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Like England Cricket has transformed from serious, cautious and miserable why can't United footballers play with a smile on their faces. With good mood comes positivity.

Our new manager has a smile wider than Wicker Arches, let's see the smile back on the players' faces too. I'm sure the manager will bring that with him.

With the smile comes the optimism and the adventure. Let's get that buzz back through the turnstiles, the concourses and the stands. Let's be "united" like Adkins says repeatedly; if there are smiles in the stands, in the Directors' Box, the dugout, the pitch, then we'll not go far wrong.

Joss Butler has just said in interview " we are almost being invited to fail in a different way" and we all know what he means. Play positive and give the players the licence to win the game and we'll be with the team all the way, even win or lose, but at this level we;ll win far more than we'll lose.
 

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Woodwardfan said:
Like England Cricket has transformed from serious, cautious and miserable why can't United footballers play with a smile on their faces. With good mood comes positivity.

Our new manager has a smile wider than Wicker Arches, let's see the smile back on the players' faces too. I'm sure the manager will bring that with him.

With the smile comes the optimism and the adventure. Let's get that buzz back through the turnstiles, the concourses and the stands. Let's be "united" like Adkins says repeatedly; if there are smiles in the stands, in the Directors' Box, the dugout, the pitch, then we'll not go far wrong.

Joss Butler has just said in interview " we are almost being invited to fail in a different way" and we all know what he means. Play positive and give the players the licence to win the game and we'll be with the team all the way, even win or lose, but at this level we;ll win far more than we'll lose.
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Winning and success will bring a smile to plays and fans - nothing else.

Its surprising what a win can do

UTB
 
Woodwardfan said:
Like England Cricket has transformed from serious, cautious and miserable why can't United footballers play with a smile on their faces. With good mood comes positivity.
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Come back in a few weeks after the Aussies have mauled us and let's see the cricket team back to being 'serious, cautious and miserable'.
 
grafikhaus said:
Come back in a few weeks after the Aussies have mauled us and let's see the cricket team back to being 'serious, cautious and miserable'.
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" When you read the teamsheets and the oppostion has better players in every position then it's a challenge" - I think Bassett siad something like that when we were in the Prem.

That's not to say you don't ruffle their feathers by having a go with some optimism and adventure, just like Harry did.

In ODI's pick Cook and Bell and studiously and seriously try to assemble a very slow first hundred runs in a cathedral-like atmosphere and the Aussies will walk all over you. Then chain any batsman who gets out trying to score quick runs, to a computer screen to learn the error of his ways and a culture develops quickly.

Last season United had a manager and Asst Mgr who stood on the touchline bollocking every player who made a mistake and then criticised them in media interviews. When you do that players tend to become inhibited. I'm confident the mood and environment will change beyond recognition - even if results don't go well, though I do take your point, very much so. I think the new manager is an " encourager" and will go down encouraging rather than become a "bollocker"; much like our England ODI cricket captain Morgan, now he has been set free of dour old -school managers. That at least gives us optimism and some pride against the Aussies.
 
Well I'm still fekin smiling like a Cheshire Cat and waking up with butterflies at the prospect of the new season. Never been so optimistic for years just at the prospect of a United team that will "go for it" and entertain. :D:D:D:D
 

ShockingBadBuy said:
I'm sorry, but that is just a flat-out untruth.
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OK it's an opinion formed by sitting behind the two of them most home games and an odd away game last season. That's what I saw with my own eyes and made the point on here ad-nauseum because it was a really serious issue at the time and many agreed.. On this occasion it is a past issue mentioned to reinforce a positive point about United today and this coming season. I agree we should look forward rather than back though and the further negative reference to Clough was made almost unwittingly.

As for "a flat-out untruth". I suppose it depends where you sit in the ground, but I would never say that to anybody. I might say" why do you say that" or "are you sure". Where do you sit Shocking and why did you say that?!
 
I can understand the context in WWF comment, I have seen NC berating players from the touch line, remember when Adams scored against Spurs he bollocked him, If I had scored that goal I would have run around like a 3 year old on a sugar rush, I can only see positives from NA towards players, UTB
 
Woodwardfan said:
and many agreed
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Describe your description of many. Is it more than a few? Is many a majority? How exactly you can distort many from the consensus you received from what I would describe a tiny vocal minority of the overall readership is way beyond me.

