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22 Oct 2026 · 56m · 20 chapters

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Carrick SACKING Update! Bruno NEXT?

In short

Manchester United crisis discussion focused on why manager Michael Carrick should be sacked immediately (after a humiliating 4-1 defeat to Como and poor form), with blame shifted away from Bruno Fernandes and toward INEOS/club decision-making and coaching. Host argues the club uses media/PR to protect the board and scapegoat Bruno.

Guest backgrounds

No podcast guests are clearly identified in the provided transcript; it’s primarily hosted by Mark Goldbridge (“United Stands”). Mentions of other football figures (e.g., Cech Fabregas, Roy Keane, David Beckham, Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, Lissandro Martinez, and journalists like Laurie Whitwell, James Ducker, and “Romano”) are not presented as guests.

Key claims

Carrick is “not good enough,” lacks vision, and makes tactically incoherent decisions (e.g., “half press,” fitness/running comments). INEOS and sporting leadership (Jason Wilcox, director of football decisions) are incompetent. Bruno’s post-match comments are accurate and should not be treated as the problem.

Notable examples

Como match details (no shots on target at half-time, 37% possession, conceding 3-0 within 10 minutes after substitutions, then 4-0; Como manager told team to “put the handbrake on”). Upcoming Bournemouth fixture framed as a test that shouldn’t delay sacking. Bruno’s cited statements: United “is not the club it was,” players expect trophies but that’s “very difficult,” and the club lacks ambition.

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Chapters

2:15

Frustration with Manchester United

Goldbridge expresses deep frustration with the current state of Manchester United.

“There should be people not turning up at the grounds.”
4:00

Critique of Management Decisions

Discussion on poor management decisions affecting team performance.

“And if he beats them, we have to fucking lose again at some point.”
6:00

Calling Out Failures

Goldbridge critiques the failures of club management and ownership.

“You're so rubbish at running a football club.”
8:10

Bruno Fernandes' Statement

Analyzing Bruno Fernandes’ statements about the club's ambitions.

“I mean, part of me looks at that faceless account and think, were they actually working for the glazes because they were three months before.”
10:45

Reflections on Manchester United's Future

Goldbridge reflects on the future of Manchester United amidst turmoil.

“player of the year in the Premier League last year and broke the Premier League assist record.”
14:01

Discussion on Carrick's Performance and Pressing Tactics

The hosts analyze Carrick's recent managerial decisions and tactical failures.

“You're an ex-player who wants access to the club.”
23:15

Critique of United's Management and Future

The hosts discuss the current state of Manchester United and what needs to change.

“For over a decade, Waymo's been building a driver that's safer.”
23:46

Critique of United's Management and Future

The hosts discuss the current state of Manchester United and what needs to change.

“There's nothing because there never was any performance and there never was any vision.”
28:01

The State of Manchester United

Analyzing the current struggles of Manchester United and ownership issues.

“Man United's not a football club anymore.”
30:00

The Case Against Carrick

Critically examining Michael Carrick's performance and management decisions.

“No, because typically, again, we've completely and utterly dropped the ball as a fan base by falling for the PR manipulation of the club.”
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33:18

Bruno Fernandes Controversy

Discussing the backlash against Bruno Fernandes and his statements.

“Did Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo win Ballon d 'Ors because of their manager?”
38:25

Injuries and Training Issues

Delving into the injury problems and training deficiencies at Manchester United.

“Wins Premier League Player of the Year, breaks the Premier League assist record, goes to the World Cup, comes back and finds Man United have weakened the team, not strengthened the team.”
42:00

Fitness and Training Concerns

Discussion about the players' fitness levels and the impact of preseason training.

“and say the players, if they run more, we won't lose games or whatever it was he said.”
45:07

Managerial Changes and Reactions

Discussion about potential managerial changes at Manchester United and fan reactions.

“Just been told me and Wayne are recording at midday.”
47:58

Bruno Fernandes' Comments and Their Implications

Analysis of Bruno Fernandes' comments about the club's current state and fan reactions.

“and get yourself back into the race for Champions League football because we're nine points behind Brighton.”
52:18

Future Prospects and Fan Sentiments

Exploration of future challenges and the sentiments of fans regarding club management.

“He'll Somebody gets dropped at the weekend.”
56:01

Future Matches and Uncertainty

Discussion about upcoming matches and uncertainty in performance.

“Then we come back from the international break.”
56:43

Bruno's Role and Performance Debate

Analyzing Bruno Fernandes' position and contributions under different managers.

“that's why strong people make strong decisions.”
57:55

Critique of Club Decisions and PR

Criticism of club management decisions and fan reactions regarding Carrick.

“Jamie Carriger would have put Bruno as a number 10.”
59:30

Bruno's Future and Membership Club Updates

Discussion on Bruno's potential departure and updates for club members.

“and it was Bruno centric now Bruno's not playing well now we're playing two games a week, Carrick's got nothing.”
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1:50Hello everybody, welcome to the United Stands. I'm Mark Goldbridge. This is your latest Manchester United news and if you're not ready for some direct hard truths, I'd leave right now because I tell you what, I ain't messing around with this this morning. This football club is a joke. It's an absolute joke. The stuff that's coming out this morning, they are cowards FC. I don't recognize this Manchester United side. I don't recognize this football club. It's an absolute joke and I tell you what, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the bloody problem. There should be protests. There should be people not turning up at the grounds.

2:20There should be sponsorships being, you know, harassed and, you know, we're not buying your products. It's an absolute joke where we are as a football club. Cech Fabregas came out last night and said at four nearly put the handbrake on and told them to calm down. Michael Carey shouldn't be here. It's 10 o 'clock. This is 10 o 'clock. The day after a shit result is when we sack managers. He's still here. That's not acceptable. But I'm very angry this morning. I'm very angry because all I see is spin, spin, spin. Bruno Fernandes is now the target this morning because Carrick's mates and the media and the club have gone, make sure you blame Bruno on this one and we'll sort you out with a fucking interview.

2:59They're parasites as well. Every bloody journalist, every ex-player that's going for Bruno, you're part of the bloody problem as well. And everybody who's saying, Oh, what's this other one as well? Oh, Carrick. If Carrick doesn't beat Bournemouth on Sunday, then, you know, he might be looking at the sack. Bloody Bournemouth. Bloody Bournemouth. What, Bournemouth you've got to play tonight? Who are like one point off relegation. Oh, bloody Bournemouth. If we can't beat Bournemouth on Sunday, you might be in trouble. What type of morons have we got running this football club? If you think Bournemouth is going to make your mind up about what we've seen over the last few weeks, who are you?

