Froggy

Yes. Lost the league by a point.

Tricky one for me now. I think we'd have all been perfectly happy if it just never existed. But at the same time I'm still hurting from an offside winner against us 15 years ago that cost us the title.

Aye makes sense. I've taken it that you want the whole thing scrapped because of the injury.

What about kicks/stamps/rakes/elbows etc. that were much more common before the introduction of VAR? Deliberate attempts to injure an opponent off the ball have pretty much been eliminated by VAR as players simply won't get away with it. I think blaming VAR for injuries is mental to be honest.

Agreed to both of the above posts. I find it quite bizarre people are putting the blame on VAR with this. There's been plenty of accidents in football long before VAR.

Probably isn't too far off. Think based on the last few months I'd probably have Casemiro in over Bentancur. Kulusevski and Amad is close but Amad has been injured for months. Bruno is the best player on both sides by a country mile, but don't think could argue if the other 10 were Spurs players.

Licha, Dalot, De Ligt and Yoro. De Ligt and Yoro didn't train today. Highly unlikely Dalot will be fit. Definitely out for Chelsea. He'll maybe make the bench next week. Either way we both have serious problems. Nobody is blessed.

Four of our starting back five are injured Leffe.

I never include mortgages as debt for some reason.

Nice analogy to be fair, but flawed. The most important piece being that you are the one paying the interest. A better analogy would be your example, but that you're renting the house out. It stinks, the windows are broken, it needs new furniture, it needs painted etc. etc. You don't bother touching it. Your tenants are miserable, yet you still come to them every year and take money from them just for shits and giggles while increasing their payments.

I don't think they care about that. Those stories probably won't even make it out of England won't damage the global fan appeal. Those tours of Asia and America will become much less profitable if the club is in the Championship though. The revenues need to be maintained or the whole lot will fold and fast, and that can only really happen with continued success.

I was never trying to suggest he invested and know he was tight-fisted. I'm meaning the act of actually removing money from the clubs cash reserves. I don't think any other club owners in England took dividends from their clubs.

I was going purely off Swiss Ramble reports. If they're wrong then fair enough.

Be patient. It's coming. Old Trafford's naming rights will be sold, you can guarantee that.

We have to be. How can we not be in the market? There's still a brand there that needs to be protected. Our accounts are public as well. Ratcliffe doesn't need to lie. We can see how bad it is. I know how bad it looks that the community side is going to shit. I truly believe that it's not a permanent solution, but tight measures need put in place right now or we're in big trouble.

What do you think is happening with us though? We're being dragged through the media as we're cutting free lunches for staff because there's less than an empty shell. The stadium hasn't been touched and is rotting. We've been bought some time by Ratcliffe, who has already invested a decent amount of his own money, but we are hanging on by the skin of our teeth because we're lucky to have one of the best players in the world who is dragging us to cup wins. Without Ratcliffe's cash injection we were fucked, and I think the Glazers knew it which is why they opened some of the club up for purchase in the first place.

Where do you draw the line for necessary cuts though? As I mentioned above, we're £1b in debt. The debt stands at 1.7x our annual revenue. Maybe a poor comparison, but the average UK wage is £37,500. Imagine someone earning that being £60,000+ in debt. You would be licking the back of cling film to try and save money.

We're over £1b in debt due to their buyout. We've spent £1b in interest payments due to their buyout. They've still taken £200m out of the club in dividend payments. You're confusing the financial might of our club with the owners pockets. We can spend a lot every season because of global appeal and revenue allows it, but The Glazers have never put a single penny of their own money into the club, and instead have bled it dry. Mike Ashley never did that. Even when he loaned the club money, it was interest free. The Ashley era and The Glazer era can't be compared finance wise, you're right. Ashley was bad, but The Glazers are infinitely worse.

You're comparing the clubs, not the owners.

The Glazers are like Ashley. Ratcliffe is making necessary cuts because of what the Glazers have done.

I reckon if we win the Europa League and manage to shift Rashford/Sancho etc. then we'll spend £200m+ On absolute shite probably.

Racist. Mods.

They've beat us once in the league in like ten years. And that win was with two goals scored in the 100th and 101st minute. Fuck Chelsea.

Oh we were turbo shit. Better team probably aye, but couldn't finish our dinner. Good luck. The final is 5 days after it. The injury to Yoro is going to make him super cautious with the team selection now.

No bites = no fun.