United Thread - 2021/22

[Inter Me Nan]

I mean Ralf Ragnick c'mon, I wouldn't employ him to walk my dog..

And not just coz he can't hold onto a lead.......

You spelt wank wrong mate.

 

[DC1982]

Nevermind that.... do you like The Smiths?

I have never listened to them much. I love music but I am not a hardcore fan who gets heavily into bands etc. I have never even been to a gig/concert. I guess I like dance music, rock music, metal, the most.

 

[Postman Pep]

I hadn’t even thought about that, if they do miss Europe for a few seasons I don’t know what happens to them financially either.

The big hit is missing out on the CL and not just the TV/prize money. Pretty sure their kit deal for example is adjusted downwards if they don't qualify.
The money on offer in the Thursday night cups is miniscule in comparison, it's all about the 'glory'!
Another reason I quite like the idea of them slumming it in the Europa Conference for a few seasons.

 

[Northblue]

West Ham, Southampton, Burnley next. I don't see more than 4-5 points out of that.

 

[Nails]

It always amazes me when people call Guardiola's football boring. I tend to consider people who say that clueless cunts when it comes to football, frankly. I doubt most of them have ever played the game.

Sorry for going off on a tangent, just giving you some background into my logic and thinking.

*APPLAUDS*

 

[eyalluvitt]

Nevermind that.... do you like The Smiths?

& Bap or Barm?

 

[CPPSC]

I am a fan of English football and football generally. I don't support and English club but I like watching the Premier League. I used to watch La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A too, but my interest waned as I got older (40 in May) because time became more precious and I feel disconnected from a lot of players now. It's weird when you're older than active players as compared to when you're a teen and they're all older than you. But I still enjoy good football and for me the Premier League has the best football now (I used to think La Liga was the best and before that serie A) so I watch it, as well as European football (CL, EL) and international football.

I actually do support a club in my country but it's a very leisurely support even though the club is successful, and the reason for that is that my political views do not align with the club's, but I formed an emotional attachment to the club long before I became politically conscious, so I am in turmoil at wanting the club to win but being put off by a lot of the political views of the fans and their cretinous opinions and behaviour. Some people can seperate these things, I can't. I hope this makes some sense.

So rather than attach myself to a European heavyweight all of a sudden like a glory-hunter, I just enjoy watching good teams. I loved watching Pep's Barca, his Bayern, I like watching highlights of and reading excerpts of Cruyff and Michel's Holland, the Magical Magyars, Pele and Garrincha's Brazil teams, the quality Bayern and Ajax teams of the 70s etc.

I don't know exactly why I hate Man United. I was 11 when they won their first title in the Premier League era under Ferguson so I suppose if I had a different personality I was the prime type of glory hunter at a young age they'd want to attract, but I just always despised the club. I just always thought they were a horrible club and that was reinforced when I read about how they dined out on Munich and treated the survivors etc, all the stuff about Edwards and poisoned meat etc. I knew about all this before I read it on here but I learned they did even more horrid stuff. Of course every club has its skeletons but they seem to have more than just about anyone.

Also, I never bought the idea that they played good football. Their 90s style was too chaotic for me and all about smacking it down the wings and spamming crosses into the box, percentage football, vert 90s PL era football. I still maintain the main problem they have now is that they never adapted to modern football, and when Guardiola influenced football with Barca to bring it back round to more of a possession and pressing game, United were horribly unequipped with their ethos as a club to play this style of football. Even now you can see they rarely ever play good combinations, press well, dribble well, maintain possession. They're still trying to play that 90s ultra counter attack fast style, and while I think counter attack has its place too my preference in football is Barca and City's mostly possession style. It always amazes me when people call Guardiola's football boring. I tend to consider people who say that clueless cunts when it comes to football, frankly. I doubt most of them have ever played the game. I have played the game for over 30 years and it is much harder and more satisfying to pass round or dribble round tight spaces in a team than to run into loads of space on a counter. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy counter attacking football, just nowhere near as much as ruining a tightly packed organised, balanced defence. The latter naturally takes more skill. I have always been more about technique than athleticism, even though as a player myself I was/am very fast, a strong dribbler and passer according to others. I just prefer combination play.

Sorry for going off on a tangent, just giving you some background into my logic and thinking.

You’re good at typing it would take me hours to do one of your posts

 

[jimharri]

You think we're bad at corners......

 

[Winchester]

As I posted here a while ago
Meet the New Boss
Same as the Old Boss

 

[SWPISHOME]

You think we're bad at corners......

The Centurions.