Club Sale | It’s done!

[Nori-]

In regards to protests, we had one effective example - there was a huge turnout and fans got on the pitch and got a game cancelled. It made a serious statement.

Problem is, that was a one off in terms of effectiveness and in my opinion the fans that got on the pitch and got the game cancelled were "lucky", the club have learnt from that and we likely wont see that again.

Using the "If the Glazers stay, you'll see protests like never seen before" argument, is unfortunatly worth nothing. We are not the best when it comes to effective protests, especially compared to some of the European fans. Some might not like to hear that, but its the truth.

I'm not in Manchester but would love to take part in some kind of protest, why do the large fan groups not organise protests outside Uniteds London HQ? or even some of their large sponsors London offices?

I think that would be a lot more effective than a handful of people outside Old Trafford every few weeks.

 

[Attila]

can’t believe this, sickening

 

[Infra-red]

only for the feeble minded

Sounds like you have irrefutable proof of their impending departure - please do enlighten us...

 

[gormless]

Is it bad that I sort of want to see the carnage that will come from this if they decide not to sell?

Really drive home the message to the cnuts.

I doubt they watch the games from Florida… maybe getting a Tampa Bay game cancelled would work

 

[KiD MoYeS]

End of the day they haven't got their asking price. They'll happily twiddle their thumbs until then.

 

[Rhyme Animal]

Feck the Glazers, Feck Joel, Feck Avram and if you're down with them feck you too- in 2pac's Voice.

You asked for it…

‘Bid Em Up’ by Q-Pac Sheikhur

First off, feck Brexit and the clique you claim
Q-Side when we ride, come equipped with game
You claim to be a player but only got one wife
We bust on Glazer figures - leave em set for life

Plus, Avi tryin' to see me on his Claridges trip
Joely G and Bryan Glazer some mark-ass bitches
We keep on grinnin' while we biddin' for yo' club
Say we’re walkin', no more talkin' with them fools, Raine knows the rules

Lil' Jimmy, serving the Glazers in a pinny
I’ll feck your old ass up, leave us in peace, or be deceased
Lil' Jim, don't feck around with real G's
Quick to bid yo' ugly ass off the streets, so feck Nice!

I let them Glazers know it's on for life
Don't let the Q-Side ride tonight (haha)
Rat Boy murdered on wax and killed
feck wit' me and get yo' fracks peeled, you know, see

Up ya bids when you see Jassim
Call the Raine Group when you see Jassim, uh
Who out bid me? But ya punks didn't finish
Now ya 'bout to feel the wrath of a menace…
Glazers, I bid em' up

 

[Neil67]

1987 my XR3i was built.

 

[Tiber]

I have an obscene amount of posts in this thread, but ive totally given up on it at this stage. Realised earlier I hadn't even thought about it in days

We are stuck with them

 

[Garethw]

Qatar will up their bid again.

 

[strandty]

 

[Rhyme Animal]

1987 my XR3i was built.

Quality. Though I’ve always preferred the Escort Mexico Mark 2.

 

[NicolaSacco]

1987 my XR3i was built.

As a 7 year old kid (in 1987) I used to think the XR3i was the greatest car in existence. That and the Ford Cortina.
God I’d love one now.

 

[RedDevil@84]

ETH will probably be gone before these lot leave.

 

[christy87]

1987, if carlsberg done sporting years this would be it, Messi, benzema, djokovic and Murray all born this year.

 

[croadyman]

Just my thoughts on a couple of points I have seen being discussed,
"It will be a major embarrassment to Qatar if they don't buy the club now"
I would say that they can quite easily justify not succumbing to the Glazers demands, and no businessman EVER wants it to seem like they have massively overpaid. (Just think of Sanchez, Pogba, Maguires agents, or Phil Jones etc, or Juventus, Leicester City for inflated transfer fees and wages)
" we felt that the current value was approximately £4bn, but with proper people at the helm, even at 5bn we could have made medium and long term returns, but the asking price was prohibitive"

