Archives for September 2018

Manchester United club legend Gary Neville is always known for giving a strong take on the issues. Sometimes those strong takes can heat up a little bit and go off the rails, but much of the time he’s spot on. Neville’s got a very solid, cogent interpretation of the dysfunction junction that is currently present at Manchester United.

While almost everybody is blaming manager Jose Mourinho, and many others blame Executive Vice President Ed Woodward, Neville sees the issues stemming from further back. He believes that when the club gave up on Sir Alex Ferguson’s hand-picked successor, David Moyes, so quickly, the club got away from their ideals and standards.

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The Paul Pogba vs Jose Mourinho feud is dominating football headlines worldwide these days, as it’s a clash of wills between two superstars with larger than life egos. The row is also iconic of the severe dysfunction going on within Old Trafford right now.

It’s a spat that’s absolutely bad for all who are involved, and now it’s inspiring prominent figures in the footy world to take sides. France national team coach Didier Deschamps is one of those people taking a stance, and he’s siding where you think he would.

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It’s as dysfunctional as ever at Manchester United right now as the Red Devils were blown out at West Ham United today 3-1. Many are speculating that this could be the beginning of the end for manager Jose Mourinho, but that remains to be seen as the Portugese received a public vote of confidence from Executive Ed Woodward just this week.

What we do know for sure is that the results on the pitch have been awful, and far below the level of what’s acceptable at Old Trafford. Their seven game start is now just as poor as it was under David Moyes in 2013-14.

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The struggling Alexis Sanchez, Manchester United’s highest paid player, was dropped from the match day squad that lost to West Ham United today 3-1. He wasn’t just benched, he was omitted from the side entirely, and no reason was given why. When manager Jose Mourinho was pressed on this after the disastrous loss at the London Stadium, he was evasive, and refused to give a direct answer.

Instead he blamed those calling for Anthony Martial to be in the first team, and claimed he acquiesced to their wishes.

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Manchester United have reached a new low, losing 3-1 at West Ham United, a side that came in to this one 17th in the table. While manager Jose Mourinho still claims his relationship with midfielder Paul Pogba is good, but he subbed the Frenchman off early after he put in a miserable, seemingly disinterested performance on the pitch.

The loss means that Mourinho has now seen his side take only 10 points from the first seven matches, or the same number as what they “achieved” in the first seven matches under David Moyes, in the one partial season that he was in charge.

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Fred was Manchester United’s first 2018 summer signing and the only first team caliber player they acquired in what was a very disappointing transfer window. The Brazilian was very impressive during his five year spell at Shakhtar Donetsk, but he’s gotten off to a very slow start at MUFC.

Given his expensive price tag, reported to be £53 million (€59m/$69m), fans expected much more than what he has shown thus far. But perhaps things are on the upswing though as he broke through for his first goal in a Red Devils shirt last week.

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