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1:01Hello, everybody. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge, and this is your latest Manchester United news as Patrice Evra comes out slagging off ex-Manchester United players. Can you see the irony in this? Also, we're going to be talking about Elliot Anderson going to Man City, what Ben Jacobs said yesterday about the managers and also a little bit more on Diamonde. It's great to be back with you. I haven't been live with you since yesterday morning when I think about it. But look, it's look. Teach me. Teach me what the problem is with an ex-player having an opinion about a football club.

1:33I mean, in 2026, we're trying to castigate and tell people what they can and can't say. It's incredible. And also, it seems to me like there's people in our fan base and certain ex-players are so desperate to distract us from the real issues here. they should be called out for it because listen to this from Patrice Ebra right and this is a guy that likes to make out with raw chicken I hope Paul Scholes Instagram his story is fake I hope he was hacked to be honest I'm not surprised at that from him he was the quietest player I've ever played within my entire career now in the media he drops bombshells I don't understand the lack of support for Carrick he's one of our own and he's doing a great job Scholes he has made negative analysis but Roy Keane and Gary Neville have too it annoys me because he went he went he went to be in the top four and these comments are useless.

2:17But that's what you do when you work in television. You can't be positive. You have to be negative. Most of these guys get a managerial job and get fired immediately. I told Nebel it's easy to talk on television. When you were at Valencia, they asked you for paella and you gave them fish and chips. After three months, they said goodbye to you. People don't forget what they've done as managers. As players, they're legends, but as managers, they haven't done a great job. I'm sure there's a lot of people in the chat that are going going to go, oh, brilliant, Patrice, brilliant, Patrice. But I would pose the question, why is it brilliant?

2:46Why is it brilliant that one ex-player wants to slag off other ex-players because one of those ex-players wasn't happy with the way we played on Wednesday night? Who's the bigger issue? Patrice Evra there firing shots at Scholes, Neville and Keane like he's in the WWE. And yet all Paul Scholes did, and he deleted it, was say we've played shit for the last four games. I think we're living in a weird time and it just needs to stop. Like, some people don't think Carrick should get the Man United job and apparently they're villains. Some people think we've played shit for four games and apparently we're the problem.

3:24I mean, where have you been for the last 40 years in football when football fans have an opinion that ain't always rosy? I mean, I'll tell you this story again. When I used to go and watch United in the early noughties, people used to jeer Ryan Giggs. And only people who were at those games in the early noughties know that. They think that it's some sort of new disease because of social media, that criticising your team's performances and players' performance is a new thing that we need to stamp out. It's literally been part of the fabric of football for time. So I don't really understand why we're obsessing about what Paul Scholes said after a crap game by Man United and why Patrice Everett is coming out trying to stir up the pot.

4:11As I said to you yesterday morning, why is it, and pray somebody tell me this, why is it that we have a situation at Manchester United over the last 24 hours where there are people out there who are just desperately trying to aim their anger anywhere but the people responsible? Anywhere. Nobody wants to talk about the midfield. No one wants to talk about the ownership. No one's going to talk about Wilcox. They just want to talk about Paul Scroles telling the truth. It's laughable. And as for Ebra, I mean, I don't know where he's done this interview, but I presume he was being paid. Mate, you're talking about ex-players can't have an opinion because they weren't very good managers.

4:54So should everybody who paid your wages when you were a United legend and everybody who's going to read your article, Should we just walk away and go and watch the curling? So nobody's entitled to an opinion now unless you've managed at a high level. And as I said, you made out with a raw chicken. So we can all play the game of fish and chips and paella. How's about we have? And look, for somebody who does get clipped up and somebody who does do reactions and stuff like that, I crave with Manchester United conversations about 5 % ticket price increases for season ticket holders that's just come out this morning.

5:30I crave that type of conversation. I crave the conversation about why Man United are so shit against 10 men and can't beat a low block. Why our substitutes were so bad. Why we're so tired in games at the moment. Why are we playing so badly at the moment? Why aren't we interviewing top class managers? Why are we even considering Carrick when we're meant to be Manchester United? Why can't we have these conversations? Why are we having conversations about paella, fish and chips and Paul Scholes? Because you're being distracted. You might not like me. You might not like the United Stand. You might not like what Paul Scholes said, but you're being distracted.

