The morning after the night before 👌

Taken Pawson an hour to notice it.

Just found my phone. Wow.

Keep an eye on how many yards Arsenal steal at throw ins.

Probably a fair score at the break. Looking a threat on the break. Longer it stays level, the more anxious the crowd will get. You can already feel it. Doing well.

Excited for tomorrow but can’t shake the feeling that we may be on the end of a rough red card decision. Pumped up after last week, Dalot incident still fresh in peoples’ minds, boisterous home crowd, savviness of Arsenal (Rice, Odegaard, Gabriel, Zubimendi, Saka etc). Ref will have to be strong.

Has a white ball series ever been less anticipated as this one? The term tails between their legs comes to mind. #SLvsENG

I thought we were special. Turns out everyone beats City these days…

Loving Carragher and Henry’s analysis of Saturday’s game on #MNF. Firstly, because it’s brilliant analysis and secondly because it’s just nice to see everything in slow motion!

That Scholes and Butt doubling down 🥴 Literally an open goal to just come out and say “he’s made us look right stupid hasn’t he”. Yet they play the ‘we got stick too’ card with Hansen’s “kids” comment, ignoring the fact it was aimed that at the manager and a whole team and not an individual.

Do Premier League managers need to rein it in a bit? There’s a lot of noise about not being backed, finances, expectations etc. Surely part of the job is doing proper due diligence before signing. Know the club, know the model, know the limits.

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AFGONE

Been down this road before haven’t we: 1-3 vs PSG (Ole) 3-2 vs Arsenal (Carrick) 2-0 vs Liverpool (Ten Hag’s first win) 4-3 vs Liverpool (FA Cup Semi) 2-0 vs City (FA Cup win) What this group need to show us is that they can mentally get up for a number of games in a row. Not just one offs.

Justice for Matt Page…

Palace went behind in the 72nd minute today and Glasner made no changes? Seems an odd one. Granted, there’s not a lot on that bench and I haven’t seen the game but on paper, you’d think Uche might have got on?

That's £414m since 1 January 2025. Meanwhile, still no sign of a decision in the PL/City legal wrangle over 129/130 charges, several serious enough to warrant relegation if substantiated. A joke, not a good one. share.google/bt3imylQrbrv...

Never in doubt…

Contrary to what the media will tell you, this Man United side aren’t in turmoil. 2 league defeats in 15 will tell you that. So not completely surprised by that half. Clearly the better side, but we need to capitalise. Can’t see us keeping a clean sheet, so goals are needed. Enjoying it!

Not sure I can take another hour or so of that. Will turn back on at half past.

Keane tying himself in knots at the moment on Sky.

There are bad days and then there are really bad days…

Club lacking stability with penny-pinching owners, an interfering Director of Football and sub-par players, seeks ‘lunatics’ with histories of short stays at clubs, who require money, that struggle working under interfering Directors of Football and fall out with players on a regular basis. Perfect!

Martinez have played 5 games against Haaland, he only score in 1 of them. They have no idea what they are talking about, awful

I don’t mind ex-players, pundits etc being negative about United as long as they provide reasonable justification. I mean, there’s certainly enough going wrong at the club at the moment to pick from!

Jenrick…

While it might be naive to think otherwise, (no spoilers) do we think there’s been greater producer input in this series of #TheTraitors? Some very odd decisions from the players.

A lot of talk of late about United needing to ‘move on’ from Sir Alex. You can’t have it both ways - faux uproar when his ambassadorial role was removed while also wanting him out of the club completely to help the club ‘move on’.

Not sure what to make of that last line!

Morning all. What’s happening on here today?

“Fletch” and “Coisty” would turn up to the opening of an envelope. Have a day off lads. Please!

Lots of chat on here today (which I’ve enjoyed) around Amorim, Wilcox, Ratcliffe etc. My thoughts turn to the next 5 or so months and a World Cup to boot. It’s going to be non-stop nonsense isn’t it unless they agree a deal with someone soonish. Shut the noise down. Get planning. Move on.

Literally no references, names or sources included in this. I know I’ve helped them by sharing this, but how, after spending years getting your journalism degree, do you cope knowing your output is so naff? www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...

And it will be the same come the protest on the 1st Feb. There’ll be the same noise that we’re only grumbling now as we’re having a rubbish time of it - many not even born when the Glazers took over. Like Si says, the ‘you’ve spent loads’ argument is part of our frustration. It’s been wasted!

Seen a few quips about green-and-gold scarves. I get it - it’s funny if you’re a rival. But it’s wilful blindness to ignore what they represent: years of neglect under the Glazers. United’s decline is the consequence of a takeover which shouldn’t ever have been allowed to happen

There’s a piece in The Athletic with experts explaining what the ‘average viewer or listener doesn’t understand about being a commentator’. One says ‘sitting by myself on stats websites’ as if that’s a good thing! “Fletch” and McCoist too busy prattling last night to notice Lacey had been sent off!

So it appears it’ll be Carrick up until the summer then. While I’m not massively bothered who does it, I think it’s probably best not going back to Ole. Keep the past in the past etc, and while Carrick has taken charge before, he was never permanent so there’s an element of separation there.

On the positive side, we’ve got City and Arsenal up next.

Awful performance against a 2nd string BHA. Says a lot about where the players’ heads are at. Last chance at a cup this season and they put in a showing like that. Worrying that we’re yet again relying on an 18 year old off the bench to excite us. See Januzaj, Rashford, Greenwood, Elanga, Garnacho.

Usually switch off after a defeat but fuck me, TNT post-game is as bad as it is in-game. Laura Woods, who attends her fair share of games, excitedly describing “heavy, heavy boos as the players walk off the pitch”. The boos were for the referee. “Fletch” appearing surprised at a flat atmosphere. 🤷🏻‍♂️

“Worth reminding you that…” No it isn’t “Fletch”. It just isn’t. If you said it earlier in the commentary, it literally isn’t worth reminding us. Commentate on the game and throw your pages and pages of stats in the bin.

Our passing has been all over the place today. Not just misplaced but under hit, over hit all the hits! There’s just no flow to this performance. It’s very patchwork. Some good. Some bad. Mostly sloppy.

Far too many players off the pace today.

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On the clip of Neville and Sturridge arguing about Liverpool’s drop off. Neville claiming it’s a “mystery” and Sturridge clearly explaining to him that it’s not, providing reason & examples. He’s so focused on United that he’s now being shown up on air by others. Maybe time for a “mini-retirement”.

I’m finding it really hard to get my head around the events that took place in Minneapolis earlier. Kristi Noem’s words are just…well there are no words really. I’ve said it before on here but I’ll say it again: you have one life, that’s all. Just try and be remembered for doing good in it.

Sherwood and Neville were embarrassing last night on Sesko. Almost intentionally going into the game with a rehearsed negative take on him. Even after his 2 goals, Sherwood doubled-down and said he’s not good enough to be a Man United striker. So definitive. So dismissive. Did my head in.

Yes, he’s a very annoying man, but of late, I’ve really noticed how limited Neville is as a co-commentator on United games. Very little acknowledgement of opponents’ systems, formations, players etc with everything viewed through the prism of United - good or bad. Infuriating for both sets of fans.

Get in there! Stick that in your pipe Neville and Sherwood! “United playing with 10 at the moment!” - piss off! #UTFR