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22 Feb 2026 · 31m · 12 chapters

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328: Man Utd in Double TRANSFER Battle!

In short

The episode is a Manchester United-focused football discussion with transfer rumors and matchweek context. The host opens by praising United’s league-table position after other results (Villa/Leeds and Chelsea/Burnley draws) and argues United benefit if Liverpool drop points at Forest. Topic 1: Left-back targets—Nathaniel Brown (Frankfurt) is linked to United and Arsenal; the host doubts his fit, citing Frankfurt’s defensive fragility and preferring Premier League options like Antonee Robinson, plus Mattson/Hall/Truffaut. Topic 2: Midfield—Felix Enmicha (Dortmund) is linked to United/Chelsea; the host says he could be a second/third midfielder, but not a replacement for “priority” targets like Elliot Anderson/Adam Wharton/Angelo Stiller. Topic 3: PR—criticizes Daily Mail coverage praising Michael Carrick’s “changes” (shorter training, later arrivals) and argues it’s spin against Amorim and the board.

Notable examples

DeMarco’s Serie A assist record pace; Carrick’s training/arrival adjustments; comparisons to Solskjaer after Mourinho.

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Chapters

0:00

Positive League Position for Manchester United

Discussion on Manchester United's favorable league standing and upcoming matches.

“Man, whenever I use a sportsbook during the Soccer World Championship, I feel like I'm getting robbed.”
1:36

Positive League Position for Manchester United

Discussion on Manchester United's favorable league standing and upcoming matches.

“because my son is playing a match at quarter to 11.”
3:08

Transfer Talk: Nathaniel Brown and Left-Backs

Analyzing potential left-back signings, focusing on Nathaniel Brown's viability.

“Now, I read the article on it and it is quite interesting because it talks about how he's got a defensive solid game.”
5:32

Evaluating Felix Enmica as a Transfer Option

Discussing the potential signing of Felix Enmica and implications for midfield.

“I don't think Nathaniel Brown is the answer for Manchester United at left back.”
9:06

Concerns Over Manchester United's Transfer Strategy

Critique of Manchester United's approach to signing players and building the squad.

“But Beléber and Enmita, not good enough.”
14:00

Assessing Left Back Options for Man Utd

Discussion on the availability and quality of left backs in the Premier League.

“from the Italian league to the Premier League and at 28.”
14:43

Xerxe's Future at Manchester United

Exploration of Xerxe's potential transfer and his current role in the team.

“So let's talk about what Fabrizio had to say.”
17:26

Critique of Carrick's Management Style

A critical look at Michael Carrick's changes and their implications for player performance.

“we don't know what Man United's stance is, but he's got no chance of going to the World Cup.”
23:07

Media Criticism and Management Accountability

Discussion on media narratives around Carrick and the previous manager, Amorim.

“The first 20 minutes of games when Liverpool were in Europe under Rodgers, they would absolutely blitz teams.”
28:00

Responsibility for Club Decisions

Discussing the board's failures and how they scapegoat managers.

“And the reality is, if you bring a lion home for tea and it eats your family, and then you're on the news going, well, you know, it's the lion's fault.”
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29:28

Liam DeLapp and Player Development

Analyzing Liam DeLapp's potential and career trajectory.

“can buy united stand for one billion instead of rcb says amit they can try i know this off topic but i was on your sister channel watching chelsea watch along we dodged the dilap disaster says Ray Carl Brown Amore.”
30:22

Upcoming Matches and Community Engagement

Previewing upcoming matches and encouraging audience interaction.

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1:28this summer that's not Casemiro. We'll talk about that as well. Some interesting stuff coming out about Michael Carrick and a couple of other transfer stories as well. So a little bit early this morning because my son is playing a match at quarter to 11. So if I did 10 o 'clock, we wouldn't be there on time. So a little bit early this morning, but we are live on That's Football at two o 'clock for Forest against Liverpool and then the North London derby. Couple of really good results for United yesterday as well. Villa drawing to Leeds and Chelsea drawing to Burnley. So first things first, let's start with a positive this morning.

