Alex Burson-Smart

Rugby, Footy, cricket and horse racing, all washed down with a beer, perfection! #manunited #Gloucesterrugby

[The OverRound @theoverround_]

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[Mark Goldbridge @markgoldbridge]

"Judge us at the end of the transfer window" Jason Wilcox a few weeks ago. That statement needs to be remembered for the next few months. These people lie

[Ultraget💙❤️ @Ultra_gett]

Manchester United must either spend on world-class players or keep wallowing downwards.

Manchester City, Real Madrid and PSG buy already blooming players to compete.

United can’t produce world-class young players, so the least they can do is sign them.

City got Haaland at his prime, Madrid got Bellingham at his prime, PSG got Kvaratskhelia at his prime.

INEOS: stop cutting costs and get players who instantly improve the team.

[Mal @UtdMaI]

Last summer, with no European football, Manchester United spent around £215m.

This summer, after qualifying for the Champions League, we’ve spent roughly £140m.

More games, revenue and bigger expectations yet somehow, less investment.

Make it make sense.

[Alex Burson-Smart @absey25]

@bethTmufc Totally agree Beth! We won’t be getting him now! Instead we will be fed lots of transfer gossip nonsense and get absolutely nobody! 😢

[Alex Burson-Smart @absey25]

@markgoldbridge He’s not coming to the mighty reds is he mark let’s be honest lol

[Adam @AdamJoseph]

I'm going to say one last thing on Ruben Amorim.

Normally my mentions are a cesspit from making fun of rivals, it is why I don't check them on matchdays. Now? It is fans hate watching their own football club, the one that they used to support.

They aren’t suffering right now - they’re enjoying it. Failure validates this fantasy they built around Amorim. These results are a continuation of the majority of his own, both recent & long term.

The football under Amorim was awful. Predictable, slow, easily countered & structurally fragile. Months of evidence & he refused to adapt. That's not bravery. That's arrogance masquerading under ideology.

And let's be clear. Critics did not say 'a back four' or 'Mainoo' would fix everything. That was a deliberate exaggeration used to dismiss valid concerns. Nuanced criticism flattened into straw men for ignorance's sake.

Pointing out that a system doesn’t work isn’t claiming one tweak solves all problems. It's identifying systemic issues, ongoing ones. Fans pretending critics argued otherwise is nothing short of gaslighting.

Amorim didn’t maximise his players. That’s not opinion - it is obvious. He didn’t maximise his best players, roles didn’t match strengths, adjustments came too late or not at all. Good coaching elevates, his didn't.

The Academy debate matters, it goes to the core of Manchester United; built on youth - not sentimentally but structurally. Sir Matt, Sir Alex, to a homegrown player in every matchday squad for 80+ years, youth isn't optional. It is in the fabric of who the club is.

Amorim marginalising Academy players wasn't just poor man-management - it was philosophically incompatible with the club. Youth is protected, developed & integrated, not publicly mistreated.

And let’s be honest about the abuse. Amorim spoke, his defenders weaponised his words. Anyone he criticised got targeted. Anyone who questioned him got gaslit. Performances didn’t matter - obedience did.

Fans were manipulated by his words despite the fact they were constantly contradictory. You fell in love with how he spoke, not with what the team did. You loved press conferences more than performances.

If you need to squint to see improvement, I assure you that it isn't there. I did the same thing for months. How many more statistics do you need to be quoted?

Darren Fletcher, an interim, is judged by standards - which had seemingly disappeared & which you never held Amorim to. Suddenly performances matter! That double standard tells you everything.

Some fans are enjoying current struggles because it lets them rewrite history & demand Amorim back. That isn't support. It is personal validation. Wanting the club to suffer so you don't have to admit you were wrong.

You want him back despite the awful football, the refusal to adapt, the wasted talent, the damaged youth pathway & the poisonous fan culture he enabled. You ignored reality then. Now you're just rewriting it.

Pretending otherwise now isn’t loyalty or hindsight - it's denial. Amorim didn’t just fall short, he failed.

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

A closer look at the post-match brawl between the Tottenham and Aston Villa players 🔎😡

[Alex Burson-Smart @absey25]

@bethTmufc Rightly or wrongly Beth Ineos won’t get rid of amirom. And I think he’ll stay as well. I would just go with a manager that wins us games, sounds so simple but for some reason really isn’t atm lol Glasner, Iraola or hurzeler would be the preference

[The Super League Era @OutOnTheFull22]

Molly Mae: Behind It All, winning over the Rob Burrow documentary says everything about where society is at right now

Not even saying this as a biased Rugby League fan, it just shows how messed up people’s values have become

[Mark Goldbridge @markgoldbridge]

City has a worse start to the league than united but no one wants to talk about it

[World Football Tips @WFootballTips]

Like For Bet 3 💚

[Janty @CFC_Janty]

How did Manchester United lose 😭😭

[Alex Burson-Smart @absey25]

Well said Mate
We need to do the same every week now but the signings defo made a difference

[Ricky ‘Aggro’ @rvc86]

Encouraging signs. New front players look energetic with loads of running power something that’s been badly missing. If it weren’t for that keeper would have got at least a point. Made one of the title favourites look very ordinary.

[(fan) Trey @UTDTrey]

One of the Greatest clubs of all times is falling apart and sinking fast

No one cares, they are just laughing

[Alex Burson-Smart @absey25]

@ManUtd you are slowly losing the fans! Supported you for 42 years, I’ve never known us this bad! Owners a disgrace! This includes @INEOS @AliceTalksFooty is spot on here! When are you gonna wake up and realise you’re not fixing the solution, you’re making it worst!!

[Alice @AliceTalksFooty]

Do you honestly think if City, Liverpool or Chelsea had finished 15th and were ranked 16th for goals scored last season they would spend 6 weeks doing nothing to try and save £4m over Mbeumo?

No they would of signed about five players by now.
Beyond a joke now.

[Alex Burson-Smart @absey25]

Well said piers!! @piersmorgan to be fair I forgot it was on and refuse to watch this imbecile!

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