6:05And if you can't see this, this is why you live in the world you live in with certain political parties and certain people running your football clubs, because you get manipulated by their very obvious PR. On Wednesday night, Man United played 45 minutes against 10 men and were bloody shit. The substitutes were shit. The performance was shit. And nobody is talking about it because somebody decided we need a bit of a PR campaign to jump on the Paul Scholes comments and keep that going and keep it distracted from the real issue, which is Man United's being run badly. And ultimately, all the owners at Man United want to do is keep you putting your money in the pocket to help them get rich.

6:55And Tottenham Hotspur are an absolute warning sign to Manchester United. Brand new stadium, loads of money spent, could be in the championship last year. And if Man United and Sir Jim Radcliffe haven't figured it out that being a billionaire from something that's got nothing to do with football doesn't make you intelligent in football. And if you think because you're a billionaire and you're in a vanity project that you know more than the fans, mate, you're in for a rude awakening. You've surrounded yourself with incompetence and everybody's going to pay the price, including you, because a new stadium and spending money and being a billionaire has been proven many times in football that it's not a ticket to success.

7:35So whatever your plan is, mate, you need to wake up and start looking a little bit closer to home. Because if we do get Champions League football, which I think we will, it won't be because of you. It will be despite you and the fact that, fortunately, there are so many bad teams in the Premier League this year, and we have managed, with only playing 38 games, to put ourselves in a position where we should be able to get over the line because everybody else is falling apart more than we are. But they're the big issues at Man United, and we need to stop this pantomime argument of, well, I mean, just on it for a moment, because I don't think we've ever discussed this.

8:12What is the problem? What is the problem with Paul Scholes saying that we played shit for four games and he doesn't rate Carrick? Can somebody just explain this one to me? Because if the explanation is it's out of order for an ex-player and an ex-teammate of Carrick to say that we're playing shit and he doesn't rate Carrick, why is that out of order? Colin Sheringham didn't get on and we won the treble. But why is it out of order for an ex-player to have an opinion on the club they used to play for? You don't have to like the opinion. You don't have to like the pundit. I get that. I completely get that.

8:51But he's not wrong for doing it. Even though he deleted it himself, I don't think he should have done. But what actually is the problem? What's the rulebook? Because I used to ask this a few years ago. What's the top red rulebook? Because apparently there's a rulebook on what people can say now about Manchester United. So if we could just release that to everybody so that everybody knows what the rules are now, I think that'd be really useful. Because the last time I checked, especially when it comes to football, you're entitled to your opinion and nobody has to agree with it. You can have an opinion.

9:22So I don't even, to this moment, I still don't understand. Maybe Patrice Everett can tell us, what is the problem with saying Man United have been shit for four games and that result was a long time coming? I've watched the games. You've been moaning in the games. We all know it's true. I don't know. Personally, personally, I think it's just a PR bandwagon from the club because they know they're not going to get a decent manager and they know they've got to give it to Carrick. And they've shit themselves going, oh, my God, this might end up being worse than Oli. We need a PR machine around this to turn it around and make everybody want Carrick.

10:02Because I think that that reaction over the last 24 hours is incredible. I've seen no journalist talk about how bad we were. I mean, if you want to analyse, right, and look, Malassia on that goal, I thought it was a good goal, the Newcastle winning goal. But when you look at it, Malassia, you want to just watch his body movement. He sort of just turns around and jokes. It's some of the worst defending you'll ever see. I wouldn't pay him his wages this week. It was that bad. But he will have been in training. They will have seen that and they decided to put him on instead of Aden Heaven. I mean, we would not have lost that game if we'd have not brought Malassia on.