1:57The league table is looking very, very good for Manchester United. Obviously, we're playing tomorrow night, but that was perfect for us yesterday. Absolutely perfect. I mean, yeah, I mean, Chelsea also have got Arsenal and... Who have they got next? They've got Arsenal and they've got somebody else difficult. I can't remember who it is. They've got two difficult games, Chelsea, coming up. And Villa, Villa away. So they'll eat each other, Villa and Chelsea. So very good for us. We've just got to do our business. but very good result for us. And if Liverpool don't win at Forest, it's even better.

2:31So big weekend for Man United and positive about that as well. Now, yesterday, I put up a video about left-backs. I did one last week about the midfield. A lot of people liked it. If you haven't checked it, it's on the homepage. I found our new left-back and I think I have. And there's some really good options at left-back. The big question is, will Manchester United go and sign one? Well, this morning, interestingly, caught offside is talking about a battle for Nathaniel Brown of Frankfurt, who I did feature on my video last night. So apparently there is interest from Europe, but more importantly from the Premier League, specifically Manchester United and Arsenal are interested in the young German left back who plays for Frankfurt.

3:09Now, I read the article on it and it is quite interesting because it talks about how he's got a defensive solid game. I mean, Frankfurt, from covering the Bundesliga this season, Frankfurt are anything other than solid at the back. Defensively, they're a bloody nightmare. I think they conceded another three to Bayern yesterday, although it was Bayern. They concede a lot of goals. They're not in relegation trouble, but they've conceded more goals than anybody in the league, I think. And they're in the top half of the table. So defensively solid, I don't think is something that you can attribute to Frankfurt.

3:38So therefore, I wouldn't read too much into that. I personally don't think he's particularly great going forward either. But he's a young player. It could be the Faval again. He could turn out to be absolutely brilliant. and it is a player that I was talking about last night. So it'd be very interesting. And again, if it's true that Arsenal are looking at him as well, then, you know, you would obviously say, well, maybe Man United should be looking at him. Maybe the profile of the player is really good. As I always say, Roy Keane got relegated with Nottingham Forest. Would you ignore that deal because he got relegated?

4:14I mean, he was one of the best midfielders in the league at that point. He got relegated, came to Manchester United and became one of the best midfielders in the world. So you have to be wary of team performance and look at individual performance. And whilst we're talking about that, by the way, Brighton did win yesterday. Belaba didn't play. So, you know, I saw people going yesterday or Belaba's back. I was like, no, he didn't. He didn't fucking play. He didn't start the match. I think he came on, but I think he came on at some point, but he didn't start the game. and again just another indication of the problems there are around somebody like Belaber who individually is not very good but his team did all right yesterday so I think that I think with I think with Nathaniel Brown it's an interesting one I as I say check out the video I did last night on left backs I think there are some very interesting left backs that are already playing in the Premier League and I don't think they'll be necessarily more expensive for example Anthony Robinson is a much better left back than Nathaniel Brown.

5:15He might be six years older, but he'd be a lot cheaper. And his output is incredible in the Premier League. So I think our left back resides in the Premier League, whether that's Mattson, Hall, Robinson, Truffaut. There are some really good left backs. Check out that video. I don't think Nathaniel Brown is the answer for Manchester United at left back. However, it doesn't mean we won't do it, as I've said before. We were linked to Nicholas Jackson in the summer and we wanted him. Just because we don't think this player might be right for Man United doesn't mean Wilcox doesn't. I mean, look at Liam De Lappe.

5:51Chelsea are down to 10 men yesterday. He comes on, they're down to nine. He's absolutely not good enough for a top five club. And Wilcox wanted this to be the guy leading our line this season. And they still want Belaba. So maybe they will go for someone like Nathaniel Brown, who, in my opinion, I think there are better options. Now, the second player we're talking about this morning is Felix Enmica, however you pronounce it, at Dortmund. We have been tentatively linked to him. And again, another story this morning coming out from Germany that Manchester United are very interested, as are Chelsea and Tottenham.

6:24Well, rule out Tottenham because if they get relegated, they ain't going to go there, is he? And if they're not in Europe, they ain't going to go there either. So competition with somebody like Chelsea might be quite interesting. Chelsea are always looking for midfielders. but look again another player with a couple of years left on his contract from the Bundesliga in his mid-20s who's having a very good season who I think when I've watched him play for Dortmund who are doing very well this season just looks like he's made for the Premier League he's tall he's physical he's good on the ball he can score a goal he can defend I think he's a very interesting player and obviously doing business with Dortmund isn't always easy and you can bring players in from the Bundesliga that don't necessarily settle.

