I think the board should sack him if he fails to bring United to the knockout round of the Europa League. Asking for new players every time your team loses is a bit naive IMO. I believe his net spend is around -600 million euros or so. That implies the board, transfer team, or Ten Hag himself has no clue who should they buy and what style of football they're playing and just pick players randomly. CMIIW.

If he can't even bring United to the knockout stage, there's little hope to win any trophy other than FA Cup or something similar which should not be the goal for a club as big as Manchester United.

I'm surprised you think it's possible to raise money for a product without a minimum viable product/concept in the first place. Maybe that's a thing back in 2017, but people have abandoned them. Even I don't think VCs are that eager to fund projects nowadays. If you have an investor already, maybe request more connections from them if you lack the budget to develop your product. I'm sure they're more well-connected than a random marketing team on the internet without a portfolio.

Sounds very similar to a scam Telegram bot I know in the past. The name is very different though so I'm not sure if they're run by the same people. They force their users to view ads and claim they will share the profits from that with their users. Collecting the rare gem required to withdraw forces people to buy a high-tier package. If you don't then do that you'll spend years waiting before you can withdraw $10. Hopefully, you learned your lesson from this and be more selective in the future OP.

I think you can add this to your opening post too. Keeping a log of the edits might be useful if the list gets bigger.

So basically these numbers don't represent your actual users (who use your card, buy stuff with it, etc) as mentioned above? What are your criteria for success then? Projecting your userbase growth from 20k to 100k is so ambitious which led me to believe your success criteria on this marketing activity are not that difficult to achieve. I don't know, it seems a bit risky to conclude they're highly interested in your project if what they did is register and fill out some forms for you.

If we look at their stats, I don't think Villa needs to park the bust against United to win the game. On average they have 45% possession per match so far[1], while having a decent amount of xG and low xGA. United on the other hand has an average possession of +50% with more than 1 xGA per game[2]. If I'm reading this correctly Villa should have a decent chance to score goals even if they don't hold the ball for long. They should press United aggressively to force United's players to make mistakes since that's how other teams scored goals against them, usually near their penalty box. CMIIW.

[1] https://fbref.com/en/squads/8602292d/Aston-Villa-Stats
[2] https://fbref.com/en/squads/19538871/2024-2025/matchlogs/all_comps/schedule/Manchester-United-Scores-and-Fixtures-All-Competitions

According to this article, this scheduling change happened because F1 wants to reduce its carbon footprint[1]. Next year's schedule should be better since they can move the schedule easily with better feedback, but there's no guarantee they won't do another fuck-up. I'm pretty sure they will fix this sooner or later if they lose money because nobody watches the race. CMIIW.

[1] https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/f1-calendar-us-grand-prix-33758580

If that's your goal speculating on low market-cap coins is probably the better move compared to traditional options with less volatility (and risk). I mean there's no way to grow your 20 million USD multiple times quickly without no risk at all. You're looking at high-risk options that end up as a scam most of the time. Alternatively, start your own business and use that money to grow your business quickly.

If it were me I'd diversify and change my goal even if only have $1 million. Being too greedy is not a good thing, especially when I can live decently with $200/month or so.

How can we verify this? 20k users is a lot IMO. I'm surprised I never heard about your project before if you're this big already. Even niche projects that I followed struggled to get 100 early testers after spending a decent amount of marketing budget. What counts as "users" in this case? It can be misleading if you count a random e-mail registration with no activity as a "user". It's hard to trust your claim without any data.

Btw, no need to keep posting your sign-up link. Put it in your signature space so it doesn't look like spam.

Kalau ga salah diawal Ten Hag ini mau dihire ada wacana kalau United perlu manajer yang bisa keras karena pemainnya pada bermasalah. Dulu kayaknya Ten Hag juga sering dipuji karena berani kritik pemain di depan media deh. Tapi makin kesini emang wacananya makin berubah, ya karena hasil di lapangan juga ga mendukung Ten Hag bisa punya power atas ruang ganti lagi. Ane sendiri merasa sifat tegas itu emang perlu sih kalau pemainnya pemain bintang semua.

Susah juga ngebandingin pelatih di era dan konteks yang berbeda sih. Kalau lihat banter di sosmes paling sering kan bawa masalah Ferguson menangin piala setelah bertahun-tahun di MU, sementara ETH udah dapet 2 nih. Jadi mending ETH stay, haha.

Are you suggesting that they shouldn't let Ronaldo go? I'm not sure about that. Even Cavani got sidelined when Ronaldo was around. I think there's nothing wrong with letting players like him go when the coach has a clear plan forward. It's impossible to control the dressing room if you have two people with a strong demand for authority. Whether that's the case with ETH is impossible to know since we don't know the result of his meeting with the MU's board. I don't trust unverifiable reports that much, so I'd not speculate further.

A pundit that I know of suggested that ETH probably doesn't control every transfer activity. It's possible that the players that MU bought are not rated highly by him. That being said, it's hard to believe that since he bought so many ex-Ajax players in multiple transfer windows. CMIIW.