3:37I don't need to play bloody Bournemouth to make my mind up about Michael Carrick. Nagelsmann Conte and Eddie Howe are available today. Sack him. Get them in. Start against Bournemouth. It's an easy three points with a new manager bounce. And then you've got Chelsea the following week. Rescue the bloody season. Don't give Michael Carrick fucking Bournemouth. They're shit. And if we lose to them, we've lost three points that the new manager should get. And if he beats them, we have to fucking lose again at some point. Grow a fucking pair. Bloody hell. Why is this club so absolutely rubbish at making decisions?

4:10He should be gone. I like Michael Carrick. I respect Michael Carrick. But you know what? I like and respect my postman. I'm not inviting him round for Christmas dinner. Fuck off. Fuck off. No, you're not. Go and find somewhere else. You know, liking and respect a nice guy doesn't mean you get to manage Man United. You've had a go. Go. Out. See you later. rubbish. You're not good enough. But guess what? Loads of brilliant players weren't good enough. Roy Keane's the best player I've ever seen play for Man United. He isn't managing people, is he? David Beckham, he's doing adverts. Just because you're a great player doesn't mean you have the right to manage Man United.

4:51It's nothing personal. You're not good enough. Get out. But that's not your problem. Wilcox, sack him and then sack yourself. Do us all a bloody favour. But no, You know what? We wake up this morning and all we've got is Carrick might be under a little bit of pressure. Carrick might be under... If he doesn't beat Bournemouth, he might be under a bit of pressure. If he doesn't beat bloody Bournemouth, I mean, oh my God. I just sit there and I think, what's going round Wilcox's head apart from a fucking budgie? You know, what's going round Barada's head? What's going round to Jim Radcliffe's head?

5:26I mean, can we just talk about Ineos for 30 seconds as well? They are shit. They are worse than the Glazers when it comes to managing Man United. Now, I know they haven't put us in debt, but I said it at the time. Anybody that gets into bed with the Glazers and rescues them is an enemy of the club. He didn't need to literally listen to that and go, right, let's go fucking full scale on this. They are fucking rubbish. Like, they are rubbish. He is rubbish at running a football club. Like, respect. Petrochemicals, self-made billionaire, probably another nice guy. But running a football club, I mean, I just, I just, they need calling out.

6:06Ineos are absolutely rubbish. I'm not even going to add swear words. They're rubbish. You're so rubbish at running a football club. You're rubbish, mate. You are absolute rubbish. You are so bad at running a football club. You haven't got a clue. You're rubbish. I'm just going to keep saying you're rubbish because I know it will irritate them. You're so rubbish at running a football club. You're worse than Joel Glazer, mate. You're rubbish. You went and got a director of football in. You let him go on gardening leave. He was on gardening leave longer than he had the job and you sacked him. You kept 10-Hog.

6:41You gave him£300 million. You sacked him three months later. You brought Amram in. You gave him£200 million. You told us he'd be here for three years. He was here for three months. You then interviewed Oli, who'd been sacked three years ago for the interim job, but gave it to his assistant coach. Basically the same thing. he's rubbish. I mean, you're just so bad. You're so crap at your job. I mean, you're laughably rubbish. You're so bad. Your win ratio since you've come in is about 35%. You're crap. You're rubbish. You're so bad. Stop spinning it. You're rubbish at your job. You're rubbish. Get out.

7:19Rubbish. But look, let me bring it back to Man United and last night. These fans did warn us and they're right. What the hell is going on this morning? Like, what? You know, we are responsible as fans. Like, we had the international break. We had this ridiculous infighting where some faceless social media accounts started targeting sponsors and, you know, calling out good people who arranged protests, this, that and the other. Those people then resigned. The Red Army X account stopped posting and the faceless account started posting about injuries again. I mean, we literally, I said it at the time, this is going to bite us on the arse because we've weakened ourselves today.

8:01And look at us, look at us this morning. There is nothing in this fan base happening. But, you know, we've disintegrated the groups that did stuff from a social media pylon that's dead. I mean, part of me looks at that faceless account and think, were they actually working for the glazes because they were three months before. I mean, we've literally, part of me looks at that cynically and goes, was that part of the plan? You know, take out the main players who have a face and weaken United's fan base so that when this happens, we're just there going, I mean, there's nothing happening. This is United's lowest point, by the way.

8:39Since Alex Ferguson left, this is our lowest point. We've just come off the worst transfer window we've had. We're spending less than Coventry and Ipswich. We've had the worst start to the season in 40 years. Como are putting the handbrake on at 4-0 up with half an hour to go. I mean, we're playing shit football. There's infighting. This is the lowest it's ever been. And our fan base is about as active as roadkill. We're on our arse, people. We're on our arse. And look, you know, a lot of people are going to go after Bruno Fernandes, but build him a fucking statue. And I'll be answering what Carriger and co have said, but this is what Bruno Fernandes said.

9:18Forget about the tactics for a moment. Forget about whether he should call out Carrick or not. This is what Bruno Fernandes said. At this club, there's too much focus on what's been done in the past, but we're not those people anymore. The club and the players need to understand that. Unfortunately for us, especially when it comes to the players, those who join expect to win trophies, win games and reach the highest level. But unfortunately, that's been very difficult at this club in recent years. That's the situation. That is the captain of Manchester United and Manchester United's best player basically saying that United are done.

10:00Build him a statue. Build him a statue. Because I tell you what's happening this morning. The ex-player community, certain fans and the media have rescued Carrick again. because instead of talking about terrible tactics, terrible results, we're talking about like Lissandria Martinez, Bruno Fernandes. All anyone's talking about is Bruno Fernandes. I tell you what, you're a moron if you're a fan talking about Bruno Fernandes this morning. If you think Bruno Fernandes is Man United's problem at the moment, you're a moron. There are owners, board members and coaches that need calling out this morning.

