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Happy New Year

December 31, 2019

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We’ve had our fair share of ups and downs this decade. Here’s hoping 2020 can kickstart our return to where we should be.

Happy New Year, Reds!

Scott Patterson

Scott is the editor of RoM and has a season ticket at Old Trafford. He started The Republik of Mancunia in March 2006. Follow @R_o_M on Twitter or @R_o_M7 on Instagram.

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39 Comments

Paul_Scholess January 1, 2020

Happy New year to all. May 2020 be the year where we as a team show the much needed come back. A year without Pogba and his agent Crayola

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Hendrix knightsmith January 1, 2020

Paul,

I agree, sick to death of hearing his name

We're unbeaten this decade, let's keep it that way.

Happy New Year everybody !

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Hendrix knightsmith January 1, 2020

Surprise ,surprise.

Paul Pogba is set to miss Manchester United’s clash with Arsenal .

Pogba was absent again when the United squad arrived at the Landmark Hotel in London on Tuesday night and is not expected to play at the Emirates.

He has shown total disrespect to the club and supporters !

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Bryan_Robson January 1, 2020

Happy New Year...

I want to take his opportunity to thank Mr Raiola for sharing his thoughts about how poorly our club is being run and that he would think twice before bringing us any new players...

Of course Mr Raiola was not using this an a chance to over hype his toy Pogba by undermining the club and not in so many words saying that his toy is in fact bigger than United.......

'Pogba deserves playing for a club challenging for titles and champions league' He went on to say...

Why haven't you taken him away to a club that can fulfill his ambitions or rather his over inflated ego?

This cunt has started this media circus with one thing in mind.........defending his prize asset at the club....First he says Pogba is happy and then he says United are not good enough for him...

Fuck him and fuck Pogba too..........His 'star' player is a disgrace, first he fucks off on Boxing day to France and now he's not even in the squad for tonight.....

We know that our club needs to be better run but we certainly don't need a virus spreading scum like Raiola to tell us that

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Hendrix knightsmith January 1, 2020

Bryan,

Couldn't agree more, and much as I dislike Mourinho he has been proven right about Pogba.

what a shocking role model he is for younger players !

This is the problem with player power in football.

Any other walk of life you get fired which then adversely affects your future employment.
In football you can't do that as you'd lose out on the transfer fee.

There needs to be something done to punish players when they carry on like this and hand power back to their employers, the club.

This is why pay needs to be at least 50% incentive based if not more.

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Bryan_Robson January 1, 2020

Trev

Injured players are always in attendance (unless they can't move!) on match days, some even join the fans in the stands........That is how you show your support and that is how people know your heart is with the club.....

Player power is evident, problem is of course the commercial side of things......Big name players bring money!

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Hendrix knightsmith January 1, 2020

Bryan,

Bottom line is that the only reason he is still with us is because no one has bid for him.

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Mobi January 1, 2020

Yes, the club may be poorly run, in fact we can all openly say it IS poorly run, but that doesn't mean it would ruin the careers of great footballers..

Great footballers, if they came and played for us, would have us winning matches/trophies despite Woodward's shenanigans..

Just goes to show how “great” Pogba really is!

The real world class players, don't need other good players for them to show their quality, they don't need a manager who can build a team around them, and pander to their every need, they don't need the team to be playing well for them to succeed.. in fact they'll be the ones getting the rest to play better!

Of course, it helps when a world class player has another 10 on the pitch with him, with a legendary manager coaching them and implementing tactics, but if you can only perform when in that situation, you're not really world class..

That's what sets Messi and Ronaldo (and a handful of others) apart from the rest.. you can put them in any team from any league under any manager and they'd still be world class!

Piss off Pogba, ask DeGea if he wants to stay, keep him if he does, and if his heart is still yearning for Spain because his girlfriend won't come here, fair enough, no hard feelings, thank you very much, all the best, and send him packing, we have Romero and Henderson, so we all win.. and reinvest that 200m+ on some quality players,

Never mind the squad depth right now, build a top starting XI first, and work our way from there..

With the money we'll make from DeGea and Pogba, plus the amount we should have to spend on the summer.. we should easily be able to sign 4 world class players, 2 midfielders, a winger and a striker.. £70-90m per player should get us a decent enough player..

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Mobi January 1, 2020

One of the things I really don't like about Ole, is his refusal to publicly put pressure on Woodward for signings,

It'd be one thing if we were doing well, or if Ole genuinely didn't want any players..

