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1:01Hi, everybody. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge and this is your latest Manchester United news as Manchester United make a move and enter a bidding war with Elliot Anderson. We've also got more club spin PR rubbish coming out. We'll talk about that as well. Some interesting, well, an interesting tweet I want to get into as well about how if Man United don't get Elliot Anderson, how do you rebuild the midfield? There's not actually a lot of experience out there. We've got a little bit coming out from Matter about Rashford. We've got some from Glasner, some comments from him. But look, I want to start off.

1:34First of all, we will start about Elliot Anderson. But Villa losing against Wolves last night. Incredibly, Man United can be third tomorrow if we win. I mean, we probably did predict that Villa would implode. But one point from six against Wolves and Leeds at home means that we have another club that is on the, you know, opening up the door for us. So, as I said last night, I think we've got a bit of toast on it. As I said last night, not playing, playing one game a week is going to be massively beneficial for us. I mean, I don't even think we've played well the last couple of games and we've took four points.

2:09And I think a lot of that's down to the energy that we have later on in games compared to some of these other rivals who I think, you know, Liverpool West Ham could be interesting today. Chelsea, Arsenal won't, you know, I think they dropped points. So looking good there. But look, that's what Europe does to you. I think that's a bit of a warning in some ways. There's short-term gain, but there's long-term pain. We're going to be in the same position as Villa and Liverpool and Chelsea next season. And I don't think we've got the squad for it. So short-term gain. But I think there's fans out there getting really excited about third place and Champions League football.

2:42And it's going to be completely different in August, in my opinion. And I just wonder whether we've got the owners to figure that out because I don't rate them. And this is why this story coming out this morning about Elliot Anderson is so important. Manchester City and Manchester United are to go head to head this summer for Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson. Both clubs have made the 23 year old England international their priority midfield target. Forest are valuing him around 80 million. A bidding war is expected as the Manchester rivals look to strengthen in the middle of the park.

3:14This is coming in from the mirror, by the way. The upcoming World Cup is expected to complicate the timing of the deal, though. So, look, I think the World Cup is very, very interesting. MyChilly says bidding war is a bit crazy title today. Tell me why it's a crazy title, MyChill. I mean, I'm sorry if I've offended anybody, but bidding war tends to be something to do with, you know, bidding for something. If you want to read into something that it's not, well, apologies. Don't know what you're talking about. The United Stand football channel for the last 10 years talking about transfer bidding war.

3:51Anyway, let's carry on with the show. So, yeah, look, I think that the World Cup probably does have a very big impact on this. I don't think Elliot Anderson follows Manchester City on Instagram anymore. But look, I want to add this context into this because I think this is really interesting in relation to this. It was Man United being linked to Lucien Agume of Sevilla, I think he plays for. and then it was Swedish Rumble again. We're giving him a couple of shout outs the last couple of days. He said, Agumi, Belaiba, Stilla. Building the midfield around players that are 22 to 24 and not quite established is scary.

4:32But what options are there? If Anderson goes to City and Tonali's going back to Italy, is reported, what established midfielders can United target? Giao Gomez, Anana, Locatelli, McKennie, Kone, Fernandes, Hulmland, Edison, Kamara. I think the key is to rebuilding the midfield will be numbers. Liverpool signed four midfielders in Sir Bosley, McAllister, Gravenberch and Endo in one summer when they rebuilt theirs. There's going to be, having competitions for spots is very, very positive. And with Agathe moving on as well, he would, I would like to see four midfielders signed. I think this is, look, there's a lot on that tweet, but he does follow, still follow City, sadly, says Gibbo.

5:14But I think it was a great point because it's something that we've sort of touched on a little bit. Elliot Anderson, Man City or Manchester United? Look, hopefully Manchester United. Reality, Man City are in the race. As I said to you in January, Man City would have done the deal for Elliot Anderson in January. They had the money, they would have done it, but Forrest didn't want to do it. I don't think Anderson wanted to do it. I don't know, but they couldn't do it. So they are interested. They will do it. They'll try and get it done quick. They'll be in talks with him now. Man United will be in talks with him as well.

5:47this is not a deal that you can just sit back and wait until the summer and say we'll talk to you after the World Cup you've got to be talking now like Forrest he ain't going to stay at Forrest there's no reason to stay at Forrest sometimes you get a signing where a player might be like I'm waiting until the summer I don't want to talk to anybody because I might stay here Bruno Fernandes Bruno Fernandes might stay at Manchester United might go somewhere else he's said he'll decide after the World Cup every reason to stay at United he's been here for years we will in the Champions League, I believe.

