I wouldn't ask that panel if they could name five countries, tbh.

@lesliegrace8360

5 ай бұрын

Wolves, Newcastle, Man City, Chelsea, England

@lfcmonkeyyyman6229

5 ай бұрын

​@@lesliegrace8360😂😂😂

@jackg5966

5 ай бұрын

This guy is a sporting director of a mid table club so why would he take united to another level … please expand

@xaymacaxaymaca

5 ай бұрын

​@@jackg5966We don't have football minded people behind the scenes. There is a complete restructure with Berada and Ashworth. No more accountants making football decisions.

@doa1377

5 ай бұрын

@@jackg5966 newcastle is just in a very bad form because of injuries, they were 4th last season and brighton was 6th and he was a big part of both of these clubs' rises, what are you on about

'Analysed' is a bit of a push with this lot.

@tshabalala7

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@peterkalyabe7553

5 ай бұрын

True.

@thereckon3592

5 ай бұрын

😂😂 It's too much for them

@CHINCHINCHINNY

5 ай бұрын

Hahahahahahaha

@williamstarck6863

4 ай бұрын

Analysing and british pundits doesn't go hand in hand. It's just agendas.

Ralph Ragnick suggested it ages ago that United need a heart surgery kind of complex operation to sort things out and here SJR doing it now.

@ineverswag

4 ай бұрын

heard Ratcliffe and co have already spoken to him/plan on speaking to Ragnick about the challenges he saw at the club

@devonhope2165

4 ай бұрын

Ralph ragnick is usless

@txzabm5349

4 ай бұрын

​@devonhope2165 as a manager yes but he would have made a good sporting director

@chriswood753

4 ай бұрын

@@devonhope2165 Ralph Ragnick turned RB Leipzig from basically a non league team to CL team.

@MultiKadafi

4 ай бұрын

​@devonhope2165 The club was stupid to make him a manager when he is the best at discovering the best young talent in the world.

These geniuses remind me of United Management under the Glazers. Thank god for Jim

@niftyvidy

4 ай бұрын

Morons all of them

Fair play to sky, they have turned this show into BBC Question Time. Brilliant stuff

@jimbojimbo6873

5 ай бұрын

Bbc question time sell views

@paulhynes170

5 ай бұрын

Don't you mean Question of Sport?

@jonraybould

5 ай бұрын

@@paulhynes170no

Sue smith sat there like a spare part 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

United want Ashworth as sporting director but they're also looking for a head of recruitment which is why they're also going after Wilcox. Basically, Wilcox would be in charge of finding players and Ashworth would be in charge of actually bringing those players in.

@KR-jg7gc

4 ай бұрын

and?

Him in the blue suit made some valid points.

@saransh1640

4 ай бұрын

Lol

Merson says how can we be buying someone from Everton, but we bought feliani and Schneiderlin and they didn't step up. There's a misconception that we haven't bought potential. Lindelof , Herrera, depay, Damian, blind and countless others where diamonds in the rough that never stepped up. The big signings didn't step up. The veterans didn't step up, the prodigy's like martial didn't step up.

@markwebster7435

4 ай бұрын

We bought rooney from Everton. Back in the day united signed players form these so called lesser clubs and not only in England, Denis Irwin, big Pete, ole , Ronnie johsen, Paul Parker, Chris smalling, saha, the list goes on.

@KR-jg7gc

4 ай бұрын

United then go and sign potential.. theae same clowns bash the Club for it. e.g., Hoijland especially and Onana, even Mount are all young. none of them are 26 - 29

First time merson has talked sense in a while! Bang on Paul

@samsamboi4042

5 ай бұрын

His not drinking that's why

@craigbarnett9489

4 ай бұрын

@@samsamboi4042 lol he doesn’t usually need to drink to talk rubbish

If United had Ashworth when Sir Alex retired, he would have been in charge of the 1.4 billion that United spent on all those signings. United would have been competing with the best teams across Europe on yearly basis. And not to mention, he would have never allowed people like Ole become the manager of this club.

@spinofthewheel5345

5 ай бұрын

A lot of what ifs

@Hehejajanejnej

5 ай бұрын

Well he didn't, so "what if" is the only thing you can say really. Can't turn back time mate.@@spinofthewheel5345

@BonitaUzABum

5 ай бұрын

Yeah because Newcastle have made some world class signings 😂 apart from Bruno the rest have been found out! Either injured all the time or banned.

