188: Amorim SACK Threat! Mainoo TO Newcastle?

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0:35As Ruben Amrin faces the sack in the next three games, Manu could be heading off to Newcastle. Will we see a new goalkeeper coming in for the Chelsea game? Also, are we about to see Lissandro Martinez adopted into a centre-defensive midfield position? How much will it cost to sack Amrin? Who would be the viable options to come in for him? Is it the right decision for Manchester United to make? And also, would you be looking at someone like an Emery to come into Manchester United? Or do you have your eye on somebody else? Welcome to the News Clerk Show. Hope you're doing very well this morning.

1:09I certainly am. I'm very tired. I was in London last night, but lots going on. Lots going on, actually. And as tired as I am, I'm ready to go. And I hope you all are as well. OK, so let's get straight into it. I mean, I suppose, look, the first place to start actually is I had this message from Sam C, who basically said that all this talk of Manchester United being looking at managers, there was an article in the Mirror yesterday saying that Manchester United had a shortlist done with regards to managerial replacements for Amrim. This is what Sam C sent me. My sources remain adamant yesterday evening that United are fully committed to Amrim and there has been no movement whatsoever towards lining up alternatives.

1:56Senior source told me the message is clear. The manager's position is not under threat. And the focus now is firmly on results on the pitch rather than who might be next in the dugout. And look, I've listened to all sorts of stuff. There was a talk sport presenter yesterday trying to tell everybody that he's a great, he can read people. And Amrim's basically asking for the sack. um you know if i wanted uh mind readers i'd i'd go and speak to mystic meg and she's dead so you know i couldn't give a toss about mind readers i couldn't give a toss about shortlists the reality is as of as of right now um the common sense prevails that of course 100 manchester united are going to be sticking with reuben amrit um the question has to be how long that will last for i I think sometimes we're in a rush to make changes, but ultimately this is a predictive change.

2:47It's nothing more than that. There's certainly no prospect of an immediate sacking. I said this on Monday morning, like people who were saying sack him now, get rid of him. Ultimately, they're just clickbaiters. They're just farming for interaction, whether it be a tweet or a news article or whatever. They know as well as I do. They know as well as you do that Ruben Amman's not going to get sacked at the moment. And it's the world we live in, isn't it? Where, you know, cancel culture, basically. You know, let's do it now. Let's do it near an hour. There is no patience. Even if you want Amarim to be sacked, surely you have to accept there are certain protocols that need to go through.

3:25Now, I saw another article last night about Amarim's got three games to save his job. I mean, somebody, let him speak, Simon. I mean, come on. Of course he's got three games to save his job. Pep Guardiola's got three games to save his job. If Pep loses 4-0 in his next three games, his job's going to be in jeopardy. I mean, this is top-end Premier League football. If Ruben Amrim loses to Chelsea, Sunderland and Brentford, he's going to lose his job. But nobody has rang up the Daily Mail or the Daily Mirror or the Athletic and said, Ruben Amrim's got three games to save his job. At the end of the day, he's got three games to save his job.

4:00Fuck it. We're not at that point with Manchester United, but we are Manchester United. I sit here and say, if he loses to Chelsea, Sunderland and Brentford, he's got to go. I was driving back from London last night and I was thinking about it, you know, that half past midnight. And I was going, ultimately, we finished. I had this moment of realisation about halfway up the M1, which is a motorway in the UK. It's the main arterial routes from south to north or north to south. And I just thought we finished 15th and we lost to Spurs because there was a Spurs fan on the radio. and I was like, we lost to Spurs in the Europa League final.

4:39This could have been us playing Villarreal. We finished 15th, 15th, and we're losing a lot of games. There has to be a point where no matter who you are, you're not safe. And I just, you know, I've always known that, but I think you can't be belligerent to that and you can't be stubborn to that. There has to be a point. And I would say nobody's coming out with a hot sauce. You know, you're not Nando's. No one's coming out with the best source in the world saying he's got three games to save his job. I think his job is safe. But if he loses the next three, he probably has to go because nobody can live with that.

5:18But all this talk of replacement managers and stuff like that, it's fake news at the end of the day. And that's not dismissing the hammering out movement. That's not dismissing the fact that his job's not in jeopardy because it is. But where we are right now, and I'm glad about this. I might be the only one in the room who is. Oh, this one in the corner is not. Speak up. But no, like I seriously think that like where we are right now today, the right course of action is to back the manager. Because if in a year's time we've got Glasner in charge and he loses to Arsenal and Man City in his first four games, I wouldn't want them to be talking about sacking him.

