Robert Needham

Lucky Dad, Husband, Drummer ,SR Revenue Analysis for Paramount ANZ. A Canadian (Tor) & also Australian livin on the Gold Coast.

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Manchester United intend to relieve Michael Carrick of duties. #MUFC say no final decision & nothing set in stone but work undertaken on replacements + multiple sources anticipate change before Liverpool. W/ @lauriewhitwell @AdamCrafton_ @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/E1W3QbGYx1

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@StretfordPaddck Ya something isn't right......Dalot is absolutely garbage yet he keeps being picked

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@StretfordPaddck He's been garbage for 3 years. Sell his ass.

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@MissNicoleDeans Our finishing is beyond pathetic & it has been now for years.

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@StretfordPaddck Another insane miss by Amad..how are we not up min 3 goals. Our finishing is terrible. Solid elsewhere but need to finish

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@SleeperNFL Blake Corum with 2

[Alice @AliceTalksFooty]

What INEOS have done at #mufc in less than THREE YEARS. It’s actually scary:
• Publicly explored replacing Ten Hag, then kept him and extended his contract.
• Spent around £200m that summer, only to sack him three months later.
• Spent millions securing Dan Ashworth after months of negotiations, only for him to leave five months into the job due to him not being on board with Amorim replacement due to huge change in playing style amid reports.
• Backed Amorim after finishing 15th, then sacked him following a reported breakdown in relations with the hierarchy. Where was that decisiveness over performances?
• Ratcliffe publicly said Amorim needed three years in October. He was gone by January.
• Retained Matt Hargreaves to lead transfer negotiations, yet we’re still questioning why moving players on and completing deals is so difficult. Hargreaves was working in sports marketing before this role.

• Said Carrick was an interim appointment while they took their time finding the right long-term manager. Then gave Carrick the job, reportedly against Vivell’s advice.
• Left Carrick going into a Champions League season without signing a left-back or providing adequate squad depth. Now we’re discussing his replacement in OCTOBER.
• If Carrick goes, his replacement will be the fourth permanent manager to work under INEOS in less than three years.

• Wilcox could get another say in choosing the manager despite his role in the decisions that brought us here. He reportedly wants Eddie Howe. Imagine still having Dan Ashworth…
• Ratcliffe identified constant managerial changes and switches in playing style as United’s problem in February 2024. Said the club needed an identity and recruitment to match. They’ve repeated the exact cycle he criticised.

• Sold McTominay and signed Ugarte despite reports Ten Hag wanted to keep McTominay.
• Moved the women’s team into temporary facilities so the men could use their building during Carrington renovations.
• Ratcliffe reportedly asked Katie Zelem, the women’s captain at the time, who she was and what she did at the club.

• Made hundreds of staff redundant while spending millions reversing their own decisions on managers and executives.
• Raised remaining members’ match tickets to £66 midway through 2024/25, removing concessions for children and pensioners on those tickets.

• Moved longstanding season-ticket holders out of their seats to make room for more corporate hospitality.
• Scrapped free staff lunches, reduced bonuses and removed free staff travel to the FA Cup final.
• Cancelled the staff Christmas party and reportedly replaced the £100 Christmas bonus with a £40 M&S voucher.

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@ManUnitedMedia He's so shit

[Glazers out @Glazerspissoff]

It’s not a good look @INEOS

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@FabrizioRomano No shit

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@SleeperNFL DK Metcalf with 2

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@FantasyPros DK Metcalf

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@DrJesseMorse I traded Jeanty & Waddle for Puka & Price in my full PPR league but I have Cook, Henry, Hubbard, P Washington, DJ Moore,L Jackson & I was over Waddle

[Paul @Uppo76]

Another belter 😂😂

[Chino @ChinoUTD]

🚨 Roy Keane on Manchester City potentially facing severe punishment:

“People are talking about points deductions and taking titles away. I’ll be honest with you, I want to see them relegated.

Not because I played for United. Forget that for a second. I just want to see what happens to all these players then. [laughs]

For years you had players with a choice between Manchester United and Manchester City and they chose City. Fair enough. They looked at City winning leagues, playing Champions League football, working with Guardiola and thought that was the better place to be.

No problem. You made your choice.

But if City are eventually told they’re playing Championship football, don’t have your agent on the phone the following morning telling everyone you’ve always dreamed of playing for Real Madrid.

Stay.

You wanted Manchester City. Well, there’s Manchester City. Wrexham away on a Tuesday night. Go and enjoy it.

That’s what I’d be interested in. We’ll find out very quickly who actually wanted to play for the football club and who wanted everything that came with playing for the football club.

And the lads who turned United down to go there? I certainly wouldn’t be losing any sleep over them. They made the decision. Sometimes in football you have to live with it.”

[Out of Context Football Manager @nocontextfm1]

Photo of the day

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

As a Canadian who just moved to Melbourne from the Gold Coast & I know nothing about the sport, this was actually an incredible match.

[7AFL @7AFL]

What the hell just happened?!

#AFLGF

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@SportMDAnalysis & he dropped it

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@SleeperNFL @SleeperGiants @GiantsLead I benched him for Godert, all good by both

[Robert Needham @RealRobNeedham]

@YahooFantasy Lol Phil def & Abrey got me 4 points total