equivalent of kicking a baby into traffic on the M62 and share the concern that it could be knocked to the ground.

The fans fortunately share more than one brain cell and are very aware that with the Glazers not investing any of their money over the last decade and a half, they certainly aren’t going to put their hands in their pocket for any work on Old Trafford. In addition to this, with the club currently up for sale, Old Trafford will have to wait for any development for the time being.

The Glazers wouldn’t put their hand in their pocket for a round of beers never mind the refurb of a football stadium.

Ultimately, the club would have had their debt increased by a large sum should the redevelopment have taken place with the Glazer family in charge. Fans will be happy to see the family sell and waiting for work on the stadium will be a small price to pay should it mean the back of a family that clearly think you should scrunch toilet paper and not fold it.

An option that has been raised before is a similar extension seen in the mid 2000s to the south stand. This proved difficult due to the railway line and was eventually canned as it was seen as too difficult. It is now being revisited as a potential option.

Another option is for the stadium to remain structurally intact and to then rebuild and modernise so that it can be seen as the best modern-day stadium in the world. This of course would also mean an increased capacity. Mainly because we fill our stadium weekly, something Man City only do when they play Man United.

Several proposals have been put forward to the club and no decisions will be made until the Glazers sell. There is no doubt that the need to modernise is desperately needed and was even touched on in an interview with Ronaldo and Piers Morgan that contained so much bullshit it made my locals gents toilet smell like fabric softener.

The upgrade of the stadium will cost upwards of £1bn due to the alienation of it from the owners. An entirely new stadium could cost £2bn, something that will no doubt be part of negotiations of possible new owners when negotiating a price to buy the club. New owners will recognise the importance of modernising the club’s infrastructure to elevate Man United to the top.

I originally wasn’t against a brand-new stadium being built. Bayern Munich and Juventus have made a success of it and United potentially could too. However, growing up next to the stadium and seeing so many iconic moments there would mean it would be too hard to say goodbye.

Old Trafford is too iconic to simply knock down and rebuild.

I think its integral to the future of Manchester United to wholly revamp and modernise Old Trafford. The biggest club in the world should have the best stadium in the world. Don’t bulldoze it to the ground. Real Madrid have refurbished their stadium, it’s time for us to do the same.

Currently Old Trafford isn’t fit for purpose, and it is unforgivable that it was allowed to get like this. The Glazers are scum and will never be welcomed in Manchester.

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What a derby day.

Bruno celebrates his equaliser. (credit: The Telegraph)

Saturday was probably the best I’ve felt as a Manchester United fan in a very long time.

The game literally had it all, a great performance, a comeback, dodgy refereeing decisions and the tears of 95% of those who work for TalkSport. A day in the pub having a drink, signing songs, and cheering a Manchester United win is what it’s all about.

Derby day Is one of two games every red looks for when the fixture list is released (the other being Liverpool) and no matter what else is going on with the club, beating your local rivals always feels like that first sip of beer after the end of dry January. Something I failed miserably on Saturday. This season feels different though. There is a real feeling of a turning point at the club. With the club in top form, the players enjoying their football and the ownership coming to an end it really, you can’t blame us for having a cheesy grin across our faces.

Before the game, I said to the other half (yes I have a girlfriend) that id happily take a draw and echoed that sentiment when Jack Grealish opened the scoring to put City 1-0 up. I wish he’d pull his socks up. Anyway.

The away game for United was a very different story. Ten Hag was finding his feet and his system in a new league with the players still very much getting used to it. This showed in our performance and the score line should have been much worse. 6-3 on paper looked slightly respectable but City took their foot of the gas. At the time they were favourites for the league and with Erling Haaland scoring every 3 seconds, it was hard to see anyone else beating them.

What a difference a few months make.

Manchester United couldn’t ever go toe to toe with City in possession in such a short period of time under their new manager. One Strength of Ten Hag is he adapts game by game. He recognised that City are at their weakest in transition and that was his gameplan. He wanted to restrict their play in possession, win the ball, break quickly and commit men going forward.

A plan that due to defensive frailties in the past may not have worked so well. However, with a defence as hard as I think I am after half a pint of fosters, the game plan was executed to perfection, restricting the sugar daddy club to only one shot on target.

The midfield was compact, and man marked the oppositions midfield brilliantly, even when they tried to combat the strategy by rotating. Rafa Varane and Luke Maldini followed Haaland when he dropped deep to receive the ball and isolated him from the game. Alison Hammond would have been more use upfront for Man City.