5:58I wouldn't want them to be thinking about sacking him. But acknowledgement is key that we could be on the pathway to that. I've been saying that since the loss to Manchester City, the relentless obsession with Bruno Fernandes in the midfield. I mean, I'm starting, breaking news, my FC 26 career mode is starting this evening. I've just got to figure out what time. I went down to London. I came back with the code. So we start two days early. The first thing I'm going to do is sell. Well, I'll put it to the chat. Do I sell or keep Bruno Fernandes? That's, you know, we're going to be a democracy. In real life, Ruben Amram will keep picking him in the midfield.

6:36I think that is a little bit like at the airport when you're queuing up and then somebody turns up with a fast track ticket and bypasses the queues. I think Ruben Amram is fast tracking himself to the sack by playing Bruno Canandes in the midfield. We will wait and see. So I think ultimately all the noise, all the shortlists, all the three games to save his job, all this is fake. As of today, absolutely, as per Sam C, as per loads of other people, Manchester United are firmly in the camp of keeping Ruben Amrum. That's where they are today. Where they'll be on Saturday night, where they'll be the following Saturday or Sunday whenever we play Brentford, that is a moving plate.

7:24but right here, right now, they're going to back the manager. And I think even if you hammer him out, you've got to acknowledge that. Because if you're somebody that if you were in charge of Man United, you'd sack hammer him because he lost the Manchester derby. My question to it, because you know what people will say? They'll say, it's not just because of the Manchester derby. It's because we finished 15th. Yeah, okay, right. So you're not going to sack him because he lost the Manchester derby. you're going to sack him because he lost 15 he finished 15th why didn't you sack him at the end of the season then because everybody who keeps talking about 15th why didn't you why weren't you all on him out at the end of the season you can't go back to 15th and last year spend 200 million pounds and then say i'll sack him after the manchester derby this is the mistake we made with ten hog ten hog should have been sacked like many of you wanted to after the fa cup final i I wanted to keep him and some people did.

8:22What we never should have done was spent 300 million pounds on him and then sack him two months later. That's stupidity. Yeah? I call it stupidity. Stupidity. It's ridiculous. If you want to get rid of Amritem, you should have gone at the end of the season. You don't spend 200 million pounds and then sack him after a Manchester derby. So where we are at the moment, logically, I agree with. like you know we might be on a pathway to it but we have to stick with it for now and the way out of this problem is winning um but they're not talking to other managers they're not looking at other managers i mean i was looking at so i was looking at the list actually um i was looking at the list of potential replacements and i mean keel might well be in the chat i'll go into some of yours in a moment um he wants jose marino jose marino is going to benfica that's breaking news this morning so whether you want Jose or not um is it is by the by because he's going to go you've got Unai Emery being mentioned I like Unai Emery but hello um look at look at look at the case with Villa at the moment I mean they haven't scored a goal in four Premier League games they look absolutely redundant um they've just gone out of the Carabao Cup to Brentford I mean okay we can't say too much because Grimsby uh are knocked us out but you know the the thing is I like Emery but Arsenal didn't go particularly well and Villa is not going particularly well he's a good manager but this is what I'm talking about I am not saying and Emery's not better than Amory what I'm saying is I've already seen the vulnerabilities of Emery and I can see them now Now, you took him into Manchester United.

10:10Vulnerabilities are basically, you know, on the menu at Man United. I mean, you don't, you don't, it's not your strengths. You can't show any weakness. And I've already seen weaknesses in Emery. So why would I bring him to Manchester United into this pressure cooker? What I mean by that is I've seen Emery at low points. And as soon as you see a weakness in a manager, it will get exposed at Manchester United. He is not going to come into Manchester United and have that aura because I've already seen weaknesses. Southgate, you're making me swear in the morning show. Get out. Glasner could be a Thomas Frank.

10:48Could be. Same with Iriola, but I don't really know. Marco Silva, the same. They're all a punt, aren't they? And Pochettino. I mean, Pochettino, I've seen his vulnerabilities as well. So look, I don't see the pathway to a new manager. And ultimately, as in my opinion, and I'm not going to dwell on this because you will have yours. In my opinion, when I'm looking at managers of Manchester United, I don't think it's the answer. I really don't. I think we bring people in and as a fan base playing squad and ownership, we will destroy them. we have a part to play i read a comment on one of the videos yesterday i don't know whether it was beth or terry's i was you know driving back looking at my phone i wasn't driving by the way i just want to make it i wasn't i'm driving up the end while i was i was in the back um and um i was looking at the comments and uh there's quite a few people saying the fan base are a lot i've got a lot to answer for when it comes to managers and i thought you know what it's not untrue you know there are people in the fan base who i think have lost it's not my place to say this but i will say it um i was having this chat with terry the other day i think that there are people in the arsenal fan base and there are people in the man united fan base and who will never be happy i don't know how it happened and i'm sort of segwaying something in here but this is what we do i think there are people in this fan base who will never be happy i think they've lost themselves in so much negativity that they're lost.