But he said he wouldn't let Lukaku go without bringing in a replacement, and he fell for Woodwards lies, but okay let's put that down to naivety and give him the benefit of the doubt..

Then he says, it's no secret we'll be strengthening our front line and creativity in the next window, goes personally to see Haland to try and convince him to join us, (could've gone to any striker for all I care), the player rejects us, presumably because Woodward messed up somewhere, and Ole comes and says, actually we don't need any players, greenwood filled lukakus void, he, Rashford and Martial are getting plenty of goals, so we don't need any new strikers..

Despite the fact that Greenwood and Rashford don't even play as strikers, they play on either wing, and as soon as Martial is injured again, we're screwed..

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Bryan_Robson January 1, 2020

Mobi

Well said, especially the part about good players asserting themselves.........

We all know Woodward's lack of any footballing knowledge, we all know that all he cares about in bringing in the £££ BUT whether or not a player like Pogba decides to turn up and play week on week out has nothing to do with Ed

Raiola went to say that we would even ruin the likes of Maradona or Pele !! What a tool

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Paul_Scholess January 1, 2020

If I were Ole or Woodwarf, I'd do the following:

1. Plan a scenario to seriously damage his ego where public sees him as the bad shit.
2. Going gung-ho with legal to keep him under contract until it expires to set up a precedence going forward that a contract is made for a fucking reason. Make him as an example. This would embarrass him more.
3. Loan him to a division two.
4. Take this fake fat Crayola to the court on a basis of inciting his client to break his contract. I'm sure there's gotta be something.

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Paul_Scholess January 1, 2020

On a different note. I don't understand the way footballers think. If you are that good, why on earth do you need a fucking agent like this mofo? If you're good, club will be looking for you. Sure there are logistic and stuff that need to be taken care of, but if Valencia whose English was so broken fired his agent, surely these weak sauces can handle this.

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Bryan_Robson January 1, 2020

Paul

Its because some players lack any intelligence and get swept away by the agent's words and promises of fame and riches....

Smart ones don't even have them, like your name sake, Scholes, he never had an agent!

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Paul_Scholess January 1, 2020

Bryan
True that! No backbones lots of em

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Mobi January 1, 2020

Exactly! I agree with the above, from Bryan and Paul.

Players have agents to ensure excellent negotiation tactics on their behalf, so they can get more money, more bonuses, certain clauses, a private jet e.t.c

However, simple logic dictates, the best negotiating tool would be good performances, play superbly week in, week out, consistently and you can ask for a new contract every season!

Do you really think Messi needs an agent to negotiate on his behalf when he wants more money? Or does he simply walk in and say I need X, Y and Z and the club ensures they meet his demands?

Most clubs will do everything to keep their key players anyway, (so long as they want to be there). So just put your head down, train well, work hard, and put in match winning performances and you'll get whatever financial perks you're looking for!

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Mobi January 1, 2020

With the title race over, I'm hoping Newcastle and Everton beat City and Leicester..

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Yusuf January 1, 2020

I'm extremely fed up with the Pogba situation. Honestly I have a good mind to shove him in the reserves and let him rot. Paul Pogba and Raiola keep insulting this club.

Just fucking sell the prat already. We've gotten this far without him.

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Mobi January 1, 2020

Fraudiola.. no balls, he'd never have come here if fergie was still in charge!

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Mobi January 1, 2020

If villa get relegated, should be easier to sign Grealish

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unitedyankee January 1, 2020

As far as Pogba/Raiola:
1)SAF refused to bow down I front of them and let him and his return has shown he was right to let him leave.

2)Jose (who wasn’t right for us unfortunately) told a story a while after being sacked how Pogba had a driver drive him back in his own car from London after a match rather then take the bus with the team. Raiola never denied story. It shows what type of person he is, self centered and not a team player.

We need to let him go and find players who will be part of the team. Need to find the right players with the skill needed but put the team first.

Let’s hope arsenal continue their poor form and we start out the decade right!

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Hendrix knightsmith January 1, 2020

Had to go out .

Just got back and expected some transfer news.

Such as Lingard in a swap deal with an Ice Cream Van.

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Yusuf January 1, 2020

Guys,

---------Martial---------
Rash----------------Mason
--Grealish---Maddison--
--------McTominay--------

Would the above formation work?

