Media Discussion - 2023/24

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stonerblue said:
Citys match report contained a line that went something like;
''Few will have sympathy with their injury list given the massive spending at City.''
Uniteds match report uses their 'injuries' as an excuse..
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The lemmings need plenty of feeding ............
 
bluealf said:
Actually, Carlisle has had a bit of a renaissance on the crowd front, getting 7k+ and sometimes over 10k, I think this weekend there will be over 12k for the Derby County game, a lot of this is on the back of the return of Paul Simpson, dragging the club to promotion last season, ahead of schedule and on a pittance of a budget.

On the youth fan front, there have been a lot of new youth fans and a push for them to form a sort of ultra style group in the Warwick Road End, flags, drums etc, tbf they make quite a bit of noise.

I would think they still had a prem team tbh, you see a lot more City shirts around now, but our son is a Carlisle only fan, so maybe I am doing some of them a disservice.

The wife is a big Carlisle fan and as we do nothing but work normally, she decided we should go to games (a strange type of date night scenario lol), she has always gone prekids/marriage home and away, we took the kids until they wanted to go with their friends and then stopped going.

So I have been to every home game this season for my sins lol
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Yea Simmo is from that part of the world iirc and a bit of a local hero
Makes me feel old remembering that I saw his league debut for City as a 16 year old…
 

Glazers may struggle to sell because of poor form​

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Ratcliffe seemed to be the frontrunner to buy United before string of delays
Manchester United's poor start to the Premier League season is having a negative impact on the takeover process, with bidders even less likely to meet the owners' inflated asking price of more than £5 billion.
Discussions are continuing between potential buyers and the New York bank acting for the Glazer family. The British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe and a Qatari group fronted by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani remain the two favourites to purchase the club but their offers of more than £5 billion did not meet the American owners' valuation.
Erik ten Hag's side are 13th in the Premier League table after securing only six points from five games, and lost their Champions League opener to Bayern Munich last night. This poor form, alongside a backdrop of off-field problems, is worsening the likelihood of a takeover.
There are a number of reasons why a process that started in November last year, when the Glazers first announced that the club were for sale, has not yet been completed.
At one stage Ratcliffe, the founder of the petrochemicals firm Ineos, appeared to be close to agreeing a deal but the legal challenges around limiting the initial purchase to the 67 per cent stake belonging to the Glazers is believed to have caused delays.
Ultimately, however, there remains some distance between the respective valuations of the Glazers and the bidders. While both the Qatari and British offers amount to more than £5 billion, the club's principal owners want more.
Sources with knowledge of the process now say that United's form and controversies involving Mason Greenwood, Antony and Jadon Sancho are doing nothing to persuade either of the main bidders to improve their offers. Indeed, the manner of the 3-1 defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday served only to highlight the sheer scale of the rebuilding job required.
By the end of last season, United's value appeared to be soaring. Largescale investment is still required to improve Old Trafford as well as the club's training ground but winning the Carabao Cup and qualification for the Champions League suggested some stability and progress under Ten Hag.
Now, however, Ten Hag's position is under scrutiny, as is his buying policy. Key signings have been made using the same Dutch agency, Sports Entertainment Group, that acts for the United manager. At an all-staff meeting on Monday, the chief executive, Richard Arnold, urged colleagues to remain resilient while informing them that a strategic review was taking place.
 
Credit where it’s due. Listened to Simon Jordon podcast interviewing Steve Bruce.

During conversation Bruce touched on his days at Utd but hey ho hes an ex captain and was asked about his time there.

At end of interview Jordon asked Bruce about the premier league . What followed from Bruce was a glowing reference about our team. Great style of play by wonderful players and a brilliant manager. No reference to money except to point out that Akanji was a bargain and how good to his surprise Ake is.

Not worth getting the flags out but not every red uses the media to be bitter.
 
stonerblue said:
Citys match report contained a line that went something like;
''Few will have sympathy with their injury list given the massive spending at City.''
Uniteds match report uses their 'injuries' as an excuse..
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Well they did have to bring 4 goalkeepers in order to fulfill the requirements of a CL squad.

That's Sunday football levels of professionalism.
 
Revolver said:
Credit where it’s due. Listened to Simon Jordon podcast interviewing Steve Bruce.

During conversation Bruce touched on his days at Utd but hey ho hes an ex captain and was asked about his time there.

At end of interview Jordon asked Bruce about the premier league . What followed from Bruce was a glowing reference about our team. Great style of play by wonderful players and a brilliant manager. No reference to money except to point out that Akanji was a bargain and how good to his surprise Ake is.

Not worth getting the flags out but not every red uses the media to be bitter.
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Ex footballers/managers are interested in and appreciate the football side of things. Journalists and fans mention the money.
 
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