The Preview: Man City vs Man United

[@danielmerriman8066]

If it wasn't a good excuse for United - a team everyone knows has been bad for a long time - to have injuries last season, why is it suddenly an excuse for City, who are meant to be one of the best in the world? Also, Sam, you might want to dismiss the comments about 115 charges as "childish", but to claim that financial doping would be irrelevant to City's success is just bizarre.

[@evanlawrence5815]

Well, city have won a fuck load, and united have been shit for awhile. Injury excuse works when you have not been shit for 10? years

[@KyleRicardoPahal]

If losing one player to injury can turn this supposedly great team into trash, and you excuse it to injury then surely you accept that 70+ injuries prevented Man U from winning the league? Right? Thought not. The one game they actually had something close to their starting 11 they beat city in the FA cup. You can’t say injuries didn’t affect a Man U team that came third the season prior, and then say that City are only bad because of injuries. Any time that turd Sam Lee spends the entire podcast biting his nails you know he speaking out of his ass

[@Adamwhite-e9d]

@@evanlawrence5815Interesting point. Though somewhat irrelevant. Every media outlet in the country was calling for Ten Hag’s head when his team suffered what… 70 years injuries that season? Say what you want about Ten Hag’s managerial capability, but he had a good season the season prior to the injury stricken one. It wasn’t an excuse for him.

[@seanoliver726]

We where top for 20years not 10​@evanlawrence5815

[@jaisriram295]

​@@evanlawrence5815 Injuries 😂😂😂 give your head a wobble the only player missing that could make a difference is Rodri and if that's all it takes for your team to collapse you clearly have a manager that is in decline

[@GarlicbreadmanOP]

I wonder why it's an issue that a club has injuries when it was called an excuse when erik ten hag had the same issue last season?

[@dodgysmum8340]

10 hd a lot more injuries than City. He hd no defenders in some games - which is why he hd to play casimero etc. pep is missing Rodri. Bt he had a huge squad, it’s not the same.

[@BigDome1]

Because Pep has won the treble with this team, so people give him the benefit of the doubt.

[@rolitshindane5742]

Sounds like a lot of excuses for a supposed goat manager being too stubborn to adapt to his current circumstances

[@alexkidd4604]

I agree.

[@DarthQueefious]

"supposed" lol brainlet

[@retrobebop3437]

Shut up and use better arguments

[@darrenlai2436]

1 injury and suddenly he can't manage a football club. 🤣 Overrated

[@retrobebop3437]

@ 1 injury Be so fr

[@vandal_dk]

United had 70 injuries (sic) last season and yet ten Hag was not allowed to use it as an excuse. He just had to “make it work” somehow. One significant injury to each of City and Arsenal and it’s “impossible to keep their standards up”. You guys at The Athletic were supposed to represent the best of journalism, but you’re nothing more than a bunch of volatile hypocrites.

[@DarthQueefious]

1 injury lol. Brainlet

[@aforcemorepowerful]

Michael's bag looks like a face.

[@dodgysmum8340]

How is it childish to equate city’s success with 115/30? Honestly Sam Lee, u shld b ashamed of not breaking tht story yourself. The United and newcastle journos do it. Big up crafton, ornstein, Whitwell and United we stand/ mitten!

[@misterhamez]

He's so salty lol

[@alexkidd4604]

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[@ApeOfMyIdeal]

City's squad is small and increasingly old, so they aren't getting away with keeping them fit anymore. And they rely too much on Haaland. Mystery solved. Why do people act like this is a hard one to figure out?

[@riccardobrogelli3550]

And who's fault is that?