10:41And I know we had to bring somebody on, but he literally cost us the game because he isn't able to play Premier League football. So look, huge scrutiny on that result on Wednesday, but nobody wants to have that conversation. It's mad. Right, let's move on. I want to talk about Elliot Anderson. Every dating app swap is another loss. Jim bros, 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 single swamp, I'm at home relaxing while stacking bonuses, hitting wins and playing all my favorite Vegas style games.

11:14Moto 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. So obviously I was watching the show this morning with Beth and I saw the show with Ben Jacobs last night. I'm going to catch up on Terry's video this afternoon. But it seems to me this afternoon and this morning and yesterday evening that the Man City story is starting to break. Numerous sources are saying that Man City, there is a belief in the industry that Elliot Anderson knows his next club and it's Manchester City.

11:50We need to calm down on this because again, I mean, look, Look, if you don't think that you're part of a manipulation process from Manchester United Football Club, then you're very naive because they play us all the time. Last 24 hours, move it on to Scholes. They've done this numerous times after bad results over the years. And the Elliot Anderson story has basically served its purpose. The Elliot Anderson story that we're wanting was because we didn't buy a midfielder in the summer. So as soon as September hit, all the way through till Christmas, we want Elliot Anderson. and then all the way through January when they're not going to buy anybody, we want Elliot Anderson.

12:26But now they don't need to do that anymore. The lie can be removed because the only reason Elliot Anderson was the priority was to shut fans up that we didn't get a midfielder in the summer and to shut them up about signing a midfielder in January. It's served his purpose now. They've got through those six months on the Elliot Anderson lie and now it doesn't matter if he goes to Man City. It's the same with Kenda last year. When the January transfer window closed and it was a shit window, David Ornstein said, Man United are in talks with Kenda. And everyone went, well, that's why we didn't do anything in January, because we want Kenda in the summer.

12:58Two months later, he signed for Chelsea and everybody shut up. So Elliot Anderson to Manchester City, I don't know what people are even moaning about. At what point did you think he was signing for us? Yes, everybody said he was a priority, but I think it was just spin. I think, you know, I'm sure if I asked every single one of you, what would you like to be doing tonight? You'd probably tell me things that you know won't happen, but you'd like to do. Could be anything. You know, you might want to devour a big tub of ice cream or something, I don't know, or something else. The point is, I said this in the January transfer window that there was a rumour going round that after Gehi, Man City were considering making a move for Elliot Anderson to do the hat trick in January, to send the statement that they're not pissing about.

13:47Semenyu from Bournemouth, Gehi from Palace and Elliot Anderson from Forest in January. There was no desire from Forest to do it. And I don't even know if Elliot Anderson wanted to do it. I don't know. But that was the rumour that they were going to try and get him in January. So anybody who is shocked that Elliot Anderson and Man City seems like it's very close, it's not shocking. It's not shocking. It's not surprising. The only reason you thought he was coming to Manchester United is because Manchester United have been happy to peddle that story for six months to distract you from the fact that they didn't buy a midfielder last summer and they didn't buy one in the January transfer window.

14:26It doesn't serve a purpose anymore because in the summer we will sign two midfielders. So they don't need to push the Elliot Anderson story anymore because it served its purpose in distracting you that you thought it was possible anyway. And you know what? Maybe there is a slim chance that we do get Elliot Anderson. Maybe Man City pull out or maybe Man City get charged or, you know, maybe Man United go and give him 100 million pounds a week or something. Obviously, that's not happened. But the reality is very, very high chance that he's going to Man City. So I don't even react to that news with any, you know, shock or horror because I just think we've been played.

15:02I think we've been played completely. So I'm not shocked about that. also on the Diamande story I've seen this morning again from German reports that Liverpool feel that Elisa is not gettable so they're going to go for Diamande we've heard from Ben Jacobs that United are working on that deal I mentioned this about three weeks ago that that's the number one deal that we can work on at the moment and there's no doubt that we are working on it with RB and Nagelsmann and sorry Favell connections but obviously Diamande's dad is a Liverpool fan and he's been linked with them before look ultimately I think with Diamande there's less of an excuse We're Manchester United Liverpool are not going to be in a better position Than is next year I think we'll both be in the Champions League They've had a very bad season They need a major rebuild We need a major rebuild I mean they don't pay ridiculous wages So Liverpool wanting Diamande And Man United wanting Diamande I don't necessarily see that this is the loss It might have been last summer I feel like we're on more of a level playing field financially and what we can offer.