12:25I don't think there is a thing that makes them happy. And what I mean by that is, even when you're second playing counterattacking football, people wouldn't be happy. Even if we were winning the league by 10 points and we lost the way to Everton, people wouldn't be happy. I think maybe it's modern football society, I don't know, but I definitely think there are just people there who say they're fans, but nothing actually makes them happy. I never ever see them tweet anything or write anything that's positive. I just think that they're lost in the negative and they can't find a way out. Nothing makes them happy anymore.

13:04And I've seen it with other clubs as well, but I don't actually think there's anything that makes them people happy. And therefore, those people therefore become problematic because no matter who the manager is, I think they will always be a target. But beyond that, I don't think a change in the manager changes anything. I really don't. That doesn't mean you shouldn't change the manager, though. As I said, if Man United take one point or two points from the next nine, it could be another October international sacking or certainly a hotbed of activity where United are looking. you can't just stick.

13:43I was thinking about this last night. You can't just stick with a manager. You can't. We should. And I think this is where people get a little bit confused. I do not want to sack another manager. I think a lot of you don't want to sack another manager because we've done it so many times. It never works. It makes things worse. I do not want to sack another manager. But it's like being married five times, isn't it? It's like you've married four people, maybe a couple of them you look back on and go, that was my fault. A couple of them you go, that was their fault. But I've been married too many times.

14:20It's ridiculous. Everyone's laughing at me. So you get married for the fifth time and you go, whatever happens, I can't get divorced again. But then the fifth person that you marry is actually worse than all the other four. what you're going to do stay in that relationship so that you don't get divorced again like and that's sort of where i'm looking at it i'm like we can't sack another manager it's ridiculous to sack another manager we've done it so many times and it doesn't make things better but that doesn't mean you should stick with a manager if it's clearly wrong i don't think we're at that point with amrin but what i'm saying is i i stubbornly do not want to sack another manager but it doesn't mean Amrim's the right guy.

15:03It doesn't. And even I accept that. But I don't think we have the answer to that yet. What I'm saying is, if he continues to lose games, and I'm not talking about Chelsea at the weekend, their midfield could shit all over us at Old Trafford on Saturday. But the Sunderlands and the Brentfords and the Wolves and the Crystal Palaces, you've got to start winning them games. And if you don't, they're the games that sack you. So yeah, if we lose to Chelsea on Saturday, it's going to be a bumpy ride. But it's the other games where I look at it and go, that's where you've got to see the progress, certainly.

15:37So yeah, look, in relation to the news, obviously, this is more of a survey of the scene at the moment, because I haven't been with you since yesterday morning. But there is no immediate move from Manchester United. There is no talking to agents. There is no rumblings of him leaving or anything like that. but results can change that and players can change that and if I was Sir Jim Radcliffe as I said to you a couple of days ago my biggest concern at Manchester United is that unfortunately there are certain players in that team on the leadership team who subconsciously or consciously

16:24know. I really have to give 100%. Is it really going to change my life? If I get in the car after Chelsea and we've lost 7-0 and I drive back to my mansion with my lovely family and my massive bank account and I wake up the next day and Amrim's been sacked and there's a new manager coming in, does it really change my life? I'm still driving into a brand new refurbished Carrington the new manager might treat me better even if he doesn't I've got a nice long contract and you know maybe he'll have a couple of months injured you know and I know that sounds really stereotypically horrible but I've purposely painted worst case scenario because I think we've seen it for 10 years and some of those people who've been party of that are not here anymore but it's the culture I'm talking about the culture and the culture at Manchester United is when the going gets tough the players get going but they don't get tough they literally go like and we've created this culture where when we have these situations we need to see a reaction and they're just out of touch i mean somebody was messing i mean i will bring it in i wasn't going to bring it in i personally don't have a huge issue with this but i saw a few people last night saying that Jadon Sancho had put a post out saying, great to have my first debut for Villa, and Bruno Fernandes had liked it.

17:47Now, in the grand scheme of things, it's minor. It's really minor. This is just the way the modern footballer behaves. They are not a fan. They do not realise that liking Jadon Sancho's post as the captain of Manchester United will piss off Man United fans because they don't like Jadon Sancho. but Bruno Fernandes is probably a good friends with Jadon Sancho and sees it as I'll do what I bloody well like. It's not my argument. I like him. I like his post. It's not that deep, which is what I sort of agree with. But some people get very angry with it because they're sort of like, you're the captain.

