How to resurrect Man Utd, why so Spursy, ‘lucky’ Wenger and Pogba returns | Three Up Front

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4.6 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Should Manchester United copy Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City to get back to the top? Why are Tottenham so flimsy? Would you take Paul Pogba at your club now and was Arsene Wenger a lucky manager?

Those are the topics on this week’s Three Up Front with Simon Jordan, Graeme Souness and Troy Deeney.

With Man Utd’s executives meeting this week and possibly deciding on Erik Ten Hag’s future, Simon gives his insight on what might be going through their minds while Graeme wonders if there’s enough football knowledge at the club.

Tottenham’s latest capitulation leads them to ask why that has been the case for so long and Troy reveals whether players think they are a soft touch. Also, would James Maddison get into any of the top three and does Ange Postecoglu need to liven up a bit in his post match interviews?

Graeme gets an opportunity to discuss one of his favourite subjects - Paul Pogba - as they debate whether they would sign him after his doping ban was reduced. Also in Graeme’s line of fire is, of all people, Arsene Wenger: was he a great manager or just very lucky?

And with top players complaining about the increasing number of matches they’re being asked to play, Troy explains why he would vote not to strike.

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0:00.0	The culture in this club is weak.
0:02.0	Yeah.
0:03.0	Right, we have no central values, we have no real standards, right?
0:06.0	And we are fucking going to play a brand of football, right?
0:08.0	And even if it means we're going to take some blows on the way,
0:10.0	you're going to get it for your thick skulls, that we play a brand of football, we win.
0:13.0	The manager brought these players in that he's worked with.
0:15.0	I would expect to see better performances, people understanding what they're doing and when I look at it, I don't know what Man United do.
0:22.2	It's the 10th time Spurs have lost a two-n-league
0:24.8	and gone and lost the game.
0:25.9	Yeah, in 32 years.
0:27.6	That's 11%.
0:28.7	But that's twice as much as anyone else.
0:31.0	You've got a thought on, Ben-Go.
0:32.8	You like him? Do you think he's a football man?
0:34.6	No, not particularly.
0:35.6	And a football man? No, not particularly. An invincible manager. Not a football man.
0:38.0	My take on was he got very, very lucky at a time of French football was just as greatest ever group of players.
0:45.0	Welcome to three up front.
0:46.5	As always, we've got an abundance of riches to delve into.
0:50.1	Man United, the obligatory Man United subject.
0:52.6	Spurs.
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