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1:35Hello everybody and welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge. Happy Halloween. It's your latest Manchester United news this morning. And we've got lots to talk about. We've got Kobi Maynou, a warning from Ruben Amrim to Kobi Maynou. We've also got United about to spend in January. Senni Lemans also talking about his challenges at Manchester United at the moment we've got more on Xerxi and a lot of them I'm actually going to pass out I can't breathe I literally can't breathe here uh let me just take this off oh god it was worth it for the comedy but that I'll be passing out was it actually me I've only just come here welcome to the show who started the show what was that um anyway welcome to the show this morning hope everyone's doing well uh your latest manchester united news on the united stands uh ruben amrim with a warning to maynew and others uh my inios ready to spend in january uh lemen's talking about issues as well um lots to get into on the show this morning i hope you're doing very well the weekend is here it's friday it's halloween it's friday man united playing tomorrow got dormant on last football tonight we've got ben jacobs on the show at two o 'clock i'm hoping we're going to get some good updates around the midfield But yeah, lots to get into this morning.

2:57Where to start? I think there was a couple of things from yesterday that have really sort of, you know how we say like you get a hidden message. And I think that what we need to realise is, and I suppose Dorgue's the best place to start here, is I was listening back to what Amrim said in his press conference yesterday and I was looking at what Jason Wilcox said. United are going to spend in January. Hold me to that. We're going to buy a player in January. I'll tell you why in a few minutes. But also, Ruben Amarin doesn't say anything without effect. He's a little bit like Rangik. So when he's saying that players who are training, who he sees in training, who are doing really well and deserve to play just can't pick them, he is talking about people like Manu and Dorgue as well.

3:41And what we need to realise is that obviously there is this, you know I mean look one of the funniest things I read this morning was that Ganacho thinks he's going to the World Cup with Argentina mate you're not good enough like you know sometimes people have the point is it's a what this is this is the warning I think Ruben Amrim is sending to Maynou and others sometimes you're trying to run before you can walk and we're all guilty of that I mean sometimes you just got to enjoy your football and and work on the talent and the opportunities that's there instead of trying to overachieve too quickly you know sometimes you're given a slice of you know victoria sponge and you look across the table and someone's got chocolate fudge cake and you want chocolate fudge cake there's nothing wrong with a victoria sponge next time i have chocolate chocolate fudge cake and i think some people in football and outside of football are always looking at something that that maybe isn't the right time for that at the moment i think Ruben Amrum is sending that warning to Maynou.

4:39He's sending that warning to Dorgou that, you know, you are good players. You probably do deserve to play minutes, but we've only got one game a week. Maz Raui is in his mid-twenties. You know, he's a seasoned pro who's played at Bayern Munich, multiple caps for his country, fantastic player, cannot get minutes for Manchester United. And I think there is a bit of a warning there that, you know, don't go overreaching because you've got people around you or voices in your head. crying injustice. It's an injustice that Masraoui's not playing, but I don't think Masraoui's about to ask for a move in January and he's a lot older than them.

5:13Some of the players in our team are prospects. And I don't think that this is as simple as Maynou is not liked or Dorgou is not liked by Amrim. In fact, quite the contrary. You look at our squad, Dorgou's just turned 21, Maynou's not 21 until April. These are prospects as well as good players. Prospects are, by definition players that are going to be part of your future yes we've got to manage minutes yes we've got to manage expectations and I think for Manu it's probably frustrating because he looks at who's playing in the midfield but there is that warning there that you know I think I think Amrim will give these players opportunities in a Man United shirt but you've got to keep working for every week and you've got to wait for your opportunity much the same as Masraoui is as well so I think there's a bit of a warning there that you know I want to leave how much damage will that have done to Maynou to say that he wants to leave the way he did in August and how much more damage will it do for him if he says he wants to go in January it's not like he has to leave in August and Amrim's gone oh my god I better start playing him before the next window he's not played in much either so sometimes I think that you've got to listen to what the manager is saying and there are a number of players like Xerxi like Masraoui like Dorgou like Maynou and others that aren't getting the minutes many of us would like to see them get but it's not because he's picking crap we're winning games there's a big squad there's no European football there's no Carabao cup football and ultimately the that it can change and this is why like when I look at like potential players moving in January it's a very dangerous thing to say Manu's definitely gone in January because I mean I'm not saying he's going to start that's another thing I wanted to talk about as well there's a bit of a rumor going around about of a shock change for the game tomorrow against Forest I'm not saying that Manu's going to start tomorrow I don't expect him to but at some point he might start and then it's about if you play well you keep your shirt so things can change around very very quickly um I just felt listening to Amrim again I think he wants to give people time he wants to give people minutes but he doesn't have the bandwidth to do it like you've got 90 minutes once a week got to win we've got to win tomorrow as we said in the preview it's a great opportunity tomorrow you've got to win and he's therefore got to pick the team that he thinks is right.

7:33If we were playing next Thursday in the Europa League, I think Manu would start, Xerxes would start, Agate would start, Masraoui would start, but he can't do that. He can't do that. So I think it's worth considering that some of these players, it's almost character building to hang around, especially when you're a prospect player. I mean, I don't think Dorgou's got anything to worry about with the low at left wing back at the moment. It's favouritism, nepotism, Portuguese passport, whatever. But I don't think Dorgou at 21 really needs to be panicking about his future at Manchester United right now.