10:38This is the lowest point we've been at since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. And we're talking about the guy that's been our best player for the last five years, player of the year in the Premier League last year and broke the Premier League assist record. And because he's come out after the game frustrated and said things that ex-players say that you can't say, he's getting the shit for it. It's not Bruno Fernandes' fault. And what he's said there after the game about this is not the club to come and win things, that's basically what he said. We need to understand Man United is not Man United. In summary, what Bruno Fernandes said is people need to understand this is not the Man United they think it is anymore.

11:17And players need to understand that you're not coming here to win things anymore. That's the captain of Man United basically taking what Martinez said last week and going to the level. Look, I say build him a statue. Otherwise, I'm a hypocrite. I said last week when Martinez said what he said, well done. We need somebody else to come out and do it. Ideally, Bruno Fernandes. Bruno Fernandes has just come out and said exactly what I wanted him to say last week and exactly what many of you wanted him to say. Now, whether he's playing well on the pitch or not, he has just come out and said, Man United is not Man United anymore.

11:53And players coming here that think they're going to win things, that's not going to happen here anymore. Now, that might be the end of Bruno at Man United, but good. I ain't got a problem with it. I would rather people inside the camp come out and call it for what it is, because we all know what it is. It's a shit show. And look, when you get these ex-players doing what they did with Martinez coming out saying, you can't say that, you can't say that, says who? You don't dictate what can and can't be said in football. Football's a democracy. Last week, 99 % of fans were happy with Martinez. And 99 % of ex-players weren't happy with Martinez.

12:31And this morning, a lot of people will be happy with what Bruno said and a lot of ex-players won't. Do not dictate to football fans what can and can't be said. Who is the life source of football? Fans. Footballers get paid hundreds of thousands of pounds a week to play football. I don't really give a shit whether you say he should or he shouldn't say that, because I think what he said is brilliant. I think what he said speaks to a fan base that has been suppressed and put up with shit for, you know, approaching 15 years. and Bruno Fernandes is the only player at Man United that actually ticks the box of intelligence, ability, robustness, always available, perseverance.

13:13I mean, he's the only player that actually hits that. And yes, he's not playing very well at the moment, but he has proven over the last few years that he is a player that's always available, always gives everything and is a decent footballer. And when he comes out and says that this club has no ambition and you may as well not sign for us because we're not going to win things. I don't have a problem with that at all. We've just been humiliated by Como. Who are these morons going, well, I know we've just been embarrassed by Como. Como. I know we've just been embarrassed by Como, but the captain shouldn't be coming out and saying the club's not ambitious.

13:48You know, wake up and smell the coffee. The people who are feeding you this shit are the people who want interviews in the club. Bruno can't say that. Oh, who are you? Oh, you're a blue tick journalist who wants an interview in the club. OK, Bruno can't say that. Oh, who are you? You're an ex-player who wants access to the club. Yeah, this is bullshit. Absolute bullshit. What Bruno Fernandes has said is spot on, in my opinion. Absolutely spot on. But what annoys me is we're all talking about Bruno Fernandes this morning. Even I'm talking about Bruno Fernandes. Michael Carrick should have been sacked 13 minutes ago.

14:25The 10 a.m. sacking has passed. Because the club, I can't explain how angry I am this morning with the club. They are, I never thought that we would go this low as a football club. I know the Glazers are rubbish. And Sir Jim Radcliffe clearly knows nothing about football. But I never thought incompetence would take us this low. there is not a football club in the Premier League that equivalently would allow this to happen Crystal Palace would sack their manager now what would Crystal Palace be in for this because they wouldn't be in the Champions League and their expectation is not top three but the results we've had for Crystal Palace would be bottom of the league and out of the Carabao Cup after 10 games.

15:19They'd sack their manager. The equivalent for Everton would be bottom three and out of the Carabao Cup and they'd sack their manager. Like there is no club in the Premier League that if they had the equivalent results to them in this situation wouldn't sack them when you've just been humiliated 4-1. It'd be gone. So whatever you want to do with Bruno or Martinez or anybody else, Let's just take it back to last night. No shots on target at half time. 37 % possession. Make substitutes and we go 3-0 down within 10 minutes. Then we go 4-0 down and the manager of Como says, put the handbrake on. Like that was a tactical disaster class.

16:02Now, Bruno Fernandes basically came out and spoke about tactics as well. And he said, look, we've, you know, we should press whatever, right? Carrick then came out and said, well, we did half press. What's a fucking half press? You know, sometimes Ronan Keating's right. You say it best when you say nothing at all. That is an inexperienced coach getting drawn in. Your captain said that you should have been pressing higher up the pitch. Well, it's funny because in the second half, we half pressed. Well, what about the first half? What about the first half? Did you do any pressing in the first half.

16:38And in the second half, he conceded two goals. And then he went on to say, Carrick, that if you don't run, then you're not going to do anything properly. But three weeks ago, you were asked about running stats and said it's not about running stats. The guy should have just kept his mouth shut. Like what Bruno said about tactics through the coaches under the bus, it did. But what Carrick did in response is throw himself under the bus as well because he fell into the trap. And as a journalist, they must have been rubbing their hands together because what's a fucking half press? I remember Ralph Ranić talking about a half press and he said, what's a half press?

17:12You either press or you don't. You can't be half pregnant. You're either pregnant or you're not. Like, and we've got our manager. I mean, there's a clip of Ranić going around this morning talking about half pressing and basically saying, what is it? You know, ridiculing it. Our manager's talking about a half press. I mean, I just wish somebody, I just wish somebody in power at that football club knew what they were doing because they would be like, right, this is the end. I know football. this is the end. Beat Bournemouth, don't beat Bournemouth. We beat Bournemouth on Sunday. Carrick's not here in a year.

17:44He's gone at some point, so do it now. There's nobody out. I like Michael Carrick. I've been a lot harder on other managers and I do like Carrick and I'll retain my liking of Carrick as a player. I loved him, right? But as a manager, he ain't up to it. And, you know, if you put me in a chef's apron tonight and ask me to go and work at the local restaurant as a chef, I'd be shit. I have strength elsewhere, but I'm not a chef. And Carrick has strength elsewhere. He's not a coach. And the coaches he's got with him are not ready for this either. So he needs to go. It's a calm thing. Carrick needs to go.

