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There is an article saying this is the fewest games United will play in a season since 1914. And that’s quite remarkable when you think we seem to play a ton of games nowadays. Meanwhile City are still competing in all competitions.
 
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dickie davies said:
The pompous prick that is Henry Winter speaking on 5 live this morning going on about the rags DNA that they've always had, "the class of 92" and "the Busby Babes"
One of those was 34 years ago and the other almost 70

Keep banging that drum Henry
Let them live in the past and repeating the same failures
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It's a case of knowing your target audience with all these types of commentators.

Telling rags "supporters" that the club is rancid, clueless, and totally stuck in a time warp will not get the attention of the fuckwits who want to hear anything but the truth.

Best to ignore the media imo, because although most of them are cunts and publicity-seeking whores, they certainly know how to work the system.
 
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Col12 said:
Has anyone seen a figure quoted on the losses the rags will incur. Only 40 games means significant reduction in gate receipts, no cup money for progression into later rounds and also probably sponsorship contract losses. I imagine it will be a significant sum.
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Yet they will somehow wriggle out of it. Definitely need to be no where near European places towards the end of the season.
 
Bozo said:
Poetry from the Beeb -

The grey clouds enveloped Old Trafford and the rain fell during Sunday's FA Cup third-round defeat by Brighton. It was a fitting metaphor.

Amorim is gone, United have fallen at the first hurdle in both domestic cup competitions for the first time since 1981-82. They are condemned to a 40-game season, the fewest they have played since 1914-15.

The world's oldest person, 116-year-old Ethel Caterham, was five at the time, so even she probably doesn't remember it.
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That will be Ethel who was 115 last year
 
Col12 said:
Has anyone seen a figure quoted on the losses the rags will incur. Only 40 games means significant reduction in gate receipts, no cup money for progression into later rounds and also probably sponsorship contract losses. I imagine it will be a significant sum.
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They make about £5.5m per home matchday. That might have increased this season.

They've "lost" the following number of matches this season:
Europe: Minimum 3 homes in Conference league, 4 homes in Europa league/champions league
FA Cup: 4 games till semi's, so likely average (ha!) of 2 home games
League cup: 4 games till final, so likely average of 2 home games

They would have probably budgeted to get somewhere in the cups, so lets be generous and give them 3 home games.
So £16.5m down.
They can't have budgeted for the european games, as they didnt qualify, but it still counts I suppose. I'll pick 5 homes, as they'd assume they got out of the group stage, even in the conference.
So another £27.5m down.

Total about £44m down on matchday money, from where they'd at least expect to be.
+ reduction of broadcast money for both the home & away games not happening
+ reduction of prize money for nonprogression/nonparticipation
+ reduction in any sponsorship contract failing to achieve KPI's
- reduction in performance bonuses for whatever they have in players contracts regarding cup progression!
 
Bald fraud said:
He started the rot purposely to make his legacy look all the better. It’s all about him he doesn’t give a fuck about them. I bet he burts out with an evil villain laugh as soon as he gets home after every game!
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Knowing the background to why he walked out and what he really thinks of the Glazers, I wouldn't say his actions were deliberately designed to hurt the club but I suspect he takes some pleasure from the mess they're in.

But that ignores his part in that mess, having been there so long but having signally failed to build a structure to carry them forward. It all fell apart the moment he walked out in 2013 because he (along with David Gill) was the dominant force in their success.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
I'v said it before time and again, they need to go down before they can fix the shit they are in. Only when the finances are hit will the board take real notice.

They have become one of those over-bloated dysfunctional companies with no real leader able to change the direction of the whole company because of all the internal politics.

I have worked at a couple of companies like that where everything is frustrating and you cannot achieve anything because no one cares, everyone is just hanging on, so you slip into the same cant-be-arsed attitude.

They could end up getting the next Pep Gaurdiola I suppose but that's extremely unlikely.
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They are still plunging. They have managed eight wins this season and have been the worst team in virtually all of them. They can’t keep that up.
 
Bozo said:
Poetry from the Beeb -

The grey clouds enveloped Old Trafford and the rain fell during Sunday's FA Cup third-round defeat by Brighton. It was a fitting metaphor.

Amorim is gone, United have fallen at the first hurdle in both domestic cup competitions for the first time since 1981-82. They are condemned to a 40-game season, the fewest they have played since 1914-15.

The world's oldest person, 116-year-old Ethel Caterham, was five at the time, so even she probably doesn't remember it.
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Such as shame she's not 115.
 
BlueMerlin said:
There is an article saying this is the fewest games United will play in a season since 1914. And that’s quite remarkable when you think we seem to play a ton of games nowadays. Meanwhile City are still competing in all competitions.
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We'll equal their season total of games when we play Fulham a few days before Valentines Day, just let that sink in.
 
JASR said:
They make about £5.5m per home matchday. That might have increased this season.

They've "lost" the following number of matches this season:
Europe: Minimum 3 homes in Conference league, 4 homes in Europa league/champions league
FA Cup: 4 games till semi's, so likely average (ha!) of 2 home games
League cup: 4 games till final, so likely average of 2 home games

They would have probably budgeted to get somewhere in the cups, so lets be generous and give them 3 home games.
So £16.5m down.
They can't have budgeted for the european games, as they didnt qualify, but it still counts I suppose. I'll pick 5 homes, as they'd assume they got out of the group stage, even in the conference.
So another £27.5m down.

Total about £44m down on matchday money, from where they'd at least expect to be.
+ reduction of broadcast money for both the home & away games not happening
+ reduction of prize money for nonprogression/nonparticipation
+ reduction in any sponsorship contract failing to achieve KPI's
- reduction in performance bonuses for whatever they have in players contracts regarding cup progression!
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But with a silver lining of no bonus payments to the players.
 
Wouldn’t worry bout the rags this week. If we turn up we win if we play shit it’s another stupid 3 points dropped to continue to slump. It will give the new interim manager 3 points to cement his place as the new manushited manager. So all in all we will be doing our bit to keep the dna alive.
 
Bozo said:
Poetry from the Beeb -

The grey clouds enveloped Old Trafford and the rain fell during Sunday's FA Cup third-round defeat by Brighton. It was a fitting metaphor.

Amorim is gone, United have fallen at the first hurdle in both domestic cup competitions for the first time since 1981-82. They are condemned to a 40-game season, the fewest they have played since 1914-15.

The world's oldest person, 116-year-old Ethel Caterham, was five at the time, so even she probably doesn't remember it.
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That last sentence ...so funny yet so poignant........pmsl
 
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