Fun fact — if you remove Bruno Fernandes' penalties, he would still be the top scoring midfielder in the Premier League with 6 goals.
And, if you ONLY used his 5 penalty goals, he would still be the top scoring midfielder in the Premier League.
Sir Alex Ferguson's ability to REBUILD teams, not just build, through three generations whilst remaining competitive/dominant will always be his most underrated ability.
I have no idea how Barcelona is legally allowed — not to mention the moral aspect — to partake in a bidding war for £60M Raphinha whilst they currently owe Frenkie de Jong £17M in deferred wages.
I was going to complain about Anthony Taylor's performance today but then I remembered Chelsea committed 18 fouls against
#mufc
& received 0 yellow cards.
What goes around, comes around.
Marcus Rashford leaves Qatar as England's joint top scorer despite starting just one game & playing 137 minutes.
Hopefully that is the last time that England's best winger has to endure the blatant disrespect & obvious illogical bias shown by Gareth Southgate.
Paul Ince: “I look at
#mufc
and I feel like they’re almost copying a Liverpool model. They’ve gone for three forwards, pacey players like Martial, Lingard & Rashford.”
When they joined:
Lingard → 2000
Rashford → 2002
Martial → 2015
Firmino → 2015
Mane → 2016
Salah → 2017
Every time I read about Alexis Sanchez, I just laugh at the fact that a 17 year old Mason Greenwood bodied him in training & Ole Gunnar Solskjær completely agreed with it.
I will happily die on the hill that Wayne Rooney is the Premier League's greatest ever player.
The only player to have 200 goals & 100 assists whilst sacrificing his production to play in every position — outside of defence — for the benefit of a team that won 5 titles? GOAT.
Congratulations to Jan Oblak — the Slovenian goalkeeper — and Slavko Vinčić — the Slovenian referee — on their outstanding performances for Atletico Madrid tonight. 👏
Gabriel is a very, very, very lucky boy. Bringing Hojlund down in the box, playing Garnacho onside & impeded Evans yet none was given & he's walking away with 3 points...
Donny van de Beek: "I will start at zero again at
#mufc
. That might seem sad but I love it. If you start down the ladder you can begin to climb up again. It’s now up to me to see how high I can reach & I see this as a challenge."
Stop making a fuss over nothing.
£115M for Moises Caicedo [22]
£107M for Enzo Fernandez [22]
£105M for Declan Rice [24]
How much are you paying for an 18 year old Kobbie Mainoo going off the current market for the modern day 6/8 hybrid midfielder? Kid's priceless. The jewel of Carrington.
What Lionel Messi has done for Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo has done for:
• Manchester United
• Real Madrid
• Portugal
• Juventus
You simply cannot ignore that.
#mufc
finished 3rd with the youngest average team [24.7] in the Premier League whilst featuring the most academy graduates [12].
The potential in this squad is 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬.
Axel Tuanzebe after his outstanding performance pocketing both Neymar & Kylian Mbappe on his first competitive game for
#mufc
in 307 days:
"Yeah, it was good to get a run out."
Ole Gunnar Solskjær has a net spend of £88.2M at
#mufc
despite taking over a team riddled with deadwood sourced by four predecessors & having to deal with numerous injuries to key players for extended periods of time.
This myth that he bought his way into the top 3 is a joke.
Jadon Sancho has been the best player on the pitch by some distance & that should be absolutely no surprise when he's playing in his best role as the free roaming right winger under an elite manager in a functioning system.
Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial & Mason Greenwood are the 5h highest scoring trio in European football — they are the youngest front three to score 60+ goals in history.
#mufc
have a special group on their hands.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær:
• Convinced Paul Pogba to stay
• Signed Bruno Fernandes
• Debuted Mason Greenwood
• Refined Marcus Rashford & Anthony Martial
All whilst forging one of the statistically best defences in European.
❌Burnley player could've gotten a red card — nothing
❌Luke Shaw gets the ball first — yellow card
❌Harry Maguire scores a perfectly fine goal — disallowed
But VAR apparently loves
#mufc
...
