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1:03Hello, everybody. Good morning and welcome to the United Stand. Back in the studio again, I'm Mark Goldbridge and I've got more news than Reuters this morning. There is so much to get into. David Ornstein and Fabrizio Romano contradicting each other on Giao Gomez? Also, Manchester United are saying they understand why United are shit and basically that Ruben Amirim has limitations and they understand it. What is that nonsense? We'll talk about that as well. Also, we're still in for Belaber, who's playing rubbish because of data. We're looking to buy more young players because of data. Man United are apparently a data club now.

1:41They're happy with Amirim, not because of the results, but because of the XG, because of the chances created. What are we doing at this football club? The transfer policy of bringing more younger players in. We've got loads of stuff around Semenyu, Anderson, Wharton, Kobe Manu. We've got Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes questioning things. We've got so much to get into this morning, and I think I'm going to feel exhausted by the end of it. But good morning, everybody. I'm a bit exhausted anyway because I was out with the team last night in Manchester for our Christmas drew, but more of that later. But before I get into that, it's Black Friday, isn't it?

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3:34And then I read Romano saying Manchester United are considering him and he would love to sign for Man United. And I'm like, what's true, what's not? Conor Gallagher is apparently staying at Atletico Madrid. So is the January transfer window over? You know, what is the strategy? Bruno Saudi, they're talking about that in the Athletic. Anderson's the priority, but he's going to be very expensive. Man United want Belaber because he's shit, but the data says he's not shit. And I'm sort of like, I'm confused. We've got Ben Jacobs yesterday saying that Man United are going to keep hammering for the long run, but if he does bad over Christmas, he might be in trouble again.

4:10And then we've got the Mirror saying that the club accept the limitations of the team under Amirim, despite the£200 million spend in the summer. And I'm sort of like drifting back to yesterday morning again, going, what's going on? Like, what is going on at this football club? We lost to Everton with 10 men. I was out for a meal last night. The guy who was in charge of the restaurant, shout out the alchemist, bloody Everton fan, giving us bloody shots, all smug. they were blue, blue shots. And I'm like, I'm not drinking that. I'm not drinking. I mean, I said fair play, you deserve to win and I will drink it.

4:45But the blue thing's a bit of a piss take. We are a piss take at the moment. And I don't, all I want to see is leadership. And I'm not necessarily talking about Amram here, but I suppose I am. If you saw the preview, he's got to make changes on Sunday. But I'm confused by what the direction of the football club is. And I think they're confused by what the direction of the football club is. There was something I wanted to bring in here about what I think it was Ben Jacobs said this actually when he was on the interview with Beth yesterday and it fits in with the mirror. The mirror is saying that the club accept the limitations of the team under Ruben Amrim.

5:23I'm sorry I don't accept the limitations of what's going on at Manchester United. I absolutely agree that we're not a Champions League side you know because we're not in the Champions League. I absolutely agree that we're not in a title race because we're not in a title race. But what limitations are they talking about here? Are they talking about they understand why we're 10th in the league and losing to Everton at home? Because I don't understand that. Last time I checked, our midfield gets paid 650 grand a week. You know, it couldn't stop a bloody bag of cement. It's rubbish. You know, it gets run through like a bloody, like, Jon Snow's sword through butter.

6:01It's terrible. And the wide players, I mean, I'll leave that one. Up front, we don't have a striker. I don't understand a football club that's happy for the press to report that they understand the limitations. They understand why Amrim's struggling. I don't understand why Amrim's struggling. I can see why he's struggling, but I don't understand it because I'm not responsible for it. You know, the midfield is a joke. Absolute jokes. Got more holes than a crumpet. And that's not on me. That's not on you. We spoke about this in the summer and we said we need to buy a midfielder, but we can't buy the midfielder.

6:39The club don't buy a midfielder. And then they sit there as we approach Christmas and go, well, we can understand the limitations of the team, but it's on your watch, mate. You did it. You caused it. I don't understand that. And I don't understand why you're briefing the press saying, let's be fair, look at the limitations of the team. We're Manchester United and we're 10th in the league. There are teams a lot smaller than us, with a lot smaller fan base and a lot smaller budget, and they're doing better than we are. And we're sat there going, limitations. We pay good wages. We have experienced players and they are massively underperforming.

7:13So no, look, I understand the limitations of we can't be in a title race. I maybe understand the limitations that we can't be in a top four race, but I don't understand the limitation of where we are. I think it's crap leadership yet again. And when Ben Jacobs says that, you know, they want to give Amirim the full season, I hope he gets the full season, but that's not a given. And he goes on to say that if they get through the fixtures for Christmas, then he should get the full season. They're looking at the smaller metrics and the positives there. And those smaller metrics are things like XG, big chances created.

7:51And I'm like, oh my God. Oh my God. Like, and I've got to bring this in at this point. The reason we're looking at Balaber, even though he's shit, is because the data says he's a good signing. Oh, great. So we're now run by AI. Brilliant. Another bloody step forward for mankind and Manchester United. AI-driven bullshit. I mean, the eye test in football will always be the best test. Belaba is shit and has been shit for four months, but computer says, no, it's still a good signing. Man United are 10th in the league and we're shit. Oh yeah, but it's about the XG. It's about the chances created. Mate, what are we doing as a football club.

