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Daily Manchester United - Episode 102 - Transfer Deadline Special & United DisasterClass against Palace
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Niall is joined by Dan to discuss the Transfer Deadline day & DisasterClass against Palace.
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Introduction and Emotional Impact
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the Daily Manchester United Podcast. I am your host for this evening, Niall Hannigan, and I'm joined by Daniel Dada. Daniel, how's it going?
00:00:19
ontheballpod_
all been great but It's still alive, so all I can do is give thanks to God.
00:00:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good stuff. You can't let United take over your life, Dan. it's not It's not healthy.
00:00:27
ontheballpod_
Honestly.
00:00:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's not healthy.
00:00:29
ontheballpod_
Honestly.
00:00:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's like we're having a great week, and then they're just waiting over you at the bat, the classic meme.
00:00:34
ontheballpod_
that
00:00:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're unbelievable, honestly.
00:00:39
ontheballpod_
say there just the this list ah I can't, i can't i can't
00:00:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good
Transfer Deadline and Player Movements
00:00:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
stuff. I will try and it will try to get through this episode. So we obviously we had um we had Carmack and Kieran on yesterday, given a pretty raw reaction after the game against Palace.
00:00:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Today is transfer deadline day. um So we kind of have to touch on that, I suppose, and then a certain someone was at the match at the weekend. So we have to touch on that as well.
00:01:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
then You'll see how you're how you're coping.
00:01:08
ontheballpod_
I can't.
00:01:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
But and A tweet, 45, 46 minutes ago from Professor Romano. So it looks like United aren't going to be doing any more business in the transfer window. um We have Dargu, Heaven, and Diego Leon coming in. Gurnacho stays. Rashford's gone out the door. Sum it up for me, Dan. What do you reckon? and How do you think we've done here in the in the window?
Attacking Options and Planning Issues
00:01:32
ontheballpod_
That's a joke, honestly. i ask to To say that, that's the end of the chancel window for us. I'm not bringing an attacker after you've shipped out to you in Rashford and Antony. I think it's quite silly.
00:01:43
ontheballpod_
that Going forward, ah attacking options being Xerxes, Hoyland. who From what we can see, Amaran doesn't really trust them, starting mainly in the nine yesterday.
00:01:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:52
ontheballpod_
it I thought yesterday was going to be highlighting the fact that he doesn't trust the two strikers that he has, and maybe that the United would go out and you know possibly go and get a tell. I saw today after Tell, obviously he's gone to Tottenham, I saw that those was reports that Manu went in to pay the 5 million loan fee that Bayern Munich wanted, which is just is's this classic Manchester United always trying to just tube skate their way out of deals and it it's going to see the ah ruins in it unfortunately.
00:02:20
ontheballpod_
But yeah, I think the main thing is not leaving this transfer window with an attack card, after shipping out too is very poor.
00:02:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, the tell one was interesting because you know there was a lot of clubs in for him and it was kind of up to the player I think in the end to decide where he wanted to go and a bit of an indictment that they probably decided to go to Spurs considering both teams are doing quite poorly but um yeah it's it is poor when you mention I mean you look at the three that came in you have two wing backs and a center half and all very unproven and very young.
Strategic Direction and League Position
00:02:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, if that's if that's a strategy going forward, fair enough.
00:02:53
ontheballpod_
Yeah.
00:02:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
But we're also 13th, 14th in the league, like, um you know, and it's it's it's a horrible position to be in to be honest, like, but I mean, you're you're a fan of Dorgue.
00:03:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
I heard another episode like, do you do you think that that could provide any lift for us or is that just asking too much of them?
00:03:10
ontheballpod_
Yeah.
00:03:16
ontheballpod_
it's maybe if it was a thing where he came or other people but expecting him so solely to just give a lift and that just matters it's not it's not it's not going to be like that it's not easy as well but like the position that i feel bad for amaranth and i feel bad for you know some of the players that are coming in as well like the position to be in that everyone's going to obviously be
00:03:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:36
ontheballpod_
So depending on these transfers working, like we're watching Dolgan, we're going to watch Dolgan and we're going to be like, if he has one bad game, we're thinking, oh yeah, here we go, another bad sign from United.
00:03:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:44
ontheballpod_
But that's kind of the telescope that everybody kind of under what you join Manchester United right now. But it's a bad situation to be in, honestly.
