SimUTD

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[Fotballparodier @fotballparodier]

*Haaland og Berge ser sluttminuttene av Argentina - England*

[Romzy @RomzyUnited]

🚨 Erling Haaland refuses to throw Sørloth under the bus after Norway's defeat to England. 🇳🇴

🗣️ Erling Haaland:

Alexander Sørloth is a great player and, more importantly, a very good friend of mine. Football is a game of decisions, and sometimes you make the right one, sometimes you don't.

People watching from home have time to slow everything down and analyse every angle, but on the pitch you have a split second to make a decision. That's football.

I'll never blame him for that moment because we've all been in those situations. Every player has made a decision they wish they could take back.

I'm proud of what we've achieved as a team. Reaching the World Cup quarter-finals was something very few people believed we could do before the tournament started.

We gave our country something to be proud of. We fought for every badge, every shirt and every supporter who believed in us.

Losing to England wasn't because of one pass or one missed opportunity. We created chances throughout the game. We had moments where we could have scored, and they had moments where they punished us.

That's football. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but you never point fingers at one teammate. We win together, and we lose together.

I'll always stand by Alexander, just as I know he'd stand by me. That's what being teammates is all about.

We leave this tournament disappointed, but also proud. This is only the beginning for Norway, and we'll come back stronger.

[Jacob @Jacobtheclipper]

FIFA IS USING VAR TO RIG GAMES
FIFA IS USING VAR TO RIG GAMES
FIFA IS USING VAR TO RIG GAMES

[Eva Bellou @evampellou]

This is a scandal in my eyes.

There is simply no foul by Erling Haaland on Elliot Anderson. Norway’s second goal should have stood. Instead, it’s ruled out. ❌

Fifteen minutes later, Norway hit the post. Sander Berge goes for the rebound with Ezri Konsa on his back, gets dragged down, and it’s a clear penalty. Arguably even a red card. The incident isn’t even reviewed. 🤯

Two huge decisions in a match where World Cup qualification is still on the line.

Credit to Norway for standing tall despite some dreadful officiating tonight. 🇳🇴👏

#NORENG #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup2026 #Norway #England #Haaland #Football

[AKINWANDE @iam_commando]

Ideally, this should be the required standard for a club the size of Manchester United.

But Amorim said these standards/expectations were unrealistic and you were willing to give him 10 years to lay a foundation after he said “we’re going to suffer”.

Michael Carrick is not even officially announced yet but suddenly you want him to become Sir Alex Ferguson, Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola combined overnight.

I’ll tell you how well we performed under the previous manager:

•We failed to qualify for the Champions League
•We lost 4 times to a relegation threatened Spurs
•We lost the Europa League final to Spurs
•We finished 15th in the league
•We lost to Grimsby in the 2nd round of the Carabao cup
•We never won 4 in a row in the League
•He never played academy players regularly
•We lost more than we won in the league

Where were your high standards back then or does it only apply to Carrick?

You can already see the bias and double standards from a mile away.

It is Michael Carrick, and you’re setting targets now just so you can say “I told you so” later if he falls short.

This is not subjective, it’s an agenda driven narrative.

[The Life Of Brian @DaytrippingRed]

For anyone who doesn’t watch football:

The guy on top was given a red card for pulling his opponents hair (not even looking)

The guy at the bottom got off Scott free, staring at his opponents heart as he pulled it

The referee was the same in both games, less than a week apart.

[mufcytp @mufcytp]

If you think these decisions from Attwell and Pawson are just mistakes, you’re wrong.

Take a look at the list below:

𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 (𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐞 / 𝐕𝐀𝐑)

1. Bournemouth 2–2 Man Utd (March 2026): Attwell ignored a clear foul on Amad in the box with no VAR intervention, but later awarded a soft penalty and red card to Maguire for a similar incident. The decisions sparked outrage, with fans and pundits calling them inconsistent and baffling.

2. Burnley vs Man Utd (Jan 2026): Attwell and Pawson disallowed Martínez’s equaliser for minimal contact, later ruled incorrect by the KMI Panel. Fans saw it as another costly and unjust decision by the same duo.

3. Middlesbrough vs Man Utd (FA Cup 2022): As VAR, Attwell allowed a goal despite a clear handball in the build-up, leading to United’s elimination. The incident remains a widely cited example of a major officiating error against the club.

4. Chelsea vs Man Utd (2021): Attwell denied a clear penalty and reportedly ignored VAR advice to avoid controversy. The decision fueled long-term frustration among fans over perceived reluctance to make big calls.

𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐨𝐧 (𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐞 / 𝐕𝐀𝐑)

1. Brentford 3–1 Man Utd (Sept 2025): Pawson awarded a penalty but failed to send off Collins for a clear DOGSO offence, with VAR not intervening. The KMI Panel later confirmed it as a major error, with fans believing it impacted the game’s outcome.