However, a special mention must go to Bruno Fernandes. With what was basically Mo Farah in his boots, he didn’t stop running meaning he was the catalyst in stopping City breaking United’s press through the middle. He topped this off with an equaliser. Although, with the controversy surrounding it you’d have thought Harold Shipman scored it.

If it was any other team, I guarantee you it would not have had the media response it has. Danny Murphy, Graeme Souness and Gabby Agbonlahor have had piles ever since the goal was given.

The work rate of every player is commendable and shows they have bought into Ten Hag and that once again, they would give everything for the badge. The bare minimum that is expected. Rashford and his defensive work rate limited Kyle Walker meant they were almost stuck for ideas on how to break United down.

In transition, United were seriously dangerous but City found a way through eventually. Whether it was tiredness or a shift in momentum, City managed to drive forward resulting in the first goal of the game. United were eventually pushed further back and were targeted at the back post. A weakness with AWB that they perhaps exploited. Other than this though, Wan-Bissaka was excellent. I’ve always been an advocate of his and really hope he does stay as I think he could be an excellent player for us.

Forgetting the controversy, an excellent through ball from Casemiro led to an equaliser , followed closely by a winning goal by Rashford. The man that fed more children than the Tories has now scored in 9 home games in a row.

An excellent performance made all the better because of the 3 points, and the boiled piss…

With the way we’re playing now, I’m certain, unlike Liverpool, winning another league title won’t take 30 years, or as Prince Andrew calls it; a cheeky pair of 15s.

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A very different story for Manchester and Merseyside.

It feels like everything is falling back into place in the footballing world, doesn’t it?

We have Chelsea wasting more money on players than Elon Musk, the Tories are more hated than Andrew Tate (the misogynist not the legend), the Glazer Family are selling up after over 17 years of trying to ruin our lives and both sides of Merseyside are back to being complete and utter dogshit at football. I’d like to apologise to dogshit for comparing it to Liverpool.

All these things make me happy. We are bang in form and the man that made the Tories feed kids is scoring like a prime R9. You’re right I have no shame.

Us Manchester United fans can start to look to the future with a glimmer of hope that our glory days have a chance of returning. I just hope they return with the right owners and we don’t become a sports washing regime.

Something that we can all take joy in is knowing Klopp and his Liverpool team are as hideous to look at than dodgy lip filler in an Essex girls face. They are really struggling, and the fans have turned their anger towards the ownership.

For years we have been calling for the Glazers to sell the club and lambasted their ownership for the shambles it has been, spoken out against the debt they have put us in whilst being ridiculed by our rivals and now Liverpool are going through a bad patch, their hypocritical and pathetic excuse of a fanbase are now calling for the exact same thing from the owners of their own club.

Life really does come at you fast doesn’t it and I personally think it couldn’t have happened to a more horrible club. Believe it or not, I respect some Liverpool fans that I know, they research and know why we wanted the Glazers out and knew that their own American owners could treat their own club the same one day.

However, most have gone to games wearing Joel and Avram Glazer masks and laughing at the fact our club has been robbed of its assets for the personal financial gain of a family that do not care about Manchester United or the state of the English game.

I don’t know enough about their owners to say I agree or disagree that they are right to want them to sell but it is very much worth pointing out that for years they have spoken out against something they clearly knew nothing about and now want sympathy for the very thing they have laughed at us for.

From a footballing standpoint, Manchester United’s weaknesses were there for all to see. Our midfield was levels below the teams that were competing for the top honours. What is most important is that the manager recognised this. Fred and McTominay aren’t bad players but ultimately should be squad players at a club like Manchester United.

Bringing in Christian Eriksen and a literal brick wall in Casemiro was imperative for us to close the gap on the top of the league. Obvious weaknesses that were addressed. For the first time in a decade, footballing decisions were made for the benefit of the team and not the businessmen lining their pockets.

Midfield issues haven’t been addressed at Liverpool however and it seems to be showing. As muich is it pains me to say it they have been very good the past few years but their squad hasn’t moved on and appears to be aging.

Imagine the team you claimed to be the greatest ever in the premier league only winning one title in 33 years, one you couldn’t even watch live. Maybe if you all wore Boris Johnson masks you could have all partied and got away with it.

In the space of a few months, Liverpool have gone from a possible quadruple to dwindling in the league whereas Manchester United have had so much progress and look like challenging at least for 2^nd. A short space of time has gone from being ‘years behind Liverpool’ to 7 points clear of them.

