United Thread | 2025/26

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Man Utd are so boring. Their players look completely aimless. They have just played Everton at home with 10 men for 80 minutes, and West Ham who are in the relegation zone and looking like relegation candidates, and they have produced two really insipid and pathetic performances.

They spent massively again in the Summer. Cunha has 1 goal in 11 league games. Sesko looks worse than Hojlund ad Mbeumo is now regressing. They are 3 points better off in the league than they were this time last season when they had the Europa League to contend with.

They have won top class player in Fernandes. Some blues are going to say that he's rubbish, but he is the only player in the Premier League who has created more chances than Doku, albeit from many more games / minutes. He's 31. Ineos with their eyes on costs may well decide to let him go, and when he leaves, either by transfer or age, that will be a footballing loss to them.
It is delicious to hear their bleating fans and the pundits. They still don’t get it. Apparently it’s all down to the formation. They are in a false league position and will finish much lower than their current level. Most of their players are technically sub standard. They can’t trap the ball so they lump it into the box. Their media sycophants are in total denial. Lovely stuff.
 
If you believe even cup draws are corrupt I don't why you still watch, if I thought that level of corruption existed I wouldn't support it by investing time and money into it.
I can only speak for myself of course, but personally I won't watch either the rags or the dippers because the evidence of corruption is just so overwhelming I find it embarrassing.
I'm a FOC and I've been watching the game since Tutankhamun once famously said: "I'm off to bed now. Got a slight migraine. Last one up please turn off all the lights." There has always been element of shady dealings going on in the game: back-handers, brown envelopes, however we like to label it, corruption is a part of the game. Hard but true, the same as in any industry. Look at Hollywood, casting couch, nepotism and the rest of it - it's nothing new.
What is new, however, is modern technology, the rise of the internet, social platforms, cctv, mobile phones etc. Today we can see, hear and obtain information that was not available to us pre-web.This makes it even more difficult to hide the corruption from the rest of the world, because in so doing they are making it even more obvious that they are not being truthful with the paying customer.Pgmol change the rules whenever they see fit. They will make up a new rule on the spur of the moment if it benefits a team in red, and are under no obligation to discuss this 'new rule' with anyone.

Football in this country died when Rupert Murdoch became a rag supporter in the 80's, and the funeral cortegè has become a grotesque sideshow ever since.
 
I'm curious as to how they've conveniently got home games on Boxing Day and on the day before New Year's Eve but are away on the Saturday before Christmas - the busiest shopping day of the year.
 
See this thing with Mainoo is a good example of how any manager at utd has to bend and lean towards what the utd fans and utd media spotlight demand.

I don't rate Mainoo, I certainly don't think he's one the "best talents this country had produced". I think Amorim knows that, but he is going to HAVE to play him through fear for his job. All the utd fanpundits demand he plays Mainoo (as if that will fix everything)
 
I can only speak for myself of course, but personally I won't watch either the rags or the dippers because the evidence of corruption is just so overwhelming I find it embarrassing.
I'm a FOC and I've been watching the game since Tutankhamun once famously said: "I'm off to bed now. Got a slight migraine. Last one up please turn off all the lights." There has always been element of shady dealings going on in the game: back-handers, brown envelopes, however we like to label it, corruption is a part of the game. Hard but true, the same as in any industry. Look at Hollywood, casting couch, nepotism and the rest of it - it's nothing new.
What is new, however, is modern technology, the rise of the internet, social platforms, cctv, mobile phones etc. Today we can see, hear and obtain information that was not available to us pre-web.This makes it even more difficult to hide the corruption from the rest of the world, because in so doing they are making it even more obvious that they are not being truthful with the paying customer.Pgmol change the rules whenever they see fit. They will make up a new rule on the spur of the moment if it benefits a team in red, and are under no obligation to discuss this 'new rule' with anyone.

Football in this country died when Rupert Murdoch became a rag supporter in the 80's, and the funeral cortegè has become a grotesque sideshow ever since.
So how do you square off that Rags are convinced it's corrupt against them, the dippers against them? Are they viewing a different web?
Why are you following a sport you believe is dead?
 
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I can pretty much guarantee United will get a home draw in the FA cup 3rd round against div1 or lower opposition.
It’ll be live on TV, because of ‘the magic of the cup’.

And if they win, they’ll get another home draw… and that’ll continue till the semi.

...like they did at Grimsby
 
So how do you square off that Rags are convinced it's corrupt against them, the dippers against them? Are they viewing a different web?
Why are you following a sport you believe is dead?
I follow City, who just happen to play a sport that I was once in love with. The Premier League can go in whatever direction it chooses, I will always be a Manchester City FC supporter and therefor put them first.

I no longer go to games (except non-league). As a pensioner I was priced out of that many years ago. I like the grass-roots stuff and the bit of banter you get in the lower divisions.
 
I can pretty much guarantee United will get a home draw in the FA cup 3rd round against div1 or lower opposition.
It’ll be live on TV, because of ‘the magic of the cup’.

And if they win, they’ll get another home draw… and that’ll continue till the semi.

Got to keep the matchday income as high as possible, given the lack of games they have.

They could probably play a friendly mid season this winter with the lack of games - just to boost income at home.
Who cares, they got Grimsby in the league cup and look how that panned out :-)
 
So how do you square off that Rags are convinced it's corrupt against them, the dippers against them? Are they viewing a different web?
Why are you following a sport you believe is dead?
I don't know about @KentBlue but I can't shake off City no matter how hard I try. It's an addiction.
I hate what the Champs League is. I hate the way Infant Tino has corrupted the world game more than Blatter ever did.
I know the league has always been skewed (bent) towards the rags, add to that Var and scores of other things that are corrupt, 115, last years cup final everything but I am there tomorrow because as a 10 year old I fell in love with City.
 
See this thing with Mainoo is a good example of how any manager at utd has to bend and lean towards what the utd fans and utd media spotlight demand.

I don't rate Mainoo, I certainly don't think he's one the "best talents this country had produced". I think Amorim knows that, but he is going to HAVE to play him through fear for his job. All the utd fanpundits demand he plays Mainoo (as if that will fix everything)
Mainoo is average. Tearing it up for England against pub teams and a Cup Final goal does not make you a legend. Every single player they get is over-hyped and this is their biggest problem.
 

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