7:08We've certainly seen it with Verts so far at Liverpool and we've seen it with players at Man United in the past from the Bundesliga. But I do think he's an interesting profile of player.

7:21I just get confused by these sorts of deals because it feels to me if we do start wandering towards a player like this are we not wandering away from the targets that we've been told we're going for which is Elliot Anderson, Adam Wharton, Angelo Stilla, Carlos Baleba why is Enmica coming into the equation I mean I do like the player and I think it would be I do think he would improve us and I think some people go oh he's not better than this he's not better than that I mean there's no there's no reason to say he isn't better than Agate or Mainu in relation to the job he can do. And I certainly think he would add something to our midfield.

7:58I would say that if we go for Enmicha, he'd have to be second or third midfielder. He couldn't be the primary midfielder. This is the sort of midfielder I was talking about in January where you go for Conor Gallagher because would he improve us today? Yes. Will he improve us tomorrow? Yes. Is he the number one midfielder we need to go for? No. I think the number one midfielder we need to go for is probably a Anderson or a Stiller in my mind but as the second or third I don't mind us being in for him and you have to have backup options but as I've said too many times before I think we will sign Balaba and that's a mistake and I think that the set the mid if they sign Balaba the second midfielder is going to be very interesting because if it's Balaba and then Mieter I think that's a fail I think that's a fail because I don't think Beléber's good enough to be the A-star signing and Enmita is a second midfielder to that, I don't think that's very inspiring.

8:53I think if you go for Anderson and Stilla, that's the level I want Man United to be pitching in at. We want to catch Man City. We want to catch Arsenal. We're not going to do that with Beléber and Enmita. So Anderson and Enmita, fine. But Beléber and Enmita, not good enough. So that's what worries me about United. You get all this talk about we're going to do this, we're going to do that we're going to do the other and the reality is are they? We need to close the gap on the people above us and we need to do that with better players and the midfield is the priority as everybody says but I agree with Melka who says Enmica is a beast he is definitely and I agree with Doctor Strange that we do need midfielders first Kumo says you were tripping talking Connor Gallagher he's shy yeah but I mean mate he plays for Spurs now so what do you want to do regurgitate a story I thought Conor Gallagher played very well against Man United I thought he played very well against Manchester City and I think he's been very good for Spurs since he went there and I would have took him and I still would take him you disagree oh no what are we going to do I mean we're just wasting seconds I'm not going to back down there is no evidence to say that that would have been a bad move for Manchester United when we've got no midfielders so you know well done you've got an opinion I had an opinion if I'm going to change my opinion I'll tell it you I've not changed my opinion on that and I'll state the same thing I think Enmica falls into the same category as Conor Gallagher he won't be the most inspiring player because we have got arrogance in our fan base that they seem to think we should be signing Rodri we haven't been in the Champions League spots for 50 % of the last 13 years we haven't competed for a title in 13 years we're nowhere near winning a title or a Champions League in the next five years in my opinion and people talk arrogantly about people like conor gallagher and amita like we're a club that's winning the premier league you've got to climb the ladder and i look at our midfields and it's bereft of quality and quantity so we have a limited budget if you go for your star midfielder and i don't know who that's going to be because i don't think we're going to get elliot anderson but if belabour's the star and we're willing to pay 70 million pounds for him, which is incredible to me, then the second midfielder is not going to be Adam Wharton or Elliot Anderson.

11:09It's going to be somebody who's a lot cheaper than that. And that's where the likes of Enmieter are going to come into it. Certainly. JXX says, I hate playing on Mondays. Yeah, there's some people talking about us playing today. We're not playing today. We're playing on Monday. I absolutely hate Monday night football, but this is what happens when you shit and you don't play in Europe because the Premier League go, nobody watches Monday night football, so let's put Man United there as much as possible. Robbie was on about it on That's Football a few weeks ago. They did this to Arsenal the year that they didn't finish in Europe as well.