8:38Like this new guy they've brought in. I forget his name. Someone in the chat will know. This new guy that we've brought in, right? He's really good at predicting good players for the future. So Man United have brought him in. Oh, good. Oh, good. So as I said yesterday, we're going to buy more Dorgoos. We're going to buy more Sescos. We're going to buy more Rasmuses. That's going really well. We're going to buy more Yoros. It's going really well, isn't it? Really, we're such a brilliant place to bring young players with talent and develop them. And I'm like, what are we actually doing at this football club?

9:13We're going to buy Belaver because the data says he's good, even though the eye tests say something else. We're 10th in the league and we're losing at home to 10 men Everton. But XG and chances created is more important. And we're going to keep buying younger players because they might be good in the future, but we can't nurture them. And I'm sort of like, this strategy is pure nonsense. When's somebody going to wake up and go, today matters in football, not tomorrow. The result matters in football, not the fucking XG. And let me just say, there are people out there, hipsters, whatever you want to call them, TikTok bloody nonsense with your bloody tactics, you know, knocking one out to a bloody XG graph.

9:57get on anyway um the point is that I've lost I nearly said something I shouldn't say on a morning show um I believe that I couldn't give a toss about XG and I couldn't give a toss about chances created we're not Brighton we're Manchester United I remember Chelsea when they had Graham Potter there I don't think Chelsea fans really wanted to listen to it but they created a lot of chances under Graham Potter and they didn't score many they didn't concede many goals but they lost a lot of games and they drew a lot of games by one goal or nil-nil and Chelsea fans got fed up of it and I remember like watching match of the day one night and and he was under pressure and they pulled out this stat that chances created for Chelsea was really high and their XG was really high and somebody said but he's under pressure and the fans want him gone and that's all that matters all that matters is where they are in the league and whether they are putting the ball in the back of the net XG chances created the minute you start talking about that you're trying to justify a bad decision.

10:55And, you know, 10 years ago, well, let's go back to the 90s. Let's go back to 99. Who was talking about XG and chances created then? Nobody. We're talking about winning. We're talking about winning league titles, winning the Champions League. This is a modern phenomenon. And I do think stats are important at times, but only in the short term, it's half time we've created this many chances. Why haven't we scored? I mean, is there anybody out there that when you're losing 1-0 at half time, who goes, I don't actually, that doesn't really matter. Oh, we're losing 1-0. They've had one shot on goal.

11:30We've had 10. We've had six corners. They've only had none. They've had no corners. They've had one shot on goal and they've scored from it. We've had 10 shots. We've had six corners. And I tell you what, our XG is through the roof. Oh, good. Brilliant. Do we get any points for that? No, we don't. And I find it incredible that And look, I don't think Ben Jacobs is lying. I find it incredible that that is something United again wants out there. Oh, we're happy with Amrim. We understand the limitations, but the XG is good. I'll get that on a T-shirt. Another concern with Amrim is that both Jokeres Kenda, who played this manager, did not fancy playing for him again.

12:07It's a red flag, says Jose. Data can be spun to say they're doing well, says Kiel. Can we all agree Ineos have failed at this stage, says Ross? I mean, Ross, absolutely. This is what I'm saying. You know, it's one thing to have a conversation about whether you think Amram's that guy. And I'll tell you what was said on the United Stand Christmas do last night, because they all thought they were in a safe place having a drink. When I was going around, are you Amram in, Amram out? They're all going, shit, he did say that to me. I'll bring in the facts about that in a minute and Ricky and what he said.

12:38But there is a conversation about Amram in and Amram out. Of course there is. But there's a bigger conversation about who's making that decision. and you might be sat here going, I'm Amri Min. You might be sat here going, I'm Amri Mout. But you're not making the decision. I'm not making the decision. And guess what? Competent people aren't making that decision. And what worries me is, Simply Red says, very convenient to choose which metrics to focus on. Exactly. I mean, possession stats, lower than 50 % across the season. They won't talk about that, but they'll talk about the XG and chances created.

13:16And what's a chance created? Simply Red. I mean, I've done the research, not this season, I put my hands up, but you know, I'm not going to lie. Last season, I saw this chances created thing from Bruno. I actually spent the time on Y-Scout because it gives you the clip of every chance created. And a lot of them were a pass and then someone shoots from a stupid place and that's classed as a chance created. So, you know, the detail of that, you know, it does matter. But going back to what I was saying, it concerns me. It concerns me that, you know, we're 10th in the league. We played absolutely shit in the second half against Forest, absolutely shit in the second half against Spurs and absolutely shit against Everton.

13:57So you might get these glazes. I'm not talking about the glazes. I'm talking about like glazing your ham or something like that. But, you know, my point is these toxic positivity champions, the Rimmers of the Ineos and the Glazers, etc. They will tell you, you know, it was only before Everton that we were five games unbeaten. But we were shit against Spurs and we were shit against Forrest and we were shit against Everton. So are we not looking at that? Because we haven't got any players to come back either. You know, I look at Man City, they've still got Rodri. I look at Arsenal, they haven't got Gabriel, they haven't got Jochrez, they haven't got Odegaard.

14:34I look at Man United, we're not actually missing anybody. There's nobody to come back, really. There's no big injury, really. I mean, Martinez has been out for two years. So let's not pretend, and let's not pretend Martinez is prime Bobby Moore. We're not, you know, he is welcome back and I'd rather him than sure. But it's not like Messi's coming back. So why are we shit in the last three games? After 10 games, I said in the summer, I wouldn't massively judge us in the first 10 games. We've got new players. We're not in Europe. by game 10, a lot of teams in Europe will be starting to feel the extra games and we'll be allowed to kick on.

