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BobbyD said:
lol was a definite classic young swan dive.

However it was also a deffo pen and VAR doing its best as you say to not show the angle showing the double shirt pull
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Let's see who was on VAR, shall we? Quick Google and...
Name: Matthew Donohue
Birthplace: Greater Manchester
<laugh>

Edit: I've had another browse and apparently he was born in Southend.
He just lives in Manchester and has worked there for decades. It's all good. <ok>
 
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BrunelGunner said:
One thing I don't get with Man United fans is the refusal to give any blame whatsoever to Amorim.

Like yes, I understand that he inherited a poor, unbalanced squad, yes I understand a lot of these players aren't aligned with his style of play, I know he's had injuries to deal with and I get that the issues at United have gone on far longer than Amorim has been at the club. But, in terms of what he's done since taking over, does he warrant even a little bit of blame?

How much longer is he going to be allowed to slip down the table and lose games before people start saying "he needs to be doing a tad better with the squad he has"?

Surely, he has to be expected to get results at some stage otherwise what was the point of bringing him in now if he's allowed to lose so much?

Most of these players finished 8th and won the FA Cup last year. A lot of them were there the year before when they finished 3rd and won the League Cup.

There's absolutely no way they should be sandwiched between West Ham and Crystal Palace in the table (West Ham could actually go above them if they beat us later today).

It's just insane that he's allowed to lose so many games and most United fans are not attributing any criticism his way.
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The simple answer is that Jim Ratfink has quickly pissed a lot of fans off so become the Route One target for blame when anything goes wrong, which means Amorim is pretty much ignored for the finger pointing

Compared to six months ago this is all the more stark, because back then Ratfink was still Not Glazer that meant ten Hag was the Route One source for appointing blame when things went wrong, but Ratfink eroded any goodwill (if any) from that honeymoon period in impressive fashion
 
BrunelGunner said:
There's absolutely no way they should be sandwiched between West Ham and Crystal Palace in the table (West Ham could actually go above them if they beat us later today).
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They won't.

As for Amorim, Utd knew what they were getting and that they didn't have the players that suited his system.
They've since had a mini injury crisis and loaned out a bunch of players without replacing them.
Rashford, Antony and Malacia weren't playing well, but at least he had options.
Now he's basically stuck with Hojlund, Garnacho and Zirkzee, plus some schoolkids.
 
BrunelGunner said:
One thing I don't get with Man United fans is the refusal to give any blame whatsoever to Amorim.
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The Man Utd faithful are currently doing their impression
of the T1000 in the furnace, trying to find the Narrative (TM)
that best tells the woes of their season to date.

Give it time, and they should get to Amorim.
 
humanbeingincroydon said:
Hojlund's a good, bullying CF in the Mark Hughes mold

...so why neither ten hag nor Amorim have him play to his strengths is truly mystifying
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Can’t hit a barn door though, his finishing is atrocious.

9 league goals in Serie A should’ve been a warning sign in the first place, not to go and spend £75m! No idea what they were thinking lol.
 
Dier Hard said:
Can’t hit a barn door though, his finishing is atrocious.

9 league goals in Serie A should’ve been a warning sign in the first place, not to go and spend £75m! No idea what they were thinking lol.
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That's three times the number of goals Thierry Henry scored in Serie A

That being said, a lot of clubs seem to see Man Utd coming: Atalanta with Hojlund, Dortmund with Sancho, Juventus with Pogba, Leicester with Maguire etc etc etc
 
Citeh will be looking to get their PL top 4 qualification campaign in motion.

After the Madrid game, and with the game on
wednesday in mind, we shall see what mood
they are in when they play the Poool tomorrow.
 
Can’t be right, apparently after Liverpool’s draw with Villa all Arsenal had to do was turn up and the league was there’s? Talk of just a 2 point gap appearing once Liverpool lose to city and they easily beat West Ham and Forest.

Nicely satisfying afternoon of football.
 
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