It simply shows with the right people making the football decisions that you can possibly challenge. I personally think the only thing stopping us now is the Glazers but with the club up for sale then returning to the top could be soon for Man United.

Manchester United addressed major issues in their squad this summer with Ten Hag at the forefront of this and Liverpool signed two players that may not have been wise investments.

Darwin Nunez gets himself into the right positions and has an XG of almost 10 yet has only scored 5 which is reflective of his current situation. The guy couldn’t buy a goal if he won the bloomin’ lottery.

Their midfield is depleted, full of injuries and doesn’t have the energy that a Klopp team requires. The midfield should have been their number one priority. By no means do I feel sorry for them, I just think that their fans actions have come to bite them. Whether it was their board or Klopp, they failed to prioritise the right position to allow them to develop their squad to continue to progress.

United prioritised football. I know crazy init? Our midfield needed reinforcements and Ten Hag recognised this.

Man United are learning from their past mistakes. Even Ten Hag has admitted many signings from the past decade were average, which he stated isn’t good enough for this club. The Glazer family are selling the club meaning our protests have worked and the team look like a cohesive unit that are enjoying their football. Attractive and entertaining football has always been paramount at Old Trafford and the feel-good factor is back.

Ten Hag understands the size of the club and the task required and current evidence suggests he can return United to the glory days. Off the pitch has been commendable also with the way he handled someone who would rather play in Saudi Arabia than for us.

Erik Ten Hag is doing a fantastic job, he just needs to turn it into silverware. The League cup could be a great opportunity for these players for what could be a start of many trophies.

Thank God we’re not from Liverpool though. We know we had the greatest premier league team ever. Infact, we had the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th best too.

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0 Dividends and 1 World Cup

The Glazers won’t take Dividends for the first time since 2016 (Credit: The Athletic)

I do wonder, are we for the first time in 17 years, near the end.

I joke about the Glazers (and probably always will) but after yesterday’s financial results were announced there was some truly shocking numbers that were released that show the financial situation at Manchester United.

A major concern from so many fans are dividends taken from the clubs fund to pay major shareholders (mostly made up of the 6 Glazers) and it was announced yesterday that the board of directors did not approve of the payment of the semi annual dividend. News that is probably better than being a bloke and seeing you’ve been bought boxers and socks for Christmas after being down to your last pair for the last 3 months.

After the club stumped up over £200million in the summer boosting the playing squad which was a lot more than most expected the club has described the halted dividend payment as an economic one.

The move is of course welcomed by fans after protesting about the ownership for so long and the idea that a club not performing on the pitch and facilities not at the required level but still paying dividends has always been scrutinised. Something which Joel Glazer himself was questioned about by fans a short while ago.

He was questioned about this after the club had one of its worst seasons in recent memory in addition to the club losing £115 MILLION. Also drawing a £40million on overdrafts which added to the debt leading to it being in more debt than since the takeover in 2005.

It is genuinely baffling that they thought it was acceptable to take a near £34 million dividend when the club was making such a loss. Dividends was rewarding the owners when the football club itself is being left to rot and major honours not being sought after. It has allowed the club to come to move backwards whilst our rivals have leaped further and further ahead of us.

More than £150 million out of the club in dividends to owners who don’t care about the footballing side of a football club. I could have done with that this week as well I’m skint. In all seriousness, no further dividend should be taken out of the club, especially now there is so much uncertainty as to how much longer they remain as owners.

Those who represented Chelsea during their sale will also represent Manchester United showing that the Glazers are serious about selling up.

Kieran Maguire, a financial football expert has stated that since they acquired the club interest payments alone have equalled £917 million. In comparison, Manchester City’s owners have SPENT a small amount more than that redeveloping the stadium, the area around the stadium and the facilities of the club among obvious investment in their playing squad.

Although some improvements in finances mainly due to the ending of the Covid Pandemic, Manchester United simply can’t compete with them as owners. Its over for them and they know it.

They know they’ve milked everything they can out of it and the ending of dividend payments signify this. They milked it dry, abused the club’s history for their own financial gain, stripped the club of any respect and dignity and now want to sell a club for billions more than what it is worth.

These are the owners that should never have been allowed near a football club, but the important thing now is, that these kinds of owners never enter football again. An important point to remember is however is, new owners need to have due diligence on them.

They must work with the fans to ensure that what is right for Manchester United will be and always remain the number 1 priority. My personal preference would be to avoid a sport washing type of owner. Although Manchester City and PSG have achieved success, they are not the blueprint of what a good owner can be.