15:09Since game 10, we've drawn to Spurs luckily and lost to Everton at home. So if I was in charge of the club, I would say to Amrim, right, what is it you want from me? Because I haven't helped you out in the summer. So what is it you want from me in January? but also you do have enough to be doing better. Why is it after game 10, we started to decline? Because I would have expect that's the time where we start to kick on. The fixtures, you know, the one game a week, you've had enough time with your players. I would expect from game 10 to game 38, this is where we're going to kick on. And to me, it looks like we're starting to drop off.

15:47That's a concern to me. Why is that happening? But it doesn't seem like they're doing that. It seems like they're going, no, we understand why it's going wrong. And even though it's our fault, we're not going to do anything about it. And also, is it really going wrong? I mean, yeah, we lost to Everton with 10 men and we were fucking rubbish. But look at the chances created. Look at XG. I mean, what's happening at the Christmas party? Is Sir Jim going to go, oh, look at this. Get the champers out. We're top of the XG League. I mean, it's just bullshit, isn't it, really? It's absolute bullshit. So look, I think that the strategy is nonsense at the moment and I'm worried about it.

16:28It's almost like they're just spinning any old yarn in the hope that we can beat Palace at the weekend and go, hey, three years, everything's great. You know, they're waiting. They're desperate. We just seem to be this. Well, it's not a shock. This this PR machine of let's just hope we can win a game so we can get everyone out on Instagram and winning team photos again and, you know, paper the cracks and pretend everything's good. And then when it goes wrong again, we'll just, you know, put some stuff about, you know, challenging times and top of the XG League. It's there doesn't seem to be any leadership.

17:04There doesn't seem to be any direction. and I mean look I've spent a bit of time talking about stuff there but I want I you know transfer stuff there's loads of stuff to talk about we've got Ornstein we've got Romano there is some good stuff but I'm absolutely frustrated by the lack of leadership at the top of this football club um I would have expected Friday after Monday to have had John Daly here you know what day it is Neither do I. I live life daily. That's why I only spend on Moto Casino. Moto's got daily free bonuses, daily tournaments, new slots added daily. And the best part, guaranteed daily jackpots.

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18:59And I'm like, how can you sit there and understand the limitations? We should be doing a lot better with what we've got. Spot on about the eye test, Mark. People look at the stats and say Salah's better than Premier League Ronaldo without having watched him play in the noughties. Look, the ultimate test of the eye test is when people say, look at the stats of Mane compared to Ryan Giggs. I even heard somebody say Harvey Barnes has got a better output than Ryan Giggs. He may well have that. but this is where stats need to be flushed down the toilet because for anybody who actually watched Ryan Giggs you'd take Ryan Giggs over Mane and Harvey Barnes every day of the bloody week because it's not just about assists and goals it was different systems it was different times but it's also the way the player plays the game and Ryan Giggs is one of the best players to play in the Premier League doesn't probably get the credit he deserves but for those of you who watched him, you know, his stats might not stand up to certain players, but on the eye test, a bloody amazing player.

19:55And also the game was played differently then. Wingers were wingers. Like, you know, you played in a 4-4-2, you had to support your fullback, you had to be part of the build-up play and you stayed wide with a natural left footer. So, you know, the eye test for me will always be the main test supplemented by data. And the eye test in football is results supplemented by data. If you're winning every game 1-0 with 10 % possession and one shot on goal, you've got a problem. If you're winning every game 1-0 with 20 shots on goal and 80 % possession, you're in a good position. But results will always dictate it.

20:31And if we are genuinely looking at Balaba because of the data and not because of his performance, then I'm very worried about where Man United are heading. And the reason I mention it is because there seems to be a lot of data dripping coming out of Man United and that would not surprise me as to why the club is falling off at the moment because I don't think when you look at Ineos they've got any footballing pedigree. Simon Jordan said it to be fair right at the start and I'm not here to shout out Simon Jordan but he did say right at the start and I'll always shout out things I hear whether it's Piers Morgan or bloody Olly Murs if they say something sensible that I remember I will go fair play and Simon Jordan did say right at the start when all the United fans were buzzing he said what's their pedigree in football when you look at their pedigree in sport it's not very good at all so I don't know why Man United fans are getting excited and two years down the line we're not doing very well and I think they don't know much about football so David Brailsford did a bloody strategic review I don't think he's even there anymore what was that review all about sacking people it looks to me like they are going with stats.

21:37Check out my first super stat, says Rajaf. I'll come back to that. And John says, should Ruben Amrum get January transfers if he's so rigid? In Everton game, can you say he's inept to adjust or big ego to play his style? I'd say he's stubborn. Well, we'll come back to that because, well, look, let me say this about Paul Scholes. I definitely need to talk to you about this Jal Gomez story because the contradiction between Romano and Ornstein is hilarious and it's worrying about the January window. But I was listening to something from Paul Scholes, I think he did an interview on Sky, and he basically said two things that I think will resonate.

22:13He said, I'm watching the game on Monday night and I cannot understand. It's so frustrating why he won't change his tactics. But he wasn't really talking about the three-fourth. Well, I suppose he was. He was basically saying, you know, get an extra attacker on the pitch and take one of the three defenders off. Exactly what you were saying. Exactly what I was saying. And he was like, you know, you're watching the game, you're frustrated and then you're getting more frustrated because you won't make that change. And I had a message from, I think it was TR or somebody messaged me the other day and they said, it reminds me of Bielsa at Leeds, but not in a good way.

