City & United final PL positions scenario

[gray740]

Them going down on the final day of the season in the 94th minute would be a thing of beauty .

 

[bernard o'silver]

If city where to finish mid table and win. Nothing but it means Utd get relegated would you take it.

We've been here before 73/74

 

[GX Blue]

Like many have already said, usually no. I’m not bothered about them when we are flying.

But this season when we won’t win anything anyway, I’d gladly finish 17th if they were to go down.

 

[M Gaudino]

absolutely. we are probably only 30% to make the champions league places anyway and after that I couldnt give a fuck

we’re out the league cup and theres no chance we’re winning the european cup this season

you’re asking me to trade the rare possibility of an FA cup win for United going down and being in a whole heap of financial trouble? the sponsorship deals would be invalid or much reduced as would the plummeting tv revenue.

would make them massively loss making in the championship. Cash flow might even be an issue if their players don't have relegation clauses in their contracts so the salary obligations could lead to administration.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Yeah id 100% take that. Without a doubt or a second thought

 

[eastmanc]

Too fucking righ

I don't care about where they finish, as long as we finish above them. They are irrelevant to me.

 

[eastmanc]

These are my thoughts too. Think they’d romp the Championship and would have momentum when they came back, fuelled no doubt by the media. If they went down for a season, which is the most likely outcome, it would do them a favour and their fans would actually enjoy the experience.

I think I’d rather they stayed in PL purgatory.

I second that. Those off us that can remember them being relegated in 74 also remember them pissing the second division and coming back a lot stronger than before.

 

[eastmanc]

The FOC's amongst us will clearly remember that after being relegated to the then second division, the media wankfest was insane when the rags started to win a few games
Now we have the interweb, if it happened again the world would be flooded with cum, so I'm more than happy for them to continue struggling to achieve mediocrity in the prem

Very graphic but I know what you mean.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I second that. Those off us that can remember them being relegated in 74 also remember them pissing the second division and coming back a lot stronger than before.

Then they got beat by Southampton in the FA Cup Final. Glory Days!

 

[eastmanc]

Then they got best by Southampton in the FA Cup Final. Glory Days!

Good old Bobby Stokes.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

A true legend of the FA Cup

 

[tweety]

Going in school on Monday morning was glorious, they were insufferable 50 years ago.

 

[cookster]

These are my thoughts too. Think they’d romp the Championship and would have momentum when they came back, fuelled no doubt by the media. If they went down for a season, which is the most likely outcome, it would do them a favour and their fans would actually enjoy the experience.

I think I’d rather they stayed in PL purgatory.

Agree.
Between 6th and 14th for another decade or more.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

These are my thoughts too. Think they’d romp the Championship and would have momentum when they came back, fuelled no doubt by the media. If they went down for a season, which is the most likely outcome, it would do them a favour and their fans would actually enjoy the experience.

I think I’d rather they stayed in PL purgatory.

See what you're saying mate but I've seen it all bar them going down so it would complete my wishlist after winning the treble, doing 4 in a row & having the best player in the world!

 

[Alfie Budd]

Aren't the parachute payments for relegated clubs more than what the teams immediately above them get just for staying up?

My concern with the scum getting relegated is it could be the catalyst for the massive change the club needs, where as mid-table obscurity and irrelevance could continue indefinitely, a slow painful lingering state of moribund purgatory.

Parachute payments are calculated on the element of the TV contract that’s split equally between all 20 PL clubs. First season after relegation pays 55% of what each PL club receives reducing to 45% and 20% for the following two seasons.
The rags would suffer more than most from a hypothetical relegation as a chunk of the TV money is paid based on how many live TV games a team plays. As we know, they’re on more than most.

 

[bluemanc16]

The answer to your question is no, whereas twenty years ago it would have been yes. I now don't consider United to be a serious rival, so going a season not winning anything or missing out on European football next year just to see them relegated is a retrograde step in our thinking

 

[Gone for a Burton]

....yes particularly after regaining our FA Cup & Champions League .

Impetuosity is not a sin.

I'm changing my mind.

Indeffinite lower table mediocrity,regular embarassing beatings, shite pertformances, fans revolting (and revoting fans) crumbling stadium, huge debts....the neverton of stretsal

Suck shit from the bowels of the devil you rag scum.

Manchester thanks you Sheikh Mansour.

DELICIOUS.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Never mind the rags. Nothing to do with us.
I would take 40 points and a total victory in the FFP debacle, now if offered.
I actually think that monkey off our back will have a huge bounce for us as a club on the field and as fans.

We’ll build again. We’ll be back at the top whether it takes a year or three or five.
We’ll build something unstoppable.

 

[Trojan1962]

No chance we need top 4, not interested in what they do

 

[mexico1970]

Many of us on here have seen them get relegated and it was delicious, however I prefer that we win the league and just watch them struggle if there was a choice.