18:26You played shit in the derby. You're liking the post of a guy who's treated the club like shit. I don't think Roy Keane would have done this, even if he did knew how to log into Instagram when he was a player. And it's just, I don't have a problem with it because I know that's what it is. But this is why I think we fail because we allow that. We allow those personalities at the club who are not entrenched. And maybe it's the same at other clubs, I don't know. But we're not the club we used to be. You know, we're not that club. when, you know, why is the captain of Manchester United liking a reject who couldn't be arsed at Man United playing for another club?

19:07Because it doesn't matter if he does. Because people in Manchester United don't care if they do that. It's not that deep. It's not that deep. But it is that deep when you're finishing 15th and players aren't turning up for a Manchester derby. It is that deep when they're not tracking runners. And it's like the whole mentality at the football club, I'm a firm believer that we need a reset. But how do you have a reset? Because I don't even know how you do a reset. But we need to, it's almost like, I don't know. I don't know what the answer is. I think that we've just lost our way. And my big concern is, and the real reason I'm talking about that, is that there's no accountability in our playing squad.

19:45They can basically do what, I mean, Ganaccio was walking around in a fucking Villa shirt, you know? There's just no accountability at the football club at all. And, you know, I watch us play and I think, you know what? We really need to roll out. How many times over the last six years have we said, we really need to roll the sleeves up, siege mentality? And it doesn't happen. It really doesn't. Class of 99 says, good on Bruno to not be dictated to by the mob. I don't care whether he, whether, mate, I really don't care if Bruno Fernandes wants an interview, let's do it. He won't do it. But, you know, I'm not dictating a mob.

20:25It'd be great if he could dictate the midfield. um you know i was playing pro clubs last night on a ff a fc 26 on a computer game literally talking about this is what bruno needs to do when he plays center midfield it's disciplined you hold the position you go forward when there's an opportunity you hold your position you track the runners you protect your defense you get the ball you play the ball you know it just doesn't do the job and that's on amrim so i mean look everyone's entitled to their opinion personally if i was Ruben Amrim, I'd be saying, stop liking posts of players that couldn't be asked to play here when you're the captain of the club.

21:00I would do that. I don't think it's that deep, but I would do it. I'd go into training today and I'd go, why have you done that? Why have you done that? And if he goes, I can do what I want. I said, yeah, I should have fucking sold you to Saudi, shouldn't I? Because why not do it? You know, it's the flip side of the coin. There's nothing wrong with Brudo liking James Sancho's post. There's probably other Man United players have done it there's nothing wrong with it at all it's not that deep there's also nothing wrong with me as a manager saying why the fuck have you done that well because i wanted to well i don't want you to do it well i want to do it okay we've got a bit of a problem then don't we i don't i think it shows that you're not committed to this football club well i am committed to this football club well prove it to me then because you were shit at the weekend you want to go around liking other players posts prove to me that you're committed to this football club because all i've seen is you're liking that post and you played shit at the weekend.

21:51So I don't think you committed. You might get a reaction because it isn't that deep, but it is that deep when he's playing shit and he's doing it. You know, you might be able to, I'm probably talking at a higher level in relation to management here because it's about motivation. I don't really care about him liking the post, but I might be able to use it. I might be able to use it as a manager and maybe some of you've not managed. And I'm not talking just about football here, but I would use that as a way. I'd be like I might be able to get under his skin here I might be able to force a performance out of him here I'll give it a go what are you doing liking that last night he couldn't be arsed at this football club you're liking his post what do you think fans will think about that oh it's not that deep gaffer well it sort of is because you didn't play well at the weekend and I'm sort of questioning your commitment to the cause because you're not playing well in the derby, you're liking ex-players posts you might you might you might you might get something out of it you know you might um right uh i've got so much to get through oh yes um payout for amram if he goes this is quite important 12 million is reportedly the fee that amram will get individually if he gets sacked by manchester united so that doesn't even include his coaching staff so you know you're probably going to go north of 15 million remember it's only a year i mean let me just make this clear the more we sack managers the more it goes on and today get ready today because the financial figures are coming out i don't know i think they might be quite good because we can live off the europa league revenue from the end of last season i think the next one won't be but the thing i was going to say is if we sack amram and he goes for it costs us 15 million that him and his staff we're doing this every year now like you know when you look at the yearly figures and you see 40 million in interest debt repayments like just interest on the debt 40 million just chucked into the sea if we sack amram we did this to tenago only 12 months ago so suddenly you're almost every year of your accounts you've got to put 15 million aside to sack a manager and remember However, if you want Glasner, Iriola, Marco Silva, Pochettino, they're all under contract.

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25:16That's a lot of money for Manchester United. £30 million is a lot of money for anybody, but£30 million for Manchester United is huge. I mean, look, we couldn't buy an experienced goalkeeper because we couldn't afford it. So we had to go for Le Mans, who was cheaper. hopefully it'll work out in the future. But that was a cheap signing. Scolzi was saying it the other day. He said, look, you know, Man United need an experienced goalkeeper and they sign potential. It's not logical. And he was saying that. He was like, you know, nothing against this player. He could be brilliant. Hopefully he will be.