We must have reasonable steps to allow the right fit. With nothing in place from the government, there needs to be protection in place to ensure the club isn’t put in a situation like it has been in the past 17 years ever again.

Anyway, how good has it been having 2-4 games of football everyday again? There are multiple moral reasons as to why it should never have been allowed in Qatar, all of which I agree with. However, this world cup has highlighted that football, footballers and Politics is always a good place for it to mix.

A personal highlight was the refusal of the Iranian national team to sing their national anthem for the abuse women are receiving in their nation. A major statement made in front of the world.

It was a let-down that the armbands weren’t allowed by FIFA but a bigger let down that the footballing associations went along with it because of the warning of a booking. If you care deeply about a particular issue, then you stick up for the issue regardless of the punishment. All it showed was a lack of commitment to a very important cause that could have been highlighted in front of millions on TV stations all over the world.

It shown that they weren’t that bothered really and it was all for show. It meant the campaign they wanted to highlight had empty words behind it. They care for racism, why not homophobia?

Highlighting the human rights abuses of those nation is always a good thing, it’s a real shame the FA backed down. Taking the booking would have sent an important message.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the World Cup and it helped me realise that anything is possible. If Roberto fecking Martinez can be a manager, then anything can happen.

Enjoy the world cup, all I’m waiting for is United coming back. Never thought I’d be so excited for a league cup game against Burnley.

Oh, and it coming home… obviously.

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Goodbye Ronaldo, P*** off Glazers!

Mutual terminated. (credit: The Guardian)

A lot can happen in a day, can’t it? By day I mean since August considering that was the last time I could be arsed to write something.

In all seriousness I have missed writing so I tweeted last week that the blog will be returning, just as the world cup started. A blog based on a football club returning just as we have international football for 4 weeks. I don’t half know how to pick my timings.

Earlier today I text my mate because I was stumped for ideas. I hadn’t a clue what to write about. It was fairly quiet at Manchester United after Ronaldo decided to be a complete tit and get interviewed by a man who hacked dead people’s phones, it seemed the dust had settled.

Then tonight came the news that his contract was mutually terminated. Which is code for the disrespectful spoilt twat is sacked. He got exactly what he wanted when he decided to do the interview. He knew there’d simply be no way back at the club the club that made him if he did an interview like this.

It was the only scenario. A sad end for someone who whether you like it or not will always be an icon at Manchester United. Right now, to me, I feel his legacy is tarnished. In years to come, his time at United will be remembered how it should be, football, but ultimately the disrespect he has shown for the manager, his teammates and more importantly the club is something that can’t be overlooked.

Look, some of the statements he made were very relevant and the fact he has highlighted them can definitely be seen as a good thing. The idea that the biggest sporting icon of a generation has called out the owners of his employers can be seen is paramount to the Glazers finally leaving the club (ill come to that later).

Something the fans have all known for years has been called out by what was at the time a current and active player of the club. What some people don’t seem to realise is you can agree with what he says in some aspects and be happy he has called out the things we know have held the club back but also be furious at the disrespect he has shown. These two statements can coexist.

However, Ronaldo didn’t do this to call out his employers for his love of the fans and Manchester United. No, he did it for his own self-serving interests. Must be a Tory.

He got his wish. Cherish the memory but forget the ending. The sooner we all do the better.

Moving on, with no club football in the top leagues until the close of 2022, only one club would be in the news and within the space of a few we had the Ronaldo news and then at the time of writing, Sky Sports and The Athletic have reported that The Glazer family have instructed banks to deal with the sale of Manchester United.

Its happening. Hundreds of millions in dividends. Not a penny invested into the club. Stadium falling apart, training ground falling behind other top footballing giants, and an owner that probably stinks of piss and went to Epstein Island. The biggest hope we’ve had that the parasite scum are going.

It won’t be easy as there are allegedly looking for £6 billion plus the debt transferred. They can milk the club dry and not pay any of the debt off. Incredible it was ever even allowed in the first place. Thanks for that Mr Woodward by the way.

The Glazers going will always be a good thing. We need to also be careful. It’s important to remember that with the amount of money that Chelsea were bought for, it is fair to say Manchester United will be worth more. Bias aside, we are one of if not the biggest club in the world and the Glazers will know that. Only a few will be able to afford that. we don’t want to be part of a sports washing regime and sell our soul like our neighbours have. Our club shouldn’t go to those who abuse human rights and make women and minorities feel like second class citizens.

The horrible family will get as much as they can to maximise their profit.