16:08So look, I think we've been sort of indoctrinated into the opinion that if somebody else goes in for a player, we can't get them. And that's only because over the years we go for players that nobody else wants, like Sancho or Sanchez. There's so many players over at Pogba. We go for players that no one else is in for, Bruno. In that January, no one else was looking at him. It was an opportunity. But big clubs go for players that other people want. If you want to beat the best, you've got to beat the best on and off the pitch. So if Liverpool do want Diamonde, maybe Chelsea come in for Diamonde, maybe PSG come in for Diamonde.

16:58Are we just going to go, oh, oh, and walk away? You've got to stay in the race. And I think, in fairness, I'm guilty of it, and you probably are guilty of it when you think about it. We seem to think if somebody else is in for a player, we can't get that player. Now, Newcastle wanted Sesco. Obviously, you'd expect us to beat Newcastle. But last summer, we actually did have it a couple of times where we went for players that other people went for. And I'm not in the game of praising this ownership, far from it, but they have shown a tendency to go for players that other clubs go for. Leni Oro, Real Madrid, Sesco, Newcastle.

17:34In Burma, it wasn't well documented, but there were other clubs looking at him as well. So, look, Liverpool want Diamonde. So what? It doesn't mean it's over. I know for a fact we're working on it. I know for a fact that we want him. And, you know, maybe Liverpool do want him. Maybe they don't want him. But it doesn't mean it's over. So I think, like, everything I've spoken about on the show so far, stay calm. Calm down. Like, Elliot Anderson to Man City, we shouldn't really be surprised. Liverpool going in for Diamande doesn't mean we need to move out of it. And this whole Paul Scholes ever bollocks.

18:09Like, you're just being distracted from the real issues at the club, which is why have we been so shit for the last four games and why did we lose on Wednesday? That's the big conversation. And who is going to be our manager in the summer? I can't believe it is a conversation about ex-players and whether they should be allowed an opinion about this football club. That's the topic of conversation in some of our fan base at the moment, whether ex-players who aren't employed by the club should have an opinion on the club. that's like that's like saying jose marino should never speak about man united in any way shape or form unless it's positive why why can't he if somebody's giving paul skulls a few hundred grand a year to do a podcast do you think he's just gonna do a podcast and go oh i love everything i love the color of the kits i love carrick i love everything i love absolutely everything The producer and the person who's running it is going to go, Paul, we're up against the overlap, United Stand.

19:16We're up against really, really, really a competitive market. You're earning good money and you're just being positive about everything. Can we get a bit of realism, please? What's wrong with a bit of realism? If you don't agree with the realism, that's where the conversation takes place. What I can't stand in modern society is the cancel culture of stuff that's not cancelable. Somebody having a different opinion to you that you don't like is not cancelable. You are meant to offer up an alternative. So if Paul Scholes says Man United have been shit for the last four weeks and hints that Carrick might not be the guy, you come back with, I think we've actually been very good in the last four games.

19:58I think we've been a bit unlucky in the last four games. I think it went wrong for this, that and the other. and I think Michael Carrick is the right guy. You don't go, he can't say that, everybody pile on and cancel him. That makes you a loser. If you need to cause a pile on to somebody because they've got a different opinion to you because you can't argue back against it, that makes you a loser. You've lost the argument because he obviously said something you can't deal with in a debate point of view. But, you know, I laugh at it. I love it when people say, oh, Galbages is just so negative because he said we've been shit for the last four games.

20:30I just go, okay, You've got nothing to come back with, have you? So I've won. I'm right. Because if all you've got is you're so bloody negative, you Forrest fan, I go, I laugh. That one to me is the best of the lot because that's the lowest common denominator. The whole, oh, it's just a negative Forrest fan. Well, I've won. I've been doing this for 10 years and people have been saying that. I laugh and I've won because I know that's not true. And I also know that's the best you've got. If you came back at me and said, well, statistically, Luke Shaw has run further than everybody else on the pitch.

