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1:41Hello, everybody. Welcome to the United Stands. I'm Art Goldbridge. Hope you're doing very well. This is the United Stand and it's my first live since Monday night. Look, it was a pre-planned trip to London. There's a funny story about a toilet in London, which I'll tell you in a moment, where I ended up looking like I pissed myself. But look, I'm not one for new technology. I didn't know it was a B-Day. The point is we're here to react live for the first time in a couple of days with me about what's going on at Manchester United. And I've got to say there's a few things that are slightly annoying.

2:11Look, I think we've always been a community that says it how it is and we're not that bothered about offending people if we believe in it. I said I never wanted Carrick. I said I never wanted Carrick. I said it was a massive risk. I mean, look, on the very first video we did with Wayne Rooney, when I went to his house in the car, I said, I think it's just going to be like Ollie. And he was like, no, no, no, it's different. It's different. And look, I respect Wayne. I respect most people's opinions, but I just, I'm amazed. I'm amazed at how many people got this wrong. And it's made me really query future opinions in football.

2:49I mean, there's certain ex-players who get everything wrong. I'm hearing it's going to be guitar. I'm waking up and I'm so sad. I mean, mate, we're in the relegation zone. But there's so many people who got it wrong. And I said it this afternoon, it's really become apparent that, and we're going to get onto Poch and I want to get into your comments because I've not been live with you. And I'm live with you at eight o 'clock as well. So there's plenty to go around, but it's been really hard the last couple of days because I could have just gone live from a hotel room and stuff, but I had these two days booked in because I've just, it's the March international break.

3:22I did the charity stream on Saturday. It's been really busy. I just needed to get away for a couple of days. But I knew I was going to get sacked. And in some ways, having a couple of days allows you to take in so much information. And what's really caught my eye is that clearly, and we always predicted this, there are a lot of journalists, not going to name them, I nearly did, there are a lot of journalists who clearly had a very close relationship with Michael Carrick and his coaching team. And we know there's a lot of ex-players that had a very close relationship with Michael Carrick and his coaching team.

3:55And I think what those people did and the people associated with those people, whether they're other content creators, other YouTube channels, journalistic outlets, whatever, they're in outrage now. And I think a lot of us are going, what are you outraged about? Oh, the summer transfer window wasn't good enough. The way they've treated Carrick is ridiculous. The club is a disgrace. And you sort of like go, we've literally been talking about this for the last six months. And you lot have been talking about purring Ferraris and how great United is. But now Carrick's been sacked, who's your mate?

4:34Suddenly you're going, you want everyone to listen about the stuff we've been talking about. The summer transfer window was crap. There was a certain ex-player, well, I'll just say his name, Rio Ferdinand, did a video telling us why the summer transfer window was crap, talking about FFP, talking out of his arse, defending the people he's now calling out. And you end up, and this is the problem with bias, these people need to decide whether they've got the best interests of Man United at heart, in which case you've got to say real things that are going to cause issues, or whether you've got agendas.

5:07And too many of these journalists, ex-players, fan content creators, normal fans, placed loyalty and friendship above what was best for Manchester United. So I'm amazed that the amount, I mean, it's great they're all joining. They're all saying the summer transfer window was crap. They're all saying the ownership's crap. They're all saying that Pochettino is not going to change much. But we've all been saying this for months and they wouldn't listen because they were protecting their mate. They were protecting the agenda. You cannot sit here after Carrick's been sacked and slate the transfer window when you were literally doing videos praising the transfer window.

5:43It's a pure agenda. And the great thing about Pochettino is a lot of people thought I and you had it in for Carrick. Michael Carrick is a legend at this football club. But what did I say? And what did you say? You remove Carrick, you remove the DNA blanket. It was the same with Oli. Once Carrick's gone, there's no oh, oh, oh, it's Carrick. There's no cheering them off the pitch. This is a good thing. Michael Carrick was a crap coach. Let's call it what it is. It's a disaster of a season. Roy Keane was right. He got a load of shit for it when he said it in March. I got a load of shit for it. I'm sure many of you did.

6:23It was bloody obvious this was going to happen. And I take no satisfaction in saying I told you so, but it was bloody obvious it was going to happen. But now he's been removed. Let him, like Oli, just be a legend of the club as a player. We'll forget the coaching misdemeanors. But what it does is it removes. It removes the protection. Look at Omar Barada last week like that, because he's like, Carrick can survive and I'll survive. They've got no one now. Pochettino will not get protected the same way Carrick got protected. But protecting Carrick, you know, like all these ex-players and these journalists who protected Carrick, inadvertently are protecting Wilcox, Barada, Sir Jim Radcliffe, the Glazers.

