United Thread | 2025/26

[Gazza]

BBC headline - West Ham deny United from top 5 spot.

What relevance is 5th anyway ?

This is the thing that they sing the 20 times song about, it's the 20th time they've fucked up trying to get to 5th position this season.

 

[Kippax77]

What the actual fuck is that?

A tribute to their hardest, tiniest, made out of glass , 'legend'
How very desperate.

 

[TShed]

I never read that shite but from your post decided to have a quick look.

The article itself is not worth the effort of scrolling but, the comments were an eye opener.....it's not just us pissed off with Stones love-in with them.

Same as you mate never read his shite but the idiot is so up his own arse from now on I’m searching for open for comment articles by him

Most entertaining evening read I’ve had for a long time even considering setting up a BBC account so I can contribute we should all pile on it

I think the trick is to avoid BBC filters tho is the create a kind of yardie language but for this just avoid using inflammatory language could be a good game to see who can get away with the most damnations of him and the rags using carefully chosen wording

 

[Roachy]

If they hadnt scrawped wins at Palace and Anfield their greatest historical rivals theyd be 4 points off the drop.

You just know Palace will have had one of their shittiest games so far against the rags. Then we turn up next week and guess what!

 

[blueste41]

Just before the Everton game my rag brother in law said if they had beat Arsenal it would have been a chance to go 2nd!
At the moment there isn't much separating teams and a good/bad result can see teams climbing/dropping a lot of places.

 

[blueste41]

I never read that shite but from your post decided to have a quick look.

The article itself is not worth the effort of scrolling but, the comments were an eye opener.....it's not just us pissed off with Stones love-in with them.

It could be the same posters there as here?

 

[blueste41]

Not long left for Ruben his reluctance to change the formation will be the end of him. I also think it shows he's just not that good of a coach/manager everyone can see he hasn't the players for the system but him. A million miles from a team ready to challenge for trophies and I'd be surprised if they managed to get European football next season as I see at least 8 or 9 teams that are better if not more!!

I think there just a shit squad of players and the hierarchy have finally realised that so will stand by him. How many United players would get into our or Arsenal's starting 11?

 

[CC1]

So the whole world can witness at first hand just how fukin shit they are? I actually applaud broadcasters for allowing this to happen.

Nah. The media are taken in by the rags constantly insisting that they’ve turned that corner AND scruffy Jim needs to use those brown envelopes to keep his club in the public (& global) spotlight so he can get funding for his new tent.
It’s working - the World Cup want to use the new stadium if it ever gets built.
You have to ask WHY the rags get so much attention when they are far from being the most exciting team to watch.
Surely on days when there is only one PL league match (& WHY is that?) Sky & TNT would prefer to show the clubs that are doing well & are great to watch??

Corrupt in every area now is football. ££££

 

[Banano]

May 2026: "United miss the chance to move into the top 18"

 

[Blue Mist]

Have to question the media agenda for giving rags full exposure. From 24 November until end of December there are 6 nights when only one PL match is being played. YEP - it’s Rags each time so there is no option for tv footie fans (globally probably) but to watch the rags on those nights. This includes Boxing Day when traditionally all clubs used to play & football was a Boxing Day treat.

The top clubs all play on a night when there are several matches to choose from.

What is going on?? Why are the rags being given special attention???

Thet lost income from ticket sales and tv money because they are not in Europe or the league cup so sky have bailed them out.

Bent

 

[uwe rosler 28]

I think there just a shit squad of players and the hierarchy have finally realised that so will stand by him. How many United players would get into our or Arsenal's starting 11?

Non but I'd say the worry (for them) is how many would get in Liverpool Chelsea villa Newcastle Brighton Bournemouth Palace?? I can't see more than 1 or 2

 

[Protein Junkie]

Vital point in the push away from relegation for one team.
As for West Ham, I do worry.

 

[CC1]

Thet lost income from ticket sales and tv money because they are not in Europe or the league cup so sky have bailed them out.

Bent

Exactly

 

[the blue panther]

What the actual fuck is that?

That is wrong on so many levels and should never appear again.

Absolutely disgusting - the club should hang it's head in shame for allowing that. Shocking.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Think they're on more on days where there's no other games as they have no other commitments like other 'no mark' teams who they're being shown against.

If they lose in the FAC 3rd round they'll play 40 games this season in total, to put in perspective last season which wasn't particularly successful for us we played 61 times.

 

[heslops barnet]

Teams have figured out that if you give them the ball they shit their pants and don't know what to do with it. Sit in a low block and hit them on the counter and they crumble. They don't have the skill to break teams down that sit back. Mbueno already looking Gash. Only took them 3 months to ruin him.

If only we could sit back and defend …..

 

[blueste41]

Nah. The media are taken in by the rag constantly insisting that they’ve turned that corner AND scruffy Jim needs to use those brown envelopes to keep his club in the public (& global) spotlight so he can get funding for his new tent.
It’s working - the World Cup want to use the new stadium if it ever gets built.
You have to ask WHY the rags get so much attention when they are far from being the most exciting team to watch.
Surely on days when there is only one PL league match (& WHY is that?) Sky & TNT would prefer to show the clubs that are doing well & are great to watch??

Corrupt in every area now is football. ££££

The only thing broadcasters/media care about is profit, the notion that they exist simply to promote certain clubs is nonsense. The same with political parties, every Labour supporter is adamant the media are pro conservative and vice versa. Like it or not the Rags have big global support so are attractive to broadcasters to generate profit. The media just like everyone else knows how shit they are Scruffy Jim isn't fooling anyone but a positive Rags story generates more clicks than a negative one-profit. A newly built Swamp would seat a lot of fans-profit. Your right football is corrupt but it's corrupt for organisations to make profit.
There is another simple practical reason that the Rags game get rescheduled this season, they are not in Europe so don't play midweek therefore it's easier to reschedule their otherwise weekend fixture.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Well done West Ham.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Think they're on more on days where there's no other games as they have no other commitments like other 'no mark' teams who they're being shown against.

If they lose in the FAC 3rd round they'll play 40 games this season in total, to put in perspective last season which wasn't particularly successful for us we played 61 times.

Yeah they played 10 home cup matches last season which probably equates to circa 700,000 spectators plus all the TV/Prize money

This year, depending on the FA Cup draw they might have none, so the only way they can claim record profits at the end of the season (which they will) is to fleece their match going supporters

 

[mexico1970]

The only thing broadcasters/media care about is profit, the notion that they exist simply to promote certain clubs is nonsense. The same with political parties, every Labour supporter is adamant the media are pro conservative and vice versa. Like it or not the Rags have big global support so are attractive to broadcasters to generate profit.
There is another simple practical reason that the Rags game get rescheduled this season, they are not in Europe so don't play midweek therefore it's easier to reschedule their otherwise weekend fixture.

I don't believe it is nonsense I believe it happens and it happens week in and week out, the rags and the dippers with the arse to a lesser extent get sychophantic coverage from the press in this country.

The press at the very least pander to the peanut gallery and it amounts to the same thing as promoting them because in the main every single story they spit out tends to put them in a good light.

Watching the rags draw last night you'd have thought that wet spam wasn't playing, Neville and his counterpart were just talking about a rag shopping list and how they would be improved it's constant and it's real.