FA CUP FINAL REACTION FROM WEMBLEY! City Edge United to Keep Treble Hopes Alive!

Hello and welcome to the promised land a program about Manchester United part of the 90 minute Network podcast I'm Scott Saunders from Wembley accompanied by Rob Blanchett in his, if you're watching this he's wearing the United Champions League 99 shirt when United won the triple but unfortunately Manchester City could well be traveling but United in 1999 this year because they beat Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup

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Robert I've been here watching it up close what did you think? General Thoughts How are you as a fan? Let's go there to start. How do you feel about that? Well, I think everyone knows it before the game and we have been talking about the Cup

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I have been a bit of you. I'm kind of balanced about it, not particularly scared, not too scared and I actually thought United's striker's chance today and I felt that way going into the game now, at the end of the game here we asked Scott and I still a little I feel like United had the chance to A Punch, but I feel innately more disappointed because I saw the performance, I saw the display and I saw the things that were wrong that shouldn't have been wrong and we all saw the goal in 15 seconds that you should have.

It was not given away and then the goal immediately after halftime. I think it was 13 seconds, actually 13 seconds. 13 seconds of History, it felt like 15. You know, it's one of these things, right? These are things we have seen. They are

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all year round but you have to get to where you want to be. I think the coach said it best at the end, where he called two really soft goals, but I'm proud of what the teams accomplished this year and that's kind of what it is. how I feel but I think you missed a trick today because Man City for me were not at their best, they were good and they did it, they were the best team so they deserve to win for that alone but they were not the best version. of Man City today and I think if you had had a little bit more or your system was a little bit tighter or the individuals had played better, you could have stolen this, you could have had the cup in your hands right now, yes, in fact, United Four just short, unfortunately City are moving on, they go to Istanbul next week to try and win the Champions League, but we will reflect and analyze the game.

We usually don't do a direct analysis of the matches immediately after the final whistle, but since I was here today, I just came out of the US press conference, where there is simply not too much engagement with a number of topics that probably we'll discuss on the Today's Show, uh, but yeah, the plugs are coming to you, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and watch us on YouTube now. to the channel subscribe and leave us a comment if you are not already subscribed follow us on Twitter in underline Scott cylinders in underline Rob underline B and that promise and mu for the show and come and join us in Las Vegas starting July 28 at United with the ideal place for United fans to gather on their pre-season tour of the US because that will happen very soon, there is a free summer, but just wait a few weeks and we will be back with some potentially new players, so visit

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If you want to join us, we will be there starting July 28. Rob. I just wrote an article from admin.com talking about what I think. What do you think was the difference between these teams today? Well, I know what you're going to say, so I'll leave that to you, but for me, when you looked at the setup today, United played a more defined type of four, two, three, one today than we've seen in a long time. . You know, we saw kind of a setup now. That's because you don't have martial arts. Your only option is vegetarian Horst.

You are something of a few options. Isn't that right, but I felt that today's Scott, the system didn't really work, so the front four, whose job for Harry was to be able to advance, were built so that Nick had the ball and made the counterpressing just as weak ? As it could be for me, Marcus in the middle was always going to be a problem and it didn't work for me and Jaden to play in that kind of system in a sort of four one four one or four two three one where him facing Walker didn't work. and we saw that it didn't work, so I think to me those are the two areas why you didn't win this game.

You know you had opportunities, but you just didn't do enough. You didn't create any great opportunities um and then that connectivity, I think again between each part of the field, you know, the defense, the midfield and the attacking man together are sure of the personnel, you need better players, this is what ten Hager said and It's exactly what we. I've said it, haven't I? You played a Man City team today, Scott, I think they played at around 75 capa

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, you know they played well today, you probably lost five to nil, you know that's how it is, but you were in the game. all the way and you could even have gotten the equalizer right near the end so there are positives but at the same time it's a point because you just needed to be a little bit better to get a lot more, it's certainly not the best thing you can do yeah .

However, I would also say that I believe, and there are some positives that will come out today. I wrote in the article I just published. You can also find it on my Twitter. I also apologize for the sound quality. I'm mowing the grass behind me. I don't know if you can pick this up and I usually don't have my microphone. I'm very sorry, but we will send it to you as quickly as possible. I hope you appreciate it. Yeah, I think the fact that I wrote in this article that United went down, they went down in the first goals, you know, at the end that they had earlier this season, they were going down at half-time at Brentford, they were going down in the middle. time in Liverpool, they lost seven.

