United Thread 2014/15

[kippaxwarrior]

They have still not got over the fact that bacon face has gone and its going to be a very long time for them to do that

 

[jimharri]

I am struggling to find the 9 star players who were out injured?

So far I have come up with Luke Shaw, Robin Van Persie, Jonny Evans, Danny Welbeck, Antonio Valencia and Michael Carrick.

That is only 6 of which only one can truly be called a star!

Fixed that for you.

 

[Tbilisi]

what did woodward say?

http://economia.icaew.com/business/february-2014/you-cant-replicate-manchester-united

Do United need to win trophies to keep attracting sponsors?

"No. If you fight hard and just fail, people will still watch you on television, still turn up and buy shirts. There’s still a lot of affinity with the club. The reality is that you can’t always win. Take Liverpool. They still sell an incredible number of shirts and have the second biggest shirt deal in the Premier League. They have one of the biggest technical partner deals. And Liverpool haven’t won the league since 1990. If we have a bad year, we have the financial strength to change the team."

Subtlety really isn't our Ed's strong suit. He needs to tone that down before he's found out.

Agent Eds going to blow his cover if were not careful

 

[I'm With Stupid]

They don't need to win trophies any more they're just in it for the money, the plastics will carry on buying tatty rag shirts and the sponsors will carry on sponsoring. I think Woodward's admission was a head's up to anyone who wanted to listen, it's a pity the pundits and the rag media don't want to believe it.

Mediocre Utd are here to stay and the greedy Glazers are lovin' it.

what did woodward say?

http://economia.icaew.com/business/february-2014/you-cant-replicate-manchester-united

Do United need to win trophies to keep attracting sponsors?

"No. If you fight hard and just fail, people will still watch you on television, still turn up and buy shirts. There’s still a lot of affinity with the club. The reality is that you can’t always win. Take Liverpool. They still sell an incredible number of shirts and have the second biggest shirt deal in the Premier League. They have one of the biggest technical partner deals. And Liverpool haven’t won the league since 1990. If we have a bad year, we have the financial strength to change the team."

That would be Liverpool, the 12th highest earning club in Europe, and 5th highest club in the Premier League (behind the 4 that regularly qualify for the Champions League). And they might not have won the league for a while, but they have won the Champions League in that time.

 

[jimharri]

That would be Liverpool, the 12th highest earning club in Europe, and 5th highest club in the Premier League (behind the 4 that regularly qualify for the Champions League). And they might not have won the league for a while, but they have won the Champions League in that time.

Eh?

 

[Tbilisi]

Woodward is a Glazer man through and through and only concerned about money, just like the glazers, he should receive 10/10 for the way he has managed to get the sponsorship deals for the scum. On the balance sheet there isn't that much difference in revenue between finishing fourth and qualifying for CL and winning the prem title and being in CL, a few million which can easily be made up by being the preferred noddle choice in Asia. I suspect they are not even bothered about competing in CL for silverware either. It seems to me that even if the rags get a squad together to guarantee them CL footie they will still be a long way behind Bayern, RM and Barca.

How many years have Arsenal qualified for CL and still haven't won it, yet they still have a go at us for not winning the damn thing. Agenda or what?

Sorry cant agree with that.

Any hard nosed business man I know could do what he did,his organisational skills are being found out.

 

[Dubai Blue]

I know twitter isn't most reliable thing but there's a report coming from SKY Italia saying Van Gaal could leave by Friday due to boardroom incompetence, if there is one thing I could pray for after a win for us today would be this, I think OT would explode.

That would be fantastic and I wouldn't put it past Butthead if they don't manage to land any of his targets before the window closes. He knows his reputation will be soured if he's left with just the current crop to work with. Why bother taking the risk?

 

[Tbilisi]

I know twitter isn't most reliable thing but there's a report coming from SKY Italia saying Van Gaal could leave by Friday due to boardroom incompetence, if there is one thing I could pray for after a win for us today would be this, I think OT would explode.

That would be fantastic and I wouldn't put it past Butthead if they don't manage to land any of his targets before the window closes. He knows his reputation will be soured if he's left with just the current crop to work with. Why bother taking the risk?

I wonder if the chinless one cares,one last big pay day?

 

[BigJoe#1]

This year could top last year's moyes mess.

I don't see it. Last season will really take some topping. A perfect time to be a blue. You kept thinking this is the lowest they can go, and time and time again, there was just more comedy and more lows right behind the corner. Loved it.

Time to chuck away a fiver and I have.

I genuinely believe that Manchester United football Club will be In the relegation fight this season.

I ask you, who do they have on the bench or on the injury list that they can bring in to shore up that defence and fill the midfield? The answer is simple, nobody.

I don't see them getting anything at Sunnerlunt next week, possibly a draw at Burnley who will definitely be up for it the week after. I forecast their first win will be against QPR.

After that I forecast Leicester to get at least a draw, possibly will beat BFS's West Ham but lose to Everton.

Then they have WBA away, Chelski Home, and us away, I don't think they'll pick up a point from any of those games.

Their nerves will be shot, Rooney and Van Persie will have had many a tiff! they my friends are in really deep trouble because as we all know they cannot defend for toffee. This is going to be a rough ride for them, the roughest ride this current generation of players and supporters will have ever experienced and quite frankly, after dropping 3points at home to Swansea (a team that most side will consider to be a certain 3 pointer at home I feel confident they are going to struggle.

£5 wins me £3,755.00.... just had to be done.

 

[Dubai Blue]

I know twitter isn't most reliable thing but there's a report coming from SKY Italia saying Van Gaal could leave by Friday due to boardroom incompetence, if there is one thing I could pray for after a win for us today would be this, I think OT would explode.

That would be fantastic and I wouldn't put it past Butthead if they don't manage to land any of his targets before the window closes. He knows his reputation will be soured if he's left with just the current crop to work with. Why bother taking the risk?

I wonder if the chinless one cares,one last big pay day?

That would obviously be the main motivation to stay, but you can understand his frustration. Forget all the nonsense he spouted about wanting to see all the current players in action, there is no way he expected to go into the new season with just Herrera and Shaw signed up.

Someone is arsing this right up behind the scenes, just as they did at the start of Wee Davey's reign. He will have been assured of 5 or 6 new signings and if he doesn't get them he'll be extremely pissed off, and rightly so.