18:21As I said, there'll be people screaming and shouting, don't need to go disrespectful. Don't need to swear about it. He just needs to go. He's not the guy. He's 100 % sure he's not the guy. He needs to go. Like respect, but he needs to go. If anybody who had a football brain that Man United had won, he'd be gone. It's like, he's got to go. Every day we waste, we jeopardise what we're trying to achieve, which is Champions League football. He's got to go. He's lost the players. He's lost the fans. He doesn't know what he's doing. He clearly has lost himself as well because he's talking about half presses and running.

18:53You need to run more, but then three weeks ago, you don't need to run anymore. On Saturday, he was talking about a fresh start and then we lose 4-0. Like, he's sacking himself. You can't say after Leeds, I saw loads of good things. We just had our best training session. It felt like a fresh start. And then three days later, before nil down against Como. I mean, you're literally verbally sacking yourself. You're making yourself look a moron on the board by not sacking him. It's not even Carrick's fault now. I mean, he's literally giving you all the evidence. If this was a criminal case and there'd been a murder, you know, Michael Carrick's basically stood there with the CCTV of him doing it, the murder weapon, and blood on his hands.

19:34Like, he's literally there going, I didn't do it. And you're like, you did. You know, he's got to go. He's got to go. Talking about, I mean, just answer me this one as well, because we'll talk about what Romano has said as well. But what does Carrick beating Bournemouth do for you? I'm telling you now, on Bournemouth, if, and there's a big chance it will happen, if we beat Bournemouth 3-4-0 on Sunday and the players react. You know what my reaction will be? This changes nothing. We've got Chelsea away on Saturday. Let's see what happens. Beating Bournemouth when they played on Thursday night and we've just been beaten by Como and the players need to turn the light switch on in front of 75 ,000 fans that won't let them be shit.

20:18What have I learned here? Bournemouth are in the bottom three as well and they played on Thursday night and they've got 75 ,000 fans telling them to play football. I don't learn anything from beating Bournemouth on Sunday other than United's board is weak and desperate to push an agenda that won't work. Take it away from Carrick and point the finger where it needs to be. Imios have made Man United worse, not better. Wilcox doesn't know what he's doing. I would respect Jason Wilcox if he sacked Michael Carrick today. Even though it's his fault for giving the job to Carrick, I'd respect him for going, I got it wrong and sacking him.

21:03But this will just prove how incompetent Wilcox is because he won't do that because he thinks he knows what he's on about. Now, I'm not surprised that Carrick has not been sacked, but I'm telling you now, no top football club. And what's really important to say here is results have to come with something else. The PRV sandwich is as good as the BLT. Performance, results, vision. results are only that you need the full picture man united gave carrick the job on results it's very tunnel visioned right there was no performance and there was no vision it was one game a week reliance on bruno fernandez and hi this is nikaela matthews acone from side hustle pro this holiday the difference between buyers just checking things out and checking out comes down to the last few clicks.

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23:49There was no vision. right? Now the results have disappeared. There's nothing because there never was any performance and there never was any vision. It was just results. We have no results. There is nothing. I've seen Ten Hag lose games. I've seen Oli lose games. I've seen Mourinho lose games. I've seen Amrim lose games, but there's always been something. the way we lost last night and the way we played in the second half against Leeds it was horrific horrific and you know what there are there are people out there and I don't need to name any names because I don't duck them let them call me out right but there are people out there who, after the Leeds game, I got sent clips, right?

24:46They sit there and they talk about how brave Carrick was. And they come out after last night and they talk about what a disgrace Bruno is. And I say, who's paying you? What is it that's clouded your football judgment to be biased towards this manager? Because you know fucking nothing about football. If you think Leeds was a brave tactical masterclass, you know nothing about football. If you think Bruno Fernandes coming out after the game yesterday and basically saying players want to come here to win trophies, but that doesn't happen anymore. And Man United's not the club it was. He's literally talking facts.

25:25So I would say to all these people diving in on Bruno two-footed or talking about how we were tactically brave against Leeds. What bank account are you getting the money into? because you are fucking blazerites. It's obvious. You are literally moving the topic away from where it should be. This morning, the manager shouldn't be here anymore. Nagelsmann, Conte, Eddie Howe, Emery. These people are all available. Emery is slightly harder because you've got to pay for it. You don't care about Man United. You don't care about Man United. You care about whatever palm is being oiled with silver. You are not United fans because I'm telling you now, this is the lowest point we've had since Sir Alex Ferguson retired and people are still pushing the agendas here, there and everywhere.

26:19It's laughable. Absolutely laughable. What happens next? I mean, look, I genuinely don't know what happens next. I think we're in our uncharted territory. Amorim sort of sacked himself because he said, you're basically called Wilcox incompetent and had to go. Ten Hag got sacked because they didn't really want him in the first place. Carrick, they want to protect. They actually want to keep Carrick. We're not a football club anymore. I think we are a brand and we're trying to build a stadium. I don't think that footballing decisions are high. It's crazy to say this, but I don't think football decisions are high on the agenda of Man United Football Club.

27:03I don't. And so I don't think we're going to make football decisions. I think we're going to make business decisions and business decisions are about protection, self-preservation, ego. And Man United's priority at the moment is building a stadium. We clearly didn't spend as much as we could have done in the summer to keep money back to buy land to build the stadium. Sacking another manager costs you money If I bring in Nagelsmann I've got to persuade him to come I've got to give him a good wage I've got to give him coaches He's then going to say I need a budget If I keep Carrick Carrick goes It's a puppet by the way I'm happy just to be here with Steve Holland And I don't need signings And I'll keep towing the party line I'm cheap I'm cheap.

27:57You may as well put him in a fucking budgie cage because he'll cheap. It's like a bloody little budgie himself. It's like, it's... Carrick's cheap. And he won't rock the boat. Man United's not a football club anymore. Bruno literally said it. Man United's a business and you prop it up with your money. If ever there was a time for a billionaire to say, I want to buy Man United, I'm going to get all the fans on board for this and we'll force these idiots out. It's now. We're at our lowest point. I really wish there was a billionaire out there saying, look, it couldn't get any worse than this. Let's have another year of pain, even if it means no Champions League football, but let's force these owners out.