Rashford's Move and Tactical Challenges
00:03:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, it's tough and it's it's bad that we're talking about a wing back as someone that could bring a bit of a bit of hope to the team. like i mean that that That's how far we've come at the moment where you know back in the day we'd be signing best players in the Premier League and then now we're kind of we're We're acting like kind of a mid-table club with some of the signs that we're bringing in.
00:04:11
ontheballpod_
No.
00:04:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
um It's not very inspiring. I do agree with you. I do feel sorry for Amran. The man left Lisbon for this. like He was living the life, and now he's come over here.
00:04:24
ontheballpod_
Honestly, he was unbeaten in the league. I honestly feel better, because he did it was made known that he didn't want to join at that very moment.
00:04:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:32
ontheballpod_
He wanted it to be a thing where he comes in the summer, but a man you told him is now and ever. And I just i just don't really understand the thought process in the US right now. from all from From when they first came in, from when they first got in the first place, i wasn't I wasn't too sure about it up until now, where ah stay given in your They've given him no back-in.
00:04:53
ontheballpod_
He's clearly seen it. He doesn't like the attacking options. You've given him no attacking options.
00:04:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:04:58
ontheballpod_
You got rid of attacking options and not replaced them. I don't understand it, honestly.
00:05:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah if you if you look at all their decisions all of it seems like panics like i mean you can it's so clear that everyone wants to give it a 10 hack he then wins the f fa cup and suddenly it's like well let's go shop and see if we get anyone and then they sign on to a new deal for him and then they give him 200 million to play with him the summer and then a couple of months later he sacked and they won't give any money to amram and they tell amram an hour never like it's just zero plan at all.
Management and Recruitment Critique
00:05:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
The Ashworth one is another one.
00:05:30
ontheballpod_
that's all
00:05:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
like It's just so frustrating that you know you expect a bit of ah bit of change when someone like that comes in, but it's just it's it's it's arguably worse in terms of management.
00:05:32
ontheballpod_
ah so
00:05:42
ontheballpod_
and and I don't care. I was very excited on the prospects of them coming in when everything you know with the whole restructure of the football football inside of the business. I was thinking, okay, that things were looking up.
00:05:53
ontheballpod_
We put in um some of the right people, the Oma Barada guy from Man City, Will Cox as well.
00:05:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:59
ontheballpod_
He was at Southampton. And things were looking good. like I was thinking, yeah, like these are these are like pretty good people, well-known people in their regards. And they were actually you know, help change Manchester United around. But it just it just looks like the same glazed menu. It just looks the same. It doesn't look any different between the glazes and what we have right now. It's just poor decisions, just making decisions on the fly. And it's just like poor planning.
00:06:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
It does it does and and especially like you mentioned but the the attacking players going out and It proved yesterday when when Amram started with no striker I mean I was looking at the team she going out and I was actually out of the front three I was trying to figure out who was actually gonna play down the middle and and because you know, you look at the options you had Ahmad who was starting the year kind of on the wing, then on the bench, then on the Ramram, he was playing his wing
Transfer Activity and Team Struggles
00:06:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
back.
00:06:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Then now he's playing ah one of the 10 positions kind of interchanging in the number nine as well.
00:06:52
ontheballpod_
Mm hmm.
00:06:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like we're totally reliant on on him to like pull something out of the bag in these games. And there's there's no other options to even compete with these guys because they're just not at the level.
00:06:58
ontheballpod_
Yeah.
00:07:01
ontheballpod_
no
00:07:04
ontheballpod_
Literally, that is just... I said Amad. I think every single game that... Turnahog is one in the... Not Turnahog, Amaran is one in the Premier League. It's literally been a bit... It's just been... It's literally been a bit of... What's it called? Amad brilliance. If it's not Amad's brilliance, we're not winning the game quite literally. It's literally just that. If Amad doesn't show up, then Manu don't show up. And that's kind of what happened yesterday. Amad didn't have the best of games and Manu didn't have the best of the games.
00:07:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, and even even the games that, you know, like you said, like we don't deserve to win like that's how Hampton game just thinking back to like that game was awful and it was just purely am I by myself pulling it out of the bag so um transfer window in general then
00:07:37
ontheballpod_
Yeah.