8:03And maybe Manu doesn't either. Maybe he doesn't. I'll throw that out there. Anyway, getting into a bit of topical stuff. Just a rumour going round. You might have seen it on social media. I don't necessarily believe it. I have heard it from a couple of people not on social media as well, that there might be a change in the team tomorrow. Specifically, people are guessing. I don't know where this would come from either. And actually, I'm quite pleased that I don't really know the name other than there is a bit of this. It is going round, but there's going to be a change to the team tomorrow. I think some people are putting two and two together and saying it'll be Mountain and Sesco out.

8:41I don't think these sort of things harm us, to be honest with you. I think it would be massively harming if I said to you, Sesco's dropped and Mount's starting because somebody's leaked me the team news. That's not what's happened. There is just this rumour going around in the corridors of where rumours tend to be true that there's going to be a change to the team tomorrow. I think as long as we don't know what that is, if there isn't a change, great. If there is a change, great, because Sean Dyche and Voris won't know what it is. So I think as long as people are putting out what it is, I've got a massive problem about it, because actually it's a very different preparation for Sean Dyche if you're playing against Sesko or if you're playing against a false nine.

9:24So that's going to keep them guessing a little bit. But I mean, I'm only going along with the rumor there that it's Mount. But for all I know, it could be Billy Maguire or we could stick with the same 11. But I acknowledge. Hey, everybody. Lady Luck here. And we're celebrating America's 250th birthday. Now, all summer long, I'm going to be celebrating by playing on SpinQuest.com, which is an American-owned social casino. It obviously features over a thousand slot games and live blackjack, live craps, live bubble craps. Head on over to SpinQuest.com. Get yourself a$30 coin pack for just$10. SpendQuest is a free-to-play social casino.

10:01Void where prohibited. Visit SpendQuest.com for more details. In the corridors of rumor, where there's some credibility, there is talk of a change tomorrow. Where that's come from, I don't know. I mean, it might be Man United themselves being a little bit wise because I don't think it's a bad idea to start chucking rumors around, especially when you're against a Deitch team. um i obviously why i would stick with the preview last night and say that i think the value of playing sesco tomorrow is is very big against the low block uh milinkovic is is very good in the air murillo is very good as physical as well i think i can see why you wouldn't play a number nine against forest but ultimately it's a low block crosses into the box physicality of sesco You look at Volta Maida, whatever you think about Volta Maida to Newcastle, he's brilliant in the air.

10:52I mean, he must have scored two or three from crosses now. And I remember watching them against Wolves a few weeks ago. Very, very close game at St. James' Park. A brilliant cross by Jacob Murphy and a great header by Volta Maida. And suddenly the game changes. So I think that Sesco is valuable in a game like that tomorrow because you never know. It'd be a really tight game, seven minutes to go. cross comes in sesco header he offers something that we don't have but look it keeps us on our toes i suppose um oh oh just just dust on that as well i did want to bring this in um so lamens has given an interview i think this is really interesting from him i i like this sort of stuff i mean obviously uh you know there's the bloody halloween stuff going around with the players that the people like you know that's absolutely fine i i prefer my comments from players with a little bit more you know credibility and depth um so Lemen's talking about the challenges that he's faced coming to the Premier League I thought this was really insightful because it speaks about what's going on um in the Premier League at the moment but also the challenges that you face and he said look set pieces I've never seen players get away with the mistakes they commit against the things they do to the goalkeeper this is the nature of the Premier League and you have to adapt to it and train for it but it's a bad thing for any goalkeeper and what he's basically talking about there is is just the way that in the Premier League since well nearly two years now do you remember that was it was it Burnley against Luton in the last minute and I think James Trafford was in goal for Burnley and he got absolutely barged fouled by the Luton striker and the goal was given and that was the moment where the Premier League decided halfway through a season that he can foul a goalkeeper now and I think that's what Lamens is talking about is that in Europe there is still very different parameters around how referees referee a game and if you go up for a goal with a goalkeeper and you barge them it's a foul in Europe if the ball hits your hand regardless of deflections and it's a handball in Europe so I think with Lamens what he's basically saying is is that look the physicality of how you can be pushed and shoved and not get a foul is something to get used to but the reason I wanted to bring that in is one is very very insightful but two is another feathering his cap of just how well he's doing at the moment because like he is a young goalkeeper with inexperience coming into the Premier League into a side that's under huge pressure playing against Sunderland who are in the top four Liverpool who are the champions and Brighton who are a good side as well and he's effectively conceded you know I know he's conceded a few goals but he's been lauded by this fan base for his calmness, confidence and composure.

13:37And yet he's openly talking about how difficult it is in the Premier League compared to where he was from because of the physicality. And look, I'm not here to talk about that on a news show, but I think the officiating in the Premier League is absolutely shite. And I do think that, you know, on set pieces, it's a bit of a joke how goalkeepers can be obstructed. And we see it all the time. and Arsenal are very good at it and Man United are probably getting better at it as well but you know interesting and and again I think it's a good thing again about how well he is doing as a goalkeeper here at the club but Ineos ready to spend Wilcox talking about United's recruitment we spoke about this on the show last night towards the end of the show uh Jason Wilcox basically doing an interview where he was saying that United do need to spend they do need to bring more players in and they need to bring talent in with the character and mentality to be a player at Man United and offer us something different, i.e.