7:03They've removed that protection. No one's going to have the loyalty to Pochettino that they had to carry. So, you know, I saw a quote today. I think it might have been Chris Wheeler or maybe it was in The Times. And they were saying that the club are aware of the anger about Man United's position. And that's why they've made the change. We're not angry about the position in the league. It's embarrassing and you need to sack the manager for it. The anger is about the constant bad decisions being made by the ownership. And I sit here, look, let's move on to Pochettino. I don't even know what to do with Pochettino.

7:37I don't, I am still on the fence. When it was going to be Eddie Howe, picked by Jason Wilcox, I said Eddie Howe out if he gets the job. Even though Carrick needs to be sacked, I would have been Eddie Howe out. With Pochettino, I just don't know what to do. I don't know what to do because we've got to go for the board. They've got to sack. If I'm Sir Jim Radcliffe, Wilcox is going next week. Like, if he sacks Wilcox now, it's a reset. But if we're sticking with Wilcox and Barada with Pochettino, I don't agree with that. I don't agree with that. I saw something that apparently Jason Wilcox put Lissandro Martinez in his place after his outburst.

8:19I don't think Jason Wilcox could put a deck chair in pace on a non-windy day. You know, this guy cannot be listened to. He's got to go. Even Tim Sherwood on Overlap Daily said yesterday, and it's his mate, he's got to go. So I'm hoping that with Pochettino, maybe it can work, but we've got to remove Wilcox. We have to remove him. So I don't know what to think about Pochettino. I'll be absolutely honest. Obviously, I said, I think it was in 2022, he was a puppet and I don't want him anywhere near Man United. and I wanted Ten Hag. And I think that I'm worried. I'm worried by what Romano said, actually, if I'm being completely honest.

9:07So Fabrizio Romano has basically said, this is Pochettino's dream job. And that terrifies me. And Ben Jacobs yesterday said, they're not going to change the structure. It's not going to be a manager. It's still going to be a head coach. I think these things are the things that need to be discussed. Because regardless of whether it's Carrick, Pochettino, Conte, if it's a head coach, it won't work. If Jason Wilcox is dictating tactics and signings, it won't work. So if Pochettino... Look, we might be wrong, but it sounds like Pochettino is desperate to be Man United manager. We didn't need another desperate manager.

9:48We needed what Spurs have with De Zerbe. Please come and manage Spurs. No. Please, please come and manage Spurs. No. We'll give you loads of money. We'll give you loads of transfers. We'll give you control on transfers. Okay. It looks to me like with Pochettino, we've got a situation where, do you want the United job? Oh, yes, please. Your head coach and Wilcox is your boss. Okay. That is catastrophic. It won't work. Now, I just don't know what to think about this. I really don't. I want to, much the same as when Carrick got the job, I really want to support Man United without being cynical. I really want to watch games and be like a believer.

10:30But I'm just not sure. I think when we sacked Mourinho and we got Oli, I was excited. When we sacked Van Gaal and we got Mourinho, I was excited. When we sacked Ten Hag and we got Amrim, I was excited. When we got Ten Hag, I was excited. I don't think I'm excited. I don't think I'm excited. I think I'm concerned. I'm concerned that Omar Barada and Jason Wilcox have had any involvement in this. What I think we deserve and what I think Carrick deserved, Carrick deserved the sack, right? There's people out there saying, well, it's coming out now that he wanted Elliot. I saw Henry Winter, another journalist who wrote for Carrick, and it's just bias.

11:11Look at what Henry said about Amarim and Ten Hag and then look at how he speaks about Carrick. It's the same with the Athletic. It's the same with the ex-players. the respect, they're such hypocrites. But Henry Winter was talking about Carrick wanted Anderson, Tonali, Mateus Fernandes. I even quote tweeted it. I went, where's the evidence about this? This is the first I've heard about it. Your mate's been sacked and you're talking about Carrick wanting Tonali, Mateus Fernandes and Anderson. Yet in the summer, we heard nothing about that. We heard nothing about what Carrick wanted. You can't, like when you're an interim coach, your job is to get results.

