United Thread - 2022/23

[Brightwell Bros.]

The elephant in the room….. could this club face a relegation battle in the 22/23 season?

27 points in the last 22 PL games from January 1st. What’s that? Bottom 6 form? Not far off relegation form? Of course people will say, “we’re only two games into the season, stop over reacting.” But I look at this as a long term endemic issue riddled throughout this squad of players. The lack...

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[KS55]

That’s not right though. We fell apart when he left and Burnley were relegated before he took over in the summer. Billy MacNeil, on the other hand……..

Old memory letting me down again. Going out to pasture now.

 

[rowarta]

be funny if Musk did buy United (but very unlikely) as he'd personally lead recruitment but 10 times worse than Todd Boehly. Musk would be running Twitter polls to see which players he should be buying.

 

[LongsightM13]

So over the last 38 Premier League games, the equivalent of an entire season, my admittedly dodgy maths has it that they are 41 points behind us (96 to 55)
That’s an average of more than a point a game, which is MASSIVE

Their goal difference is even worse - they’re 81 behind us (76 to minus 5).
That’s an average of more than two goals a game, which is even more MASSIVE.

Lads, we’re basically playing a different sport

Now 42 points and 84 goal difference behind us over the last 38 PL games

 

[KS55]

They think it works like American sports where you can have millions of people wearing New York Yankees hats without knowing who the fuck they are. But football doesn't work like that. American sport has a far higher turnover of successful teams, whereas European football has a virtuous circle between investment, success on the pitch and income. Teams that fail to invest drop off the face of the earth.

Anyway, another player has turned them down because they can't match his wage demands. And there's the other issue. When you're shit, even average players like Rabiot demand top wages to come down to your level.

And so the performance gets worse, the sponsorship drops off, the shirt sales drop off, the clicks and visits to mutv and social media sites get less……..round and round we go and down the plug hole.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Old memory letting me down again. Going out to pasture now.

I’m not too bad with the 80’s, it’s last week I struggle with ;-)

 

[andyhinch]

be funny if Musk did buy United (but very unlikely) as he'd personally lead recruitment but 10 times worse than Todd Boehly. Musk would be running Twitter polls to see which players he should be buying.

I think he called them a long running joke on twatter, that’s how I read it anyway ;-)

 

[TonyM]

I'd love if some Sheikh claimed he was buying them and later laugh it off as a joke . Let's see if they stand by their false morals in the interim.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I really wish he didn’t say it was a joke until about midday our time. We didn’t get to enjoy some carnage.

 

[dickie davies]

Eriksen. Buying a 30 old who`s had a heart attack, I wish him good health but I think this speaks for itself.

That did make me laugh

 

[r.soleofsalford]

That did make me laugh

And I didn`t have to take my clothes off. :-}

 

[Woody135]

I'd love if some Sheikh claimed he was buying them and later laugh it off as a joke . Let's see of they stand by their false morals in the interim.

They wanted the saudis before they went for newcastle

 

[It could have been 10]

We weren’t struggling when John Bond left. We were 11th iirc. We capitulated as soon as he did though.

I hated John Bond with a passion.

 

[GOULDYBOBS]

Elton Musk?
They have more chance in getting Elton John

I guess that's why they call it the blues

 

[Mike N]

They wanted the saudis before they went for newcastle

It wouldn’t have been dirty oil money if it was fuelling a renaissance at O.T!

 

[AColdNightInStoke]

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Or 1/6th of the Worlds population.

I guess 1/6th of the world's population is not in a great place right now then?

 

[It could have been 10]

He got rid of the youth policy. He sacked Steve Fleet who had been successful in winning the old Central League season after season. At the same time bringing players through like Kenny Clements, Ged Keegan, Peter Barnes, Gary Owen & others. All so he could install one of his mates in the post. Paul Power was another he brought through. I was so disgusted with him I sold on my season ticket half way through the season. It made me lose my love for City for a long time & took ages to get it back again. He even thought about bringing Martin Peters out of retirement who must have been in his 40's at the time.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

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That can't be real surely?

 

[KS55]

I hated John Bond with a passion.

I asked Denis Tueart why he went to Burnley. He shocked me by saying because he thought Bond was a good manager. Contrast that with Martin O’Neil who described Bonds first meeting with the City players: “He came in and spoke for 45 minutes and said absolutely nothing.”