United Thread 2015/16

[Vienna_70]

Butt named as academy boss.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35583927

Let's hope he has a similar level of success that Bryan Briggs 'enjoyed' in charge of the first team.

 

[Machiavelli]

Let's hope he has a similar level of success that Bryan Briggs 'enjoyed' in charge of the first team.

I'll await the documentary then.
They could call it "Butt, cheek to cheek".

 

[mat]

Briggs and Butt the new United dream team!!!

Sounds like a horrible brotherly flashback.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

They're naming a stand after the Ticket Tout! Will be hard to get tickets in there anyway

Not long to go then.

 

[Mikejl]

Given they are about to name a stand after Booby Charlton, I think it's safe to say Mourinho is on his way.

Good point, just like the ticket tout to accept this for his silence/change of heart over Maureen. Another corrupt bent bastard

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Where do you think Pete the Greek used to get them from!

What's next? The Martin Edwards stand... every seat fitted with a toilet door infront of it - you have to peer underneath it to see the match!

Pete the Greek! Quality cultural reference!

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Given they are about to name a stand after Booby Charlton, I think it's safe to say Mourinho is on his way.

Well observed mate.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

If Rags fans want to buy tickets for the Bobby Charlton Stand, do they have to apply to him personally, or has he given ticket touting up now he's a really ancient f*cker ?

Neither. He's got a fixer for that nowadays.

 

[laserblue]

Butt named as academy boss.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35583927

Even in this article the rag mouthpiece BBC have managed to get a jibe in that the rags have had more academy players make their first team debuts than City since 2008.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Even in this article the rag mouthpiece BBC have managed to get a jibe in that the rags have had more academy players make their first team debuts than City since 2008.

That really is shit, isn't it?
I wonder how many matches each played, and whether they are claiming Januzaj in there.

 

[bugsyblue]

Does anyone with academy knowledge know if Butt is any good?

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Does anyone with academy knowledge know if Butt is any good?

I don’t know but it is the easy appointment.

If I was DOF over there I would have set out to find a short list of excellent coaches with strong track records and great contacts around the game. I would have asked them all to explain the vision for the academy and how they would turn around the fortunes of the younger age group, who they would bring in, how they would go about scouting etc etc. I would look to bring in an outsider with a mandate to transform the place and kick it on.

If I was disinterested and looking for the easy option I’d have a quiet word with one of the old guard and ask them who wants it. He might be the man for the job however it smacks of complacency and lack of genuine desire to change.

 

[bugsyblue]

I don’t know but it is the easy appointment.

If I was DOF over there I would have set out to find a short list of excellent coaches with strong track records and great contacts around the game. I would have asked them all to explain the vision for the academy and how they would turn around the fortunes of the younger age group, who they would bring in, how they would go about scouting etc etc. I would look to bring in an outsider with a mandate to transform the place and kick it on.

If I was disinterested and looking for the easy option I’d have a quiet word with one of the old guard and ask them who wants it. He might be the man for the job however it smacks of complacency and lack of genuine desire to change.

I agree. But just to ply devil's advocate we don't know if that's exactly what United have done but then opted for Butt. I'm hoping it's complacency though, which seems to be endemic at the swamp these days.

 

[wagonman]

Obviously the Manure Acadamy is better than ours, otherwise our players wouldn't send their sons to it...

JJ

 

[blue roo]

Good point, just like the ticket tout to accept this for his silence/change of heart over Maureen. Another corrupt bent bastard

Exactly. Read em like The Beano.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Good point, just like the ticket tout to accept this for his silence/change of heart over Maureen. Another corrupt bent bastard

Stand named after Charlton, Butt appointed Academy head. Does sound like Woodward is trying to placate the old guard because he's about to do something they won't like.

But then that gang of moral bankrupts could always have their principles bought off them. Like Gill railing against the Glazers' forthcoming purchase back in 2004 and saying "Debt is the road to ruin" then staying on to take their shilling because "I had 550 employees who relied on me". I'm sure there'd have been no shortage of well-qualified applicants for the job and that he wouldn't have been short of offers.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Are they doing some sort of unveiling today regards this naming of the stand?.....quite a few TV trucks there now.

 

[manimanc]

Are they doing some sort of unveiling today regards this naming of the stand?.....quite a few TV trucks there now.

Maybe these trucks turned up from the TV channels to cover another barmy champions league night under the lights at old Trafford. ......Oh hang on a minute!!!!

 

[Centurions]

Butt named as academy boss.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35583927

We might as well as sell all our kids and bulldoze the CFA for new flats, the rags are back. Class of '16 coming up any moment.

 

[goalmole]

I don’t know but it is the easy appointment.

If I was DOF over there I would have set out to find a short list of excellent coaches with strong track records and great contacts around the game. I would have asked them all to explain the vision for the academy and how they would turn around the fortunes of the younger age group, who they would bring in, how they would go about scouting etc etc. I would look to bring in an outsider with a mandate to transform the place and kick it on.

If I was disinterested and looking for the easy option I’d have a quiet word with one of the old guard and ask them who wants it. He might be the man for the job however it smacks of complacency and lack of genuine desire to change.

It's the United way these days. Long may it continue.