6:14But he might get better offers from PSG, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich. You don't know. So Bruno is one of those players where it probably is. I'm not interested in talking about stuff at the moment. Go through my agent, blah, blah, blah. With Elliot Anderson, he will be leaving Forest in the summer. So conversations will be taking place. I wonder about this, and I'm just going to drop it out there. I do wonder with Elliot Anderson, the way that Manchester City work, I do wonder if they might try and push to get this done before the end of the season, certainly before the World Cup, because they're just that sort of club.

6:48They're a little bit like Chelsea. When they know they want something, they tend to move on it. And if they can't get it, they'll move on to something else. It's a bit like when we wanted Alexi Sanchez and they were interested. They laid the cards on the table. Sanchez wanted a wage bidding war and they went, no, thank you. So I think with Man City, I think they might go a little bit soon on this. Now, I don't know whether that's going to suit United or not. I would say unless City get that 1-1-5 thing done before the end of the season, I think that I would say United are probably 30 % chance of getting him and Man City 70 % of getting Elliot Anderson.

7:28I don't know what you would do it. Some people seem to think it's 50-50. I've even spoken to one journalist who thinks Man United might get him. So look, I'm not saying I'm definitive on this. I just feel it's 70 % Man City, 30 % us. Because wages will matter. I know what Ben Jacobs was saying is about you'd be surprised how players don't see money as important. Look, I like Ben. I respect Ben. But I've also been around football a lot in the last 10 years, especially. And there are a lot of players that go for money. and they're in the right to do that I think it's naive to think that footballers don't follow money of course they bloody do they're one of the most justifiably we were talking about Manu you're not going to sit at Man United and say don't worry about the contract I'm on 50 grand a week when Mason Mount's on 250 grand a week and that's the big thing I think what Ben Jacobs said almost came across that players aren't motivated by money in the sense that they might go for a project I know what he means like if if Everton say we'll give you half a million pounds a year a week and Arsenal say we'll give you 200 grand a week you're going to go to Arsenal because of the project I get what he's saying there but what what is also true is if you sign for Manchester United and you're on 150 grand a week or 200 grand a week and you walk through the door and you see Mason Mount not not injured again on 250 grand a week that causes a problem with players they don't like that that's why they have agents so money will come into it Man City will be able to put good money on the table.

8:58They will be able to put a good project on the table. And I think we can match Man City on the fee. If Forrest want 80 million, I think we can both pay that. I don't think that's necessarily a problem. I was listening to what Andy Mitton said about Sesco. Newcastle actually apparently offered more wages to Sesco to go to Newcastle. Man United matched the transfer fee for Sesco with Leipzig So there's an example of what I mean I think sometimes you might get a slightly higher wage at a club But you want to go to that club And the Sesco example is really good Because it wouldn't have been a world of difference Between Newcastle and Manchester United But with the best will in the world Newcastle isn't Man United And we all said this in the summer If this summer, Stilla has to choose between Man United and Newcastle and Man United give him 20, 30 grand a week more, I think he'd choose Man United.

10:00I think that's what Ben Jacobs is talking about. The project sometimes balances the extra money. But if it's Liverpool or Man United and Liverpool are offering a little bit more money, I think you've got to get a bit lucky there. And I think Man City will be able to offer more wages. So look, we've got to be in it to win it. We've got to be brave to win. And I think that we're in this race. I think the fans are doing their bit. Well, apart from you Prats yesterday saying you wouldn't pay£100 million for him. I mean, hopefully he wasn't watching. But I think in the main, we do want him. I think he'd walk straight into this team.

10:41and my theory is that we're going to have to move quick on it. A bit like Liam De Lappe. Liam De Lappe was like this. Talks with Liam De Lappe were going on in April and May before the season was over. He was going around talking to clubs and I think Elliot Anderson might, might just say let's get it sorted before the World Cup. Nottingham Forest might not. There was a great comment in there. Somebody said, well, Forest might want to wait till after the World Cup. They may well want to wait till after the World Cup but and that might go in our favour it might not I don't know but look you've got to be in it to win it and I think that's the main thing but I do agree with that tweet and I did want to bring that in from Swedish Rumble Casemiro gone Agathe gonna go Bruno we don't know leaves Maynou next season Premier League Champions League how many midfielders do you think you need I think we need three signings I do I think if you brought And I'll just give you three names, Elliot Anderson and Meechah and Balaba, Maynou.

