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Let's laugh at Man United some more

Lukazan

We lost to Burnley and Wolves at the Emirates over a couple of weeks!?

RocktheCasbah

Lukazan and Villa hammered us. All in just over a month.

Burnwinter

Thinking about the situation there, it's very hard to imagine what sort of "project" manager might work without the technical structure being dismantled. A big name wouldn't accept being subordinate, and even the mid table tacticos like Iraola or Glasner are very haughty at times. Maresca is probably one of the better options actually available, which is ironic. Frank could've been a decent choice too given he worked patiently for years at Brentford without full authority.

RocktheCasbah

Qwiss TBF Unai finished 5th. That'd be a major triumph for a United manager these days. Amorim finished 15th.

I guess I was thinking more about how their respective Europa League finals were real harbingers of doom. If Amorim was too dogmatic to succeed at United, none of us knew Emery even had a dog.

Lukazan

RocktheCasbah I remember Villa, but not the other two!

tazmania

ESR and Saka actually saved Artetas career. I think Martinelli had a part to play too when he came back from injury. Dark days

JazzG

Sicario2

Watch these clip for better understanding, while we were losing games it was clear for those who understood football there were improvements taking place. These improvements are visible to people who have a deep understanding of the game but not so clear to casual fans. It has taken a complete squad overhaul for the level to increase but you have too many pundits like Keane who sees in black and white only.

That FA Cup win also bought him time. Josh clearly believed in him and willing to back him big time

Sicario2

Jose was def their best manager post Fergie

Tam

I love the irony of Ferdinand talking about humility and putting himself second on the list of phone calls after Alex Ferguson.

Delicious.

Tam

Mirth I doubt it, I reckon he wanted out but wouldn't quit, and his blunt statements were just designed to be too provocative for the suits to ignore.

He effectively dared them to pay him and up won.

JazzG

While others are getting impatient with Arteta this is why I am so loyal to him. Guy dragged us from the gutters back into the elite, you just have to see other clubs trying with new coaches and big money and failing miserably to understand how hard it is. To completely overhaul the club from top to bottom is no small task. If/when Arteta wins the league he'll go down as one of our greats, a big part of why we have turned ourselves around as a football club.

We are now the club that everyone looks at, we just need to keep it going and I honestly think once we win our first major trophy we will win many more, getting that first one is going to be break a mental barrier at the club.

Burnwinter

JazzG To completely overhaul the club from top to bottom is no small task.

The comparisons lately with Emery have been a bit daft because they imply player horse-trading, dressing room charisma or tactical brilliance have been the platform of Arteta's success, when it's been the bulletproof mentality required to transform the culture of a large organisation.

A very steady positive view of the objectives, and consistent application and availability are the traits of a leader. Brilliance helps, but it's of less importance. Amorim has cracked under pressure repeatedly.

If Arteta left Arsenal today it would set us back, but the good habits Arteta has insisted on from our dressing room and our other technical staff would help quite a bit.

MistaT

Merino may be the coach that finally gets Man United out of the gutters.

MistaT

It's pretty clear that Manchester United has deep rot, and I don't see many coaches being able to address it.

They tried to sell their best player Fernandes, then signed a coach who wouldn't use a system that suits him, and have now fired that coach. What's next - Glasner? another coach who prefers a 3-4-3 that won't get much out of Fernandes?

AAStyle

Sad because I believe this was the right call for ManU.
Laughing because I remember this from Redcafe:

INEOS? More like IDEOTS

Sicario2

Lukazan the Jamie Vardy inspired Leicester win pissed me off the most do some reason. They were dark, dark days, prob worst I’ve seen us since the end of the George Graham era 94/95. In Dec 2020 there were genuine relegation fears. What doesnt kill you makes you stronger. Thank fuck for that Fa Cup win as that gave Artera enough credit in the bank to survive that run.

RocktheCasbah

Sicario2 didn't Lacazette have an early goal ruled out in that game for literally no reason?

FEBravo

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert the irony of ESR of all people saving his job!

Sicario2

Imagine hahahaha

AAStyle

Sicario2 that guy loves stress and power. Once u try the latter, you will do everything to keep/regain it

JazzG

Sicario2 He'll probably get the players to respond, have a bounce back. The old players will be out in the media calling for him to have the job, they want one of their mates in the top positions and the cycle starts again.

Asterix Jason Wilcox forever.

Heard another Rio clip talking about Wilcox and didn't realise it was the same Wilcox who played for Blackburn back in the day when they won the league. Being a passionate Man Utd hater even back then I followed that Blackburn team closely and was delighted they won the league!

Dom

Sicario2

I had genuinely forgotten this period until I read this tweet. I can't believe out of all the different traumas I've suffered in the last decade - like losing my father to cancer, covid - that this is the only one that gave me disassociative amnesia.

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