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OpikBidin January 1, 2020

No, Just 1 CM

Yusuf January 1, 2020

I need us to get rid of Paul Pogba

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Yusuf January 1, 2020

IGNORE THE FORMATION QUESTION GUYS...

obviously it won't work. Maddison, Grealish and Rashford all prefer to play off the left.

What we need is to sign a midfielder that can pass from deep. Control the tempo of the game.

What we need is to sign a No10 that can contribute both goals and assits.

What we need is a RW that can replicate the current form of Marcus Rashford.. Could that be Greenwood? It's too soon to tell.

Most importantly get rid of our best and most talented outfield player. The obnoxious, petulant prat that is Paul Pogba.. Either that or he fires his agent.

What on earth has happened to Chong and Gomes?

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Mobi January 1, 2020

Yusuf
Today's game is nothing to do with formations, because players aren't generally as multi talented as those from a couple of decades ago..

So each individual from the eleven has a certain task/role to carry out..

They defend as a team in numbers, but whilst on the ball, they all have a specific role..

The formation will be a random few numbers on paper, 442, 433, 4231 e.t.c, but on the pitch the numbers go out of the window!

Take our set up for example, it seems to be a 4-2-3-1, but in reality it's closer to a 3-5-2

AWB doesn't get too forward and is basically like a 3rd CB, the left full back is always pushing forward on the left wing, James provides the width on the right side, Rashford tucks in as a second striker and then we have a 3 man midfield..

As for Chong and Gomes, I really don't know, Chong doesn't look good enough as it is, so I'm not bothered he's run off to give Pogba company with his hide and seek games,

But Gomes, looked like a really exciting prospect, and it's not as though he has tough competition, Lingard, Pereira and Mata have all been awful.. can't understand why he hasn't got a game, unless he's worse than them.. surely can't be!

Regarding the team you put, I like it, but I think too many of the players are similar and we'd be better than what we have, but too one dimensional..

Rashford coming in off the left as a second striker is perfect, but let's get a top striker, strong, clinical and who can link up play, that then leaves Martial who is capable of doing both roles..

Leave James on the right wing, or get Sancho or any other creative winger, not an inside forward like Salah or Messi e.t.c..a creative wide man like Ozil, Ziyech, Dybala or a genuine winger like Willian, Nani e.t.c Sancho is the best because he's a genuine winger but is as creative as a number 10!

In midfield we have McTominay and Fred who have the anchor/breaking up play role to share between themselves, I'd suggest buying any one of Grealish and Maddison (or Eriksen/Fernandes), not both.. and then having the 3rd midfield role go to a deep lying playmaker like Kroos (best in the world) or a Verratti, Saul type.. a more realistic example is your favourite Neves..

I'd suggest a 442 on paper,
If the right winger stays wide on the right, and the left full back gets forward on his side, that gives us width on both wings, the creative left midfielder (Maddison, Grealish) can cut in and play an inside left role, ( the Pogba role if you like), the McTominay/Fred midfielder can be box to box and mirror the left sided midfielders role on the right, in terms of attacking support.. we'll have 2 strikers up top, and AWB who's much better at defending can stay back with the two centre backs and form a solid back 3.. the one remaining player is the deep lying playmaker, who can roam centrally and instigate attacks from deep!

It's easy this management malarkey!

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WeAreUnited January 1, 2020

my guy you are playing fantasy football but on rom

write a letter to ole about this LOL ;)))

WeAreUnited January 1, 2020

every result seems to favour us, so our only task is to beat a team who has 1 win in their last 15

and not to bottle it. once again. the last famous words

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Mobi January 1, 2020

WAU
Lol, let me dream, that's the only scenario where we're playing well and winning things!

And I was just about to say regarding the results, good day for us, Chelsea dropped points, Spurs and Wolves lost, hopefully city lose and we win...and then tomorrow Liverpool v Sheffield, of course I want a Sheffield win, but any result is good for us..

What a time to be alive, we're fighting for the top 4 with Leicester, Wolves and Sheffield United!

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Yusuf January 1, 2020

Mobi,

Great in depth analysis... I see sense in everything you say.
Personally I'd go for Neves and Ziyech.

Sancho? Brilliant prospect, if acquired, hed relegate James to the bench. Imagine James as an impact sub, running at defenders in the final 15 minutes of the game.. Mouth watering. We certainly need more game changers coming off the bench.

