United Thread | 2024/25

[cheekybids]

When agent Berrada made that statement had he factored in sacking the current manager?

Like a typical Sales & Marketing guy he came up with a date not based on Football but on a brand campaign that they will be 150 years old in 3 years…… even though they’ll actually be 125 years old.

 

[Pam]

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How quickly they forget. Memories of lobotomised goldfish.

 

[Grassland Blue]

When City were in the doldrums, we had potential, hence the takeover.
The rags aren't quite in the doldrums, but where is their potential?
Their stadium leaks and needs upgrading.
Their squad is poor and overvalued.
The Glazers want their dividends.
Their credit card is maxxed out on the strength of their 'istree.
AND they have FFP/APT to contend with.

Even if the whole shebang was for sale in 98p world I don't think that there would be too many bidders.
(unless it was for tax reasons ))).

 

[Andy TheCatalyst Morrison]

Any foal can see that.

But he’s sure to attract a colt following

 

[Protein Junkie]

van Horseface gave up a managers job to come to old scaffold. Seemed obvious, to me at least, that he could see the managers job at the end of it.

Seems obvious they used this as a carrot to dangle infront of him.

 

[Chak19]

If you look at the top club managers in the last decade, they come from 3 countries: Spain, Germany and Italy, not so much Portugal or the Netherlands, No Dutch manager has ever had any success in England except the odd cup win, and only Mourinho from Portugal.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

It's great. I used to find this sort of coverage sickening (and, obviously, ludicrous) but now I love it as it's an example of the root cause of their continued shitness - the belief that they are inherently different and better than other clubs.

It's half right I suppose - they are different. Different and shitter.

Listened to Schmeichel trotting out the usual tropes last night on Radio 5 and no **** pulled him up on it. It’s actually insane the levels of Nelsonian blindness when it comes to to fabled ‘United way’.

They’ve actually been relatively shite for the majority of the last half century, but there’s this hive mentality that their rightful place is at the top.

As you say, long may it continue.

 

[Pam]

I hear Sky are changing their tune and questioning United's sanity. There seems to be creeping doubts about his lack of experience and the absolute state of the pub shite standards of much of the Portuguese League. No way to run a football club, they say. Another circular firing squad pending. Red Caf a bit divided. Some of them are talking another City trolling mission.

 

[Pam]

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To say nothing of Sanchez and Tia Maria.

 

[malg]

Listened to Schmeichel trotting out the usual tropes last night on Radio 5 and no **** pulled him up on it. It’s actually insane the levels of Nelsonian blindness when it comes to to fabled ‘United way’.

They’ve actually been relatively shite for the majority of the last half century, but there’s this hive mentality that their rightful place is at the top.

As you say, long may it continue.

I listened to some of that. Absolute horse shit. No one is ever going to call them on it as it has gone on too long now.