[Man United Media @ManUnitedMedia]

Incompetent c**t 😡

[FPL Frasier @FPLfrasier]

Exactly what they did to Ole BTW

Carrick has been playing double false 9. Playing a LB as a Bale-esque LW. Employing small pitch rondos to open up opposition defense. Carrick emphasizing progressing through the midfield even if it can be risky.

Do people realize these are big tactical changes?

[Pauly Kwestel @pkwestel]

The whole "be wary of Carrick b/c of how the OGS appointment ended" concern is the dumbest thing

Jose Mourinho, Erik Ten Hag, Ruben Amorim - all their tenures ended the same way OGS did. What should United do, not hire anyone?

What matters is what you do before it ends

[SimUTD @sin_utd]

@tactixology 3 10s, no width. Confusion. Nice to see Mainoo. Not good enough

[☈ッ @TheFergusonWay]

Saw the reaction from a lot of Amorim supporters and I can confidently say he has done irreversible damage to some people.

I am seeing so-called fans hating on the players for coming back from injury.

These fans are now criticising the exact type of results they have been backing for over a year.

And they will continue to act dense and score points of every single thing that is going against us. Truly pathetic.

[SimplyUtd @SimplyUtd]

🚨Departure of Amorim guarantees a few things:

• No more Bruno in the deeper midfield role
• No more 5 at the back formation
• No January signings

• Minutes for Kobbie Mainoo
• Use of wingers
• Proper development of youth
• Advanced overlapping full-backs

[@MarcoAlcaraz_]

[FPL Frasier @FPLfrasier]

Ten Hag, Murtough, Arnold, Berrada, INEOS destroyed everything Ole had built. Except a few players, we don’t have anything left from that team and that shows.

Ole finished 3rd and 2nd, and he was sacked as soon as his first bad phase occurred. People at the club believed everything was wrong with the team and they have taken us to become a bottom 6 club in the PL.

If you cannot stand with a manager in their first real bad phase you deserve all the pain you are getting. Unfortunate for many fans who saw the truth and believed in Ole.

I see many who never believed in Ole back then (few even said he was the worst manager in the league) now claiming that Ole shouldn’t have been sacked and he was ahead of the curve, and how many PL managers play a similar style as Ole was playing back then. What do we do with this? Where was this energy when the whole media set up was against the one manager who was finally playing the United style of football!! I hope those people learn some humility and not repeat the same mistake in the future.

[FPL Frasier @FPLfrasier]

Similar time in the 20-21 season.

People were criticizing the manager and asking whether he had taken the club as far as he could and how we needed a “real” manager to win big titles.

Good old days 🥲🥲

[🌕 @Moon_AGD]

This time 3 years ago under the PE Teacher

[The Tactixology @tactixology]

ROOTS OF THE PROBLEM How Ten Hag's initial success created a ghost

In 2022 / 2023, his first season at United, Erik Ten Hag created a pragmatic tactical model that maximized individual quality and got great results, until it started collapsing.

And 2 years later, United are still haunted by it. 🧵

The model relied on a compact mid / low block off the ball and quick vertical movement on the ball, an effective cocktail of box defending and fast attacking of the opposition's box.

There were important differences between that and what Ole did in previous seasons.

While Ole was looking to win the ball in the midfield, compressing it with a high defensive line, ETH was content to soak up more pressure and rely on reactive box defending.

Why? Because the model actually invited teams to press us, so that we could play through them. We wanted Licha and Shaw to have time on the ball, baiting opponents into high pressing.

It was, in fact, the model's key feature: when teams took the bait, we'd quickly get the ball to Eriksen or Casemiro, who would then spray risky progressive passes up front to Rashford or Bruno.

It was simple, but very effective, maximizing quality in the team:
- Varane's box defending
- Casemiro's ball-winning & progressive passing
- Eriksen's connective passing & switches
- Bruno's progressive passing & finishing
- Rashford's runs in behind and finishing

For a few months it seemed like a magic potion, a cheat code, god mode enabled, because it did what a model is supposed to do. It gave the players context to successfuly excecute, while masking some of their weaknesses.

Which is why Casemiro looked so good - minus problems with rest defense, we were relatively compact and gave him the ideal platform to dive into tackles with minimial risk and play it forward.

Why is why Rashford scored so much - freed from playmaking & defensive duties, he was given the ideal platform to utilize his running, carrying and finishing from wide positions.

It was clearly not a high ceiling approach, but seemed like a triumph of short-term pragmatism, tactical micro-ploys and correct usage of key players.

Even when we didn't play very well, you just had a sense we would get the win. United were back and all was good. All was good, that is, until we stopped getting the wins. 👇

[Morgan Freider @hvorforkrig]

Hvis en som er født med mus ikke skal få delta i OL som kvinne fordi hun har fordeler med å være sterkere enn normalen bør ikke basketspillere på 2.30 heller få delta.

[SimUTD @sin_utd]

@RedWave_Press @RadioGenoa A much needed one

[Gatsby The Duke @dagatsbyeffect]

Never threw any players under the bus. Never complained . Always took the blame for the bad periods . My gaffer.