I find it strange when people talk about how they have shown proper planning and stuff, they have good attacking talent but their squad still is very weak when it comes to top European standards. The premier league is absolutely shite and you can get away with just having big players in the attacking area but if Pep wants them to play his style then they will need a major overhaul.
Official: Pellegrini to leave/ Pep to join Man City
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
Depressing stuff. We're going in the complete opposite direction to these lot.
I knew it! we are fecked!
I welcome Pep to Premier League but why on earth it must be City of all teams?! Like things aren't bad enough for is already.
Yes, we can sweeten it up a bit with a hope that he'll fail but come on - how probable is that? he has pretty much unlimited funds and City has always pulled off major transfers.
i really hope we'll go for Jose. But as I've said earlier, you just know that it's not going to happen.
Yes, we can sweeten it up a bit with a hope that he'll fail but come on - how probable is that? he has pretty much unlimited funds and City has always pulled off major transfers.
i really hope we'll go for Jose. But as I've said earlier, you just know that it's not going to happen.
Just to add to the earlier post if they had actually built a great squad then they would have not allowed Chelsea to shit their way to the league last season and would have been running away with the league this season as well but they are below Leicester for a reason.
We have the most insecure fans in England as our fanbase.
Fact. This reaction is unbelievable.
Fact. This reaction is unbelievable.
Still pissed about this. Had we been aggressive and made it our business to get him at all costs - the probability of him joining us would have been higher. Absolute state of us.
In any case, he's obviously not as classy as I thought - rocking up at Citeh ffs!
Can't wait for him to experience a cold windy night in Stoke when his pretty football gets smashed!
I hope...
In any case, he's obviously not as classy as I thought - rocking up at Citeh ffs!
Can't wait for him to experience a cold windy night in Stoke when his pretty football gets smashed!
I hope...Half insecure, the other half fecking deluded if that's the case.
And now the dominos start to fall. I expect LVG leaving in the summer to be one to follow.
Don't worry guys. We'll be fine. Apparently Pot Noodle want to sponsor us.
Agreed.
Would Pell go to us
Can't blame them really. There's not much going on in our club these days which would make fans feel secure about the direction the club is going.
Great news.
City are a soulless cash automaton and illogically heartless for pointing out in their official statement that Pelegrini was only ever their second choice, but there will be no more nil nils away at Villa, 4-1 losses at home to Liverpool or even 2-2 aways at West Ham. If the PL is as nearly open next season as it has been this, they'll already be 10 points ahead. We'll need a points getting machine to hope to keep up.
Guardiola will take 1 summer to bring in the players to take that side to the next level(you know the negotiations would have had a guarantees transfer budget), the PL will be gone for us and likely City will be able to elevate themselves to turn the big 3 in Europe into the big 4.
Really struggling to see what United can do to counter this shift now. Football wise, we're behind City in every single department, and the gap is growing, not shrinking. Genuinely alarming stuff.
Really struggling to see what United can do to counter this shift now. Football wise, we're behind City in every single department, and the gap is growing, not shrinking. Genuinely alarming stuff.
Why deluded?
Yes. Every time City appoint a big name manager, some people actually expect them to win the sextuple. Pep is obviously a decent manager, but the ones who overrate him probably read Goal.com every day.
Guardiola, Klopp and potentially Mourinho in one league. That will be entertaining.
This is the difference between clubs who plan ahead for managers (Bayern, MCFC) and clubs who react and then make panic decisions (MUFC).
I really do hope we are signing up Mourinho. I don't want us to panic in the Summer, when he is unavailable or has other offers, for us to then panic into hiring a mid table manager or worst still a trainee.
And we get to now see Pep make a fool of Mourinho first hand :dead:
I'm not saying Pep is the messiah and that City team isn't exactly need of a big overhaul...so, he'll undoubtedly have plenty of success at City. Whereas United, still require a lot of rebuilding (far too much when you consider the money that has been spent in the last 3 years).
But, as I said...this is about incompetence and the hole Fergie put us in by recommending Gollum. We are yet to recover from that disaster.
Have they ever had a proper big name manager? Mancini and Pellegrini are good managers who have had success elsewhere but hardly in the big name bracket.
Pep became available, and City went for him. How much planning was needed for that? Unless you mean City expected this day to come when they appointed Pelli 3 years ago
Lets hope the board has a plan. We need to be calm and collective. Just focus on how to improve on our deficiencies and rather not focus too much on others.
If we set up our club right and appoint the right manager, we'll be fine. It wont be a walk in the park for Pep and City despite him being a great manager.
Pep has a lot of pulling power, so I can see many top players going to City
Pep has a lot of pulling power, so I can see many top players going to City
Some of the reactions are over the top and we don't know how well Pep will do, but people are right to be concerned. Since Ferguson retired we've won a Charity Shield and finished fourth- that's the sum total of our 'success' in two and half seasons. This year we've crashed out of a weak Champions League group and have shown nothing to suggest we'll be winning any trophies. As well as that, we're in a scrap to make top 4 and if anything we've gone backwards with regards to our play. Big decisions have to be made this summer.
That's it for us now anyways. We'll become the Liverpool of the last 20 years. Didn't take long for Fergies empire to crumble now either.Indeed it could be said that it was Fergie himself that gave the foundations the first rap of the loading bucket.
Unbelievable what has happened or is continueing to happen. The clowns that had the power to prevent it should be brought out and shot.
Unbelievable what has happened or is continueing to happen. The clowns that had the power to prevent it should be brought out and shot.
Looking forward to Stoke v City (Barcelona II v Barcelona III)
Not a big surprise. I had doubts that either City or Pep could keep a lid on this before the end of the season, we live in a different age where information is difficult to keep secret for very long.
I wonder the impact it will have on both Bayern & City but also what sort of speculation will now begin about player movements. Even if Pep is officially to take over on July 1, gotta think Txiki & him are already planning for recruitments
I wonder the impact it will have on both Bayern & City but also what sort of speculation will now begin about player movements. Even if Pep is officially to take over on July 1, gotta think Txiki & him are already planning for recruitments
How do you feel about this being announced now? City are still competing for four trophies but now the players know they get a fresh start next season. I know they will still want to win but I don't see how this announcement helps Pellegrini for the games he has left.Great news.
We had deficiencies in our squad atm, and yet not a single player has been brought not even an extra fullback or defencive cover, no additional striker.
We appear to be running on hopes and dreams and not doing anything to solve our issues.
Reation of some 
Pep has a specific style though and this City team has a problem winning back to back leagues.
Their CMs get found out against anybody half decent especially in Europe.
So you think they don't need a rebuilt? Pep has had world class CMs and fullbacks wherever he has been. At City he won't even have one. Yaya was world class.
Guess Nasri can start packing his bags
Those press conferences will be wonderful to listen to
Those press conferences will be wonderful to listen to
Pep is like my mates in Fifa, always picking top tier teams. Doesn't he want a real challenege?
That's fair enough, he is bigger than those two right now. But people are putting too much emphasis on the manager, just like how they tend to put the lions share of the blame on LVG instead of the players, some of which who underperformed for two managers in a row now. We will see next year how he imposes his philosophy and style on english football.. but by no means do I see the CL as a certainty for him.
Guardiola's biggest critics have been Premiership fans, guess they're in for an education starting July
Damn, that means City are winning some kind of treble this season.
There are no guarantee's in football but City have to be big favourites for PL domination over the next 3 years. The most frustrating thing is how much things have changed since 2008...
We were so far ahead of them in every possible way.
We were so far ahead of them in every possible way.
Doesn't start till August.