THE STIFFMEISTER

Just read something earlier , since saf last game in charge, United have spent 850 million on players . 850 million and yet , they can still only claim to have Rashford , De Gea and on his day , pogba of any real worth play wise and in transfer standings . United have been unfortunate , I mean who could really have predicted the meteoric slump of Sanchez for example ? But I think a lot I’d being made of Uniteds slump by a lot of people with only a smattering of football knowledge . Mots currently en vogue in social media to criticise Ashley Young’s crosses . The platforms are awash with pithy gifs of things wildly off target . Ashley Young has gave blood sweat and balls to United for what 6 / 7 seasons ? Being asked to play a position that isn’t his natural strengths. I don’t think united are in that bad a shape . Honestly . I cant understand why ole got the job to be fair , and I think it’s made it severely unattractive to the likes of Pochettino at Spurs how poorly he’s bern turned upon from the first two three weeks in charge. However let’s switch fire to Liverpool, apparently a club on the crest of wave . What wave ? What have they won ? For me the major difference between city and Liverpool is pressure. The average city fan has no millstone . None . Liverpool run on the ghosts of titles past and with every season without a league title , pressure will build on klopp , from the fans , the club hierarchy and the media. remember bentetiz ? He was once the “greatest manager ever “ after Istanbul . The saviour . The red messiah . if Liverpool don’t win the league in two theee years , klopp will be down the road . I cant see Liverpool beating Barcelona, and I can’t see city not winning their final three games. United should come right in a couple of seasons. They’re too big a company for that not to happen

surely that young lad at villa must be worth a punt

I can’t have liverpool winning the league , it will destroy the majority of my what’s app banter

Weren’t united 6 - 1 odds at home tonight ? Thats incredible

This has been doing the rounds on social media , you have to choose two from 6 for your midfield . For me it was a very easy choice , xavi and iniesta , Scholes a close thi lampard Gerrard a tied 5th pirlo there for the crack

His game had everything agreed but as much as he’s one of my favourite ever midfielders , I don’t think he can really ever be spoken about in the same level as the true elite . Purely for the fact he won so little in comparison to his peers.

A lad I used to work with , who knew one or two things about fitness had a great comparison to steroids as a motorbike . If you give a 19 year old a 1000cc fireblade, sooner or later , he’ll do something stupid with that power as he hasn’t the maturity or experience how to handle it

British football lost one of Its greatest gentlemen today .... rip billy McNeill

What have basc etc done about it?

I seriously see city doing the league and Liverpool being empty handed again ... shame as for United , I’d start by getting whatever i could for that 90 million duck egg in midfield . He is the Instagram generation equivalent of Carlton Palmer . Seriously, would Pogba be in any other sides team who are still in the champions league ?

I work with a culture of supplement intake it is actually an addiction, you get lads slaves to protein shakes and stripping tablets “assault rifle , ammunition, anavil “ pathetic

How do you find them mate ? I’m in need of a new pair shortly

I’ve always admired the mental toughness of truly great players. True world class players shine when under duress or in massive games. Things why often very good , great players even like pirlo cannot possibly be considered as all time greats. Look at the stress Gerrard , ( a personal favourite , however I would argue he cannot be considered world class) will have been under throughout the later stages of his career , litterally carrying a club almost singlehanded on his shoulders with the expectation the fans to win the league with Father Time racking his body. A massive burden to carry . Similarly , look at the way xavi and iniesta react. Barca were often harried and hurried by more physically equipped and imposing players , yet they believed enough to still give receive , give receive, moving the ball around with composure despite being pressured. Regardless of tough sorts I’d probably be inclined to agree that skillful players should be protected from over zealous opponents by refs. There should be no place for malicious injury at any level of the game imho

Ps For some of those here , you can stage dress it up in whatever curtain you want , the fact is that paramilitaries in both sides aren’t doing it for loyalist loyalty lol or swept up in a republican fervour . They are f***ing criminals hiding behind balaclavas

Francie, your a nice lad and I applaud most of your religious based things . However you can’t say some of that rhetoric without stats. Facts . Whwre are these untold millions from the Middle East murdered? Where? Absolute claptrap I’m afraid mate