United 2016/17

[moomba]

I think the issue with their academy is more deep rooted and long standing than Mourinho. Anyone casting an eye on their youth set up can see they've still got quite a bit of talent in the upper age brackets, but below that it pretty much falls off a cliff - and will take years to reverse, whoever is in the manager's seat, now and in the future.

They've been buying a heap in the 16-18 age range, think they've written off that group from last season. Suspect they'll be doing the same for a few seasons to come.

 

[SWP's back]

Are there any Utd. fans who post in here, who are also active on Red Cafe? If so, can you tell me what the heck that site is site playing at??? I have been banned, yet again and I didn't do anything wrong?

I joined yesterday and made a harmless comment on a thread about Wayne Rooney. Today I started a thread about Fellaini possibly going to Sunderland and that initiated a decent and funny debate. I acknowledged I was a City suppoerter, I filled in a thing on the new posters thread saying I was born in Manchester and will always be a City fan but I expect this season to be amazing and wanted to discuss it with them, etc. etc. They claim to welcome City fans so I don't think that was the issue.

Tonight, I had spent about 30 mins on a detailed post - again about Wayne Rooney and how I think he would be best off going to Everton - probably at the end of this year. But when I tried to submit it, I got this message - "Error, you have been banned".

I'm really annoyed because on that site, once you are banned, you cannot get onto a whole section of the forums, the 'Newbie section', so now I can't even see how the discussion on my Fellaini thread pans out.

Is this not a breach of my human rights!

I thought this country was one where free-speech prevailed?

If there are any techies out there, I'd also appreciate your input on how this happened. I did, thinking back, sign up last night whilst having a beer in my local. My tablet was on the Pub's wi-fi so, I assume it was a new IP address, not known to Red Cafe. The e-mail I used was also 'new'.

However, today, I created the Fellaini thread on my home PC - did that cross-reference my IP address to one on a database of banned ones, or what? I just think people should be given chances. Did they send me a message saying that I must be careful and post respectfully (which I intended to do)? No just a straight ban. Grrr its really annoyed me.

P.S. Just to add, the last time I was banned, I think it was because I dared to suggest that Marcus Rojo was a bad purchase, because a) they had to pay Nani's wages for a year to get him, b) because he had legal problems back in South America, meaning he was late joining Utd. and finally c) because he isn't very good. Ironically, according to the papers today, Utd. are probably going to sell Rojo, because..... he isn't very good!

I think my ban before that - and I can understand this one, was because I dared to criticise the holy of holys: SAF. I wrote a post saying that although he built up an empire, his actions, particularly over a race horse (Rock of Gibralta) ultimately led to the Glazer takeover & Utd's decline.... I can see why that annoyed them! But I think people should be given chances and the people running Red Cafe seem just too harsh.

Yeah I can see why you were banned.

 

[mosssideblue]

Ridiculous signing that tbf

which ?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

They've been buying a heap in the 16-18 age range, think they've written off that group from last season. Suspect they'll be doing the same for a few seasons to come.

I'm sure buying 16-18 year olds will become the new "right way of doing things" by osmosis!!

There's two ways of dealing with their ever shifting moral compass: getting pissed off about it or laughing your tits off at it.

I prefer the latter :-D

 

[casserole of nonsense]

I'm sure buying 16-18 year olds will become the new "right way of doing things" by osmosis!!

There's two ways of dealing with their ever shifting moral compass: getting pissed off about it or laughing your tits off at it.

I prefer the latter :-D

I've reached a kind of Third Way synthesis. I'm pissed off with constantly sticking my tits back on.

 

[Vienna_70]

Gone are the days of SAF. Van Gaal or Moyes didn't get that many favours and if Chelsea's last season is to go by, Mourinho isn't going to get any special treatment from the refs.

SAF?

Isn't that worthy of a ban?

There are plenty of ways to describe that bastard without resorting to those three letters.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I've reached a kind of Third Way synthesis. I'm pissed off with constantly sticking my tits back on.

Don't be. They look nice.

 

[casserole of nonsense]

Don't be. They look nice.

I'll have you know my pectorals are simply to die for.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I'll have you know my saggy woman tits are simply to die for.

 

[mat]

just passed the swamp on my train and there's a smell of stale sewage in the air. I'm not sure if there's a correlation?