United Thread - 2022/23

[oddfellows]

No chance. They already have the bestest striker in the world.

Weghorst is overrated IMO

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

Money has never been the problem at United over the last decade of failure, it's been organisation. Even if they start to get their act together off the pitch they're still 13 years behind us.

13 years?

I’m not interested in ‘years’ because IMO the important measure is the Premier League and that shows them being 5 points behind us having played more difficult fixtures to date.

Yah booing is great fun I’m sure, but the fact is that they’ve spent heavily on player recruitments and players wages, they’ve now got an actual football manager in and, despite him not yet having the ball playing players he needs to play his preferred system, they’re not that far behind us.

They’re absolute twats, we all hate them but the truth of the matter is that they’re a rival again. Dissing them doesn’t change that.

 

[Mr Edward's shoe mirror]

Sniff Sniff...okay, select your narrative if that makes you happy.

Oil Reserves

25,244,000,000

13th in the world

Yes, I'm purposely being pedantic, coz I watched a documentary about this during the World Cup. Qatar is the 2nd largest exporter of natural gas in the world, and 13th for oil, behind Norway, Algeria, Gabon, India etc..

So wouldn't that make it a gas state?

 

[Gazza]

13 years?

I’m not interested in ‘years’ because IMO the important measure is the Premier League and that shows them being 5 points behind us having played more difficult fixtures to date.

Yah booing is great fun I’m sure, but the fact is that they’ve spent heavily on player recruitments and players wages, they’ve now got an actual football manager in and, despite him not yet having the ball playing players he needs to play his preferred system, they’re not that far behind us.

They’re absolute twats, we all hate them but the truth of the matter is that they’re a rival again. Dissing them doesn’t change that.

Not sure about that.

 

[waspish]

Wonder which bid the glazers will except if any and when will it be announced

 

[Gazza]

Yes, I'm purposely being pedantic, coz I watched a documentary about this during the World Cup. Qatar is the 2nd largest exporter of natural gas in the world, and 13th for oil, behind Norway, Algeria, Gabon, India etc..

So wouldn't that make it a gas state?

or just hot air?

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

Not sure about that.

Fair do’s mate. But, out of interest, what part of that aren’t you sure about?

 

[Kippax77]

I really worry for "the Slab" in all of this, what with being the most expensive defender on the planet as well.
Surely the successful purchasers know their stuff and are ready to build a team around him at last

 

[give it to gordon]

To my simple brain I dont see how buying a football club for 5 billion, than rebuilding the stadium and the training centre. Rebuilding the squad.

I dont see how you are going to make any money from your investment

 

[handsofstone]

Even if United won all 15 of their remaining fixtures(which they obvs wont do), they'd have 91 points

Let's not forget that this season we haven't been anywhere near as good as we've been before

They are getting back to a better spot but they are still far behind us

 

[west didsblue]

Which of the potential owners is building the Manchester United terminal at the airport and the United Express rail link to the new chrome and glass Stretford End?

 

[handsofstone]

To my simple brain I dont see how buying a football club for 5 billion, than rebuilding the stadium and the training centre. Rebuilding the squad.

I dont see how you are going to make any money from your investment

Football is only going one way, they're gonna pour more and more and more and more money into it untill it eventually plateaus which is still a while away

Football as a brand is the biggest sport in the world and only growing, it won't all of a sudden stop and it'll be strange for owners to lose money

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

It'll be just like the 90's again when they ruined football by pumping money into smashing transfer records and buying titles, only this time it won't be debt money.

I guarantee we'll see FFP rules 'adjusted' to accommodate their 'new and exciting' business model.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

Pep is gonna love this.

City are gonna love this.

Liverpool are not gonna love this.

I'm looking forward to his sarcastic comments where you can't tell if he's being serious or not.

"Finally they will be able to spend some money."

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I'm looking forward to his sarcastic comments where you can't tell if he's being serious or not.

"Finally they will be able to spend some money."

I read that in Pep's voice.

 

[Gazza]

Fair do’s mate. But, out of interest, what part of that aren’t you sure about?

The highlighted bit.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

To my simple brain I dont see how buying a football club for 5 billion, than rebuilding the stadium and the training centre. Rebuilding the squad.

I dont see how you are going to make any money from your investment

You're forgetting the 700 million shirt sales.
Wonder what colour the Al Tacky Out scarves will be?

 

[waspish]

To my simple brain I dont see how buying a football club for 5 billion, than rebuilding the stadium and the training centre. Rebuilding the squad.

I dont see how you are going to make any money from your investment

It’s about sport washing not about money! Well that what we got thrown at our Owner.

 

[citytill1die84]

13 years?

I’m not interested in ‘years’ because IMO the important measure is the Premier League and that shows them being 5 points behind us having played more difficult fixtures to date.

Yah booing is great fun I’m sure, but the fact is that they’ve spent heavily on player recruitments and players wages, they’ve now got an actual football manager in and, despite him not yet having the ball playing players he needs to play his preferred system, they’re not that far behind us.

They’re absolute twats, we all hate them but the truth of the matter is that they’re a rival again. Dissing them doesn’t change that.

Who's the more difficult fixtures they've played? They've played all the big ens at home bar Chelsea.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

OK, I get the beeb and sky are excited and giddy at a shiny new (poorer) owner, but not to stop for one second and discuss the hypocrisy is poor journalism - even by their own ridiculously low standards.