14:33the Cunyors, the Invermos. We're going to spend in January. I was having this chat with somebody this morning. We're going to spend in January. This is, you can hold me to this. We will spend in January. There is just no way, in fairness, that you have a CEO, sorry, a director of football talking about how we need to spend, improve and bring better players in miss out on a midfield signing in the summer that was a priority the team has shown potential and you're going to ignore a january transfer window because murder and the glazes have consistently said that it's not really the market they want to operate in we did bring dogoo in last year i 100 believe that we'll bring in a midfielder in in january and i think that's the i mean look it's not breaking news for the fan base we absolutely should be doing that but I just think that the way the club has conducted itself over the last couple of transfer windows I think that they will see this as an opportunity too good to pass and and absolutely correct as well because it's a little bit like um in an analogy sense it's a little bit like you know being on a strict strict eating diet where every day you're looking at what you eat the proteins the vegetables etc and then you wake up on a Thursday and you go yeah get me that cake I'll have a big two litre bottle of coca-cola um get me that pizza and you eat it all and then you think on Friday it's not gonna make a difference it does make a difference and with Manchester United they're trying to build a team to compete at the very top table and in the summer you do business and last January you bring Dorgo in but then this January you go let's eat cake you know it's an opportunity and it's not a unique opportunity other clubs use January very, very well.

16:19Liverpool have used it. Chelsea have used it. Arsenal have used it. Everybody has used the January transfer window over the last five years. Everybody's used it. Man City used it very, very well last year. What did they get? Mamouche. There was others. But all the top clubs use January and we're not a top club yet. So we have to use January. And I don't think there is a football fan, let alone a Man United fan, that sits here and goes, when Man United say we don't see the value in spending in January, we like to spend in the summer. Everybody knows that that's a load of crap. That is a bank balance statement.

16:54That is not a footballing statement. If you're a football team and you're serious, you will spend in January. And I think United will because we need to. And also next summer is going to be very, very difficult to spend money. Bruno Fernandes has already said, I'm not making my mind up about anything until after the World Cup and I think that's a great point because Bruno Fernandes is a player that many of us expect to go next summer many of us think he should go next summer but he's not going to make his mind up until the back end of July the season starts in mid-August so if Bruno decides to go we won't know until the very end of the window which leads me to believe maybe he won't go because how late in the window would that be it's a problem for Manchester United so this is going to be a problem next summer um and again that's another reason why i think the january transfer window will be an opportunity and i think jason wilcox has given yet another big hint of that um certainly um but as i said about bruno there i think that that next summer with the wilcock is going to be a very very difficult summer to navigate this summer was normally in these ads, you expect somebody to ask you to buy something.

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19:37And, you know, I think Bruno himself has exposed just how difficult it's going to be because he won't, apparently he's not going to make his decision until the end of July. And if we've got other players doing that as well, it's either going to be a very chaotic end to the window or we just won't do as much business as we would have liked to do. So, yeah, certainly worth keeping your eye on that. Let me just pop into the live chat and have a look at what people are saying. Sesco has looked better on the deck, says Robert McCormack. I don't think we've really serviced Sesco that well yet, Robert.

20:10I was talking about the, well, we were doing a bit of statistical analysis last night on the preview. Check that out. Nottingham Forest, I think, are in the top four in the league, maybe even higher for putting crosses into the box man united i don't think we're even mid-table so we've got a striker with a ridiculous leap who is very very tall and we're not really putting crosses into the box now you're going to struggle to put crosses into the box from the right hand side with a left-footed right wing back and you're going to struggle to put crosses into the box with an invert we're basically playing inverted fullbacks at the moment now that could be tactical that could be tactical um but i think if you're sesco you want a delo and a dogoo running on the overlap and wicking whipping in the first time cross um we're not really set up for crosses are we which is weird because we have such a big striker um i quite like it when casimiro drifts to the right or bruno drifts to the right to put that first time crossing because it's like that Beckham cross isn't it that's the dream cross the Trent Alexander Arnold cross the Beckham cross which is early curling in get your head on it don't really have to do much because it's coming in from that way the difficulty is from an inverted cross if you think about Ahmad he's got to come back on his left and curl it towards the goal so if you get your head on it you can only really glance it there's not it's sort of going that way so you've got to sort of skim it and if you get too much on it you take a lot of power out of it whereas if a curled cross with a natural right footer is coming right on your head bang and you get a lot more power on it so I don't like the inverted cross but yeah I don't think you I don't think you're wrong uh Roberts I think that at the moment we're seeing the best of Sesco on the ground because we're not really servicing his height that well um which leads me to believe I don't actually think it was a a priority of Amrim to have a tall striker um I think he's very happy with Sesco but I don't think he was like get me a tall striker I mean it's a very good point actually if Amrim was sat there at the start of the summer going I want a six foot four striker because I'm going to put loads of natural crosses in obviously that makes sense but we're not that team he isn't trying to put loads of crosses in I think he likes Sesco but maybe Robert's hitting on something maybe it's not about his height um actually i was watching a video this week with um with beth on it and she alluded to it it's a great point how grateful are we that liam de lapp chose chelsea i mean how you know you talk about sliding doors moments where you know you might have seen the film but effectively you leave the house and um you've forgotten to um you put the wrong pair of shoes on you go it'll be fine you get in the car you pull out at the roundabout a car hits you you break the leg you go back to that scenario you go i'm not wearing these trainers you go inside you change your trainers you go on the drive you don't get hit by the car because you're a few minutes late and those sliding doors moments are incredible i mean i've told you a few my whole life changed on the fact that i was in magaluf um which is a holiday resort with my mate and um every night we went out it was somebody's night to you used to have these things called traveler's checks so you don't do it now it was the 90s so traveler's checks you get them before you went on holiday and then when you're on holiday you take them to an exchange and you'd exchange it for money I never really understood why you just wouldn't take the cash but I don't know maybe they're insured better anyway we're out on a night out just at the start of it and I said you're around then and he went what do you mean I said well it's your night you were meant to change your traveler's checks so I and done it.

