United thread 2019/20

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I'm With Stupid said:
Who would you say was the last great signing that Utd made? I'm struggling to think of anyone. You might say Van Persie, but even he was largely a one-season wonder.
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Honestly I'd say Lee Grant lol

Up and till injury Ibrahimovic was good for them pretty much dragged them to a Charity Shield, FA Cup & Europa League treble.

After that I can only seriously say De Gea
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Who would you say was the last great signing that Utd made? I'm struggling to think of anyone. You might say Van Persie, but even he was largely a one-season wonder.
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He was certainly the last one, who had a positive impact on the squad.

There is no question in my mind that the rags wouldn’t have won their 20th title without his goals in the '12-13 season.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
There's a more serious (for them) element to their decline. In the recent investors call covering their accounts for the year to June 2019, Woodward said that not being in the CL this season would mean a loss of revenue for the current financial year. The estimated revenue for the 2020 financial year was in the range £560-580m. If they don't make the CL again next season they lose some commercial income. If they don't even make the EL that'll cost them even more, maybe taking them down to close to £500m for 2021.

The loss of that cash will hurt them badly & they will probably have to sell a couple of their better players to make up the shortfall. I doubt they will be short of candidates to desert the sinking ship if they aren't in Europe at all. The better players, if they get replaced at all, are replaced by cheaper players & the cycle of mediocrity continues.

We, on the other hand, should be reporting just over £560m for 2019, with the Puma deal plus the new PL TV deal kicking in for 2020. That's at least an extra £60m, giving us a revenue of £625m+ next year. That means we overtake them financially, by some distance. That's something I didn't think was ever going to be possible but it's going to happen in 12 months.
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PB returns, and not before time. Good to see you back.
 
How is the new georgie best/welsh wizard doing nowadays..has he beem found out already as a speedy 1 trick pony?
Well theres a suprise!
No wonder utd 'beat' absolutely no-one to his signature and spunked £15M on a player whose departure has actually improved Swansea City.

Just 1 ..of the many ,laugh a minute, side shows oozing out of old toilet at the mo...the creaking shithole that just keeps giving.
At this rate swansea and utd will be passing each other by May next year...ole at the wheel,he knows the way to the championship.
 
its a Barm said:
would you forfeit the league to see the rags relegated.
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I would. Ultimately the rags will challenge at the top again sometime and the further they fall now and longer they remain un-competitive the better it will be for us over the medium / long term.

I'd take not winning the league as long as we remain as strong going into next year. We need to fill our boots while we can.
 
I tell you what, if they don't get some of their injured players back soon they could quite easily slip into the bottom three. That side is utter shite King Ole picked yesterday, bottom half material anyway, come on Ole don't call it a day just yet, and Woodward don't do anything too hasty, Ole is a top manager who just needs time. Pmsl.
 
I over heard two utd fans this morning. One said I knew we shouldn't have got OGS, get in Cantona he will sort them out. Hilarious!
 
Vienna_70 said:
But it was a big deal yesterday, IMHO.

Losing to Newcastle, who no one can deny are terrible, and John Hurt winning against the rags for the first time ever in his long managerial career
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Oh, it was mate. I didn't think they'd lose up there as even though they're shite, they usually dig a result out from somewhere when the pressure is on but with us losing too I'm struggling to get too giddy about it.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
How is the new georgie best/welsh wizard doing nowadays..has he beem found out already as a speedy 1 trick pony?
Well theres a suprise!
No wonder utd 'beat' absolutely no-one to his signature and spunked £15M on a player whose departure has actually improved Swansea City.

Just 1 ..of the many ,laugh a minute, side shows oozing out of old toilet at the mo...the creaking shithole that just keeps giving.
At this rate swansea and utd will be passing each other by May next year...ole at the wheel,he knows the way to the championship.
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5Live was blowing smoke up Sid James' arse yesterday and played an interview with him.

At one point, he was asked what he learns from his manager while on international duty.

Don’t get caught if you are shagging your sister-in-law?
Pretend you’re injured if the games are friendlies?
 
laserblue said:
They could always do what the ailing Newton Heath did back in the day when they were on the verge of bankruptcy and send a dog round the streets of Manchester with a box round its neck begging for pennies. Hold that thought. The dog was found by John Henry Davies's daughter who took it home and he decided to take over the club (all the assets but none of the liabilities), bail them out of the shit, change the name to Manchester United and a few years later build the swamp entirely at his own personal expense.
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And also hold a bazaar to raise funds for the ailing Newton Heath, with one of the donations coming from none other than Manchester City FC. Of course, some Rags will be claiming that is - and also the Manchester Central saga some years later - fake news but the truth is that these ****s will forever be indebted to us, and that's something they'll never be able to change.
 
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