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hadji murad posted:Hernandez or United? Scored not conceded
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Dec 12, 2015 23:05
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Micah Richards is our best signing in years
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Dec 13, 2015 14:05
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Brony Car posted:They got CL football this season so... Yes? Yeah, honestly, this week has been pretty poo poo for us and hasn't done wonders for Van Gaal's prospects, but before it started we were three points from the top of the table and level with City. There's been this huge narrative of "United in crisis" that isn't particularly reflected by the results or by the league standings, but where the actual problem is that United are boring. And I've felt more than a little sorry for Van Gaal, because he's taken far more stick from the press than Pellegrini, who's basically been left to his own devices on the same points total and with the same spending, and even more than Mourinho, who is literally getting Chelsea relegated in hilarious fashion. I mean, that comes with the territory a bit, if you're managing United or Liverpool people are always going to write about you because that's where the readership base is, but it'd be real bloody nice if the BBC live text could be something other than a weekly collection of cretinous tweets and pundits from around the world moaning about United not scoring. After this week, it's really just a case of "we'll see at the end of the season". There's the league and cup to play for, and we could still realistically win both (I don't think we will, but we've a credible chance). Calling for Van Gaal's head now would be a silly knee-jerk reaction. If I wanted to call for the manager to be sacked any time we weren't winning 4-0 and lazily daydream about the return of fascism to Europe, I'd go support Real Madrid, or England. In the end, I wouldn't give a toss if we won the league while performing as a George Graham tribute act, as long as we did. But if we end up falling away towards the end of the season and there are big-name managers available in the summer, I could see that being an end point for him.
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Dec 13, 2015 15:36
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Pellegrini won a title in his first year with us. We also get better at the Champions League each year under him. LVB has done jack poo poo. Don't compare your poo poo manager to Pellegrini.
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Dec 13, 2015 15:38
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Moyes at least got through the champions league group
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Dec 13, 2015 15:41
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Dec 13, 2015 15:42
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FullLeatherJacket posted:Yeah, honestly, this week has been pretty poo poo for us and hasn't done wonders for Van Gaal's prospects, but before it started we were three points from the top of the table and level with City. There's been this huge narrative of "United in crisis" that isn't particularly reflected by the results or by the league standings, but where the actual problem is that United are boring. And I've felt more than a little sorry for Van Gaal, because he's taken far more stick from the press than Pellegrini, who's basically been left to his own devices on the same points total and with the same spending, and even more than Mourinho, who is literally getting Chelsea relegated in hilarious fashion. In their last three league games United have managed one shot on target in the second half.
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Dec 13, 2015 15:44
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Abu Dave posted:Pellegrini won a title in his first year with us. We also get better at the Champions League each year under him. LVB has done jack poo poo. taking City from "complete poo poo" to "largely piss" in Europe is not particularly an achievement worthy of exempting criticism for failures elsewhere
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Dec 13, 2015 15:47
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Everyone knows Pellegrini is getting the boot for Pep in the summer anyway so its not fun for the press to try and hound him out of a job he would have lost at most a few months later anyway.
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Dec 13, 2015 15:48
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FullLeatherJacket posted:taking City from "complete poo poo" to "largely piss" in Europe is not particularly an achievement worthy of exempting criticism for failures elsewhere thursday nights, channel 5, thursday nights, channel 5
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Dec 13, 2015 15:50
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Total Meatlove posted:In their last three league games United have managed one shot on target in the second half. And yet they're in touching distance of the top spot. I agree with FLJ - there's no reason to sack Van Gaal at this point. It's incredibly unlikely they're going to get anyone better at this stage in the season (hell, with Pep to City all but done I doubt they can get anyone better full stop) so they'd have to take a punt on Giggs or something. Come the end of the season if they haven't won anything again then yes maybe look elsewhere but the boring poo poo football is doing okay for them so far even if nobody is enjoying it.
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Dec 13, 2015 15:52
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Bournemouth have just beaten Chelsea and Manchester United in consecutive league games. Regardless of context I feel like that should be focused on more.
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Dec 13, 2015 16:02
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I can't get enough of are Dan
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EvilHawk posted:And yet they're in touching distance of the top spot. For now. United have won 3 of their last 12 games, 4 out of their last 14. That is not "keeping in touch with the top" form, so unless something changes and fast, United will start plummeting. I wouldn't fire LVG right now, but I'd probably be looking elsewhere already. It's not like his team is exactly on an upward trajectory and he's said he'll gently caress off to Portugal in 2017 anyway, so he'll need to be replaced this summer or the next. If someone like Pep were available next summer, it'd be madness to let him go to City or something just so LVG can have one more year.
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Dec 13, 2015 17:07
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That through ball from Walcott for Ramsey's goal I can't believe he's learned to play football at age 26, top lad imo
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Dec 13, 2015 18:13
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Broletariat posted:That through ball from Walcott for Ramsey's goal the fact hes only 26 blows my mind, just been around forever
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Dec 13, 2015 18:19
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Broletariat posted:That through ball from Walcott for Ramsey's goal was sure he was going to gently caress it up as well hes not a player you want in possession of the ball unless hes in the box
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Dec 13, 2015 18:34
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Swansea are one goal above the relegation zone. Hopefully Norwich keep being poo poo.
