Alex 35650 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Just now, PaddockLad said: I once made a similar point to Delaney. He replied tbf to him saying that all Fleet Street journos were told not to print anything derogatory about Abramovich because corporate media were shit scared about the threat of legal proceedings against both them and the individual journos So basically their job is more important to them than their principles. Which I have no problem with. As long as you’re prepared to admit that all the time. Whereas most of this lot make out that’s not the case. And it’s not like Delaney is falling over himself to point out he should’ve been a vocal critic of Putin before but couldn’t be in his articles. Although fair play of him to admit it on Twitter. But we know the actual problem with the PIF with these lot is really about how it impacts their own beloved football clubs. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3991 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 5 hours ago, Gemmill said: The boy is learning. Which mentally challenged person needs that 3rd column? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35650 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 4 minutes ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said: Which mentally challenged person needs that 3rd column? I think it’s because it’s ranked by the third column. Although i take your point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9909 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 1 hour ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said: Which mentally challenged person needs that 3rd column? Fifth column wannabees? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11610 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 6 hours ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said: Which mentally challenged person needs that 3rd column? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11610 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 11 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: i wonder who the local journalist souness speaks of was. called him a clown I'm sure that's wide of the mark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeAdmirer 1288 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Do we have any South Korean posters? My condolences. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46141 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Lots of talk from Caulkin of anger from within the club at Man United's behaviour and the way Ashworth has handled himself. I hope they come in to negotiations with a similar "We're Man United, guys" attitude. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ackas 311 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 3 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Lots of talk from Caulkin of anger from within the club at Man United's behaviour and the way Ashworth has handled himself. I hope they come in to negotiations with a similar "We're Man United, guys" attitude. Does any money we get for Ashworth help with FFP? If, so squeeze as much out of them as possible. If not, he can do the full 20 months horticultural experience. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6787 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Aye. I’d play hard ball here but I assume a middle ground will be reached. £10m and he starts in 2025. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3517 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 hour ago, LongTimeAdmirer said: Do we have any South Korean posters? My condolences. My chiropractor is South Korean, (he's very good if anyone wants his details), he won't be happy after all he's had to listen to, on my thoughts about the bacon eating cabbageheed! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3517 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 5 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: Aye. I’d play hard ball here but I assume a middle ground will be reached. £10m and he starts in 2025. TBF what's the point in reaching middle ground? They haven't done us any favours and will continue to make things as difficult as possible for us because they know we are coming for them, for all of them. So we should just make any and everything as difficult as we can for them all. Fuck'em. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46141 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Middle ground probably saves us a million quid. Not a great incentive for it. Every month that comes off his GL is way more valuable to them than it is to us. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7084 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 hour ago, LongTimeAdmirer said: Do we have any South Korean posters? My condolences. Barnes had rested enough, the litter filling his broken hot tub duly testified. Now it was time to start work again, and what an opportunity! The land of the rising sun, bullet trains and Chinese Dragons. Korea! He felt that familiar surge of excitement. All the things lying ahead of him to savour. Virgin territory. New players, naive media and a plethora of untasted fast food. He’d heard of that kimchi stuff. What was in it? Cabbage? Fuck that then, they'll have a McDonalds. Did they drink there?, he wondered. It wouldn’t matter. He would get in shape in case he was needed off the bench, confident his bloated 63 year old frame would still cut the mustard against those slopes. Barnes cleaned his face and dressed himself for the Zoom call with the KFA. He felt confident and assured. Those decades of media training at United having served him so well, once more his calm gravitas would win the day. Heading to the office in the back of his garage, he drove off on his usual routine. He always liked to drive to work, even when working from home. It helps me make the separation, he reminded himself as he inspected the stains on his ragged old sweatpants. Whilst in the Burger King Drive Thru he saw an old fella walking a dog. They eat dogs there, don’t they?! A brief wince, a furrowed brow, thoughts coalescing. “Here’s your order Dr Barnes, have a nice day”. He grabbed his 3 bags whilst confirming they hadn’t forgotten anything then pulled away smoothly in his leased Tesla. It looked a bit naff but had peerless acceleration and more talk than Talk Radio. The interview went very well, there was an air of formality about it. As things were wrapping up he felt stirrings down there, and down there was rarely wrong. The job was his. "One last thing, Mr Barnes. Do you have any questions for us?" "Erm." Thoughts racing. Fuck, he hadn’t prepared a question! Schoolboy error. He briefly considered asking if he’d get a game but thought better of it. Fuck!! Quickly, what do you want to know about Korea!! "Errrr, I was wondering something before to be fair. What do dogs taste like? Is it bacon?" 