11:46When you become the head coach slash manager, your job is to build a vision. So what are we saying now? Michael Carrick didn't get what he wanted in the summer. Well, maybe he should have bloody spoken up about it then. I mean, that's your job. If you don't like Buleba, Santos and Tillemans and you want a left back and a centre back and a striker as well, you should bloody say it. That's management. I've got no sympathy with that. So look, Carrick needed to be sacked. Some of the stuff about he needed more time, I don't take any pleasure in it because he was one of my favourite players, but he needed to be sacked.

12:21He needed to be sacked. The problem is, is if the next head coach comes in with the same limitations, if Pochettino's going to get given shit. But more importantly, if Pochettino comes in and says Santos is a load of crap, well, you've got to use him for four years. That's what worries me. If Pochettino comes in and says, I don't want Xerxi, well, you've got to use him. These are the things that are going to be a very big problem for Pochettino. And he will also have a very different environment to Carrick. You know, he's not going to have an ex-player that used to play with him who's his best mate.

12:59is not going to have local journalists to, you know, have his WhatsApp number. It's going to be a very, very different world for Pochettino as well. And I'll tell you what, if you're an ex-player in the bottom three with one win in 10, it's okay. You get your name sang. If you're a foreign coach and you're outside the top six, you'll get treated more badly than the ex-player who's in the bottom three with one win in 10. So I don't know whether it gets better because if there's going to be a whole load more scrutiny on Pochettino than there was of Carrick, then, I mean, who knows how long this will last?

13:33I mean, what we ultimately need is to keep the pressure on, get the owners out and get rid of Wilcox and Barada as well. That's what, you know, it was sacking the manager needed to happen, but it was never the reason we are where we are. I mean, Pochettino deserves a statue if he can get us into the top five. And surely that's the brief we're working towards. I was on the train back today having a discussion with someone and I said, look, Carrick needed to go. Like he needed to go. You know, it was an absolute ridiculous situation to be in. It's been a disaster of a season. But as fans, we, you know, we need something to believe in now.

14:16And I think there has to be, if we can get back into Europe, it salvages something. But alongside that, there's got to be a lot more change than this. I mean, I just, if I'm being honest, I sort of look at it and go, well, what's next? What we're hearing out of the club, it's almost like they think they've solved the problem. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is not the problem solved. Sacking Michael Carrick and removing him is not removing the problems. There needs to be more than this. I mean, I think it was Mike Keegan yesterday said that Barada and Wilcox are almost on their last chance with the next manager.

14:57And I was like, I'm not blaming Mike for that. He's probably been told that. But hold on a minute. They come into the club. And can I just say as well, everybody that says Michael Carrick's been treated badly this week, I've sort of stayed out of that. He has been treated badly. But I remember the FA Cup final that Ten Hag won. And before the FA Cup final, they leaked that they were interviewing other people. after the FA Cup final win, they were interviewing other people and then they kept him. Ten Hag had two weeks having won the FA Cup final against Man City, which we bloody love to do now, of them interviewing other people.

15:35And then they decided to keep him. So, I mean, I just want to be a little bit level here. Like, yes, Michael Carrick played for the club and everybody loves him and he was treated badly this week. It's ridiculous to be in training for three days and then get in the sack while they're interviewing somebody else. But Eric Ten Hag won an FA Cup and they were still interviewing everybody else. And for two weeks, they didn't say anything. So let's not pretend that this Manchester United Football Club that we love isn't a shit show and a diabolically run football club now. Whether it's sacking people, rinsing their own fans, removing charity money, humiliating managers, it's not new.

16:13The way Carrick's been treated this week is bad, but it's not as bad as what happened to Ten Hag. Anyway, let's talk about Barada and Wilcox. So Ten Hag wins the FA Cup. Not sure whether we want him. Let's interview other people. Oh, we can't find anyone. Let's keep it with Ten Hag. Let's spend a couple of hundred million pounds on him. Oh, we don't like the start to the season, even though it actually wasn't that bad compared to where we are now. Let's sack him. Let's bring Amorim in. Let's sack Amorim 12 months later because he fell out with us because we're crap at our job. Let's get an interim in and then look for somebody best in class.

16:42Oh, the interim's doing really well. Don't give it the interim. It's just like Oli. Oh, let's give it to the interim. Let's give him a bit of money, but let's buy a load of shit for him. Oh, it's the worst start to the season we've ever had. Let's sack the interim. They shouldn't get another choice. They shouldn't get another option. It's absolutely crazy that they're getting another chance. I mean, Wilcox and Barada have basically sat over two and a bit years of absolute shit decisions and transfers as well, but they shouldn't get to pick another manager. I mean, I don't know who the Glazers are, I don't know who Jim Radcliffe is, but to think that they could continue down this road is mad.

