183: BIG LOSS! Amorim's RACE Against Time to Save Man Utd!

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0:31I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United news. Lots to get into this morning. Anana is officially gone to Trabson Spore. We've got more leaks coming out of the dressing room in relation to that. Also, it is time to deliver for Ruben Amrim. I'm very excited about what we have got coming up over the next few days and weeks because we need to deliver. There's no two ways about it. And there is a huge miss for Manchester United in relation to the time crisis, I suppose, that Ruben Amarin faces. We'll talk about that. Also, I've got an incredible piece of AI for you. If we got time at the end of the show, basically AI has given the best ever Man United Premier League side.

1:11And I'm not happy about it. We'll talk about that as well. And also, I just want to send a message at the start of the show. I think we need to stay calm a little bit. I think there's been some reaction to the injuries to Mount and Kunja and reaction to Amrin wanting Watkins or favouring Watkins over Sheshko. I don't think these things are necessarily huge negatives. They are realities of football. We're going to pick up injuries, especially Manchester United. If you're a Man United fan and you like going, woe is me, we're going to pick up injuries. Let's hope that Kunja and Mount are not going to be as long-term as maybe we think they are.

1:48But they are out and we are well-stacked at number 10. and if we end up with issues in the midfield and up front, then that will be on the owners. We know that those areas were short. So, you know, let's wait and see. But I think at number 10, if we're going to get injuries anywhere, it's there or centre-back where we can actually deal with them and everybody's going to get injuries. As for Watkins over Sheshko, look, I can sort of get it. I sort of get it. But I sort of do back Favell on that, that I think we've got to look at, you know, I genuinely think Sheshko can be a good player for us. Anyway, just very, very quickly, a little bit of topical stuff.

2:25Well, no, actually, I want to start off with this. So Amrim's race against time to save Manchester United. I don't know whether this has been reported widely. We were talking about this on That's Football this morning. Me and Robbie were back doing win news or draw Premier League predictions. And we were talking about next week and the return of Champions League football. And Robbie was saying that he remembers a season with Arsenal where they didn't get into Europe at all. And it was weird because you watch the whole week of European football. which you can do on that football. And Man United won't be playing, not even on a Thursday.

2:55And I said, well, look, honestly, I would want Europa League football over nothing. I wouldn't want the Conference League over nothing. Never, never. I would never want that. But there is a big issue here in relation to time. And it fits in perfectly with what we're building up to on Sunday and the week after that and the week after that. Remember, we've spoken about how the FA Cup, not the FA Cup, how the FA Cup is important this year. But remember, we've spoken about how Amarin has to get the players up and the fans have to get up for every game. And every game needs to be scrutinised in finite detail.

3:32It can't just be left behind with how did that happen? We have to treat every game like a cup final. Unfortunately, Man City, you know, it's a big game. But even when it's Sunderland in a few weeks, got to treat every single game like a cup final. And I'll tell you why, because we need European football. We need European football, and it's got to be minimum Europa League at the end of the season. Conference League wouldn't wipe my arse with it. Financially, it doesn't help us. Thursday night football is a hindrance for something like that. And unless you've got two squads like Chelsea did, it's an absolute waste of time.

4:07So we've got to be in Europa League football or hopefully the Champions League. And to do that, we've got to be better. And to do that, we've got to win more games. And to do that, we've got to take advantage of the fact that we are not in Europe. And every bloody week, we've got to be at it from minute one. I remember Brendan Rodgers with Liverpool a few years ago when he nearly won the league. They were killing teams in the first 20 minutes. Other teams have done this as well. We've got to be massively intense. We've got to be massively energetic. And we've got to take advantage of the fact that we're playing a lot less games than everybody else.

4:43This is really, really important. So when I'm looking on a Monday at distance covered by players, I don't want to see us covering the same bloody distance as the opposition if they play the Thursday night game in Europe. I want to see intensity from Manchester United. And I suppose injuries could feed into that. It's unacceptable for Manchester United to be picking up lots of injuries this season when we're only playing one bloody game a week. We should be at the peak of condition and we should have lots of availability every week for these cup finals that are coming. why is it a big loss why is amrim racing against time because as we know we lost a lot of money not being in europe between 50 and 100 million pounds depending on whether you're in the europa league or the the champions league that's on earnings from winning it manchester united are also going to face a massive loss financially over the next year that they cannot avoid it's not just Europe, it's match receipts.

5:41Manchester United earn around£4 million every home game, regardless of whether it's Carabao Cup, Premier League, Champions League, Europa League. There are guaranteed four home games in the Europa League or in the Champions League, and you would expect to go through that and probably play another three or four. Add into the fact we've been knocked out the Carabao Cup, probably three home games there, we're missing out straight away on 10 home games. Do the maths. That's another£40 million to£50 million. It's a lot of money. And this is why it's a race against time for Amri because we just can't afford not to be playing in Europe next season again.