21:04He's put more accurate crosses in and he was, you know, he was absolutely low key brilliant. I think, shit, where have we got? Is that true? Oh, fuck, I look an idiot. Or if you go, you know what, Manchester United played really well against Newcastle and West Ham and Everton and Crystal Palace. Statistically, with the eye test, they were brilliant. You're, you know, you're wrong. I'd be, oh my God, I'm in trouble. But I'm not in trouble, am I? Because all people are saying is you can't be negative about Man United when they're playing shit. Well, I've won then, haven't I? Because I obviously am right that they're shit because you've got no comeback in a debate.

21:34And people need to calm down. People can have an opinion about things. We are a very long way from where we need to be. And some of us are banking Champions League already and going, what are we going to do next season? And I'm seeing coaching tendencies that terrify me for next season. I mean, if I was Sir Jim Radcliffe and I was analysing, giving Michael Carrick and his coaching staff the job, I'd have a big, massive question mark next to them right now, simply because the tactics have been poor and the fitness levels are dropping. Well, we're going to play two games a week next season. So apart from results, what's the long-term game, you know?

22:17I see no difference between you and the ex-players creating propaganda and spreading negativity instead of backing the manager, says Sanj. I think, you know what? I've actually literally just answered your question because what you've literally done there, and thank you very much for being the guinea pig, is you've offered absolutely nothing because you can't whilst trying to make yourself sound good. It's not propaganda, mate. It can't be propaganda when it's factual opinion. It can't be propaganda. And also spreading negativity instead of backing the manager. Who's not backing the manager?

23:19John Daly here. Who's not backing the manager? We've played shit for four games and Wednesday was absolutely abysmal and we're meant to be making a decision on whether this guy should get the job or not. Nobody said don't back the manager. I actually said before the game he shouldn't be getting the job on wins and he shouldn't not get the job because he's lost. So maybe fact check what you're saying, mate, before because that as a comeback is pitiful. Really bad. Thoughts on Somerville for left wing? I rate him a lot, says Dobbers. I've not heard anything about Somerville. I think he's a decent player, but I've not heard anything about Man United.

23:59But ultimately, if we don't get Diamande, then there has to be somebody else because we do need, you know, we can't go from, we want Semenyu, he's gone to Man City. We want Diamande, he's gone to Liverpool too. We won't bother. Because that's what we did with Kenda. Kenda, as a wingback, was a player that we wanted over a year ago and they put it out, well, we're not looking for anybody else. That's incredible for any football club, whether you're Burnley or Manchester United. You can't say we want Kenda, who plays as a wingback or a fullback or a winger, whatever you want to call him. You can't say we want him, oh, he's gone to Chelsea, we won't bother.

24:37Because you've already exposed the fact that you wanted somebody in that position. And they sort of did it with Semenyu. They went, wow, we wanted him, but it was an opportunity, so we're not going to bother. Bollocks. you wanted him because there's a weakness in the team that you wanted him to fill. So if we don't get Diamande as well, there has to be a third choice. I like Almala, Dominica. I like Almala. The ownership raising the ticket prices is disgraceful, says Daniel Thompson. They keep charging fans for less quality. It's ridiculous. The fans shouldn't pay for their errors. I don't know.

25:08I don't look. And this is what the United stand is all about. And it's a brilliant comment. And thanks for the super chat from Daniel. this is what we're all about because instead of talking about Everett's ridiculous comments stirring it up against ex-players which serve no purpose at all he could have said something about the ownership raising the ticket prices but no I don't think we'll get anything like that from Rio or Everett or anybody else who's an ambassador of the club because that's too close to home but actually slagging off people that aren't attached to the club that's actually perfect because it protects the club why are these people not coming out and using their big mouths to talk about ticket price rises that hurt the real people that matter at man united which are the fans a five some people say it's a higher higher than five percent but a five percent ticket price increase for manchester united fans this season on top of what happened last season it's incredible it's absolutely incredible there's no justification for it at all as well because, to be honest with you, the quality of the football and the fact that we've not even been in Europe this year, why is there a ticket price increase?