17:21But look, what I want to get into your comments, and I can talk a lot more on the 8 o 'clock show, but what I did want to say as well is, let's not underestimate the enormity of the job ahead. We can disagree about how things have happened, who's been appointed, who's been sacked. I think ultimately, if Man United are in the bottom three after 10 games, and they've only won one game, you get sacked whoever you are, whether you're Michael Carrick or Maurizio Pochettino, you have to be sacked. But what I look at this Man United job now is, and I've not heard anybody say this yet, and maybe they will in the fullness of time, you think about when Moyes came in, you think about when Van Gaal came in, you think about when Mourinho came in, you think about when Oli came in, you think about when Ten Hag came in, you think about when Amirim came in, and you think about when Carrick came in.

18:08Nobody can argue that Pochettino is coming into the worst position we've ever been in. We're literally in the bottom three. There is no January or summer transfer window in sight at the moment. It's a long way off still. We're only in the middle of November. And on top of that, the Maguires, the Luke Shores, the Deleuze, the Brunos are as bad as they've ever been. And the Casamiro's gone. So he's inheriting the United side in the worst position it's ever been since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. He's inheriting a squad that, let's be honest, lets people down, but they're an ageing squad as well. We've just literally said there's not a lot of money there to spend.

18:55And the last bit of expenditure looks like an absolute waste of time. I think this is an absolute shit show to inherit. I really do. And I think I just don't know which way this is going to go. I really don't. I mean, this needs a new owner. This needs an owner that goes, I'm going to have to spend between half a billion and a billion over the next three years. And I'm going to have to make sure that 90 % of those signings are hits. Because I think Santos is a flop. I think Tillemans is too old. I'm not sure about Belaber. So I still need a midfield rebuild. I need a defensive rebuild. Attacking-wise, look, we've still got the likes of hopefully Dorgou, Rashford to come back.

19:47But Rashford's nearly 30. Ahmad's massive. There's so many. And Bruno Fernandes, probably gone in the summer. Harry Maguire, probably gone in the summer. Lissandro Martinez, probably gone in the summer. So a young goalkeeper. There is a huge amount of work to do at Manchester United. and look, I expect an improvement because we shouldn't be in the bottom three, but let's not underestimate that it's no longer as simple as we've got a new manager, everything's going to be okay. I look at it and I go, we've got a better manager. And look, let me be very, very clear. I'm not sure where I'm going with Pochettino yet.

20:26I think I need to think it through, but he is way better than Carrick. He is way better than Carrick. I mean, that's not up for debate, but what he can achieve I don't know it's going to be it's going to be very very interesting let me get into some of your comments because there's a lot coming in remember we are live at eight o 'clock we've upgraded from clueless to trophyless your pieces used to be a cool guy look in relation to Pochettino right the last time I saw him in the Premier League he did one year at Chelsea they spent a lot of money on young players and it was clearly a project they were very inconsistent in that one year at Chelsea but in his last five games I think he won I think he won his last five or six games and they were playing really good football I think they won a couple of London derbies as well I think he took them to the Carabao Cup final the FA Cup semi-final so look I've heard Chelsea fans telling us Pochettino shit they also told us Santos was the next Casemiro so I'm sorry and it's certain Chelsea fans as well who don't seem to know their arse from their mouth because they seem to shit out their mouth a lot I don't think and I didn't think at the time Pochettino's year at Chelsea was bad it was inconsistent at the start but towards the end it started to be consistent which is understandable when you buy such a young squad so I don't think his I don't think his year at Chelsea was particularly bad Spurs he took them to a Champions League final so if anyone can take Spurs to a Champions League final they must be half decent PSG was a bit of a nightmare USA played some good football so look I think there is a little bit of over the top about Pochettino.

22:07Trophyless, well, there ain't that many managers out there that... I mean, I don't even think we're about winning trophies. That's what I'm trying to say. People saying he doesn't win trophies. Screw your head on. What are you talking about trophies for? I don't think we're winning a bloody trophy anyway. I don't think that's who we are now. I think the Glazers and Ineos have absolutely ruined that. So I don't think Pochettino is a bad coach. Do I think there were better options out there? Yes. I would have took Nagelsmann. I know for a fact that in the board, not everybody wanted Pochettino. Not everybody wanted the Labour.

