United Thread - 2023/24

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Amusing over on caf that they've a thread discussing their record with Antony Taylor reffing their matches.

The OP basically saying that only 2 wins in the last 11 games reffed by Taylor is a sign of bias against utd by him.

Also complains that he gives utd more yellows than the opposition.
 
Amusing over on caf that they've a thread discussing their record with Antony Taylor reffing their matches.

The OP basically saying that only 2 wins in the last 11 games reffed by Taylor is a sign of bias against utd by him.

Also complains that he gives utd more yellows than the opposition.
Oddly enough I was thinking about this watching Taylor referee the game. I can imagine working your way up through the PGMOL ranks to referee your team you supported all your life. Then you get berated by the likes of Fernandes. Taylor seemed to treat him with genuine disdain. Let’s be honest, they’re a team of snarling, thuggish, misogynist bullies. They must be difficult to like. Never meet your heroes Mr Taylor.
 
One thing struck me about this. You could understand a share price dropping like that if there had been an official announcement of some sort, maybe of a lower than expected revenue or profit forecast, loss of a major contract or a regulatory/legal issue.

But there's been nothing official, just Nick Harris's article. In that case, you'd expect a quoted company to put out an official announcement either confirming or rubbishing the article. The NYSE probably even requires it where's there's been a significant movement in the share price, yet there's been nothing whatsoever from united's board or their financial PR representatives. It's a rule that anything affecting the share price has to be announced via the market first.

The rumours of the suspension of the sale process could be true, or the Harris article could have been an attempt at market manipulation by short sellers of the stock. I hope the NYSE is demanding answers.
It’s a relatively high bar before the NYSE gets involved - typically they would so if trading became dislocated, or if sufficient doubt surrounded the veracity of previous market statements released by the club.

The statement released back in November in relation to a potential sale was very broad in nature - all options including a sale were being considered - and so it’s doubtful they would need to correct/update this statement from a regulatory perspective even if a sale is now off the table.

Of course, the club could choose to rubbish the article and state that a sale is still being considered, but they could only do so if that is genuinely the case, and doing so would require further statements if the situation changes in the future. So I suspect they’ll keep schtum and maintain the ambiguity of the November statement.
 
Oddly enough I was thinking about this watching Taylor referee the game. I can imagine working your way up through the PGMOL ranks to referee your team you supported all your life. Then you get berated by the likes of Fernandes. Taylor seemed to treat him with genuine disdain. Let’s be honest, they’re a team of snarling, thuggish, misogynist bullies. They must be difficult to like. Never meet your heroes Mr Taylor.
how anybody can ref or even be near rat boy fernandes without punching him in the face is a mystery to me
 
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