United Thread - 2022/23

[cleavers]

Yep. We won't be giving it to David Moyes.

The irony of that comment is that if they'd actually stuck with him, they'd probably be in a far better position today, haha.

 

[blue is best]

Agreed but don't you feel the dressing room is already lost?

The Ronaldo situation has been handled appallingly, defending a player who leaves at half time from a preseason friendly is an incredible mistake from any manager.

The Dejong transfer chase is a total embarrassment.

The manager has made huge basic errors from day 1, not sure if could ever get the dressing room back on side.

Team selection /Tactics against Brentford appalling , naive or arrogant, or a bit of all three!

Yes the dressing room is in disarray and now they have been linked with aubameyang, no idea how true the link is but if they are thinking about buying him well, we all know this is the guy who arteta got rid of for unsettling the squad and also his indiscipline, surely if they get rid of ronaldo they won’t want him unsettling the dressing room….but then it is united!

 

[deano ou812]

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Get your popcorn lads.

What does that even mean cant make head nor tail of it ..

 

[Blue Mist]

The bloke born in failsworth.

Reggaie Smethurst, worked on the buses ? Doubt it, he retired to Cleethorpes.

 

[Barcon]

What does that even mean cant make head nor tail of it ..

I think it’s some kind of code.

 

[El_george]

Yes the dressing room is in disarray and now they have been linked with aubameyang, no idea how true the link is but if they are thinking about buying him well, we all know this is the guy who arteta got rid of for unsettling the squad and also his indiscipline, surely if they get rid of ronaldo they won’t want him unsettling the dressing room….but then it is united!

I think I read that their interest in Aubameyang has already cooled, probably because he didn't want to come.

 

[cleavers]

So their offer for De Jong has "expired", and their "deal" to sign Rabiot is "off", ronaldo might be "let go" too, what a great window they're having, on top of the start they've had, wonderful.

 

[Marlo]

On a serious note. Why do the glazers actually want Utd ? They are hated. Do they actually make money from them or just borrow against them. So confused with the whole saga

In two words fuck yes.

They are making a fortune. A conservative view of their buisines plan, would be they would rather pay interest on neverending debt (small payment a year of 25m or something), so they can post profits every year (if they paid off debt in one year say then that would be a loss for that year) - and if they post profits every year they can take dividends (you can't otherwise)

So essentially they are milking the company....but also, I can't blame them in my view. They are running it as a business, but they do have it as a shorter term view to be fair (if they ain't investing in long term payoffs).

The more sinister view as me and A Badger is not a Beaver discussed is that they actually own the debt. Therefore, it is in their interest to keep the club in debt and double dip on both the dividend and the interest payments.

 

[deano ou812]

So their offer for De Jong has expired, and their "deal" to sign Rabiot is "off", ronaldo might be let go too, what a great window they're having, on top of the start they've had, wonderful.

Long may it continue,although I hear Phil the face is back ..

 

[superwatsonwatson]

Reggaie Smethurst, worked on the buses ? Doubt it, he retired to Cleethorpes.

Your right to doubt it. I think Jim moved to Monaco. Put a late bid in for Chelsea recently.