@sayeretmatkal6136

4 ай бұрын

Ole is better than Howe

@sayeretmatkal6136

4 ай бұрын

@@BonitaUzABum newcastle almost relagated before he came. He only needed few months to turn them to finish at 4th

Thanks for the updates

Mad how Ashworth was a good and clever piece of business when he went to Newcastle... Goes to Man Utd and suddenly he's front page news and a footballing god

@cyeamaculture8486

5 ай бұрын

That's cos it's United and they're the biggest club in the UK

@reechimz4602

5 ай бұрын

You just answered yourself my guy. Its united

@thepapadanshow1407

5 ай бұрын

@cyeamaculture8486 I get that but Ashworth isn't responsible for half our signings in the last 2 years. Trippier and Bruno were already there and we were already chasing Botman before Ashworth. He isn't going to solve any problems at Man Utd, I guarantee it!

@AllahCanMakeYourDreamsComeTrue

5 ай бұрын

Don't cry ashworth is top class 😆😆🤣🤣

@aaronlloyd6905

5 ай бұрын

@@thepapadanshow1407Can taste them tears from here 😂😂

What's up with all these bots on here !!!

That is part and parcel of man united problem as a club is the idea that they need ready made players. Man united used to blood players through and make them ready, not expect them to be ready when they walk in the door. From a Newcastle Fan. IF you are not willing to build players you will only get players at the end of their prime wanting t o cash in. Not on the way to it.

@TheWiseJames

4 ай бұрын

@@KR-jg7gc I have been playing football for nearly 30 years. Watching it for as long. Man united do not buy young players and blood them like they used to. I am going off my own eyes and opinion. Unlike most mugs i make my own mind up on things. Do not make such assumptions on an individual you have never met based on a few pixels. Makes you desusional to believe in a false reality based off a virtual reality. Anyhooo off i go.

Merson's been on it these past couple weeks, some really good takes lately

Sir Jim is doing good so far but he is only doing what any other good owner would do by bring in these types of people to run United the correct way not the Glazer way. And I think with the right structure around him Ten Hag will do a great job at United he just needs time like Klopp had at Liverpool with a good structure around him

@adamgordon2572

4 ай бұрын

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Ralf rangnick is the oracle…

@millions1022

4 ай бұрын

The Oracle spoke

Based on what the panelists are saying...... Man United should be buying players like Dan James.

Put the liverpool vs Brentford highlights on sky sports please

It’s hilarious what these guy know about him . He negotiates the fee and at Brighton it was Sam Jewell that identified the players not Ashworth. He’s implemented footballing philosophies at the FA . Heard he’s been given less control at Newcastle.

Sue never got a word in 😂 😂

Lads that was horrific 😅😅😅....was like any episode of Jerry Springer😅

If I was Ashworth I would sign the following players ASAP : Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Trent, Tsimikas, Endo, Szobo, Jones, Salah, Diaz, Gakpo, Hendo, and Milner.

Most of the people on that graphic had nothing to do with Ashworth

it's not regular i agree with Merson but his right here. I said Issak and others were quality players and was told they are not going enough for United and a year later suddenly they say his a top player and we should have brought them. We can't keep spending over the odds and giving massive wages to players who haven't proven themselves yet. Varane and Casemiro have proven themselves, Maguire, Anthony, Sancho and many more haven't yet so wage and transfer price need to be lower if they want to come to the club

Recruitment was better at Newcastle before be arrived: Bruno, Trippier, Botman, Pope, Isak and Gordon were all Eddie Howe's choices, not Ashworth's. For example, Newcastle went for Botman during the 2022 winter window but didnt get him and he, or his chief scout, Steve Nickson identified Isak for the future. Also Howe chose Tonali, it was Ashworth's job to oversee due diligence (that didn't work out too well...).. So don't get ahead of yourselvelves too much. He reorganised the structure and then decided to leave before seeing it through. Yeh, the real dependable type...

@sayeretmatkal6136

4 ай бұрын

He won't working alone at Man United. He will work with Berrada, Wilcox, Bailsford and many more. They are will completing each other

@GG-zl3et

4 ай бұрын

When Man Utd come knocking, you don't say no. Newcastle are small fries in comparison. Never won anything, likely never will.

Can someone give that bloke a glass of water 🙏

Like how the word analyze is used and merse and Morrison show up.

Here after United complete the structure overhaul 😊

Sancho, Antony, Maguire, pogba, ighalo, .........etc

If Merson reckons its a good thing, United are in trouble!

