United Thread - 2021/22

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Woodward did a great job for the Glazers.
He orchestrated the leveraged buy-out, he‘s made them many millions and they’re well chuffed with him because they’re not in it for the glory they’re in it for the money.
If their main aim was footballing success then they wouldn’t have employed him but their main aim was filling their coffers and that’s why they employed him in his capacity as a cut throat investment banker.

A prime example is the Ronaldo contract. It was nothing to do with football and everything to do with temporarily maximising the share price to enable the Glazers to take advantage.

The Glazers wanted money to buy an Indian professional cricket team to expand their sports empire. Woodward organised a share sell off and took Ronaldo onboard to give a lift to the share price so that the Glazers could take advantage of the temporary hike.
Ronaldo goes through the door, the share price goes up, Glazers push out the already arranged share sale and take a bundle of money and buy the cricket team then the share price subsides again.
If they’d had a CEO who understood football and wanted to win honours then he’d have refused to take the old crock and the Glazers wouldn’t have their multimillion pound Indian cricket club.

I think they saw Ronaldo as their “Soccer Tom Brady”.

It worked for them in the NFL, so tried it here, and failed.

 

[Vienna_70]

I'm a blue mate......expect relegation every year

It goes with the territory, Sir.

We older Blues had too many kicks in the teeth / too many false dawns in our younger years to expect us to win a trophy before it is certain.

 

[Vienna_70]

I think they saw Ronaldo as their “Soccer Tom Brady”.

It worked for them in the NFL, so tried it here, and failed.

They’re about the same age, aren’t they?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

They’re about the same age, aren’t they?

Both experts on deflation too. One with balls, the other with expectation.

 

[oakiecokie]

I watched the first few minutes and that was enough
That girl wearing sky blue on derby day!
One of those lads after KDB's goal "nobody's done nothing"

Loved all of that !!!

 

[Bluesince1979]

I actually think, and im in no way trying to take the piss here, that some genuinely arent full shillings.

 

[Aba452]

I'm a blue mate......expect relegation every year

Sigh with relief, once the 40 points is in the bag, every season! ;-))

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Sigh with relief, once the 40 points is in the bag, every season! ;-))

We can still finish 12th :-/

 

[Shaggy]

The glory hunting shit **** at the start can't even get the nursery rhyme right, the nonce

 

[kaz7]

At least jesus popped in to hold his hand