The Official Manchester United Thread [Vol 6]

[ORD]

uk66fastback said:

ORD said:

Liverpool won most of their trophies back when all teams were bad and football was relatively amateur

Meant as a good-natured poke.

[franki68]

Black can man said:

And another thing winning two trophies is terrific for Utd & Mourinho


You poor fkers are faced with at least another two years of tedious turgid football .i

I watched some greatly entertaining Utd teams under docherty and Atkinson ,they barely won anything ,all I remember now is they weren't good enough .
And whilst I do think we've played some poor football it has mostly been the last ten weeks .
We've played plenty of good stuff at times

Enjoy 2nd place and the football you played ,it's meaningless unless you win something .

[Athlon]

Manchester United and Manchester City have made a joint donation of £1million to the fund set up for those affected by the bomb.

[Gargamel]

Athlon said:

Manchester United and Manchester City have made a joint donation of £1million to the fund set up for those affected by the bomb.

Very good to hear. Well played both clubs.

[bstb3]

A good gesture for sure.

Also very impressed with Ander Herrera's press conference after the match last night. This is his second language, yet he spoke so well about the events in Manchester, the club and the game. Really rate this guy, future captain for me. "We are no one, just football players, but we have an audience.."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkWvyIzkG_o

How many British players could manage this even in English, let alone a foreign language?

[ORD]

Good on them!

[GTO-3R]

Adam B said:

Black can man said:

In all fairness I think the money for finishing 2nd in the premier league far outweighs what winning the EL league does,

it does but you have to compare coming 2nd vs coming 6th and winning Europa Cup

Manchester United pocketed €14.7m (£12.7m) in prize money after winning the Europa League with a 2-0 win over Ajax in the final. The Premier League giants secured the final winner's prize of €6.5m to add to the €8.2m they'd already earned from European football governing body Uefa. (source City AM)

Winner of EPL gets £40M, and it falls by £2M for each place below - so Spurs made £38M, United made £30M for 6th
http://www.totalsportek.com/money/premier-league-p...

So we made 4.7 million more than Spurs. Devastated we didn't finish second..

[Randy Winkman]

TEKNOPUG said:

Another one trying to convince themselves that United winning the LC and ELC is a worthy achievement. How the times have changed.

Yes, they have changed. As a 52 year old I remember Man Utd getting relegated and failing to win the league for the first 28 years of my life. This year was great and I'm very happy.

[likesachange]

Suprised to see Man U second favourites with Chelsea for league next season ..

The bookies know there stuff

[Trabi601]

Randy Winkman said:

TEKNOPUG said:

Another one trying to convince themselves that United winning the LC and ELC is a worthy achievement. How the times have changed.

Yes, they have changed. As a 52 year old I remember Man Utd getting relegated and failing to win the league for the first 28 years of my life. This year was great and I'm very happy.

This. I'm a little younger, but remember the bad days of Liverpool, Everton and Arsenal winning everything whilst we picked up the odd FA Cup.

I also remember the Cup Winners Cup final (still have the shirt and still wear it from time to time!) - and how winning what was a '2nd tier' European Trophy made the club what it is today.

[Alpinestars]

likesachange said:

Suprised to see Man U second favourites with Chelsea for league next season ..

The bookies know there stuff

Spuds 8/1!!! What the fk do bookies know. They have an extra few million this year. Sure to land them their first trophy this century.

[Randy Winkman]

Trabi601 said:

This. I'm a little younger, but remember the bad days of Liverpool, Everton and Arsenal winning everything whilst we picked up the odd FA Cup.

I also remember the Cup Winners Cup final (still have the shirt and still wear it from time to time!) - and how winning what was a '2nd tier' European Trophy made the club what it is today.

For me, winning stuff was way more exciting when we won less. Mark Hughes Cup Winners Cup winning goal was marvellous. Actually, his equalizer against Oldham in the '94 FA Cup semi final was one of my best ever United moments.

[London424]

Alpinestars said:

likesachange said:

Suprised to see Man U second favourites with Chelsea for league next season ..

The bookies know there stuff

Spuds 8/1!!! What the fk do bookies know. They have an extra few million this year. Sure to land them their first trophy this century.

Well you were favourites to win it this year...so who knows.

[Black can man]

likesachange said:

Suprised to see Man U second favourites with Chelsea for league next season ..

The bookies know there stuff

I guess the bookies know you are going to spend another billion , zillion trillion on footballers .

They know the current squad is only good for 6th at best in the big league.

[Alpinestars]

London424 said:

Well you were favourites to win it this year...so who knows.

Que? We were favourites? When?

[Helicopter123]

Black can man said:

likesachange said:

Suprised to see Man U second favourites with Chelsea for league next season ..

The bookies know there stuff

I guess the bookies know you are going to spend another billion , zillion trillion on footballers .

They know the current squad is only good for 6th at best in the big league.

Bookies will have an eye on the transfer window - United and City will both splash the cash on players who will enhance the starting 11. Chelsea will deepen the squad, as I suspect will Liverpool. Arsenal need to sort out the manager, but like Spurs, may struggle to retain their top players. Spurs are going to have to adjust to paying 'top 4' wages if they want to keep their star names. You can't hold onto the likes of Kane paying mid-table wages, yet they have a stadium to pay for.

[Alpinestars]

Helicopter123 said:

Black can man said:

likesachange said:

Suprised to see Man U second favourites with Chelsea for league next season ..

The bookies know there stuff

I guess the bookies know you are going to spend another billion , zillion trillion on footballers .

They know the current squad is only good for 6th at best in the big league.

Bookies will have an eye on the transfer window - United and City will both splash the cash on players who will enhance the starting 11. Chelsea will deepen the squad, as I suspect will Liverpool. Arsenal need to sort out the manager, but like Spurs, may struggle to retain their top players. Spurs are going to have to adjust to paying 'top 4' wages if they want to keep their star names. You can't hold onto the likes of Kane paying mid-table wages, yet they have a stadium to pay for.

Another big problem for the spuds is playing at Wembley.

[London424]

Alpinestars said:

London424 said:

Well you were favourites to win it this year...so who knows.

Que? We were favourites? When?

My apologies, you were a lot of pundits favourites...but only second favourite at the bookies.

[Black can man]

Helicopter123 said:

. Spurs are going to have to adjust to paying 'top 4' wages if they want to keep their star names. You can't hold onto the likes of Kane paying mid-table wages, yet they have a stadium to pay for.

Not so sure they will tbh. The system has worked well so far.


Other than Kane the best starting xl at spurs are all players that Spurs have purchased & all these players were available to other clubs at a relatively reasonable price. I would suggest it's more of what our coaching team are doing rather than the players being brilliant.

There is talk of Walker going but if the money is right then he has to go (as has any player at Spurs). but we have a more than decent ready made replacement in Trippier. & the same goes for Rose too with Davies showing great form.




I really don't think Spurs will be doing anything different this coming season regarding players wages.

Poch & his coaching team are the only ones that I would be desperate to keep.

[Alpinestars]

London424 said:

Alpinestars said:

London424 said:

Well you were favourites to win it this year...so who knows.

Que? We were favourites? When?

My apologies, you were a lot of pundits favourites...but only second favourite at the bookies.

No worries.

Anyone who thought we were favourites last season is off their rocker.