6:24It's a huge issue for Manchester United. So the importance of these games are not lost on me and should not be lost on you. We have to go into every single game and be better than the opposition in relation to preparation. Obviously, we're not always going to be better in relation to ability, but the time is now. I know we've said so many times over the years, time to deliver. I'm not going to say no more excuses because we know what the excuses are. We haven't got a midfielder. We didn't bring players in in time. But the intensity and the way we go into these games, we can't go in lethargic. We can't go in feeling sorry for ourselves.

7:01every bloody game this season we've got to treat it like a cup final and I don't care if it's Brentford I don't care if it's Chelsea we have to and we have a role in that and I'm glad the chart shows back actually because we can scrutinize performance at a closer level and we have the player ratings every aspect of every game I'm breaking it down into 15 minutes what did we do in that 15 minutes what did we do in the next 15 minutes we can't afford any slippage the players need to be on board with that 100 % absolutely 100 % and I think if and I also think if you're not on board with that as a fan you're not understanding these this race against time you're not understanding the the money that we that we that we're losing like we we can't just coast through this season I think you know in many ways we've had a good summer transfer window in relation to the spend but that can't continue that's going to be borrowed money again we've got to get money coming in and if you're losing 100 million in prize money and 50 million in gate receipts these are huge amounts of money and we've got to be in Europe next year we have to be and we can't be bloody you know I just don't want to see games of football and I suppose the big thing is I just don't want to see games of football from Manchester United where when where half an hour goes where we dither through half an hour it's got to be so focused all the time and if you've not got players that are focused you take them off you know I think we've asked for thank he says Amrum needs results 100 percent um okay get your comments in on that I want to just talk about Anana briefly so deal done for Andre Anana Travis and Spohr have signed Andre Anana from Manchester United on a season-long loan and they will pay his full wage so Anana is gone and that's a nice way to start the weekend isn't it um but this i mean look take this with as many pinches of salts as you want um manchester united are in talks uh to play a series of lucrative midweek friendlies in order to fill the going gaping void left by their lap of european football matches could be played in front of paying crowds in the uae uh with 11 free midweeks before christmas uh made about um they made about 7.8 million during their asia tour boosting their finances for the summer transplant transfer window so this has come in from mirror football so basically i'm about to say something really controversial here i nearly led on this but you know what i do mix it up and i'm also very aware that we're a community and i'm not massive on people just coming in for a headline and then pissing off so i like to have a conversation and we're a community.

9:42Also, it's in the mirror. So I didn't feel it was strong enough to start off with. But I am a huge fan of this. Can I just shock you? I'm a massive fan of this. And people are going to go, well, you say it's football, not a business. Mate, we are. The reason I started this show about the huge miss and the big loss and all the money we're losing, going out of the Carabao Cup probably cost us 10 million straight away because we would have expected to get at least another two home games which is going to be 4 million each so we are we are hemorrhaging money all over the place we're not in Europe we're not in the Carabao Cup we've only got one game a week in the Premier League hi Uncle Lazer here America's built on fast cars fast food and even faster women photo casinos built in America you know what they're fast at Fast cash prize redemption.

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11:20And if you're just tuning in, the reporters in the mirror is that Man United are looking at several lucrative friendlies to play in the European weeks when they're not in Europe. AC Milan ain't in Europe. RB Leipzig ain't in Europe. There may be others, you can tell me. There are some big clubs not in Europe sat on their arse. Why wouldn't you say, AC Milan, do you fancy a trip to the UAE or New York to play a game midweek against us where we can make a little bit of money? Now, the flip side of that coin in a footballing sense is how does that help your preparation for a game at the weekend? you know fitness of players traveling around the world absolutely absolutely you're absolutely correct and i don't make this decision lightly but if you can go and make 20 million by playing a couple of these friendlies or three or four of these friendlies that helps the club but as united red devil said i don't know is it even is it even legal i don't actually know the answer So I want to run a poll here on this.

12:32Would you play lucrative in-season friendlies? Start the poll. I don't see it getting up off the ground. I can see Amrim saying he doesn't want to do it. I can see certain players saying they don't want to do it and ultimately if they don't want to do it you don't do it because you don't want an unhappy team and manager but the reason I would do it and I'm not a mercenary and I am about football over business and you know I can't stand the way the club is run I know the financial situation of the club and I know the money that Arsenal and Liverpool have and are going to have and are spending and if somebody offers me a way to get 20 million pounds into Manchester United.

13:20I will take it. I will. I'm sorry. I will take it. And that's not because I'm a mercenary. It's because the mercenaries have burnt the bloody place down. And I need to build it. And I need to build it quick. There is a race against time. That 20 million quid coming in could help us do something in the summer transfer window that gets us back further. So I would do it. I would do it. And ultimately, you know, I don't know whether it's legal, but there's a lot of time as well. There's a lot of European weeks, like there's eight group games, which means there's eight midweeks that we're not doing anything.