Although this team has no history that over the course of this season they are just completely capitulating after almost a goal and not being able to deal with the pressure today was the first goal they conceded, probably all season, I mean, but surely It has to be 13 seconds or whatever, but they took advantage of their luck a little bit, but they stayed in the game, got the equalizer and you know they had their spells in the game where you know the ball when it falls on the other guy. On the post side maybe things have been a little different, but I think they were marginal.

I think they were marginally second best today, but the gap since that first meeting between the two teams earlier in the season has closed a lot. So you know the right transfer window, the right investments, the right profile of players in the new season and you will probably travel and that is inevitable, it will always happen, but you know I would have to stop them from doing it. again competing directly with them and I think if they do well in their summer they will have a better chance of doing that of course and interestingly you know I think when you looked at United when United beat them at Old Trafford six months ago. obviously won that game 2-1 and we are one to nil in that game.

In fact, I think United were probably a little bit better today in a lot of ways, like City were really good in that game and somehow they lost or I don't think City were really good today and United I think opened up. way to this game. You know, they stayed competitive. You know, when things weren't looking good, but like you say, Scott, you can't go to big games if they can't. In any game and you give a goal within the first 15 seconds, you can't do that and then expect a team like Manchester City not to punish you, so I think today you took it as far as you could.

For me, the penalty is a Penalty. I know people want to debate that until you know because they don't like the type of penalty, but by the letter of the law, Greenish's arm is out there, move his fingers, man, and that's it and that's it, ya You know, the tips of his fingers are part of it. from his hand, curiously, isn't it? So you know it was a handball. Jack Rudish complains at the same time as he did after the game and the TV crew just couldn't stop complaining about it, but that's life in it, um and I think in open play you think about a guy showing opportunities , there were also two or three chances where Marcus had that shot from distance that was quite open and another day he smashed it into the top corner, so United had chances.

Scott didn't really have composure throughout the game, it just seemed like an all-day shootout, like a tsunami of football information on a green field and one team seemed pretty much in control of their faculties, but not at their best and The other team was kind of struggling to breathe and that was it, so I think United will come out of this and I think the players will be disappointed because if one of those chances goes into the back of the net, it's a very split moment. very different football and maybe there's some solid Scott in the fact that yes, a year ago you were a million miles away from this Man City team, you're still not particularly close, but you're closer, you're a little bit closer . closer and if you buy good players in the summer, do you know what I thought today?

Scott, a player in my head at the end of the game. Kim. I was thinking if you had Kim today at centre-back, now finally after United negotiated with Harland. well, I thought, but if you had a Kim who could do all the technical and physical things and handle the ball, that first goal never happens in the air, never, Kim will never be beaten there and then the second goal, Kim would have made. He probably rushed to do that or went and did a little more defensive work, so to me, they wanted to play, but we saw a guy there today, right?, right?, who could be a defensive acquisition.

Durian Timber was there, yes, he is not the most imposing tall. center in the world, but potentially it looks like that will definitely lead to some speculation, you know, I would have liked it for a while, but let's go back to that first goal because I remember when Victor Lindelof made his Huddersfield debut in 2017. I think it was under a high ball , he couldn't deal with it, yeah, and this time, 10 seconds into the game, incredibly, yeah, six years later, I think it's maybe just six years later, he lets the ball bounce. Harland, I think Harlan wins. the first headers yes, it's casimiro and then it's bruyne versus uh Victor Lindelof Lindelof lets it bounce, he doesn't handle it properly and the one who shoots becomes done, it's a great shot and uh City, one up in 13 seconds and Obviously, in that case you're not going up a hill massively, so yeah, Lindelof has never had that Authority, he's been decent for a few weeks, but you know that you've known for a while, that it's a weak point in the team and Unfortunately, with the injury to Lisandra Martínez and also with United trying to buy a new centre-back, maybe Kim, maybe Julian Timber in the summer, Lindelof could stay, but it will end up being both options.

I imagine he would be central and you can rotate him, but yeah, I thought. Linda puts up a fight for that completely and that's how I felt and it reminds me of a story I wrote a while ago when Oligonna Soldier came to the football club and Harry MaGuire started playing quite often, it didn't matter who. He was playing to the left or to the right, obviously Maguire played on the left usually with Lindelof on the right, but every time the ball was in the air they switched and Harry MaGuire went and headed it and it was like you can't do that .