22:50I like, I don't like Leeds, but when Bielsa was at Leeds, I used to like watching them because they probably would lose but it would be like 5-3. It was such an open game that the way they played was ridiculous but it was good to watch and I used to say at the time if you want to induct somebody into football get them to watch a Leeds game because they did lose a lot of games but they played so open and Bielsa wouldn't change because he was so stubborn and ultimately he got sacked and I got this message from someone saying Amrim's like Bielsa. Unfortunately, the style of play is not like Bielsa, but he's one of those managers who is just ridiculously stubborn.

23:26And I don't mind that in a certain state, but when it's a game like Everton where you have to take a defender off and he doesn't do it, you know, it's frustrating, isn't it? But he also said about Maynou, Skoll said about Maynou that it's it's so frustrating to see a player like Maynou not playing for Manchester United. He embodies what we want in that team. He's a young player from the youth set up who's shown previous talent. The midfield's absolutely atrocious and you're finding it hard to justify why he's not getting game time. And he said, look, at the moment, I think Maynou's handling it really, really well, but how much longer can he manage that?

24:06How much longer can he sit there watching a terrible midfield and not be given the opportunity and I think that's the thing there'll be people in this chat saying well Maynou's fucking shit you know every time he comes on he's shit but like look at who he's coming on for they're no better and they play every week and I think that where I agree with Scholes is the fact that Bruno and Casemiro in my opinion haven't been very good this season I know there'll be people saying you whatever but it's the chance maybe Maynou isn't the solution but I'm not going to judge him on 45 minutes against Grimsby or half an hour when he's not, you know, he needs to be given a chance.

24:42He needs to be given opportunity. And that is very frustrating. And Nicky Butts said something you've been saying as well. He said, the thing about Maynou is if he was playing for Crystal Palace week in, week out, I believe he's a good player and he'd actually be one of Man United's targets for 60 million quid. And it's true. I genuinely think if Maynou was playing regularly for a Brighton or a Crystal Palace, he would be playing well enough that we would be targeting him and talking about him now. And I do think, you know, that's the frustrating thing because I might be in the minority, but I do think that if he was given three or four starts, he would start to play well again.

25:15And he probably would be a solution to a problem that's massive in our midfield at the moment. But, you know, there we go. Right. Let me talk to you about, I mean, look, on a different type of show, I might have actually started with this but I'm sort of of an opinion it is news of course it is news but I feel at the moment as much as there is stuff coming out from David Ornstein and Fabrizio Romano and you know it's good stuff my main focus at the moment is not putting a thumbnail out saying sign him up and a title going massive Gomez update because actually the only update I'm interested in is what's the bloody hells going on at my football club and why are we not behaving in a way that a Manchester United football club should be.

25:59Why are we leaking excuses when there should be no excuses? This week was an opportunity for somebody in that football club to step forward, whether it's CEO, director of football or owner. Somebody needed to step forward and go, look, this is not acceptable. This is not acceptable. We don't accept this and things have to change very, very quickly. And we're all working together to make that change. There's nothing about sacking a manager or selling a player there, but that's the message that should come out. And God, it would come out if Sir Alex was in charge and we lost the game like we did against Southampton in the grey kit.

26:35We wouldn't start talking about XG and chances created. There would be, this is not acceptable at Man United. And that is such an easy thing to say. And I think some of you don't recognise it because it doesn't happen. Like that should be, you know, Liverpool are sort of doing it at the moment. And, you know, Slott said it. The club is sort of reacting to it. There is mumblings about the changing of a manager because that is not acceptable for them to be losing games like they did on Wednesday night or Tuesday night. But at United, we don't. And it worries me that we don't because what they are, they know it's unacceptable, but they also know by acknowledging it, they show weakness that they're responsible.

27:14So they try and sweep it under the carpet. We need leadership. We need leadership at that football club. It would be very interesting to see how Amrim speaks in the press conference later. Sal says I want a coach who is adaptable and willing to adjust tactics when the team isn't performing not someone who sticks to the same approach no matter what and James says stop putting Casemiro and the Bruno in the same sentence Casemiro has been good because you want him gone doesn't mean you can't say he's been good James thank you very much for your super chat and I'm sure a lot of people will agree with you but I don't I'm not going to stop doing something because you tell me to do it and you shouldn't stop doing it because you disagree with me I disagree with you that Casemiro has been good.

27:54I think he's been bang average this season. I don't think he's been good. I think he gets paid 350k a week and I wouldn't give him 150k. So if you think he's been good, I would say he's behaved like a 100 grand a week player. We pay 350 grand a week to him. I would expect prime fucking Perlow, mate. Not that. So if you think that's been good and you want to go and pat him on the back as you give him 350k a week on a Friday, then you go, mate. You go for it. Personally, I have standards. And if that's a 350k a week midfielder, I'm putting my boots on tomorrow. I want 100k. Absolutely not. I find it hilarious that people want to glaze Casamiro's performances this season because he's done OK.

