United Thread | 2024/25

[snifferp]

If I was a match going United fan I’d been a little cautious about this.

Most of us blues know how crap it is to get away from Wembley. Even the Etihad, since the South Stand was expanded, has become a nightmare (God knows what it will be like when the North Stand opens).

An extra 25k people trying to get to Old Trafford will be absolute bedlam (without a major overhaul of the public transport infrastructure).

The other side is that the club will use Arsenal’s “we need to pay off the stadium” excuse for years. Ticket prices will sky rocket. The Glaziers will benefit hugely from this while their club will be saddled with even more debt.

 

[burning blue soul]

I've been at work all day. I assume the obligatory circus tent jokes have already been said?

Nope, nobody's connected those rings yet! :)

 

[bluethrunthru]

over the last 5 years they have spent £1.83bn on players and managers ( I'd make that a conservative estimate too) and they are £1bn in debt - 14th in the league with players nobody wants.

Remember how they mocked us? Don't hold back Blues - both barrels.

 

[DiscoSteve]

Having to watch Scruffy Jim vs Gary Neville on YT (for reasons I won't go into)

Rags having to spend £89 million this summer for NO new players - lubbly jubbly!

Allegedly Chemistry was the problem with Ashworth...
...so did Scruffy Jim not take to Ashworth's demeanour? (cough cough..)

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

I wonder what it will be called?

The Spunk Stadium.

CuntsRUs

 

[Lost for words]

With the country skint and possibility of war, I would think that defence spending would be more important than throwing it all away on a project that benefits one league club but does nothing for the other 91.

 

[bonespost]

My worry is City letting out the Etihad on their match days as they will think money is money and that’s the only thing the mute at the top cares about .As we have seen with season ticket pricing.Wouldn’t surprise me if it contracts have been signed off.

 

[don84]

Honest assessment seen on redcafe:

"we move from the theatre of dreams to the circus of nightmares"

 

[bluethrunthru]

Amorim could be the first recorded EU citizen sneaking back into the EU by the end of the season.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Really good piece from Stefan about possible finance options on his Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/stefa...anchester-united-might?r=iaf2s&utm_medium=ios

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

following review and a brief glimpse of the project budget, Foster & Partners have released revision 2 of the Stadium scheme..

 

[roman totale]

Nope, nobody's connected those rings yet! :)

You need to be Smart to do that :)

 

[Bantamgaz]

Honestly how they try to make out it will create jobs in the area and they somehow are after helping folk while making staff redundant and taking away food is laughable :)

Fook me the club is a joke and how much they spunked up so do tell us who is gonna fund it ??

 

[burning blue soul]

Rags new stadium



Prawn Sandwich

I can see the Arcitects brief coming through clearly, here.

 

[bluethrunthru]

I was thinking in Amorims case its like Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares where he gets into a business only then does he see the books and the run down facilities at which I stopped and thought maybe they need to get Ramsey in - mean even in his late 50's I am sure he could do a job for them at left back ..........

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

They’re changing their pre match hype song from Country Roads to this.

 

[Giovinco]

It’s simply horrific that.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Really good piece from Stefan about possible finance options on his Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/stefa...anchester-united-might?r=iaf2s&utm_medium=ios

Very good that. Balanced as always from Stefan. It does seem like a huge roll of the dice which could either catapult them into a new era of domination or end with them in administration. That's if it's not just a load of bollocks to pacify the fans and encourage season ticket renewals...

 

[super_city_si]

That stadium design is shit. Really shit.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

White elephant

Leave Rooney out of this.