We don't live like that where and here we are years later and we've been punished in the Cup final because you're the center back, who's six feet tall, that kind of thing? He's not exactly, he's not small, but he has to do it. better, isn't it? It's about his hesitations and the weaknesses of him and situ, to their credit, they played it, they played that long ball, they won the first ball and then they went for the second ball and then Gundawan got a clean shot, so it's again. just old Scott money stuff that we've talked about before and we've seen before, but I think as a manager, 10 Hogg will now find answers to maybe mitigate these old age issues and, unfortunately, Linda, I think you're saying his room. choice that is right for him, if he is your first choice in this type of game, then you know that I am not saying that he is to blame today, of course not.

I think blame is a dumb word for that, but he needs to do a lot better at it. It's the stage and United, isn't it? They're just not activated at those times, Scott, they're so passive and they like it so much that they just wait to see what happens and when they get punished, there's a lot of things that say what it is. It happened there, it's like, you consider the goal, so it was a bad goal to give away, but like I said, I think both goals were pretty bad. Do you want to do the other objective or should we do it?

Do you know what these things are with him? another goal, right Scott, the first word starts with Fred, so Fred moves his leg out and gives away a silly free kick, he doesn't need to do it, he just needs to stand up, he

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s Debride in the corner, moves his leg, gives a free kick and when they were preparing for it. Scott, I was watching it and a few people tweeted this at me too, but I know it's me that Gunda was still in the box completely unchecked two or three times when the

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was in more areas.wide for set pieces and I was like this is going to gunduan I hope Man United have realized this and the ball breaks and is in the Scottish air for an era and all you need is Casimiro or Veranda come out and close and they just didn't do it for me. again it's like a comedy of errors it starts with Fred is there with the two with the two defensive players you could have said one, but football could have done better and then you could also say David de Haye at that moment the feet should really adapt to the chance of that going into the far corner and he was a lot shorter, so I could have said that, I think with David de Hair's two goals, I think his footwork that day wasn't very good, so again two mistakes, but they are mistakes you shouldn't make, not at the highest level and I'm sure the coach is asking. they ask themselves these questions week after week because we ask them all the time and now they need to find solutions because you can't get away with saying oh Fred, yes, you can make that silly little entrance, no, you can't stand up.

There is no set piece Man City won a game today with two unconventional methods from Convent for them um they were not silky smooth uh and Man United unfortunately were fragile at best talking about the second goal. I'm sure there are around 50 people. who are listening who were saying Rob, please go to the goal

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er, so I'm going to do it anyway, you start and so do I, uh, obviously, I completely agree that that unnecessary free kick and you have to mark a player who He's just scoring goals, important goals. Also, for fun, at the moment he is probably one of the most trained midfielders in the world, knowl

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able in terms of goals, especially the ball, I think he bubbles twice, it's a hair, maybe maybe he didn't have the right, he didn't have an exact. clear view of goal from shot coming in but ball bubbles past him twice.

I see a lot of people frustrated because he, you know, made arrows at West Ham, the West Ham goal swinging under him, he made a big mistake. in Sevilla he did other areas all season he did one in Brentford at the beginning of the season we let one roll under him, this one fears criticism, I think looking at that and hoping your goalkeeper saves him, I'm not trying to place blame here, but I have written an article referenced on David Hill's contract situation on lightning.com. Maybe we'll leave it in the description because I've already talked about it twice.

Deheera is a contingent room because he does not have a contract. He is the tallest. The contract offer has been on the table for him for several months, but we still haven't had any confirmation that we might get it in the next few days. Erickson Hart did not want to commit to either of them. footwork, his pass or that goal in his post-match press conference, but there's a huge chasm, there's a divide in this fanbase right now about what you're going to do next and I think today I was already convinced of this . I've already had this conversation on this podcast that if United want to aspire to be as good as Manchester City, they have to improve in several positions.

I think the goalkeeper is one and the point of discussion really is how important he is. I think he's really important, I think he's important this summer, I think right now because of the situation that you have with the hair contract and yeah, I mean, let me show you some stats here in terms of passing. Rob, it's okay, it's a success to have to be here today. 49 17 accurate passes out of 35, let me compare that to Ortega in the city goal 90 previous success rate 38 accurate passes out of 42. Now obviously City plan very well to allow those passes to be made and maybe United be back in that organization.