23:53So we had to run back, change the money and on the way back to the bar that we wanted to go to, we got pulled into another one by a rep, met these people who were Irish and girls and ended up moving to Ireland. So sliding doors moment. If he changed the traveller's cheque in the day, we probably wouldn't have met them. Anyway, I digress. In a footballing sense, sliding doors moment, Liam De Lappe, who was very close to joining Manchester United, by the way, very, very close to joining Man United. If Liam De Lappe had chosen Man United, we wouldn't have got a Cesc. i'm not saying that's all bad maybe he doesn't get injured maybe he scores 10 goals maybe we don't lose to arsenal you know maybe maybe maybe but man united's plan was liam de lapp and that is a sliding doors moment and we may never we may never know which way that would go but it's still a sliding doors moment we wanted liam de lapp that was the pro that was the that was that that's what we were looking at um and from what i've seen i'd be very surprised i don't really care what you think.

24:52Well, I do care what you think, but it doesn't make me change my mind. I think Cesc goes on a different planet to Liam DeLapp. So I think, you know, there's Liding Doors moment that helped us out. Mark my words, we'll get Nuno Mendes in the summer, says Tony Martial. I'd bloody love to get Nuno Mendes in the summer. I don't know how that happens. I mean, we did look at him in January. I'd bloody love it. I think he's the best left back in the world that's a touch hot this morning but it will still do uh seth says against brighton sesco didn't get a touch in the first 10 to 15 minutes but he looks at the other two beside him contributing so much uh i need to step up otherwise i'll get left behind great characters all three he has a great character robin mccormack uh not robin mccormack robin mccormack does have a great character uh benjamin sesco thank you for your super chat seth chipper chipper says the problem with players like Maynou is that he was a starter for Man United in England at 19 now 18 months later all that is gone too much too fast yeah I mean if you tuned in a little bit late we're talking about this Amrim Maynou warning which is basically something that's really important and I like these type of conversations that we have over the years in the community but we break it down a little bit and go Dorgu and Maynou are prospects one is 20 one is just 21 they are prospects when you look at the likes of Patrice Evra as I've said before because he's a left back he wasn't even at Monaco at the age dog who is so obviously we bought Evra as potential from Monaco at 21 he wasn't even at Monaco so some players are in a rush they see Ymal and think that they should have won the bloody treble by the time they're 20 you've got voices in your head voices in your ear too much too soon I think you're absolutely right Chip I mean if I was Maynou I'd want to play football but I'd also be like if I'm good enough I will break through and I think that's what Maynou I think that's what Amram is saying some of you are prospects I think Dorgou is a lot better this season than last season he's sat on the bench he's sat on the bench for bloody Deleu you can't argue with it because he won the last three games So I think patience is really important and they are prospects.

27:07Like this is, by definition, there is a contradiction there because this Manchester United side is a work in progress. Oh, I have had no luck lately. Wait, lady luck? Breski, I got you. I've had so much luck on spinquest.com. They have all of my favorite games, slot games, live blackjack craps and bubble craps. You can even get a$30 coin pack for just$10. $10 for$30? I'm heading over to SpinQuest.com right now. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit SpinQuest.com for more details.

27:47Nobody really expects us to be in a title race for three years. Nobody really expects us to be in the Champions League next year. So everything is about building for the future. If you're a prospect and you're hanging around that team at the moment, there are opportunities there. Casemiro's gone in a year. Casemiro's gone in a year. We're talking about midfielders. It's a great opportunity. Of course it is. Just want to say, by the way, I've got a legend behind me. I just want to say Manchester United birthday today. Absolute legend of this football club. And I think we should all be saying happy birthday to him.

28:23Dennis Irwin is 60 years of age today. um absolute original premier league man united goats there uh from the from the early 90s side which um i was actually saying to an ex-united player a few weeks ago one of my favorite teams is the 94 side i love that because a lot of you would have been up your mom's chuff of course but the point is if you experience it manchester united when i was like supporting them in the late 80s early 90s we weren't winning things and we had we had no real history of winning things apart from cups um in my lifetime so winning that first premier league was fantastic but then winning the double in 94 was incredible and dennis erwin was a massive part of that so happy birthday to him also happy birthday to marcus rashford as well uh still a manchester united player and um i always remember he's his birthdays on halloween 28 i think rashford would be 28 i think um if we lose to forest it's a is it is it a glitch or an update says andy adderton if we lose tomorrow that'll be frightening says liam vernon um thanks for your super chats this morning um look i think the premier league i just did premier league win lose or draw with robbie and we've both gone with a man united win i said i think it'll be comfortable robbie said i think you'll win but it won't be comfortable i said i don't care whether it's comfortable or not as long as we win um but But we also have to like, you know, I'm confident about United at the moment.