26:17I mean, we're not in the Champions League yet either. So you're guessing you're going to be in the Champions League or you're just ripping off the fans as per usual? It's disgusting and it's a major, major thing. But is anyone talking about it? No, we're not talking about it because Paul Scholes did an honest Instagram post. If you take into account the ticket price rise last season and this season, overall, it's going to be double figures, percentage rise. It's disgusting. And this is how the club is surviving because you're paying for it. Billionaires running the football club who are trying to buy cricket clubs in India, but you will pay to keep Man United afloat.

26:57Unsure why there's fragility around criticism and United, says Patrick Lynch. There was a huge push for standards under previous managers. Karik has had good results and some good performances, but criticism seems to vanish because he's an interim. Yeah, well, you make a great point, Patrick, as you often do. But what happened to standards? I mean, Manchester United, in my mind, are the Real Madrid of England. They are the Paris Saint-Germain of England. They are the Bayern Munich of England. And those clubs compete for titles every year. We haven't competed for a title in 13 years. I would say now more than ever is the time to maybe be a bit critical of the football club.

27:35But apparently you can't do that now because we have a manager in place who used to play for the club, who is an interim and, you know, is presiding over one of the most important decisions of recent history. But we can't criticise him. We can't criticise him because even though the standards of the club are on the floor, we can't criticise him. It's incredible. Incredible. Hope you're well, says Daniel Thompson. Not sure if you've seen the new show Gripping the UK right now. Hilarious. It's called Keeping Up With The Car Spursians. O 'Hara and Expression star in it, says Daniel. Yeah, I mean, look, things can always be worse.

28:10But as I said, I think there is a warning sign with Tottenham that, you know, Man United's obsession with a new stadium and everything's going to be OK when we get a new stadium. I do think that you need to take on board the fact that it really does feel like the Glazer-Ineos plan is to do very little for five years, Champions League qualification, and then get a new stadium and think that they're going to take over the world. But Tottenham literally have that stadium in London with Beyonce and Ed Sheeran and the NFL, and they're close to getting relegated. So a new stadium doesn't make you the best club in England.

28:53What makes you the best club in England is proper leadership and ambition. I don't think those two things apply to Glynios at all. So we do have people in our fan base that are thinking that when we get this stadium built, we're going to dominate the world. You don't even know how we're paying for that stadium. You don't even know when that stadium's built. There might be a statement coming out saying we've got to pay this back over the next 10 years. We've got to fasten our seatbelts. But in 10 years time, we'll be dominant. It could be another kicking the ball down the road. So there are lessons to be learned from Tottenham that bad ownership will sink any shit.

29:31And they have got all of the ingredients to be very successful. They're a London-based club, which means a lot of players would rather play in London than Manchester or Newcastle. They have an amazing stadium. They have spent money. But it's bad decision, bad decision, bad decision, bad decision. And look, if you put Manchester City's people into Spurs, they'd be very successful. But they have bad people making decisions. And that's why they are where they are. And it's a warning sign. Of course, it's a warning sign to Manchester United. Just on the manager situation, there was one thing from what Ben Jacobs said yesterday.

30:12Ancelotti and Tuchel are currently not in the race for the Manchester United manager's job, which I think we do know. De Zerbi, Nogelsman and Martinez are names being discussed at the moment. Pochettino and McKenna are also still appreciated, but are not expected to be front runners for the job. I mean, there's one name there. There's only one name and that's Nogelsman. De Zerbi, God no. Martinez, I mean, Roberto Martinez to me is basically Gareth Southgate with a bald head and a Spanish passport. I mean, I've ridiculed this guy forever. He is pants. He talks a good game, but fucking hell, Roberto Martinez is incredible to me.

