United Thread 2015/16

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In reference to their comment about when the oil runs out. The reason the Sheikh bought the club is to get out of their reliance on oil. In the book by David Conn, Richer than God, Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up. They explain how they are buying assets around the world to keep the money flowing into Abu Dhabi ready for when the oil does run out. So that comment is redundant.
 
FanchesterCity said:
There's always a chance it could go tits up with the Sheik if he passed away, or there was some major political issue between the UK and UAE, but investors at United could equally decide that football's not for them, or it's time to change their investment from one club to another. After all, they aren't necessarily football fans, let alone United fans. They are just investors.

Even if it did go tits up at City, we wouldn't necessarily be back to pre Sheik days. We've grown hugely and would be an entirely different proposition to new owners. You can't put the genie back in the bottle.

Things change. It's pointless them believing change can only happen to City, whilst kidding themselves they are immune to it.

There ARE some real whoppers on every forum, but there's a few sensible ones on RedCafe too who do actually credit us as having a fantastic squad and having changed as a club (which isn't going to just 'go away').
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You are absolutely spot on there, mate, especially your third paragraph. City were a much bigger club than united before WW2; that united fans dismissed out of hand the possibility of it ever happening again, no matter what, showed a complete lack of imagination or mental capacity on their part. Only capable of seeing the world through the prism of the present. Anyone who uses the terms 'always' and 'never' in that context is quite simply a fool.

I also agree with your last paragraph, however. There are a lot of fair, balanced posters on there. Far more than on RAWK.
 
bluebanjo said:
In reference to their comment about when the oil runs out. The reason the Sheikh bought the club is to get out of their reliance on oil. In the book by David Conn, Richer than God, Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up. They explain how they are buying assets around the world to keep the money flowing into Abu Dhabi ready for when the oil does run out. So that comment is redundant.
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If Abu Dhabi oil runs out within a generation I suspect united fans and football fans more widely will have more immediate and pressing concerns than sporting rivalry.

A comment spawned by bitterness and desperation.
 
I'm really starting to fear the worse for this season... only 3 games in for the rags and they've already benefited from own goals, turned down penalties and sending offs, add to that the sycophantic arse licking from the media, which seems to have escalated to a whole new level and all the while they've been playing pub team standard football, it feels like it's going to be a long and frustrating season.
 
jacko74 said:
I'm really starting to fear the worse for this season... only 3 games in for the rags and they've already benefited from own goals, turned down penalties and sending offs, add to that the sycophantic arse licking from the media, which seems to have escalated to a whole new level and all the while they've been playing pub team standard football, it feels like it's going to be a long and frustrating season.
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The other side of the coin is that they are using up a lot of their luck at the moment. I can't wait to face them in October.
 
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