Manchester United

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Who would have thought an alleged rapist is an asshole.

Yup, the whole saga was utterly predictable from the moment he was signed.

Both his outbursts (this interview and when he refused to come on as a sub) have had hilarious timing - both after games which have shown how much better we've played without him.

...and just how pathetic is it purposely shaking certain pundits hands and not others.

I liked The Guardian article about the situation, "Only by ridding Manchester United of Ronaldo can Ronaldo hope to remedy some of the problems he, Ronaldo, correctly identifies."

Thought occurs that he doesn’t really have that many genuine friendships in England, or it would have never come to this. Considering that, it’s sad after he was there so long. 

I wonder if SAF still supports him?

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Thought occurs that he doesn’t really have that many genuine friendships in England, or it would have never come to this. Considering that, it’s sad after he was there so long. 

surely he would have made friends within the team and outside the club in his first stint? He was there for 6 years. Considering all the money he gives to charitable organisations I wouldnt think he was a horrible dude to know and be friends with? Although the current dramas, amongst tax avoidance and being a little handsy with the ladies would suggest otherwise.

Just saw Part One of the interview - nothing controversial said.....if you take snippets out of context, I can see how 60 second clips can be inflammatory, but there really wasn't anything outlandish there. Part Two tomorrow. 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/world-game/300742521/cristiano-ronaldo-claims-manchester-united-cut-my-legs-in-explosive-interview
referring to the Tottenham game where he left early after refusing to go on as a sub for a few mintes to clsoe out the game “Not allowed for me, a coach to put me in three minutes in a game. Sorry, I'm not that kind of player. I know what I can give to teams.”
It's fine to know what you offer and expect to get more than 3/4 minutes at the end but if your manager wants you to go on at that time then you do it. Unless you think such treatment is an insult and therefore blame the manager for causing the whole incident. What an absolute arrongant SOB!

Ronnie gone by way of mutual termination and the Glazers  instructing financial institutions to sell up.

Seismic day for the club.

Stoked we've dealt with the Ronnie situation, but I'm sure we'll get a Lukaku styled interview every month for the next 3 years.

Glazers selling is bittersweet. Good to get them gone, but don't want to be owned by an oil nation either.

Poor VdB - finally a couple of games and looks like he's had his ACL ruined.

Think Bruno’s enjoyed that one.
Edit: oh and that one.

City can get absolutely fudgeed

Manchester City football: Pass the ball sideways, pass the ball sideways, Haaland two hand pushes a defender and does nothing, pass the ball sideways, pass the ball sideways, someone comes within an inch of a City player... ARMS IN THE AIR COMPLAIN COMPLAIN

Don't forget "we're getting counter-attacked, better simply grab the attacker to stop that from happening"

Tactical genius pep: "1 shot on target but at least we had 71%?!?!?" and don't forget the classic "sub off Foden for my £100m winger, oh look what a genius I am"

An excellent run of form comes to an end, with VAR denying us a stonewall penalty, 2 minutes later (when it should've been 2-0) Casemiro needs to make a challenge which earns him a yellow card (missing match vs Arsenal), and then Palace go on to score from a free kick.

Obviously VAR is just a clown show but after the City game we heard endless conspiracy theories about United. Turns out the big conspiracy is for Arsenal! 😂😂

What a frustrating second half - drop two points and no Casemiro for Arsenal…

Yeah second half was rubbish. Rashford just goal hunting was super frustrating 

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Yeah second half was rubbish. Rashford just goal hunting was super frustrating 

Yep, just constantly dribbling into traffic

That was a nice free kick from CP though, wish Weghorst could've scored, only had 1 shot.

Defender gets no ball lol

I see blue sock in front of both white socks, unless that image is wonky in some way it looks to me as though the Palace player is ahead of the united player, and the united player's pink boot is behind the knee of the Palace player.
Just what i see, I dodnt watch the game and realise that on image is not th best way to identify contact or anything.

Nah, McT went around defender and the defender just stuck a leg out.

ah I see, tough to see all that in a still shot.

Amazing Rashford goal. 

Not really sure the Weghorst is the right player for this team at the moment. Not sure if you had Martial, Wood and Weghorst as 3 options the Kiwi wouldn’t get a fair look in there! But I’ll guess we’ll see. 

Rubbish second half again.

Wan-Bissaka is rubbish. For every amazing spider leg challenge you get 5 situations where he's out of position or ball watching.

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Rubbish second half again.

Wan-Bissaka is rubbish. For every amazing spider leg challenge you get 5 situations where he's out of position or ball watching.

Really like the guy but was at fault twice for their first goal. Tough to come in without much football against a team as switched on as this Arsenal team though. And no Casemiro. 

Wan-Bissaka struggled to control Saka, but that's a tough gig for anyone at the moment, Rashford did the same to White, hence being subbed at half time, on a yellow and Rashford was running him ragged. Your manager probably needed to do the same thing at the half.

Was up against Martinelli most of the game imo?, but the way he lost Nketiah at the back post was A league stuff. 

Shaw got done over by Saka!

But classic game. A reboot if you will.

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Could get worse if we progress in the cups.

that's why EPL teams have bog squads of 25+ players, so you can rotate players and give those rest when they need it.

To an extent, but I don't think that justifies the issue here: the stupid world cup timing (which should never happen again), and United losing two games due to the queen.

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Rubbish second half again.

Wan-Bissaka is rubbish. For every amazing spider leg challenge you get 5 situations where he's out of position or ball watching.

I said this 2 years ago and got rubbished

I LOL'd watching Rashford's goal. Schoolboy defending.

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I LOL'd watching Rashford's goal. Schoolboy defending.

must have laughed yourself silly when Saka scored.

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I LOL'd watching Rashford's goal. Schoolboy defending.

must have laughed yourself silly when Saka scored.

Settle down lads, United beat Forest in a cup game this morning in which Rashford scored.

Oh Arsenal fans. 

The subtle difference to this United squad compared to what it was at the start of the season shows how much they have progressed. Fair dues to Den Hag etc.  It is coming together for the club. 

Following a scissor challenge from Carol which he didn't get a card for, and VAR totally ignored... looks like Eriksen is out until April or even early May.

Extremely frustrating.

Actually a little disappointed not being able to get it across the line...

Casemiro and Eriksen sorely missed today.

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Actually a little disappointed not being able to get it across the line...

Casemiro and Eriksen sorely missed today.

 Leeds might be near the bottom of the table but that does not lessen the enthusiasm of their supporters. At times it sounded like they were the home team

whatever

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Actually a little disappointed not being able to get it across the line...

Casemiro and Eriksen sorely missed today.

 Leeds might be near the bottom of the table but that does not lessen the enthusiasm of their supporters. At times it sounded like they were the home team

Leeds take 250,000 fans to every game!! (It's an "In" Joke on various FB pages about Leeds fans from some Leeds fans and others)