Lopetegui (sacked 8.1.2025)

[maverick180]

I was thoroughly looking forward to the start of this season

Was also prepared that things might take some time and wasn't expecting miracles over night What I didn't expect was a manager who after spending 6 weeks with the total dross he'd been left by Moyes would deem them fit to start in a premier league game And low and behold all of them played absolute shit

We're now 1 game in and none of our new players are any closer to bedding in or learning anything from their new team mates cos they barely spent a second on the pitch, half of them not at all I think it's gonna take somewhere between 6-10 games before we see the team anyone with an ounce of sense would play cos this bloke can't identify shit when he see's it I thought we was handed a miracle at half time when we went in level and low and behold he changed nothing I'm sure people are gonna make excuses for him and say it's too early to judge

But from what I've just seen today, this cսnt is David Moyes in a mission impossible mask

[Council Scum]

Glad we got a bit of luck finally.

We may also have fell into a formation that works, sometimes a bit of luck is all you need to change things. 

If they next game we set up and play how we did second half, then great, if not, then he really is clueless. 

[Lee Trundle]

That first half was as bad as I've seen us all season.  Man Utd should have put us to bed by half time.

And that was never a pen.  I'd have been absolutely livid had that been given against us.  I always feel we never get the rub of the green with officials, so to have that decision, against Man Utd of all teams, makes it all the more sweeter.

[Massive Attack]

After the first 9 matches we have 11 points on the board and it's true to say we haven't played consistently well yet. Only sporadically amongst a fair bit of shit, understandably for me considering the high turnover of staff and an ambitious new way of playing.

What encourages me is that Lopetegui has had to navigate through a tough opening set of fixtures whilst managing his new Team in the Premier League;

Man City, Villa, Man Utd, Ipswich, Chelsea, Spurs, Brentford, Fulham, Palace - 5 London Derbies for your 1st set of Fixtures! (And 4 of those 5 were Away from home)

In that context 11 points is a good base to build from.

The next 9 matches that take us up to Christmas at the halfway point just before the window reopens consists of; 

Forest, Everton, Newcastle, Arsenal, Leicester, Wolves, Bournemouth, Brighton, Southampton

There's a real opportunity now for Lopetegui to build some momentum with a far more favourable set of fixtures where he can further instill more belief and confidence in the side. Also an easier set of fixtures for the Team to better implement his ideas. 

 Reasons to be a bit more optimistic looking forward and then take stock of where we are at just before the transfer windows opens should we need to offload/call back/sign someone new.

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if we are allowed to call any of our loanees back, or are they all tied down to their current Clubs from the entire season? I'm talking in particular about Ward-Prowse, who I never agreed we should have loaned out. I think we could do with him as another midfield option, our loss is currently Forests gain. 

[Russ of the BML]

Good result for him. I lost confidence in him last week but I was very happy to see him celebrating after the win. He bloody deserved that feeling. Despite some of our performances, its very clear that he is working hard and is desperate to be successful. Can't knock him for that. 

I hope this win ignites us and he turns it around. Not too late in the season to make a run for the Euro spots, but we need to take six points from next two before international break to do that. 

There is still loads to get right. We are too easy to play through, CB's and FB's are too disconnected, not enough pace in midfield. But the Manc win can give us the springboard. 

[Ron Eff]

And you just know there's a sliding doors moment coming if we don't bin the cսnt. They'll out Ten Haag, appoint someone well within our reach and fly up the league while we continue to look like drunk clowns.

So who are Manchester United going to appoint that we’re missing out on?

Tommy Frank?

 

 

I would wager if Frank goes to Man Utd, he’ll be as successful as Ten Haag. Or as Potter at Chelsea. Way too big for him. 

Realistically they should throw the kitchen sink at Emery and see what he says. 

[goose]

Some posters are desperate for us to lose, just so they can claim to be right.

Even when we win he still deserves to be sacked.

[moorethanjustananon]

Well, we'll likely not face a defence that incompetent again this season outside of Rush Green and we still relied on their generosity to score. 4 goals flattered the actual threat we presented and had Ipswich been more clinical in the first half who knows what may have happened. It's important that 8 points from 7 doesn't become 8 from 9 after the break, although I'd guess 30 will keep you up this year that shouldn't be the aim. 55 minimum should be our target and we're well behind that curve. A draw at Tottenham is probably a decent result but lose to Man Utd at home and he needs to go.

If we lost today he needed to go but now we’ve won he still needs to go?

It’s mental on here. 

[Nutsin]

Promising signs the second half, we played some nice stuff for periods. Will be interesting to see if he starts Summerville now. Everybody can see it, J Lo must see it too surely.

