United Thread - 2023/24

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

We all love a laugh at the rags and most fans can see the mounting problems:

Changing managers
Poor player buys
Inadequate training of good players
Spending huge amounts each year
Player discipline is a problem
No plan, no system
Owners are they only positive -:)
Media spin is in hyperdrive
Ex players rent a quote 24/7
Sunderland won’t buy their duds, moyes did try in fairness.

The rags are now basically a shit football club and without the finances would be in div 2. The fans would be better off just accepting that their time is over. The 90s are gone.

Just a shit club.

True but I'd say Chelsea are worse in terms of being a badly run club. Chelsea have spent shitloads and have baked in problems for years to come.

The rags don't have that many big names on long deals. That could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how they manage it.

 

[bigA]

Mark Goldbridge has just found conclusive proof that Uniteds disallowed goal against Brighton was in play and should have stood.

 

[bluesteve1964]

I detest the bastards, always have done always will. I get nearly as much pleasure from them being shit as I do by us being brilliant.
Long may it continue,

 

[Gingers Dad]

This is the response to my escalated complaint about Stone’s USA jolly, as a fan boy, watching his heroes play in half empty stadia.

Like the rest of the BBC, the Sport website and app is committed to providing value to licence fee payers.

During the football pre-season coverage we didn’t only have reporters following Manchester United. We had reporters in the USA with Chelsea, Manchester United, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Brighton and Wrexham.

Simon Stone covered four of these teams, with Alex Howell covering the rest.

Despite not having reporters present with all Premier League teams we still provided extensive updates – numerous each day – on every Premier League team. For example, Simon himself posted updates about Man City’s transfer news and the club’s friendly against Atletico Madrid.
We also published a full match report on City’s win on 23 July against Yokohama F Marinos as stated previously.

We hope to have assured you that we will continue to provide detailed and wide-ranging reporting and analysis of football across the Premier League and indeed across the lower divisions and internationals.

Thank you again for your feedback, which has been shared with the Sport Website team.

So the BBC admit they didn't send a sports journalist on the preseason tour of the English and European Champions. They thought they would answer your complaint by declaring that their journalist who was on tour on a different continent posted updates on the City game against Atletico.


This is the "full match report" on City vs Yokohama

Manchester City opened their pre-season with a 5-3 victory over Yokohama F Marinos at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.

City found themselves two behind seven minutes before half-time after goals from Anderson Lopes and Ken Matsubara.

But the Treble winners were level by the break - first, John Stones firing high into the net, then Julian Alvarez pouncing on an error from goalkeeper Jun Ichimori.

Pep Guardiola made 10 changes at half-time - with only keeper Stefan Ortega playing the whole game - and Erling Haaland took just seven minutes to get on the scoresheet, turning in the penalty area before finding the bottom corner.

Rodri then curled home from outside the box to make it 4-2.

Kenta Inoue pulled one back for the hosts four minutes after a mix-up between Ortega and Rico Lewis.

But Haaland tapped in Joao Cancelo's cross in stoppage time to add his second and some gloss to the scoreline.

No journalist named

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

True but I'd say Chelsea are worse in terms of being a badly run club. Chelsea have spent shitloads and have baked in problems for years to come.

The rags don't have that many big names on long deals. That could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how they manage it.

Chelsea's gamble is that their long contracts are offset by younger players on smallish base wages so that when push comes to shove it'll be easy to get players off the books. A massive chunk of the United team are older, and on silly wages or medium term contracts where that only four or five clubs in the world can afford to match them. They're both potentially fucked, but I'd prefer to be Chelsea right now for a handful of reasons.

Still think Poch can whittle down and work out something from the squad he's got.

 

[dadnlad]

He’s as complicit as anyone else, he gets £2 million a year to be an ambassador and still has an office at Old Trafford. How is that value for money and surely it could be spent better elsewhere in the academy bringing players through of improving facilities. You don’t hear Neville calling him out though when he’s calling out the Glazers. Why is that?

and still got prime car parking spot

 

[laserblue]

 

[Blue Lorry]

Can anybody confirm what Ferguson's role is at the rags?
Heard he is paid £2m a year as an advisor and sits on some secondary board of directors.

I’ve heard that it’s to ensure they never get any decent managers and players so he can protect his ‘legendary status’!

 

[Gingers Dad]

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Has " the United way" been retired now?

I think this needs updating.

At least no one could ever accuse them of arrogance

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

I’ve heard that it’s to ensure they never get any decent managers and players so he can protect his ‘legendary status’!

Said in jest, but pretty sure you are not wide of the mark.

An arrogant and greedy narcissist is there and he doesn't want to lose his legacy with the fuckwit braindeads.

In truth somebody with balls should be calling the old sod out and trying to force him away from the club, but there is little to no chance with the spineless sycophants " in charge " of the shithole.