That third guy is wrong. United have been buying big-name, ready-made players for so long without a proper plan and where has that got them? If you don't ensure that your foundations are right, you can keep stacking all the good stuff on and it'll keep falling down cos your foundation isn't solid enough to take the load on top. Get your roots right, get them strong, and even if you suddenly get a big jump in additions in a very short amount of time, your foundations are solid enough to take it. What United fans want is consistent success. Not 2nd in league this season, 6th next, 3rd the following, 8th in the subsequent, Cup final this season, out in the 3rd rd next season, and so on.....all that yo-yoing. We haven't won anything for so long, what's another year or two if that gets us into a string of consistent title and cup challenges and victories?

@aaronlloyd6905

5 ай бұрын

Spot on. I actually think it’s the complete opposite, as in superstars is not what we need at all. Get some young blood in, and some real work horses who are 25-27. We need people who will run and want to be at United, then once you have that in place, you can bring in one or two big players that have a foundation to go and win games. We have 4-5 exceptionally talented youngsters coming through, and obviously that’s a big if, would like to see 1-2 younger cbs, 1 young cm. Then a few more experienced players come in to help them along. After the shite we’ve put up with from the Glazers it actually feels like it’s time to be genuinely excited again as a United fan. The amount people are talking about all of what SJR is doing is also a big sign of that.

Took my club west brom to the next level signing players for next to nothing turning them into premier league players never been the same since he left

He doesn't actually find players he only agrees the fees etc.

@Countryfever

5 ай бұрын

We will take that any day then. Because I think we need some help with our fee negotiators. Spending £80m on Antony, £80m on Maguire, £89m on Pogba, £60m for Di Maria, £73m for Sancho🤣. Could make a big difference to our transfer startegy.

@FetsumBerhaneDire

5 ай бұрын

Scouts find players and united has the biggest scouting department. Its negotiating sensible fees that United was unable to do so far

Has sue Smith ever spoken a word on soccer Saturday?😂😂

United very rarely signed the finished product. We used to sign player's who were on the up, and we turned them into superstars. That's what we need to get back to, players who have the hunger.

"how come we're buying him from everton, we're man united" the literal top scorer in history for the club was bought from everton, no actual fan would say something like that

@johnmccadden9963

5 ай бұрын

So who exactly should United buy players from?

@shabba7829

5 ай бұрын

@@johnmccadden9963Anywhere as long as they’re good enough

Varane was bought at 28. Noone knew he'd take a downward spiral so early. Bad example.

@seanfullerton8161

5 ай бұрын

Real Madrid did.

@adamgordon2572

4 ай бұрын

Real Madrid sold Varane to us, because he’s injury prone 💯

@williamstarck6863

4 ай бұрын

He was already injury prone. And Real didn't want him anymore. We just helped them refresh their squad.

@since-oj9ce

4 ай бұрын

Casemiro too 😂

If United start cooking people should be worried. They generate ridiculous money and they’ve been below average for 10 years. If they start cooking it’s over

"It’s not enough to do some minor amendments - cosmetic things. In medicine you would say that this is an operation of the open heart" - Ralf Ragnick. They are finally starting procedures, it took forever, but something is finally happening

The kit man at Barnsley doesn't leave creases, get him in too. Maybe a couple of lads from Halfords to help the new director fella who did well in a bike competition in 1999.

@Fgd231

5 ай бұрын

😂

Jim isnt going to give Dan a free hand either but i do think he will be a good dof for man u

Next time try to argue peacefully 😂

Boyd contradicts himself multiple times here

He's not loyal and be surprised if he stayed 3 years. He's just wanting to increase his career status by using clubs like Brighton, Newcastle & possibly Man Utd as stepping stones to further his own career for even bigger and better things. Roy Keane was bang on when he mentioned loyalty 2 days ago.

@gordonbennett7931

5 ай бұрын

Won't get any bigger than Man Utd if he remains in the UK

@zahidiirfan7006

5 ай бұрын

What’s more than being director of Man utd?

@david_fitzmaurice

5 ай бұрын

If a player had a chance to go from Brighton to Newcastle to Unites then nobody would be saying anything

@FetsumBerhaneDire

5 ай бұрын

what is loyality? You won't change jobs if you get offered a better job?

@ianrichards1839

5 ай бұрын

So you’d turn down a bigger job on more money out of loyalty to your employer? Pleeeese.

I’m a United fan , honestly this year listening to pundits has driven me mad . It’s literally been a whole season of just talking about them . Ok city are normally a forgone conclusion to win . There are another 19 teams in the premier league . Some excellent teams in the championship . Yet over 50 percent of media Coverage is on United . Normally negatively. When Utd had injuries according to pundits no excuse. When spurs , the toon get injuries it’s affected them . Although I love my club , I’m a football fan . I like to hear news and debates about our opponents. I’m in my 50s and lost the tribalism aspect until match day . Let’s be fairer to the other teams in this country . I understand Man Utd give you airtime and more viewers. There are some great teams playing great football and are totally overlooked . Funny how passionate they all become on there too . None of them ever played for us . Then again there are a few that have taken some beatings over the years 😉

The local Mensa meeting this is not.