00:07:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah To be honest, I wasn't expecting much. like you know i i wasn't My expectations are so low at the moment that I wasn't expecting anything really to happen. like I'm expecting something big in the summer, but then is it going to come? I don't know. i mean If you were to give a rating for this window and talk about your expectations, Dan, what what would you give it?
00:08:06
ontheballpod_
I'd give it a 3 out of 10, honestly. I think, yes, we um improved in the position that we highly needed, which was left-wing back, I think.
00:08:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:15
ontheballpod_
I'm happy on that regard, and that's probably why they got the 3 from me other than that. We signed a setback from Arsenal who's not played a single first-team game. We signed Diego Leon as well.
00:08:25
ontheballpod_
yeah um'm so I'm not going to sit here and act like I know who he is. I don't really know too much about him.
00:08:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:30
ontheballpod_
and we shipped out Anthony, albeit Anthony's not been the great but look yesterday he's gone and got man of the match in his first performance four for for our bettors and we've shipped out um Rashford as well who at times he's shown that he can't go get you ah bag laws or gauze and we haven't replaced anybody, we haven't bought an attack or we've seen Hoyle and struggle, we've seen Zurgz, you should have your struggles, we've seen Gynatia, we those talks of Gynatia even leaving in January as well and
00:08:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
we knew We knew this would happen. What was always going to happen?
00:08:58
ontheballpod_
we haven't bought anybody into even one give these guys a bit of competition and two just improve what's going forward.
00:09:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. OK, we'll take a quick break there, and I'll be back with maybe a bit more about Rashford and also the game at the weekend.
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00:09:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
So the Rashford saga has kind of come to a bit of a conclusion, not not total, um I suppose, book close on his chapter at United, but but definitely a significant move. I mean, if you were to I was talking to my friend at the weekend, i was if you were to picture this happening about two or three years ago, you know,
00:10:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Rashford with the Villa jersey up and you'd be like, in what universe is this happening?
Rashford's Fit at Aston Villa
00:10:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like, first of all, in terms of Villa being, you know, a powerhouse as they are now, and then also Rashford coming off the season, he came off with the 30 goals and the the World Cup for England.
00:10:23
ontheballpod_
yeah honestly like i've always said it with the situation that i don't know what's going on there's always all we can do as fans is read the reports and come out there's been reports that he's not been training well there's been reports that you know the management the management above obviously just amaranth they're not too fond of you know the contract that he has and um the performances that he's putting out on the on the pitch they're not too fond of
00:10:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, what's, what's going on here?
00:10:51
ontheballpod_
You know, his commitment to the club as well, you know, his can go into the clubs and all these drinking issues and all that stuff. So there's all these reports here and there, but there's also seen stuff of Rashid. You know, he also came out himself and said they he wanted a new challenge after obviously he was dropped for the city game. And there's also been things of.
00:11:08
ontheballpod_
Rashford has also said he's wanted to stay, so I don't know. At the end of the day, we're just fans. All we can do is just read the news.
00:11:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:13
ontheballpod_
But like I said, the saga has finally come to the end.
00:11:18
ontheballpod_
I'm just surprised that we just didn't replace them.
00:11:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:22
ontheballpod_
We spent the whole of January just talking about our year when Rashford goes and Rashford goes, maybe then we could do a bit more business and Rashford's finally gone and no no business was able to happen. somebody that we should have picked up was or would have been tell he's gone to Tottenham now and just I and i ah just don't get it honestly.
00:11:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Even if we landed Tell, though, it's like kind of unproven as well.
00:11:44
ontheballpod_
Yeah. Yeah.
00:11:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's just like you know i don I actually don't know what to expect from it. So it's just it is demoralizing, especially looking around at the other clubs being so active and actually bringing in high-profile players as well that can make an immediate impact.
00:11:54
ontheballpod_
yeah
00:12:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I really don't know what the strategy is like in terms of, is it is it PSR-related? is it You know, are are we struggling financially? Is that what we have to do? um It's just, it's so confusing. Do we actually want to get back up into the operational answer the table? Are we comfortable to kind of sit here for a few years and and kind of keep ticking over? I don't really know what their strategy is because it changes so often.
00:12:25
ontheballpod_
Literally, that i I don't know what the plan is with Manchester United. I don't know if they they have prospects of rebuilding, because I feel like every single time we get to a chance for window, we're just talking about rebuilding.
00:12:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:12:38
ontheballpod_
We've been rebuilding for about 12 years. No other team takes this long to re rebuild. and it's It's becoming and tedious as a fan, honestly.
