Football (Soccer) Thread - Page 191

On November 12 2026 11:38 evilfatsh1t wrote:
yeah wilcox should have got fired ages ago. the guy had no love for united throughout his entire career and suddenly hes calling all the shots? easiest sabotage of his life

anyways i lowkey hope we get relegated even with poch. if thats what it takes for the glazers and ineos to leave then its a necessary sacrifice.

and fuck the pl. they could have applied their fit and proper test to the glazers at any time and forced them to sell the club and theyve done nothing but watch as the glazers dismantle the largest football institution in the league

On November 12 2026 21:28 WombaT wrote:

The PL can’t just displace owners for being a bit shit, that would bring chaos

The leveraged purchase mechanism was/is complete bullshit of course, but I don’t believe it’s ever been within the PL’s power to block a purchase that’s above board

The crazy thing is despite servicing that debt, United have still shelled out tons of money, just very ineffectively. If they were run well, they’d still easily be an elite team despite it. If they were run well by someone else without that debt, we may be looking at a timeline where they’re almost unassailably dominant in English football.

Considering how United are somewhat coasting as a ‘brand’ based on the success of the Ferguson years, imagine how big a revenue-generating behemoth they’d be now if they’d remained at the bleeding edge of the game

If United had actually even slightly maximised their potential in this span, it’s kinda difficult to see how even a Liverpool or Arsenal could have reliably competed with them

I mean they’re still floating around the upper echelons of the football rich lists despite being a shitshow!

As a neutral it’s been occasionally enjoyable to revel in United’s toils, plus I can tease my son on the regular, but I think deep down most of us would concede a strong United is better for the league and the game overall.

It’s been ridiculously mismanaged as an institution, and if anything INEOS and Radcliffe are worse than the Glazers. At least the Glazers just sat around and were disinterested and occasionally signed off some cheques. The new regime are no more competent, but sack various non-playing staff to save pennies, disrespect the woman’s side and are headed by someone who’s an active arsehole.