28:42350 grand a week and people are going oh leave Casemiro alone he's done okay mate I watch football I know what a good midfielder is I look at Declan Rice I look at Caicedo and Casemiro ain't nowhere fucking near it and he gets paid more than those players a lot more and I'm meant to sit here and go sorry Casemiro I've mentioned you in the same sentence as Bruno you you actually are good he's the best midfielder we've got but bloody hell if that's Good. I don't know what to say. I really don't. Let me have a quick look at this one here. Let me go. I'm trying to look at this super chat. Here he is.

29:19Jayden. Jayden says, hi, Mark. Why are you not Amram out? If you don't trust the player and see no progression, why keep him? If not, why not just sack him? Good question. So I asked this of a lot of people last night. Mauds, Ricky, Kev. I asked

29:42I'm not Amorim out because, and I think it's hard in the modern world. I think a lot of people in the modern world taking so much information, whether it's short form, TikTok, news articles, skim read, attention spans are a lot shorter. And I think people deal with that influx of information by making quick decisions. Yes, no, swipe left, swipe right. So it doesn't surprise me that people are Amorim in or Amorim out. and you have to, you know, why you're not one or the other. But I come from a generation where there are three options in life. There is Amorim in, there is Amorim out, and there is in between.

30:18The traffic light system of, you know, it's not just red and green, there's amber and everything in between. I'm not happy with where Man United are, but it's multi-layered. It's not like, if I said, let's get Amorim out, one, it's not going to happen. And I did this with Van Gaal and I don't like being sat there for months, not supporting a manager. It's not a very nice situation. Two, they're not going to do it, of course. Three, who would I go for? Four, the main problem is the ownership. I don't think if you said to me, the best manager in the world wants this job, I don't think it makes a massive amount of difference.

30:57I want to win the league. I don't want to just be fifth. And to me, the major problem is what I've been talking about all week. It's the strategic plan of the leadership team and what's going on. You change the leadership team, I think Amrim gets sacked anyway. So why would I spend my time sacking another manager when we've done it so many times before? I think at some point you've got to go, the real issue is the ones at the top. What I will say, and I've said it to everybody, is that if you're asking me to say whether Amrim will get the sack, I'm 75 % sure he'll lose his job in the next 18 months.

31:34As of today I'm 75 % sure he will lose his job in the next 18 months. Part of that's based on the last 10 years and part of that's based on the way the team is performing. I'm a firm believer that it's very difficult for a manager and I think slot's in trouble as well. I think it's very very rare that when a team has shown frailties and poor performances, they turn it around. And obviously Jurgen Klopp lost games, Sir Alex lost games, but they were sporadic. Oh, that was a shock. And then they're back winning games. We are consistently playing badly and dropping points again, like last season.

32:14I don't think there's ever been a manager, I don't think there's ever been a manager of a top four club in the Premier League that their first year in the club, they've had so many bad results and then they turn it around. Not in the Premier League era. I can't think of a manager that started so badly and then, I mean, I've been trying, maybe Arteta, but the thing is, I think with Arteta, it started to improve and it got better and better and better. Whereas with Amorim, it's been terrible. It started to improve and then it's gone off again. And I think it's very difficult. Overall out of 10, how would you rate Casemiro's time at Man United?

32:54Says Alton. Five. Yeah. I thought his first season was good. But for what we pay, it's been a very disappointing signing. You just called Rice and Casado have disciplined partners with them. Casemiro is trying to cover two spaces all the time. Agarte's bang average, says James. Yeah, but you've not answered the question, James. I'm paying 350 grand a week for Casemiro and you want me to say he's had a good season. And then you're making excuses for him. If I put Lionel Messi in a Stoke team, he's still going to be Lionel Messi. Getting the ball, he's still going to do good things. I watched Casemiro, he's bang average.

33:27I watched him against Everton. He had to get subbed off. He was that shit. No, not for me, mate. Not for me. Opinion. Bruno as a better captain, as a passer scoring job than needs to be to other players, their job and defending. I'd just say focus on his game. Play Bruno as a 10. John, that's what I would do. Right, let's get into some of this transfer news because I'll be here till bloody midday. So there's quite a lot to go through this morning in relation to the transfer news. I'm just getting it up here. so the Giao Gomez story is the most interesting story this morning please do smash a like on the video everybody would you keep Casemiro on 350k a week or Belaber who earns around 15k at the moment I'd take Belaber over Casemiro yeah I don't want to do either but I would so Fabrizio Romano comes out this morning so Giao Gomez is potentially a January signing that Man United desperately need Fabrizio Romano comes out and says that Xao Gomez is being considered by Manchester United but he's not a priority he's seen more as an opportunity the same as Conor Gallagher in January Xao Gomez would be very keen on the move to Manchester United Every dating app swap is another loss Jimbros, fake CEOs, straight up losers So now the only app I open is Moto Casino because at least there I'm surrounded by winners real winners, thousands of them while everyone else is in the singles swamp I'm at home relaxing while stacking bonuses, hitting wins and playing all my favourite Vegas style games.

34:54Moto Casino, the only app worth your time. Moto Casino, social casino. We're prohibited. No purchase necessary. Visit Moto.us for more details. Download the Moto Casino app today. Must be 21 plus. Moto Casino. American Social Casino. Then David Ornstein comes out and says that he's not on the list for Manchester United. and sorry there's no truth in the conversation that Man United are in talks with Jao Gomez and there's no talks going on at the moment so taking the two transfer gurus together Ornstein is basically saying there are no talks and there's no truth in it and Romano's saying he's not a priority but he's an opportunity if they want to take it and he'd be keen to come So I think you put that Jao Gomez story in the bin now.

