United Thread - 2021/22

[Grassland Blue]

Perhaps wake up in the fireplace…

You're on fire...

 

[Keep the Faith]

I bet their shareholders are really happy with that briefing to supporters. Totally unprofessional

Unprofessional maybe, but the absolute truth which no one has been prepared to admit to and no one has been prepared to publish.
For that i applaud him, what happened happened on Woodward's watch which is now over.
What he didn't admit to is whether or not Ferguson is still allowed a say in what goes on.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

They are on the brink now. Either the new regime stops the rot PDQ or they sink a lot further.
To rebuild the squad and the stadium might take up to £2bn. Can’t see the Glazers being sanguine about that. Might be forced to sell. The Delicious irony if a mega rich Arab buys them.

If they don't qualify for the 2023/24 CL, meaning two consecutive seasons out of it, the clauses affecting sponsorship and financial covenants kick in. That could mean having significantly less to spend.

Added to that, if they really are planning to borrow a significant sum to redevelop OT, or even rebuild it, that will attract interest as rates are going up. The lenders could see them as a bigger potential risk due to the loss of revenue outlined above, which could mean paying higher rates. If they double their current debt, that could mean an additional £50m a year going out and unless they expand OT significantly, they won't make that back. They'd probably need to expand it to over 100k to even make a decent dent in that sort of outgoing. And the worse they get, the less chance they have of filling those seats.

This is very much a tipping point season for them potentially.

 

[foggy1974]

The difference between us & them at the moment is we have people in charge who are willing to make the difficult calls.

As difficult it was seeing Sergio in a Barca shirt, it was the correct buisness decision. Similar senerio saying no to Messi when Barca were forced to get rid & not paying Ronaldo 500k+ a week just because we needed a striker.

The Glazers have used a similar tactic in the Nfl by signing Brady & Gronk but have won the superbowl.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Would look better with a zebra pattern on the collar
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That collar is supposed to represent their share price I think.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

A so called Dutch football expert on slysoprts news just said the rags have great centre half's.

I thought I was still pissed from last night.
But no after rewinding it he definitely just said it.

 

[KentBlue]

If they get off to a bumpy start when the new season starts the panic will really set in. A few defeats and a couple of dull, boring 0-0 draws will have the knives out for ten-bob, almost guaranteed. Then they'll probably bring in Potch who will dismantle everything his predecessor had done and they will be back to square one. The only solution then would be to re-sign Pogbad for £4 million, pay him a weekly wage of £950 thousand and then sink into the Championship and spend the rest of their existence narrowly avoiding relegation. And I will die and go to Heaven with the biggest fuck off sneer ever witnessed on my drink-ravaged face.

 

[andyhinch]

I’m trying to work out which beer garden they were in so I know where to avoid, can’t place it, possibly the Bridge.

 

[KentBlue]

Would look better with a zebra pattern on the collar
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Personally I think a barbed wire noose would look better on the wearer.

 

[HelloCity]

Look out for Ronaldo making a late push to move. Ain’t no way that guy will want to play in the Europa.