00:12:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is, um, Rashford at Villa, are we expecting a bit of, uh, an Anthony bounce here in terms of how well he's going to do Villa? Cause like, if he's playing with Rogers and and Watkins and Bailey and that midfield that they have Tealemans and McGinn and all the energy, yeah like he, so he suits that perfectly.
00:13:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like I'm terrified of what he's actually going to do at Villa.
00:13:07
ontheballpod_
Virtually. I think I think it's a good move and obviously there was talks with him going to Barcelona and I think maybe if today he had, if he had waited out, obviously, uh, Mensey signed Nico Gonzalez from Porto with um Barcelona having a, what's it called, a salon clause on him.
00:13:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:23
ontheballpod_
So they would have got some money from that, which they would have been able to use for Rashford, which they will kind of wait him for, but Rashford, you know, he couldn't bargain on waiting. I think that he could have possibly gone to Barcelona as well. But I think Aston Villa is a good move for him. They're a Champions League side, challenging for top four. They play very good football and they've got very talented players like Morgan Rogers, Watkins, and like you said, the midfield that they have as well. And they play quite good transition football as well. And that's what best suits Rashford. And I think it will be a good move for him. And he wants to get back in the England setup. And I think that this is probably the best position for him to do so.
Rashford's Journey and Fan Significance
00:13:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. like it's You couldn't really pick a better team for him, I think, in the Premier League, if he was to if he was to move just the way they play, the players that they have being creative. And and they do kind of play that pragmatic football, which suits him better.
00:14:08
ontheballpod_
Yeah.
00:14:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know I don't really think a possession-based team suits suits his best abilities. but ah Yeah, it would be very like it now for Villa to go on a bit of a Champions League run, wouldn't it? and And him to do so well in that competition, I can just see it happening like it's just set up for it in terms of the storyline. But ah yeah, I mean, look, it's he was he was brilliant for us. It was just frustrating at times in terms of some of the performances. But i yeah, I hope it goes well for him.
00:14:33
ontheballpod_
Honestly, I've always said, a lot of people that know me, like my friends, everyone knows how much I, like, I'm, Rashford's probably my favourite player at the time at Manchester United. At my time at Manchester United, obviously, I started supporting United probably around 2009, 2010.
00:14:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah yeah.
00:14:48
ontheballpod_
I'm a lot younger, so like, when I could have actively, you know, realised what's going on at Manchester United, and I was actually a fan of the club, Rashford was obviously just coming through around 2015, 2016.
00:14:59
ontheballpod_
And he kind of was like, for any young football fan or any young person that wanted to become a footballer, he would kind of like that dream of like, oh yeah, I want to play for Manchester United just like Rashford is. And that's kind of how the situation was for me.
00:15:11
ontheballpod_
And ever since then, he's been my favourite player. So I wish him the best at Aston Villa. I've always still said that I think it is best that he does leave United because I think it's best for both parties.
00:15:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:19
ontheballpod_
So I do wish him the best at Aston Villa. And hopefully he smashes it at Aston Villa and he comes back and he's able to get us good money for him.
00:15:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. Good stuff. Okay. We'll take another break there and be back with Daniel's reaction from the the thriller at Old Trafford at the weekend.
00:15:43
ontheballpod_
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Disappointing Game Experience
00:16:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Dan, you dropped the bombshell to me about 30 seconds before we started recording that you actually were at the game at the weekend. God love you.
00:16:17
ontheballpod_
Unfortunately, yes.
00:16:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
How are you? yeah are you in Are you in recovery yet? Or or how how's the farm after that?
00:16:23
ontheballpod_
A lot of people don't know, but I'm very much numb to the pain of Manchester United. They can't affect me no more, unfortunately. I'm very much numb to the pain of Manchester United.
00:16:33
ontheballpod_
However, my friend, he's a United friend as well, came up from London. I felt bad for him because this is his first ever time going to United game.
00:16:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
what say right Yeah.