35:46And I think you put the Conor Gallagher story in the bin now. Because there's reports from Spain that Conor Gallagher is actually happy in Spain. And the Jao Gomez story has just been put in the bin. So here we are. For all we've just been talking about, the club's in a bloody mess. You know, they're releasing a bloody Christmas jumper with top of the XG League. and the January window, which has to be an opportunity, I'm sort of looking at it and I'm going, so we're not buying a midfielder? Because if we're not in talks for Jao Gomez and David Ornstein, how often is he wrong? You'd need to be in talks for Jao Gomez if you're buying him in January.

36:30You'd need to be in talks with somebody to buy them in January. Like, you don't just wait till January the 1st and go, hey Connor do you want you know you've got to be in talks if we're not in talks with Jao Gomez and we're not and Connor Gallagher's not a consideration then I'd start to panic now that we're not going to do anything in the midfield in January which is criminal but it was criminal not to do something in the summer because we're sort of being led down this look down there I've just done a shit on your lap but look down there you know because it's like oh Elliot Anderson is the priority we've heard Andy Mitton we've heard um David Ornstein um Laurie Whitwell all saying that Elliot Anderson is the priority um at the moment and I think it was David Ornstein that said Balaba is high on the list, but Anderson is the priority at the moment.

37:31And I just think David Ornstein himself said Elliot Anderson's wage package is close to 100k at the moment and Forrest won't sell, don't want to sell and won't sell without a big, big offer. So that's not happening in January. And I don't think it'll happen in the summer, to be honest with you. If we're not in Europe and we won't be the only horse in the race, some sort of sat here going, so none of the January transfers are happening, Conor Gallagher or Gio Gomez. We can't get Anderson until the summer. And even then we might not get him. We need two midfielders. And what you're basically saying to me is, we're not going to do anything again, are we?

38:13We're going to do the whole, we like to do it in the summer bollocks. And I sort of just sit here and go, you know what? Some people are probably there going, stop being so negative. And I'm like, at what point do you wake up and realise this ain't good? At what point do we just start going, what are we actually doing? Have we actually become a football club where we just go, we're rubbish and we're going to be rubbish forever and we're just going to swallow this bullshit? I mean, what are they actually doing? Like, if this was Todd Bowley at Chelsea, they'd be buying Elliot Anderson and Angelo Stilla in January and they'd pay£170 million to do it.

38:48they'd find the way to do it because that's what the team needs now because there's an active season going on now and if you change that midfield now you will get in Europe in May but United are going to go no value no value you can't get the players that we want we're going to wait till the summer mess up another season then miss out on them and miss out and mess up another season I can't believe we've got such morons in charge they don't see how rubbish they are and they don't understand that in football, it's about what you do today, not about what you want to do tomorrow. And I don't see the Elliot Anderson deal happening because I think better clubs will go for him and we won't have the money anyway.

39:31And also we need to do something in January. Like we have to do something in January. I can't understand how they're looking at it and going, oh, we understand we're rubbish because the midfield's rubbish, but let's not do anything till the summer and you might end you know also are you not setting up Amrim for the sack like is that part of the plan because that midfield is going to lose a lot of games between now and May I heard somebody yesterday say I don't actually mind us wait until the summer if it means we get the players that we want and I replied and I said but there's there's another 26 games where that midfield's got to get us through.

40:08If we're 10th now, what if we're 10th in May? He's got to go. And I find that madness. United treat summer like our Christmas birthday for signings, says Tom Grant. So yeah, I'd say I'm a little bit concerned about that midfield scenario, because if Jao Gomez isn't happy, for me, you've got to get someone in January. You know, if I don't have a car and I need to go somewhere, and don't say ring an Uber, I need a car, right? I need a car and there's a car I really want, but I can't get it till the summer. But between January and the summer, I need to go somewhere. I go and get what I can get in January so that I can get somewhere.

40:58And what United are basically saying is we need to get somewhere before the summer, but we're going to wait for the car we want in the summer and we're not going to go anywhere between May and the summer. And that's exactly it. We're not going to go anywhere between May and the summer and we need to go somewhere. So, ooh, Gerald Gomez is not a priority or ooh, Conor Gallagher is not a priority or Manu Kone is not a priority. Getting a midfield is a priority. Sometimes in life, you need something, you've got to go and get it and you can't wait for the thing you really want. You have to get something.

41:31You know, I'm starving. I'm absolutely starving. Oh, I'll deliver you a Big Mac and chips tomorrow, but I'm starving today. I'll take the beans on toast. No, no, I really want. No, we've got to eat today. And this club is just not running itself like a football club. And it's incredible. It's incredible. And, you know, there might be people at United sat there going, oh, look at this nonsense. Look at this nonsense. It's not nonsense though, is it? Because you're happy to sit there and allow all this nonsense to be out there. You know as well as I do that you can control what goes out to the media.

42:08And you are. You can easily put it out there that that's not true or that you are going to buy a player in January. But you're not. You are setting us up, as you always have, to do nothing in January behind a lie that you're going to do big things in the summer. and you're going to let the club fall again. And we literally had it last January. We're not going to really do anything in January because we're planning for the summer. And we're looking at Kenda. Kenda's now a bloody Chelsea player. I can see Elliot Anderson going the same way. Oh, Elliot Anderson's a priority. Elliot Anderson's a priority.

