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Terrible first half!
Our worst performance of the season, to date.
Not there yet, but a definate slide towards pre Klopp Lfc at the moment.
Itās a good job Spurs are shite otherwise we would have been hammered today.
They let us off the hook and we took our chance. What a bunch of gutless wankers Spurs are.
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The Fulham equaliser was a worldie.
A one off wonder goal from a bloke who had just come on! Top bin to the mm perfect.
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Oof that thunderbolt from Fulham at the death, what a shot that was.
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Amorim gone it seems. Not sure if it coincides with someone suitable being available, mind.
The clown show continues.
Iād be content if they persuaded either Glasner or Iraola to come. Both appear to have more idea about setting a team up. That said, while the Glasers & Ineos are in charge, might as well get Fat Sam in.
Itāll probably be Southgate though 
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Guessing they must have someone lined up.
Didnāt know Chelsea had sacked Maresca til the other day
Looks like Reggie Perrin could be the replacement
That would suggest sentience & even planning.
Utd hasnāt been run with either for a long time.
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Theyāre dropping like flies
I feel that Nancyās innovative tactical forms are the perfect tonic for Old Trafford now heās clearly available.
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Thatās funny because Nancy is a poundshop Amorim. This text regarding Amorim was copied from the BBC live page. It could equally have been written for Nancy. Nearly every single point applies to Nancy too. Itās uncanny actually:
Amorim, as a coach, is a system-first coach rather than a player-first coach.
He came into the job with an idea of what he wanted to create, in terms of shape and the roles each player in that shape do.
The Portuguese coach asked his players to learn his system even when they were not natural fits for the roles he expected, refusing to adapt his system to their strengths.
This decision was the source of many of his struggles whilst United boss. If a coach is unwilling to adapt to the players he has and those players arenāt good enough to carry out the roles you ask of them, results wonāt follow.
Inheriting a squad built to play a possession-based back four, Amorim opted for a 3-4-3 shape on the ball, encouraging direct play, whilst conceding possession at times.
Amorim wanted his wide centre-backs to step up and carry the ball, becoming involved in the attack when United have the ball, before pressing aggressively off the ball - roles that defenders had to learn. It often meant they found themselves in the opponentās half, whether aiding chance creation or having to press the player they were marking.
In Amorimās ideal system, he would play attacking wingbacks on the opposite side to their strong foot, which made Amad a good fit going forward but defensively he struggled in his new role. United lacked a left wing-back who fit Amorimās criteria with various options being shoehorned into the position.
You could make similar points about most positions in Amorimās system, with non-signing players not being ideal fits.
On top of that, Amorim drilled his players to play certain passing routines which began to become predictable and removed some of the freedom players had.
Amorimās reluctance to tweak his system allowed coaches to soon figure out repeatable ways to press United, whilst finding the same spaces to exploit in attack too.
I think the difference is Amorim tried to get himself sacked through performances on the pitch alone, and when Ratcliffe wouldnāt take that bait he had to resort to talking himself into getting sacked,
Whereas Nancy set up his team to be so shit on the pitch that they hooked him to put him out of his misery without needing to needle the board.
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I havenāt watched any of AFCON until today. Egypt v Benin is pretty dire stuff but the commentator 
No idea who he is (sounds vaguely like he might be a Saffer) but Iām sure he must have won the āWin the Chance to Commentate on an AFCON gameā raffle.
Every other sentence contains āyāknowā very often twice. He has no idea of who half of the players are āSalah plays it back to one of the players behind himā
His level of excitement at totally innocuous moments is off the scale.
I would have stopped watching but Iām open mouthed at how terrible he is.
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Thank fuck.
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Hopefully that is the last of the clownshow for the season.
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