Since the disaster against Spurs,
#mufc
’s opponents haven’t scored a single goal against them.
Only Luke Shaw & Anthony Martial have beaten David De Gea. 😅
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 #𝐦𝐮𝐟𝐜'𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤
• Jadon Sancho — £90M
• Anthony Martial — £45M
• Marcus Rashford — £0
• Mason Greenwood — £0
They have paid a total of £135M to sort out the next 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚.
Mason Greenwood for
#mufc
:
• 57 starts
• 26 goals
• 10 assists
No teenager has contributed to more goals in Europe's top 5 leagues since his debut — and he’s 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 got 6 months to go.
Marcus Rashford under Gareth Southgate:
• Featured in 55 out of 82 match day squads
• Played only 2225 out of a possible 4950 minutes
• Started in just 21 of his 55 appearances
Despite all that, he has 14 goals & 5 assists — only Harry Kane has a better contribution rate.
No exaggeration,
#mufc
should have won this 8-0. Now it’s half 10 at night & I’m watching Juan Mata on the wing in 2022 all because Duncan Watmore decided to try out for the celebrity All Star game.
It's actually hilarious that we have lost once in our last twelve games & it was the game against Aston Villa when Erik ten Hag bizarrely gave the "black sheep" Cristiano Ronaldo the captain's armband.
Paul Pogba in the league under Ole Gunnar Solskjær:
• 0.25 goals per 90 — 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩
• 0.34 assists per 90 — 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩
• 1.73 chances created per 90 — 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩
#mufc
's front three of Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood & Anthony Martial are the youngest trio in the history of European football to score 50+ goals — an average age of 21.3.
The future is red.
Luke Shaw ended the group stage as the leading chance creator for England — despite playing only two games, he created 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙚 as many as the next highest player.
In their last three Premier League games..
Trent Alexander-Arnold:
• 3/11 tackles won
• 73.6% pass accuracy
• 0/1 take ons completed
• 3 chances created
Aaron Wan-Bissaka:
• 12/15 tackles won
• 84.1% pass accuracy
• 10/17 take ons completed
• 8 chances created
Ronaldo said some harsh truths about Ralf Rangnick.
Ronaldo said nothing but facts about the Glazers.
Ronaldo said some baffling things about betrayal.
Ronaldo showed ultimate disrespect towards Erik ten Hag.
These statements can coexist. None cancel out the others.
Only three players have registered 20 goals & 20 assists this season:
• Lionel Messi
• Bruno Fernandes
• Jadon Sancho
Ole Gunnar Solskjær clearly has a 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚.
Edwin Van Der Sar: "The pressure that comes with the work I do — I could never [be CEO] at a club I don't feel anything for. I could only do this at Ajax &
#mufc
." [
@espnnl
]
#mufc
have done everything they can to protect Mason Greenwood from the national media but he goes away with England for a week & he had journalists asking him idiotic questions and he’s caught in a scandal.
I cannot stress how much I hate international breaks.
Ralf Rangnick's first 10 games at
#mufc
:
• 6W 3D 1L
• 14 goals scored
• 7 goals conceded
His 2.13 points per game in the Premier League rank third & only Manchester City have won more points since his appointment.
The Glazer ownership:
• Invested £0 into the club yet took out £1.1BN
• Watched Old Trafford become decrepit
• Watched Carrington become outdated
• Watched the team free fall from dominance
• Ignored Ed Woodward's failures for 10 years
The embodiment of parasitical greed.
Non-penalty goal contributions by wingers in Europe:
•
#1
— Son Heung-min [38]
•
#2
— 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙍𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙 [35]
•
#3
— Jadon Sancho [33]
After a self-proclaimed "difficult season" riddled with injuries, I cannot wait to see what next season has in store.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær: “The next time [
#mufc
] are going to recruit, we’re looking for some creativity and goals.”
• Jadon Sancho — most open play goal-creating actions in Europe
• Jack Grealish — third most open play shot-creating actions in Europe