[THUNDERCLINT]

Any manager that still thought Summerville should have started on the bench needs replacing, the sooner the better

Indeed. Get him out tonight.

[claypole]

And you just know there's a sliding doors moment coming if we don't bin the cսnt. They'll out Ten Haag, appoint someone well within our reach and fly up the league while we continue to look like drunk clowns.

So who are Manchester United going to appoint that we’re missing out on?

Tommy Frank?

[goose]

And you just know there's a sliding doors moment coming if we don't bin the cսnt. They'll out Ten Haag, appoint someone well within our reach and fly up the league while we continue to look like drunk clowns.

So who are Manchester United going to appoint that we’re missing out on?

[Massive Attack]

Lopetegui Out!

2 wins in 3 with signs of trying to play Football is evident. 

I feel that once he gets to play a more settled best XI, we'll start playing more consistently. It's still not going to be smooth sailing yet but slowly and surely we should get there. Matches are certainly a lot more entertaining and not just backs to the wall shit game after game like it once was.
 

[Maverick180180]

Sullivan is never gonna sack him in a million years after winning 

although for me, the players coming on in the second half show just how clueless he is, as they all should of been starting 

I really don’t understand his reluctance to play both Summerville and Ings.
Summerville scored and caused their back line all sorts of problems, also chased down balls that Soler would never be able to get to
and technically Ings got 2 assists, both were pretty lucky but he manages to get far more involved in the box than Antonio ever does, whilst mentioning Antonio it’s also gotta be said his passing ability is painful to watch now 

not entirely convinced Todibo had a knock either, 45 mins is quite a long time to bring on a player who isn’t 100% and didn’t look like he had any problem either,
his introductory also made a massive difference, in the first half Fernandes was playing the ball over the top every time he got the ball and Mavropanos couldn’t deal with it, early second half with Todibo now on, Fernandes tried to play that ball over the top again and Todibo cut it out easily, Fernandes didn’t bother trying it again after that

[RBshorty]

And you just know there's a sliding doors moment coming if we don't bin the cսnt. They'll out Ten Haag, appoint someone well within our reach and fly up the league while we continue to look like drunk clowns.

 

 

Man U problem’s are the same as ours. Toxic ownership.Don’t matter who goes through that door in the coming days. They still have to deal with the wanky boardroom. They are years off from becoming serious title challenger’s.

Besides all that. 
Fuck’em. Let them eat cake.!

[Takashi Miike]

Any manager that still thought Summerville should have started on the bench needs replacing, the sooner the better

[Jaan Kenbrovin]

No better than our worst under Moyes.

This win takes a bit of pressure off him, but he is still a long way away from proving he deserves to be here.

Nothing has improved.

[goose]

The result is the picture.
Results are all of the picture, there’s nothing else.

The big picture is 11 points from 9 games. 

[THUNDERCLINT]

Thank him for the 3 points, hand him his P45, call him a cab and pack the cսnt off to the airport tonight. Fucking embarrassed to have won that, looked like schoolboys AGAIN.

I’d say your post is way more embarrassing.
You must be gutted we won today.

If you're that easily seduced by the luckiest 3 point you'll ever see a team pick more power to you. I'll look at the bigger picture, the cսnt still needs sacking.

[THUNDERCLINT]

And you just know there's a sliding doors moment coming if we don't bin the cսnt. They'll out Ten Haag, appoint someone well within our reach and fly up the league while we continue to look like drunk clowns.

[goose]

Thank him for the 3 points, hand him his P45, call him a cab and pack the cսnt off to the airport tonight. Fucking embarrassed to have won that, looked like schoolboys AGAIN.

I’d say your post is way more embarrassing.
You must be gutted we won today.

[THUNDERCLINT]

Thank him for the 3 points, hand him his P45, call him a cab and pack the cսnt off to the airport tonight. Fucking embarrassed to have won that, looked like schoolboys AGAIN.

[kylay]

Fair play today. Awful first half but made changes and we get the win.

Hopefully a corner turned.

 

 

We still have yet to see two well-played halves under him. Also, Summerville has to be starting from here on out. His pace and cunning are desperately needed, and more importantly, he doesn't go missing like half of the team.

[Maverick180180]

He’s been kept in the job by a bloke he refuses to start 

the difference it made was huge 

this is my issue with Lopetegui, his constantly bizarre starting line ups are costing us 
it didn’t today due to Man Utd’s awful finishing in the first half 

if he could just select a starting XI with players playing in their correct positions we’d be doing a lot better 

[goose]

Fair play today. Awful first half but made changes and we get the win.

Hopefully a corner turned.

[Leonard Hatred]

This bloke is obviously not going to work out at West Ham.

It's not going to get better.

Need to get rid.