22:43Not everybody wanted Santos. Not everybody wanted Tillemans. So there's a, you know, not everybody did want Pochettino. But he is a decent coach. I heard Gary Neville going, he's really happy about having him. He really likes him. I don't know. I need to have a think about it, really, because you've got to decide what's best for your own mental health as well. I think the last three months has been...

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24:53really difficult for the fans. You know, I really wanted to back Carrick, even though I never wanted him. But it became very obvious very quickly he was the wrong guy. And I've been saying that for a couple of months now. Now that he's gone, I'm relieved. But I don't know, part of me is just like, the last few weeks have been so toxic. I just want to get back to wanting, you know, Man United winning games and enjoying it. But it could get more toxic. I mean, there is no guarantees that things get better, by the way. Wilcox, new Argentinian Halloween costume dropped, says Mario. Can we do a swap character US men's team?

25:32Says Just Pace. Apparently you're getting Roberto Martinez. Sorry. Hi, Mark. United stand. Hope you well had a good break, says Daniel. Thank you very much, Daniel. I'm cautiously optimistic about Poch, says Keel. I think there will be a massive improvement. I think we've seen against Villa and Roma that these players, when they're allowed to play, are good. the crowd got the players to play against Villa and Roma and they played well I just don't think Carrick and his team were good enough at this level they were out of their depth Pochettino will be good enough at this level I think the players will want to be good enough I think we will see an improvement um yeah and um I think there will be an improvement but how much of an improvement I don't know I think United need to be you know firmly in the top four I don't know whether we can be that club anymore.

26:20It's an absolute travesty how Barada and Wilcox are still in the jobs as TF. Absolutely. Club acts on pure emotion from a club saying it's a business. If you're a business, as we say we are, you at least make good business decisions, says MJ. Look, the reality is nobody can convince me that Michael Carrick shouldn't have been sacked. 100 % the right decision. They might not be happy about people saying they should have been sacked. I'm not happy we're in the bottom three playing shit football. So look, that's the reason you got sacked. It's not personal. but you cannot sack Carrick and not sack Wilcox I mean this is the guy that I mean we're not silent I get feedback quite regularly about you've gone too far there you shouldn't have said that that's wrong you saw what Ashley Young said to me the other day so I do and always have got feedback and United definitely if I said certain things here today I know they'd hear it and I'd probably to get some feedback on it.

27:11What you choose to do with that feedback is up to me. Well, my feedback is, I know for a fact Jason Wilcox has his ear to the ground in the fan base. And I know for a fact that Jason Wilcox would have heard people like Roy Keane, like you, saying, we shouldn't give Carrick the job. The performances are clearly just based on Bruno, Casemiro. There's no vision. There's no style of play. It's counter-attacking football. It's narrow winds. It's very like Ollie. We mustn't give him the job. And he chose to ignore that. He chose to ignore the warnings. Well, you should be sacked. If everybody had said, give Carrick the job, this looks like the best thing you could do.

27:52I wouldn't be that bothered about Wilcox. I'd say, look, you know, everyone else wanted Carrick. But there were so many people saying, don't give the job to Carrick. And Wilcox gave him the job. So if I answer Jim Radcliffe I'm going, hold on a minute If ex-players and fans knew this was a mistake And you gave him the job It's your mistake So you've got to go as well You've got to fall on your own sword If Carrick was your sword And loads of people said don't do it And you stubbornly did You don't get to choose the next manager You get to go And if you think that's unfair, Jason You chose Amrim You stuck with Ten Hag.

28:36So you are losing your job. Because the warnings were there with Carrick and he ignored them because he's not a United person. He's not a United person. Is there anything about Wilcox and Barada out? Nothing at the moment, Ace, but I'm hoping. I was really surprised when Sherwood said Wilcox has to go. It was really refreshing to see an ex-player be honest instead of protecting their team. It was absolutely fantastic, Rajaf. It was absolutely brilliant from Tim Sherwood because he has had Wilcox's back. They played together at Blackburn. I was very surprised by it, but it was very refreshing for people to be honest.

29:07I can't believe Wilcox and Barada are still in a job, says Emily, and expecting to shape the Pochettino era, the level of incompetence should face consequences and be held accountable. Exactly what I was just saying. Completely agree. Eric says, after a Carrick, the experiment to appointment ex-players as manager has to stop. It does have to stop, Eric. But if Pochettino doesn't work and another ex-player comes in as an interim, there will still be ex-players, journalists and fans that say give him the job. It will happen again. Would you have Roberto Martinez as United manager? Let's move on from that rubbish.

