Recent content by dalriada

  1. Manchester United vs Brentford

    This season's Aunt Sally, the player to blame for all our woes. He's been accused in this forum of being lazy and not caring and he's one player who's clearly neither and Red to the core. He's always had a good shot in him as well.

  2. New Stadium | 100k Stadium to be built

    This subject has come up many times before and it's a matter of the heart versus the head. The heart says renovate or rebuild the existing stadium because it's so iconic. The head says, if you leave sentiment aside, you start again with a new stadium where you can build in modern facilities from...

  3. Lady Cathy Ferguson - Sir Alex Ferguson's wife has passed away

    RIP Lady Cathy and condolences to the family. 57 years of marriage is remarkable and without doubt she was a big part of the boss's success.

  4. Ole when sacked vs Ten Hag currently

    Ronaldo, mostly. The plan went out the window to accommodate the GOAT and along with it went discipline and any semblance of a team ethic.

  5. Erik ten Hag vs Sancho | Sancho back in full training

    Actually, ETH's bluntness reminds me a bit of LVG - remember when he first arrived and declared starkly in a presser that "Luke Shaw is not fit". I think ETH won't have the same confrontations with the media, partly we're not in that post-SAF mode of expectation. I think Ole tried to keep these...

  6. Erik ten Hag vs Sancho | Sancho back in full training

    I think time will be up soon for Sancho. I'm not sure calling him out publicly was the best idea by ETH (unless it was calculated) and I preferred Ole's practice of keeping it behind closed doors, but he is entitled to do it whereas Sancho's response is just petulant. It's not as if he's been...

  7. André Onana | 2023/24 Performances

    I guess the other factor is that Onana will be away with the Cameroon team for the Africa Cup of Nations. The reports I've read suggest ETH has been a big fan for a while as well and seems to take the view that we should have competition for every place in the team - very much like Mourinho and...

  8. Mason Greenwood - Getafe loan

    Given all the current controversy surrounding the Spanish Women's World Cup team and Rubiales, and the image of Spanish football, this really would take the biscuit.

  9. What's your darkest moment as a United fan?

    April 1974 when we were relegated to the Second Division. Our season was W10 D16 L20. Our defence wasn't that bad but our top scorers were Macari and McIlroy with 6 goals each all season. To make things worse, Leeds won the title and Liverpool were second. Although we were promoted back the next...

  10. Short-term LB signing?

    There's been very little mention. The last update I saw was 11th August when it referred to an injury sustained last season (didn't say what), apparently he played 15 minutes for the Netherlands in June and that's it. If we are looking for a short-term signing, that's crazy, unless there's...

  11. Are our fans quicker to complain than they used to be 10 years ago?

    I thought there was a split at the time with most of the fans going along with the "Chosen One" optimism about Moyes but a big chunk that predicted doom because he hadn't won anything and hadn't managed a top club - the early supporters of Mourinho as SAF's successor. Moyes seemed to me to have...

  12. Mason Greenwood | Officially a Marseille player

    Well, Arnold says that they planned for several scenarios, including bringing him back into the team. I actually thought at one point that there might be a statement from Greenwood along the lines of "I know I've been stupid but I've realised how stupid I've been and I'm committed to being a...

  13. Mason Greenwood | Officially a Marseille player

    This was the most likely outcome. Legally, he's done nothing wrong if the charges have been dropped, but the evidence everyone saw at the time was pretty nasty. For the club to bring him back into the squad would create all sorts of problems for stakeholders with a legitimate interest, including...

  14. Martial exit?

    It's curious how Martial does have a body of fans who defend and promote him, while there are others who have given much more for the club and the shirt (on lower wages) who are regularly pilloried. Considering how long he's been at Utd, how many good seasons have we had from him - particularly...

  15. Who is your preferred option for the RW spot?

    RW is Sancho's natural position and why he was brought into the side in the first place. You would have thought that he was the natural choice for ETH's requirements but there's clearly been an ongoing issue keeping him out of the squad and ETH is committed to the players he's brought in from...
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