14:01There's also another eight post February for knockouts. I'm not saying we do one every week, but maybe we do. maybe we do five maybe we do five and we make 30 million quid like it's 30 million quid when we're sat on our arse doing nothing um and in some ways are you not just preparing these players for european football next year um people saying oh the traveling's too much you can go and play in greece you can go and play in israel you can go and play in bloody norway and maybe not norway But there are places around Europe, Baku, Azerbaijan, where you can go and play, where it's quite a bit of travelling.

14:43So, personally, I would do a series between three clubs, four clubs, where there's a mini-league and you do it. UEFA will lose their shit. Of course they will. um but you know um it's a hard sell you'd have to go somewhere that wanted to watch it as well but I get it and I'm sort of convincing myself not to do it as I talk about it but I do get why you do it because we're brokio and if you can get money into the club I think I said it over the summer I heard about it in the summer I thought you know what I probably would um you know give me your thoughts give me your thoughts right i've got a few comments coming in already um are you going to do the ai yes i will do the ai at the end of the day these players should be used to playing midweek games and they want europe so they show that so they should hold want to play prestigious games as kyle do it and give that game that do it and give that guy streaming bundesliga game streaming rights he seems to be doing a great job yeah we'll definitely have the streaming rights liam um those friendlies could be the difference between a midfielder in january and nothing i vote yes is one inch wonder and i think that is the mic drop for me um if we use these dead weeks in europe to go and play some friendlies that we can get money for then it could be the difference between signing a midfielder in january and not um and people will say all the money will just go to servicing the debt if i'm being completely blunt so what that money's coming out of the club anyway if we've got to pay 30 million pounds this year on on debt revenue on debt interest it will never come from sir jim or the glazers pocket it will always come from the club's pocket so if you can find an extra 30 million from somewhere else it's still extra money in the club to you to be utilized somewhere else so i don't subscribe to the view that oh if we earn 30 million it'll go on the debt interest that that debt interest gets paid by this club anyway so yeah um if that start if that starts then the idea of a super league we starts again the thing we rioted against years ago just don't want this to be a catalyst for it says jack in the the the super league already exists mate super league already exists um i don't think real madrid or barcelona or any other big club will be pushing for the super league again um it already exists because when you look at it, I don't think Liverpool or Arsenal, maybe Chelsea, Man City are dropping out of that Champions League any time in the next decade, really.

17:22I think they're going to lock it down. Real Madrid and Barcelona have locked it down. They'll never not be in it. Bayern Munich will never not be in it. So the big clubs are in that Champions League already and you're earning a hundred million a year in that champions league so they're already making the stupid stupid money um and it will evolve i am absolutely convinced by the year 2030 before the year 2030 some of these eight league games that they play they don't need to play eight games they never need the champions league was brilliant last year the knockout stage was superb eight league games in a league system that doesn't actually make that much sense they never needed to do that the reason they've done that is more games more money i guarantee you one or two of those games will start being played around the world i think we'll see real madrid play by munich in new york in a champions league league stage before 2030 so i don't think i think the super league's already here i think the super league forced uefa to create the champions league as it is now the money is just going to keep going up um i don't think we'll see a super league so if you're not in it i think you have you have to have a right to earn money i just don't know whether it'll be legal or not uh that might help this uh solve that i need game time issue says exo yeah but you know what at the start of the season you do need behind closed doors games and if we could have you know lucrative competitive friendlies midweek then you know the interesting thing is as well i've been i've played the game i've done this for like 10 years if man united were playing ac milan on wednesday at five o 'clock in saudi there's still be a load of people watching it we'd probably have more live viewers on the united stand than af tv will for the atletico a Bilbao game.

19:24The interest will be there. You know, you see it on tour. Whether they can do it, I don't think we will do it. But if it can bring some money in, you know, you've got to be selfish, haven't you? Daniel Derbyshire, you're a legend. Thank you for being a member for 59 months. I'm surprised you was completely against this last week. I wasn't. I wasn't. I don't know what you're getting mixed up with, JR, but you better go on Milk Sue Ellen. Dallas because I think she was a cow. Actually, I obviously don't. I think she might have been his wife. JR from Dallas. I'm getting people mixed up here. I think the problem with friendlies during the season is a risk of injury to important players.

20:06Absolutely exactly, Ghost 92. That would be the problem. If you went and played a friendly against AC Milan and you lost, you know, Manu for three months, people would go, why were we doing it? Why were we doing it? Imagine we signed De Jong in the summer, says Harley Thomas. um we already play friendlies behind closed door during the season only concern is traveling fatigue and jet lag says Slazy and Kyle says at the end of the day there these players should be you have done that one from Kyle so yeah give us your thoughts on that in relation to the poll would you play lucrative in-season friendlies 54 of you are saying yes and 46 of you are saying no um you know it's the financial thing isn't it i i i just i i think we are in big trouble i think we're in big big trouble um and that's why i started the show talking about the huge losses we have moto casino america's social casino welcome to moto casino where the excitement never ends with thousands of the hottest free-to-play social casino games fastest payouts and the best promotions in the industry.

