United Thread - 2023/24

[Gingers Dad]

They’ve consistently spent money since we won the title in 2012.

Serious question have they bought a player since Van Persie who's been a successful signing?
Someone who's either played well over a good period of time or they sold for a significant profit.

 

[Keeper!]

If there was ever a perfect example of never buy/loan a player who has a great world cup, this has to be the one...

In Qatar he looked a player, at the swamp even surrounded by excrement he looks bad.

 

[Gingers Dad]

EDIT!! This is a piss take!!


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Any comment on wife beating?

 

[jacko74]

Still cant get over 166m for Maguire + Anthony. And we got Akanji and Julian for under 30m

Unfortunately it demonstrates just how big their revenues still are despite a decade of failure and underachievement.

 

[jacko74]

Has Scruffy Jim's purchase been officially completed yet?

Last I'd heard it still had to be ratified by the board and it all seems to have gone very quiet since then.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Serious question have they bought a player since Van Persie who's been a successful signing?
Someone who's either played well over a good period of time or they sold for a significant profit.

Would you even count van Persie in that bracket? Played well for a season and won them the title, but then reverted to his usual crocked self. 26 league goals in his first season, then only 22 in the following two combined.

There's a reasonable argument that the last great transfer window was the 05/06 window when they brought in Vidic, Evra, van der Sar and Park. Since then, you could only point to Carrick (06/07), De Gea (11/12) and Shaw (14/15) as players that have had a long-term role in the first team at a fairly high level.

 

[Grassland Blue]

No way the Swamp meets disability regulations, an able bodied person struggles accessing that shit hole!

They do cater for mental disability very well though....

 

[Grassland Blue]

Went to both those quarter finals. Both pretty nawty. Especially the Everton one at Goodison.

And the 10-1.

Didn’t do that particular Bradford away, although I went the following season: ‘at long, long last…’. Stewart’s goal near the end (of the one you went to) was amazing. Limbs!

Can’t believe you left off Charlton! Epic game!

The 5-1 which clinched City promotion ahead of dirty Leeds?

 

[MadchesterCity]

the its not the manager lot need to ask would Pep, ancelotti or klopp get a retirn pf performances from a team of


----------------------onana-------------
wan bissaka---‐----------reguilon
--------maguire-------martinez-------

--------------casemero------------
------fernandez-----mount-----

sancho----holjund----rashford

probably the best 11 at their disposal

I would say yes, this squad if younger and more technical than ones under moyes, van gaal and mourinho, and so ten hag has no excise except he isn't that good a manager

There squad and first 11 is shit considering the money they have spent

 

[waspish]

Unfortunately it demonstrates just how big their revenues still are despite a decade of failure and underachievement.

It's why the Glazers are there and will stick around it's a dream cash cow for them!