The Official Manchester United Thread [Vol 6]

[Alpinestars]

Ascayman said:

Alpinestars said:

Gavia said:

Ascayman said:

Ooh yes I'll have some of that. And because we are all football fans my chosen charity will be for the victims of Hillsborough.

I have to say though my reluctance for making a bet on here is because the last one of made I won but was never paid out was a charity bet to. I'm sure your better than that though.

So deal. May the best team win.

Great. Mine will be a cancer charity that I'll confirm nearer the end of the season. I will pay out and will post a pic of my contribution as proof, if I lose.

End of the season??? Surely it'll be done by the end of Feb.

Like last season? Or the one before?..

Calm down darling.

[mickk]

Ascayman said:

I have to say though my reluctance for making a bet on here is because the last one of made I won but was never paid out was a charity bet to.

How long ago was that, is the cad still on here?

really hoping it wasn't me after a night on the piss

[mickk]

Gavia said:

mickk said:

Has everyone been drinking today?

I've had a couple but spent most of the day getting pissed wet through at a very wet Anglesey trying to get a good bike set up ahead of next week's marathon 1000km Endurance race at Donington.

Good luck.

[Ascayman]

mickk said:

Ascayman said:

I have to say though my reluctance for making a bet on here is because the last one of made I won but was never paid out was a charity bet to.

How long ago was that, is the cad still on here?

really hoping it wasn't me after a night on the piss

No mate not you. Southerners tend to honour thier bets, tis why I am happy to have a wager with a utd fan. .

[Black can man]

Ascayman said:

No mate not you. Southerners tend to honour thier bets, tis why I am happy to have a wager with a utd fan. .

You are indeed a brave man Ascay What with their " Cheque book Manager " in charge. jeez he could spent another £500M you know.


Fingers crossed you will win the bet & hopefully this time they will pay up.

[ORD]

The betting markets are bonkers again this year. Neither Liverpool nor Spurs is odds on to win the PL despite both being the best teams in living memory.

[ORD]

Current PL odds look to me to be about right. They would suggest the following.

Hard to identify the most likely winner as between Man City, Chelsea and Man Utd, although probably in that order of likelihood. I think that overrates Man City a bit.

Then a big gap to Spurs (odds are not very generous there at 10-1; 20-1 would be more realistic) and then a smaller gap to Arsenal and Liverpool. I think Spurs stand bugger all chance of winning the league (less than Livepoop and Arsenal), but I nonetheless think they'll probably finish above those two.

Assuming no more big transfers, I predict the following top 6:

Chelsea
Man Utd
Man City
Spurs
Arsenal
Liverpool

[mickk]

I'm hoping those top three are going to struggle getting a decent team to play together after all the new signings they've made.

[selym]

ORD said:

Current PL odds look to me to be about right. They would suggest the following.

Hard to identify the most likely winner as between Man City, Chelsea and Man Utd, although probably in that order of likelihood. I think that overrates Man City a bit.

Then a big gap to Spurs (odds are not very generous there at 10-1; 20-1 would be more realistic) and then a smaller gap to Arsenal and Liverpool. I think Spurs stand bugger all chance of winning the league (less than Livepoop and Arsenal), but I nonetheless think they'll probably finish above those two.

Assuming no more big transfers, I predict the following top 6:

Chelsea
Man Utd
Man City
Spurs
Arsenal
Liverpool

So Lindelof and Lukaku take you from sixth to second?

[ORD]

selym said:

So Lindelof and Lukaku take you from sixth to second?

Nope. Pogba being the best player in the league and our massive underperformance last year explain the difference. We are unlikely to underperform so badly again, and Pogba is getting better and better.

We also have a fantastic young striker who gets better every month and a world class AM who is finding his feet (Micky).

Our defence looks pretty average still, but Mou will somehow make it work.

It's not all about players. See Leicester. See also Man U winning the league very comfortably in Fergie's last season.

[selym]

ORD said:

Nope. Pogba being the best player in the league and our massive underperformance last year explain the difference. We are unlikely to underperform so badly again, and Pogba is getting better and better.

We also have a fantastic young striker who gets better every month and a world class AM who is finding his feet (Micky).

Our defence looks pretty average still, but Mou will somehow make it work.

It's not all about players. See Leicester. See also Man U winning the league very comfortably in Fergie's last season.

Its not all about players, but players still have some part to play. As for Pogba being the best player in the league, that might be the case at the end of next season but the only time he was really crowed about in the last year was when France played England.

[Alpinestars]

selym said:

ORD said:

Current PL odds look to me to be about right. They would suggest the following.

Hard to identify the most likely winner as between Man City, Chelsea and Man Utd, although probably in that order of likelihood. I think that overrates Man City a bit.

Then a big gap to Spurs (odds are not very generous there at 10-1; 20-1 would be more realistic) and then a smaller gap to Arsenal and Liverpool. I think Spurs stand bugger all chance of winning the league (less than Livepoop and Arsenal), but I nonetheless think they'll probably finish above those two.

Assuming no more big transfers, I predict the following top 6:

Chelsea
Man Utd
Man City
Spurs
Arsenal
Liverpool

So Lindelof and Lukaku take you from sixth to second?

So all those signings equate to 2?

That's a very naive and shallow view. You do realise a position is relative to others? Spuds will struggle at Wembley, scousers will do the same as they did last year. Chelsea will find it hard to win again. City have made a lot of changes to the squad.

Edited by Alpinestars on Saturday 22 July 10:21

[Black can man]

selym said:

So Lindelof and Lukaku take you from sixth to second?

We know there is going to be more, lot more.

It's the only Jose knows .

[Gavia]

Ascayman said:

mickk said:

Ascayman said:

I have to say though my reluctance for making a bet on here is because the last one of made I won but was never paid out was a charity bet to.

How long ago was that, is the cad still on here?

really hoping it wasn't me after a night on the piss

No mate not you. Southerners tend to honour thier bets, tis why I am happy to have a wager with a utd fan. .

I'll pay up if I lose the bet, so don't worry. The bad news for you, which will probably cause many sleepless nights between now and the end of the season is that I was born in Salford and still live Oop North, although I recently left Greater Manchester for a sleepy village in Lancashire

mickk said:

Gavia said:

mickk said:

Has everyone been drinking today?

I've had a couple but spent most of the day getting pissed wet through at a very wet Anglesey trying to get a good bike set up ahead of next week's marathon 1000km Endurance race at Donington.

Good luck.

Th aks, but as well be competing against top level racers and quite likely a few TT winners, I'll be happy if I finish.

[Ascayman]

Pogba best player in the league? I've heard it all now. Last season he wasn't even the best player in his family

[Helicopter123]

Ascayman said:

Pogba best player in the league? I've heard it all now. Last season he wasn't even the best player in his family

Pogba has looked top drawer pre-season. If Utd can get him a little more forward this year, they could win the title IMO. Too many focused on the transfer fee paid, and not on the progress he made last year.

[ORD]

He is comfortably the most talented player. He was usually our best player and looked good in a side that was fairly poor.

[franki68]

Black can man said:

selym said:

So Lindelof and Lukaku take you from sixth to second?

We know there is going to be more, lot more.

It's the only Jose knows .

I can reveal bcm has given himself away ,he is in fact ....yoda

[Alpinestars]

Black can man said:

selym said:

So Lindelof and Lukaku take you from sixth to second?

We know there is going to be more, lot more.

It's the only Jose knows .

Because that strategy helped City last year and the scousers for the last 25.

[Alpinestars]

Quote of the summer so far.

‘I don’t think you need to spend to win anything,’ Spud Eriksen.

How the fk would someone who's never won anything know?