United Thread - 2023/24

[blue b4 the moon]

Remember when this “iconic” picture was being touted as the second coming? Giddy twats.View attachment 118680

Second coming? Looks like spunk bubbles to me.

 

[Vienna_70]

He’s been injured for chunks of the season.

With all the time he’s been out, he should be fresh.

 

[Ducado]

I mean you can never say never, but it looks like we are watching the terminal decline of a club in real time, there’s no great manager around the corner to save them, the culture of the place stinks to high heaven and they have an investor who hasn’t a clue

 

[mexico1970]

I mean you can never say never, but it looks like we are watching the terminal decline of a club in real time, there’s no great manager around the corner to save them, the culture of the place stinks to high heaven and they have an investor who hasn’t a clue

It is just a business, it has forgotten how to be a football club.

 

[abu13]

So, there is a very strong probability that the Rags will miss out on European football next season.

There income will be impacted with the reduced number of matches and especially by missing out on the CL, at the same time they are going to burn through any money they have on top of the losses they have already been incurring.

New director structure, not cheap.
Stadium repairs, fucking huge.
Costs of writing off players they no longer want on huge contracts (Cashemero, Rashford, Sancho, Anthony, Varane) to name just a few.
The cost of bringing in new signings.
Reduced sponsorship, TV revenue.

If they then fucked off Ten Haag and his team there is even more cost and disruption to factor in.

I feel the narrative is already being set with talk of him being given more time, it's only because they can't afford the compensation and rebuild required.

And the fan base is so self entitled that they demand instant success, if they think this season was bad I think they need to get themselves ready for next year.

 

[roman totale]

That tweet nails it. He’s simply not that good. According to Wikipedia, he’s now four and a half years into his career and he’s scored just 26 league goals total.

 

[Grassland Blue]

I mean you can never say never, but it looks like we are watching the terminal decline of a club in real time, there’s no great manager around the corner to save them, the culture of the place stinks to high heaven and they have an investor who hasn’t a clue

It is obvious that the investor is clueless. Were it otherwise, he wouldn't have invested in the first place!

 

[Bluemoon dan]

All joking aside as a one off it could happen with heavy rain, get it repaired and all good but every time it rains the waterfall appears.

Gutter falls off on your roof, tiles come off in high winds you fix it ASAP before water gets into the brickwork / roughcasting / loft. Its now a known structural defect thanks to worldwide media coverage, water ingress may have damaged the structural integrity, I'd not want to sit in that area and I am surprised fans, the club and the Council continue to go along with this without confirmation all is well.

If you look at the videos circulating, the water is coming in from various places across the stadium. It has to be quite a serious structural defect or they'd have fixed it by now.

 

[remember arthur mann]

If you look at the videos circulating, the water is coming in from various places across the stadium. It has to be quite a serious structural defect or they'd have fixed it by now.

Sounds dangerous, ground should be closed.

 

[Bluewonder]

Remember when this “iconic” picture was being touted as the second coming? Giddy twats.View attachment 118680

It's weird that even after a decade of shite they still cannot operate with a shred of humility.

This will continue to be a main part of their undoing.