{"id":"1793718198707-sports-show_open","slug":"mainoo-swears-one-win-fixes-united","title":"Mainoo swears one win fixes United","summary":"Kobbie Mainoo did say Manchester United feel one win away from turning their season around, ahead of the Roma Champions League game; United were on a nine-match winless run. His wording was roughly “It feels like we're one win away from changing it.”","publishedAt":"2026-11-03T15:03:18.707Z","channel":{"id":"sports","name":"Oncast Sports","language":"en"},"show":"Morning Sports","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Kobbie Mainoo did say Manchester United feel one win away from turning their season around, ahead of the Roma Champions League game; United were on a nine-match winless run. His wording was roughly “It feels like we're one win away from changing it.”\nSource: [manutd.com](https://www.manutd.com/en/news/kobbie-were-one-win-from-turning-things-around-before-Roma), [football-italia.net](https://football-italia.net/maino (https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2117626919948780031)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Kobbie Mainoo did say Manchester United feel one win away from turning their season around, ahead of the Roma Champions League game; United were on a nine-match winless run. His wording was roughly “It feels like we're one win away from changing it.”","sourceName":"[manutd.com](https://www.manutd.com/en/news/kobbie-were-one-win-from-turning-things-around-before-Roma), [football-italia.net](https://football-italia.net/maino","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2117626919948780031","claim":"🚨 Kobbie Mainoo: “We are only one win away from turning it around”. “We are really determined. Here we’re always going to come under scrutiny with bad results but we’re on it to change the situation”. https://t.co/vdMndN3tI7","author":"Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2117626919948780031","name":"[manutd.com](https://www.manutd.com/en/news/kobbie-were-one-win-from-turning-things-around-before-Roma), [football-italia.net](https://football-italia.net/maino","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793718198707-sports-show_open-mainoo-swears-one-win-fixes-united","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/sports","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793718198707-sports-show_open-mainoo-swears-one-win-fixes-united","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793718198707-sports-show_open-mainoo-swears-one-win-fixes-united and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Liam","text":"You're on Morning Sports, I'm Liam. Man United says one win fixes the whole disaster — we're starting there."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I'm Marcus. We've also got a Thunder injury stat that sounds fake, and a GOAT take that absolutely is fake."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Fabrizio Romano posted on X — Kobbie Mainoo says, “We are only one win away from turning it around.”"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"One win. They're on a nine-match winless run."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Right, but Champions League night against Roma. It's the exact game to flip the script."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Flip the script? They've had more scripts than a season of a soap opera."},{"host":"Liam","text":"They've been awful, I know. But Mainoo's the one player whose head hasn't dropped."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"That's the problem. One kid with confidence doesn't fix the buildup, the bench, the shape."},{"host":"Liam","text":"You don't need eleven stars in a knockout game. One win, one clean sheet, and suddenly the noise changes."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"You keep saying one win like they've shown any evidence they can get one."},{"host":"Liam","text":"That's exactly my point! The players are saying it out loud. At least they believe."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Belief is great for a podcast. It doesn't stop Roma on the counter."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Roma's not exactly burning down Serie A either."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"That's fair. But after nine without a win, telling me one win fixes everything is not belief, it's a hostage video."},{"host":"Liam","text":"You think they're cooked tonight?"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I'm saying if they lose, that quote is on every United fan account by midnight."},{"host":"Liam","text":"We'll see. I like Mainoo; I just don't trust the eleven behind him."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Speaking of broken lineups, the Thunder just made a move because their depth chart got hit by a bus."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Shams Charania posted on X that Dalen Terry has agreed to a two-year deal with Oklahoma City."},{"host":"Liam","text":"They're signing a former eighteenth overall pick off the street? That tells you how bad the injury room is."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Terry was with Golden State's G League team in Santa Cruz. Now he's an NBA wing again."},{"host":"Liam","text":"He's long, he defends, he runs. Good emergency pickup."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Here's the stat that made my head spin."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Which one?"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Shams says ESPN Research found the Thunder were the first team in fifty years to have three starters hurt in the same game."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Williams, Holmgren, and Wallace, all in one game?"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Same game. That's not a bad night; that's a curse."},{"host":"Liam","text":"And people wonder why Oklahoma City can't get out of the West healthy."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"This is why I don't love them as a title lock. One game can wreck a lineup."},{"host":"Liam","text":"You don't plan for three starters dropping in one night. That's not a roster failure."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"No, but you do need a bench that doesn't include signing a guy who was in the G League."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Every contender signs emergency guys. The Lakers did it, the Bucks did it."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Those guys weren't guarding Luka."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Fine, I'd rather have Terry than a buyout guy who can't move. It's two years, cheap, and he knows his role."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I won't argue that. I just think the Thunder are more fragile than people admit."},{"host":"Liam","text":"From one emergency to a full-on online emergency: the GOAT debate is back."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Here we go."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Whizz on X posted a list — and the entry everyone's hitting is, “Best player in League 1 History: Cristiano Ronaldo.”"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"As in the French league?"},{"host":"Liam","text":"The French league."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"He never played a minute in France."},{"host":"Liam","text":"The post's confidence is louder than its accuracy."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"This is why these debates are dumb. You can't name Ronaldo best in a league he never stepped in."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Fine, the League 1 pick is a joke. But the overall point isn't: Ronaldo won England, Spain, Italy, and five Champions Leagues."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"And Messi won Spain, France, four Champions Leagues, and eight Ballon d'Or trophies."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Now you're the one waving at Ballon d'Or votes. Ronaldo's 2008 was the best single season of this era."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Forty-two goals in forty-nine, Premier League and Champions League. Big."},{"host":"Liam","text":"At twenty-three! At twenty-three he was the best winger on the planet and a one-man trophy case."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Messi had ninety-one goals in 2012. Ninety-one."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Different era, different league, but that's insane."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Then if we're talking individual seasons, Ronaldo's 2008 isn't untouchable."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Maybe untouchable is the wrong word. But Ronaldo did it in the Premier League and Champions League at the exact same time."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Now the Premier League is worth more than La Liga?"},{"host":"Liam","text":"No, no, wait— that's exactly my point: he dominated the two hardest competitions, not just one league."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Messi dominated La Liga and the Champions League in 2015, and 2012. He didn't need a fan post to prove it."},{"host":"Liam","text":"You just can't give Ronaldo the one without taking it back."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I give him 2008 as a masterpiece. Best ever? That's still a fight."},{"host":"Liam","text":"We'll settle it on the air someday. Until then, don't put Cristiano in League 1."}]}