11:42I still think that four is about right for Champions League football. So I think it's definitely quantity that we need. And I agree with the point of Liverpool. I don't like doing this, but I do because it's so relevant to us. I've never seen in the Premier League and maybe some of you have I've watched all of the Premier League and I can't think of one I've never seen a summer where a midfield got rebuilt in two months and Jurgen Klopp did it at Liverpool with Saboz, Ly, McAllister, Gravenberg and Endo I think we need to do something similar I think it's been done it can work and the reason I think we need to do it is that if you bring in Enmica or Stilla or Belaber or Anderson or Wharton

12:34or Manu Kone, you bring all these players in, none of them can guarantee that they're going to hit the ground running. None of them can. And Maynou's 21. So next season, if you only buy Elliot Anderson and then Meecha and you've got Maynou and two of those signings struggle, that midfield, you might have spent 120 million quid on it, but that's a problem. I would go volume as well. I would bring three midfielders in, Maynou, and then at least if a couple of players are struggling, you've got a bit of competition for places. I think that's the sentence for me. I would generate competition for places this summer.

13:13So Casemiro goes, Agate goes, Maynou, three others, four people going for two spots, obviously going to get injuries as well. I think we need three midfielders this summer because there's no unless you can get a Tenale if you can get a Tenale that makes a big difference because he's experienced he's Premier League proven but I don't think we will so I think we need to go for three midfielders this summer to give us competition for places now that probably isn't the way that Manchester United work if I'm being completely honest I don't think that's how Wilcox works I don't think that's how the Glynios ownership work I think they will go you're getting two I mean, considering last summer we got none and this January we've got none, I can't imagine them signing three midfielders this summer.

13:54But I think when you look at what Liverpool did, it's actually common sense to have competition for places for players that might take time to settle. You just give Elliot Anderson the shirt and plays every week, might hit the ground running, might not. Goz says, I'll pay£120 million for Anderson. I genuinely think he's a better all-round player than Rice. I like that. Imagine Cobby breaks into the England squad and plays with Anderson, a partnership for club and country, which could last for years, maybe a reason to pick us, says Vincent. I think that's very unlikely with Declan Rice around, but if there's an injury to Declan Rice, I suppose it could happen.

14:31I don't know whether, do we think Manu will go to the World Cup? I mean, we're about to find out. I think these next couple of games, next three games are really important for Manu because Palace tomorrow, Newcastle on Wednesday, and then Villa the weekend after the next. And then it's the international break. So I don't know whether he's left it a little bit late. I don't know whether Manu will go to the World Cup. I think it's a tough one. So we'll have to wait and see. Patrick Lynch says, look, to be honest, hot take or bad take, I think the midfield's been poor the last two games. I don't think Manu's played well the last two games.

15:15I don't think Casemiro has played well the last two games. And I don't think Bruno has played well the last two games. So if he's going to the World Cup, he's going on reputation. I don't think he's going on performance at the moment. I think the last two games, Ahmed Fielder's been poor. It's the defence and the attack that have made the difference. Would you want him to go to the World Cup? Look, I think I would want Manu to go to the World Cup for him because he missed half a season. And it would be a nice story for him. from a man united point of view i always worry about fitness in the next uh uh next um

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16:27Next season. Polen, welcome to the Members Club. You're an absolute legend, sir. Thank you very much for tuning in. And Goldfridge says Declan Rice chose the vision of the Arsenal project over the ready-made Man City one. Let's hope Anderson has a similar mentality of wanting to be the linchpin in the rebuild of a historical club. That's very, very interesting that you say that about Declan Rice because he did choose Arsenal. Then again, he's also London-based. So I think Declan Rice was also interested in that as well. Also, in relation to the Declan Rice transfer, Arsenal put a hell of a lot of work into that for months as well.