00:16:41
ontheballpod_
So he's humbled away from London, left early in the morning to get to Manchester. I said all right cool let's go to the game together blah blah blah blah we've gone to the game together and they've completely embarrassed us it's it was a joke honestly the first 10 minutes I was thinking okay like I'm actually liking this mainly in the in the nine he's dropping in making things happen he's clicking and after that first 10 minutes it's like I don't know what I was watching anymore it just it was just poor like
00:17:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
Team Performance and Tactical Issues
00:17:10
ontheballpod_
carna The whole left side of the pitch, they didn't want to get involved in the game. I i don't get it. Every time he got the ball, he couldn't take on Craig craig or Chris Richards. I'm not quite sure what his name is. He couldn't take him on that lot. It was poor. And even Amad, he's been brilliant over the last couple of weeks. He just wasn't the best he has been as well. I think the best player on the pitch for me, personally, for in the manutia was was probably Maynu in that nine, which is which is very surprising, you know, playing the number eight out front. He was the best player on the pitch until up until he got taken off. I think he was the only one making real things happen, getting on the board, and making things happen. But other than that, it was poor.
00:17:48
ontheballpod_
I think he probably had one of his worst games in the in the United shirt that day. And when the two strikers came on, it just is showed why they don't play. It shows why Amir doesn't trust him.
00:17:59
ontheballpod_
I think it was around the 89th minute. Hoyland comes on, the ball's been fizzled into him, and his touch was so poor, everybody in the stadium just left. like At that point, me and my friends, we just we just left because it it was just flat it was so demoralizing.
00:18:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Yeah.
00:18:17
ontheballpod_
Honestly, ah i couldn't I couldn't write it. It one of those it under of the worst. Even ah i don't even go to start even before that the day before the game, I had a dream that I missed the game. That I didn't wake up in time and I missed the game. Maybe this was God telling me that we shouldn't have gone to the game. and Because my friend said he had the same dream as well. So maybe this was God telling us that we shouldn't have gone to the game.
00:18:38
ontheballpod_
hello they Yeah, they like I said, they completely embarrassed us. And Crystal Palace, but they they took advantage of it. I think Mateta came out in this interview and said that they knew how that they knew how many you were going to set up and the the manager prepared them very well for the game. And and yeah, and it worked out for them. for For someone like Mateta and Crystal Palace coming out in an interview saying that, yeah, they they knew that they could get a result against Manchester United at home. That's ridiculous.
00:19:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
Lack of Cohesive Strategy
00:19:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, you said ah it doesn't it doesn't get to you anymore, but there you go. Yeah, it's um I'm a bit like the same. I don't really know what to say about it anymore, because ah there's there's no way we can expect the same high standards from this team, because they're just so bad.
00:19:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
like it's there's There's no real other other way of saying it.
00:19:25
ontheballpod_
Yeah.
00:19:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Apart from them wearing a United jersey, you would never say that they're a United team. like it's
00:19:33
ontheballpod_
yeah
00:19:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
just just look um not even devoid of confidence just like devoid of ability which is so strange because like if you look at any other club in the league they can all like put passes together and and build like it's just so strange like yeah
00:19:47
ontheballpod_
Every single team in even Southampton with six points, they can come to Old Trafford and they can play their football. Every team in the league can come and play any type of football that they want at Old Trafford because menu they will allow you to play their football.
00:20:00
ontheballpod_
I don't get it. Why can't we as Manchester United Football Club? you can Honestly, i will I was sitting watching the game thinking that you guys actually get paid money to play the sport. I don't get it.
00:20:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. No, it's baffling. and it It is baffling. I don't... Honestly, I'm just repeating myself, but... It's very hard to find words to describe it. Um, it is, it is baffling how bad, how bad the situation is. Um, yeah, I don't know was, I mean, you mentioned even menu in the nine, like, I mean, such an indictment on the followers, but like, w what is going on? Like he's played in about three different positions. There's no other team that would have their, their DM or their center mid playing up top in a primary league game. Like it's, it's like, it's, it's laughable. Like Amram's trying anything because he can't seem to get a tune out of any of them.
00:20:49
ontheballpod_
That's literally it. It just shows that even from back in 10 hard times when he was playing a right back in the number 10 position, it just shows that this team is just poor.
00:20:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:58
ontheballpod_
It just lacks quality in all different facets. like I think, i ah I hate to bring him up again, but Ten Hard, I think he set us back many, many years. The transfers that he's made were poor. at The ah recruitment was poor. The these players, they're not adaptable. They can't play in different systems. They they could barely play in Ten Hard systems. So let alone trying to play in this whole freeback system where you're going to have to run a lot. They didn't like running. So I just don't know. Honestly, I think it's going to be like Ten Hammer instead. It's going to be bad before it gets good. But
00:21:30
ontheballpod_
I think fans are goingnna run out going to run out of patience with him and they're going to run out of patience with the club as well. so
00:21:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
the The worst thing is there's there's literally no silver bullet for this. like it's gonna like You you'd honestly just want to get rid of them and just start completely from scratch again.
