A verdict on every United game, and more, from Rob Smyth and @TimdeLisle
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Why Michael #Carrick is the right manager for #ManUnited, by @TimdeLisle: he had one job this season, but he's done two.
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Bossing the big six: @TimdeLisle on Michael Carrick's ability to rise to the occasion
#MUFC #ManUnited #Carrick #Cunha #Bruno #Heaven #Mbeumo #Mainoo
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Why last night was embarrassing, not disastrous.: @TimdeLisle on a game of two halves and three strokes of bad luck, with a tip of the hat to @AliceTalksFooty's forensic skills
#ManUnited #Maguire #Mbeumo #Sesko #Bruno #Fernandes #Ugarte #Carrick
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At Bournemouth, United's best player wasn't Bruno Fernandes, for once. It was Matheus Cunha, who has added another string to his bow. @TimdeLisle on #Cunha's development under #Carrick and where this weekend leaves #MUFC
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One defeat is no reason to panic: in our regular comment piece on #ManUnited, @TimdeLisle looks on the bright side of a frustrating night in Newcastle
#MUFC #Cunha #Mbeumo #Carrick
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"Managers of big clubs need dignity. Never mind Sir Alex, Michael #Carrick has more of it than any United manager since Sir Matt." @TimdeLisle, in our free newsletter, on another win for #ManUnited's interim boss
#MUFC #Casemiro #Cunha #Sesko
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United have done something in the past nine days that no PL team had done for 16 years. But where will they finish in the table? @TimdeLisle rounds up the most intriguing facts, figures and projections
#ManUnited #MUFC #Carrick
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'In the form table (last six league games for every team), #ManUnited are now top, with three wins, three draws and three managers.' @TimdeLisle on a staggering victory
#MUFC #Carrick #Mbeumo #Dorgu #Mainoo
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The difficult second single: @TimdeLisle on what #DarrenFletcher got wrong, and right, against Brighton
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#MUFC #ManUnited #Dalot #Mainoo #Casemiro
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Our verdict on #DarrenFletcher's debut as United manager. He didn't get everything right, @TimdeLisle argues, but he did put the team back together
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#ManUnited #MUFC #BrunoFernandes #Amorim
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"The best thing about #Amorim was his Paul Smith coat, with its trim of many colours. He wore it well. It was just the job that didn't suit him." @TimdeLisle takes a close look at 14 months of failure
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#MUFC #ManUnited #Mainoo #LukeShaw #Bruno
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Amorim special: the six reasons why he had to go, by @TimdeLisle
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27 Dec 2025
"Does anybody know the Portuguese for 'better late than never'?" @TimdeLisle, who's been advocating for a back four for the past year, finds Ruben #Amorim agreeing (but only for an hour)
#MUFC #ManUnited #Dorgu #backfive #backsix
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17 Dec 2025
Crazy, but fair: @TimdeLisle on the 4-4. Crazy, and unfair: #Amorim going out of his way to diss the young players
#ManUnited #ManUtd #MUFC
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5 Dec 2025
Angry and frustrated? #Amorim may have to have a stern word with himself. @TimdeLisle on another night when he was outwitted by an older and wiser boss
#ManUnited #MUFC #Mainoo #SheaLacey
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1 Dec 2025
Amorim shows flexibility! @TimdeLisle on a performance that went from bad to good enough, if only at set pieces. Do sign up to United Writing on Substack – independent comment on every United game, still free of charge
#ManUnited #MUFC #Amorim #Zirkzee
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25 Nov 2025
Amorim should have subbed himself. @TimdeLisle on the return of his worst habit: losing to mid-table teams
#ManUnited #ManUtd #MUFC #Amorim #SheaLacey
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9 Nov 2025
Draws are not enough: #Amorim has to do better on the road. @TimdeLisle analyses another missed opportunity, while identifying three characters who are getting it right and one who has yet to find his role
#MUFC #Mbeumo #Casemiro #Lammens #Cunha
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8 Nov 2025
The first big Premier League game of the weekend is #Spurs v #ManUnited. It can't be as boring as their Europa League final, can it? Do join me on the Guardian live blog
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3 Nov 2025
It was as if #Amorim, after soaring to sixth, got vertigo: @TimdeLisle on what went wrong at Forest
#ManUnited #MUFC #Amad #Mainoo #Mount
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