17:08But look, you might be right. Patrick Lynch says, the scariest thing about the Anderson transfer is that this hierarchy has shown it's very slow to pivot. It's why we are still in for Belayba. We need to move quickly this summer, but they have a history of dragging their feet. Look, I think the pivot from Anderson to Belayba is like pivoting from, you know, the best burger in the world to a bag of crisps that are past their sell-by date. Probably could have done a better analogy, but I think there's a hell of a change from Elliot Anderson to Belayba. And if United are going to do that, I'd be worried.

17:47Would you take Jack Grealish, says Wubb? No, I think Jack Grealish is... I think Jack Grealish is an incredibly talented footballer when he was at Aston Villa, but I think Man City, the trophies, the medals, the money, I think his body and mind have checked out of football a little bit to be honest I know you have good sources have you heard anything recently in favor of us for Diamonde and Anderson says Tubby I've not heard anything about Diamonde um other than what I said to you a couple of weeks ago that United are in talks with Leipzig and actually can move on that deal and want to move on that deal because he's the priority winger and we're obviously in talks with Anderson as well so So what I would say to be is what I always say every year is that we're probably three weeks away from the biggest.

18:35Two week period of the transfer window before it actually opens. The March international break is always huge. And I think with the World Cup, it might start a little bit earlier as well. I'm aware of a couple of clubs in talks with Murillo at show me the way to Murillo. Oh, that Forrest left centre-back, Brazilian lad Murillo. I know two Premier League clubs are in talks with him already. So look, people are doing things earlier because of the World Cup. Anderson only joins if we get top five's a spin, which we will. We will. I mean, I was listening to what Glasner had to say about the game tomorrow.

19:21and I just don't, you know, you shouldn't do this really, but I will do it. He said, we need confidence at Old Trafford. I watched their match at Everton. It was a fantastic transition goal. You can see the speed that they have in attack. I also saw that Everton caused them problems. So I'm looking forward to being at Old Trafford. I think Crystal Palace are going to really struggle tomorrow because of the fact that they played on Thursday and that they're struggling anyway. so win that game tomorrow above Villa should be six points clear of Chelsea if they lose to Arsenal and maybe six probably three points ahead of Liverpool I think it just gives us breathing space going into potentially three more difficult fixtures Newcastle away, Villa at home, Bournemouth away they will be interesting games for us but I think we're benefiting from those clubs around us having a lot of injuries and playing a lot of football.

20:25Cheaper options, Enmicha, Ederson and Rios, says Azam. I don't see Rios moving from Benfica this summer, but I wish we'd gone for him in the summer. I really would have liked him. Enmicha was awful in the Champions League, says Rainfall. Yeah, but I watch the Bundesliga, as you know. I think he's very suitable for the Premier League. I think some people watch one or two games and judge a player, I think that's wrong. I would say that if you've watched Belaber twice this season and played badly, that's wrong. It's unfair. He's actually played badly for six months. So you do need to... And look, we do live in a world where everything's right here, right now, left or right, and there is a centre ground, and I think Enmica will be a good Premier League player, whoever he signs for.

21:12Now, if that's Man United, probably not, but I think I would say he's the sort of player that can come in as your third midfielder. Maybe not the starter, but your third midfielder and compete for places. I think he's a good player. Anderson walks straight into the United team, which is a bonus as Ray. Well, I think any midfielder that we go for, we can actually say you walk straight into our midfield. The interesting thing is Rodri could be on the move from Real Madrid as well. So Man City can probably offer that to Elliot Anderson as well. And I think he probably would walk into their team. I think if Pep Guardiola stays at Man City, we've got no chance.

21:44I think if Pep Guardiola leaves Man City, we've still got a hard job. Having said that, I don't really want to talk about the manager this morning because it's not on the agenda. But if Man City replace Pep with Maresca, I still think that's a really solid, stable environment. Maresca has done very well at Chelsea and obviously left because of a fallout. And Man City have got some incredible players. And their transition next season is that they'll probably will be title contenders. Their team is too good. Next season, Man City will have Haaland up front, Donnarumma in goal, Gehi at centre-back, Semenyu on the wing.

22:26They'll still have Cherky. They'll still have Foden. They'll still have Nico O 'Reilly. They're still going to have a really good team, Man City, next season. And Maresco will be a good manager. You put Elliot Anderson in that team, it's even better. So you can see what the project is. Man United are going to say, we've got a new manager coming in. We don't know who it is. Or we're going to keep Michael Carrick. and if I was Elliot Anderson I would go well I know Carrick's done a really good job but look at how many managers you've sacked maybe look at what happened with Solskjaer what if it goes wrong also you don't have a great track record track record with your fans for having good summer transfer windows so beyond me who are you actually buying you might I don't know whether players do do that but the player Elliot Anderson might look at Man City and he might look at Man United and he might go alright Pep Guardiola's going but you can see Man City's stability.