00:21:46
ontheballpod_
I wish there was a way to just get rid of every single player, honestly.
00:21:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know. Yeah. What's that like in in career mode? Can you do that on T for?
00:21:52
ontheballpod_
Yeah, I just released everybody from their contracts, honestly.
00:21:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
Player Quality and Management Decisions
00:21:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
I thought was my, that was honestly my first reaction. And it's been my reaction after a lot of games, but you know, especially like, I think the wolves game of Christmas, like games like that, wolves, Bournemouth, Southampton, like, and then this one again, like at home, like it's just.
00:22:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
you just Even one goal goes in for the opposition. You're like, oh, well, that's it. like There's no way we're actually scoring to even get back into the game. And then you look at the actual performance themselves in person, and it's just devoid of everything. Just like ability, confidence, running, energy, just just like basic, basic stuff that would be in any team. Anyone could go to United and get a result.
00:22:35
ontheballpod_
That's literally it. And that's how I feel that everyone thinks in the league, that they they think, oh, okay, we got United next week. it It's not, back in 2010, if you saw, oh yeah, we got United next week, it's thinking about, if we can if we could get a point here, that would be great.
00:22:48
ontheballpod_
Now it's like, you you see United on the schedule, it's like, oh yeah, that that that that could be an easy three points for us.
00:22:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah that's three points yeah yeah yeah these are teams and when i say teams in and around us i mean 12 to 16th like that's the teams that are in around us thinking that south hampton like you said played us off the park but actually played us off the park in both fixtures if you remember the start of the season
00:22:53
ontheballpod_
Like Bournemouth and Crystal Palace are thinking, yeah, that could be an easy three points. This is unbelievable.
00:23:12
ontheballpod_
Literally, the free the the one where we won, the where or not if it if an honor doesn't save that penalty, and it's a whole different game.
00:23:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
3-0. Exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 100%. Like, so, you know, when we get back into the game, luckily with that, but it's just, it is shocking. I don't i don't know what to say. Like, they're every game they just go into and they're they're so bad. Even the games were like, everyone thought we had turned a corner. Like,
00:23:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
We were so lucky against Arsenal. They'd missed so many chances. Liverpool, that was the worst they've ever seen them. But like we're not even winning these games.
00:23:41
ontheballpod_
Literally.
00:23:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're just drawing them. And we're just like, oh, we're back. like And then you see a compilation on online or something of like a good move against some team I've never heard of in the Europa League.
00:23:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
and um And it's like, oh, we're back. Our Amoram systems working. i'm like They're literally playing against nobody's like. And they're just about scraping over the line in these matches.
00:24:00
ontheballpod_
Honestly.
00:24:03
ontheballpod_
Honestly, I think Manchester United, I actually don't see no reason why we can't play academy players from this point going forward.
00:24:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
hi ya yeah
00:24:09
ontheballpod_
I think that, I don't see why Chidoobi hasn't been promoted at this point.
00:24:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:24:12
ontheballpod_
he he's You've brought him in from Arsenal to to be the third tracker. That's why I heard you sent out Ethan Wheatley, you're known for a reason. So I don't know why he hasn't he can't be promoted. He used to get a chance. I get it, he's he's young, he's 16, it is kind of tough to just put a 16-year-old out there in the Premier League and expect him to do something.
00:24:28
ontheballpod_
However, I know FA Cup against Leicester's coming up, ten last 20 minutes of the game, give him a chance out there, just see what he can do, and maybe he can make an impact, or maybe, because I don't know, date that's what mentions United's DNA as Carrington, bringing players through the freedom free the academy.
00:24:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah, yeah. Yeah.
00:24:41
ontheballpod_
that's There's quality in that academy, the under-18s team, they've won they've lost one game in almost a year and a half. on The under-21s team, they're a very good side, that there's players in those teams that can be promoted because The players on the first team know clearly they don't care.
00:24:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, they don't care. They don't run. And they feel like they have their position. like They're not being challenged in their position at all, which is a killer.
