Ex Lion Tamer

Maybe Wilcox will turn it around, he's a good talker. But there's not really much evidence that's he's up to the DoF job. He got promoted to the role when we were in our stage of thinking anything to do Man City was gold, and then poached by a basket case club

"Some of those who have dealt with him feel a senior academy position is where his skills lie." https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/14/jason-wilcox-manchester-united-director-of-football-recruitment-ratcliffe

That's got nothing to do with what I said. There was a period of time which spanned more than one DOF where we signed multiple players and a staff member from Man City. Some of them were good but several were not. There seemed to be a club level belief that recruiting from Man City was a good strategy in and of itself. We can potentially put Wilcox in the same bucket as Bazunu and Larios as poor City recruits, depending on how we rate his performance here and at United

Bottom line: Wilcox came during our period of signing anyone from Man City in the belief they must be good, and we know the results were extremely mixed

There can still be pile ons but at least they're trying to make it better

We have a good alternative in Bluesky but for some reason everyone prefers to stay on the fascism site

It's certainly risky but rotation was a key part of our success last season

Surprised Wellington hasn't got a chance if we're resting Bree on the other side.

Different division but Mourinho was cleared by the FA for his treatment of Eva Carneiro, despite a subsequent legal settlement.

What was Flynn's big cut? Edit: I remember, he cut his head a couple games back didn't he

Ballard has been on the bench the last four league games

You're right that he still has to prove himself but I think he will turn out to be better than both and manage in the Champions League (not with us sadly). He's far and away better than Adkins.

Ballard had three loans and Sam AA went on loan to Strasbourg?

Our lack of squad depth is already hurting us IMO. Last season we would have made some changes for this one to freshen up but there's no one we can really trust. Larin, Scienza, Bree all carrying a heavy load

He needs to be starting games week in week out otherwise he won't improve. 20 minutes here and there isn't enough and would be damaging for his development.