23:22At Man United, this could go wrong very, very quickly. You could buy me and nobody else and that team's not good enough. So it's whether the player thinks like that, I don't know. Those three midfield signings for Liverpool were also intelligent and well scouted and not blockbuster price tags. We need to adapt some of that for our recruitment. I hate praising Liverpool, says Emily. Well, look, you could buy Stilla and Meechia and another midfielder and they would all be under 50 million quid or 50 million quid and below so you can buy intelligently and i think liverpool did do it intelligently last summer that summer and i think we do need quantity um i think that's really really important to be united um masra always says random but you look really good today well i've got i've got my stylish shirt on i was even going to do the top button up but i thought that's too far for a morning show at 10 o 'clock it will blow people's mind.

24:16Ross McRae Magician says, time flies. Ten years ago today was Rashford's debut. Wow. That does make me think. Well, did you hear what One Matter said about Marcus Rashford? I think I did bookmark it somewhere. So, let me see if I can find it for you. Just about Rashford, Romano tweeted again, Barcelona maintain optimism to get Rashford permanent deal done in the summer. Agreement almost done on the player side while Man United insist on the 30 million being fully paid. There was a comment from Wanmata. I think I might have skipped it there. I have got it.

24:55Yeah, Wanmata on Marcus Rashford. It's not easy to handle with all the expectations and the pressure at a club like Manchester United, but I think people will realise that he was a kid and he was a man who gave everything for the club he supported since he was a kid. I don't... I think the problem, Wan, was that he didn't look like he was giving everything for the badge in the last 18 months, to be honest. I mean, I never really commented on him massively. I know a lot of you did, not jumping for headers, jogging around. For whatever reason, something went wrong in the last 18 months. And I would never blame Rashford totally because I know how the club works.

25:39And he sat there himself and said it was time for a new challenge. I think people overanalyse things too much, in my opinion. Why did Paul Pogba fail at Manchester United in the end? Why did Rashford fail in the end? Why did Martial fail in the end? We know what happened with Mason Greenwood, whether rightly or wrongly, whether you agree with it or not, we know that had to be the end um with marcus rashford i don't know man united gave him the platform they gave him the money they gave him the contract um he very rarely got dropped and yet he wasn't happy and i think he needed a new project but i don't look back on rashford i look forward and i go it's great what he's doing at barcelona he can't come back to man united i think that would be career suicide for him to do that and i don't think there's much desire for anybody to bring him back but that doesn't mean you can't look back at 10 years ago or some of the good moments but the last 18 months we can't we can't um paper the cracks it was it was poor and and he was a factor in that and you know the belfast night out some of the performances I don't know but something clearly went on there and you can't it's like I saw a story coming out today about I think it was the Telegraph sort of again another hit job on Amrim from somebody in the club and you sort of like go a week ago, well we'll come back to that in a minute but it's almost like there's a bit of revisionism around Rashford like I've seen people going oh no matter what I love Rashford this that and the other and I'm like that's fine but the last 18 months was crap and he's he's in the right place where he wants to be where most of us want him to be and hopefully gets his move to Barcelona um I wouldn't want to go back to that last 18 months of Rashford there was a reason we are where we are now and I think everybody's in a much better place and and fair you know fair play to the club and fair play to the fans and fair play to Rashford it's time to move on I mean at least we haven't got an ex-player putting Instagram posts out of a lion with a bloody mouth because they're playing Arsenal tomorrow.

27:49Just, I mean, you know, you never know, he might score a hat trick tomorrow, but I'm just sort of like, what goes through the head of that player when he's a bench player for Chelsea, he's done next to nothing this season, they've got a huge game against the best team in the league tomorrow away, and he's posting a picture of a lion with a bloody mouth before the game. Chelsea fans must be just going, the fuck is he doing? And United fans are going, we'll leave that with you. We'll leave that one with you. It's, yeah, that's what I mean. I don't hear people talking about regrets when it comes to that player.

