🔴 Liverpool have failed to win all 3 of their home games against the newly promoted sides in a league season for the first time since 1980/81.
That's 45 years ago.
▪️ 1-1 vs. Burnley
▪️ 0-0 vs. Leeds United
▪️ 1-1 vs. Sunderland
🗣️🏴 Rio Ferdinand: “I remember my first training session: I got the ball from the keeper, I passed it to Gary Neville at right-back and Keane just exploded, saying: ‘You passed it sideways, that’s the easy pass! You’re not at Leeds or West Ham now!’
“At the time I thought: ‘What’s he talking about?’ Then when I got home, I sat and thought about it and thought: ‘Yeah, you’ve got to try and affect the game.'”
I saw that day why United were winners and why Roy was at the heart of it."
@PaulMerse Saw your picture on the honours wall at Walsall FC. Looks like you had a great time there. What would have been your favourite or most important goal during your time there?
#MUFC appointment of Omar Berrada is a major statement of intent by Ineos. They’re going for - and getting - elite operators. They’re also making a statement about the new culture under Sir Jim Ratcliffe. “The Club is determined to put football and performance on the pitch back at the heart of everything we do. Omar’s appointment represents the first step on this journey,” @ManUtd state.
The Glazers are still around like a bad smell but the focus is back on football, not just commercial. The balance was wrong under the Glazers when the club at times seemed a megastore with a pitch attached. Commercial is important, it deepens playing budget, but it cannot be the main focus. Interesting to see whether shift sees a change in pre-season tours, corporate demands on squad etc.
Emphasis on “performance” significant, too. Individual and collective responsibility to perform better. Investment in improving performance culture (Sir Dave Brailsford’s area of expertise). Encouraging day for United.