11:41If you don't finish in Europe and you're a big club, they'll put you on Monday night football as much as possible because nobody watches Monday night football unless it's a big team. So you put Man United on there and you're boosting the Monday night football, which helps them with their sponsors. So that's why, how many times have we played on Monday night? Four? Four or five this season? And we'll probably be doing it again at some point as well. So if you don't want Monday night football, don't be shit, basically. Next season, Tottenham, Newcastle. Get ready for Monday night football, but it is what it is.

12:13It is what it is. Exactly, says Chain says. We play on Mondays because we can bring in the numbers on the weekday. Okay, let's move to Fabrizio this morning. He's talking about Manchester United. Oh, just before we do that, though, this caught my eye and I'd love to see it happen. Oliver Glasner, Crystal Palace, there's problems like that they basically sort of probably do want to part ways. Very nearly left at the end of last week. This has got nothing to do with Glasner being Man United's next manager. I just don't think that will happen and I don't think it can happen. However, they are trying to get Gareth Southgate to come in and be an interim for Crystal Palace until the end of the season.

12:53Now, this could be a good thing or a bad thing, because if he goes into Palace and does well, surely they'd offer him the job. Interim tends to lead to full time job, which takes him out of the Man United equation. On the other hand, if he takes it and does well, does that make him more attractive to Man United because he becomes Premier League proven? personally I'll live with the fact that he goes to Palace and is not on the equation for Manchester United I'd like to see that also just talking about left backs DeMarco is now only one assist away from matching the all-time assist record in Serie A the record is held by Papu Gomez who set a record for the most assists in a single season with 16 for Atalanta in 2019-20 DeMarco has 12 more games to play and break the record in his last six games so he's got 15 assists this season DeMarco this is sending some Man United fans into free fall they're going DeMarco's got to be the left back for Manchester United as I say check the video I did last night I did talk about DeMarco but there's a very good handful of reasons why we shouldn't go anywhere near DeMarco as our left back next season I'm not saying I'd be crying if we did it but I think there's a massive transfer from the Italian league to the Premier League and at 28.

14:10I think we're in a very fortuitous position. If you check out that video, I'm not here to bore you this morning and I won't bore you on that video, but we're in a very fortuitous position when you look at left back, there are so many good left backs in the Premier League that can be bought. You don't actually need to take any risks on a foreign player from a foreign league. And Luke Shaw's output at left back is criminal. Check out the video. I'll tell you now, absolutely criminal. His output as an attacking left-back is fucking rubbish. Rubbish, like absolutely terrible. So let's talk about what Fabrizio had to say.

14:49And he had to say this. He said, talking about movements this summer, basically saying that Xerxe and Serie A remains a strong possibility with Juventus interested. Xerxes remains professional at Manchester United, but wants to play more regular football. Well, look, I actually have a different take on this. I think Xerxes was going to go last summer and stayed, was going to go this January and stayed, and now everyone's saying he's going to go in this summer. I wouldn't be surprised if he stayed, because I think every time it looks absolutely nailed on that Xerxes is going to leave Man United, he ends up staying.

15:29And he obviously likes it here. And he obviously is very professional.

15:36So I wouldn't be surprised if he stayed. However, I will say again, absolutely does need to leave Manchester United because there's just no pathway to the first team for him at all at the moment. And I don't think he suits this system at all. I don't know why we bought him, to be honest. And this sounds absolutely horrible, but I think you need to be blunt. And there's something else I want to be blunt about as well. I do not understand why we bought him. He was never really an out-and-out striker. He was always a technical striker. And we never needed that because we've got Bruno Fernandes. We don't need a striker that drops in like Harry Kane and is involved in the build-up.

16:21We don't need that. We need an out-and-out number nine. So I think Xerxes does need to leave, like Warren Jr. said. And I think that we can probably get our money back because I still think there's a very good player there and he's very appreciated in Italy. Like Ruud Hullett said, I just think it was a bad move for him and a bad move for us. And sometimes I think you jump into a deal because you're desperate. And if you remember that summer, we actually were looking at Sesco under Ten Hag and then he decided to stay at Leipzig. so we actually ambushed Milan's deal he was meant to be going to Milan in fact I think I think Romano was basically close to saying here we go to Milan for Xerxi so we ambushed that deal and I think that again you could almost say that was another mistake by Wilcox and Ineos because they were involved in that and and and obviously Agate as well and I think they got a few transfers wrong that summer.