29:38Piffy. Just watch Europa League game against Barca. Shame how they were able to improve what he couldn't. This is Charlie. He should have quit and exposed them when he had a chance. He protected them, says Aman. Very, very quickly, I just want to touch on this because it was in my head to mention it and you've just prompted it. So I will say this. This is harsh, but I'm going to say it. I said a few weeks ago, Michael Carrick has an opportunity to resign and expose the problems at Man United. It was around the time as Martinez said the summer transfer window was crap. Now, I know there's a financial side to that.

30:17And it's only my opinion. So look, a lot of people would say, well, why should he resign? He can get the money. And I totally agree with that. But let me just finish, I said, by not resigning and walking away from this shit show, you align yourself to Wilcox, Barada, Sir Jim Radcliffe and the Glazers. And remember I said there's two sides now. There is the Glazer side with Ineos, Carrick, Barada, Wilcox, some ex-players, journalists, fans. And then there is the other side who are just against it all. And that's the line. You're You're either with it or you're against it. And this is what I mean about certain ex-players, journalists, fans today who are going mad, who a few weeks ago were on that side.

31:01And they've only jumped to our side because Carrick's been sacked. So there was an opportunity a few weeks ago where I said, I think Carrick should resign. He'd go out a legend, and he's already a legend, but he'd expose the problems if he said, this is a shit show. I don't want anything to do with it. I'm leaving. And he didn't. He kept doing press conferences. He kept backing the club. He kept backing the board. And I remember saying, the problem with this is, the longer this goes on and the longer he sits there backing the club and the board, they will shit him out. And then we'll take him back on our side because he's a legend, but he should have come to us in the bloody first place.

31:35And what happens? They've absolutely shat him out this week. From Monday to Thursday, they've humiliated him. They've treated him way more than we have by saying he should be sacked. They've treated him way well. I respect Carrick. I like Carrick. Brilliant player. All I've said is he's a shit coach and he should have been sacked, which he is. But beyond that, he's still one of our own. He's still Michael Carrick, right? He could have chose that side. He chose to stick with the board and do interviews talking about how good the board are. They've absolutely stabbed him in the back. And this, for me, is you could see it coming a mile off.

32:14You could see it coming a mile off. And I think there are certain people who have been on that side of supporting that who are now coming to our side and realising this club's horrible. The way it treats people is horrible. And the way they've treated Carrick this week is horrible. But they treated Ten Hag like this as well. So, yeah, I wish Carrick had resigned. I'm sure he didn't need the money. And what happens now is Carrick gets his payout. He's stuck under an NDA for one to two years. in one or two years' time, he'll probably do an interview saying what a shit show it was. And I just wish somebody would go, it's a shit show.

32:52I don't need your money. Fuck you. I'm resigning. I'm doing an interview now. What a shit show it was. I didn't take their money. You'd make all that fucking money anyway. Come on, stick to your night and sit with Wayne, you know. So look, I think it's a good point from Aman. Like, these managers sit there defending and protecting this board and this ownership. when the fans are going, come to our side, they're absolute shit. And they're going, no, no, I can't complain. We tried our best. And then they get shit on by them and they want to come to our side. And it's like, you could see what was going on.

33:24The thing that's not guaranteed with Potts' trophies, yeah, but Sully, I don't think trophies are what Man United are about anyway. Good to see you back, Mark. It feels weird not being able to get excited about a new coach. I agree, Starkey. Man United fans caused the fall by feeding the evil that is running the club. This is B1. We got another yes man coach And Poch out already I mean I do respect that I do respect that I've got to make a decision On what I'm going to do I just feel that if Pochettino Is under Wilcox and Barada Being told what to do And he's their guy It won't work There are stories that the Glazers Wanted Poch And Sir Jim wanted Poch And it wasn't Wilcox and Barada I mean, that changes it a little bit, but I can't get behind a manager that's chosen for by this board.

34:18Yes, Poch is an improvement, but will he really be able to build anything while he's here if the board and data team are the ones telling him what to do? Exactly, Starkey. And no manager in the world, whether it's Poch, Pep or Luis Enrique, comes in and is successful with that squad. So we all know half a billion need spending straight away and we haven't got that money. Start a movement to get Wilcox sacked. Bannick, sack Wilcox. We all know the movement's already started. Even his mate Tim Shearwood says sack him. Ian Droughton says, just wanted to point out we've had five managers since we've won last five games in a row.