28:31And I think he had a very, very high ceiling. At least with Rashford, we did see the talent for a few years. with other players, you never see the talent. And Mr. Lokey was a favourite of mine. He was. Mate, I'm longing the tooth enough in life to know that you make mistakes in judgment and you have to be big enough to own them. But yeah, but you know how I reacted in the summer and you know how I react now. You know, if you disrespect this football club, you're gone. You're gone. Good comment, Ross, though. 10 years since Rashford made his debut. Ray Carl Brown Amore, absolute legend of the chat has just gifted five memberships thank you very much sir Dirty Deed says can you build a three man midfield within a Glynios budget if you include Elliot Anderson it's a good point like if you spend 80 million pounds on Elliot Anderson can you buy another two midfielders yes you can yes you can and I think you need to but you can't not buy Elliot Anderson because you want to buy three midfielders like that's like not buying the best car in the showroom so you can buy three other cars you still get the best car you still get you've got to go best in class essentially um you get what you pay for but you can't just go let's not get elliot anderson and get three inferior products like we have to get elliot anderson and then you have to go and try and get two other players as well and look if we scout well i'm not saying every three all three of them need to be 50 million pound midfielders there might be somebody who's like a little bit younger a little bit older from a more obscure league you might get them in for 20 or 20 or 30 million pounds but we we we can't walk out this summer with two midfielders i really think it's going to hurt us next season i mean look i i don't agree with this statement but you could argue that Maynou is still unproven.

30:29Like, we all like him, but as I said, the midfield in the last two games has been really poor. What if Maynou doesn't become the player we think he is as well? So I think it's a naive football club that just says, well, we're all right with Maynou. I think we will be all right with Maynou, but what if we're not? What if he gets a bad injury? Maynou's the only midfielder we've got next season. Guaranteed. Bruno's a 10. There's two midfield slots and Maynou's the only one who can feel it so i think we need three um rashford and co failed they had more to to win than they did they could two european cups more cups and fight the title it's time to move on says ray karl brown amore uh yeah well i mean yeah i mean look the last 10 years the last 13 years hasn't been anywhere near the level of man united and that's what we're trying to get back to I just fear that again it's not really for this show but I actually think that the club is built for the next five years maybe ten years just to finish in the top five I think if you said to Glynios you can have fourth place for the next ten years and not win anything they'd say sign us up which is not what I want Ricky's grandson says cheers Mark to you and all the United Stand community I was looking at your bloody profile picture there.

31:51If Carey gets the job, I could see Hackney, Anderson and one of... Well, Hackney is an interesting player, Josh. I mean, I don't know why Hackney is not being looked at by Newcastle and Spurs and Chelsea and Liverpool and Arsenal and Man City, because you lot go on about him all the time. But here we go. Manu has already become what most of us think. Look, apologies, everybody. I feel like I'm going to have to do something here that I never normally do. So I'm going to go to the BBC News website. So US and Israel launched attack on Iran. Okay, so that's why people are talking about war. Dear, dear.

32:29Stay safe, everybody.

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33:14I don't know what to say. We'll stick with football. I just don't know what to say.

33:21It worries me. It worries me because I think we have a great world with a lot of good people in it. And those sort of things, they worry me. But look, we'll focus on the football. A couple of other things I wanted to talk to you about this morning. I spoke about Murillo, spoke about that. interesting what Emery said after the game last night one month ago I was dreaming about maybe winning the Premier League now we are in the we are average in the race to be top five yeah well we called this we called this about Villa there's a very big chance about that Villa could drop out of the top five completely I think we've caught them now and we probably will I Villa don't worry me at all from a Man United point of view that we're only going to move further away from them now um um randy says emory's an average manager i think emory's a fantastic manager i don't know where this has come from again i think it's the moronic um inability to live beyond today and actually look at the past and the future and the levels and what emory has done at aston villa over the last two to three seasons is incredible the fact that he's put them in the top three for most of the season is incredible, but they've lost their entire midfield, mate.

34:38It would be like us having an injury to Maynou, Casemiro and Bruno. They've literally, what would we do if Bruno, Casemiro and Maynou were out till May? McGinn, Tillemans, Kamara, gone. What would Arsenal do without Zubemendy, Odegaard and Rice? What would Man City do without Rodri and whoever plays in their midfield now I don't actually know um they've had a very um they've had the heart of their team ripped out of them which when you bring it back to Manchester United is why so many as so many of us are obsessed with the midfield it's so so important but look we will go past Villa I hope they can stay ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool but it's going to be very difficult for them and they're probably going to have to focus in on the Europa League now aren't they because they're going to be playing Thursday, Sunday very, very soon.