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Dec 13, 2015 19:16
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sassassin posted:Swansea are one goal above the relegation zone. On current form we'll be above you by 1 point after 10 more games suck it
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Dec 13, 2015 19:20
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bahahahahahaaha
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Dec 13, 2015 19:27
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They look really happy just look at Moreno.
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Dec 13, 2015 19:30
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Broletariat posted:bahahahahahaaha
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Dec 13, 2015 19:42
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Broletariat posted:bahahahahahaaha
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Dec 13, 2015 19:50
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I dont enjoy LVG's football but like everyone else I don't think there is any point in booting him. Also I don't understand people saying he should have kept Hernandez. To score a million goals you need to be getting scoring chances in the first place and United aren't even creating them in the first place
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Dec 13, 2015 19:56
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Broletariat posted:bahahahahahaaha no way ahahaha
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Dec 13, 2015 19:57
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I think by normal he meant average
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Dec 13, 2015 19:57
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didn't klopp do that with dortmund's equivalent of the kop end every game too its a cute little tradition don't be mean
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Dec 13, 2015 20:02
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They were thanking the Kop for the roaring in injury time, not celebrating the result, I'm sorry all your boring managers just rush into the tunnel.
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Dec 13, 2015 20:03
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i'm the disembodied pair of legs running behind them.
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Dec 13, 2015 20:03
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Brendan Rodgers posted:They were thanking the Kop for the roaring in injury time, not celebrating the result, I'm sorry all your boring managers just rush into the tunnel. Should be grateful to the fans I suppose for not leaving after 85 minutes while they were losing at home to a team managed by Tony Pulis
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Dec 13, 2015 20:06
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tetsuo posted:didn't klopp do that with dortmund's equivalent of the kop end every game too its a cute little tradition don't be mean yeah it's a cool thing and I hope he does it every home game tbh, the crowd actually made some noise today and if he can keep cajoling them into creating an atmosphere it'll help in the long run for sure
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Dec 13, 2015 20:22
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julian assflange posted:Should be grateful to the fans I suppose for not leaving after 85 minutes while they were losing at home to a team managed by Tony Pulis also this unironically, hardly anyone left today and I reckon it's in large part down to him having a go at the fans (then pretending he didn't mean it like that lol) for leaving before
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Dec 13, 2015 20:23
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I don't care if it's embarrassing we haven't seen any passion at Anfield for ages so it was nice to see some sort of reaction
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Dec 13, 2015 20:25
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Klopp is that tryhard new boss who tries to take the staff on team building exercises and put up motivational posters in the office
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Dec 13, 2015 21:13
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Chelsea one point off the drop. Lmao. Go the Leicester Foxes.
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Monday Bandele posted:Klopp is that tryhard new boss who tries to take the staff on team building exercises and put up motivational posters in the office Motivational posters still beat motivational envelopes. alternate joke: I'm going to try posting more motivationally so he puts me up in the office 
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Monday Bandele posted:Klopp is that tryhard new boss who tries to take the staff on team building exercises and put up motivational posters in the office Just a German Rodgers then?
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corpuscollossus posted:Reminder that United fans still can't imagine a spot in their side for Chicarito Hat-trick Hernandez, because of the Van Gaal system if you think Hernandez would improve the side then I dont think you really watch football. HJB posted:Bournemouth have just beaten Chelsea and Manchester United in consecutive league games. Regardless of context I feel like that should be focused on more. Yeah and they'll gently caress it all up by losing against the likes of Villa and Norwich
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Dec 14, 2015 01:09
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Total Meatlove posted:In their last three league games United have managed one shot on target in the second half. This is just more of the press cherry picking stats though. At the end of the West Ham game every couple of minutes ended with a United player either narrowly missing the post with the keeper beaten, or shooting from 6 yards out and somehow still being blocked by Winston Reid. Obviously things could be better but if you go off the sports pages alone without actually watching you'd probably think we were somewhere around Chelsea's position. It would be insane to sack Van Gaal right now, the only thing that would justify it is if it's the only way to get Pep on board (assuming he's even interested in the first place).
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Scikar posted:This is just more of the press cherry picking stats though. At the end of the West Ham game every couple of minutes ended with a United player either narrowly missing the post with the keeper beaten, or shooting from 6 yards out and somehow still being blocked by Winston Reid. Obviously things could be better but if you go off the sports pages alone without actually watching you'd probably think we were somewhere around Chelsea's position. It would be insane to sack Van Gaal right now, the only thing that would justify it is if it's the only way to get Pep on board (assuming he's even interested in the first place). I think when you're in the entertainment industry and mainly the business of selling poo poo merchandise to idiot fans then you should probably sack a manager uniformed hated by the entire fanbase
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