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Carlton Palmer* FYIThere's one that doesn't belong there.
Carlton Palmer* FYIThere's one that doesn't belong there.
I didn't subscribe to this, until this season. Other fanbases would have consistently booed, waved white flags and indicated displeasure. All ours have publicly done is blame players. This long descent into disaster this season is proof of a passive fanbase. Madrid fans would have forced action in November. Ours have needed to see everything fall apart. This is not to say that ultimately it doesn't fall on ownership, who should have made a move earlier. There's just simply no pressure at this club. Hopefully the new structures helps in this regard.
The truth is we're almost completely irrelevant now.I didn't subscribe to this, until this season. Other fanbases would have consistently booed, waved white flags and indicated displeasure. All ours have publicly done is blame players. This long descent into disaster this season is proof of a passive fanbase. Madrid fans would have forced action in November. Ours have needed to see everything fall apart. This is not to say that ultimately it doesn't fall on ownership, who should have made a move earlier. There's just simply no pressure at this club. Hopefully the new structures helps in this regard.
Carlton Palmer* FYI
The problem is our rebuilds, they are painstakingly fecking slow.
For each manager even two Summer windows into the job, they are faced with having to play far too many of the previous blokes purchases. Today for example, 6 of the outfield players were there under Ole, and 2 players are from our youth setup.
We then end up giving managers at least two full seasons yet often fire them anyway when the rebuild is nowhere near complete and because the rebuild has always been solely tailored for the current incumbent, we start at square one again after 2-3 years.
Compare that to Pep/City and his first two transfer windows.
Stones
Sane
Jesus
Gundogan
Bravo
Nolito
Laporte
Mendy
Walker
Bernardo Silva
Ederson
Danilo
Douglas Luiz
We’ll be much better when we appreciate how far behind we are, sell some saleable assets and give a manager 2 huge windows full of pure quality that the club (DoF) have chosen for their vision of football.
If a manager can’t get the players playing then with a full new squad of quality, you don’t need wait any longer to fire the fella.
What I never understood is why it would be a bad thing to be compared to the fans of the biggest club in the world (which Real Madrid is). Don't people wonder if there maybe is a causality why they have a cut-throat approach to their own team and win so many titles?I've come to realize that the fanbase has more to blame these days. I still see comments and posts all over social media claiming that EtH is being let down by players, let down by the transfer team, let down by injuries. feck all this shit, he is a crap manager with no tactics, just like all the crap ones before him. All over the world players seem to respect and pay heed to the managers, I've come to the conclusion that good managers get respected by players everywhere, there can be one or two rotten eggs but they get put in their place by other players if the manager is deemed good.
Don't get me started on the match going fans who still hanker for the days of SAF, it's gone, it's all in the past, it wont come back again no matter how long you give a manager these days. Bray for blood, vent your frustrations, walk out at half time, boo the crap out of them, you are all paying hundreds of hard earned pounds and let these managers and players get away with murder for the past 10 years. Just because you are all afraid of being called spoilt or lumped with the likes of Madrid fans, you are letting all this happen.
It's just to pretend that they are better fans than the "spoilt brats" Madrid fans. Why they would take pleasure in nonsense like that instead of watching good football is beyond me.What I never understood is why it would be a bad thing to be compared to the fans of the biggest club in the world (which Real Madrid is). Don't people wonder if there maybe is a causality why they have a cut-throat approach to their own team and win so many titles?
The amazing thing re Arteta, is immediately you think 'well how many of them are starters?' but they mostly are.Just to add to this, Arteta has signed 25 players at Arsenal not including loans. We tried to do a big overhaul under LVG and then seem to have decided that big overhauls never work and we should only sign 3/4 players a year at most. Even in ETH's first window, it's reliably reported that prior to the Brentford mauling, the club were happy with just adding Malacia, Eriksen, and Licha.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Really mindboggling why they support whoever is doing stupid stuff in the pitch instead of actually wanting the best for the club.It's just to pretend that they are better fans than the "spoilt brats" Madrid fans. Why they would take pleasure in nonsense like that instead of watching good football is beyond me.
