United Thread - 2023/24

[Gordyola]

how the fuck are this shower 6th???

Because Brighton havent played this "match round" yet

 

[tweety]

Thought Luton had the better chances and could have easily won the game. The rags scored a scruffy one off a set piece by their renowned forward Lindelhoff. Their luck will change and I reckon they'll finish 8th.

 

[Gordyola]

One scrappy 1-0 win against the mighty Luton and already see some of the Rags and their PR machine crawling out their woodwork.

Throwing out Ten Fraud's 'most points in first 50 games' and 'most wins in first 50 games' trophies very quickly, even the '4 wins out of 5' despite constant scrappy 1-0s against squads at the bottom of the league. All to give it their 'I told you so' moment to Ten Fraud detractors.

What really takes the cake is how some of them see it as Ten Fraud struggling with injuries and needs more backing to buy depth, when his expensive signings are mostly sat on the bench.

Standards have truly fallen with some of them lot. Have to be proper deluded to look at how they are playing, the jammy results they are getting against miles smaller sides, and somehow think it's fine.

If this is 'in-form', I can't wait to see what 'off-form' really looks like.

This is exactly what we want, they are shite, everyone knows it but, the deluded will come out and claim otherwise and that ensures they remain shite. It helps the campaign to keep poundland Pep in his job as well
Long live the shite

 

[Brooklands Blue]

Is Ratcliffe a tramp? Heard he wanted other investors involved to help with his investment. Is his supposed minority stake a bit of sub diffusion for the Glazers.

Another leveraged purchase like the Glazer's. What could possibly go wrong??

 

[dickie davies]

Thought Luton had the better chances and could have easily won the game. The rags scored a scruffy one off a set piece by their renowned forward Lindelhoff. Their luck will change and I reckon they'll finish 8th.

They'll qualify for next year's CL even if they finish 5th

Explained: How more than four Premier League teams can qualify for next season's Champions League

In theory, there could be seven Premier League clubs in the Champions League next season, although it would require for Premier League clubs to win this seasons Champions League and Europa League while both finishing outside the top five

www.google.com

 

[Silva2021]

United are most in form PL team over the last 5 PL games (I know this as a United fan, decent bloke TBF sent it on our WA), but even he was tongue in cheek about it as they are an awful team at present.

Under Tan Hag 50 games in the PL United seem to get a lot of single goal wins in games that on paper should win easily (like yesterday), but then end up losing convincingly in big games and some none big games.

As you don’t get any more points for winning convincingly or are worse off for being hammered/ outplayed etc. this means reality does not reflect in the table.

So I think your eyes see the bad team and players but when you step back since starting in PL Ten Hag has finished 3rd and currently 6th (with less then a 1/3 gone), so doesn’t deserve to lose his job for me.

They have a goal difference of +12 in 50 games which is madness and really something around 8th-10th place. Put in context City is +81, Arsenal +61, Liverpool +42, 2 of which have played 1 less game.

It’s a proper pattern over a decent period of time, so I doubt it will change, without something significant changing.

Which means overall United will beat most of teams they should beat (although they will lose/ draw quite a few as their margin for error is so small).

They will probably get CL through 5th, could get a cup win at a stretch with a lot of luck but will most likely go out as soon as they play someone like City, Liverpool, Arsenal, if not before against an easier team. Will probably end up in Europa Cup going out in later stages, based on these last 50 games.

All whilst getting spanking by City/ Liverpool plus other PL teams also someone decent in Europe. Plus continued losses of points against the teams they should beat.

All season they have won 1 out of 18 games convincingly (more than 1 goal). That was C Palace @ home in the cup and even then Palace had rested players and went back 4 days later and beat them in the league.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Watched their game yesterday.

They are absolutely clueless on how to break down a defence.

If Luton would of had a bit more belief they would of got at least a point

 

[Tracking back]

When I listen to rag fans these days all I hear is:

The problem is X

The problem is Y

The problem is Z

Could the actual problem be that their club has seen it's best days?

When the pisscan left in 2013 I predicted that the rags wouldn't win another Premier League title for at least twelve years. I was being conservative in my assessment at the time. I really wouldn't be surprised if the rags never recover from this limbo phase they find themselves in.

It does make me wonder where this desperate optimism the rags are holding onto that they'll be back in their "rightful" place, is coming from.

As it stands their "rightful" place is about ninth in my opinion.

 

[BigJoe#1]

Late to the party and not scrolled back through the thread.... but I have not seen anyone mention that the Luton keepers line of sight was in my opinion obstructed by (Hoorlunj) who was in an offside position.... or was he? Looked it to me.

 

[malg]

There is a flag behind the goal they were ‘attacking’ in the first half that reads THE PAST WAS YOURS THE FUTURE IS OURS?!?! Is that a rag with a sense of humour and irony??? Or a mischievous blue?

Stone Roses reference as their front man is a Rag?