Maradona37
Well-known member
I have had this discussion with you before. It is worse than Aston Villa's squad. I have said this many times - people overrate their players simply because they wear a Man United shirt and because of United's past under Ferguson. For instance Morgan Rogers is miles more talented than Alejandro Garnacho but I bet you'd say different as he isn't half as hyped in the media.
How bad do they have to get - how many coaches do they have to fail under - for the penny to drop that most of their players are absolutely hopeless?
Also, it isn't just about that - even when they had better players than they do now, say 5 years ago, they were still poor (just not as bad as now). That's because Man United as a club are a 90s team playing in modern football. Their players cannot string together moves unless given space, and are useless when pressed. Look at how Brighton pinged the ball around them today with ease. Even Southampton did it the other night. People say fernandes is one of their better players, but he is emblematic of their massive style issue - he (like the club) are pretty bad when pressed and in tight spaces, and he needs lots of space to work in - space you don't get in the hustle and bustle of the modern PL, which is full of athletic monster individuals.
It really is that simple - poor players, outdated style of play, poor in the boardroom and poor coaches leads to how bad they are. Tbh they have been riding their luck for many years and often finish higher than they should. Even this season they should have fewer than 26 points.
Not that Amorim is doing a good job either mind.
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Anyway the overall point is that if you don't understand the players are poor by now, WITH ALL THE EVIDENCE OVER YEARS STARING YOU IN THE FUCKING FACE, you never will. I guarantee if Man United had Villa's squad and Villa had United's squad you'd still be saying United have the superior squad. You are from a foreign country and don't know much about Villa. However, you have been exposed to the Man United hype through the 90s and 2000s. All of that means you have a natural bias in rating their players higher than they deserve, because you assume they must be good player as you still judge United through the prism of the 90s. The truth is United are a much worse team than then and not the club they were. If Dalot or Fernandes for example were playing for Villa, they'd have lower profiles and I guarantee you'd rate them lower than you do now, even if the exact same players.
Don't feel bad though - it's a natural thing as a supprter of an lite club to look down on 'smaller clubs' and assume their players are lesser than other (formerly in United's case) 'elite clubs' because you only live in that elite club world. Teams like Villa don't really register on your radar I expect as someone not from England and only really familiar with the 'big 6'.
Anyway, taking a break from the site, but wanted to post my recent predictions, with a point to come for Man City (predicted them to win 3-0). Got the last two United results exact. Pretty pleased with myself for going 3-1 Brighton today but was obvious they were gonna win.
