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Can someone put up the quotes about Tino from Howe? Tino looks a player who’s got the talent and also the right attitude, would be very surprised if he’s half-arsing it

absolute fucking babies. What the fuck are they doing watching football

Whatever it takes, we need to find a way to bring them back in the lowest risk fashion possible. Even if it means playing without a striker for a while or playing with a very imbalanced midfield. Zero point playing either for anywhere close to 90 mins until they’ve proven they can do, 15, 20, 30 mins etc.

Sounds like a grown up conversation might be required with the government Scrounge Rat: “I’ve collected all these coupons, look this one’s £5 off your next haircut, and this one’s buy one get one free on baked beans. I’ve got hundreds of these. Any normal business person would happily take these in favour of cash.”

Aye, they’ve just bought themselves another few years without major aggro coming their way I’d say. Either Man U go on a bit of a resurgence (it won’t last) or Ratcliffe just becomes the fall guy for everything that goes wrong. I think things will continue to go poorly there. The only solution for Man U was getting rid of the Glazers. That was their only way back. Now, they have the Glazers and a new leech as well. Fairly ominous

It’s every football fan’s dream that their owner is a massively tight cunt. Just pleased the Man U fans have been saved from the Glazers

Whatever happens, I just hope we get some more gems from the Rat in the coming months. I’ve had a grown up conversation with myself today and decided I’m going to have a tub of ice cream later

Seems like a lot of elite Brazilian footballers get themselves into major criminal / legal trouble. What’s the deal?

It does have the feeling that Jim’s main footballing knowledge / belief is “But this is Manchester United” Thats clearly how he views everything through an entitled lens. The Brexit-loving clown

I’ll drink to that Rod

Good lad Stif, fighting the good fight. Thankfully, I don’t think we need worry on this occasion. The government is utterly fucked financially for a long time to come

Fuck me, does he just know fuck all about what he’s doing? Someone needs to cuff him and get him away from interviews as soon as possible

Will be watching and would just like to see us move the ball round well and ideally not get played through with ease multiple times. If either of those things go fine then I’ll be happy

He’s also got a sycophant vibe about him. Although he doesn’t actively suck up to people in his tweets he comments unnecessarily on loads of stuff. Obviously it’s about “building his brand” and monetising himself but always feels so desperate to me when he’s surely already in a great position

The more I think about it, the more fucked off Ratcliffe must be. His comments aren’t wise and aren’t going to help the situation. He obviously couldn’t help himself so that suggests he’s an angry man. Why would he be angry about something that is absolutely standard in contract law / negotiations? Either because he just loves being an entitled prick or Man U aren’t in a strong enough financial position to make the move without damaging some short-term plans. Stupid twat

“Here lads. I’m not getting dragged into this but what I will say is some utter guff about how the law works even though I clearly don’t understand contract law. I like to have grown up conversations, that’s why I’m talking out my arse to journalists acting like I’m a child who didn’t get my favourite Paw Patrol figurine for Christmas.”

Entrance to STACK via ballot? Where can I sign up

Can see this one getting some decent mileage over the coming years. Might use it myself if you end up falling to pieces

What came out of the safe standing workshop? Was this from last season? Would be interested to know more about what fans advocated for, surely they wanted more safe standing? And in multiple areas?

There’s a write up by Haydn in the general NUFC thread

Really don’t think they’ll ever crack it. They had Messi, Neymar, Mbappe and a team of other quality players and completely blew it. They had decent defenders in there too. Messi was still arguably the best in the world and if not then Mbappe was. They tried to throw money at it and it didn’t work. I just think when players go there they go there knowing they’re getting paid a ransom. They then see the standard of opposition of a lot of the French league and get complacent. You don’t go to PSG if you want to be the best player in the world. Their only hope is Mbappe’s plan of having a French identity and players who want to succeed there

Wonder when PSG will give up and accept no matter how much money they throw around they’re still going to be shit compared to Europe’s other elite teams

Dunno like, their club culture is rotten to the core. Their ground and facilities are falling apart and decades behind some teams. There’s obviously been major disillusionment which has set in due to the Glazers. Is Dan the best person to resolve all these things? Really not easy to say as the amount of investment required is huge but it’s almost impossible to put a price on changing a club’s culture, especially when the Glazers are still there in the mix

This is it, Jim likes a vanity project and he likes pulling together a team of top experts. Fair play but football is vastly more complicated at the very top level when a team has flagged for so long than almost any other sport, certainly non-US team sport. The amount of money that’s involved, luck and continued good decisions needs someone who is able to be in it for a long time and keep pumping money in when it’s seemingly not going right. It’s not going to work out for Jim and his pals long-term even if they have a little boost for a year or so. What could save Man U is if they have some incredible players coming through their academy who love the club, think that might be their only hope because it’s still rotten to the core