City pressed much better or went up much better than United in the city, but City have been doing that for years, mascot immediately, Chuck Joe Hartaway, this was seven years ago, he immediately saw that it was imperative, he got a new goalkeeper in corralio Bravo gave it a season it didn't work out I got a new goalkeeper Edison and it's imperative eh Rob what do you think look I'm with you Scott and I think the thing is this is this is when we finish shows about it, we've talked about the sliding scale, it What interests me most about dehaya and the manager is that the manager is obviously not going to kill dejaya or ruin him through the season or criticize him and stuff, so we don't expect that what we were questioning is why the man is together and negotiating with David Haye, there's no point, or you get rid of him and get your new goalkeeper and everyone.

It's okay with that or you get to this point in the season now, he won't be a Man United player in about 26 days. It's true, looking at the end of his contract, you probably know how good you are. days and dates, but yeah, basically, yeah, so like him, this is the endgame now, isn't it for the heir? In terms of you ever sign a new contract, you don't just do it and it's done, this is an opportunity for Manchester United to be able to move on from Davido with that without any problems. I think when you look at the game today for me, the two goals, yes, Daniel could have done better in the goals, but the goals were not his fault, but passing out from behind was. you say 49 per cent, yes that's his fault so you know that and I think what you see with Man United is that there is definitely a lack of cohesion in the defensive unit when the ball goes to Dehaya and the ball goes to the hair and then he cuts it long or plays it short, but maybe a short pass that doesn't break any line doesn't hurt Man City and I think City said today yes, you cut it long and we'll hit it down and we'll win the second ball and then we'll come back to have possession.

We won't even push you that hard. You're just not going to be that good with the ball, so Scott, you're right. You know you need a new goalkeeper, but Man United really have one. I've been pretty picky about this because there are two very, very good bouncers out there that you could go and put them like this if you can hear me cutting my fingers in front of the microphone and you just need to go find one of them, so look, I think. the things with david de hayo i don't think he's as low here as maybe you or other people say i don't think he's as bad as some people say but i do think he's as bad with his feet and i think that to be a goalkeeper in the Today you have to be decent with your feet, today you can't get away with it, you know I couldn't keep the ball and yes, that was the defense, the midfield. that was the attack and it is also the goalkeeper, if you have a goalkeeper who can hold the ball, Scott, who helps you, you can pass from behind as a sweeper and you can take the ball to midfield with one pass, not two or three, that is a big difference in football in the modern game.

You know, I also didn't have Liz Andrew Martínez, who is also very important to strengthen the defense, but if you have another goalkeeper who can deal with the damage of Costa, Raya, both names. what you're really thinking about, but it depends on how much of it is really situational, I mean, it depends on the contract situation, what they want to do, it depends also on the ownership situation of your own boat and what happens with that. I'm sure I'll discover some hints about what's going on there in the next few days, although there are reports from the Financial Times.

I think it was the Friday night before this game, but the problem for me with the hair is that you're looking. a player who is out of contract in less than 30 days and who is the highest-earning goalkeeper in the world, United obviously want to give him a pay cut to reflect his status, but can you persist with David de Hair as number one in the new season if You can't, you can persist with David de Gea on even a third of the salary he receives now, which would probably make him one of the highest-paid goalkeepers in the world.

Can you have that as your number two and at the same time? It is time for a player like David, who has been Manchester United's number one for several years, to accept that he will be a rotation option or a second option. See if you're going to keep David de Haya and he'll be your number one, give him his contract and move on and get this over with. I think what we're really seeing is Scott here and this is again a little sliding hand, you know, like the magician's trick. I don't think Tenhog really wants to.

To be honest, I really like that this is what I don't think Ten Hogg is going to say that he outwardly had the opportunity today. There was a moment in his interview where they said, "You know, you weren't happy with the goalie." and he said, thought and said. I wasn't happy with all the players in those moments, so it's okay to cover the bases, okay, that's diplomatic, that's ten Hogg, but I think this whole playing from the back thing is not a myth, that's how it's gone the game now and if you're going to say even if you give dahaya 200 thousand dollars a week but then you say buy Ray or buy Costa, well what does that mean?

