DeadLinesman

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God I hope this Jim Ratcliffe stuff is true.

How many managers have these cunts thrown under a bus? But yeah, nobody can manage their ‘skill set’. The only skill they have is managing to act like professional footballers whilst being utterly fucking wank.

We’ve pulled the Rabiot deal. His mum was demanding 375k a week on parity with De Gea ffs. Get in the sea you silly old cunt.

Any player that passes though PSG becomes a wage issue to any side.

A goal for each of them.

Moyes 90% at fault. He wiped out pretty much all the back too staff and alienated players from the off. LVG 60-40. The football was dire but he was picking up the pieces from Moyes’ disastrous spell. Mourinho 50-50. Again, alienated half the squad and never took personal responsibility for anything. Ole 50-50. Never backed with signings he actually needed. Spending money is one thing, spending it right is another. Zero tactical awareness though.

Don’t give up mate, that’s the biggest thing. And talking about it really does help. At the end of the day, we kind of ARE like a family here. Probably spend more time with you cunts than anyone else, so really don’t want to see anyone in this position. If it helps, I’ve got a Mrs that is going through something similar right now and as much as I’m trying to hold it together, I’m the bread winner with a full time job, 3 kids, 2 sets of chicken pox, 2 stomach bugs and a wife that’s pretty much useless at the moment due to her mental health. It’s absolutely suffocating, but being on here is the escape from the reality. The next step is what happens one you put the technology down and step back into the ‘real world’. I would definitely suggest getting back on some form of medication alongside therapy. You only need the medication to take the edge off. Being a zombie was definitely wrong and not the way forward. Secondly, family. Don’t think of this as blood only. Do you have any good mates socially that you’re close with? Any footy/hockey/sports you do that can take your mind of things? Anything to take the edge off that feeling that you’re alone in the world. Honestly, we’re all open as staff to a DM if you need a chat. But more than just staff, as an ‘internet mate’, I’m here for you as well. We’ve all got our own shit going on, but it should never get to the point where we’re coasting through life not feeling anything. I genuinely think Covid and the situations we’ve faced as a society has changed us as a species, and not for the better unfortunately. The world seems to be going tits up and subconsciously, I think it’s getting to all of us no matter what country/continent we live in/on. Head up chief.

This is where you’re failing to grasp the absolute shit show that is Manchester United. Moyes, Van Gaal, Mourinho and Ole weren’t backed with what they needed (different from what we spent/got). It’s not happening for Ten Hag now. Conte would have been no different. He’d have just kicked up a fuss and left.

As much as I agree we’re shite, we had more shots than Brighton and more of them on target. So if Brighton should have had 4-5, then United should have had 5-6? If Rashford knew how to finish and Bruno hadn’t blasted over from 6 yards out, different game. Woulda, coulda shoulda for both teams.

This makes zero sense. Conte would be working at United under Glazer ownership. Spurs already had a better team than United when he joined. Just how exactly was Conte going to do anything at United without the players he can utilise at Spurs? Conte WAS wrong for United at the time. He’d have lasted 6 months tops. Hell, he was halfway through the door at Spurs with a decent enough team at one point.

Not saying I wouldn’t take it. Just can’t see it unfortunately.

If this isn’t the sign that FDJ isn’t coming, I don’t know what is.

Just fold the fucking club. Panic button well and truly pressed.

Thank god if true.

I want my brand new 85” OLED. Oh wait, that’s riots.

I’m genuinely fucking fuming. Manchester United supporters are being taken for absolute fucking mugs. On Friday, Ten Hag said he only want players for the future to suit his needs. Arnautovic? 33 year old carthorse? Get in the fucking sea. Falcao, Ibra, Ighalo etc. Like Neville said, it’s a pattern and the Glazers are taking everyone for fools. I think you could see genuine full scale mass protests if this continues. What else can you do?

Ragnick was a snake oil salesman. I’ll take a progressive 3 time winner of the Dutch league over him.

If this isn’t a sign of how far we’ve fallen, I don’t know what is. Utterly embarrassing we’re bidding for this over the hill, never even world class donkey.

Henry Winter, Chief Football Writer at The Times: Glazers. Bored saying it. If leadership is not hands-on, things drift. Their obsession with money has changed focus at the club. There are many good people at United, hard-working and loyal staff, and your wonderful Foundation saves lives, but the Glazers have changed the culture. The balance needs to shift to football first. Marketing, merchandising, money is all very well, and helps pay the players’ wages, as well as the Glazer dividends, but the centre of the club has to be the dressing room not the marketing department. However warped the culture under the wretched Glazers, players still have to take individual responsibility. Too few did. Oliver Holt, Chief Sports Writer for The Mail on Sunday: They’re an easy target, I suppose, but the obvious answer here is the Glazers. Everything stems from the owners and it was them who persisted with Ed Woodward for as long as they did and presumably them who sanctioned the half-baked succession to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The disaster of 2021-22 also includes, as far as I’m concerned, the increasing disintegration of the infrastructure of the club. There are lots of promises being made about investing in the stadium but I’ll believe it when I see it. James Ducker, Northern Football Correspondent at The Daily Telegraph: Last season’s chaos felt like the culmination of years of mismanagement and the result was one big, toxic mess. The ultimate responsibility rests with the Glazer family and the former executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, who presided over an utterly dysfunctional football operation. The appointment of managers with wildly differing styles of play and approaches, combined with a shambolic recruitment set-up, was always going to be a recipe for disaster and last season was the straw that broke the camel’s back. The only upside of Ralf Rangnick’s calamitous six month interim reign is that the German had no qualms about exposing the scale of the problems. I found the entire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer experiment utterly bewildering, including the decision to extend his contract last summer, but in many ways his appointment underlined how abysmally the club has been run.

Barsa haven’t exactly got the £667mill they claim because they decided to leverage £150mill back into their own pockets. It’s like me lending you a tenner, asking for it back and claiming it as profit. They need to pull some more levers…..

https://www.marca.com/futbol/barcelona/2022/08/05/62ed86fe22601d6c6d8b4589.html The gift that keeps on giving.

They’re not gonna shag you mate.