17:12But yeah, he needs to move on. There's no doubts about that. I think it's absolutely nailed on that he should go, but I wouldn't say it's nailed on that he will because he has survived a couple of transfer windows where he would have thought. And look, we don't know what Man United's stance is, but he's got no chance of going to the World Cup. And I think if he'd gone to Italy, he would have had a chance. You look at that Netherlands squad, it's not that good. And if he'd gone to Italy in January and scored a few goals, I think he would have been going to the World Cup. So it's interesting that, but yeah.

17:45Okay, get ready for the PR piece. Nathan Salt in the Daily Mail. I don't think he's on the Carrick payroll, but he's definitely in the fan club. Everything he writes seems to be about Carrick's movements and positive, and here we go again. Carrick made two key changes, shortening training for intensity and delaying arrival times for home games to one hour 45 minutes before kickoff, aiming for a better atmosphere. he's also adjusted away game arrival times to match the new home routine. Carrick also speaks to the players immediately after games, which was rarely Amarim's way. They find him more approachable than his predecessor, who often appeared aloof.

18:20So Nathan Salt and his Amarim hit squad is out in force again this Sunday morning, which is very interesting that we get an article like that coming out on Sunday morning. And yet Deleuze and Kunja in the last few days have praised Amarim and how much they liked him. But Nathan Salt knows best in the Daily Mail. Apparently, Nathan Salt's spoken to players in the Daily Mail and they weren't happy under Amarim. But we've literally heard from Deleuze and Cunha in the last couple of days about how much they liked Amarim. And that's been backed up by Ambermo, Ahmad, Bruno, Maguire, Shaw. So who are these players that didn't like Amarim?

18:57Because it's just, I just, I tire of this nonsense, you know. Michael Carrick's the manager. We need him to do well. We need him to win. But this constant cheerleading for Carrick from certain journalists, and the only thing they've got is to try and slag Amrim off. And they always use the same thing that's not true. Oh, the players found Amrim aloof. Well, they didn't because the players keep coming out and saying how much they liked him, mate. So try a different angle. And also, also, I've got to say, and I don't really want to say this, but I will. Carrick's made two key changes. He's shortened training and he's letting players arrive later for games.

19:36Well, I'm sorry. Why would I cheerlead that? So we're training less and we're arriving at the ground later. And this is to be, basically, this is just to make the players feel happy. I'm sorry, this might be a really out there statement, but I don't think Man United players need to be pampered anymore. They're playing one game a week. Last weekend, they're on holiday. But it's not the international break. They're on holiday because they're shit, because they're not in Europe. And you're telling me we should be applauding the fact that we're reducing the training time and letting them turn up later.

20:14They're not in fucking Europe. They're not in the cup. They're already doing less than everybody else. And now we're going, oh, well done. He's letting them do it. I mean, it must be a bloody holiday at Man United at the moment. I'm sorry. Like, I'm not going to sit here and think, look, if we were playing every weekend, midweek, like Arsenal and Man City, and Carrick said, I'm reducing the training times and we can turn up a little bit later to give you. I completely agree. I completely agree. It's going to make the players feel a little bit less worked. But they're doing next to fuck all anyway.

20:47They're on the easiest routine a Man United player's had in over 100 years. and Carrick's given them even less time. Now, there might be a medical or physical sports science reason for why he's doing it, but let's not start championing it. You know what it sounds like to me? It sounds like Carrick's doing everything to make the players like him. That is not the way to coach anybody. You don't go into a job and turn up with a box of sweets and say, like me, that's how that reads though. Hopefully that's not what's happening, but I don't read articles like that. And to be honest with you, I don't believe articles like that anyway, because it contradicts a lot of what players have actually said.

21:26But I don't think it's like players. Remember the stories about Man United players not being happy about having to drive home in the dark. We have a dressing room culture for over a decade that's not been good enough. I don't like reading stories about managers coming in and making players happy because the last thing those players need is to be made happy. they need to be worked harder and last time out we were fucking shit against West Ham so what did you what did you reduce training time and arriving late for games do for West Ham or are we just going to ignore West Ham and go back to the four wins like West Ham was about as ambitious as a wet fart it was a crap performance there were so many bad performances we did well to get an equaliser and we should applaud that but it was in general it was a shit performance.