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21:58But do you trust, if I said to you, OK, we won't take the money, we won't do the friendlies, we're going to be pumped up for every game, we're going to treat it like a cup final. Do you trust this Man United side if we say let's not do the lucrative friendlies and let's focus on winning every game every week. Do you trust them to turn up every week fitter and more intense than the opposition? Because I don't. I actually do not think we're going to see United every week treating it like a cup final, being fitter and quicker and more intense than the opposition who haven't had the whole week off.

22:33I don't trust them to do that. If somebody can show me the evidence of it, okay, let's not do these lucrative friendlies, but I don't think we're going to turn up at Spurs when they've played midweek and be, you know, quicker and faster and fitter than they are. I don't, but let's see. Just a little bit more to talk about this morning. Interesting that this is, who put this out? Here we go. Oh, all right. Let me read it before I tell you where it's come from. Manchester United players are relieved to avoid the nonsense of a four-man goalkeeping department following Anana's departure. departure.

23:12Players felt it would have been a problem if Inanna had not secured a move following Le Mans' transfer. There is a little bit more before I talk about it. As the final days of August, Inanna was adamant he would stay at United. However, his error-strewn performance in the loss to Grimsby preceded his demotion for the Premier League win against Burnley three days later. Sources say Inanna effectively felt forced out following the arrival of 23-year-old Le Mans. This is all coming in from the journalist who writes for the Manchester Evening News. So I look, to be honest, I just think what a load of shit.

23:54I mean, this is a guy that is very, very toxic around Manchester United, who gives ridiculously shit player ratings to players that he doesn't like, which we saw after the Arsenal game, even though we played well. And we are meant to sit here and believe that there are players giving him information so they've picked up the phone in the international break and said hello chief reporter at the Manchester Evening News yeah I'm in the first team at Man United and I just wanted to let you know we're really glad that Anana's gone because it would have been absolute nonsense if we'd had four goalkeepers bye do you really think the modern footballer gives a shit if Man United have got four goalkeepers Why would you care?

24:36Why would you care if you were a Man United player if there was four goalkeepers at the club? And why would you be telling that particular journalist? So, look, if a Man United player is leaking to him, they need booing out because, you know, nonsense. As for Inanna, I mean, just reading that back again, and obviously I'm only reading it, it says, Inanna was adamant he would stay. However, his error-strewn performance in the loss to Grimsby preceded his demotion for the Premier League win against Burnley. I might be about to say something really high IQ here, but his error-strewn performance against Grimsby preceded his demotion for the Premier League win against Burnley.

25:19Correct me if I'm wrong. He'd already been demoted for the Arsenal and Fulham game that preceded the Grimsby loss. So what are we saying here? The Grimsby game meant that he got dropped in the Premier League and then decided to leave. He'd already been bloody dropped. I don't know what some people in the media are struggling with. Maybe it's because we had it in March. I don't know. I don't know what they're struggling with. The fact that Amorim had made his mind up about Inanna in March. It certainly wasn't after Grimsby. There seems to be this story that, you know, up until the Grimsby game, Inanna was Man United's number one.

25:54The problem with that is he wasn't the number one, though, was he? He absolutely wasn't the number one. And we'd already approached Martinez in June. And we'd already tried to sell him to Monaco in June. So this nonsense that Anano was number one and then he was shocked when Le Mans turned up. He couldn't believe it. He was like, what are you doing here? I'm the number one at Manchester United. Oh, I can't believe I've made mistakes against Grimsby because I was clearly number one, even though I wasn't number one. Oh, what's this? You want a goalkeeper? What? It's the first I've heard about it.

26:29I mean, I saw all the news that you approached bloody Martinez, but, you know, I thought it was a joke. I thought it was a joke. I thought they were talking about Lissandro Martinez. I didn't realise you were talking about Emmy Martinez. And when you tried to sell me to Monaco, I thought you were trying to send me to Monaco GP. I thought I was going to be stood there watching Lewis Hamilton. I didn't realise you were trying to sell me. Well, I've never been so shocked in my life. I thought I was number one. I can't believe it. I wish I'd tried better against Grimsby now. Oh, I've ruined it. Inanna.

27:00Inanna's been wanted out of that football club for a very, very long time. And, you know, if he hasn't woken up and smelt the coffee on that, and I'm not just, I mean, I am talking about that particular journalist, but also Inanna himself, then boo bloody hoo. You know, I couldn't give a toss, if I'm being honest, to be frank. Right. This is going to be very interesting. So I don't even know how I saw this today. I don't even know. Actually, I do. I do. I was up early this morning recording Win, Lose or Draw with Robbie. We do it very early on a Friday morning because we're both very busy. And I was uploading it to YouTube.