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11610 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 47 minutes ago, trophyshy said: Barnes had rested enough, the litter filling his broken hot tub duly testified. Now it was time to start work again, and what an opportunity! The land of the rising sun, bullet trains and Chinese Dragons. Korea! He felt that familiar surge of excitement. All the things lying ahead of him to savour. Virgin territory. New players, naive media and a plethora of untasted fast food. He’d heard of that kimchi stuff. What was in it? Cabbage? Fuck that then, they'll have a McDonalds. Did they drink there?, he wondered. It wouldn’t matter. He would get in shape in case he was needed off the bench, confident his bloated 63 year old frame would still cut the mustard against those slopes. Barnes cleaned his face and dressed himself for the Zoom call with the KFA. He felt confident and assured. Those decades of media training at United having served him so well, once more his calm gravitas would win the day. Heading to the office in the back of his garage, he drove off on his usual routine. He always liked to drive to work, even when working from home. It helps me make the separation, he reminded himself as he inspected the stains on his ragged old sweatpants. Whilst in the Burger King Drive Thru he saw an old fella walking a dog. They eat dogs there, don’t they?! A brief wince, a furrowed brow, thoughts coalescing. “Here’s your order Dr Barnes, have a nice day”. He grabbed his 3 bags whilst confirming they hadn’t forgotten anything then pulled away smoothly in his leased Tesla. It looked a bit naff but had peerless acceleration and more talk than Talk Radio. The interview went very well, there was an air of formality about it. As things were wrapping up he felt stirrings down there, and down there was rarely wrong. The job was his. "One last thing, Mr Barnes. Do you have any questions for us?" "Erm." Thoughts racing. Fuck, he hadn’t prepared a question! Schoolboy error. He briefly considered asking if he’d get a game but thought better of it. Fuck!! Quickly, what do you want to know about Korea!! "Errrr, I was wondering something before to be fair. What do dogs taste like? Is it bacon?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Holden McGroin 6787 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 2 hours ago, Gemmill said: Middle ground probably saves us a million quid. Not a great incentive for it. Every month that comes off his GL is way more valuable to them than it is to us. You're missing the part where they pay us £10m. But aye, I'd play hard ball as well. Fuck 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20888 Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 'You are a nailed on virgin like' 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33931 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 There's fans can't even get in the ground yet the club seems to bend over backwards, (or so it seems) to let the likes of Pearson walk around the training ground talking to players? Wasn't he and a few others invited over to Saudi on one the training camps as well? I won't be the only one seeing shit like this and thinking 'you're doing yourselves no favours here'. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35650 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 6 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said: There's fans can't even get in the ground yet the club seems to bend over backwards, (or so it seems) to let the likes of Pearson walk around the training ground talking to players? Wasn't he and a few others invited over to Saudi on one the training camps as well? I won't be the only one seeing shit like this and thinking 'you're doing yourselves no favours here'. I think it was Craig on here who said he thought he might be working for the club. I scoffed at the idea tbh (this was very soon after the takeover) but if he’s not directly employed he’s definitely getting ridiculous amounts of access to the club. It seems to encapsulate a lot of why I give less and less of a fuck about professional football. I.e. an absolute fucking bull’s knacker getting the sort of access most followers of the club could only dream of. He’s easily as embarrassing as that Sunderland weirdo with the wooly hat 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33931 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 4 minutes ago, Alex said: I think it was Craig on here who said he thought he might be working for the club. I scoffed at the idea tbh (this was very soon after the takeover) but if he’s not directly employed he’s definitely getting ridiculous amounts of access to the club. It seems to encapsulate a lot of why I give less and less of a fuck about professional football. I.e. an absolute fucking bull’s knacker getting the sort of access most followers of the club could only dream of. He’s easily as embarrassing as that Sunderland weirdo with the wooly hat He's not alone if he is getting access. I love NUFC but there's parts of it that leaves me not giving as much as a fuck as I used to. (Other than 90 mins a week). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35650 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 minute ago, Howmanheyman said: He's not alone if he is getting access. I love NUFC but there's parts of it that leaves me not giving as much as a fuck as I used to. (Other than 90 mins a week). Aye. I think it was you who pointed out it’s always the same people who on the tv etc in relation to us. Like ahead of the derby it was some people who previously appeared in the Prime series? Like there’s some club-approved list or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10972 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 5 minutes ago, Alex said: Aye. I think it was you who pointed out it’s always the same people who on the tv etc in relation to us. Like ahead of the derby it was some people who previously appeared in the Prime series? Like there’s some club-approved list or something Everybody wants their moment in the fucking spotlight. Around the takeover we had people from Sky, BT, talkSport and the like asking the lads on the podcast if we wanted to go on their shows, provide content for their channels and shit. I've no doubt the same call went out to Pearson, Wraith and the rest of them. I couldn't be less interested, but when I saw who got those spots I worried I'd made a mistake. At least I could have maybe killed off a few thousand from their audience and made them think twice about asking gobshite know-nowts. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46141 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 It could be worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46141 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 9 hours ago, Gemmill said: Lots of talk from Caulkin of anger from within the club at Man United's behaviour and the way Ashworth has handled himself. I hope they come in to negotiations with a similar "We're Man United, guys" attitude. I'm absolutely thrilled to report that Sir Jim Ratcliffe is very much adopting a "GUYS! We're Manchester United. Just hand him over." approach. I'm sure this will endear him to our lot. "I won't get dragged into that, but first allow me to get dragged into that." Cunt. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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