22:18And what was the excuse for that? Oh, because we played on the weekend. Oh, did we? We played on the weekend and then we played midweek. What, like every other top club has to do every week. So, you know, I just think it's obviously got nothing to do with Carrick. But what I'm saying is it's the cheerleading of, oh, Carrick's really popular because he lets them have less training and he lets them arrive later. Oh, yeah. And the last manager didn't do that. Well, when we've won 10 games in a row and we're top of the league, then we can maybe go, oh, reducing training was a good idea. But I'd still say they've got every bloody week off.

22:55Man Utd this season under Amrim and Carrick have not done what I saw Chelsea do and Liverpool do. I remember that Brendan Rodgers season when they nearly won the league. They weren't in Europe. The first 20 minutes, the amount of times they were 2-0 up was incredible. The first 20 minutes of games when Liverpool were in Europe under Rodgers, they would absolutely blitz teams. It was like a blitz for 20 minutes. They'd just be all over you. I've not seen a start a game like that once. Maybe Man City. Maybe Man City we did, to be fair. But we should be absolutely blitzing teams. We should be so full of energy, we don't stop.

23:33We shouldn't need to be resting them even more.

23:38Also, sorry, I don't want to read that. Nathan Salt again, boring. But this one's quite interesting. Carrick's move mirrors Solskjaer's after Mourinho's 2018 exit. This is Nathan Salt again. Solskjaer, Daily Mail. Solskjaer countered Mourinho's negativity and Carrick is refreshing after Amrim's tenure. Though not as toxic as Mourinho, Amrim's handling of main new and public comments caused issues at Old Trafford. Carrick's success on the field and silence off it has pleased the club's management. I mean, what's that supposed to mean again? So basically, you're basically trying to use a headline to say that Carrick's like Solskjaer, Mourinho was negative and toxic and Amorim was as well, but not as negative and toxic and the management like it.

24:20I don't even know what that's supposed to mean. That's why I'm calling it out because I've got players out here doing interviews saying how much they like Amorim. I know you've got a journalist going, oh, Amorim was really toxic and the management are really happy. Well, the management appointed Amrim. I think we need to cut through the shit here and just say, every journalist who slags Amrim off for the club's benefit, why don't you wake up and smell the coffee this morning? Who appointed Amrim? The board. Who interviewed Amrim? The board. So if they think Amrim was wrong, a fraud, toxic, whatever, are they going to put their hands up and do an interview and go, we did it again?

25:00we did it again. Not only Ten Hag, not only Dan Ashworth, not only hundreds of millions of pounds spent, but also Amrim as well. We are fucking shit at our job. We've made multiple errors at the football club. We're absolutely terrible at what we're doing. We are responsible. Well, they're not going to do that, are they? They're just going to get certain journalists to try and slag Amrim off and pretend that they're competent. You picked Amrim, you bloody idiots. You picked him, like you picked bloody Keeping Ten Hag, like you picked Dan Ashworth, like you spent all this money, like you spent 60 million pounds on Agate, Jason, like you wanted Liam DeLapp, Jason.

25:37Are you going to own up to all that shit or are you just going to try and hide behind Carrick's good work? Come on. You were going to give Oli the job as well. You wanted to give Oli the job. The only reason you didn't because there was a fan backlash. So look, call it out for what it is. This is just PR as per usual and certain journalists who clearly don't support Man United and support their careers and the board need calling out for it because it's just so ridiculous that they've apparently got sources who didn't like Amirim in the dressing room and yet 90 % of the dressing room has come out in the last six weeks talking about how much they liked Amirim so I find it hilarious also I also think that all they've got is Manu all they've got is Manu and I agree Manu should have been playing for Manchester United.

26:23But are we going to start moving forward or are we going to start moving back? And what worries me about it is, is what's the end game here? And the end game, I don't think the end game is even for Michael Carrick to get the job. I think the end game is to just continually slag Amram off to try and make the board look competent. And some fans do fall for it. But I think all this PR is not about getting Carrick the job. I think it's about making Wilcox look competent. But you're incompetent, mate. You appointed the guy that you sacked. So you're responsible for that. You can't then go, well, I always knew he was shit.