29:53I'm excited about Manchester United at the moment. But we also have to acknowledge that even looking at last weekend, Sunderland go to Chelsea and win. Where was where's that come from? Born with a second in the league. Where's that come from? We are getting results that are not predictable. So, of course, Sean Dyche is a Premier League coach with a pedigree of getting good results and grinding out results. But I just feel like you can't predict, you can't guarantee it. But prediction wise, I think most people are quite right to go with the United win. We're in a good vein of form at the moment.

30:31But, you know, obviously anything can happen in the Premier League. I mean, look, who knows? First two minutes. Casemiro is a bit late on Anderson. Red card. We're down to 10 men. We're going to struggle. You know, first 15 minutes, dodgy tackle by Luke Shaw that's not a penalty, given as a penalty. We're 1-0 down and the game changes. So football, obviously, the beauty of football is its unpredictability. Happy birthday, Dennis. Legend and often unsung hero. This is 15 pounds. Dennis Irwin, to me, is... I just think it's an age thing. and I don't mind it but it's like when I get sent videos of I got sent a video last week of the top five Premier League captains of all time and I looked at the panel and they were all under 30 and I'm like you're not old enough to know who the best Premier League manager I mean barely referencing Tony Adams and this is the problem with Dennis Irwin I can't talk to you really about Brian Robson because I was too young for most of his career I only saw the back end of it I can't really talk to you about Maradona because I only saw the back end of it I certainly can't talk to you about Johan Cruyff or you know Socrates um and these were players that were like 70s and 80s so because I wasn't alive to see it so I think the problem is a lot of you didn't see Dennis Irwin play but he is a Premier League GOAT he was brilliant in the first 10 years of the Premier League I mean he played in the bloody 99 final so he was around for a long time at the start Paul Ince was a brilliant player for us.

32:03Mark Hughes was a brilliant player for us. There's some really, really top, top, top, top, top Man United players that played for us in the 90s that don't really get much of a mention now for different reasons. But, I mean, Dennis Irwin, to me, goes into a Premier League all-time 11, right back or left back. That's how good he was. He was brilliant. And people say Ashley Cole would have to be left back. And I'm like, Ashley Cole was very good, but how many goals and assists did Ashley Cole get? Like, he was a good left-back, a good defender. So was Dennis Irwin. But he got you goals and assists as well.

32:36And a modern left-back, a modern full-back. Yeah, definitely. Anyway, anyway, anyway, let me come back to the show. Let me come back to 2025, please. And even I'm doing that. Robbie did say Amram is a fraud, first season, laugh out loud, sister. I don't know. I don't know about that. You know, maybe he did, actually. I don't know. I think there's a few, I mean, it won't matter, Robbie, because he's an Arsenal fan, but there are a few United fans that are in that position at the moment where they've said things they shouldn't have said. I mean, after the Grimsby result, I saw some really bad stuff from so-called content creators, and I think you back yourself in a corner, but I put it down to naivety.

33:19You know, I've played the game. I always tell you, I've been here for 10 years doing this, and it's been a privilege, but I've made mistakes. And the Van Gaal one, I never want to go back there again. I went Van Hal out way too soon. Ultimately, I was right. But there was times where I was like, this might go wrong. This might go wrong. And I'd given up on him. And I didn't want him at United anymore. Even when we were winning games, I didn't want him at United anymore. And I think, you know, I think some people have gobbed off, maybe for content, maybe they believe it. But then they've gobbed off too soon.

33:52And it sort of leaves you in a situation where you either have to admit you're wrong or double down, which is why you've still got people who are a tether out, which I just find incredible. I mean, that can only be I don't want to be proven wrong. But look, we'd have to worry about that. We'd have to worry about that here. But you know what? Honestly, there are people who are hammering out in this chat. And I do read the chat. there are people in this chat who are amoring out and I totally respect it because they're basically saying it's three games I don't think it's going to last I still think that the problems in that team haven't gone away i.e um Deleu is a problem the midfield is a problem and I can see there are a lot of good teams in the Premier League and it's unsustainable that we're going to keep winning games now I'm paraphrasing there but they're basically saying I'm not calling him a fraud I'm not saying I don't want Man United to win I'm just saying a lot of the reasons I don't think he's going to be successful I still think of that some people just make their mind up that this is not the guy and they didn't need to start calling him names or swear or anything like that they just don't think he's the guy and they still have their reservations about it I also know people that are on the point where they'd like to beat amram in but they just feel it's a bit too soon to come back at the moment because it's only three games so look it's not it's not without its um it's not without its conversation uh but i agree with steven it's the momentum that we are building that that that you get a feeling you get a feeling and i'm not here to talk about 99 we've had enough of a history channel over the last few minutes but you got the feeling through that season that something was happening and the players felt it as well and you know that's a very grand level of momentum but you know i as i said on the show last night we're looking at the league table on a preview now and we're looking at everybody else and going you know what it sucks to be bored but when i get on my phone and play real casino games on spinquest.com the time flies buy.