27:42And while I was on YouTube, I got recommended this video about AI's best England team ever. So I thought, you know what? I had a couple of minutes to spare while I was waiting it to upload. I was sipping on my tea and I thought, you know what? What does AI have as Man United's best ever Premier League side? So this is not ChatGPT. This is Gemini, which is Google. This is Manchester United's best Premier League side ever as per AI. Listen to this. Peter Schmeichel in goal. Gary Neville right back. Rio Ferdinand centre-back with Nemanja Vidic, Denis Irwin left-back, David Beckham right-wing, Roy Keane and Paul Scholes midfield, Ryan Giggs left-wing, and then Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney up front.

28:32I think AI, understandably, is a chuff monster because that team is ridiculously post-1996. I mean, we were a football club before 1996. We did win things before 1996. Steve Bruce, Gary Pallister, Eric Cantona, Paul Ince, you know, there was a lot of players that were very, very good. I think that team sort of plays to the, you know, people in their 20s and 30s. I don't think it necessarily plays to those people who are a little bit older than that. I disagree with certain aspects of that team. I find it very, very difficult not to put Eric Cantona in. Eric Cantona was the catalyst to this whole football club's success.

29:17I mean, he basically is the shoulders that everyone else stands upon. And you had to live it to know. We were a football club that was lost. Lost. We literally gave up a league title to Leeds the season before we bought Cantona. And then he came in and gave us that aura to be able to win. And then we never stopped winning. So I think Eric Cantona, not only was he an absolute magician as a player, the king, he was also the spark that started the fire. So I find it very difficult to leave Cantona out. So he has to be in for me. Eric Cantona has to be in. um i also think that this vidich and rio thing it has to be one i don't think both of them get in i don't think rio and vidich are the definitive dominating center backs of man united's premier league era i think personally i preferred yapstam i'd go yapstam and vidich i thought i think yapstam was absolute all-rounded good on the ball quick strong um and i think there's a strong case for for Gary Pallister as well.

30:24I think he was very, very good. Steve Bruce, maybe not, but certainly Gary Pallister. I can't argue with the midfield four. For me, that is the dream. I don't think I'll ever in world football know, and obviously formations have changed, but I don't think I'll ever know a balanced midfield four than that. I mean, it was incredible. You know, Beckham and Giggs were completely different wingers and they complemented each other. And Scholes and Keane were different midfielders and they complemented each other. So, yeah, I would put Yapstam in at the expense of, well, I love Vidic, so it'd have to be Rio.

31:01I would put Cantona in and I suppose I'd have to take out Ronaldo because he wasn't a striker at Man United. So I don't know why he's up front. So, yeah, I mean, if you want Ronaldo in the team, probably got to take Beckham or Giggs out. I don't see Ronaldo as a forward in a Man United side. We can't take Man United greats and go, well, he was a striker at Real Madrid. You know, he was a striker when he came back, but that's not the Ronaldo that gets in an all-time Premier League side for me. So, yeah, I'd go with that. And also Schmeichel would be my goalkeeper. You could, you could, I wouldn't do this.

31:41You could put Denis Erwin at right back and you could put Patrice Everett left back. I wouldn't do it, but you could do that. So, yeah, two changes for me. cantonar comes in for ronaldo and uh stamp comes in for rio but um it's not bad for ai if i'm being fair it's not bad um i haven't even looked at the chat yet just having a look somebody just said there's a bit of news coming in here let me have a quick look here's golf legend john daly hell yeah these wins are piling up faster than my divorces i only spent on moto america's social casino you know i've won a couple of majors and on moto i've won majors grand and epic jackpots on their classic vega slots with huge huge bonus rounds moto casino adds new games and awards players free coins every single day grip it and spin it on moto casino download the moto casino app today moto casino is a social casino board we're prohibited no purchase necessary visit moto.us for more details you

32:48brighton technical director david weir has left the club okay people will be getting excited about the labour now just reading about liam delap liam delap's out for 12 weeks with his hamstring so you know these hamstring injuries can be significant hopefully it won't be too bad for us uh amarin press conference is at 1 30 today so we will be live at uh just after that we we watch it and then we react to it because i think that's the best way to do it so we will be live for that um let me oh come on there we go there we go there we go why is harry mcguire not there hey it's not a bad team it's not a bad team i just i just struggle and i've i've probably had different Premier League 11s over the years, you are going to change it.

