Manchester United have appointed Mauricio Pochettino. The club confirmed on Friday that he "has agreed to become the Manchester United men's head coach from 18 November", once he has finished the USA's two games against Haiti. A day after Michael Carrick was sacked, with United 18th, Manchester United fan YouTubers went live within the hour. Nobody threw a party. Most of them were reading the job title.
Manchester United's statement: head coach, not manager
The statement calls Pochettino "renowned for his high-intensity, attacking style of football" and runs through Southampton, Spurs, PSG, Chelsea and the USA's World Cup round of 16. BBC Sport's sources say he has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal, to June 2029. He was in tears at his USA press conference, calling the decision one of the most difficult of his career.
UnitedViewTV went live about 14 minutes after the post. The high-intensity line took him straight back to Erik ten Hag, who arrived with the same billing and later said he couldn't play that way here. He also noticed, again, that there was no quote from Omar Berrada or Jason Wilcox. His summary of the club: "this sort of Jenga tower", where "we take one brick out and put the other one in, nothing will change." His parting message: "Mauricio, I hope you know what you're getting yourself in for."
UnitedStand: the Mr. Bean problem
UnitedStand refused to "jump on the trust bandwagon". His worry is the title. "My opinion is a head coach is a puppet." Answering to this board, he said, is "like being the best bloody martial artist in the world, but Mr. Bean's telling you what to do." He told Jamie Carragher that if United lose the opening run (Liverpool away, Sporting away, Brentford and Newcastle at home), Poch-out mumbling will start. Carragher didn't believe him. He also asked whether Bruno Fernandes should even be offered a new deal at 32.
Thumbaldinho: good appointment, wrong building
Thumbaldinho opened "absolutely fuming", and not at Pochettino. "I do think it's a good appointment for the short term," he said, before turning on the people above him. "As long as Jason Wilcox and Omar Berrada are in charge of the footballing operations at this club, we are finished." The football bit was more hopeful. He thinks the defence comes first and that Pochettino can do for Leny Yoro what he did for Alderweireld and Vertonghen at Spurs. His condition: no signings in January and "this board needs to go."
Stretford Paddock and KG: the welcome mat
Stretford Paddock gave the moment its own episode of The Brew, under the plainest title of the day: "Mauricio Pochettino Is HERE!" Watch it for the room's first reaction.
KGRecklessSport went with a tick and a long agenda: Pochettino signed, the Bruno contract talk, "more leaks". The Bruno story is the second thread running through United's channels tonight. For now it's chatter, not an official club line.
TroopzTV: the view from the Emirates
From the Arsenal side, TroopzTV put the whole thing in one headline: "Carrick SACKED, Pochettino APPOINTED". Then he moved on to England beating Croatia. When your rivals' managerial merry-go-round is just one item on the news roundup, that tells you how often it turns.
The verdict: a better coach in the same building
Nobody in these rooms says Pochettino is worse than Carrick. UnitedViewTV calls him the better coach outright. The doubt is about the club. Every room separates the short term from the long term. A better coach should win more games with this squad. The same people still pick the squad. He starts on 18 November and goes to Anfield four days later. That is one way to find out how much a job title matters.