We need a new approach to signing players, no manager in the world gets access to a full new squad to prove themselves. Our approach has always been to look at the manager as a constant, but in the modern age the players outlive the manager, you just have to look at the contract length, the players mostly get a 4 year, 5 year deal whereas the manager only gets a 2 or three year deal. Especially at a high paying club like us, its even more difficult to get rid off players quickly.The problem is our rebuilds, they are painstakingly fecking slow.
For each manager even two Summer windows into the job, they are faced with having to play far too many of the previous blokes purchases. Today for example, 6 of the outfield players were there under Ole, and 2 players are from our youth setup.
We then end up giving managers at least two full seasons yet often fire them anyway when the rebuild is nowhere near complete and because the rebuild has always been solely tailored for the current incumbent, we start at square one again after 2-3 years.
Compare that to Pep/City and his first two transfer windows.
Stones
Sane
Jesus
Gundogan
Bravo
Nolito
Laporte
Mendy
Walker
Bernardo Silva
Ederson
Danilo
Douglas Luiz
We’ll be much better when we appreciate how far behind we are, sell some saleable assets and give a manager 2 huge windows full of pure quality that the club (DoF) have chosen for their vision of football.
If a manager can’t get the players playing then with a full new squad of quality, you don’t need wait any longer to fire the fella.
The traffic was murderHow on earth did it take you this long to figure that out
ExactlyA lot of todays fans are football manager addicts who think things are easily resolved by spending millions in one window
Nah, that's just straw man on a straw man. You should be better than that.A lot of todays fans are football manager addicts who think things are easily resolved by spending millions in one window
And I got slaughtered a while back for saying FM should be bannedExactly
Heresy!And I got slaughtered a while back for saying FM should be banned
This is why Ten Hag's comments about him taking this "impossible" job and people supposedly telling him not to do it annoy me. 99.9% of managers can only dream of being put in the situation that he was. On top of that we have the most forgiving fanbase of all big clubs by far. If it was up to fans only he would stay for years to come. The Caf is a lot more critical than your average fan is, all other forums and online places are still very much ETH in.I didn't subscribe to this, until this season. Other fanbases would have consistently booed, waved white flags and indicated displeasure. All ours have publicly done is blame players. This long descent into disaster this season is proof of a passive fanbase. Madrid fans would have forced action in November. Ours have needed to see everything fall apart. This is not to say that ultimately it doesn't fall on ownership, who should have made a move earlier. There's just simply no pressure at this club. Hopefully the new structures helps in this regard.
Yeah it’s definitely the white handkerchiefs that do it. Not the fact that they are a well run club in a league where they pull in a disproportionate amount of tv money to their competitors with no state run clubs to compete with, in an attractive city to live in.Everytime I’m in Old Trafford glazers get booed , chants against them. There’s even green and gold scarf protests since they joined. The supporters trusts go on and on about how they are absent owners and don’t engage fans in any meaningful way.
But you guys think fans booing managers and maybe waving scarves like Madrid fans would be just what sorts out our manager issues.
Well asides from the misguided thinking behind this, you forgot one major difference. The glazers don’t care what fans think and their ownership is never threatened . A Real Madrid president will be out in their ear very quickly if the club is under performing. Fans can actually put real pressure on Real Madrid presidents
United fans have zero say in the club affairs. A number of our fans had to invade the stadium and stop a Liverpool game to make a point shout the super league.
So only way fans can really influence things is trying to get new owners which is what they’ve been trying to do.
Guess what; we spent big too. We just spent it on shit.Nah, that's just straw man on a straw man. You should be better than that.
The modern world is about results and results quickly, football in particular. Why is that the case? Because we've seen it done at our major competitors, like Real, City, Chelsea and Bayern.
And if you as a United fan think that spending big won't solve our issues, where have you been? That's how City did it.
We just spent too much on mediocre shite who feel entitled to overstay their welcome at the club because there is no external pressure from the fanbase.
English fans are all customersEnglish fans in general are quite apathetic and unorganised. At least that’s my impression. Not just in United‘s case. But also regarding issues like City‘s cheating.
I guess that’s down to the fight against hooliganism some decades ago?