33:42I don't really have a problem with anybody who does change it because we are blessed as a football club from a certain period of time to just have so many, you know, wonderful players, legends, you know? But maybe the older, I mean, I always appreciated Cantona, but the older I get, absolutely just totally understand that he is without question you know and and the younger generation won't realize it but without question just such a important player for us uh what are we expecting from amarin's press conference mark um yeah i think we'll probably get a little bit more about mainu um and i was very interested in the main new conversation before the international break i think now it's an irrelevance look i would love to say we'll get 10 good questions of our manager but you know that i mean that's the downside of no european football as well because we've got access to press conferences for europe because it's done through uefa but because it's the premier league they're very strict about press conferences which is a shame um so we won't be getting any access this year but i hope we get some good questions but they struggle because they're not really football fans they're journalists and journalists have a different uh motivator um So they'll be looking for headlines.

35:02And I think whenever Beth was in a press conference, we talk about questions. We always thought about what you want and what we want because we're fans. So the questions most of the time would be quite niche around what's important to us. I think journalists these days, especially and always, really, they want the headline. They want to catch Amrim out. They want to make him say something he doesn't want to say. so i expect we'll get a lot of questions around things like mainu but in relation to mainu what question is there that's interesting what answer is there that's interesting ruben um you know mainu wanted to leave before the international break because he wants to play football for england england playing well he's not in the squad because you're not giving him game time what happens with mainu now could he be heading out the door in january to which aaron will say we want Kobe here.

35:56We believe in Kobe. You know, he's got to work hard, but this is the place for him. And if he wants to play for England, then he can do that by playing for Manchester United. You know, it's a competitive league, got lots of games. We just want him to work hard and be a Manchester United player. And that's all you're going to get. You're not going to get, yeah, we're really annoyed we couldn't get rid of him. We don't want players here that don't want to be here. And if he thinks he's playing between now and January, he can go swivel. and good luck to him finding a club in January. He ain't going to say that.

36:26I think because he doesn't think that. So we'll get a question on Maynou, probably get a bit about Pep and he'll admire Pep for what he's done. I don't think there'll be anything groundbreaking in there. Injury stuff will be interesting. I mean, I'm hoping there's no other injuries. One thing that does concern me a lot is that, you know, So we've had international breaks. It's not unusual sometimes for Manchester United to have other injuries. So hopefully that'll be OK. And yeah, look, I'm just I'm just thoroughly looking forward to to the game on Sunday. I think some people are a bit nervous about it, but I think, you know what?

37:13We we put ourselves in this ridiculously embarrassing position where we don't have any European football. where we're desperate for it financially, and also more importantly for footballing reasons, we've got to go and get it. There's a vulnerability to Manchester City. Chelsea aren't unbeatable. We've got a great opportunity in front of us to go and get four points. I don't care how we do it. I mean, if we get six, we're winning the league. But if we get four, I'll be very, very happy because remember that we are still working through a very, very difficult start to the season. Not many clubs are going to have Chelsea, Man City and Arsenal in their first five.

37:50They are three of the top four clubs in England and they're difficult games. So once we work through these games, if we can come out of them with positivity and confidence, that's going to stand us in great stead. And also, I think that, you know, as much as it's disappointing to lose Cunha and Mount, by the time they come back, you want them to be coming back into a team that's not struggling so that they've got to work their way back as well. you know maybe xerxes has a glow up maybe amad does really well as a 10 maybe bruno goes in at 10 and everyone's like this is where he should play so i think there's um i think there's um i think there's a real opportunity for us to um i don't want to use the word no no more excuses because there clearly are excuses in relation to what we did and didn't do in the transfer window But I think in relation to the players, there is a huge owe of the fans are owed so much after last season.

38:48And I think that they've got to start going out there and delivering. Like we've got to start seeing performance. We've got to start seeing, as Maud says the other day, we've got to start seeing results. That is not all on the manager. Like these players have got to start showing it. Reuben Amarin will not change. When you think of it like this, Reben Amorim is not going to change as a manager if he's got to go and play in the Champions League on Tuesday and then Chelsea on Saturday. He doesn't change. He's not any more tired because he's not playing. As a player, if you've got to play Sunday against Man City, Wednesday in the Champions League and then Saturday against Chelsea, that's three games in six days.

39:26You are going to feel that. As a manager, you're not really going to feel it because you're not playing. There'll be a bit of mental fatigue and a bit of organisation. We need to see the difference between playing two games in six days and three. We need to see that. And the players need to show that. They can't hide behind, if we lose this game, the pressure's on the manager. You know what I mean? Basically, what I'm saying is, is that if we lose against Man City and Chelsea, the pressure will be on the manager. What about saying to the players, hold on a minute, you're playing two games in six days, every other year you'd be playing three.

