United Thread - 2022/23

[Brightwell Bros.]

The elephant in the room….. could this club face a relegation battle in the 22/23 season?

27 points in the last 22 PL games from January 1st. What’s that? Bottom 6 form? Not far off relegation form? Of course people will say, “we’re only two games into the season, stop over reacting.” But I look at this as a long term endemic issue riddled throughout this squad of players. The lack...

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[KS55]

That’s not right though. We fell apart when he left and Burnley were relegated before he took over in the summer. Billy MacNeil, on the other hand……..

Old memory letting me down again. Going out to pasture now.

 

[rowarta]

be funny if Musk did buy United (but very unlikely) as he'd personally lead recruitment but 10 times worse than Todd Boehly. Musk would be running Twitter polls to see which players he should be buying.

 

[LongsightM13]

So over the last 38 Premier League games, the equivalent of an entire season, my admittedly dodgy maths has it that they are 41 points behind us (96 to 55)
That’s an average of more than a point a game, which is MASSIVE

Their goal difference is even worse - they’re 81 behind us (76 to minus 5).
That’s an average of more than two goals a game, which is even more MASSIVE.

Lads, we’re basically playing a different sport

Now 42 points and 84 goal difference behind us over the last 38 PL games

 

[KS55]

They think it works like American sports where you can have millions of people wearing New York Yankees hats without knowing who the fuck they are. But football doesn't work like that. American sport has a far higher turnover of successful teams, whereas European football has a virtuous circle between investment, success on the pitch and income. Teams that fail to invest drop off the face of the earth.

Anyway, another player has turned them down because they can't match his wage demands. And there's the other issue. When you're shit, even average players like Rabiot demand top wages to come down to your level.

And so the performance gets worse, the sponsorship drops off, the shirt sales drop off, the clicks and visits to mutv and social media sites get less……..round and round we go and down the plug hole.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Old memory letting me down again. Going out to pasture now.

I’m not too bad with the 80’s, it’s last week I struggle with ;-)

 

[andyhinch]

be funny if Musk did buy United (but very unlikely) as he'd personally lead recruitment but 10 times worse than Todd Boehly. Musk would be running Twitter polls to see which players he should be buying.

I think he called them a long running joke on twatter, that’s how I read it anyway ;-)

 

[TonyM]

I'd love if some Sheikh claimed he was buying them and later laugh it off as a joke . Let's see if they stand by their false morals in the interim.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I really wish he didn’t say it was a joke until about midday our time. We didn’t get to enjoy some carnage.

 

[dickie davies]

Eriksen. Buying a 30 old who`s had a heart attack, I wish him good health but I think this speaks for itself.

That did make me laugh