36:05That two-hour wait at the DMV seems like 10 minutes. Play your favorite slots. Live blackjack, live preps with a live dealer. New players,$30 coin packs are on sale for$10. Play spinquest.com and you'll never be bored again. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. This is a massive week because Chelsea are playing Spurs and Liverpool are playing Villa and Man City are playing Bournemouth and they're all in the top eight so if we win we're gonna make moves and we're gonna open gaps so we're looking at the league now that's what momentum brings we're not just looking at surviving game to game we're looking at what what it brings to us so yeah um okay more to get into anyway let me talk about uh more about two two transfer stories actually uh italian reports are saying that ac milan are the latest club to step forward in talks to sign zirksi milan wants to be informed should he become available for a loan in January.

37:05Xerxes wants to move away from Old Trafford to gain much needed game time ahead of the World Cup. I mean, look, AC Milan, if you want to know a story, this is true. OK, so the summer of the, what summer was it? Was it the summer? Yeah, it was the summer of the FA Cup. So we won the FA Cup and Ineos took their time on Ten Hag, whether we're going to keep him or not. United and Ten Hag wanted Cesco. We're talking like the start of June now. Man United and Ten Hag wanted Cesco. Cesco decided to stay at Leipzig for another year. At that point, Milan were in advance talks with Xerxi, even Romano. I don't think he said, here we go, but he was like nailed on Xerxi to AC Milan.

38:01Man United realised they couldn't get Cesco and basically jumped in two-footed and cleaned everyone out and didn't even get a red card for it. Like they literally jumped in, offered a bit extra money to the agent, hijacked the deal and took Xerxi. So AC Milan were getting Xerxi. And funnily enough, we wanted Xerxi, but obviously we got him a year later and Ten Hag had been sacked. So Zerksi was certainly an AC Milan target. I think in relation to Zerksi, I do have sympathy because I think that it's unlikely he's going to go to the World Cup. But if he did go to AC Milan and did really, really well in the latter half of the season, he might get into the World Cup squad.

38:45He might do. If he stays at Man United, I just don't see, I don't think he's got a chance. I don't. So you might be sat there as Joshua Zerksi going, I'd rather have a bit of a chance or rather than no chance. So we'll have to wait and see what happens with that. But AC Milan were interested in him before. Sticking with strikers, there was also this story at the start of the week about Kevin Filling, IAK. He's a 16-year-old striker. Manchester Evening News are reporting this morning that Man United are not pursuing that deal despite reports that they are. um man united's academy is now largely restricted to recruiting within the uk because of post brexit regulations under these rules premier league and efl clubs cannot sign overseas players until they turn 18 and any transfers from european countries must meet a points-based work permit system uh yeah thank you to brexiteers for that um so look it's it's an interesting update and it's a fair update because um a lot of people were getting very excited about that but um apparently that is now an issue because of these um these rules so you know that that's uh that's probably where that update is coming from as well i've just completely lost the live chat so let me just come back to you there um come back to me get your christmas jumpers i've just seen that they're advertised um pre-order them now while they're available lovely stuff here we go make sure you smash a like on the video don't worry i'm filling time but we'll be back oh why has it took me there don't take me there there we take me back there take me there take me there don't do this show me the live chat thank you thank you very much um thank you um yeah so yeah that that's clearly not going to happen is it so yeah but we will look there'll be another young player that we get linked to

40:56we just have to be um wary of you know what the rules are and we've got to be very careful about jj gabriel as well because he's a player that could be heading off somewhere as well squad players should be able to take competition seriously and work hard for a starting position something Maynou and Xerxi never do said me am I think this is complex though um it's the great thing about life and the great thing about football is that there's no what makes football so great and what attracted me to football as a kid was obviously getting a ball and playing down the park with your mates etc but also you know hanging around like my granddad and my uncles and my stepdad and that talking about football and the niche conversations and agreements and disagreements between people who get on about you know little things like who should take a free kick or who should be starting for England etc I love all that um and obviously we have that as a community as well and you will get people going Manu and Xerxi are privileged footballers they should stop moaning get their head down and work for their chance fair point another point is Manu and Xerxi are good footballers who aren't getting minutes because we're not in Europe um they're not they're never going to get minutes because he prefers Casemiro and Bruno they need minutes they've got every right to ask to go out on loan fair point as well so there's there's complexities to the conversation I think we've still got two months until January if you're Manu and Xerxi and you haven't had a run in the team by then you've got every right to say we are more than halfway through this season we've had five months of it and you're not picking me um i want to go it's my life and it's now or never i ain't gonna live forever um classic bon jovi i think i don't know where that came from but yeah yeah so yeah look i think i think there's complexities with it with it as well um i'm gonna go through some of your comments um it's pointless having xerxi when we have mount or Cunha or Sesko as the strikers as Dr.

43:00Strange. I think Mason mounts a little bit like the family member who might turn up for Christmas or might not. You've got your staples, your gran's always going to be there unless she's passed away. But you've always got that family member who may or may not turn up at some point over Christmas. And I think Mason mounts a little bit like that. he's not reliable basically he's not reliable you just don't know it's like the British weather you just don't know what's going to happen from day to day um and and that is probably I understand I've always said this if I'm Ruben Amirim I am going to keep as many players as around as I can you know if the club are willing to pay the wage I'm willing to keep them because I've got more options but things could change around very very quickly sesco gets injured mount gets injured suddenly you've lost two first team players and you're going who's playing up front and who's my sub for embermo and kunya when bruno's in the midfield and our lads at right wing and that's a great point isn't it you know it only takes those two players to get injured and one of them is basically sponsored by the nhs you know his favorite program's casualty hey everybody Hey, Lady Luck here, and we're celebrating America's 250th birthday.