26:59You appointed him. And also, you didn't sack him on results. You sacked him because he wanted to buy players in January and you said no, which we should have done. So I just think beware of this constant PR because it contradicts itself. And Amram's been sacked. Like, Amram's gone. I think we're all capable of understanding that and moving forward. but they won't let us move forward because they keep regurgitating the same old shit. And Konya literally did an interview yesterday talking about how much he liked Amrim and Dolo did it on Friday about how much he liked him and Bermot did it a couple of weeks ago.

27:34So yeah, I know Amrim's gone. I'm not saying he shouldn't have gone. We've moved on. But I'm so tired of the bloody constant PR of trying to make out Jason Wilcox knows what he's doing or Omar Barada know what they're doing. I'm tired. I've seen it. Some of you might be too young. Most of us have seen it before. I've seen Ed Woodward do this. I've seen Richard Arnold do this. They spend so much time trying to spin a story. And the reality is, if you bring a lion home for tea and it eats your family, and then you're on the news going, well, you know, it's the lion's fault. You brought the fucking lion home.

28:13You went to the zoo. You bought the fucker. you brought it into the kitchen, you closed the door and you left it in the kitchen. You brought it home and you're blaming the fucking lion. And that's what I feel about this board. Every bloody time. Mourinho. Mourinho was at the club for two and a half years. They spent a year slagging him off to make Oli look good. And they appointed Mourinho and they kept him for two and a half years. And it was absolutely fine when he was winning the Europa League. But then the minute he went, oh, Mourinho was toxic. Mourinho is the best example of how this club operates.

28:44He was here for two and a half years. He won trophies. But when he went, they acted like he was the devil. They acted like he was horrific because they needed to make him look evil and them look good. And we brought Oli in and Oli's at the wheel and all this. And that's what they do. But people seem to forget. They bring these people into the club. They should be taking responsibility for it. And at this football club, we never do that. So Jim Radcliffe, Joel Glazer, they never figure out the incompetence is not the manager you sack it's the people who tell you that's the manager and we always keep the people who make the bad decisions and remove the manager and this is why we keep going around this cycle because we keep doing it and doing it and doing it and doing it um glazes can buy united stand for one billion instead of rcb says amit they can try i know this off topic but i was on your sister channel watching chelsea watch along we dodged the dilap disaster says Ray Carl Brown Amore.

29:41Oh, 100%, mate. Liam DeLapp is not an issue for us. It could have been. But the talent profiling that Jason Wilcox does is scary because I don't know what he's... I remember last April when we got told that Liam DeLapp was the priority for Man United. In fact, we broke it on this channel in the first week of April. And I was like, I don't want to say this. I don't want to say this because I don't want Liam DeLapp. But I know the source and I know it's good. and I know Man United want him and I think they're going to get him. And I was like, I don't think he's good enough. I don't rate Liam Dallap and everyone was having a pop at me.

30:15Some people agreed, some people didn't. I didn't want him because I don't think he's the finished article. And looking at Chelsea, I think he's worse than he was a year ago. I actually think he's gone backwards. I think he needed to go from Ipswich to Everton and play every week and he'd become a better player. He's killed his development by going too fast too soon and that's a lesson, I think. what does it mean for Shaw when all three goals in the City game came from left backs O 'Reilly and Hall are absolute ballers also stat free kickers in stain says Rajaf Luke Shaw's attacking output is abysmal statistically abysmal check out the video I did on the home page last night okay big day today that's football couple of big watch alongs one involves United because it's Forest against Liverpool we need a result there and then it's the North London derby and we are back here at 8 o 'clock tonight with an eight o 'clock Sunday night show.

31:08So looking forward to that. Apologies if you missed the show live, but there's lots for you to get your comments in about early this morning because I've got a match to go to with Seb. Thanks everybody for watching. Smash a like on the video and I'll speak to you again later. Hopefully you can join us on Mats Football as well. Thanks for watching.

From the publisher

New names are emerging on Manchester United’s radar, with Nathanial Brown and Felix Nmecha both attracting serious interest. Are we heading toward another transfer battle, or is this just early noise? We cut through the PR spin that keeps propping up Carrick while downplaying Amorim. The same cycle we see every time a new manager arrives. The real issue sits higher up: Jason Wilcox and the recruitment structure shaping United’s future. Join Goldbridge this morning for all the latest headlines

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