What £200,000 a week? Goalkeeper's second look at Man City Man City has its own sustainable situation, of course, Man City has its number one on the bench today. Yes, he did not play and they played against his substitute, who played throughout the Cup, but the difference. is that there is no demotion with the skill set, he may not be as good as Edison overall, but there is no demotion in the deck or playing or doing all those things positionally, so I think that's the problem with dahaya . He's a goalie who needs to play games to play his best type of game, so he's not going to be an asset on the bench, even if he's on the bench, even if he makes 100 grand a week, Scott, as you know, during five years, so I think the The thing is that we are coming to a natural conclusion to David de Hayes' career at Manchester United if Ten Hogg really wants him, so we are going to talk about a lot of transfers in the coming weeks and already You know, we said we saw Durian Timber.

There today I wonder why he shows up to watch Manchester United play. That's funny, isn't it? But you know you're going to look at this and you look at what's coming out of Portugal right now with Costa and Costa is desperate. to get to the Premier League and there's no doubt that Man United are talking to the front of the queue somewhere there, so if they want Costa and you don't want to hire, let's face it, say thanks David, there you go. like I'm literally only going to play at Man United for about 25 days Scott, so I think we've reached the end of the game now and at Man United we just need to do this, it's the end of the season, the FA Cup is over.

You have lost this. You are happy with what you got during the season, but now you need to think about the future. Do you remember when we fired the coach? You meet Lou van Gaal, the day after you won the FA Cup. The United man has a habit of doing things the day after FA Cup finals, so maybe people are watching this and maybe they've already made an announcement about David de Hayes' future, we'll see. I mean, we don't have clarity on that at the moment. moment obviously and I tweeted the article that I wrote earlier and obviously there are responses that suggest oh, you know, he's been a servant for 12 years, 12 years this year, yeah, he's been a great servant for 12 years and yeah, no one is. . denying that at all, nobody denies that he has been, he has been a Gold Glove this season, he has been named Player of the Year several times, he has had several incredible games for Man United, the question is: is it the right time?

It's natural? signal break up and move on that's what it is of course it is and you know what this isn't hate and this isn't like you know popularity or populism at the end of the day this is just about football and you like it what do you like. What I saw today with Man United's score is the fallacy on part of Manchester United football and you have to go and fix it, you have to go and find new players and you have to get some out, bring in others, but today you saw how weak they were.

It's United's bench. It was in terms of, outside of Garnet trading, there really weren't many options. 15 minutes ago you brought in a guy who hasn't scored, you know, he hasn't hit Banda all year and that's why he was saying. that maybe you started with it in the press or something, you know how to shape it around the bench. I said the bench was going to be very important for Man United today and unfortunately there was no need to improve your bench, but you need to improve your start as David de Haya falls into that category so no hate here.

I think David has been an incredible goalkeeper for Manchester United for many seasons. I don't think I'll give them up around the 200,000 mark for any period of time. time is wise, if you want to hold on to it, then say that and move on with that, but they don't say that either, but the preference of course will be to let it go, a big hug, a big goodbye and go find the cost. I would love to knit those two goalkeepers together and they would significantly improve Manchester United in the cover and suddenly what you know next year we could say United are playing from the back.

I wonder why, well, these things aren't magic. Not really, this is just football, it's tactical and it's about skill. Yeah, actually, we'll see how that plays out. Rob.Any point you want to move on to. I don't have a running order today because we're doing this more or less. Right off the bat, so, yeah, look at a play I'd like to talk about. We've talked a lot about him briefly and I said before that my concerns about him is Jaden Sancho, so you know, I quoted, I think in our show a few weeks ago and I've said in several places that I can't see in any way shape or form that in the first day of the season next year Alessandra Garnacho is not ahead of Jayden Santo in a pecking order why because Garnacho is better just yes, he actually left today for half an hour and he was electric, this has always been injured No He trained a lot and was electric.

He was probably our best player, I think, all day, and he was only on the field for 30 minutes. Jonathan Sancho today was assigned the task of playing on that left side. he didn't work, then moving to the right didn't work and then he inexplicably played as a centre-forward for a period of the game and Marcus went to the right and it didn't work. I think this coach is going to get bored. that very very soon so I don't know what we will do with Jaden, like now he has the summer off to prepare for next year, unfortunately Scott in these big moments like today, today could have been a red letter day if he had done something had either been brilliant or had shown something that you could have done well next year, let's see if we can get something out of this guy, we're not getting enough out of him, Scott, for some reason, to me, he's a passenger and no I don't want to be so harsh but I'm going to use this word but it's almost fraudulent his game is fraudulent he's technically very good he has moments in him but he doesn't score enough goals he doesn't get enough assists and he doesn't help you win enough games.