28:39You know, players are turning on the club. Fans have had enough. You know, the coach in charge is just not up to it. They're ripping you off. There's a new kit coming out next month. Let's do it. But there's nobody out there to help us. now is the time to strike you know you need you need new ownership but what I don't agree with is there's no point in sacking Carrick because the next manager will fail but you know that's like that's like not having enough petrol to win a race and you've got a Mini Metro or an Audi give me the Audi it's a better drive we'll get closer to the finish line I'll enjoy it more you know Michael Carrick is not as good as Nagelsmann or Conte or Emery and they won't win the league but we'll enjoy it more.

29:27Until we change the owners, nothing will really change in relation to winning the title but there's definitely better coaches than Carrick. This will blow people's minds. I'm not being abusive or personal on Carrick. He's just not good enough. He's got to go. And, you know, if I was doing a job and people were like, with all due respect, you're not very good at it. You need to be fired. I can't really argue with it. I can't really argue with it. Let me just delve into some stuff. Is there any chance he gets sacked today, Mark? No. No, because typically, again, we've completely and utterly dropped the ball as a fan base by falling for the PR manipulation of the club.

30:12Let me play this back. I didn't want to do it straight away in the video, but Manchester United spend a lot of money on PR. Gary Neville said this many years ago. There was an American guy who was employed by Man United to monitor social media. And when there was negativity against the player, it was their job to do things to get positivity up. We're still doing that. 100 % we're still doing that. So when they don't want to sack Carrick and he needs to be sacked, What do you think those people at Man United are doing? We need to move it off Carrick. We need to move it off Carrick, right? We do.

30:52At the weekend, there was some stuff going on with Rio Ferdinand, wasn't there? What did he do? He just never acknowledged it. He just kept talking about football, kept talking about football. It will pass, it will pass, it will pass. Trust me, in politics, there are people paid a lot of money for this. When a bad story comes out, it won't last. Keep ignoring it, ignoring it, ignoring it until it's gone. And then people get bored of it. Man United will go last night. Do we want to sack Carrick? No. Okay. If we do want to sack Carrick, let's throw everything at him, right? Distract it away from the board and Wilcox, etc.

31:26If we don't want to sack Carrick, I need to protect the board and Wilcox and Carrick. Okay, Bruno. We're not giving Bruno a new contract, are we? No. No. He's on 300 grand a week. We're not giving him a new contract. In fact, it'd be nice to get his wages off the book. Great. Let's get it on to Bruno then. Everything on to Bruno. Hello? Yeah. News outlet, Bruno. Bruno. Yeah. Bruno. Yeah. TV, Bruno. Radio, Bruno. A-Up, ex-player. Yeah. If you want an interview, Bruno. Yeah. And that's what's happened. This, you know, Bruno Fernandes is on a big wage. He's 32. Like Marcus Rashford, United want these wages gone so they can reduce the wage bill.

32:07how do we distract it off the real problem? Let's throw it all onto Bruno. And that's what's happened. And if you don't think that's happened, I don't know where you've been because Man United literally is about maintaining you, putting your hand in your pocket to prop them up and they need to manipulate you for that to happen. So, you know, like, you know, when this one, I mean, I don't know what Carriger's involvement in is this. Maybe he's just a bitter Liverpool fan. But he was asked about what Bruno said after the game yesterday. And this to me is, it's a shame he's not on the Overlap Daily tomorrow, actually, when I'm on.

32:45But he said, for Bruno Fernandes to do that, it's a disgrace. When you think about last season, he got player of the year. That was on the back of Michael Carrick becoming the manager. He wouldn't have got that award without Carrick. So Bruno Fernandes breaks the assist record last season and he wouldn't have done it. And he wouldn't have got player of the year without Michael Carrick. I mean, how deep is this manipulation in the media going? Because I've never heard such bollocks in all my life. Did Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo win Ballon d 'Ors because of their manager? Like, of course the manager picks them, but fucking hell.

33:28I mean, did Steven Gerrard score that amazing equaliser against West Ham in the FA Cup final because of their manager? I mean, I've never heard shit in all my life. I've never heard... Look, I've done coaching, right? Beyond picking the team and the tactics, I don't control what a player does for 90 minutes. If they do their job, thank fucking God. If they don't do their job, I can sub them off. Michael Carrick didn't break the assist record last season. Michael Carrick didn't get player of the year last season. Michael Carrick went into a job, played one game a week, played counter-attacking football with predominantly less than 50 % possession and Bruno Fernandes was exceptional.

34:15Michael Carrick did not give Bruno Fernandes the Player of the Year award and break the assist record. That is absolute horse shit. And I'm sorry, Carrick is not a Man United fan. He's a Liverpool fan. And calling Bruno Fernandes a disgrace for basically coming out and saying that Man United's not Man United anymore and players who come here to win trophies need to realise that doesn't happen here anymore. Build him a fucking statue. He's not a disgrace. I am so tired of ex-players telling fans that players coming out and speaking to fans is a bad thing. This is not politics. This is football.

34:50It's an entertainment sport. When a player comes out and exposes that a football club is being run badly, how is it a bad thing? We've not been spoken to by our owners or our director of football or our CEO for 12 months. And our captain comes out and says the club's a joke. And we want to call him a disgrace. It's completely and utterly laughable that people think that's the case. But this is the depth of the manipulation that goes on. We should be 100 % focused on why Michael Carrick's not been sacked this morning. And instead, we're talking about Bruno Fernandes. I could have just add to that, by the way, who, despite being shit this season, despite playing most games last season, the season before that, the season before that, going to the World Cup, not having a pre-season, how many games has Bruno Fernandes missed this season?

35:47How many minutes has Bruno Fernandes put his body on the line for Man United this season, despite not being very good. Where's Luke Shaw?

35:58Every game, Luke Shaw was fit last season because he wanted to go to the World Cup. Where's Luke Shaw this season when Michael Carrick really needs him? When Man United needs a left back because we didn't get one in the summer, where's Luke Shaw? Oh, he's injured. Okay, unlucky. Why wasn't he injured last season then? Why was it a couple of times he went off with a knock but he was back the very next game. Where is he? What injury is it? You know what it says next to Luke Shaw? Undisclosed injury. Where is he? Where's Luke Shaw? Bruno Fernandes is not playing well, but he's there every bloody game.

36:36Where's Luke Shaw? Where's Marcus Rashford? Marcus Rashford's been playing with a hip injury. Why is he not playing now? Like, is it the British passport that lets them off because yet again, all I see this morning is a foreign player being the blame and a British manager being let off and British players being let off and a media pile-on of a foreign player who factually is the Premier League player of the year, broke the Premier League assist record, has been our best player at this football club for five years, has come out after the game and called out the club and the manager and he's now getting the blame.