25:48But what football club that's finished 15th watches their city rival go and buy the best goalkeeper in the world whilst we go and buy a kid? That's a financial decision. 100%. no logical football club who is as low as we are goes and buys a kid to go and go, they don't we've done that because it's the best we can get for the money we've got because the alternative would be a journeyman goalkeeper so I think that you do have to factor in that and again it's not an excuse not to do it but if they sack Amorim 30 million out the door to sack and replace him you then instantly devalue every signing he's made because they're classed as amirim signings um and the new manager needs money as well um so yeah i mean look the club the reason i mention it is the club will be absolutely desperate not to be doing it but they might have to do it and if they do have to do it obviously i think they're there to blame as much as amrit uh in the house the problem not the system they bullied amram to start mid-season partly backing him in the transfer window and still no signings as you've uh by not saying a thing to bruno liking a post also meant player power still above the manager says adrian uh slow sports news with the super chat hope you're doing well says ollie was sacked after the loss to watford in november ten hog was sacked after the loss to west ham in october amram needs to change the mentality in these players but he also needs a full season that just got me thinking you know what all we get is noise about do this do that sack him you know sack him after a Manchester derby I actually looked at this the other day and I want to just go through it with you you can almost pinpoint where things can go problem problematically by looking at Man United's next few games so we have no European football we have no Carabao Cup football so Manchester United's autumn is Premier League makes it really easy because European football, Carabao Cook football can be a potential banana skin on the pathway of a manager.

27:58Now you want to be in the Champions League, of course you do, but if you're getting smacked up by Benfica or Carabao or something like that, that can be a pitfall. So it's quite easy to just sort of project where the problems might come for Amrim. Now Chelsea for me is a free hit. I know that sounds ridiculous, but I think Chelsea's a bit of a free hit. Unless you get beat like 3-4-0, I think a 2-1 loss or a 2-2 or a win, it's almost like a power boost, isn't it? So I think the Chelsea game, it will be very bumpy if we lose it, but I don't think that would be the end. I think it really starts Brentford away the following Saturday.

28:34So you've got Brentford away, Sunderland at home. Those two games are very, very concerning. Like really, really concerning. They're both before the international cake where people have a lot of time to talk and they're both games you've got to win. Brentford away, traditionally, we haven't done that well there. And Sunderland at home, my God. I mean, that was a game I was looking at at the start of the season with Seb as let's go and watch that, we'll definitely win. Unfortunately, we've got a football tournament that weekend, so we couldn't go anyway, but I wouldn't even look at it as a game we'll definitely win.

29:08So those two games, Brentford and Sunderland, are concerned. You've got to get results out of them If you don't, it's really worrying. We come back from the international break and we play Liverpool away. Now, with all due respect, that's not a game that's going to sack you. I know Mourinho got sacked after a Liverpool game. I think we made a mistake. I've always said it's the one sacking that I just think was wrong. Player power, a weak board. I think we should have stuck with Jose in hindsight, even though I was Jose out. I didn't know the... That was where player power was born and we didn't really know about it.

29:43So I don't really take any notice of losing to Liverpool's bad. But, you know, we lost to Liverpool 7-0 and the manager didn't get the sack. You know, Oli got pumped by Liverpool at home and he didn't get the sack. And I don't think Liverpool is the game to sack someone. So if he survived to Liverpool and then he loses, I don't think he'd lose his job there. That takes you to the end of October where you play Brighton at home. Again, that's the sort of game if you get turned over at home at Old Trafford by Brighton, that's very dangerous. but it almost starts to get better then anyway. If you can get through that Liverpool game, Forest away, tough.

30:17Spurs away, tough. Everton at home. Palace away. So November's really tough. Like, again, you look at it and you go, you cannot, this is what I mean about, I don't find it interesting going through fixtures, but you can also almost map where it's going to get tough. So even if you get through the Liverpool game and you think, oh, I'm okay, November's three out of the four games are away at Forest, Spurs and Palace. And Everton are much improved. So November could be a real pain to get through. Then you get into December, West Ham at home, Wolves away, Bournemouth at home, Villa away, Newcastle at home, Wolves at home.

30:54So if you can get through November, you've got six Premier League games, of which four at home. So if he can get to Christmas, I think he'll last the season. but I do look at that run and I go, you know, it's, I just think the Premier League's ultra competitive now. And that's why Newcastle lost 12 games and finished fit, because it's so competitive. I think you used to be able to look at the Premier League and go, oh, that's a good two months. I mean, I literally remember doing shows with you lot saying, out of our next seven games, we need to win six. And that was in the last decade when we were shit.