00:24:59
ontheballpod_
That's literally it.
00:25:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
And they know that they're going to get play in every game. um It is so demoralizing. I actually tweeted that out after the Wolves game. I was like, please just play all the Academy players from now on.
00:25:09
ontheballpod_
That's literally it.
00:25:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
like it was It was an embarrassing performance. And like it's not we're not turning a corner. I also we tweeted out after the, I think it was after the, art but the Arsenal game was after the Liverpool game, wasn't it?
00:25:21
ontheballpod_
yeah Yeah.
00:25:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and it was like we have about six games now in a row, including the Europa League ones. We're like, they're all winnable games. like And then look at the results. like we haven't There's no corner.
00:25:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've turned no corner here.
00:25:34
ontheballpod_
ah So it's just like one step back, one step forward and then 15 steps back. that's That's literally how it feels being a Man United fan at
Past Achievements vs Current Struggles
00:25:41
ontheballpod_
times. It's just, it's honestly, I don't know, is it's scrolling.
00:25:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who do we have next? Do you know what I got?
00:25:46
ontheballpod_
I think we got, I think we're at tournament in the league next, I'm not even sure. Which is going to be an interesting game.
00:25:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
And they've finally won again.
00:25:56
ontheballpod_
I think we got less than f FA Cup and on Friday and then top.
00:25:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got Spurs, then we've got Everton who are on three on the half.
00:26:03
ontheballpod_
There on fire and then we got Ipswich and then Arsenal.
00:26:08
ontheballpod_
Honestly, it's going to be rough. it's kind of your ah
00:26:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's not good. It's not good.
00:26:13
ontheballpod_
but
00:26:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Where are we now? Like 13th.
00:26:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
God, it's not good. Ever done a three game win streak. Like, why are we looking at that game and going, yep, we're in trouble?
00:26:27
ontheballpod_
a team that we've that even when we beat them, I think we got 4-0. I didn't i don't even think it was a 4-0 performance. We got lucky in that game. was It's just every game that we win, it's just Ahmad brilliance and luck.
00:26:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, no, 100%. Yeah. And there's not many of those was games to point back to. So that that that proves it. I don't know, Dan. The thing is, the point I was going to make earlier, you mentioned 10 years ago when there was a fear factor about United, but we weren't that bad like three years ago, four years ago.
00:26:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
like We were like bad compared to what we were back in the day, but now this is a different level.
00:27:00
ontheballpod_
Yeah, this is like, we've never been 13th in the prep. Now, honestly, I remember that, you know, people will say, oh, Manchester United had banter areas, obviously, the Jesse Lingard, the dancing and all of that.
00:27:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nah.
00:27:11
ontheballpod_
But even back then, what, that Jesse Lingard, 2018, we finished a second in the league.
00:27:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah yeah it is shocking like i mean even the the worst was uh what we finished eighth with moise or something like that or seventh or eighth like but like this is yeah this is another
00:27:17
ontheballpod_
We won, well yeah we won we've won, we won the um Europa League, we won Carabao Cup, we were winning trophies. Even in 10 hogs, all four seasons, we won trophies. It's never been this bad before.
00:27:35
ontheballpod_
mm-hmm this is a new load honestly
00:27:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it is mad. like um and there's And there's no real way out because we just don't have the players. like I mean, could you imagine saying at the start of the year, Manu, after coming off the tournament he had with England, that Manu would be playing number nine in February.
Future Concerns and Upcoming Matches
00:27:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
like That can't be on your bingo card at the start of the season. like That is absolutely mental. How has he ended up there?
00:28:01
ontheballpod_
just i don't care that man honestly i didn't go
00:28:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
baffling stuff. Anyway, we'll leave it there, because we're we could be all night just ranting about them. But um yeah, we've got, what, Lesser coming up? We've got Spurs, Ipswich, Arsenal.
00:28:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's not looking good. They're all turning the corner, too. Well, except but I heard Rudes after looking to put his resignation in. But um I don't blame him.
00:28:24
ontheballpod_
Oh wow but a problem the says No problem
00:28:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know what he was thinking about that one. But anyway, we'll see. We'll see. But Dan, thanks very much for joining me, anyway. um we need We need to start getting you to a few matches that we can guarantee some some points as well because we can't we can't be having this on your permit traveling up from London. Good stuff, right? I'll see you in the next one.