44:23Now, all summer long, I'm going to be celebrating by playing on SpinQuest.com, which is an American-owned social casino. It obviously features over a thousand slot games and live blackjack, live craps, live bubble craps. Head on over to SpinQuest.com. Get yourself a$30 coin pack for just$10. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit SpinQuest.com for more details. of Mason Mount. You can't rely on him. At the moment, we've had a good run. I don't understand it. We've had a really good run around our number 10s. Even Luke Shaw's fit every week, but Sesko gets injured, Mount gets injured, and you're suddenly like, I haven't got anybody on the bench because Kunja and Ahmad and Mbemo are all starting and Bruno's in my midfield.

45:08So who's playing up front? It has to be Xerxes. So it can change really, really quickly. And you can bet your bottom dollar that if we loan out Xerxes in January, the first week of February, Sesco's going to get injured and Mount's going to get injured. And then you're going to be like, why did we do that? So I think it's very important to remember the individual player has got every right to say, I want to move. I'm not getting minutes. But if Xerxes was to go, you'd have to bring someone else in. You'd have to because you can't leave yourself there. Brink says he's probably watched all of casualty, so he's got something to do.

45:46stop ignoring the knocks it's not that sort of a knock Mount has played well this season the injuries have ruined him since his captain Mason Mount without the injuries is a good player I hate Christmas dinner conversations it's always someone judging your job or asking why you're not married to Slavios that's therapy there coming in honestly frustrating to see what's happened with Jay-Z clearly a very talented I thought you were talking about the musician guy and what's happened with Beyonce there I was like whoa clearly a very talented player there given minutes can see him flourishing even in this system yeah I mean we're talking Xerxes with Simply Red there I agree with you mate I do I think that the sad thing about the sad thing about Xerxes is that he was actually from last January to his injury doing well and I felt like he'd said remember like Xerxes only been here over a year It feels like he's been here longer, but he's only in his second season.

46:45And he's had a couple of injuries. And this time last year, he came into the club in the first five months. Every week, it was he's going back to Italy. January he committed. He started playing well. Then he got the injury. Now he can't get back in the team again. So I think you're right. I think if Manu, Agate, Xerxi, Dogu were given a run in the team, I think they would do well. But you can't get a run in a team that's winning. And also the mic drop has to be Masrawi. Hello. You know, this Masrawi is a fantastic player. He can't get minutes either. So, you know, calm down. Hamrim's warning, calm down.

47:25Like there are players who are training in the week who deserve to start, but he can't start them because we don't have enough game time. It's a nice problem to have, but it will become a problem, I agree. he will I think Xerxes should go because I don't see his future at United says Cag I think ultimately he will end up leaving yeah I do I mean I like the player but I think he will go in a row says Clell last season cannot be forgotten the sobs and tears of the losses hurt a lot and determined the coming weeks says Clell Amrim will stand by until the end says happy life and I still don't think the midfield pivot is sustainable Bruno will have bad games and carol casimiro will just have uh never have the legs um yeah look i mean look i i don't know what i'm doing um i i'm never going to be a person who just goes completely positive or completely negative i I think the devil's advocate conversation, etc., or the reality is really important.

48:36I see United fans at the moment and they're so excited and it's great. But when we're bad, they're so negative, it's too far. And you can go too far on both ways. Why were we so bad three weeks ago and we needed to attack the manager? And now why are we so good that we're going to get top four? why is the midfield such a massive problem for months and now suddenly it's not a problem because it is still a problem because this Manchester United side can beat anybody it can also lose to everybody that's what we are and we mustn't lose fact of that sight of that we've never been in my opinion shit but we've never been good enough we've always been we could go to the Etihad and win.

49:20Amrin went to the Etihad last December. In our worst Premier League season, he went to the Etihad and won. We knocked Arsenal out the cup at the Emirates. We beat Villa on the last day when they needed to win to get Champions League football. And we just lost the Europa League final. So we are capable of playing well and turning up against anybody. And that is proven. we are also capable of being massively inconsistent and playing shit against anybody so I do agree with you I think that although I absolutely would argue that the momentum is building at Manchester United and it's a good time I still have to be very very clear on this I think Deleu as much as I like him as a person and I you know I've heard so many good things about him my postman's a nice guy I wouldn't want him to play left wing back for Man United Deleu is a nice guy I just don't think he's good enough I'm allowed to say that it's not personal I don't think he's good enough as a player the midfield concerns me Casemiro moves the ball quickly which I think helps us and he's technically capable of doing it but he's not mobile enough and that will become problematic um and Bruno in the midfield we've discussed until the cows come home what we're seeing at the moment is compensation uh lamens coming in has killed a massive problem in our team so there's an improvement um the defense is doing well and we're actually starting to creep higher which brings them closer to the midfield ahmad is settling in down the right hand side working with ember mode who's been brilliant and now kunya's doing well and sesko's done well so the midfield at the moment is almost being compensated by its surroundings um is that sustainable well I look at it in two ways as we said on the show last night if you bring still an Anderson in and you remove Bruno and Casemiro you suddenly have two midfielders that aren't necessarily past it or out of position so the midfield gets better so all those things around the midfield that are doing really well at the moment with the midfield that's better we become even better.

