United thread 2019/20

[r.soleofsalford]

I hope he stops digging soon otherwise he'll be popping up in my garden in New Zealand

You must have a hell of a big garden.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

they have get 2 pitches and a coke machine.

apparently Rio emptied the machine,never been used since.

 

[BlueRockape]

I think I noticed you working there

Nicked it
It looks like Boris

 

[Blue Mist]

They have about 16 pitches to be fair. It just the buildings that are shite. Like a council sports hall.

One point I would make is that the windows in the toilets at council run sports halls are a lot smaller.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

I built Carrington when I was at Laings back in 1999. It is a decent facility but a shite depressing location and next to a load of electricity pylons.

Not sure what has been spent on it in the intervening years but it cost 10 million back then.

Things have moved on hugely since then so I would imagine it needs a lot doing to it.

It is awful round there. Flat and soulless.

 

[JASR]

I built Carrington when I was at Laings back in 1999. It is a decent facility but a shite depressing location and next to a load of electricity pylons.

Not sure what has been spent on it in the intervening years but it cost 10 million back then.

Things have moved on hugely since then so I would imagine it needs a lot doing to it.

Afaik carrington land (as also used to be used by City (and then lent to busted Bury) and still is by sale sharks) is owned by Sale FC rugby.

Although I’m happy to be corrected on that.

So United (owned by Glazers, owned by debt to the banks), have hardly any real assets other than players and a hardly fit for purpose Old Trafford.

We may not own our own stadium, but the rest of the land (and it’s many state of the art facilities) are (afaik).

Carrington is a depressing place, I agree.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

We may not own our own stadium.

I'm pretty sure the swamp was donated to the rags,not bought or built by them.
Happy to be corrected on that?

 

[ccr]

It is awful round there. Flat and soulless.

Preparing the players to play at the swamp. Nowt wrong with that.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Afaik carrington land (as also used to be used by City (and then lent to busted Bury) and still is by sale sharks) is owned by Sale FC rugby.

Although I’m happy to be corrected on that.

So United (owned by Glazers, owned by debt to the banks), have hardly any real assets other than players and a hardly fit for purpose Old Trafford.

We may not own our own stadium, but the rest of the land (and it’s many state of the art facilities) are (afaik).

Carrington is a depressing place, I agree.

We own our stadium in the same way most people own a lease hold flat, a bit more complex but it is essentially ours for the residual of 100 years. The Council did the softest deal in the history of soft deals on that ground. We would have been mad to turn it down and buy it outright.

I thought we owned our carrington site and leased it to Bury? Maybe not.

 

[GOULDYBOBS]

I built Carrington when I was at Laings back in 1999. It is a decent facility but a shite depressing location and next to a load of electricity pylons.

Whoah that's right near my gaff!