30:59So yeah, I'd take Pochettino over Deserby and Martinez. So where we're at at the moment on the manager situation is that it's exactly what the conversation should be about. Like, it feels like they're desperate to give it to Carrick because they've got fuck all else. And hence, that's why we're probably part of this PR spin where they're trying to distract from Wednesday night and push you on to different topics. Because I think Wednesday night is an insight into next season when things go wrong. how tactically fragile we are and how, you know, somebody said it after the Palace game, I think we found our pep.

31:45This is what happens when people get excited. Look, maybe Michael Carrick will get the job and do really, really well. You know, I think that would not be a bad thing. It'd be a very good thing. But again, I'll keep saying I'm not convinced. And it worries me that as fans, we can have this conversation and there's very little reality to it because we don't make the decisions. But I wonder what's going on in the boardroom. And you're already sensing from the managers that we're being linked to that they're desperately praying that Carrick's going to get the job because there's just not good quality there.

32:20Deserby, Martinez. I mean, even bloody McKenna at Ipswich. Are we having a laugh? Like, the Manchester United job. This job, I mean, look, probably quite rightly, the appointment of Amirim and Ten Hag has been criticised because they were young hipster managers who'd done well at Ajax and Sporting. So we can't do that again. We can't go for a hipster manager. We can't go for somebody with potential. when McKenna's literally that. He's a manager with potential. You can't give him the Man United job. I'd say for the same reason you can't give Carrick the job. You can't give Martinez the job and you can't give De Zerbe the job.

33:03So it leaves Pochettino on a Gelsman for me. And well, I know what I would do. The dream is to sack Wilcox, give Favell the director of football job and get the Gelsman in. But yeah. Manager market is poor, not keen on Glasner and De Zerbe, says Nog. Look, you know what? I disagree. the manager market is not poor. The manager market has always been whatever you make it. Nobody is unobtainable. They're not. You know, you could be, if you wanted Luis Enrique from PSG, if he wants to come to you, you've got him. You've just got to pay a bit of money for it. If you want Unai Emery at Villa and he wants to come to Man United, you've got him.

33:40You've just got to pay money for it. It's always been the case. For time, managers have been in jobs and taken. In fact, I don't know why people are always obsessed about who's available in the manager market. It's never been like that. It's not. Normally a manager is taken from where they are. That's how it works. You know, Man City sacked their manager and Enrique goes to PSG and says, I want to go. There's a bit of a fallout. They can't keep him anymore because he doesn't want to be there. There's just compensation. The manager market should be as good as you want it to be. You basically say, these are the five managers I want, the five best in the game.

34:18And you get one of them. And most of the time, if you're a big club, you get your first choice. You've just got to convince them to come. As I said before, I'm not saying Thomas Tuchel is the answer, but I cannot believe that a manager would rather sign a new contract with England than take Man United. England, international football over Man United. You're having a laugh. Sven-Goran Eriksson was doing really well at England and wanted to come to Man United when we got linked to him. He had a great team at England. He had like Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard, all them lot, Michael Owen. He wanted the Man United job because Man United's job is way better than England's.

34:56So the best manager should be coming to Man United. But for some reason, we're like, I can't do that because we're shit at negotiating, basically. Noah Siddiqui would fix the midfield and would Man United need a striker this summer? And if so, who? Says Super Chris. Well, I think we do need another striker if Xerxi goes. but it doesn't need to be a first choice striker. I think we need somebody that can be the backup, bit of experience. I don't know. I don't know. Strikers seem to be... I don't know what it is going on in youth football but to be a striker used to be the big thing when I was growing up and nobody seems to want to be a striker anymore.

35:36I don't even know. Thank you very much. Tonali, look, I ain't got anything to say about Tonali. I think that out of all the midfielders we've played against this season so far, I think Elliot Anderson's done really well. Balaba's been shit. Wharton, I really liked Wharton last night for Palace and I liked him for the first half against us on Sunday. I quite like Wharton. I agree. I don't think he's a master of two or three things, but I think he's a jack of all trades and he does them all well. So I like Wharton. but Tonali's the one that's passed the audition against us the most. I mean, he was superb, absolutely superb.