Yeah it’s definitely the white handkerchiefs that do it. Not the fact that they are a well run club in a league where they pull in a disproportionate amount of tv money to their competitors with no state run clubs to compete with, in an attractive city to live in.
I liked that one as well. Funnily enough it sounds like something Agent Smith from the matrix might say.
Erm, try reading until the end next time.Guess what; we spent big too. We just spent it on shit.
The amazing thing re Arteta, is immediately you think 'well how many of them are starters?' but they mostly are.
Arteta has signed: Mari, Soares, Willian, Gabriel, Runarsson, Partey, Odegaard, Tavares, Lokonga, White, Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, Trusty, Viera, Turner, Marquinhos, Jesus, Zinchenko, Trossard, Kiwior, Jorginho, Havertz, Timber, Rice, Raya.
I think there's a lot of truth in what you're saying but it's quite complex. There's definitely a problem with having to accommodate our "way" and I'm as guilty as anyone I suppose. I always had this anti-Jose mindset but when appointed I felt like I had to give him my 100% support.It's just to pretend that they are better fans than the "spoilt brats" Madrid fans. Why they would take pleasure in nonsense like that instead of watching good football is beyond me.
Agreed. When SAF left, I thought I was being clever because I thought some form of mean reversion would happen. It seemed obvious to me that we weren't going to see lightning captured in a bottle again so be prepared for some painful performances over the next 3 or 4 years.Great post. I fully agree with your first 3 paragraphs in particular.
Tbh, some of the regular match going fans have a big presence on Twitter/X and I can't stand their views. Scott Paterson, Paul Manc Born and Bred, etc.
Some fans are holier than thou and have smugness/arrogance when talking to others. There's a real top red mentality.
It should never be used in the context of real football as it is in here though, I distictly get the impression that some folks compile their wish list of players United should sign based on how well they fare in it!Heresy!
When I look at teams getting promoted I just think 'what's the point?' because there's a massive financial disparity.
We tend to look down at American football and their franchise system but I do think there are positive elements like the spending limits and 'any given Sunday' concept.
@Skills how big a role do you think man city's fanbase played in their -success-? fecking zero. How big a role did the 115 charges, the missed doping tests fines, etc etc play? A large one.
Incorrect.
The fan base has been buying player shirts/clothing, buying tickets to games and generally spending money which ultimately ends up MCFC's coffers.
The fan base, due to MCFC's success, has been growing, which increases MCFC revenue.
So the fan base does have a big role.
Here's another way to look at it.
If MCFC brought in Pep G, and during his time here, the fan base did not increase, revenues stayed the same, and their social media presence remained constant (i.e. no increase) - do you think they'd have won the treble last season?
Odds are that Pep G would've left, many quality players who not have joined the club and the project would've collapsed.
Regarding MUFC, the fan base does have an effect on the direction of the club, but we've been so badly managed (from the top down) that no amount of fan criticism/support would've changed our fortunes.
The Glazers and Woodward wrecked the club.
Do you have any idea how often Guardiola has moaned about the City fans? Their fanbase is still pathetically small considering the insane levels of success. Pep is staying because he's winning and because he's getting paid astronomical wages.Here's another way to look at it.
If MCFC brought in Pep G, and during his time here, the fan base did not increase, revenues stayed the same, and their social media presence remained constant (i.e. no increase) - do you think they'd have won the treble last season?
Odds are that Pep G would've left, many quality players who not have joined the club and the project would've collapsed.
Why would Pep care about their social media presence?Incorrect.
The fan base has been buying player shirts/clothing, buying tickets to games and generally spending money which ultimately ends up MCFC's coffers.
The fan base, due to MCFC's success, has been growing, which increases MCFC revenue.
So the fan base does have a big role.
Here's another way to look at it.
If MCFC brought in Pep G, and during his time here, the fan base did not increase, revenues stayed the same, and their social media presence remained constant (i.e. no increase) - do you think they'd have won the treble last season?
Odds are that Pep G would've left, many quality players who not have joined the club and the project would've collapsed.
Regarding MUFC, the fan base does have an effect on the direction of the club, but we've been so badly managed (from the top down) that no amount of fan criticism/support would've changed our fortunes.
The Glazers and Woodward wrecked the club.