34:51Let's pour one out for Frank's hair. Poor lad, says Ian. Daniel Thompson says, pains me seeing the State United is in. Wilcox and Barada still here is a disgrace. How are we supposed to move forward when the problem isn't solved? Exactly. Rajaf says, I think best case where the part is he improves training and fitness. Yeah, I mean, I think on fitness, it will improve. My problem is how many injuries are we going to get? Because it's one thing to train a team in pre-season. It's another thing to train a team halfway through a season. He's got to get that team running and there's not that much opportunity to do it.

35:25I think Amron was the guy with the competent boards as Charlie, maybe. Poch is a real manager with a structure and attacking style of play. No more Rondo FC or nostalgia, you, but you'll need time to implement it, says Zach. I don't think you get, I think this is a great point. I posed the question to you, Zach, and everybody else. How long are we going to give Potch? I'm sat here not excited. And a lot of people have said that. This is the first managerial appointment I've not been excited about. Maybe Carrick, actually. I didn't think it was a good idea, but normally you're excited. I'm not excited.

35:58I'm uncertain.

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37:42Ten Hag was two years. Sorry, Mourinho was three years. Oli, two and a half years. Ten Hag, two and a bit years. Amrim, one and a bit year. Carrick, six months. it's coming down and it's and it's acceptable for it to come down so literally after the first game if someone says Poch well some people will be saying Poch out now this is what I mean I worry about that it's coming down every time and he probably does need three years like Buns says but I just I just I just think it will be acceptable for an ex-player to sit there and say Pochettino isn't the guy after one game it'll be acceptable for someone on the radio to go he ain't good enough sack him Some fan content creator, some journalist.

38:29I just don't think he'll get time. I just don't think he's going to get any time. Any app, any manager needs time. It's the biggest rebuild we've had. I mean, this is probably getting close to when Sir Alex came in in 86. This is definitely the biggest rebuild any manager's ever had since Sir Alex retired. So, of course, he needs time, but he also needs people above him who are competent. Vic says, you know what's funny? they're saying there's signings already for Poch in January, but where were they this summer? It's bullshit. It's been thick. They desperately want people to get behind their idea.

39:02So they tell lies about signings. Poch gets top five for three years to build the circus. I think if Pochettino got top five, it would be miraculous from where we are. You look at where we are in the league. We're bottom three. I think we're 12 points off Brighton. I think we're nine off Liverpool. I think we're seven or eight off Chelsea. So if he could get us top five, that would be incredible. But what happens next season? You know, Carrick got third place and now we're third bottom. So results are nothing without proper structure above you. Changing driver won't fix a broken engine, says Philip Murphy.

39:37Bro is literally writing Amazon's script for free. I've forgotten about the documentary, Ryan. Apparently Amazon are quite happy. Is Poch top five experience manager in the Premier League, says Kiel? And apparently we've spent a lot of money on Poch. And apparently we're bringing these coaching staff in as well. So look, I am a... I'm not going to deny I'm happy that Carrick and his coaching staff have gone. And I'm not going to deny that a coach coming in with a big coaching staff needs to happen. But a lot more than that needs to happen. I will only start to believe if I see Wilcox sacked and another sporting director come in.

40:14If that doesn't happen, I think it's going to be more of the same. Now, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that Wilcox does get sacked. and it's never nice to say somebody should be sacked but he should be sacked this is a competitive entertainment industry and if Michael Carrick's going to get sacked and Ruben Amirim's going to get sacked and Eric Senhaug's going to get sacked then the sporting director that sat over them should also get sacked so my advice to Man United would be if you want fans to get behind this project if you want fans to be excited by this project you must sack Jason Wilcox and possibly Omar Barada as well because the anger is not necessarily just about bottom three and one winning 10.

40:50The anger is about the way the club is being run, the lack of communication, the lack of direction, the poor decision making. So if you want fans to get behind Pochettino, I think you need to remove your board. And if you do that, I think fans will go, well, that's fair. Yes, Carrick needed to go, but he can't be the fall guy. There has to be somebody else. We've seen fall guys in Oli, Amirim, Ten Hag. We've seen it for years. Always the manager, always the manager, always the manager. Yes, the manager needed to go, but now is the time for proper change. If you want this fan base to be optimistic and get behind a guard, look, they're not going to be singing Pochettino's name like Carrick.