It has been a long road, 17 years. Our club has been rinsed and milked for everything its got. Something that should never have been allowed. They’ve piled a club that had no debt, put in £600m worth of debt and now wont have to pay any of it back.

Nowadays, this type of buyout of a club wouldn’t be allowed. We should never forgive what they have done and Ed Woodward shouldn’t ever be allowed within 30 miles of Manchester again.

Good riddance to a family that have pineapple on their pizza, probably enjoy Hollyoaks and scrunch their toilet roll instead of folding it.

I do wonder if theyre in the market for another football club.. I hear Liverpool are also up for sale…

Ahhh, its good to be back.

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Same Sh*t, different season.

PROTEST EVERY CHANCE YOU GET. (Credit: M.E.N)

One game in and I already can’t be arsed.

I woke up yesterday morning excited. It was more hopeful than expectation but the feeling to finally return to Old Trafford is always a buzz. Not knowing what to expect is something that has a certain excitement to it.

30 minutes in and that hope was wiped out. I watched us get more fucked than someone from Love Island. Starting to think some of the players were the liars and actresses and not Ekin-Su.

Joking aside, It was a stark reminder of all the issues that remain at Manchester United. With no disrespect to Brighton, a club like Manchester United should be beating them comfortably at home regardless of the club being at a point where the glory days is something from yesteryear.

Manchester United had their worst season in 30 years. 9 players who were part of that tragic season started yesterday. Mainly because we’ve signed 3 players. 3 signings to improve from our worst ever season in the PL. Some overhaul that is.

The fact we lost and comfortably lost shows the club is in a problem that many of us feared but didn’t want to believe until yesterday. Losses happen in football I get that but what I can’t stand is these losses are coming off the back of such mismanagement of a football club. It is criminal that those responsible are being allowed with little accountability from the authorities.

This takeover shouldn’t have been allowed 17 years ago and certainly shouldn’t still be allowed to operate now.

Ultimately the game yesterday was further proof of the clubs demise under this regime and will be in the pits until this rotten ownership removes itself or is removed from the club and unless somebody with an insane amount of money comes into buy the club the only way I see them leaving is through relentless pressure from fans.

We all know yesterday was about as enjoyable as trapping your bollocks in a sun lounger so the less said about the game the better.

There are clearly bigger issues at the club than a loss to Brighton.

The Glazer family are letting this club rot and it is blatant that they couldn’t give a toss. A footballing giant being left to fall to its knees whilst their rivals are only getting better.

New ownership is needed immediately at this football club and the club needs investment in the playing squad and the infrastructure to put this club back at the top of English football and to challenge for trophies on the European stage.

A net spend of £60m for a new manager when it was touted to be the biggest squad overhaul in a decade is simply not good enough. An elite manager can only do so much if you don’t give him the tools to operate at his absolute best.

Pep’s City has had a complete overhaul compared to when he took over, like Klopp at Liverpool, meanwhile Manchester United are still trying to offload players from Sir Alex’s era which ended nearly a decade ago. Its mismanagement and a waste of money on a colossal scale.

I’m all for waiting for the right signing and getting who the manager wants but we’ve missed out on so many targets I’m starting to think that just maybe the huge restructure at the club this summer was all complete bullshit.

Our footballing department was supposed to have had an overhaul allowing us to research players properly so that their profile would fit what philosophy the club is trying to go forward with. If this is the case, can somebody please explain to me how we’re trying to target Adrien Rabiot and Marko Arnautovic. Was that really the best the scouting team could find?

This club has fallen so much when we are targeting a player who was accused of calling a fellow black professional the ‘N’ word on a football pitch. So much for doing our homework on transfer targets.

How Can Manchester United witness their players take the knee before the first game of the season only to bid for a troublesome racist striker who is nearly 34 years old. You can’t fight racism whilst simultaneously employing one.

A 34 year old striker. I’m sure we’ve been here before. Yet again a short-term fix because nobody at the club has a clue what they are doing. We’ve had short terms fixes for a decade. Not exactly short term that is it?

The behavioural issues and racist abuse Arnautovic has been accused of throughout his career leaves me with a very sad feeling for my club. I never expected my club to stoop to this level. A club that has prided itself on its multi-cultural values and having fans from all over the world to try and sign a player like that is a spit in the face to every single follower of this football club.

Signing someone like that is an absolute disgrace and an insult to the fans. Nothing and I mean absolutely nothing has changed this summer, no matter what Richard Arnold might have said to fans in the pub.