36:17And although I think he wants to go back to Italy, I just can't see a club in Italy being able to afford him. I mean, he's a 50 to 80 million pound signing on easily 200 grand a week, justifiably. So there won't be a club in Italy that can pay that. I just don't think they can play those prizes anymore. So he's perfect. And Paul Scroles was right about that. Tonali Harps, absolutely brilliant. Brilliant player. And it's just whether we can do that and whether somebody else wants to do that. But he walks straight into a Man United team. Does he walk straight into an Arsenal team? That's the question, isn't it?

36:59So look, Tonali, I don't think there's a person out there that wouldn't say Tonali. I think he was brilliant. how would the girlsman set up at man united to super chris well look i was having this conversation i went the reason i didn't do any shows yesterday night last night was because of i was in london i was doing a i was doing an event in london and went out for a meal with some people last night and we were talking about the manager situation and the girlsman was mentioned and they were like you do realize you might play three at the back and i said there's nothing wrong with playing three at the back.

37:34I prefer Man United to play four at the back, but there's nothing wrong with playing three at the back. And if you give the manager the players they need, I mean, journalists and certain ex-players and certain fans got really obsessed with three at the back. What they haven't realized is we're sort of playing three at the back anyway. They just haven't figured it out, which sometimes exposes the lack of observation skills that a lot of so-called analysts have, we're basically playing a back three when Luke Shaw plays. He doesn't go forward. He doesn't go forward. He literally doesn't go forward.

38:14He doesn't pass much. He sort of stays back on the left-hand side a lot. So although we are playing a back four, our left back really doesn't go forward much. So in a way, we're sort of playing three at the back in a way anyway. But look, the point of the matter is I wouldn't not recruit a manager because he might play three at the back. Don't think that was ever the issue. I think the issue was we didn't fully back that project. And look, if it's Nagelsmann or De Zerbe because De Zerbe plays a back four, I'd go Nagelsmann. I'd go Nagelsmann. Dan says, people worrying about Cunha on the wing saying he's not a proper winger and more of a striker, but Rashid and Greenwood's best seasons run the wing cutting inside with overlapping fullbacks.

39:02Get Shaw out and Kunja will shine. Absolutely. I mean, Beth was on about this yesterday, Dan. You can moan about Mbemo, you can moan about Ahmad, and you can moan about Kunja, but there is a massive improvement in all of those players if the fullback actually overlaps. If Mount left, would you give seven to great? Who would you give seven to? Says Daniel. I'd give it to Bruno if he wanted it. I think Bruno is the most suitable. Number seven. Maliki says, I would rather take Nusa from over Diamande says Maliki he's a good player and would you take Flick or Allegri if there are options I mean Hansi Flick's an interesting coach I don't rate Allegri raise if I'm being completely honest we need full backs to go beyond the halfway line Shaw doesn't and Deleuze does sometimes I just don't think Deleuze is um um

39:57good enough i think i think i think delo does go forward but i don't think he's good enough when he goes forward uh rajaf says what's your thoughts on the five percent increase in ticket prices i think it's disgusting mate and i think you know if you think about a five percent increase on an 800 pound ticket that's um 40 pounds so if you've got and let's say let's say let's say it's um i mean it's just quick maths isn't it so let's say a 40 pound increase for 50 000 ticket holders that's two and a half million pounds is it two and a half that's 25 million isn't it no my maths is shit

40:45um that would be 55 000 yeah two and a half million pounds straight away just by increasing that and it'll be more than that because our capacity is actually 75 000 so you probably just you probably just made three million quid just like that it's probably with that five percent increase they probably made three million like that and that's not forgetting hospitality and everything else so yeah anyway look tonight I am doing Bayern Munich live Bayern Munich footage on that's football at half past seven so the live show tonight will be a little bit earlier probably more like half six quarter to seven so we will be back later then the low never overlaps though he's always inverting inside says Dan okay thank you so much everybody for tuning in nice to be on a two o 'clock show for once I really did enjoy that I hope you did as well take care stay safe and I'll speak to you on the next one.

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