35:31Dirty Deed says, can you build a three-man midfield with a Glynios? Oh, you've done that one. Thank you very much. What about Alex Scott from Bournemouth? Love it. Brilliant player. Really like him. Almost Carrick-esque as well. He's got that sort of taller midfield vibe going on. I do like Alex Scott at Bournemouth. I don't know whether United are in for him at all, but yeah, I do like him very much so. Emily Derry He says, I wouldn't mind a combo of Anderson and Mika and Belaber, Hackney, Jal Gomez or Wharton. Again, if you can get three out of those names you've mentioned there, I'd be very, very happy.

36:04Very, very happy indeed. Just a bit of spin this morning, by the way. Telegraph have wrote an article today. I'm going to read the quotes and I sort of just don't understand the points, really. Is it Carrick's spin from the club to start making us all want to give Carrick the job? Is it anti-Amirim spin to make us think the board's good? Or as I think, is it just total and utter propaganda bollocks that we don't even need to hear? So there's a stark difference, said a senior club figure. Michael Carrick shows empathy his predecessors lacked. Days after signing his contract on January 13th, he gave the squad Sundays off after Saturday games, letting players, especially overseas ones, visit family.

36:50the small change has been well received allowing players to enjoy wins briefly before returning motivated past united managers often drew complaints for lack of understanding players look at it and goes he cares about my life a source said you get an unwritten return on that so basically previous managers at man united didn't always give them the day off after a match but carry does give them the game after a match and the club think that that makes the players play better. Yeah, mate, it's literally just over a month of winning games. Let's see how that works after year two, because interims, players, results tend to go hand in hand.

37:29I don't think it's like rocket science that you give people a day off and they feel happy. When the results start to go bad, let's see how many days you're going to give off there. I mean, it's just incredible to me that that's even a thing because it's such a small period and we're not playing midweek games either. So of course you can. If Man United play Crystal Palace tomorrow and we're not playing till the following weekend, of course I can give them the day after the match. But if I'm playing on bloody Wednesday, I ain't giving them the day off after the match. They can come in and do a bit of bloody prep, you know?

38:02Also goes on to say that Amrim had predominantly young staff and one of the criticisms were that they would too often wait for his signal to speak up. It's the opposite with Carrick, who knows and expects his backroom staff to speak their minds. Sessions are shorter and sharper, Seldom running beyond an hour or 75 minutes Regular observers of training say they've been blown away By the intensity and level and quality on show Training days are more compacted than under Amrim Players bounce from treatment into team meetings Then to the gym and straight out for training Mandatory work can wrap up by 12.30 Under Amrim, days were drawn out With long passive gym sessions, breaks for treatment Then lengthy daily team meetings before training Often not finishing till 2 There was no individual work under Amrim.

38:47Everything was done en masse with the group. It could not be more different under Carrick and a backroom staff have wasted no time winning over the players and been instrumental to the turnaround. They all believe repetitive individual work is crucial to players improving, just as they've embraced the work for the performance and data teams. I mean, the detail in that Telegraph article is incredible. that's a club brief but I don't really understand it because I look at it and I go so basically they're getting more time off they're doing less training and you're trying to make out it's more intense and my question is why why are we hearing about this Amirim has been sacked Ten Hag has been sacked Van Gaal has been sacked so why do we keep going back talking about them when we've got an interim who's literally brought a staff together he's never worked with before apart from Woodgate.

39:43He's never worked with Holland and he's never worked with Evans and we're acting like they're the dog's bollocks. I mean, they're as new to it as anybody else. And in six months' time, maybe their practices won't work either. It's such a short period of time to go, oh, blown away, this, that and the other. Playing one game a week and we've got a very good squad and the results have improved. That's great. but we haven't reinvented the wheel. This is not like Pep Guardiola at Man City. We've got a long way to go before we get anywhere near that. And the big thing for me is you get this article where it's all about all this, that and the other and the players have been blown away.