Putting all those atrocities to one side, on a footballing basis it doesn’t even make sense. We signed Ighalo and Cavani, two older strikers as short-term fixes but was promised change this summer. We were promised a strategy yet here we are two years later still repeating the same mistakes.

De Jong clearly doesn’t want to come, but can you honestly believe our scouting team have come up with Adrien Rabiot as the alternative or is it do with the fact he’ll only cost £18million. Juventus were willing to terminate his contract not that long ago and now we’re willing to pay that amount of money.

It’s beyond a joke now that we are seeing this happen to our football club. The lack of planning and lack of strategy all to save money for the owners to put in their own pocket is disgusting.

A scouting department spends months looking at players with analysts looking at them in every detail to ensure they fit the right profile for their respective clubs. Can you honestly tell me the best they could come up with as alternatives are a racist and a man that still sucks on his mother’s teet.

We never find the bargain deals, the next unknown superstar that can propel united to the next level. We dither on signings until they go elsewhere then try sign them for ridiculous prices two seasons later.

How much longer can this carry on for?

Ten Hag called for unity in his programme notes. IS half a billion of debt unity? The Glazers leading the charge for a super league , is that unity? This club is merely a cash machine for the Glazer family and it has let the fans down and every single manager down.

Panic buys and a club ran shambolically from top to bottom. I could have wrote that sentence in 2013 but I’m saying it when we have a world class manager that hasn’t been backed in 2022.

Another summer of broken promises, another summer of empty words, another summer of anger and another summer of the Glazers failing Manchester United football club.

Football club. That’s what we are a football club that means so much to so many. We are not a cash machine for poor businessmen.

I can’t believe my football club has stopped so low. I try to be funny in these blogs, whether I am or not is ultimately up to the reader, but this week I couldn’t even be arsed trying. I’m so angry, not even at the defeat, I’m angry at one defeat led to panic and of all the brilliant players available for the right price, our football department came up with those two names to sign, one of which is literally a fucking scumbag.

I’m angry at being let down again. I’m angry at these parasites robbing the club blind and not caring at all.

Those in charge should feel shame for their running of this club but you know what makes it worse? This summer has proved yet again, that simply, they don’t care nor will they ever care.

PROTEST. Don’t be a Goldbridge tit and turn on the manager. He will need time.

One game in and it’s already wank this season.

City win the league and sign Haaland. We finish 6^th after conceding the highest number of goals in the premier league era and want to sign a racist. It’s a disgrace and I hope everyone at the club knows that fans have had enough. After this, protests will get worse. It will get toxic and the club need to understand it’s the owners that are doing this.

It’s not good for the players, it’s not good for the fans, it’s not good for anybody, but most of all the Glazers are not good enough and are a disgrace to Manchester United.

We’re fucked under the Glazers, a bit like the working class under the Tories. It’s time to sell. Get out of our club, we don’t want you near it.

Enough is enough.

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GLAZERS OUT.

WARNING: LOTS OF FUCKING EXPLETIVES BECAUSE I AM NOT FUCKING HAPPY.

I have seriously had enough now. Yes, I am well aware its been AGES since I last wrote a blog but fuck me watching that team last year made me consider shoving a corn on the cob up my arse and I hate sweetcorn.

Joel Glazer and Avram Glazer otherwise known as the nonce and shit for brains have once again today taken £11million along with other shareholders which takes it to £122million since 2016. If I was making that money id want David Beckham sat next to me in the stretford end serving me margarita and woo woo cocktails.

They do this whilst the club is operating at a loss. After a season of abject failure. A season where the players showed us all they give a fuck just as much as the owners. Shit rolls downhill and the toxicity this ownership has brought has trickled onto the players and made Manchester United FOOTBALL CLUB a very rancid place to be.

Avram and Joel are 61 and 55 so I have a genuine question. Can you abort a 61- and 55-year-old? Because I am seriously wondering if it is possible to shove these two cunts straight in the fucking bin.

You know what, very rude jokes aside, what this family are doing to this great footballing institution is borderline criminal. Leveraging a buyout through loans and shifting it onto the club is something every fan of the club knew was going to happen. Yet Woodward helped it happen and the FA and the Premier League sat by and watched.

The full extent and cost of these loans was £525million. Before Malcolm Glazer and his tiny cock bought United in a way that even Amber Heard would have been ashamed of, United were debt free and were a force in the footballing world after we won the fucking lot ruining multiple fans childhoods in the process.