31:34You can't look at the Premier League like that. It's so competitive. So even though we've had a difficult start to the season, by the middle of October, we've played the top four. But then November is really difficult. So I don't think this is going to solve itself very quickly. If Amram said that to Bruno, he would get sacked, says Danny. Is it that deep after Derby defeat and he's liking post from United Trader? They don't care. It is deep, says Dazzo. mark heat two confirmed have you read the book uh di caprio as hannah or otis says aiden wilson i mean i i love the book i love the film and um i didn't know it been confirmed so that's great news aiden career mode confirmed as well fc 26 man united career mode confirmed um i'll be streaming it hopefully around sort of five o 'clock today um if i can't do it at five i might do it after the champions league at 10 o 'clock tonight but we i'll keep you updated with that beyond my career on my channel.

32:33No European football. Not favourites to be in the top four. We'll do a poll on whether we should sell Bruno. I'm very excited about this career mode, actually, because it's the first one I've done where United aren't really a top four team. So Goldbridge ball, basically, taking Man United back. And it might become our new reality. It might be like COVID, where we had no football and we just focused on the career mode, because God knows what's going to happen in real life. We'll beat Chelsea in draw against Brentford, says Sal. Good on Bruno to not be dictated to by the mob. That was class of 99.

33:04Amrim's stubbornness is going to be his downfall. Yes, he should have his own philosophy and try to build something, but his job is to win the next game. And to do that, he needs to adapt and be pragmatic, says Lazy. I disagree. I think people are obsessed with formation change. He's not going to change it. His system is adaptable. It has been adaptable. We didn't beat Leon just playing a back three in the game at Old Trafford. Like he will be adaptable, but what people want him to do is play a 4-3-3. People confuse adaptability with formation change. I've seen Amarim's system adapt loads of times, loads of times, but it's not a 4-3-3 and that's what people want.

33:44We don't need a new manager as we fans need to manage our expectations. We unfortunately aren't the United of Old. We need major surgery and it takes time, says Evan. Nice haircut, Mark, says Eggy. Not actually had a haircut, but he's probably styled differently. he plays a different system and he's only had one window says Cameron the problem is that half our fan base is toxic says Carlos the start of last season Oliver Glasner had a terrible start press was all over him talking about his job says Dazzo I remember that the same pundits and ex-players who predicted we would lose to Arsenal and City because we're not at their level are now ripping Amarin for having lost says Brishesh mad isn't it those managers are not winners says Keel doesn't keep doesn't keeping Amarin for financial reasons the same as keeping players that needed to go long ago because the ball doesn't want to take the hits is alex yeah but it's still it's still going to be a big issue uh you can't ignore the fact that that's that you're right but um you can't ignore the fact that mangan i have made a lot of decisions based on financial decisions for a very long time um that's just who we are it's not new is it um three four five uh they can't even do six at the back with bruno says hamza um john united says if inios had researched amrim they'd know his style personality and he'd fall on his sword before changing his ideals it's inios's fault yet fans and media have knives that knives out for the same cycle good comment we have more recent evidence of amrim winning titles than luke bruno harry uh albeit in portugal but i back on amri 100 says tabo uh love you in the united stand did you see the indy kayla tweet sounds like a cia operation ridiculous media speculation thing about that indy kayla account is i'm still very much in the uh i don't believe it you know obviously got a couple of big things right in the summer but now i think people take everything as gospel and a bit like fabrizio they post way too often and what i know about the football world is as per people like david ornstein you don't get an exclusive five times a day and i just think some of these some of that posts is just chasing you know interaction um and i saw that one about man united secret talks with other managers we're not in any secret talks with any other managers tell us the manager then we're not in we're not in any secret talks because right here right now they need to back hammer him and they are backing hammering the only element of any headline i've read over the last 24 hours that i would say is true is the three games to save his job and not because he's been told that just simply because if you lose to Chelsea, Sunderland and Brentford, you're going to get the sack.

36:18So, I mean, there's a lot of managers that have got three games to save their job. There's probably half the Premier League managers that if they lose three in a row, they're probably looking at the sack. So, you know, there's nothing new in that. Red Devil Germany says, Are you still Amramin and would you still be if he loses all three games? And did you watch Adam's interview at Sky with O 'Hara? I don't know who that is. and I'd certainly not give a shit about O 'Hara. Yeah, wouldn't be high on my credibility. Must listen to them, Manchester United opinion. Geordie Boy says, it's my birthday today.