37:19In my mind, if you come out after a game and blame the owners and the manager, have a fucking statue. But no, he is the problem. You couldn't, you couldn't get your head around it if you tried. Our best player over the last five years comes out and says, the club is not a club anymore. It lacks ambition and the tactics aren't where they need to be. And yet he's at fault. He's a disgrace. beware of what you get told in the media because you don't know why they're saying it whereas a fan we might be wrong but we're saying it from a point of we care about Manchester United I don't understand how a player like Bruno Fernandes is a disgrace or the problem this morning he didn't pick the team he didn't do the transfer window and as I've said before there seems to be a problem in the ex-player community when a player speaks out because of an unwritten code.

38:17They're not in that dressing room. They may be in better dressing rooms. Bruno Fernandes single-handedly qualifies Man United for the Champions League, right? Wins Premier League Player of the Year, breaks the Premier League assist record, goes to the World Cup, comes back and finds Man United have weakened the team, not strengthened the team. Starts the season, we're shit. We're getting embarrassed every week. I'd be disappointed if he wasn't angry saying things that he said. If he said nothing, I'd be like, mercenary. He's got every reason to be pissed off. He's basically been lied to and stabbed in the back.

38:58And just because the manager wants to keep backing the club doesn't mean the players have to. They have a short career. So, right, let me delve into some other stuff this morning. Let's have a quick look here.

39:16Do you think you're being a bit harsh on Carrick? No. I'm sure Michael Carrick is a... Well, look, Michael Carrick came out after the game last night and said that he cares about the club. He's a fan. And it was unacceptable last night. So I think if Michael Carrick was not manager of Man United, I think he'd be saying exactly what I'm about to stay here. Why do you need Bournemouth to find out he needs to be sacked? you know he's been exposed in hard games why are you gonna why would you judge him in an easy game it's like it's like training somebody right and they can't score a penalty with a goalkeeper and instead of saying you're not very good at penalties removing the goalkeeper and seeing if they can score oh you're good at penalties now i don't the bournemouth game is just the definition of incompetence from the board.

40:13Waiting for an easy game to judge him. What does beating Bournemouth do? What does it do? And also, he can't pick Bruno on Sunday. He can't pick Bruno on Sunday. He fell out with Cunha and subbed him at half-time, apparently. So he's lost Cunha, which is, you know, I honestly think, Carrick, I feel sorry for him. because his inexperience has ruined what he did last season. Last season, you had Bruno playing well, you had Kunja playing well, you had Casemiro and Maynou playing well, and you had a defence that was a lot better. He brings Rashford back and fucks off Kunja, which disrupts the dressing room.

41:02He plays half his team out of position every single game. he's changing his tactics every single game. He's lost the dressing room. Like he has lost it. I don't think he's lost it in the sense that people don't like him, but he's also towing the party line and the players have lost respect for the board. Like I think Carrick retains respect from the dressing room, but I don't think there's any respect for the board, but Carrick protects the board. And I just think one of the big issues I've heard is that the fitness thing has pissed so many people off. There are players that are injured that feel that they wouldn't be injured if they'd had a proper pre-season.

41:46There are players that are fit that feel they wouldn't be losing games as badly if they were fit. And that is completely on the coaching staff. That's not Wilcox. That's not Barada. That's not Sir Jim. And then for Carrick to come out last night and say the players, if they run more, we won't lose games or whatever it was he said. if you're a player, you're going to go, now you're saying we need to run more, but you didn't train us to run more. I think Laurie Whitwell said it last night on the podcast, Talk of the Devils podcast. He said, obviously there's that interview with Tillemans and Rio, where Tillemans basically said they don't run as much as they do at Villa.

42:24But he was saying that beyond that, there's a lot of talk that the preseason wasn't good and you're never going to get it back. Well, me and Wayne spoke about this a few weeks ago. I said to him, if you don't have a good pre-season, can you get it back in the season? And Wayne said, not really, especially when you're playing in Europe, because there's no time to go and do fitness-specific work. You know, you play a game, you recover, you do a little bit of training, and then you play a game.

42:55So, like, the fitness is on Carrick and his coaches. that the blame can be apportioned. Transfer window, obviously owners. Fitness is completely on this. This doesn't get any better. What needs to happen is, and I saw something in, I think it was James Ducker in the Telegraph saying that Michael Carrick's situation is becoming perilous. It shouldn't be becoming perilous. It should be,

43:25it should be done. you know, it should be over.

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45:07Sorry, I've just had a message there. Just been told me and Wayne are recording at midday. Really, he's on holiday at the moment. Fair play to him. So me and Wayne are recording. This would be a fucking cracker because obviously Wayne ain't going to say carry cows. This is going to be great. So we're doing an impromptu Rooney Reacts at midday. We're recording it at midday. That's going to be very interesting, this. If you're a member, that's going to go up today. What I will do is I will try and push and see if we can put that on the main channel. But on a Thursday, it's always members section.

45:41So if you are a member, Rooney Reacts with me to last night is going to be going up today. That's a nice little bonus for you then. that would be hard hitting. Anyway, members, make sure you are ready for that. If you're not a member, click, you get loads of extra stuff. But yeah, I mean, look, I've seen stuff. Romano was talking about managers. A lot of people talking about managers. Conte won't happen because he's too fiery for this cowardly board. I mean, ideally, they want Chris Martin of Coldplay because they're yellow. But Nagelsmann's the one. Nagelsmann's the one. And there are risks. Of course there are risks, but he plays good football.

46:26He's managed big clubs and he's managed Germany. He's managed big egos. He knows how to develop youth. Exceptional at Leipzig. Has worked with Favell. We need some continuity. We need people that have worked with each other before. I mean, ideally, I'd get Favell, Ranić and Nagelsmann in and try and build something with some patience. I do believe that the fan base will be patient. But the problem is, I think the club think we can't sack another manager. But you can. You definitely can. You can't stubbornly stick with a manager because you've sacked managers before. You're going to get a lot more...