51:33So there's an upgrade on our midfield, 100%. And maybe if this midfield can get us into the top five, the new midfield can get us into a title race. So that's really exciting. The question is, how sustainable is that midfield this season? Can it get us top five or will it not be quite good enough? And that's the question we're waiting for because it's good enough to be Liverpool. It's good enough to beat Chelsea. It's good enough to beat Brighton. And it's good Miro and Bruno. The question is, is it good enough across a 38-game season to get us top five? If it isn't, well, we all will go, we knew this was the problem, Ineos let him down.

52:12If it is, we go, bloody good job, now let's upgrade it. So we're just going to have to wait and see. It's a watching brief. Do you think Deitch rattled Amirim, says Jahid?

52:24I don't think Deitch rattled Amram. You know, I've watched enough. You've watched enough Amram interviews now. He's petulant. I'm petulant. I'm sure a lot of you are petulant. Sir Alex Ferguson was petulant. Reuben Amram is definitely petulant. He can try and act like he's not. He can try and pretend he's calm and composed, but he's not. I've seen him after games three times, throw his toys out the pram and say, you know, happy birthday, America. It's time to celebrate and play your favorite Las Vegas casino games by American owned spin quest.com. What's better than fireworks and American pie hitting a black check in the palm of your hand and you won't lose your fingers over a thousand games, including slots and live dealers and$30 point packs are on sale for 10 spin quest.com buy American players for American players.

53:15Spin quest is a free to play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit spin quest.com for more details. Basically threatened to quit. I like that. I don't think he was rattled by what Deitch said about being able to get better results than him at Man United. I think what Amorim gets frustrated with is that he's a very honest guy and he keeps saying, I've never played a 4-3-3 or a 4-4-2. I play a 3-4-3. It's who I am and I'll die on that hill. and when you're when you're being asked three or four times a week about changing your system and your formation and then you've got people going if I was the manager with my formation I'd do well it probably gets to a point where you just sort of like go what do you want me to say you know maybe he would get more results than me with a 4-4-2 but I'm the manager I said it would take time for them to get to play my system and I'm not changing it so I think it's just uh welcome to welcome to England really and the repetition of questioning because they're not intelligent enough to realise that he's not going to give you a different answer he's always going to say I have my way of playing I'm not going to change it um Mark last season we didn't have this set of attackers we now have this season we're much better says Solomon um Kron says we're capable of beating good teams meaning that they can turn up and show great mentality however we lose to small teams as they can be complacent well this is this is what these games at the moment are already about isn't it like consistency i mean it's short term but sunderland liverpool brighton is consistency win tomorrow different type of team away from home um ahmad says are we in agreement left wing back is currently the priority for a new signing mendez is the best but realistically who would you want Grimaldo maybe Grimaldo's too old Ahmad um Grimaldo's too long too old um Mendes is very difficult to get I like Dorgoo I like Leon I think people are sleeping on those two I do not like Deleu and I think Luke Shaw's passed it as a left wing back so um maybe we do need to bring somebody in but I think you're I wouldn't write Dorgoo off some people seem to want to do that uh seth says the analogy with the horseshit bang on you need to clear it out that was a very good analogy last night check out the preview show last night that was a good analogy even i think so jahed says you were the only person that said judge amran after 10 games and you came through i believed you and this manager were in a much better place as jahed um i did say that a lot of you said that as well and collectively i think we're one of the few places that did say 10 games is when this season starts but I also have to acknowledge I did also say he's sacking himself a few weeks ago um both things can be true unless you live in absolutes like I remember saying 10 games in everybody's playing more Europe our new signings have settled that's when we can really kick on and it's looking like that so yeah fair play we had that conversation but I think that can be true and also I did think around the Brentford game Man City Grimsby he was sort of sacking himself like he was like some of the some of the things that were going wrong um were on him um and I remember saying like he needs to be proven right he's never going to drop Bruno out the midfield so he has to make Bruno work in the midfield like I never expected him to drop Bruno.

56:48But I don't like Bruno in the midfield. So he had to be right. I don't like Deleuze in the team. But it has to work. Because if Amrum's going to be successful, it has to be this season with Bruno and Deleuze and Casemiro. And I felt those decisions meant that he was sacking himself. Actually, he wasn't. He was just working towards this 10-game thing, wasn't he? um we have got ben jacobs at two o 'clock on the show today he was meant to be on yesterday i love the thursday at two o 'clock with bet and ben but obviously amram did his press conference a little bit early for some reason don't know why so we've got ben jacobs on at two o 'clock so all the stuff we were going to talk about yesterday we can bring into today uh there's some transfer stuff stadium stuff sales stuff etc so make sure you tune in for that always like that i'll be in the live chat for Matt for certain.

57:38And yeah, tomorrow's match day as well. So lots to get involved in. Check out win, lose or draw for me and Robbie. That's always a good video on that football. And make sure you have a fantastic day, everyone. Take care. I'll speak to you all in a bit. Thanks for watching. You can't see me now. It was me. Don't be scared about the start. It was me. I don't want people to be scared. Don't be scared. Don't be scared. You know, it's very, very true in life. Don't be scared of people because behind the mask... There we go. Take care. Speak to you in a bit. Hey, everybody. Lady Luck here, and we're celebrating America's 250th birthday.

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