At that time, we should have gone on ahead of the rest of the field like Verstappen does when Perez isn’t allowed to race him. I hate to say it but Real Madrid would never be in this position, you wouldn’t see this happen to Bayern Munich. BECAUSE IT WOULDN’T BE ALLOWED.

Forget the dividends for a bit, even forget the current transfer window and lets go back a bit. April 2021, these greasy, Tampa Bay loving, Tom Brady wankers spearheaded an attempt to put us in the Super League. Something that would have made them very rich whilst simultaneously ripping the heart out of football as we know it.

When fans of all the clubs came together and told the collective owners to shove the super league exactly where it belongs, up their entitled arseholes, the Glazers gave us a PR bullshit statement which basically promised us a lot of changes would happen at the club.

14 months later and we are yet to see any significant changes, other than the fact a personal hero and legend of this club is no longer here. Ole.

We were promised a fan share scheme. Where is it?

Where’s the improvements to Old Trafford?

Where’s the improvements to Carrington? Not the place that’s always gonna be a shithole I mean the training ground. Honestly Joel and Avram, how many American footballs can you fit up your arse once you remove the STICK?

These absolute liars make Boris Johnson look like an honest man and lets face it when we talk about scumbags that absolute lettuce just needs a headbutt from my receeding hairlined head and a poke in the eye from a baby with sharp finger nails.

Moving on, bit like the F1 TV directors when something exciting is happening, lets talk about the here and now. Not the dividends but the transfer window.

You know the thing The Sun use as a clickbait tool to include united in every single professional football transfer to generate clicks and likes on their website. It is the quite literally the Glazers wet dream. Brings so much attention to the club that they think it’s a good thing. A big glass of milk is a nice thing Joel, not half a billion quids worth of debt and few Twitter likes from a social media team that are so out of touch they think the Tories know how much a loaf of bread costs.

The greatest team in the history of football: Liverpool FC (their words) won two trophies and have improved their side considerably. They’re still scousers though and break glass when their squeally twat bag voices screech. It’s just a shame they have a good football team where they pretend they didn’t spend any money on it. Cough Coutinho cough.

Premier League winners Man City spent more of the oil daddys money and signed Haaland, Alvarez and Kalvin Phillips.

So naturally, after a season of something I can only describe as utter dross and genuinely wondered why euthanasia wasn’t a thing in this country after watching McTominay hide behind the oppositions players instead of being available for a pass, you’d expect the new structure at Man United to have delivered on some signings to improve the side and make us a legitimate side that could at least mount a challenge on at least a trophy or the top 4.

Who have we signed? Ill tell you the answer. The square root of jack shit. Nothing. Nobody. ZERO players.

Honestly being a fan of this football club whilst these owners are in charge makes me think these are the torture methods Newcastle’s new owners use to find out if you drank a bit of alcohol or touched another man’s hand.

Money in football ey? Its really fucking ruined it in so many ways and you know what, if I earnt the money these players did, I’d stay behind after the games and let fans call me a knobhead. Mainly because I am one, but you get my point.

At this stage, I will always love this club and I know every single fan does in their own way but a common goal is to remove these sister loving owners out of the club.

It needs to be the priority. Enough is enough.

Stick by your club like David De Gea sticks to his goal line. The fans are needed now more than ever.

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Thank you Ole & Goodbye.

Thank you, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

What seemed like an inevitability for a couple of months now happened as Manchester United sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. A near 3 year reign if you include his stint as interim coach I would argue a good 3 years that probably went on a little too long at the end.

The board could and should have handled it so much better but when have they ever handled anything with class and dignity. They have thrown a club legend under the bus because their main priority will always be money and lining their own pocket.

I genuinely feel sad and gutted writing about this. Growing up watching and supporting United was a joy and Solskjaer was such a huge part of that and to say goodbye feels quite heart-breaking in a way. He’s been associated with us for nearly 20 years. I for one will remember all the good he did during his tenure as manager. A run that deserved a trophy had it not been for that one penalty miss. That’s what football is all about sometimes. Fine margins.

His time as manage is just one chapter of Solskjaer’s story at Manchester United. From being a support, to signing as a player, securing the treble and so much more, he will always mean so much to Untied fans. This past couple of months wont define what he means to the club. He absolutely gave his all and I don’t think there is any shame in admitting that it was time for him to step aside.

A genuine stain on our club however is those who In years to come, will pretend they never abused him. They will pretend they didn’t release videos of them dancing and lowering sunglasses whilst celebrating a genuinely good man losing his job. They don’t deserve to call themselves united fans. Saeed, Jonny FX, Mark Goldbridge and UTDCiara to name a few; you should be utterly embarrassed of yourselves. Whilst you dress it up as wanting ‘whats best for the club’, we know that it was for likes and retweets. Your lack of respect for someone who is a legend of this club shows the kind of people you are.