40:02You're literally not playing a match. You're not traveling for a match. We need to see intensity from second one to the last second. And, you know, if we're not seeing that every week, we've got a big problem. And that needs to be scrutinized. You know, it really does. We're about to witness a season that we haven't seen for a long time where there is no European football. And I expect a very, very, very, very different intensity from this team. And intensity is not just energy and running. it's concentration fatigue can make you miss a pass fatigue can make you miss a shot focus focused energy has to be coming in really does um let me have a quick look at what we've got going on here um but yes just while i'm looking here don't forget tonight we have got dual streams back again if you're in England and Ireland we've got Leverkusen no longer managed by the club formally managed by Eric Ten Hag against Frankfurt these are two very good teams to watch they've got an abundance of talents that we may look at at Man United or the Premier League may look at we've got the live match coverage tonight from about quarter past seven we have got an eight o 'clock show for you on here as well so make sure you're tuning in football's back tonight not Ben says hi Mark thank you for your smile and nod until they shut up strategy got me out of the unwanted chat with odd cod where i work at took a good five minutes legend i'll realize what you're talking about now so the smile and nod until they shut up strategy got me out of an unwanted chat yeah i was talking about this the other week wasn't i about how if you don't want to be in a conversation with somebody just make contact contact smile and nod think about something else and then yeah it takes it It takes a lot.

41:53I've been there. Tom McBride says, for me, press conferences these days are futile, all the same and pointless to listen to. Every question that gets asked, you know what the answer is. Yeah. Fabrics de Romano just posted about a play around for 12 weeks. Who? It's... Moto Casino. America's social casino. Welcome to Moto Casino, where the excitement never ends. with thousands of the hottest free-to-play social casino games, fastest payouts, and the best promotions in the industry. No tricks or gimmicks. Owned and operated in the USA. Moto Casino is a free-to-play social casino. No purchase necessary.

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43:42As I said, mine, Schmeichel, yes. Gary Neville, yes. Vidic, Stam, Irwin. Beckham, Scholes, Keane, Giggs, Cantona, Rooney. That's my best prem, Man United XI. But I'm leaving out people like Gary Pallister, Edwin van der Sar, Rier Ferdinand, Patrice Evra. Paul Ince definitely um could argue Carrick in a way was very good um Ronaldo certainly I think Kincelskis was a very good winger um Hughes Van Nisselrooy Andy Cole Dwight York probably wouldn't put him in anyway um yeah there's some there's some notable absentees I mean what did they put here um no i think i named most of the ones really but um have to post the kitchen when it's done mark taking this long it must be a masterpiece as curly it i hopefully it will be it's still going to be quite a while because um the concrete floor has to set before they can put the tiles down so there's not a lot going on at the moment to be honest but um it was very intense for the first few weeks um why are you not in the studio today because they're building a cupboard outside my studio but it's not for fuck it's not for me it's for bloody coats i mean you'd think a cupboard outside the studio would be you know for me to use but no apparently not it's for coats and shoes um was it called the premier league pre-94 yes andy premier league started in 1992 do your homework can't say they are same players jose or ollie had says class of 99 the games could be like a warm weather camp says damien yeah i i just want to say that if if um um i'll go back to the poll but like we have this poll running that would you go and play friendlies against someone like ac milan who also aren't in europe in saudi maybe four or five times between now and the summer you know we wouldn't do it every european week it would be maybe once a month you could make 30 million quid from that and especially if you did it in january and february it would be warm weather training yeah that's another great point uh imagine uefa's face when mvutv shows this series and has more viewing figures wenger won't be happy says martin that's what i mean i think that um i don't think uefa will allow it but you know what i'd say to uefa we don't want um a champions league without merit and we didn't qualify for it so if you want us in it then they uefa's problem would be that we're taking viewing figures away on the champions league well you just kick off at a time when the champions league isn't playing so maybe do it four o 'clock in the afternoon or something like that and then you say to uefa you're banning us from doing that because we're going to get a lot of focus away from the champions league the ideal situation is that we're in the Champions League, which is probably what we all want, but you can't put us in there without us earning it.

46:54And we can't get back in there if we don't earn more money. So the end game is UEFA want United in there because we're massive. We want to be in there, but we can't get in there. You can't invite us in. That's bullshit. There must always be meritocracy. If you want us back in the Champions League, then we need to earn more money. And to earn more money, we need to do this. It's obvious, isn't it? We already, thank you very much to Slazy as well. What would you say the chances that Le Mans starts as Mystify? I'd say 70%. It's not definite, but I'd say 70%. The team selection is on the manager, though, so Simply Red.

47:32Open on and ever switches his lock screen picture, says Jide. Thank you very much for that. Okay, let's go back to the live chat. 54 % of you would play lucrative in-season friendlies. 46 % of you wouldn't. Thank you very much for that. I think we'll end that there. Okay. Score prediction for the City game. Did I not do it on the preview yesterday? I loved the show last night, by the way. Absolutely brilliant show last night. I know it started off as a preview, but it went into other places, which was really great. Mitch says the AI team is spot on. I just think maybe some of you were up your mum's chuff.

