United Thread - 2023/24

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Grassland Blue said:
Spastics.
There was a drug called thalidomide, a birth control pill, unfortunately it wasn't 100% effective. Babies were born with horrible deformities as a result of the use of the drug.
Short or no arms or legs, spinal problems and so on.
People with these afflictions were known as 'flids' an abbreviation for thalidomide.
I haven't heard that word used for maybe more than 20years and thought that it had died away, as it really ought to have done.
I hope that this is the last time I personally see it.
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Thalidomide was a morning sickness drug; not for birth control.
 
United are a victim of their own "success".

666 trillion fans across the globe!
Biggest club in world football!

And they expect Glazer to sell for £1.50 because you, quote "hate him"?
Money talks and bullshit walks. Glazer knows the value of the club because you told him what it is. So natch, he's not going to sell except for more than the value you all state yourselves to be?

Not going to buy the shirt? Boycott Adidas? Tell that to 'your' legions of fans across Asia, Africa and the United States. They don't care what you say, they'll buy regardless. As long as Glazer has those 666 quadrillion fans buying the product, he has no need to go anywhere.

Woden Bless that wonderful man!
 
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jrb said:
Josko aside, the day might have just got even better if it's true?

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Wouldn't surprise me

These takeovers usually gather steam quite quickly. Even with the newcastle one, once they got the green light, the takeover happened quite fast.

The rags one never seems to be moving anywhere. The middle east lot don't usually mess about, they get things done if they think the deal is right.

I've always felt the Glazers will still be there come next season.
 
jrb said:
Josko aside, the day might have just got even better if it's true?

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Dunno if it's better because of that. Funnier, yes, because their fans will be pissed off.

But I kind of see the Glazers a bit like Swales, gradually running the club down, but keeping it going.

However, I reckon Jim Ratcliffe could have been their Franny Lee. The 'saviour' who finishes the job off and brings it all crashing down.
 
mattcity5 said:
Dunno if it's better because of that. Funnier, yes, because their fans will be pissed off.

But I kind of see the Glazers a bit like Swales, gradually running the club down, but keeping it going.

However, I reckon Jim Ratcliffe could have been their Franny Lee. The 'saviour' who finishes the job off and brings it all crashing down.
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I distinctly recall in the media, back in November, someone saying that the 6 Glazer siblings, wouldn't budge until each one of them walked away with a billion each.

I don't think that the any of the offers have met that target yet.

The other bit to consider is this. Even after someone potentially bids the 6 billion, they still have a 900 million debt to contend with. And then they have to buy out the class B shares. So it actually comes out at 7.5bn

INEOS bid was 4.5bn - Miles off

Qatar seem to have tabled the 6bn asking price, but want to be debt free afterwards, which is fair enough. For that to be possible, the Glazer siblings would have to split the 5.1bn between them. So they would all walk away with 850m each. But they won't do that.

This stalemate is a combination of Qatar's reputation and the Glazers greed.
 
jacko74 said:
So a quarter of a billion spent in the last window and now if they get Hojilund as well for the reported £50-£60m then that's well over £150m spent in this window, all whilst not selling anyone of significant value at all... and this is united supposedly having to "limit their spending in order to comply with FFP"

Given their decade of failure and underachievement I find it really difficult to understand how they're still capable of out-spending every other club in the league, if not every other club in Europe for the last 10 years.
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I strongly suspect the stretford pile of hush money ain't endless either, with some of the types they employ.
 
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