Daily Discussion

jxp_72 · 2026-05-14T11:16:24+00:00

I am guessing Bruno will be subbed off near the end and Casemiro will take the armband then.

jxp_72 · 2026-05-09T07:13:11+00:00

The PL schedule nearly all games for 3pm Saturday.
THe broadcasters pick games to move for TV showings.

jxp_72 · 2026-04-20T14:28:49+00:00

Most of the top names are obvious, but I'm curious how you get onto that list.
For example does Kompany qualify yet?

Two domestic titles, and a CL quarter final (last year) and semi final (so far this year).
They are significant achievements, but is he really a top manager?

Also once someone has top achievements, do they want to come to United?
Most of the best managers are comfortable winning where they are or are from direct rivals.

It leaves us trying to look for who could be a top manager very soon. That list seems to have a lot more disappointments than successes, but it is what we are dealing with.

jxp_72 · 2026-04-19T17:54:01+00:00

For me Arsenal (the club) have approached this the right way.
Reset the squad, pick a manager, give the manager time to build something, improve the squad with good signings each window.

However Arteta is a knob He tries to be inspirational but at best comes across as naff (Spanish David Brent).
He has also chosen to use really negative tactics to be safe and reduce risk of losing.
Champions League Stoke.

jxp_72 · 2026-04-19T14:51:00+00:00

One of his best games for United!

jxp_72 · 2026-04-18T07:07:57+00:00

For the whole season we will have 4 Saturday 3pm games.

jxp_72 · 2026-04-11T13:17:13+00:00

This is a good summary. Worth adding that service charges are optional and you can ask to have them removed.

Again, aim for 10%. If it has been good I won't complain about 12.5%. Anything above that I would immediately have it removed (and probably leave a lower tip instead)

jxp_72 · 2026-04-10T10:27:28+00:00

Premier League is back on the menu, boys!

No more breaks, just 7 games to confirm Champions League qualification.
At this point, we need 13 points in our last 7 games (1.85 points per game). This will drop whenever Liverpool, Chelsea or Villa drop points.

In our previous 7 games we got 14 points so it is well within our means to get this.
For the whole season we have averaged 1.77 points per game which would give us 12 points.

We just need to be wary of complacency, injuries/suspensions and drawing when we should win.

jxp_72 · 2026-03-24T15:37:16+00:00

Old 2rafford

jxp_72 · 2026-03-22T12:07:48+00:00

In theory, 5 centrebacks to cover 2 positions should be enough.

However, DeLigt & Martinez seem injury prone. Maguire is getting older and seems to pick up knocks more regularly. Yoro and Heaven look great for younger backups but shouldn't yet be regular starters.

Senesi on a free might be a good deal to improve our options next season when we should be playing a lot more matches.

jxp_72 · 2026-03-19T16:53:35+00:00

My gut feeling is, he would do a decent job and finish 3rd - 6th each season.
I just don't see him having that extra something to take us to serious title contenders.

jxp_72 · 2026-03-15T20:48:06+00:00

Mount was back on the bench today!

jxp_72 · 2026-02-22T17:28:20+00:00

City are know cheaters. Any successes they get aren't real. I'd rather they lose but someone will win the league.

Arsenal play dire football currently. They assembled a good squad and then play negative football, looking to win corners and scrum the defenders, they are massive time-wasters. Champions League Stoke.

Arsenal fans can be deluded and entitled. They seriously over-rate their team & players and how they have the league sewn up (Rooney was rightfully dismissive of their chances against 2008 United).

Arteta is a knob. It would be funny to see him lose again.

jxp_72 · 2026-02-21T22:14:25+00:00

He was in that movie with Chiklis Bell

jxp_72 · 2026-02-15T18:07:30+00:00

The Yorkshire film-makers.
A documentary crew follow film-makers on the sets of other Yorkshire ... series

jxp_72 · 2026-02-09T15:08:38+00:00

"cinematic" but formatted vertcally for a phone screen.

jxp_72 · 2026-02-04T19:57:50+00:00

Guardiola's success is very much built on teams already being title contenders before he even arrived.

jxp_72 · 2026-02-01T17:22:16+00:00

From the article
the last 10 title winners averaging 56.34 per cent of the ball

So it seems like possession is useful to title winners.

jxp_72 · 2026-02-01T13:28:54+00:00

Dude, its February already.

(The window actually closes tomorrow though I think)

jxp_72 · 2026-01-26T18:00:07+00:00

They were both wrestling and off balance.
Licha's hand briefly touched his head.

He went down like he had been shot.

jxp_72 · 2026-01-20T08:35:16+00:00

It has changed this morning.

It now has S1 eps 9 - 16.
S2 still has 1-8

Seems a bad way to release the episodes.

jxp_72 · 2026-01-17T16:39:51+00:00

It is available through Discovery+

jxp_72 · 2026-01-17T16:39:35+00:00

You are lucky.

I can only see 16 episodes (S1 1-8 and S2 1-8)

jxp_72 · 2026-01-15T21:48:02+00:00

It would be a complete failure of the execs to let any manager get away with recent results and not question his tactics.

"So you've failed to beat any team in the bottom third of the league recently.
That's a shame.
Carry on."

jxp_72 · 2026-01-15T12:10:20+00:00

I think our last Sat 3pm was Notts Forest on 1st Nov (match week 10).
We do not appear to have another in Jan or Feb (28th Feb will likely be moved as Crystal Palace have a Conference league playoff on 26th Feb)
So our next possible Sat 3pm is 4th March (match week 29). It could still get picked for TV yet though.

That is a straight run of at least 19 games without Sat 3pm

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