I mean we don't win too far off 70 percent of our games with Martinez on the pitch... the injuries this year have been very cruel to us but it shows a lack of squad. If ashworth can get a decent squad together do the drop off ain't that bad, we won't be far off the top.

Merse talking sense for once 😂👏🏼

They just realise this issues after years which the fans ranting about 😭

Ashworth was on the FA select , that appointed sam allardyce andSouthgate😮. He also was partly responsible for the Tonali farce, so ,all in all hes not been that great!

Dan ashworth hopefully should hwlp man United sort the football side of the club great addition

Serms the tables have turned & everyone who criticized INEOS,have started sitting up straight. 😅😅😅

To the guy talking about buying ready made players. Hasn’t he seen what that has done over the last 10 years of United throwing money at the new shiny toy ?

@sayeretmatkal6136

4 ай бұрын

I think Man United will still buying ready players with Ashworth. But they won't only buy players base on how fame that players, but base on the needed, the statistic analysist, the price and many other aspect.

Is it late to become a professional footballer at 30 years old if you got the talent and style ?? Answers please

Ashworth has done nothing to deserve the hype. He'd fit right in at Utd.

With how gung-ho Jim is appointing the best football brains to manage the affairs of manutd, it really makes you wonder how criminal the glazers have managed this iconic football club for decades. I know they don't have any sense of shame, but it can't be the right to allow them stay on and reap windfalls from Sir Jim's efforts. They have to go, and I hope he buys them out of whatever is left of their stake in the Club

@mitchellbrough1615

5 ай бұрын

He already owns more than any single glazer just Less than them as a group and if he invests 300 million he gets another 3% giving him 29%

@johnmccadden9963

5 ай бұрын

The Glazers have accepted his offer so he can vastly improve the football side of the business, which they know nothing about. This should give them more dividends in the future. They will never sell their majority shares

Just hope he does some due diligence on players betting histories before he blows 25% of Manure's budget on a player who can't play for 18months. Guess it shows where Man Utd currently are that they are celebrating getting a Director from Newcastle.

Hope u can guves the rooney effect

Ashworth will be the one tasked with negotiating in a smart efficient manner to get signings done that is why we want a Head of Recruitment aswell to identify players for Ashworth to then negotiate for. There'll all be working in tandem with each other

🎉

Got rooney from Everton mers ?

Sell ( Onana , Heaton ; Awb ; Varane , Lindelof , Evans , Maguire ; Mctominay , Casemiro , Eriksen ; Dvb ; Sancho , Antony , Greenwood ; Martial

How long until he wants to then go to man city

Dan should sell rashford to PSG and invest that money wisely

Why are these guys so worked up 😂😂

I'm pleased with what Jim has started working on so far but to be brutally honest these kinds of moves that are being made are so basic for a club the size of Utd. All it does is show just how much the club has been neglected by the Glazers for 10 plus years now. It's obvious that a club like Utd should have been appointing the best in class in key areas like the CEO and sporting director and head of recruitment roles. Instead, the Glazers just allowed their good banker money mates like Woodward run the club like a bunch of complete amateurs when it comes to the sporting side. The same can be said of Richard Arnold and John Murtough. A decade of neglect resulting in mismatched and unbalanced squads full of the the wrong type of characters that were there mostly because they were offered ridiculous wages and contracts. It's time United started to scout and sign the cheaper up and coming talents that the likes of Brighton and Newcastle have been recruiting for example, rather than overpaying for big names past their best or simply overpaying in general for nobodies like Antony. Positive so far from Jim and Ineos but the Glazers still own us and until we see results on the pitch we're not all convinced

Sue smith sat there like a spare part as always. Worse line up for a panel in years

He has taken Newcastle to another level...they've went from top 4 to mid table because of his disastrous close season transfer window.

If this guy fails gary neville going to change his tune and say utd dont need directors of football interfering 😂

Never once has the guy stayed loyal to anyone…

@olliecousins9433

5 ай бұрын

He will when biggest club in the world

@GIBBO4182

5 ай бұрын

@@olliecousins9433 he was with England…

@Tmtrnr

5 ай бұрын

england isnt a club@@GIBBO4182

@1977Futre

5 ай бұрын

Yes but maybe he doesn't want to go to Spain. ​@@olliecousins9433

ESPN and Sky should be banned from even talking about football. Thank you TNT sports for some relief.