[@hsthatzo8063]

@@riccardobrogelli3550Yours

[@thedeliciousdelightoflivin4636]

One thing that is not mentioned is overall motivation of players to continue winning. They have won an unprecedented 4 in a row. Managers too. Fergies longevity was in part due to changing back room to bring in fresh ideas

[@thedeliciousdelightoflivin4636]

There is too much Ten hag bashing. All managers have strengths and weaknesses. Ultimately the biggest reason is that He was a dead man walking from the moment he walked in like managers before him because he was not supported by drive and structure of the club and undermined by dysfunctionality. What other manager would have succeeded with that at that time. He was a dead man walking a second time because he was not Ineos’s man at the start and was not backed in the January transfer window when we needed players to cope with injuries. We were not even willing to keep Reguillon because of money. The amount spent on players is also a red herring. We have not spent or sold wisely for years. In that context what he achieved in that first year, inheriting our worst ever team and situation, was not “very good “ as most people say, it was miraculous. Ultimately he had to go, but this ongoing ten hag bashing is cheap

[@seanoliver726]

ETH did a fantastic job with a bad squad and never got a break from the media

[@unknown12124]

L CLASSICO 😭

[@hsthatzo8063]

And most of the city you live in supports them😂😂😂

[@unknown12124]

MIDCHESTER DERBY😭

[@DougieMainMusic]

Every club has periods where the injury list is riduclous & affects the team but they get through them. Pep is the most influential manager in the 21st century but their will always be a astrik next to his name due to managing clubs who have budgets that dwarf most clubs. Their is no denying he improves players... But take away the finanical grunt he's had at these clubs & he would be a fairly average manager.

[@superchacho777]

"their will always be a astrik next to his name due to managing clubs who have budgets that dwarf most clubs" Competing against the well known tiny coffers of Real Madrid, Chelsea, and Manchester United

[@jaisriram295]

​@@superchacho777it's still a valid point though...could he win a CL with Porto and Inter like Jose did? Clough with Forrest? Pep has managed Barca who are always 50/50 to win La Liga, Bayern who win 9/10 titles in Germany and City with endless dubious resources that had already won 2 of the last 4 titles before he took over and had a team built up for him before he came...

[@ghost5631]

There’s a feeling when the game isn’t going your way but you just trust that the manager can do something to win you the game regardless of who is on the field. United fans haven’t get that in a long long time. Maybe Amorim will change that

[@Jaf2k7]

When Ten Hag had injuries everywhere and never had a defense, it was said that was just excuses, but for Pep it's not, and I agree; it is excuses. Ever since they lost Rodri, they've been open, but are now trying to blame other injuries. They'll beat United but that's cause we are not good.

[@guardaviewer4197]

7:00 Breaking a 20 month streak in not winning away in Europe for Man Utd seems much more than just a baby step to me

[@HumphreysTactico]

16:07 - yeah, even when they were winning, they were often conceding the first goal in every game and having to fight back each time

[@andorrasrevenge1683]

A Bonus in a way: City are finally getting some good continuous press.

[@dodgysmum8340]

Wht do these pundits do? Wht does this bottom right one do? Amorims sporting PLAYED WING BACKS ON THE INVERTED FOOT AS A PREFERENCE! If u dont like it - fine. Bt its not to do w player availability (I mean just obviously because can swap the players:)) it’s amorims preference.

[@rogerdavies2796]

Coaching the players at Man U is NOT "way down the list"....... it's top of the list.

[@seenoevilhearnoevil5188]

United players are the same that have failed to perform under numerous managers , this manager has hardly any training time , so anyone expecting progress on a game by game basis is delusional, look at how long klopp and pep had , and the money they had to spend , amiron deserves the same luxury

[@egbukwuprince]

He will pick his best team, which gives us a fighting chance. We just have to be more physical & aggressive to beat them this weekend. Ten Hag would have benched Amad on Sunday.

[@Karn_1414]

Funny how last year Injury could not be an excuse for another club. 🤔

[@josephmathabela]

I'm a United fan, and I reckon City are about to give United a hiding as usual 😢

[@BigDome1]

Where's Ayo?

[@joesplatnumz]

The backline of defense system is exposed too much en no pace at all that's why apponents are using that weakness since bonmouth lost has been a trend of any club using the same tactic to take points from City,so reshuffle must be done in defensive squad else we'll keep losing games as usual

[@phanslip]

Very forgiving when city have injuries.