Keknya ini topik debat dari jaman dulu ga selesai" ya. Paling sering ane lihat di komen" Youtube yang pada akhirnya bakal bilang emang main tanpa menguasai bisa konsisten menang terus tanpa ada gol jatuh dari langit dkk? Haha. Sebelum golnya Villa itu kan ada gol yang offside juga seingat ane, jadi peluang" krusial dari Villa kayaknya emang cukup banyak. Bahkan di menit akhir harusnya bisa dapet satu gol lagi kalau pemainnya jeli dan ngoper lebih cepat. Emang ada faktor Bayern yang pada naikin defense line jadi lebih rawan kena counter karena udah ketinggalan sih.

Villa scored a great goal, though you could argue the keeper made an unnecessary run that allowed Duran to shoot an empty net quite easily. I'm sure a defender can trouble him slightly to narrow his shooting position, which should lower the chance for him to convert that into a goal. That being said, Villa got a disallowed goal earlier, so it's no surprise that Bayern's defense looked quite shaky in this match.

I do agree that it makes the group more interesting. Seeing three favorites lose their match is a rare experience. Not sure if this is just a freak result for them or if the number of games is starting to take a toll on the players. Even Liverpool didn't play that well IMO, although they won the match in the end.

Kalau Greenwood itu bukannya ada masalah kasus juga ya? Setahu ane kasusnya cukup problematik juga buat nama klub waktu itu. Kalau masalah player yang berpotensi keknya setiap yang masuk ke MU selalu jadi sering jelek mainnya. Susah juga nyari sumbernya apakah dari manajemen, pelatih, atau emang player yang dibeli itu sendiri. Mungkin dasar pemikiran beli pemain" baru itu ya untuk support gameplan Ten Hag di lapangan, walau sejauh ini kayaknya masih belum kelihatan juga. Mungkin perlu sosok yang punya karisma dan man management yang bagus kek Jurgen Klopp baru MU bisa lebih konsisten dkk.

Yeah, the scheduling is a bit weird. I'm surprised they can make a deal with broadcasters when the kick-off time is near with the higher-tier competition. Maybe they expect fans to watch this match and ignore other competitions? I wonder how they make money from this, considering so many moves have been geared toward this goal recently.

As a neutral football fan, I'd watch the Conference League if other competitions were not live. I'm sure most pundits that I've watched share the same opinion. Some of them explicitly said they only watched highlights because so many matches were happening at the same time.

Judging by how well they play in the Premier League, I think Chelsea is one of the favorites.

Agak ngeri juga kalau link ini yang jadi sasaran DNS hijack atau sejenisnya. Kalau user ga punya kesadaran untuk verifikasi lewat berbagai metode ngeri juga kalau scammer nipu user dengan berlagak seolah situs verifikasi resmi tapi redirect link ke situs phishing lainnya.

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Btw sehari setelah ane post beberapa berita di atas, ternyata ada berita baru yang berkaitan dengan penyebaran aplikasi WalletConnect palsu di Google Play Store[1]. Aplikasi ini udah terdownload lebih dari sepuluh ribu kali, tapi untungnya udah ditakedown setelah dilaporkan sama salah satu researcher keamanan. Keknya masih lemah aja itu fitur filter aplikasi di Google, sampai aplikasi palsu bertahan sampe berbulan-bulan.

[1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-walletconnect-app-on-google-play-steals-android-users-crypto/

Seeing Manchester United plays and the news surrounding them makes me believe it's a terrible decision for any player to go there because the situation is too chaotic. There are too many conflicting rumors about their internal situation, from ETH's lack of backing to players supporting him, etc. I dunno, unless the contract term is really good maybe it will be hard to attract a great player to join them, especially when they face competition from Man City, Madrid, etc.

Memang kalau untuk forum secara keseluruhan ga bakal ada dampaknya, tapi bisa aja kan nanti berpengaruh ke masalah seleksi sig campaign atau bounty dan sejenisnya yang bakal mengurangi poster yang cuma rajin post di board Indo saja daripada board lain karena dari segi pemasaran jadi agak kurang seksi. Ane juga sangsi kalau menilai progress perkembangan kripto dari sekedar jumlah usernya di forum sih. Setahu ane board Jepang sama Korea termasuk sepi banget padahal perkembangan kripto disana lumayan pesat, kan dari volume perdagangan juga tinggi. Malah kripto dkk sering ane lihat masuk ke webtoon dst.

I believe a strike will change things up. If players don't do that UEFA or FIFA will likely add more competitions since they want money. It doesn't help that they keep adding a new tier of competition, even though nobody asks for it. Even if the top 8 clubs want a competition to get more revenue, I don't think FIFA or UEFA has the right interest to plan the schedule properly. Maybe they should allow 11 substitutions or something similar if they don't want to reduce these competitions. I'm pretty sure most teams won't complain about that.

I'm not sure if someone who uses an Android phone as their main device can buy two PCs though. I guess they can spend some money to purchase a mini PC or set up a live OS from a USB stick to save some money. Getting a decent PC at the price of a low-end phone is still hard in my area at least. Definitely doable if one can save for a few months though.