----------Martial-------------
Rash-----Ziyech----Sancho
-------Fred-------Neves-----

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WeAreUnited January 1, 2020

mobi

it's just funny reading cause you go into it as you're thew one making the decisions.. but then again maybe you are?!?!?!?!?

and yes great results. wolves spurs and Chelsea drops points

look at us now go and lose to arsenal

the odds are high for arsenal to go 1 in 16, they are bound to win a game. fek! lease let us not be the ones taking the banter

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WeAreUnited January 1, 2020

the odds are LOW for arsenal to go 1 in 16^^^

if it weren't vs us they'd be high , but knowing us we will go and lose the game,

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Mobi January 1, 2020

WAU
I'll let you into a little secret, mobi is my nickname, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is my actual name!

Yusuf
To be honest, that's exactly what James should be doing for us, of course it's not his fault he's starting because he's better than Lingard and Pereira.. bit I could actually see James as part of a successful Manchester United side from the fergie era.. his role would be exactly what you mentioned, a squad player getting a few games here and there, mainly coming on to stretch defences after they tire!

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WeAreUnited January 1, 2020

here's a stat
Jesse Messi has already matched his PL goals and assists tally for the whole 2019

mental

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WeAreUnited January 1, 2020

Mobi

I think you're Ed Woodward cause you talk about players and CR is Ole, he tried to be sneaky and disguise himself Swedish LOL

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ifeanyiumeweni January 1, 2020

I’ve honestly loved Pogba since he came here and have felt like a lot of fans that he could do better but if his head isn’t here then he should leave butwe must get a replacement in the world class or above average department first before he leaves. I’ll be satisfied with an experienced deep lying playmaker and a 20 goal/assist creative midfielder. My opinion on selling DDG still stands the sooner we get Henderson in goal the better no Goalie should squeeze a club into paying such ridiculous wages.

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Mobi January 1, 2020

Oh well, can't be too greedy, most results went our way, only the city game didn't..

Moyes winning 4-0, bring him and Fellaini back!

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Mobi January 1, 2020

DeGea
AWB Lindelof Maguire Shaw
Fred Matic
James Lingard Rashford
Martial

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Mobi January 1, 2020

Ifeanyiumeweni
Agreed. We generate £150m to spend in the summer as it is. We can easily make the same amount by selling Pogba and DeGea.

We can surely find a DM, AM, Winger and Striker who want to play for Manchester United, and are good enough, for £75m each. (There or thereabouts).

Romero, Henderson, Grant
(3 Keepers)
Smalling, Jones, Rojo, Bailly, Lindelof, Maguire, Tuanzebe
(7 centre backs)
Young, Shaw, TFM, Dalot, AWB, Williams, Laird
(7 full backs)
Matic, McTominay, Fred, Garner, Levitt
(4 holding midfielders)
Mata, Lingard, Pereira, Gomes
(4 attacking midfielders)
Rashford, Sanchez, James, Chong
(4 wingers)
Martial, Greenwood
(2 strikers)

31 players, if we get our 2 midfielders and 2 forwards that makes it 35..

8-10 players need to be cut off from this list, I'd say 2 centre backs, and 2 full backs..

Jones never plays, Smalling maybe worth keeping, Roma just voted him into their team of the decade, clearly doing something right over there, there's no need for Rojo, Bailly is off the wagon but might come good if given another chance/run of games.. any 2 of these 4 can go, at the moment I'd say Jones and Bailly..

At full back, Young has most definitely got to go.. but then again, so does TFM who I'm surprised is still in the squad.. and I've totally had it with Shaw.. also, do we want to throw Williams and Laird in at the same time? Especially when you consider the other remaining full back - Dalot - is mostly out injured..
I'd keep faith with the youngsters, get rid of Young and either one of Shaw/TFM.. Williams should get plenty of experience at LB this season, and we don't necessarily have to play Laird at LB alot, seeing as Tuanzebe, Dalot, Rojo can all fill in there..

Matic and Mata could/should be gone by the summer, so that's another 2.. Sanchez has no future with us, and I'm dead certain Chong and Gomes won't be with us either..

Unfortunately that means Lingard and Pereira will be around the team somewhere..

But it's a process, and I guess if they aren't regularly starting for us, it's a step in the right direction.. and somewhere down the line they can be shown the door..

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