Media Discussion - 2023/24

[Stiff Little Wingers]

Uncompetitive?

There are two points between the top three. with six to play. There have been five different winners in the last eleven seasons.

Compare that with Germany where Bayern won nine in a row. Try France with PSG dominant. How about Italy where Juventus won loads of titles? Spain has been a Real/Barca duopoly with Atletico occasionally butting in.

More pertinent, look at the PL in the 2000-09 era when United won year after year. Or even the final time of the old First Division when Liverpool won year after year.

The PL remains the most competitive of the major European Leagues.

The complaint isn't that the League is uncompetitive but that the Red Tops are not dominating.

Plus on at least 3 of the times we’ve won it - it’s gone to the last day

 

[Bluekiwi]

Not wishing to be pedantic but:-

Research from global market research agency, Kantar, shows United have a worldwide fan and follower base of 1.1 billion, an increase of over 400 million since a similar survey was conducted in 2012.
From the MUEN. They are claiming 1 in every 8 persons is a utd fan. Ridiculous claim!!

If it is anything like the political polls taken in countries - it will based on the percentage from 1,000 people. In other words - completely meaningless.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Made the unforgivable mistake of putting Talkshite on for a couple of minutes this morning & one of their presenters (Sam Allard?) said "Man City have a much bigger squad than anyone else & they never seem to get any injuries" needless to say I switched it off again soon afterwards.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

If it is anything like the political polls taken in countries - it will based on the percentage from 1,000 people. In other words - completely meaningless.

In theory, you could stand outside any ground on match day, interview 1,000 people and come up with the figure of 8Bn followers/supporters for that club.
As you say, completely meaningless and false!

 

[Tracking back]

Uncompetitive?

There are two points between the top three. with six to play. There have been five different winners in the last eleven seasons.

Compare that with Germany where Bayern won nine in a row. Try France with PSG dominant. How about Italy where Juventus won loads of titles? Spain has been a Real/Barca duopoly with Atletico occasionally butting in.

More pertinent, look at the PL in the 2000-09 era when United won year after year. Or even the final time of the old First Division when Liverpool won year after year.

The PL remains the most competitive of the major European Leagues.

The complaint isn't that the League is uncompetitive but that the Red Tops are not dominating.

That pretty much sums it up perfectly.

The headline these bitter hacks really want to write is: "WHEN IS SHEIKH MANSOUR GOING TO BUGGER OFF" He should have got bored by now.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Made the unforgivable mistake of putting Talkshite on for a couple of minutes this morning & one of their presenters (Sam Allard?) said "Man City have a much bigger squad than anyone else & they never seem to get any injuries" needless to say I switched it off again soon afterwards.

Someone asked McNulty on the BBC why does everyone in the press say City have a bigger squad when it's the same size as the others, smaller than most. His reply: they mean a better squad with more depth. Which begs the obvious follow-up question: why the fuck don't they just say that then?

 

[CTID1977]

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Made the unforgivable mistake of putting Talkshite on for a couple of minutes this morning & one of their presenters (Sam Allard?) said "Man City have a much bigger squad than anyone else & they never seem to get any injuries" needless to say I switched it off again soon afterwards.

They don’t even do the most basic research, charlatans the lot of them.

 

[willipp]

Made the unforgivable mistake of putting Talkshite on for a couple of minutes this morning & one of their presenters (Sam Allard?) said "Man City have a much bigger squad than anyone else & they never seem to get any injuries" needless to say I switched it off again soon afterwards.

You can't make it up can you........ oh wait, thats literally what they do.

 

[foggy1974]

In theory, you could stand outside any ground on match day, interview 1,000 people and come up with the figure of 8Bn followers/supporters for that club.
As you say, completely meaningless and false!

And the survey said