[@KyleRicardoPahal]

Every time City are featured, that sad excuse of space, Sam Lee, is always on, but when is the last time that any of the Man U podcast hosts have been on for more than a 5 minute cameo?

[@aakarmamtora3470]

City is likely to win especially at home even if form isn't the best. But watch how it'll be another overreaction if united lose

[@chirpnun]

Sam Lee unbearable as always- blindly defending city lol. Just the typical entitled city fan then.

[@SerioussoccerfanYT]

Haland has a tendency to score goals by the bucketful against mid-table opposition so Man United brace yourselves.

[@NIWred]

Bar critch who knows the score

[@daaljones9584]

Talking about injuries 🤣 is wild have you seen the juventus injury list literally their best players where out and they barely made the bench and are playing no names like Savona

[@davidokyere9006]

Absolutely nonsense. So why did they buy Philips or Nunes

[@papamurrth1]

Hate the extended betting segments in these pods now, won't be listening again

[@marlonblade007]

City will win SURELY! Or they really are finished 😂

[@riccardobrogelli3550]

It's kinda, you know 🐊 😢

[@daaljones9584]

Pep is just being exposed if he doesn't have the best players he can't do shiiii the allegations he's had all his career are never going to escape him.

[@indexpictures]

City leading the aggregate prem era score 80-77 is a bit of a black mark against Ferguson. they had 20 years to build that lead 🤣

[@chrisclassical7]

City are also well in front in the cheating charges

[@chrisclassical7]

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[@alexkidd4604]

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[@indexpictures]

@@chrisclassical7 retrospective points deductions back to 2012 🤞 #taintedtitles

[@dodgysmum8340]

City hd zero competition for most the years they were leading in this random stat. UTD hd proper competition for (nearly) every prem they won. That’s wht made the league better. And better to watch in those days.

[@OurFootball365-x6e]

may be drawn. the worst period of mancity and chance for Mu. But still not easy.

[@mouna5252elle]

As if united is in sir alex period

[@dodgysmum8340]

United designed the blueprint for beating the cheats. See ole Gunnar/ FA CUP final.

[@dodgysmum8340]

Sam Lee is wht Amorim will look like in 3 urs time if he still hasn’t won owt!

[@shanky1751]

I know the audience of this channel won't like this but literally half of city's squad is injured in the next couple of months they will get back to their top form it's not the end of an era or anything but yes they obviously won't win the league title

[@rogerdavies2796]

I think most sane people realise this. That said, whilst City have had injuries in previous seasons , my team (Liverpool) like many others were decimated by injuries in 2 of the past 4 seasons. It comes with the territory.

[@shanky1751]

@@JonathanConnolly they have though only a few players in the first team have been injury free this season

[@shanky1751]

@@rogerdavies2796 true I think in previous seasons Liverpool suffered from injuries after new years time whereas city started to get their players back around then which gave them the advantage in the final stretch

[@dodgysmum8340]

Come off it. Other teams hv been much worse hit and hv turned in a better show. i remember Utd without Cantona in 1997, without Keane in 2001. Not tht it existed then, bt they weren’t fighting for “Top 4.”

[@shanky1751]

@@dodgysmum8340 Keane and cantona aren't half the squad last season city had their "Keane and cantona" moment when de bruyne and haaland were injured, and rodri was suspended. This season it's an entire different beast with injuries

[@marlonblade007]

Two bozos fighting? 😂

[@DarthQueefious]

The only goalscorers at the club are Haaland, Foden, KDB and Gundogan. The latter is having to play deeper and the middle 2 have been out with injuries and not looked remotely fit when they have played. Outside of that, a squad which is too small with too many older players has had too many injuries and there has been a monumental failure by the club to have plans for the 6 position given the mountain of minutes Rodri has played over the years and the importance of that position. There's also likely been an inevitable relaxation of motivation after a historic 4th title in a row. The squad needs another rebuild in the summer, but it must start in January with another number 6.

[@sherradgordon]

Cry me a Blood Claaath river