42:42I wouldn't be surprised if at some point in March, Elliot Anderson's agreed to deal with Liverpool. You know, I wouldn't be surprised. We need another Chikorito, but for the midfield, it says Pulp. Just to skim through some other things about the midfield. Interestingly, Trevelo, who have broken a couple of stories around Man United in the last few weeks that have proved to be true. They're saying that Man United are going to re-enter talks for Edison of Atalanta very soon. I've always liked Edison. My personal feeling is that we haven't legitimately been linked to him for a very long time. And that he was a previous regime's target, i.e.

43:18pre-Amrim. I haven't really kept an eye on Serie A this season, to be honest with you. But Atalanta are doing quite well again and Edison's an interesting opportunity. We've got this lad Arosco coming in. I mean, good news. He played very, very well for the under-18s, I think it was, for his national team against Germany. He's another talent like Kone that's coming over. I think he's 17. however I would say two things like I think even when we got Kone and Obi there was a lot of excitement oh these players wow brilliant yeah they could go straight into the first team and I think with this Orozco and there's another player as well I think people are waking up to it they're sort of like going and you know hopefully he'll be a good player but look at Leon look at look at Kone, we don't use them in the first team.

44:16They might be a year or two off being anywhere near the first team. We need players today. And even if we do put them in the first team, Dogu, Yoro, if they don't hit the ground running, they're flops. And the environment's not there to develop them anyway. So I'm at a point now where it's, oh yeah, it's great that we're buying these young players, but what's their development pathway? Because we don't develop players and we don't have the environment for it either. The only players we should sign are players Amrin wants, otherwise we're chucking it up the wall and going round in circles. And that was from JB.

44:49And Sal says, how, Ineos, the worst thing to happen to Man United at this point, even a FIFA career mode board would run the club better. I mean, they're not the worst thing to happen to Manchester United. Obviously, we've had much worse things happen to this football club. 58 is the worst thing that's ever happened. And, you know, in a Premier League era, the Glazers are far worse. You know, there's no doubt about that. But, you know, I would, you know, I would repeat what I said to you two days ago. Two days ago, we have statistically got worse under Ineos. And, you know, this is quite a boring thing to say, but I actually do question when halving your workforce is actually going to bite.

45:31I think it's going to bite us in a bad way I don't think you can halve your workforce and things get better I think you can get rid of ineffective people and save money but I don't think you can get rid of half your workforce and be and be a better run club I think that was a that reminds me of I've worked at businesses before where they need to save money and they go look we've got to sack half the workforce otherwise we're going to go under and it doesn't really matter whether you're good at your job or not we're cutting these jobs that to me when And Man United sacked half the workforce. That wasn't about, you know, all these people we can do without.

46:06That was like, we need to sack half the workforce. And I think it's going to, I think that's going to bite us. I really do. Just on that young scenario, though, I did see something this morning that Maguire, if Maguire stays, they're going to bring in another young centre-back to learn the ropes. And I thought, learn the ropes from who? We haven't got a proper leadership team. It baffles me. It baffles me. It really does.

46:32What's this? I've clicked here. I don't want to click that. Get out.

46:42John says, if you say Ruben Amrum's done in 18 months, who is next? I mean, I'm not. No, what I'm saying is I think there's a 75 % chance he'll lose his job in the next 18 months. And remember, in 18 months, Ruben Amrum will have been here in two and a half years. and how many managers in the last 10 years have been here longer than two and a half years so it's quite a tactical percentage to say in the next 18 months I'm 75 % sure he'll lose his job because every manager at Man United has lost their job in that period of time over the last 10 years but I but it's not that's not the reason I'm saying it I think he's on the pathway towards it I said that after the Brentford loss it feels like he's on the pathway towards it and some people you know you win a couple of games and people go oh you said he's on the pathway to the sack but it's a roller coaster and the trouble with a roller coaster is there are no highs and there are no lows it's just a consistent up and down and that's not good enough for Manchester United so I really hope he can turn it around and find consistency but finding consistency with inconsistent players and a crap board is virtually impossible.

47:51I've said it so many times, in my opinion, the environment at Manchester United is not conducive with success. To be successful, you need stability, leadership and structure around you. We don't have that. You can bring the best manager in in the world, but he can't succeed without the ingredients. A chef can't cook or bake a cake without the ingredients. A builder can't build a house without the materials, but they're still a good builder and they're still a good chef. Whether Amram's the good enough manager or not, I don't think he's got the ingredients and the materials around him to be successful.

48:31And I don't think any manager has. And I've said that consistently, that's nothing to do with losing to Everton.

48:39Anderson, we've spoken about Bruno, they're still interested from Saudi. I mean, of course there is. They've been interested in Bruno. I think that came in from the Athletic. There's been interest in Bruno for a long time from Saudi. We know he could have gone there. So, you know, sooner the better as far as I'm concerned. Use the money to build the midfield. Blah, blah, blah. We should have done it in the summer. Just on Kunia's head injury. Interestingly around this If you watch the video with Ben and Beth yesterday There was mention that he may have been knocked out in training Now there's talk of him playing against Palace But I read something very interesting last night That concussion protocols in the Premier League are 10 days Bergwahl missed our game a week after he'd gone off for Spurs I mean I don't know a lot about head injuries but if you've been knocked out I would have thought you might come under the concussion protocols in which case he won't be playing against Palace so I don't know whether we've got anybody who knows any better than that but apparently it was quite a severe head injury that kept him out of the Everton game from training on Saturday of course it's only seven days tomorrow since he's done that head injury and Crystal Palace would be game eight there is feeling that he'll play but it's probably worth mentioning that the concussion protocols are that it's longer than seven days so he might be in a in a scenario where he is not available which would be which would be which would be problematic but maybe we'll get an update on that from Amrim tomorrow.

