Gemmill

Him and Dharmesh.

Does the season finish with them getting promoted then? I know we take the piss and stuff but that owner they've got. Fuck me. He's just a bairn. Making mad decisions like sacking the boss with no replacement and then you see on this that the bloke they eventually appointed proactively got in touch with them to see if they had any interest in him. Just brutal mismanagement.

It's just undeniable that the news agenda at the BBC has been corrupted by the right.

I've just started watching it. The "Previously on..." for the first episode was glorious. All of that sadness and turmoil distilled into 3 minutes. Like a thick misery syrup.

Who even is he? It's like they've got the team leader from Accounts Payable in to give his views. Is he an ex-agent or something?

I'm not having that. Tonali's gambling habit would have been kept firmly under wraps. I don't think that can be pinned on anyone at NUFC. Having said that, if he goes, I hope Man United's first big signature signing turns out to be the fucking Acca King of Italy and the bloke that dresses up as Foxy for Foxy Bingo.

I genuinely hope this move falls through and he stays, but if he goes we'll replace him in short order and we'll still be run like a proper football club. The whole point in having a setup like we're going for, and like the one we brought Ashworth in to run, is that you can replace people without the whole thing falling over. See Brighton for evidence.

Aye. I'm sure he's very good, but he's not irreplaceable. The fact that we're currently the biggest club he's worked at tells you that all the clubs bigger than us have someone they're perfectly happy with in his role. That patter about his laptop makes him sound like a pervert anyway.

According to Lukey boy they'll have to pay £10m compensation and he has a 12 month gardening leave clause. They can shorten that but it'll cost them. Lovely stuff.

I don't know how easy it will be to get on with Ten Hag. The bloke has an insane ego and clearly likes being the big lad. Suspect it will be very different to working with Howe.

Aye, the "as long as compensation is agreed" part of Hope's tweet is by no means guaranteed, if we do what we should and demand big numbers.

Aye I've got no problem with him leaving to go there, but I hope he fully shits the bed. I don't see how he doesn't have a period of gardening leave that extends at least to the end of the summer window either, otherwise Man United will be signing half of the targets he's identified for us.

Honestly, I wouldn't have any hard feelings if he left. Whether we like it or not, they are a massive global brand, and it would be career progression for him. I'd just like to see us really make Man United pay for the inconvenience.

We should also probably just go and try to poach whoever Brighton replaced him with.

I really want to see us completely take the piss if he's gonna leave. Make them pay through the nose and stick him on a year of garden leave. It's what they tried to do to us with Lingard, and what they would absolutely do if the shoe was on the other foot in this situation. We know that this lot are working with other clubs to stunt our progress, so we should play the hardest game of hardball possible in return.

Stewart is back presenting the Daily Show to lampoon the current situation.

Feels like that one has been pre-written to press the button on as soon as the Ineos deal got the green light tbh. I'm not sure anything has actually changed.

https://theathletic.com/5254290/2024/02/13/premier-league-champions-league-coefficient?source=user-shared-article Article explaining why the PL is still a strong favourite to get the extra CL spot.

Ah that's a shame. He was a walking stereotype, but because he was partly responsible for the invention of the stereotype. He's been on the radio up until quite recently so I assume this was very unexpected.

Just in case the question ever comes up.

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