With regards to the sale or no sale, it appears to me (as a total outsider) that there is a wide gap in the glazer siblings as to the way forward.
4 seem to want to cash in (or maybe HAVE to raise cash), while 2 want to stay.
Now why do Joel and Avram want to remain?
POSSIBLY they are looking at top 5 qualifying for the champions league will mean that United are almost certain to qualify every year, so maybe not so much need to spend on transfers, new shirt sponsors will keep you at or near the top of the game's biggest earners, new TV deals they will expect revenues to increase further.
With the move from FFP to FSP though will, if I understand the new regulations correctly, will be the biggest reason for them to want to retain a significant shareholding.
In three or four years, clubs will only be able to spend 70% of income, leaving 30% of £600,000,000+ per year will make for a nice wee dividend each year, and if the ground needs renovating..."due to FSP regulations we can't afford to pay for the refurbishment out of current incomes, however welcome to the McDonald's Soccerbowl Old Trafford, a partnership which will allow the modernising of the ground"

Yeah no doubt Qatar have taken a big L to the middle east rivals running City & Newcastle. Unfortunately I see them going to invest in a Spurs/West Ham instead whilst we get Ratcliffe and like it

 

[Precaution]

I doubt they watch the games from Florida… maybe getting a Tampa Bay game cancelled would work

Wouldnt work, they got guns and Florida man

 

[Yorke to Cole]

Qatar will up their bid again.

Could this really happen? What is seen more embarrassing, they put in a 7th offer or lose out completely?

 

[Teja]

Seriously, why are Qatar / SJR putting up with this bullshit? I'd be livid if someone made me work this much for something they might or might not need.

 

[ayushreddevil9]

Well atleast the anti-qatar fans will be happy.

 

[thebelfastboy]

It goes back Sohlekol said during one of his reports on Sky, the Glazers did not get the range of prospective buyers they wanted. Hence, why they went public.

They are dangerous owners because the only element speaks to them is money. They do not care about the supporters etc...

There is a split amongst the siblings. United Muppetier does not expect there to be an announcement till mid August. I can see them shifting their stance and say they are staying.

It's frustrating, no doubt about that especially as absolutely everybody is still being kept in the dark with no update.

However, I just can't see a situation whereby the Glazers are advised to pull the plug on the sale now (with 2 bidder's around the 5 to 5.5b range); in the hope that other unknown parties will be interested a couple of years down the line and willing to pay another billion quid on top. If so, why are these mystery, future prospective buyers now? Answer? they don't exist.

 

[Red Foxx]

You asked for it…

‘Bid Em Up’ by Q-Pac Sheikhur

First off, feck Brexit and the clique you claim
Q-Side when we ride, come equipped with game
You claim to be a player but only got one wife
We bust on Glazer figures - leave em set for life

Plus, Avi tryin' to see me on his Claridges trip
Joely G and Bryan Glazer some mark-ass bitches
We keep on grinnin' while we biddin' for yo' club
Say we’re walkin', no more talkin' with them fools, Raine knows the rules

Lil' Jimmy, serving the Glazers in a pinny
I’ll feck your old ass up, leave us in peace, or be deceased
Lil' Jim, don't feck around with real G's
Quick to bid yo' ugly ass off the streets, so feck Nice!

I let them Glazers know it's on for life
Don't let the Q-Side ride tonight (haha)
Rat Boy murdered on wax and killed
feck wit' me and get yo' fracks peeled, you know, see

Up ya bids when you see Jassim
Call the Raine Group when you see Jassim, uh
Who out bid me? But ya punks didn't finish
Now ya 'bout to feel the wrath of a menace…
Glazers, I bid em' up

Respect to you, sir

 

[pocco]

It goes back Sohlekol said during one of his reports on Sky, the Glazers did not get the range of prospective buyers they wanted. Hence, why they went public.

They are dangerous owners because the only element speaks to them is money. They do not care about the supporters etc...

There is a split amongst the siblings. United Muppetier does not expect there to be an announcement till mid August. I can see them shifting their stance and say they are staying.

The what now?

 

[WYVERNUNITED99]

In regards to protests, we had one effective example - there was a huge turnout and fans got on the pitch and got a game cancelled. It made a serious statement.

Problem is, that was a one off in terms of effectiveness and in my opinion the fans that got on the pitch and got the game cancelled were "lucky", the club have learnt from that and we likely wont see that again.

Using the "If the Glazers stay, you'll see protests like never seen before" argument, is unfortunatly worth nothing. We are not the best when it comes to effective protests, especially compared to some of the European fans. Some might not like to hear that, but its the truth.