40:22Last week, Embermo, Deleu and Cunha all spoke about how good it was under Amriem and how much they loved training under Amriem and how good the dressing room was under Amriem. So I'm sort of confused. I'm listening to players say they loved it under Amriem. He was a great coach. They loved the coaching. They loved the manager. They loved the dressing room. And then a week later, I'm getting, wow, it's so much better now. And I'm like, I don't think it helps Carrick. Personally, I just think it's the board again. I think it's Wilcox trying to make himself look good. I think that whole interview just comes across as Wilcox or somebody on the board has leaked that to make them look good.

41:00I don't think it's actually about Carrick. I don't think it's actually about anything other than a bit of spin from the club to make out that they look good. But what we have to remember is they didn't sack Cameron for performance and results. They sacked him because there was an argument about transfers. And then they interviewed Oli and were going to give the job to Oli. But there was a fan backlash, so they gave it to Carrick. So they've stumbled on Carrick anyway. And he is doing a good job. But I think it's just... let's just get Champions League football and see what you do in the summer transfer window because that's where this board is going to get really assessed as far as I'm concerned.

41:36They always come with this PR bullshit when they sack managers. It'd be other PR for Carrick if it doesn't work out, says Ray. Emily says, Villa should be a lesson to the board of what injuries in a large game volume can do. I mean, yeah, Emily, look, next season is obviously next season, but I think it's a great point. I think that more and more people, even in this community, you talk to, let's enjoy the now, let's win the games, let's get Champions League football. But I haven't spoken to a Man United fan that's not concerned about next season. When we double up on games and we look at that squad, I think the warning signs are there.

42:14Arsenal have had so many injuries this season, but they ride them out because they've got two good players in every position. Man City have had a lot of injuries this season. I mean, look, we beat them at Old Trafford. Look at their back four. It wasn't their back four. So Villa, entire midfield gone. Newcastle, entire midfield gone. So I think it's a really interesting situation that Man United need to solve in the summer. We had it two seasons ago at centre-back and had to play Casemiro there, says Emily. Yeah, and also, Emily, as well, you make a good point. We don't know how good the Man United Fitness Department is.

43:00I mean, it's not really relevant because we're only playing one game a week and it's hard to gauge. But I read something about three weeks ago about the Man United Fitness Department, which hasn't massively changed. There's still people there from 10 years ago. So the personnel at Man United's Fitness Department hasn't changed much. there's a lot of coaches at Carrington by the way you know when you were you know when you employ a manager you know like Carrick's got Holland and Woodgate and Evans um that's a handful of people you go to Carrington the amount of coaches there loads I wouldn't even like to guess how many coaches there are when Man United trained for the first team there's loads a lot of them have been here for years, years and years and years.

43:47So same with the fitness department. We don't know whether our fitness department's any good or not, because you look at the injuries this season, we've had a few. We've still had a few injuries. I mean, Dorgue's injured at the moment. De Litt's injured at the moment. Martinez, obviously Mason Mount's always injured. Maguire's had a couple of injuries. We have had Bruno. We have had quite a few injuries this season considering we've had a very light workload next season with a heavier workload more traveling that causes you know plane travel you know less time to recover we could pick up a lot of injuries next season we definitely could um what day is it saturday saturday what have i just done i've just lost my live chat you're a bloody idiot uh make sure you smash a like on the video everybody by the way um what's the instagram thing well if you've not seen my instagram then just just for the music check out at goldbridge mark big announcement tomorrow i'd already told you yesterday that there is um an announcement coming tomorrow so get ready for that um as far as today goes um three o 'clock i'm live on that's football because there's some good three o 'clock west ham go to liverpool um and then i'm doing leeds man city at half five and then we're here at eight o 'clock for Saturday Night Live.

45:07We've got a Saturday Night Live tonight at eight o 'clock. So, yep. Join me on That's Football. And we'll be back here at eight o 'clock as well. Are you excited for tomorrow's match, says Dylan? I'm always excited to watch Manchester United win. And it always makes my weekend when we do win, even if it's two crappy goals against Brentford and we didn't deserve it. Talking about the McTominay one where we all fell out. But

45:32I'm expecting the win tomorrow. I've almost banked the win tomorrow. I think it's just nailed on, to be honest, tomorrow. All we've got to do is turn up. All we've got to do is turn up. I think Palace are poor. They played on Thursday. Sesco starts, which should deal with any low block. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Thanks everyone for watching. Stay safe, take care and I'll speak to you all a bit later. Join me on That's Football at three. Speak to you in a bit.

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