Next year he will have a real wheel that will become natural. He will definitely get goals and assists to have fun and we will see him grow from his 18 years to become what he is becoming. I think Jaden, unfortunately, two years at Manchester United has gone backwards. Overall it's a big summer for him, he needs to recover, he needs to be ready on day one next year, but I don't see him starting at the moment, no, I think it might depend on how many forwards United sign. probably third left in the packing order, second right under Anthony, potentially and we miss Anthony today, snow a lot, as you know, as you saw today, the work without the ball, the front four trying to press, trying to extend the press traps, of which I speak. setting traps all the time people say what are you talking about what do you mean by setting a trap it's when the center forward, the setter and the wide player work together to trap the less technical defender and Anthony is a little genius at that, He is brilliant at setting traps and interceptions, that shows in his metrics today, you missed it and United were unbalanced, right?

You already know Bruno and the wide areas. Erickson had to push all 10 and looked exhausted like, Oh my God, I'm knackered. Boys like me. I don't know what I'm supposed to do here, but I'm a technical player and it didn't work out, so I think today there's someone 10 difficult, you know, I don't think I had much to choose from. but he made the decisions, that's what he thought was best, that was his team, that was his tactics and he wasn't up to par with Pep's position, as I would say, you know, I think with Jaden, Jaden won't play. , but restless yes.

Anthony will be a starter next year and I think Anthony will grow Anthony and Garnacho Scott, what do you think of that as two wide players if you can get a really good center forward? I think that gives you the opportunity to play. 4-3-3 and let Marcus maybe do some different parts and Bobs, but you have a chance there with these wider players if you do it well to have a really good system at the time when that system is not there, yeah . I mean, you mentioned there are about 10 Hogs, maybe there are some shortcomings in the way I would think about it today.

I think it was Ralph Rodnick a year ago, so they said the players have to go and he said 10 more have been sent. He's been proven wrong a lot like at that time, I think he was right, he got a lot of criticism for it, but I think he was right and he was so right. Hogg is dealing with tools. I refer to players here as tools that are not really fit for purpose and the things he would like to implement on the field. I put the hair where I put Lindelof, although he has some of the basics with the ball at his feet, maybe even Jayden Sancho.

It's not going to work, I'm not going to fit in with Fred, potentially another one and there will always be a long-term evolution of the team and I think 10 Harvest is the best with what it has been given up to this point. and unfortunately sometimes it's not enough and I think that was the point today and there's a lot of trial and error so I think this manager has no choice but to try things. I'd like to think maybe a year into the project, Scott. He's got a little bit more up his sleeve for a game like today in terms of tactics, but I think again the limitations of a lot of these players really hold you back.

You know, today you played against Fred because you needed more energy and Fred was useless like he had moments where he was fine but in the deck he is playing a 4-2-3-1 in deep casimira and there is no ball progression from that part of the park and you're thinking well why because you don't have players you can do it so that's why when we talked about Mason Mounts, I thought today watching the game I thought you know Mason Mount today would have been a good player in this press in a 4-2-3-1, whether as a number 10 player or as a wide player, he would have been sensational because he worked very hard without the ball and then with the ball, he is technically competent, so you should tend towards that now when you do your signings.

I thought Kim would have played. I think again he is Timber's technical player. Here he would fit into what ten Hogs are trying to do. Maybe not particularly high, but let's stay away from those isms. Know. I think you actually need to do the fundamentals better. It's very disappointing. At the end of the day, our season was run and won last week, we got what we wanted, we got what we needed and we know where we will be next season, it was a free hit to stop at Man City and you had a good chance to do it you know that you scored, you could have scored more, you could have stopped Manchester City from being in trouble, unfortunately now Scott, I think City will win their

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, but I will say that in Milan they won't make that man's mistakes.

The United-turned-Milan will see this and say we have to stop Manchester City from the start. United didn't do that today. United were a bit hesitant and you know what I think. I think they will continue with Italian football. them and they are really going to close the door and that could work if you can keep it clean for 75 minutes you could beat Man City and this man said the team looks a bit tired to me some of those players today Scott de bruyne greelish even Harlan to a certain extent, who I didn't think was as mobile as him, they look tired and that might play into it when it comes to the Champions League final, well unfortunately if they win it I will.