36:56I am still Amramin, yes, just to answer the question. Sorry, Red Devil Germany. Yes, I am still Amramin. The Bruno thing is my big thing. You know, I think people sometimes live their life very literally in relation to extremes. Yes or no. I have always said to you that even if I had a boss that I massively respect, if they said something I don't agree with, I wouldn't do it or I'd question it. And people go, oh, but I think that's not is that not normal behavior? That's that's how I was brought up. That's how most people I know behave. I don't know whether that's a behavioural trait of the modern world, but I didn't just back 100 % something because I liked that person.

37:41And I didn't just disagree with everything because I didn't like that person. You know, it's like I want Amram to be successful, but this Bruno thing ain't going to work. So my honest opinion on Amram has not changed since the Manchester derby in the sense that I wouldn't sack him and I'm not Amram out, but he is going to sack himself. He continues down this road of stubbornness around the midfield. you've got to change it and i saw a story this morning i can't remember where it was from about mainu and newcastle and i'm like you know that's more like it i expect that type of story by the way about mainu um he wanted to go only a few weeks ago on loan um and he didn't and he's still not starting for manchester united so i don't think that problem's going to go away and i saw some people going we don't need this this is the last thing we need oh we do not need this oh what we don't need this Maynou to Newcastle talks.

38:32And I'm like, chill. We had Xerxes to Italy talks before months before Christmas last year. I don't mind those sort of things. In some ways, it's a nice distraction. Of course, Maynou and Newcastle might be having a little bit of a chat. Maybe Man United are encouraging it. Maybe they're saying to Newcastle, give us 50 million and he's yours. I don't mind that sort of thing. I mean, I hope it's not going to happen, but at least it's a bit of a reality bite as to the the major issue for man united for me is the midfield and of course i would love to see menu playing next to agate or casemiro and bruno either dropped or number 10 ideally but we have got a major midfield issue and i think stories about menu being unsettled highlight that that's the sort of thing i want to be talking about i mean let's not pretend that menu's you know the international the the transfer windows closed and menu's sat there going great he's running out of time there's another international break coming up in two weeks three weeks he's nowhere near the magnate team so you know do i think newcastle would go for mania i think they're very stacked in the midfield i don't know why they would but then again they might look at it as a real opportunity it that that's the problem for me the amram in out movement is too simplistic like i'm not amram out but i hate the midfield and he's annoying me with it so I I think talking about the facts that um you know we tried to get Connor Gallagher and we didn't we tried to get Belaber and we didn't we talked about loaning Agate and we didn't we you know Manu wants to go and he didn't we tried to get rid of Casemiro and he didn't Bruno's not a midfielder that whole midfield's a bloody joke we can't get rid of Casemiro and we want to we tried to get rid of Agate but we didn't want to do a loan Manu wants to go and Bruno's not a midfielder hello i've just gone through our whole midfield roster and it's shit there's you know that's what i want to talk about um geordie boy says it's my birthday and i'm hoping for a win against chelsea well happy birthday pal hope you have a good day um sanjit says are we getting a new updated bomb squad though um we'll have to wait and see we'll have to wait and see i like amrin back him and want him to succeed but i do worry that like bruno he doesn't have the temperament to deal with the pressure of the job.

40:47Look, I think a lot of people are probably like me. The Amramin movement is not as adamant as maybe it was for other managers at this stage. But as much as I'm Amramin, I'm absolutely eyes wide open to the issues. I also think some of the positives don't get discussed. And what I mean by that is that nobody can tell me that the first 10 minutes against Fulham weren't good they were really good nobody can tell me that we didn't play well well against Arsenal and Biender dropped the ball literally nobody can tell me that for 25 minutes against Man City we played well and then Bruno fucked up um and nobody can tell me that we shouldn't have been 4-0 up against Burnley at half time so there are there are potential positives but there are also glaring negatives so as much as i am am i'm in because i think at this stage why wouldn't you be um i will not sit here and say that there's not a possibility that he's going to end up getting the sack and i wouldn't sit here and say that we're definitely going to beat chelsea brentford and sunderland and everything's going to be okay the next three games are going to be really key um i said in the international break i think we'll get something out of chelsea I worry about the midfield, but I think we can.

42:11I think defensively you can get at Chelsea. I think we desperately, desperately, I know everybody gets injuries and Chelsea have had injuries, but I desperately do think if there's one player I really wish was fit, it's Kunja. Like, I've seen it with Mbamo. I think those types of players are just so, you know, they're not infected. and I think you see it with Embermo that they're still, you know, they still want to work, you know, and I wish he was, I wish, I wish Kunya was fit because I think it would just give us a better chance, but, you know, it is what it is. And, you know, we're at Old Trafford and I hope the crowd get behind them and I hope the team starts off well.