47:06Like, there's no hope with Carrick. There's no vision with Carrick. There's no football with Carrick. There's no trust in Carrick. The players don't respect Carrick. Like, there's nothing to build. It's just bad. So bring somebody in now. And what will happen is they will come in and instantly do the classic cliche, but it will be true. The fitness of these players is not where it needs to be. And then the new manager has the time to get the fitness up. So that's what I would do. And I would do it today because Darren Fletcher will beat Bournemouth. We will beat Bournemouth if we sack Carrick.

47:46We will probably beat Bournemouth if we keep Carrick. but we probably won't beat Chelsea or Liverpool or Aston Villa or Roma. So get a new manager in, get the new manager bounce and get yourself back into the race for Champions League football because we're nine points behind Brighton. Yeah, that's what I would do. Thank you everybody who's tuning in, by the way. Make sure you smash the like and subscribe. Loads to get involved in. We have got an eight o 'clock show tonight as well, but I just want to whiz through some of your comments because there are plenty coming in. what do you think Rooney will say I've got no idea no idea Glynios out and Carrick out says Joker elite clubs rectify their errors says Marlowe if a player isn't good enough you sell him within a year or max two United is a collection of so many errors thank you Marlowe Tom says can we not push to sack the board a competent board would take a decision on Carrick one way or another I think in relation to the board and the owners I completely take on board that you know they need to change but we haven't changed the board in 15-20 years so we're not going to do that today and sorry the owners and the board love the owners love the board so that's not going to change today you have to change what you can change and results matter and the players that we've got can't be changed today either because there's no transfer so there's no point in life in going there's no point in doing anything what we need to do is do something and what we can do today is change the manager.

49:18And that's what we should be doing. Come on, Mark. Invite your postman for what round for dinner, says Masraoui. Hello, it's Sean Dyche here. Call me Coxie, says Sean Dyche. Talk sports. Say Carrick didn't turn up for training. Says Neg. They might not have put us in debt, but they have kept us in debt even more mercenary than the Glazers and they're bad, says Michael. Player power at its finest yesterday. Bruno coming after the manager. Did you watch how he played yesterday? Have some pride to wear this shirt, That says Constantine, throwing the manager under the bus. Carrick needs to go, but so does Bruno.

49:49Sorry, Constantine. I respect you. You're a massive part of the channel, but I think you're the problem this morning. I don't know what it is that's in your head that has decided that I'm going to go for Bruno this morning. I think this is why the Glazers get away with it, In the Oss get away with it, Wilcox get away with it. Bruno Fernandes came out after the game and said, Man United's not the club it used to be. Players come here to win, but it's not that club anymore. What's wrong with that? what he said about tactics, not really bothered. The tactics were shit. He didn't lie. What he might not be happy is is that he's not playing well himself, but he has played really well.

50:27He's not playing well this season. What I don't understand is is that if there was abuse somewhere and in a family, financial abuse, whatever, right? And nobody says anything. that's okay. But if there's abuse and somebody comes out and says, there's abuse, you're a disgrace. You've betrayed your family. I don't, I don't, I don't, in these circumstances, I don't have a problem with it because the Glazers and Ineos have abused Man United for a very long time. And we are at our lowest point since Sir Alex Ferguson left. So if there's mutiny on the bounty, I don't care. I don't care. Now, if we're building something as a club and a player comes out and slags it off, that's different.

51:19That's when, you know, you shouldn't break ranks. But what Martinez and Bruno said, there's this strange code of you shouldn't do it. Why? If Bruno Fernandes and Lissandro Martinez keep it in-house, who are they protecting? Ineos, Wilcox, the Glazers. Should we be protecting them? No. So why is it ex-players and some of our fans, like Constantine, have a problem with Bruno Fernandes coming out after a match when we were shite and saying we're shit and the club shit? it. Why is he a disgrace? Because you're the same people that say that the Glazers and Ineos and Wilcox and everybody are a disgrace how they're running the football club.

52:00And then the captain comes out and says it's a disgrace. Oh, you shouldn't say that. This is where it blows my mind. Why is Bruno Fernandes a disgrace for coming out and calling it what it is? Especially when he knows it's going to be the end of him at Man United. I applaud him. Build him a fucking statue. I mean, there's no coming back from that. He'll Somebody gets dropped at the weekend. I think it's brave. I think it's right. And I think Bruno Fernandes is the one player that is close to anything we used to be. I don't think Bruno Fernandes gets in an 08 team or a 99 team. So I don't necessarily think he's a legend of the club.

52:37Some people do. But he's the closest thing we've got to a Man United player. And he comes out and says exactly what Roy Keane would say. And no, he's a disgrace. I don't get it. Other than this is what happens when you get manipulated by the media and the club. Because all they're doing is loading up journalists and ex-players to distract away from themselves. And you're falling for it, Constantine, I'm sure, unfortunately. In my opinion. Do you think he will lose the job by tonight? I don't think he loses his job, Flop. No, I think we're too incompetent to do the right thing. Why would any good coach come to United mid-season knowing all our patterns?

53:14And if Bruno leaves, do we even want capable captains as Hitten? Look, it could get worse. If they did sack Carrick, which they won't, they could give it to Ollie. Please, can you DM me? I have government petition that I need help with, says GMS. This community of ours get behind and try and force some action. Well, why don't you just tell us what the petition is? One to 10, how screwed is this season, says Jade Ed. I mean, we could pin it. He should be fine. He's an employee. If he did that in a normal job, you'd be fired, says Aaron. We are in big trouble than Man City, says Sid. We have become a circus and Carrick way out of his depth, says George.

53:45For ref, we are one point above Spurs and three points above bottom, says Harv. Would a new coach have to work with Holland and Co? Says AIA. I mean, this is the problem, isn't it? You know, it will cost them money to make the change that needs to be done. And they don't like spending money. I was Carrick out from day one because his appointment saved the Glazers. But what's the point if we sack Carrick and then go, let's back next manager because he's a legend. Let's hope this works, says Sarvish. If you had the chance to coach United, would you do it? Says Chris. Well, I think we all would, wouldn't we?

54:12It's not going to happen. Daniel says, hello. and the United Stand completely agree with what you've said and credit to Bruno for what you said. The disgraceful ownership and board are the problem. Absolutely shameful situation we're in. Carrick needs to go, says Daniel. Thank you, Daniel. Let's just put Old Trafford on fire. Try cancelling all the games we can. If you want change, look at the French Revolution. Yeah, but Dak, that's not going to happen anymore because in the international break, everybody piled on the people who were doing that work to back a faceless account that won't do anything about it anymore.