These people need to be called out because they just don’t get it. Wondering why Ole gets a goodbye interview? Because he fucking deserves one. He deserves to be shown some class.

It is important to remember that Solskaer has been a very good manager but the question mark of his success will always remain with a section of the fanbase due to his lack of trophy success. However, id argue it has been successful. Highest consecutive finishes since Ferguson, longest unbeaten away record in the history of the Premier League, 17 debuts to academy players, stuck to the core values of what this club is about in terms of youth, a European final and rebuilt the squad leaving in a much better place for the next manager.

I want to say Thank you to him. An absolute legend and a good man who fell at the final hurdle.

He deserves our respect. I for one will sing his name as loud as I can at Old Trafford

All together now..

You are my Solskjaer, my Ole Solskjaer…

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Protesting Ole? Get a grip!

It’s crazy that I even have to type this but here goes..

Regardless of the manager, I will ALWAYS want my team to win a game of football. My love for Manchester United will forever trump my love or hate for any manager in charge. Although I still would love to see Ole Gunnar Solskjaer succeed at United, there is no harm in admitting that maybe this next step is just one too far.

In my eyes though, his tenure as manager has further cemented his legacy as a legend at this great football club. To pretend he hasn’t done a good job is quite simply a lie. To forget the rebuild that he carried out when he (temporarily) took charge after Jose, the squad he put together, the restructuring of the football club, the overhaul of the academy. How can anybody suggest he hasn’t done a good job?

It deserved a trophy but it wasn’t to be.

Look, I’m not exactly elated with the past couple of months, and I won’t lie the football has been as shit as Mark Goldbridge’s jokes, however, regardless of your opinion on him, you back the manager until he is gone. You should NEVER actively want your team to lose because of your dislike of the manager.

The dislike of the manager can be shown in two ways. The first way is: you can disagree with how he sets up, tactically, the team selection and so on. This is fine. Disagree all you like. As a football fan, its ultimately your job to scrutinise those in charge. If you’re right, fine. If you’re wrong, own up, admit it and move on.

Or you can go the other and abuse the living daylights out of him because you’re a Jonny FX wannabe who sniffs his sisters friends knickers.

I really can’t stand the sheer abuse this man receives. I’m not saying he shouldn’t be held to account because ultimately the buck stops with the manager. Whether it should or not is a whole different debate. One I would happily argue but the abuse he receives from people who aren’t welcome at Old Trafford due to the amount of shite that comes out of their mouths is a disgrace. I’m certain their arseholes get jealous of how much comes out of their mouth.

Abuse is never fine. Jose, Van Gaal and David Moyes didn’t deserve it but my god imagine having the cheek to abuse somebody that arguably gave this club its best moment in its history.

I believe most of us know what it takes to be a real fan. A real fan follows and sticks by their club through the good times and the bad. They don’t set up shitty protests asking for the manager to be sacked. They don’t reply to remembrance Sunday posts telling Harry Maguire to fuck off.

Its toxic and its utterly pathetic. They should be embarrassed but they don’t care.

I grew up lucky. I got to watch my team win the fucking lot. Everything. We ruined everybody else’s childhood all whilst giving me the best memories I could wish for as a child.

Now, we aren’t as great. It happens. You take the rough with the smooth and you support. Because that’s what real fans do. We don’t sit in front of greenscreens calling other fans Glazer apologists.

Winning was a bonus. If you can’t watch the football and have a laugh with your mates then I feel sorry for you. Football is so much more than followers, retweets and likes. It’s about the memories you make, the laughs you have along the way and if you win a trophy, then there is no better feeling but ultimately there is no divine right to win.

City and Liverpool embarrassed us in the past couple of weeks and yes the result hurts and yes, ultimately I believe that was the nail in the coffin for Solskjaer but I will back him until his very last day as Manchester United manager.

Support your club through good and bad times. I thought this was obvious but some people need to be told this instead of acting like a spoilt child.

Do not protest about the sacking of a manager, especially someone so special to this club. Stay as far away from Old Trafford as you can. I will always back protests regarding the removal of the Glazer family but I will never, not now nor will I ever back a protest encouraging us to sack the manager.

Back your team. Always.

Have a laugh and a joke but draw a line somewhere. Preferably around the city of Liverpool.

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