Being there to see it because I'll be there, it's not an ideal scenario, uh, but yeah, I'll be our Friday show. I will do it from Istanbul, I think later this week, but yes, it is important what we will reflect on the season. Overall, maybe there's a lot of news for Tuesday, so we'll see, but everything tomorrow or tomorrow as a whole, I mean tickets, so it's obviously a disappointing day for United, but overall, consider all the difficulties. That 10 Harvest had to deal with the season, the Cristiano Ronaldo situation, everything related to the players who left in the summer, yes, Adrian Rabio and Marco and Natovic were linked in the summer of last year.

You know Rabio might come back, but we'll see, but yeah, um. 10 Huggers had a lot to deal with this season and I think with the tools he had he did a very good job and today I heard or saw a lot of players describe themselves as proud but disappointed and I think that's probably a good decision. way to refer to that uh ten hargen the players I saw them watch City lift the cup and tenhag said it was a sign of respect, they have to show respect and this sort of thing, but they did it, I thought that was quite telling, ya You know, they sit there or they stay there and they see that and they use it as fuel to keep going and I think there are many reasons to be optimistic, you learn more in defeat than in victory.

I think Fergus said that and I think it's really apt for football is that if you want to be the best, you want to be the winner. Watch them, watch what they do, watch them climb those stairs and get that trophy you wanted, because they got it, because they're better than you. I have to improve, that's as simple as that and I think Ten Harg is a stoic figure who understands that that's what this transfer window is about, now it's about buying better footballers so that your system is better and thus losing fewer games, Scott. so you don't get hit on the way against the top nine and you can figure out a lot of that stuff, right in real time?

As you progress in football, you only have to look at what Arteta did at Arsenal. Yeah, I think in his three years and look how he won the FA Cup in his first year, right? And then it all went downhill and then they built and brought youngsters to Man United, I don't have to replicate that. completely and I think they are ahead of where Arsenal were at the moment but I think United need to go out and buy, we know that, so go find your striker, look for a midfielder or two and I still think you need a central defender because I just don't trust Varan's long-term health and I just don't think he can be Timber or Kim, you have options there, uh, and do it quickly, do it all and then you know what we do.

We'll see them all in Las Vegas, we'll be there, hopefully they'll all be there and we'll get to see some new signees for United and maybe some new tactics. Yes, actually, that's July 28th at United with the venue. For United fans on their pre-season tour of the US, I believe United will be playing Borussia Dortmund in Las Vegas at the end of July, so we will be there a few days before, around and at the game itself. If you are going or would like to visit United dashcon.com to reserve your spot, come say hello. I don't know what our background noise is, it's like they're packing up Wembley or something. they're packing up Wembley, probably a sign it should close soon but yeah Rob thanks again follow us on Twitter on the underscore Scott Saunders on the score Rob underlines B and I promise and mu for the show subscribe wherever get your Podcast and watch us on YouTube now if you're not already the head of the channel, subscribe and leave us and Rob a comment.

I'll leave you with the last word. I was going to say holding this badge, the original Manchester United badge, just remember. with the

treble

, who did it first, that's all, we will always be the team that did it first and when we did it in those days it was like a miracle. This Man City team should be winning trebles, they are miles ahead of everyone. you know, good luck to them, you know, I'm sure they'll go and do their best in the final and of course you'll be there to witness it Scott, but now I don't feel so bad for United.

Think in the sense that we've seen progress this season, we hit all the marks we needed to hit and we'll be in a Champions League next year, so let's go again, we're there, let's get some new players and Turf some. Now I think it's time to say goodbye to one or two who may be retained by Man United. It certainly only held up well in the social guard as well, maybe two or three years ago and now you can take the next leap. I think it will be the next incarnation of Manchester United, yes in fact that loud noise is happening again so I have to go, but I just wanted to finally find out that there was a sign at the united end that said 115. in reference to the supposed course uh problems City have to face uh then we could get this FA Cup in a few months they could give us it they could leave oh no no they can't have that now because there was a rule that was broken so man United. here you go, take your FA Cup, you've gone, now you've won your little national double.

Yes, actually, we'll see how it goes, but yes, we'll be back on Tuesday. I think so. Thank you very much for listening everyone for an improvisation. Post-match

reaction

I don't normally do this, but if you like it, let us know and maybe we'll do more in the future. However, the season is over for Man United, so we'll relax a bit and see what happens. off the court and uh we will be back very soon for more uh thank you very much for listening everyone see you soon this has been the podcast of the promised land