United Thread | 2024/25

[freshie]

The gift that keeps on giving - God bless scruffy jim

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

The gift that keeps on giving - God bless scruffy jim

Soup and a sandwich can be food from the gods.

However, I’ll assume that the scruffy one tells his cooks to make soup from mouse broth and use Tesco value bread with cheap marg and pulled mouse.

 

[laserblue]

On top of that Scruffy Jim is closing the staff canteen at the swamp and has offered employees a piece of fruit instead.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

as marie antoinette famously didn't actually say...

qu'ils mangent de la brioche.

Sur la Pont mon ami, sur la pont

 

[citizen_maine]

Brioche is brioche.

 

[N1985]

Staff will be fine. They can just ring their orders through to Shaw on his way in from Greggs. He's doing fuck all else.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

The gift that keeps on giving - God bless scruffy jim

He’s Turing into Bill Sykes.

Edit: Mr Bumble!

Have the club got a dog called Bullseye yet?

 

[dadnlad]

Them mobile catering vans from behind Stretford end will be parked up outside gates next week

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

He’s Turing into Bill Sykes.

Have the club got a dog called Bullseye yet?

that ain't Bill Sykes mate...it's Mr Bumble The Beadle!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

that ain't Bill Sykes mate...it's Mr Bumble The Beadle!

Ah yes. I need to re-read it!

 

[blueballs84]

Anorim took on a near impossible job and then has somehow contrived to make it even more difficult for himself.
No sympathy though, this is what happens when you get in bed with the scum.

 

[freshie]

He’s Turing into Bill Sykes.

Edit: Mr Bumble!

Have the club got a dog called Bullseye yet?

But looks more like Fagin

 

[bluethrunthru]

jesus wept what next ?

"right lads throw your kit in that black bin bag on the floor - Harry, its your turn to get your Mrs to wash the lads kit this week "

Or weigh their boots before putting them on the weighing them post match and charge them per gram for the soil they are "thieving" from his swamp?

 

[deano ou812]

He’s Turing into Bill Sykes.

Edit: Mr Bumble!

Have the club got a dog called Bullseye yet?

No dog called bullseye,but there is a lot of bullshit around that place..

 

[Vienna_70]

Sur la Pont mon ami, sur la pont

It’s le pont, mon ami.

Pont is a masculine noun.

 

[mattcity5]

Not how a big club behaves. Not a big club any more
They're just a club who used to be big and still have a lot of fans. They're miles away from being a big club.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Definitely not a massive club

 

[meeesh]

Another 250 redundancies just announced, won't have anyone left soon at this rate.

 

[Gazza]

Websters New Dictionary

Doing a Ratcliffe - The act of paying an employer £250M for the privilege of carrying out all of the shitty jobs that the employer doesn't want to do.

Pulling a Rashford - The art of playing shit soon after a lucrative long term contract has been signed.

An Ashworth - The act of paying £5M to release a person from a contract, then paying £4.1M to sack them 3 months later.

Amorim - When someone quickly realises that they're out of their depth.

 

[SkyBlueAmerican]

Didn't realize how difficult their run-in is.

Still not likely they'll go down especially given how bad the three teams that sit in the relegation zone currently are, but if their form dips any more they could be in for a fight.