48:10I don't know. But Yapsdam. Anybody who remembers Yapsdam, I just don't think he can leave Yapstam out. I mean, we won the treble that year as well. Like, that's never been done before. And Yapstam was bloody brilliant. Like, he was so good. He just didn't feel... I feel like Yapstam was almost a fusion of Vidic and Rio because he had the muscle and strength of Vidic, but then he had the speed and passing ability of Rio. He was like, it was so good. The problem with Stam is he just wasn't here as long as he should have been because he fell out with Sir Alex, but he was very, very good. I just think Stam doesn't probably get the credit he deserves apart from the people who lived that era.

49:04He was very, very good. Liam Gellaps out for 10 to 12 weeks because of a knee injury, says Strida. I thought he'd done his hammock. There we go.

49:22Stephen says, you're forgetting players from my era. Duncan Edwards, Charlton, Best, Crerand, Dunn. Does anybody want to tell him? I think I said it a few times, Stephen, to be fair, to make it, to drop a hint as to that. I'll tell you, it's Premier League era. um mark you never have a rainy day says billy moon what in relation to mood or actual weather because it definitely bloody rains here uh selling stan was the biggest mistake ever says happy life i genuinely think and this is a great point towards the end of the show i genuinely do not well i'd love to do it i wouldn't love to do it actually i wouldn't i'm lying i would not want to have been doing the united stand when we were successful under sir Alex or even when we weren't successful and people always say I bet you would love to have done it no I loved it for what it was I loved living it the way it was um we didn't really have social media you know the the main conversation you had was with teammates at work and stuff down the pub um and we live breathe and eat it now I lived and breathed it in a different way then and I just don't think I don't think anybody's ever said this but I will I don't think the world we live in now would have gone hand in hand with Man United's success under Sir Alex because I think that's a great point letting Yap Stam go at the time you just went wow but I trust this manager can you imagine it now people would be going live going sack the manager what's he doing why is he getting rid of stam oh yeah and it wasn't just that we did he did it with beckham he did it with van lisseroy he did it with ints kinchelskis and hughes he did it with stam he did it with keen it was a regular occurs occurrence um and no yap stam shouldn't have gone and it was a massive shot i think he did a i think i get i do get crossed hairs here but i think Stan did a book criticizing the Nevels.

51:32I think he did. And I think that's why he got, they got rid of him. I might be wrong on that one. I think Van Nisselrooy.

51:58the only app worth your time. Moto Casino, the social casino. We're prohibited. No purchase necessary. Visit moto.us for more details. Download the Moto Casino app today. Must be 21 plus. Moto Casino, American Social Casino. I fell out with Ronaldo and got booted out. And I think Sam said something about the Nevels in his book. But then again, that might be hearsay. I don't, I just vaguely remember something like that at the time. But, I mean, look, it's a reminder to many of us just how ruthless Sir Alex Ferguson was. And we're celebrating Ameren removing players that definitely need booting out.

52:42And we're going, something's changing at Man United. Why would we not? You know, it's just so different. Like what Sir Alex Ferguson did on the regular would be, see you, Bruno. Off you go. But get out. I don't want you there anymore. Amags. No, I just don't quite fancy you. Get out. You know, that's the level of what Sir Alex, but a much higher level because you're talking Beckham and Stam. He would get rid of first team players and you'd go, what? But then you get used to it and go, well, he knows what he's doing. And I wasn't happy about Beckham going, but you trust the manager. we celebrate a manager getting rid of shit now because we've not got rid of it for so long.

53:25And I think there are things at United that you just sort of look at and go, how did it go so wrong when the blueprint was ours? Like, how did we used to get rid of first team world class players? And now we can't get rid of expensive flops. You know, it's weird how the club sort of went. we went from everything we did was elite to everything we did is the opposite and i don't know how we did it because sir alex is still there you know in a sense or has been um as well as stam's book he got banned not long after leaving so there was rumors that was part of it says glancy yeah i thought so um fantastic show this morning i'm very excited to have football back please do check out win lose or draw on that's football our premier league prediction show is back um interesting robbie's prediction for the mangan matches at derby by the way i've gone with a 2-2 draw um don't forget we've got reaction to the press conference with i think it's beth at about half past one we'll be live for that uh looking forward to that i'll certainly be in the live chat being mischievous uh we have an eight o 'clock show tonight and of course we've got the uh it's terry at eight o 'clock tonight and i'm on that's football with the eintracht frankfurt leverkusen game which i'm very excited about so uh you can have multi multi streams going on because we've got a non live footage for the rest of the world and we've got the live footage if you're in england and ireland so lots for you to cover very excited to have the week at the weekend back the weekend's never gone uh very excited to have the football back and uh thank you for everybody for tuning in this morning um i'll be in more familiar surroundings tonight take care i'll speak to you in a bit

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