United Thread | 2024/25

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Rashford has taken voluntary redundancy by the look of things

 

[Gazza]

He supplies the stimulants but unfortunately they only appear to work for cyclists.

Do you mean he pedals them?

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

He supplies the stimulants but unfortunately they only appear to work for cyclists.

and luckily donkeys are immune from them.

 

[yeah whatever !!]

Perm anyone on the pitch today....but I'd guess the hairy new signing Kirklees or whatever he's called,

Circles !! :)

 

[Grassland Blue]

How do you inhale, digest or inject football boots into your veins?

Ah.
Didn't realise the comment was about drugs.

 

[Andy TheCatalyst Morrison]

Always reminds me of that John Christie guy from 10 Rillington Place

That was a fucking chilling film - you’ve just given me flashbacks

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

That was a fucking chilling film - you’ve just given me flashbacks

Be quite amusing funny if Brailsford and his " doping /potions " was actually responsible for producing adverse effects on Ten Haag's superstars.

 

[Vienna_70]

Or, worse, his plan is completely and utter faulty but he refuses to divert from it or—more likely—lacks the ability to formulate and execute a new plan.

Hence the “trust the process” nonsense as he stares blankly in to middle distance.

What do you mean, worse?

That sounds much better to me.

 

[Vienna_70]

I wonder if he's any good at that window trick

That’s definitely one for the FOCs.

 

[pirate]

Didn't we have a higher points total until the mid 80's?

and we had more seasons in top divison until the late 90's
they still have only been in the top division for 3 more seasons than us

 

[Vienna_70]

and we had more seasons in top divison until the late 90's
they still have only been in the top division for 3 more seasons than us

I am surprised.

I thought it was more than that.

 

[freshie]

Now this would be funny

 

[mexico1970]

Now this would be funny

Should he "Leave" Manchester united? They'll have to scrape him out of that hot seat.

 

[JASR]

According to Google united only actually had around 1000 employees in the UK, I'd assumed they had quite a lot more than that when I heard scruffy Jim had got rid of 250 staff.

To slash any workforce by 25% in one fell swoop is a very drastic action.

Unless there were some serious piss takers and deadwood behind the scenes they're surely going to suffer repercussions of such a major cut in the workforce.

indeed. It's cut the wages...but it's seriously cut the goodwill of the longterm (nonplaying) staff. it's already been mentioned about their 34 year groundsmen at Leigh (IIRC) who's been made redundant.

I'm also guessing that a load of hospitality and backroom permanent staff have gone, to be replaced by short-term zero hours ones.
The overall wage savings could probably be covered by their mens football team foregoing far less than a month of their wages.

And the biggest elephant in the room wage is still getting his millions for doing sod all, other than looming as a spectre of the past, holding back any chance of progress.

If they crash out of the PL this year, i can't see them coming back up straight away, unless they somehow hire a decent championship manager.

 

[KS55]

indeed. It's cut the wages...but it's seriously cut the goodwill of the longterm (nonplaying) staff. it's already been mentioned about their 34 year groundsmen at Leigh (IIRC) who's been made redundant.

I'm also guessing that a load of hospitality and backroom permanent staff have gone, to be replaced by short-term zero hours ones.
The overall wage savings could probably be covered by their mens football team foregoing far less than a month of their wages.

And the biggest elephant in the room wage is still getting his millions for doing sod all, other than looming as a spectre of the past, holding back any chance of progress.

If they crash out of the PL this year, i can't see them coming back up straight away, unless they somehow hire a decent championship manager.

Dyche will be free.

 

[Blackley_Blue]

Tuchel rumours starting to gather a bit of pace.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Tuchel rumours starting to gather a bit of pace.

He told them to fuck off in the summer hence why they ended up given ETH a pay rise to stay on.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

indeed. It's cut the wages...but it's seriously cut the goodwill of the longterm (nonplaying) staff. it's already been mentioned about their 34 year groundsmen at Leigh (IIRC) who's been made redundant.

I'm also guessing that a load of hospitality and backroom permanent staff have gone, to be replaced by short-term zero hours ones.
The overall wage savings could probably be covered by their mens football team foregoing far less than a month of their wages.

And the biggest elephant in the room wage is still getting his millions for doing sod all, other than looming as a spectre of the past, holding back any chance of progress.

If they crash out of the PL this year, i can't see them coming back up straight away, unless they somehow hire a decent championship manager.

Typical of this type of investment.

Reduce 'quick win' costs, reduce cap ex,sell underused assets, access all public grants/funding, manipulate PR/media.

Scruffy Jim catweazle the petrochemical polluting tax evading chav fan is only in it for the land development opportunity.

I doubt that he gives two fucks for the lower mid table rags.

It's their historical position.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

and we had more seasons in top divison until the late 90's
they still have only been in the top division for 3 more seasons than us

Depends when history starts, like all clubs especially red shirt twats it only begins at a point that shows how good they WERE.

 

[Gordyola]

What the hell does Brailsford do ?

He sits there looking angry and menacing in a Mark Hughes kind of way and ultimately about as effective.

Hes Scruffy Jim's spy in the camp.