I'm not in Manchester but would love to take part in some kind of protest, why do the large fan groups not organise protests outside Uniteds London HQ? or even some of their large sponsors London offices?

I think that would be a lot more effective than a handful of people outside Old Trafford every few weeks.

Or few all around the world. That could count too. I think we are all up to that point. Also closing megastores isn't a bad idea

 

[pocco]

Well atleast the anti-qatar fans will be happy.

And the anti INEOS fans. At least they don't have to worry about Jim tearing up the pitch to start fracking. They're the biggest winners, as I imagine they were terrified of that prospect.

 

[BootsyCollins]

1987, the year i was born. Horrible page it seems like.

 

[Spoony]

Glazurs playing hardball.

 

[sunama]

Ain’t happening I don’t think. Not in the near future anyway. I think they will tough it out a year minimum

They are not toughing it out.
They are making millions every year by holding onto MUFC. There is absolutely no rush for them to sell.

 

[horsechoker]

You asked for it…

‘Bid Em Up’ by Q-Pac Sheikhur

First off, feck Brexit and the clique you claim
Q-Side when we ride, come equipped with game
You claim to be a player but only got one wife
We bust on Glazer figures - leave em set for life

Plus, Avi tryin' to see me on his Claridges trip
Joely G and Bryan Glazer some mark-ass bitches
We keep on grinnin' while we biddin' for yo' club
Say we’re walkin', no more talkin' with them fools, Raine knows the rules

Lil' Jimmy, serving the Glazers in a pinny
I’ll feck your old ass up, leave us in peace, or be deceased
Lil' Jim, don't feck around with real G's
Quick to bid yo' ugly ass off the streets, so feck Nice!

I let them Glazers know it's on for life
Don't let the Q-Side ride tonight (haha)
Rat Boy murdered on wax and killed
feck wit' me and get yo' fracks peeled, you know, see

Up ya bids when you see Jassim
Call the Raine Group when you see Jassim, uh
Who out bid me? But ya punks didn't finish
Now ya 'bout to feel the wrath of a menace…
Glazers, I bid em' up

You truly are a Rhyme Animal

 

[horsechoker]

1987, the year i was born. Horrible page it seems like.

I thought you were in your fifties!

 

[BootsyCollins]

I thought you were in your fifties!

Not yet, way to old for my liking though.

 

[MDFC Manager]

I thought you were in your fifties!

That's the other Colin, @Sassy Colin

 

[MancunianAngels]

In regards to protests, we had one effective example - there was a huge turnout and fans got on the pitch and got a game cancelled. It made a serious statement.

Problem is, that was a one off in terms of effectiveness and in my opinion the fans that got on the pitch and got the game cancelled were "lucky", the club have learnt from that and we likely wont see that again.

Using the "If the Glazers stay, you'll see protests like never seen before" argument, is unfortunatly worth nothing. We are not the best when it comes to effective protests, especially compared to some of the European fans. Some might not like to hear that, but its the truth.

I'm not in Manchester but would love to take part in some kind of protest, why do the large fan groups not organise protests outside Uniteds London HQ? or even some of their large sponsors London offices?

I think that would be a lot more effective than a handful of people outside Old Trafford every few weeks.

Speaking as someone who has been involved in various protests over the years, I'm not going near another one whilst most of those involved in the current movement seem to be begging for us to be taken over by Qatar.

 

[Red in STL]

I doubt they watch the games from Florida… maybe getting a Tampa Bay game cancelled would work

Not too sure how you would do that, feck with Florida NFL fans is a good way of ending up in a swamp as alligator bait

 

[AlexUTD]

Fecking parasites are using the club as a fecking ATM!

Words cannot describe how sick i am of these ghouls.

 

[Denis79]

Way to kill the good vibes..

 

[C'est Moi Cantona]

They are probably sat there thinking they're clever and astute business men letting everyone sweat, but the reality is that everyone knows that them literally not doing anything isn't an option, and dealing with someone like Elliot will be self harm for them and the club, so let them knock themselves out at this point.

Imo they'll sell as soon as they finally realise SJ and SJR go any higher, so I hope they have made this very clear to them already.

 

[Andycoleno9]

Wait, this is still on?

 

[Shakesy]

This thread still open, eh?

 

[Shakesy]

Wait, this is still on?

Snap

 

[Moriarty]

Not yet, way to old for my liking though.

Ageism. Ban needed!