The Court of Arbitrary Arbitration - Random Facts, Thoughts, Etc.

Y’all gave me the hiccups. Muda********as. Lol

 

What happened to incighte?

 

Why don’t you ask the next new poster that is overly aggressive, brags a lot, hates Pogba, and loves Rashford. I bet him and Incighte “know” each other.

 

Ok, johno.

 

Red Card ? What does it mean ?

 

You can talk as much s**t as you want now about rashford without fear of life [emoji9]

 

As long as the money keeps rolling in, the Glazers are not overly concerned by what happens on the pitch.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/manches...t-club-form-as-long-as-money-keeps-rolling-in

 

https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2019/09/25/fifa-agrees-to-limit-fees-paid-to-agents-on-transfer-deals/

It's a start (and it's about time as well).

 

For the first time in 40 years, women were allowed to attend a home game in Iran. They won 14-0 🙌 pic.twitter.com/1zQZ1sbL2n

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 10, 2019

Nice of Iran to finally join modern times.

 

📝 DEAL DONE: The EU and the UK have agreed a deal for Brexit. (Source: @BorisJohnson) pic.twitter.com/n6C8oAouUV

— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) October 17, 2019

 

#MUFC will charter an aircraft for the upcoming #UEL fixture in Astana and will be inviting supporters who have proof of booking with Thomas Cook to travel free of charge.

More info 👇

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) November 1, 2019

 

More evidence that the club needs to get in gear at risk of being left even further behind.

 

Racism has no place in football or in society & we are providing support to our players who were impacted yesterday.

We will continue to combat & educate against racism & discrimination, both through our own #allredallequal initiative & our support of football-wide campaigns. pic.twitter.com/xnUzDPiwIE

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) December 8, 2019

 

If you have an MUTV subscription, do yourself a favour and give the classic match United vs Blackburn a watch. It is the 7-1 demolition from 2010 and aside from some of the best attacking football we played in the decade (genuinely god-tier goal from Berba), it was a joy to watch for the absolute balance in the team we had.

The ONE thing that team didn't have was electric pace at CF. Everything else you wanted that XI had.

Carrick (this was an average game for him) and his passing range, calmness and technique. Anderson's energy and through balls. Rafa and Paddy at FB, threats on both sides of the pitch. Nani and Park on the wings with as much craft, dribbling, passing and movement as you could find among any pair. Wayne and Berbatov at CF! So much panache and understanding and movement and technique and ugh... disgusting! Rio/Vida/Edwin the best defensive trio I've ever seen.

An absolute joy to watch this game.

EDIT: I almost forgot! Baby Phil Jones on the opposite team as well.

 

Not news to anybody, but 1/4 the way into the season and our lack of balance in attack is shocking.

We are doing a good job of generating attacks down each flank. 40% of our attacks come down the left, 38% down the right and a tiny 22% come down the middle. I'm generally ok with that distribution, I'd like more through the middle but the injuries to Pogba and Martial have definitely made an impact.

But those attacks down the right? They don't lead anywhere. Only 12% of our attempts come from the right. That's 3rd lowest in the league. Obviously there's a reason it is tilted to the left. Marcus has mostly played LW and he's ball dominant and he's been getting a lot of shots. But we need someone for him to cross to and we need an outlet capable of getting a shot off and scoring from the RW. It would make the lives of Marcus and Anthony SO much easier.

This lack of balance has to be addressed.

 

James whipped decent crosses but as usual most if the time we have no fwd making run b/w CB, with lack of play from middle Martial is kinda operating as hybrid 10/9 and most of his play including that leads up to goal is few yards away from opponent box. If we missed out on Sancho, who is everyone's favorite, we should go for Ziyech but it all depends if we finish in top 4..

 

I think Ziyech is a fine player. He's exactly what we need in terms of output from the LF area. I wouldn't pull the trigger on him though. He's the wrong age profile. He's in his prime, and he will not win us the league in the next 3 seasons. (I'm not saying we cannot win the league 3 years from now, I'm saying he won't be the reason).

Given the age profile of our team, I'd go for Neres. Ziyech >> Neres, but at 22, Neres fits our needs more. Now, if Ziyech were available for 35-45M, then yeah, for sure. But I think if we can get Neres for 50M or so, then that makes more sense because by the time Rashford hits his peak and Martial is just into his, Neres will be coming into his own as well.

If I were DoF, I'd be looking for 19-23 strictly. Nobody older than that. Not for the next 3 or 4 windows.

 

❤️ #mufc https://t.co/AoIHszAOL9

— Man United News (@ManUtdMEN) December 12, 2019

 

This isn't football-related, but who cares... it's magnificent ❤❤❤ https://t.co/oY5kLD03KF

— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) December 12, 2019

 

Well worth the watch.

 

To you and your loved ones...

 

Seasons greetings to all - Ole / Poch supporters / detractors alike

 

Merry Christmas, everyone!

 

Photo: Lee Grant arriving at Carrington this morning #mulive [men] pic.twitter.com/AeTxydOpgl

— utdreport (@utdreport) December 25, 2019