But we bought Wayne Rooney and he was from Everton

do they really need 10 people for this show?

a panel that does not have a clue...........at united Dan will be dealing with bigger ambitions and better quality

They can’t easily play for United because all the players at United were big somewhere and came and saw how big it is to play at United. Also where is Newcastle again? With those players they are still behind United 😂😂😂😂

Is he going to tell garnacho to pass?

@thedon151

4 ай бұрын

Garnacho always selfish

Sky’s recruitment has to be better… Paul Merson & Clinton Morrison - get people in who can speak clearly and coherently

GOD loves us all

Soccer Saturday really isn't the same anymore with these chumps

Man utd can have all the football operatives legends they want it doesn't change the fact the Glazers are still there yeah we can have a debate on Qatar and whether we can trust their bid but they were the only one promising a debt free club Utd won't be back unless they are debt free

Merse is right! He will bring an identity and plan, it will be a long term project!

@kb5509

5 ай бұрын

Hes not stayed in any job for longer than 2 years, where's the long term plan?

Based on the anti United media agenda over the last few years, the love these guys giving Ashworth makes me nervous about his appointment. They claim United scouting and recruitment been woeful (and has), but New Castle with way more money hasn't killed it on the pitch or in recruitment. Make it make sense.

@sayeretmatkal6136

4 ай бұрын

you say it like he will working alone to solve Man United problem. Actually He will work as a tean with Berrada, Wilcox, Bailsford and many more They are will completing each other. We are here talking about the job that really impossible to handled by only one man.

@RedDevilDog1207

4 ай бұрын

@@sayeretmatkal6136 agree so then why claim this guy is top of class if it’s an 8 man decision and job

@sayeretmatkal6136

4 ай бұрын

@@RedDevilDog1207 same question like why claim Ronaldo or Messi are top of class, if it's a 11 man games?

@RedDevilDog1207

4 ай бұрын

@@sayeretmatkal6136 😂 really…those guys did it with both team and individual stats over 15 plus years. This guy took New Castle to 8th with all the money in the world. Let’s be serious

@sayeretmatkal6136

4 ай бұрын

@@RedDevilDog1207 1. Even Ronaldo couldn't help Man United while he surrounded by players like Fred, Martial and Maguire on his team, could he? 2. You should straight some fact. First, it's trus the owner of newcastle are rich, but they never put unlimited money on that club. Second, Newcastle have been shadowed by FFP threat since the new owner coming. Third, before you jugde him for Newcastle postion in table today, you should check where was newcastle at the end of 2021/2022 season, compare it with the end of 2022/2023 after Ashworth join

Bought Rooney from Everton 🙄

What a crap bit of analysis…. Never want to hear people moaning about sky bringing new hosts on when this is the existing lot

It’s not happening

Diversity is killing shows like this

The Greedy thieving Glazers must rue the day Sir Alex, David Gill, Mike Phelan and Rene Meuleensteen left the club. They saved them/made them millions.

Ashworth done what? He turned England into the most boring team on planet earth along with Southgate. He refused to sign a striker for Brighton and left them with Maupay upfront. Brighton went from relegation contenders to Europa as soon as he left. Newcastle we’re close to signing Maddison, Paqueta and Diaby and Ashworth decided Lewis Hall was a better option. He never recruited brightons hidden gems like Mitoma, Caicedo etc, that was Sam Jewell, all Ashworth did was negotiate a price. All Ashworth wants is over priced British players. If Newcastle get Rangnick, he will be a huge upgrade over Ashworth. Rangnick is the bloke who scouted Haaland, Mane, Nkunku, Gvardiol, Keita, just to name a few. Don’t think Man Utd realise that Ashworth is very stuck in his ways of British players.

@1977Futre

5 ай бұрын

Very good shout.

@thecrimsonlip53

4 ай бұрын

Exactly that’s what a lot of us Geordies have been saying but we get called salty Man U is in for shocking surprise because they ain’t listening atm and sky sports doesn’t help by saying ashworth signed Bruno and botman for us when that’s just not true

This is as bad as a panel can be.

These comments 😂😂

Every week I look at this panel & wonder if you could get a dumber group of "pundits" anywhere. 🤣🤣🤣GGMU

Has this been dumbed down ?

They talk some nonsense this lot 😂

They need to stop bloody shouting. Good grief.

this pundits are very poor on their analysis, just the some as people in a pub talking about football

They sound scared

United am just such a desperate embarrassment

1/10 level of analysis here