United thread 2019/20

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Still can't tempt you into 9th yet? :-)

Not yet, but it's a long winter ;-)

 

[JASR]

I'm getting a bit worried that de gea won't be signing this 400k pw contract.

As he always stays on his line, staying on the signature dotted line should be a doodle doddle.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

What he meant to say was that's not how they operated between 1986 and 2013 which is obviously what defines that club even though they have existed for over a hundred years.

Do keep up kaz ;-)

Since Busby went, Ferguson apart, I can't imagine their average length of managerial appointment is much more than two years.

 

[worsleyweb]

Great result yesterday. I thought they would do much better. Ole clearly well out of his depth.

 

[remember arthur mann]

They will be looking back on Louis' days as a golden period if this keeps up.

They certainly can pick them !

 

[Neville Kneville]

They certainly can pick them !

Louis was truly great.

 

[mosssideblue]

Someones on the caf taking the piss - own up :)

Serious question......

Is there anything to said for a team to be rewarded a "half a goal for hitting the post"

Would make games more interesting and rewards players like Rashford for hitting a worldie off the post.

In most cases hitting a post is harder to do then scoring a goal. Anyone who has attempted the crossbar challenge will agree with this.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Apart from Busby and the GPC why do all their managers turn to sh1te?

Edit:- apart from the paper boy who was sh1te anyway.

 

[JASR]

Since Busby went, Ferguson apart, I can't imagine their average length of managerial appointment is much more than two years.

Yeah that seems pretty accurate guess.

If you sort the table by number of games here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Manchester_United_F.C._managers#Statistics
And discount Ferguson, Busby, Mangnall, the temps and the across World War manager's, the average, from a quick visual check, looks about 2-3 years worth of games.
The overall data is massively skewed by 2-3 managers across about 1/3 of the lifetime of the club.

Looks like they have a pattern, they get a decent manager with a gap of about 20-30 years between tenures. So 2033 is when they are potentially 'back' to the 'United way'.

For balance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Manchester_City_F.C._managers#Managers
Taking out the temps etc, then it's an average of about an average of 2-3 years tenure worth of games as well.

/me awaits some disproval of visual averaging by someone with even more OCD.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Someones on the caf taking the piss - own up :)

Serious question......

Is there anything to said for a team to be rewarded a "half a goal for hitting the post"

Would make games more interesting and rewards players like Rashford for hitting a worldie off the post.

In most cases hitting a post is harder to do then scoring a goal. Anyone who has attempted the crossbar challenge will agree with this.

Funny as f..k, that will keep me amused for the rest of the week, should be on the joke thread.