United Thread - 2023/24

[1961_vintage]

Statistically these clowns have the 13th best defence in the league, and the 12th best attack, yet are 6th, make's sense.

The stats are for XGC and XG.

PIGMOL quotient.

 

[Vienna_70]

City were the 7th closest league club to me (3rd closest top flight) at the time of my birth so no chance I’m agreeing to that. With the closest club being nearly 5 miles away, I never really classed any as local enough to have an affinity in that way.

The closest league club to me was 60 miles away; Plymouth Argyle, and I’d never heard of them, when I started supporting City. I was seven.

My affinity for the only team in Manchester was all because of one, Francis Henry Lee.

 

[Mr Fraser]

The ones that played by Chassen Park ? I forget their name, I left when I was about 20.

Trafford FC. Shaw View. Next to Chassen. Sure City reserves, A team used to play there in 60s and 70s

 

[BongoBlue]

And thats what its all about..
You should always support your local club as a birthright... supporting or adopting a team from another town or city that can never really be your own is madness.

Well my local team growing up were Cork Hibernians, now years defunct. I followed them with a passion but also fell for City at the same time. Pretty much everyone in Ireland has, or at least had a League of Ireland club and a favoured English club - like Liverpool for example. I should know; I grew up with lots of 'em...;)

Over here in the US, the Premier League is now absolutely huge. Lots of folks here are pretty passionate about their "adopted" clubs too. Doesn't mean any less to them. And they can always follow their local clubs too at whatever sport they play.

It's always great to have local supporters as they are the lifeblood of any club, but don't think that folks from other places don't have any affinity for their chosen clubs. It's just not true.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Sorry @Tom Ford but that's bollocks.
If it was true I'd be a rag fan. Urmston lad me buy Blue all my life.

Buy you say, gotta be a typo.

 

[Blue Mist]

Buy you say, gotta be a typo.

I don't even know what word I was meant to type. Probably boy but certainly not buy :-)

 

[mattcity5]

Wouldn't normally post a link to the Mail or encourage people to read it, but this is quite an enjoyable read...

 

[waspish]

Wouldn't normally post a link to the Mail or encourage people to read it, but this is quite an enjoyable read...

They were reporting that Ratcliffe will make 245m available for improvements to the ground hahaha they need to times that by 5 to get that shit hole up to standards

 

[Gingers Dad]

Utd hoping they can get Casemiro on the Saudi gravy train in January. Quite possibly the worst piece of transfer business ever.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Utd hoping they can get Casemiro on the Saudi gravy train in January. Quite possibly the worst piece of transfer business ever.

How can this be? Everyone knows he is better than treble winning Rodri, the Daily Mail and Sky told us that.