United Thread | 2024/25

[BridgyDids]

Still watch this periodically….

14 years ago!

 

[Vienna_70]

Dont think Ive ever heard anyone with that accent in my life.

You have.

He’s called Andy Tate.

 

[Vienna_70]

Never seen such a drop off from a PFA player of the year , hes been poor this season lets be honest

So,have the vast majority of the squad.

I’ll say it again. They have all - with a few notable exceptions - played too much football over the last four seasons.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Dont think Ive ever heard anyone with that accent in my life.

 

[Silva2021]

Even at this catastrophic low ebb, they are still filling the stadium??

But things could change soon. At the end of this month, the club will start contacting season ticket holders about signing up for next season, and it has been strongly rumoured that scruffy Jim is going to whack the prices up.

This could be the final straw that breaks the camels back.

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Jim will no doubt not be that unhappy with less season tickets.

United will still get lots of day trippers, which always pleases the money men.

Don’t get the excitement over fans being priced out whether blue or red.

 

[danielwood5]

Still watch this periodically….

14 years ago!

I didn't know Stephen Hawking was such a funny bastard.

 

[Vienna_70]

There's a snip of video on the BBC website mentioning a new angle on the Leno pen save. Yer see next to fuck all of the save but the Rag who took the kick sinking to the ground and then another Rag coming over to offer some form of commiseration. The Beeb have been well 'n truly fucked over this week. One thing's certain, they won't be able to follow the Rags and have 'em first pick for a telly slot next round.

And Pougatch will have a nervous breakdown, worrying about ITV’s viewing figures.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Proper fucking nonce that bloke.

Home Bargains best.

 

[Nevizade]

Watching Forest here, that elanga isn’t exactly a world beater but he’d walk into united’s team. Some dreadful talent assessment over the last few years.

 

[jimharri]

That's up (down?) there with that clip from a QPR vs City game at Loftus Rd that has been tagged the worst 30 seconds of football ever.

 

[Vienna_70]

Pan Am were quite progressive they specified the 747 their problem was they were an international airline with no domestic routes

Nokia were the leaders in phones until Apple came along they sold their business to Microsoft who made an arse of their smart phone

Apparently, the guy, who founded Nokia had already had a failed business venture, and when he needed funds to start his new company, he borrowed money from someone in his own village.

Nokia started out making tyres, and when I was working in Finland in 81/82, they’d just started manufacturing equipment for stopwatches and timing.

As a token of his gratitude to his fellow villagers, he left some shares in the company to the old people’s home, and at first the dividend would be enough to pay for an outing for the residents once a year or so.

But as Nokia's mobile business took off, the old people's home was receiving thousands and thousands; more than they knew what to do with.

 

[Vienna_70]

It’s mad as not all bad managers and not all bad players.

Something is really bad that there and seems to have got worse since INEOS have took over.

If I was a player and they wanted me, it’s a big decision, only Fernandes has enhanced his reputation since being there (and yes I agree he is a C U Next Tuesday but the move probably worked for him).

I struggle to see where they go from here.

The way the league is currently set up the promoted teams will pretty much always take 2 or 3 of the relegation spots, so I don’t see them going down.

I think teams such as Bournemouth, Brighton, Brentford, Forest etc. have a better or at least comparable team and I don’t consider it to be a shock when they lose.

The balancing off the books is a real issue and it’s interesting to see exactly how they manage that with hopefully European football for at least a couple of seasons.

There only hope is big contracts coming to an end and the money invested on young players with potential.

The club needs a reality check as to where they are and forget all about being back at the top for awhile. There main task is to turn the tide…

However, INEOS have project 21 and the manager is talking about winning the Prem, so more failings will happen as they will not be able to achieve this in the short term.

It’s took a lot of wrong decisions to get them here, now it’s going to need a lot of right ones (made by the same people who made the wrong ones to get them back).

Don’t forget City reject, Omar, promising the Premier League in '28 to celebrate 150 years of football just outside Manchester.

 

[Gordyola]

Apparently, the guy, who founded Nokia had already had a failed business venture, and when he needed funds to start his new company, he borrowed money from someone in his own village.