50:17United are very secretive about injuries anyway though so if even if Amrim says we're hoping he's available it doesn't necessarily mean he will be but I guess we'll have to wait and see. St. Jimmy is off to Amsterdam for my birthday but don't worry I'll catch the shows when I'm over there I never miss an episode oh god I was worried then have a good time though mate thanks very much for your super chat 12 wins in a year for Amarim says Lee Dixon Moto Casino American Social Casino Welcome to Moto Casino where the excitement never ends with thousands of the hottest free to play social casino games fastest payouts and the best promotions in the industry no tricks or gimmicks owned and operated in the USA.

50:55Moto Casino is a free-to-play social casino. No purchase necessary. 21 plus to play. Void or prohibited. Sign up today for a generous welcome bonus. Moto Casino. America's social casino. Download the Moto Casino app today. Rob says, can't we just play Cunha anyway? Because 90 % of the team play Concussed. also I've spoken I have mentioned the belabor data driven stuff that's just absolutely hilarious I spoke about what Skoll said Semenyu again I mean oh god this has got to be the most boring story ever I'm so bored of it I'm so bored of it Semenyu is on the menu for Manchester United in the sense that we retain an interest according to David Ornstein um yeah i uh i don't have a lot to say about that because we shouldn't be buying some menu uh if you if you want we we didn't he wasn't he was not a priority we got him burmo and kunya if we retain an interest because he's been on the list what are we talking about here and if we go and try and sign him what the fuck are we doing like we do not need some menu i'm not saying i wouldn't take Semenyu or Adiemi but we do not need Semenyu we need to be looking better at that team and what we desperately need at the moment is a striker of experience which I don't think we're going to get two midfielders yesterday and arguably wide players now all right Semenyu might be able to play out wide but are you really going to play Semenyu on the left and Ahmad on the right I don't think Amrim would dare do that I think he'd do it in the Portuguese league I think he'd play two wingers at wing back in the Portuguese league but I don't think he'd dare do it in the Premier League I really don't think he'd dare do that I think he I think Amram is more counter-attack defensive than attack at the moment and possession and I think if you go Semenyu and Ahmad you've got to be an attacking side with possession and we're a counter-attacking team so many times it looks like a back five so I don't think he'd do that but but also you can't spend 65 million pounds on a player when you need an experienced striker and you desperately need two midfielders so the Semenyu thing wouldn't make sense to me at all.

53:12But look, it's going to be very interesting to see what Amrim's got to say at lunchtime. Maybe he'll be the guy that comes out and shows some accountability and leadership because I'm fuming about Monday and I'm disappointed again at the club's reaction to it. I can't accept. Somebody said you need to go and have a walk and calm down too much negativity for a Friday morning. Well, I'm sorry I care, mate. I'm sorry it actually matters and I'm sorry that I find it completely and utterly repulsive that this great football club has become a club that accepts losing to Everton with 10 men and being 10th in the league.

53:51I don't recognise that. I don't accept it and I don't care if you want to give me a bag of Werther's and Originals and a pair of slippers and say look at him, stick him on the History Channel living in the past but I'm not going to change. I mean maybe that's what happens when you get older you just become a moany old prat who lives in the past but the past was better for Manchester United we had standards we are still a massive club and all I see Ineos do is lower expectations and get away with it factually over the last two years we've got worse and every bad result becomes more acceptable from them there is no frustration there is no anger and there is no reaction to these unacceptable performances.

54:35And some of you are being brainwashed by it. Like some of you are just going, oh, well, these things happen. No. In competitive sport, you are driven to succeed and you do not accept poor performance. If you're a runner and you have a set time that you should be hitting and you go on a run and you don't hit it, you don't go, oh, well, you look at why did I go out on the piss last night? Did I not sleep properly? Man United go, oh, it's fine. We are like the new school sports day in the UK, where when I was growing up, sports day, if you win, you get first prize. If you get second, you get second.

55:14If you get third, third. Nowadays, somebody wins. And if you come last, you get a first prize medal as well. Why have Man United become like this? It's a competitive sport. Why are we not driven by winning? Why are we not setting standards? I'll leave it there. Thanks everyone for watching. We're back with the press conference reaction. It's about half past one. Tune in for that. I've got Leipzig watch along tonight from about quarter past seven. I'm really excited to watch that. I mean, there are some good young players there. And Favell obviously works there. But I mean, whether we should be buying young players, you know what my thought is about that.

55:49And we have an eight o 'clock show for you too. Obviously, remember, we've done the preview for Palace. Controversial, but I stand by it. What I said, you can check that out. and it is a midday kickoff on Sunday. Apparently it was because we were meant to be playing in the half past 12 game, which is why there's no half past 12 game. We're meant to be half past 12 tomorrow, but because Palace played last night, it's been moved to 12 o 'clock on a Sunday. There you go, information bridge. Take care, everyone. Stay safe. I'll speak to you on the next one.

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