You banged on about it until many got fed up with it that I can validate.

Anyhow you got what you wanted, Clough and his brother gone, isn't that enough or do you want to sit and reflect on how great it is to be ultimately getting your wish?

I can't be alone in being sick to my back teeth of your constant self righteous circular references to Clough management style and how, in spite of the fact you said you would put it to bed you can't.
 
Bladebri said:
I can understand the context in WWF comment, I have seen NC berating players from the touch line, remember when Adams scored against Spurs he bollocked him, If I had scored that goal I would have run around like a 3 year old on a sugar rush, I can only see positives from NA towards players, UTB
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If I remember rightly Che got a bollocking when he scored the first for not getting back to the centre circle for the kick off. He got that off his team mates as well. We needed another goal at the time so that's what I call professionalism in the moment. That's why he was the manager no?
 
Bladesway said:
If I remember rightly Che got a bollocking when he scored the first for not getting back to the centre circle for the kick off. He got that off his team mates as well. We needed another goal at the time so that's what I call professionalism in the moment. That's why he was the manager no?
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I'm not saying I don't understand why he got a bollocking, but Adams is a young lad who has just scored a great goal against a prem team, put yourself in Adams boots at that moment......... Rush of blood crown going mad I for one didn't blame him one bit, yes a older more wise player would have gone straight back up the pitch, NC could have just had a quiet word. IMO
 
ShockingBadBuy said:
I'm sorry, but that is just a flat-out untruth.
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Of course it is, but the Single Agenda Delegation, shamefully still active amidst the positivity of the rest of us, are wholly indifferent to the truth whenever there is an opportunity to denigrate Nigel Clough. That's why Diego has to be styled as blameless and Collins and Butler have become Moore and Beckenbauer.
 
Bladebri said:
I'm not saying I don't understand why he got a bollocking, but Adams is a young lad who has just scored a great goal against a prem team, put yourself in Adams boots at that moment......... Rush of blood crown going mad I for one didn't blame him one bit, yes a older more wise player would have gone straight back up the pitch, NC could have just had a quiet word. IMO
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Cloughy wanted him to get his arse back to the half-way line sharpish. How could a quiet word possibly be effective in those circumstances? Come on, be sensible.
 
Pinchy said:
Cloughy wanted him to get his arse back to the half-way line sharpish. How could a quiet word possibly be effective in those circumstances? Come on, be sensible.
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After the game.
 
Woodwardfan said:
OK it's an opinion formed by sitting behind the two of them most home games and an odd away game last season. That's what I saw with my own eyes and made the point on here ad-nauseum because it was a really serious issue at the time and many agreed.. On this occasion it is a past issue mentioned to reinforce a positive point about United today and this coming season. I agree we should look forward rather than back though and the further negative reference to Clough was made almost unwittingly.

As for "a flat-out untruth". I suppose it depends where you sit in the ground, but I would never say that to anybody. I might say" why do you say that" or "are you sure". Where do you sit Shocking and why did you say that?!
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I sit 5 rows back in the South, bang behind the home dugout. Close enough to hear, as well as see, what is going on in our technical area. I call it an untruth, because it is not true.
 

Woodwardfan said:
OK it's an opinion formed by sitting behind the two of them most home games and an odd away game last season. That's what I saw with my own eyes and made the point on here ad-nauseum because it was a really serious issue at the time and many agreed.. On this occasion it is a past issue mentioned to reinforce a positive point about United today and this coming season. I agree we should look forward rather than back though and the further negative reference to Clough was made almost unwittingly.

As for "a flat-out untruth". I suppose it depends where you sit in the ground, but I would never say that to anybody. I might say" why do you say that" or "are you sure". Where do you sit Shocking and why did you say that?!
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I Sit to the right of the dug out two rows back. To say they had a go at all players when they made a mistake is, well let's say "are you sure" because that's not what I saw.

What I did see was McNulty getting screamed at virtually every game generally because once the ball was no longer coming forward, he seemed to switch off and the bloke who's main jobs were handing the drinks out and abusing the Lino had to tell him time after time what he was supposed to be doing. Flynn Scougall and Davies were often shouted at while Murphy and Howard often got rolled eyes and a pirouette from the assistant ref abuser and Clough after a bad ball or whatever.
The majority were never abused to my knowledge. To claim they were is, in my opinion, strange. Or as others see it, untrue.
 
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