Nokia started out making tyres, and when I was working in Finland in 81/82, they’d just started manufacturing equipment for stopwatches and timing.

As a token of his gratitude to his fellow villagers, he left some shares in the company to the old people’s home, and at first the dividend would be enough to pay for an outing for the residents once a year or so.

But as Nokia's mobile business took off, the old people's home was receiving thousands and thousands; more than they knew what to do with.

Weren’t they also involved in wood pulping

 

[Blue Mist]

It’s mad as not all bad managers and not all bad players.

Something is really bad that there and seems to have got worse since INEOS have took over.

If I was a player and they wanted me, it’s a big decision, only Fernandes has enhanced his reputation since being there (and yes I agree he is a C U Next Tuesday but the move probably worked for him).

I struggle to see where they go from here.

The way the league is currently set up the promoted teams will pretty much always take 2 or 3 of the relegation spots, so I don’t see them going down.

I think teams such as Bournemouth, Brighton, Brentford, Forest etc. have a better or at least comparable team and I don’t consider it to be a shock when they lose.

The balancing off the books is a real issue and it’s interesting to see exactly how they manage that with hopefully European football for at least a couple of seasons.

There only hope is big contracts coming to an end and the money invested on young players with potential.

The club needs a reality check as to where they are and forget all about being back at the top for awhile. There main task is to turn the tide…

However, INEOS have project 21 and the manager is talking about winning the Prem, so more failings will happen as they will not be able to achieve this in the short term.

It’s took a lot of wrong decisions to get them here, now it’s going to need a lot of right ones (made by the same people who made the wrong ones to get them back).

You put way too much time and thought into that post.
Should have just said 'they're shit and I don't see an end to it' ;-)

 

[Vienna_70]

Weren’t they also involved in wood pulping

Probably, as a lot of that goes on in Finland. There are thousands of hectares of evergreen forests in the country.

 

[Gordyola]

Probably, as a lot of that goes on in Finland. There are thousands of hectares of evergreen forests in the country.

Just checked founded in 1865 as pulping company Nokia name comes from the name of the river where the first mill was located

 

[Vienna_70]

Just checked founded in 1865 as pulping company Nokia name comes from the name of the river where the first mill was located

I didn’t know any of that.

 

[Silva2021]

Don’t forget City reject, Omar, promising the Premier League in '28 to celebrate 150 years of football just outside Manchester.

Didn’t realise he done that.

Still think he’s one of ours, the Sheikh has placed in there.

 

[foggy1974]

It’s mad as not all bad managers and not all bad players.

Something is really bad that there and seems to have got worse since INEOS have took over.

If I was a player and they wanted me, it’s a big decision, only Fernandes has enhanced his reputation since being there (and yes I agree he is a C U Next Tuesday but the move probably worked for him).

I struggle to see where they go from here.

The way the league is currently set up the promoted teams will pretty much always take 2 or 3 of the relegation spots, so I don’t see them going down.

I think teams such as Bournemouth, Brighton, Brentford, Forest etc. have a better or at least comparable team and I don’t consider it to be a shock when they lose.

The balancing off the books is a real issue and it’s interesting to see exactly how they manage that with hopefully European football for at least a couple of seasons.

There only hope is big contracts coming to an end and the money invested on young players with potential.

The club needs a reality check as to where they are and forget all about being back at the top for awhile. There main task is to turn the tide…

However, INEOS have project 21 and the manager is talking about winning the Prem, so more failings will happen as they will not be able to achieve this in the short term.

It’s took a lot of wrong decisions to get them here, now it’s going to need a lot of right ones (made by the same people who made the wrong ones to get them back).

The situation they're in with their overseas revenue streams means that they can't go down the Brighton Bournemouth route even if they had the scouting network & need to sign an ageing superstar just to portray to the tourists that they're still a big club & you only have to look at the empty seats yesterday.

Even if they have a bloated amount of staff, once you start removing the excess then people who aren't on masses amount of money will start to worry about their jobs '& will either just do the bare minimum or start looking elsewhere

 

[old blue]

Proper fucking nonce that bloke.

Did he really say Disco? Like his club he is 20 years behind.