United Thread | 2024/25

[jrb]

The Newcastle Chronicle.

That is easier said than done. For context, last summer, Manchester United part-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe warned how the Premier League 'need to be careful that the top-six clubs are not disadvantaged' in top-flight meetings. Really?!

This is the same Manchester United who, in November, spoke up in favour of changes to the APT rules introduced in the immediate aftermath of Newcastle's takeover. This is the same Manchester United who spent £364.7m on wages last season, which was nearly double Newcastle's salary bill when the Magpies qualified for the Champions League in 2023. This is the same Manchester United who poached Newcastle's sporting director, Dan Ashworth, after months of publicly moaning about the Magpies' 'silly' demands. This is the same Manchester United who made millions more than Newcastle on account of their historic coefficient - despite also exiting the Champions League group stages. This is the same Manchester United who were able to commit to potentially splurging more than £205m on transfer fees in a window where Newcastle failed to strengthen their squad and ended the summer in profit despite the club's owners' staggering wealth.

In a PSR world, if anyone had a theoretical advantage going into this season, it was Manchester United, whose huge commercial revenues dwarf Newcastle's overall turnover. Yet it said it all that Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim admitted that Newcastle 'were the better team' three times in as many minutes following his side's 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford on Monday night.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe claim is laughable as Newcastle United vow to 'upset people'

Manchester United were concerned about being 'disadvantaged'

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

 

[Djibrilshairdo]

Speaking of lighting up cold scaffold, I'm.jist wondering what odds are on an arson 'attack' in the next couple of years...?

Claim off insurance for a rebuild.
Massive publicity, all sorts of help pouring in for a 'national institution', solving the albatross around their neck that is their decrepit stadium.

Like a modern day managed Munich, except without the human loss.

Zero chance of the shit hole burning down, best sprinkler system in the land.

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Exactly.

Jim Radcliffe is an utter wanker. He took an outstanding Cycling team and slowly trashed it. All so he could play elite sport. A typical ego maniacal billionaire who knows absolutely nil about it.

This. Not enough has been said about the demise of Team Sky after Ineos acquired it and have turned it into the Everton of world cycling.

 

[Protein Junkie]

In
Neglect of
Excessive
Outstanding
Sums.

 

[give it to gordon]

This. Not enough has been said about the demise of Team Sky after Ineos acquired it and have turned it into the Everton of world cycling.

Exactly Ineos have destroyed Team Sky, I think most of their top riders have now left along with the top coaches and staff. Plus he has cut costs, Team Sky use to have the biggest budget in cycling.

 

[jimharri]

If Palace beat Chelsea at Selhurst Pk on saturday (not totally impossible, given Chelsea are currently deploying shit the bed mode), and TWGC get the expected dicking at TMMfield on Sunday, Ruben's boys will be in 15th (FIFTEENTH) place.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

A fucking onesie........!!!!!

It was very tasteful!!

 

[freshie]

 

[cleavers]

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And we managed to get beat by them.

 

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

Don't know how old you are, but believe me, it'd be an on steroids repeat of media wankfest when they start winning games and looking to be promoted
50 years on and I still remember it

I’m 34 so not old enough to remember them being down.

But I’d love it if it happened again!

 

[Crooked_rain]

Pls God

They won't get relegated. There's always gonna be 3 shitter teams than them, sadly.

Annoys me that we lost to them because they're absolutely awful.

Ah well, we'll get back on track and they'll stay shite. We need to replace a few oldies now but they need an entire new squad, not one player is top level. Even if they got chance to replace the full squad, they'd recruit shite.

We've hit a wall and probably fucked this season, certainly the league, but they are a mess from top to bottom. Even if they suddenly start recruiting well, they're years away from ever competing again.

 

[cheekybids]

Lol they actually think an extra £200m a year. It will be more like £40m after VAT is removed and merchandised added in. It will take them at least 5 decades to pay £2bn off and that's assuming low interest ( never going to happen) and the £2bn cost not increasing which of course it will in fact it's probably already £2.5bn

They have no desire to ever pay off the debt only to grow revenue & build the debt further.

 

[cheekybids]

They won't sack a second manager in the middle of one season.

Have you based that on the fact they aren’t a sacking club.

 

[Damocles]

In
Neglect of
Excessive
Outstanding
Sums.

Illuminating and
Notable
Expose of
Octogenarian's
Self-importance

 

[halfcenturyup]

They won't sack a second manager in the middle of one season.

Correct.

The club will agree to let him leave on mutually agreed terms.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

We just had our New Year’s Day swim here in Southern Spain, as always I wore my City onesie. I invited all the rag fans I know and saw today to a party in May, when they asked what the occasion was I said the rag relegation party. Most took it on the chin but one in particular was most dischuffed.

You and Damocles are really breaking out the verbiage this year!
Hats off...

 

[jimharri]

Have you based that on the fact they aren’t a sacking club.

No. More the feeling that it would be seen as bad PR, and an admission that they got the Amorim appointment wrong.

 

[kupest]

It always the same circle of coach is the issue and then the players. Mix that with the ownership/structure sometimes as well. They have spent enough and not recruited well isn't an excuse that I buy. There is much more wrong there and no one knows how to solve it.

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

It always the same circle of coach is the issue and then the players. Mix that with the ownership/structure sometimes as well. They have spent enough and not recruited well isn't an excuse that I buy. There is much more wrong there and no one knows how to solve it.

I think the single biggest issue, and it’s the Constant, is the fans and ex player media, who think they have a god given right to be great, and won’t support the sort of consolidation/restructure that’s been required. They ‘demand’ certain players, irrespective of whether it’s what they actually need.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

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