42:53Tabiso says, what combination of results apart from winning two out of three do you think would be sufficient for Amarim to keep his jog? I'm 100 % Amarim in, but I'm worried because of these owners in the media. I genuinely, right, if you want an honest answer and you let me know what your thoughts are, Chelsea at home, Brentford away, Sunderland at home. I would say if he gets four from nine, he'll still be in a job. It'll be horrible. Win one, lose one, draw one. I think he'll still be in a job. That's not good enough. But I just think it would be where we are now. You know, very, very pissed off, angry.

43:27Four points from nine is not good enough. six from nine is fine seven from nine is decent nine from nine it's happy days i think we will do i think we'll do seven from nine two wins in a draw we're good enough that's what i think we'll do and that'll be fine it's not great but we'll be fine nine from nine i'll be over the bloody moon six from nine you've lost one but you've won two is okay four from nine it's thin ice but i think he'd survive uh anything less than that and i think you know two losses out of those three and i think it's it's problematic really uh do you think dan ashwood saw this coming and lost his jobs as large i think dan ashwood's crap his job mate i don't know why people go searching for conspiracy themes and niches about why man united is shit i don't think dan ashworth was very good before he came to man united and i don't think he had a bloody clue about man united i think the stuff that people have put out there about what his ideas were are terrifying and you know dan ashworth thought gareth southgate was a man united manager i don't know where this gareth dan ashworth revisionism comes from i know in the os have got a lot wrong but i think they've also got some things right and i think getting rid of dan ashworth quickly was was one of the very few things they've got right if you see a future with this manager you're completely clueless as dave

44:59thanks dave for the really constructive easy comment to i mean it's basically like going to school and saying your hair looks like poop i mean what what do you want me to do about that dave i mean i just i don't know what you want me to do there's just no need there's no there's no conversation there is there uh heard on the radio that southgate would be next given amram meaves only because how well connected he is in england it can't be real says arctic i i think if manchester united went anywhere near garratt southgate it would be because he's cheap and free and you know that that would be like really ridiculous that you can't just go for somebody because they're the cheapest option because let's not forget the Bournemouth manager would cost money the Crystal Palace manager would cost money the Fulham manager would cost money Pochettino at USA would cost money Conte at Napoli would cost money Gareth Southgate's free that's the scary thing you sack Amarim don't nobody tell me that Southgate's the best option but you know you could go from Amarim to Southgate because Southgate's free and and that's what we could become just going for the cheapest option in the shop um ace morph says what i don't understand is we have cunha and dermo sesco uh the lit masraoui dorgo uh with more than half the team knew why are we still having mentality issues from the older team um i would i would say that it's a bit like what ollie said you know one bad apples spoils the bowl um you know if you if you walk in if you're If you have had a shower in the morning, you've got fresh clothes on, and you're well-groomed, and you smell lovely, and you get in a lift where loads of people have farted, how long in that lift does it take for you to start stinking as well?

46:53And I think that's sort of how it is at United. That's why I wish Kunia was fit, because I don't think he's been infected yet. But these players come into Manchester United and instantly, very very quickly drop um cf26 is on career mode will you start bruno in the centre midfield on career mode i'm going to do a poll on whether to keep bruno or sell bruno um it will be decided by the it's the first time i've ever done it we're going to decide whether to keep bruno or sell him i will do the summer transfer window with you we can't rule out players playing shit again to get the coach fired says kate well we can't no yeah they're going to watch along for buying chelsea or Liverpool, both, Ibrahim, tonight.

47:37We will be 7 o 'clock on the United stand because 8 o 'clock is Champions League night tonight. Daniel says, cheers from Southern California. Amram's contract is short enough to run down. He's in a boss fight and sometimes the boss fight takes multiple rounds, says Daniel. Chelsea have been really poor with easy fixtures, says Robert McCormack. Would you sack him if he loses to Sunderland, says Jacob. Depends if he beats Chelsea and Brentford. I think if he gets six points out of nine, he stays. So you could beat Chelsea, beat Brentford, lose to Sunderland and still set a stay. He's got to get a minimum of six from nine for me.

48:12Adrian says, by not saying a thing to Bruno. OK, we've done that one as well. Right. Patrick Lynch says, last season's results are what have Amorim in this situation. He has no credit in the bank. We are a mid-table team getting mid-table results without the history of last season and Amorim wouldn't be as much under pressure. Better point, Patrick. eddie says for those who said amarin ball is shy remember last game of amarin sporting before it comes to man united says eddie take that that's great as well um thanks very much this morning um i've whizzed through everything there great to be back uh keep an eye on my socials i'm looking at about five o 'clock on on the mark goldbridge channel i've not set the stream up yet but um around that time career mode very excited for it very excited for it um we're back at two i'll be back with you at seven and um keep an eye out for the financials they're coming out today i don't know whether they're going to be bad or good we might be okay because it's the last 12 months but you know i think it's going to get bad thanks for watching stay safe i'll speak to you on the next one have a great day