54:41Glad I missed the match last night. Incompetent from top to bottom, says Sam. United will wait for the top managers available to go to other clubs before deciding to go for them. Good point, United front. Marlowe says Emery's lost all his best players and makes it work with Lindelof and Wan-Bissaka because that's coaching, Marlowe. Exactly. Ineos even worse than the Glaziers. Even Woodward did a better job than these clowns. The whole hierarchy needs to go. Thank you very much, Big Z. Are you going to read my super chats, says Aaron. I'm literally working through them now. So funnily enough, Aaron, it's not the Aaron show.

55:13it's the United Stand morning show where we go through all the news and then at the end we go through your comments totally back the board for not sacking I told you I'd be harsh truths today sorry totally back the board for not sacking Carrick next let's take out hefty dividends from the club glory glory glazes as United's glazes go marching on says Savish Bruno changed in one season he's not the problem says Emma one two press comment was ridiculous absolutely clueless half the press comment was clueless as big Z Carrick was a key part in our best ever era when we dominated He should remember that they did that through intensity, work rate and mentality.

55:46So Slazey, if they don't sack him now, what will it take in your eyes to sack him? Where's the tipping point, says Harry? Well, they won't sack him now. I would imagine we will beat Bournemouth. I think Chelsea we probably lose and people are saying sack him. Then they'll keep him for Roma where we might win again. Then it's Villa at home. Then it's the international break. Then we come back from the international break. And I think we, I'll tell you what, let me just look at this. I can see this just dragging out for months and months to the point where we don't get European football my only focus now is Man United and European football so yeah after Chelsea where I think we'll lose Roma at home, Villa at home probably survive that then we come back Liverpool away lose that, Sporting away Brentford at home there's always a game to save him there's all you know Coventry at home there's always a game to save him I think I mean he could be he could be here on New Year's Eve.

56:42Like, that's why strong people make strong decisions. Don't worry, Mark. De Lowe's getting a new lifetime contract. This is Slow Sports News. Hope you're well. A match between Real Valocano and Athletic Club in Madrid was abandoned on October 10th, 2026 after home fans showered the pitch with paper airplanes and small rubber balls, says Mig. Bottom line bangers. That's all the owners of this great club have ever cared about. So sad, says George. Mark, he said, by putting him back in his position, says Jim, Jack oh, Carragher yeah, but I totally disagree with that as well like, any I mean, Michael Carragher did not get Bruno the Player of the Year award and the Premier League assist record by putting him back in his position Bruno Fernandes already had quite a lot of assists and was playing well in midfield under Amrin and the reason Bruno wasn't playing in a number 10 position for Amrim was because Amrim didn't play that formation.

57:45And everybody was telling Amrim to play 4-3-3. And when Amrim got sacked, Carrick played a 4-3-3. And there's only one position that Bruno can play in. I would have put Bruno as a number 10. Jamie Carriger would have put Bruno as a number 10. I don't get the Player of the Year award and the Premier League assist record for doing the bloody obvious. Bruno did it. That's my point. Keane called out the board for not investing in better players when he was playing. This was after a Champions League semi. Yes, he did, Jeff. When did Bruno decide Glazers were the problem, says Kiel. Sar from Palace would be a good signing, says Mr Moon.

58:22It's not Bruno's job to call out the manager, especially with his form. Behave yourself. Of course it is. Of course it is. Ricky is 100 % right about Bruno, says Kiel. Because of... You know what? I'm just going to end this show in a minute anyway, but I find it really sad that people I respect in this community have fallen for Man United PR again. But you know what? I'm not surprised and I'm not going to fall out with you because the same people did it in March. I said, don't give Carrick the job. I got abuse. He deserves it, Mark. He's earned it. He's not another Oli. We should give Carrick the job.

58:57Look at the win ratio. He's done a great job. We've got to give it. So look, if we want some harsh truths here, you backing the club over Bruno and letting it be all about Bruno I find incredible but some of you did it in March saying give it to Carrick and look at you now you need to start learning about this club cycle and PR because you made yourself look really stupid saying give Carrick the job you make yourself look really stupid by not seeing that the football was shit we were playing one game a week and it was Bruno centric now Bruno's not playing well now we're playing two games a week, Carrick's got nothing.

59:35And you're all saying we shouldn't have given him the job. But in March, you were saying give him the job. You need to stop following the United PR and start thinking a little bit more because this was always going to happen with Carrick. And 80 % of you wanted to give him the job. Oh, he's earned it. He's earned it. What about performance? What about vision? Oh, it's about results. Look at the win ratio. We'd be top of the league if the season started in January. We've got a 20 % win ratio at the moment. because of the new stadium project that will make the Glazers richer I'm certain they won't sell United even if their billionaires make an offer says Arnold maybe players are getting this royal treatment and extension talks because they're scared they would expose what happens behind the scenes at United says Mas Raui what does Rooney think of Bruno saying that says Robert McCormack I'm pretty much guarantee Wayne is going to say he shouldn't have said it and that's why Rooney reacts at midday when we upload it is going to be great so if you're a member get ready for that I think it's going to be look I think Carrick should go and I think Bruno is right.

1:00:31I would imagine Rooney is going to be completely opposite. So it'll be a very good video. Welcome to the Members Club, Jem, Di Vadinho and the Otter Boy. Chris Cams, we're three points off six, which gets Champions League after City gets kicked out. We're above Spurs, two wins and we're back in the spot. Stop crying for... Oh my God. Let me just get rid of this person. Glazer bots will be removed. Alex, welcome to the Members Club as well. Okay. Nagelsmann in and Bruno sold in January, says Level. Look, Bruno does need moving out, but what will be without him is scary to think. Thank you so much for tuning in this morning.

1:01:08We are back at two o 'clock. Obviously, we'd go live if anything happened. I doubt it. I'm recording Rini Reacts at midday, so we'll get that up on the members section ASAP. If you want to join, it's pinned in the chat or click the join button.

1:01:23And I'm back with you live at eight o 'clock as well. Take care. Stay safe. I'll speak to you in a bit. united are cowards we're run by cowards we're run by incompetent cowards it's a fact I'll speak to you in a bit

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