41:28Pochettino didn't play in our midfielders like a legend for years. Pochettino is just a decent coach that's actually managed Southampton Spurs and Chelsea in this country. So he's got no affiliation to Manchester United. If you want these fans to get behind Pochettino, because it's not like you're bringing Luis Enrique in, you're bringing in a bit of a journeyman Premier League manager who's very good, but is a bit of a journeyman. If you want us to get behind that, you can't just sack Carrick and bring Pochettino in. You've got to sack Carrick, sack Wilcox, maybe Barada and say, look, we're rebuilding this club.

41:57We're rebuilding it. Putting Poch in below Wilcox and Barada makes us go, well, you know, we're still a circus, isn't it? Anyhow, do you think we'll get star-linked with Tottenham players? Ross, I mean, I've seen his link to some right shit over the last few days. that's probably for the 8 o 'clock show when will he be sacked Mark? I'm going November the 27th November 2027 look honestly I think you're probably right I think do well this season maybe get us in the top 5 shit summer transfer window start next season badly gone by November I think it's probably a good shout considering Carrick lasted 6 months but basically ended the season well and started it badly Amorim the same Ten Hag the same yeah you're probably right but this is why we need change.

42:47Right, I'm back with you at eight o 'clock. Thank you so much. Very nice to just jump back with you and be live for a little bit. Eight o 'clock show, obviously. Pochettino will get announced at some point, of course. Let me just tell you this quick story. So I had a couple of days away, went to London, stayed in a hotel, very nice, and got there about, what, one o 'clock on Tuesday, dropped our bags in the room. We were going to go out and get something to eat. said to the missus, I'm just going to use the toilet. It was a number one, went for the toilet. And then I saw this little remote control next to the toilet.

43:21And I thought, Oh, I wonder if that's like, you can listen to the radio or something. And it had an on button and then an increase button and another increase button, which I thought was changing channels and volume. So I pressed the button with the toilet open in front of me like that. I'd pulled my trousers up. I pressed the button, this metal thing came out of the toilet and then started spraying all over me. Made myself look like I pissed myself. I tried to turn it off, but I was pressing the up button and it was spraying even more. Anyway, I hit the button. It goes back in. I've absolutely...

43:53I come out. I said to the missus, I haven't wet myself. Smell it. But she didn't. It was a bloody... It was a bloody bidet. It was a tube bidet. So basically, I did try it out when I went for a dump the next day. You sit there, you turn it on, you press it, this probe comes out and sprays your arsehole. I've never seen anything like it before. A lot of you, probably Americans, are going, yeah, this is dead normal. No, I've seen a bidet before. It's a separate unit.

44:24Luckily, I had another pair of trousers and the hotel room came with one of them Dyson things that you can dry it off with. But it would have been funny. it would have been a funny comedy sketch and you probably didn't think it happened but it did I thought it was a radio I thought I was going to be sitting having a dump listening to talk shit but no it was yeah don't ever start pressing controllers in a bathroom in a toilet unless you sat on the toilet is my thing because if I'd have been sat on the toilet doing it I'd have had a nice spray on the arse but because I was stood up doing it I got a nice spray all over the groin anyway thank you everybody for watching I will be back with you at 8 o 'clock thank you so much for tuning in make sure you smash the like and subscribe I feel like we could talk for hours and hours on this but we will be back at 8 don't forget this Saturday is my charity stream all day charity stream it'll be on my channel I'm going to do a final lap of GTA 5 I love doing that for relaxation so I'm going to do my final lap on the air Seb's going to play a bit of Fortnite I'm going to do some FC27 there'll be some stuff we can chat about as well it's an all day stream raising money for the Marie Curie charity which is for support and aftercare for people with terminal illness and when I say aftercare it's for their family and stuff like that you know mental health and counselling and for you know the last few weeks of people who are dying of terminal illness we do it every year we've raised I think we've raised about £235 ,000 over the last few years so I'm hoping to take it to a quarter of a million this year so I'll talk more about that but all day Saturday stream always do it on the middle Saturday of the international break and hopefully some of you can join with me.

46:01But thank you everybody for joining me. Are you going to get one of those probes in your bathroom? I'll tell you what, I'm not going to lie. I do think it's a brilliant idea. I've got to be honest. Well, I have to be, I've already said I liked it. It's quite a good sense. I'd imagine after a certain meal, it would be a great thing to do. I thought it was a game changer, but I don't know. I don't know. I think if I said to my plumber, can you get me one of them probes that comes out and sprays your arse? Don't think they'd be thinking about that. I did like it, yeah. Thanks for watching. See you at eight.

46:37Take care.

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