Pin-seeker
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I agree,but got no sympathy for Gordan.
It was a stupid way to get sent off,rather than a late challenge.
It was a stupid way to get sent off,rather than a late challenge.
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How would you do the cup one? Could take years ...
If it does, it does
. Mind, only if you get knocked out first round each time.
Arthur Wedge
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It’s all under the rules of the FA that a player plays - the CL is under UEFA
That’s why bans carry over
You could have bans last over a year if it’s for cups only etc
This is not a new rule , only been around for decades
I don't dispute that, I just don't agree with it.
Swango1980
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Just from memory.In forty years of watching footy I have never seen a proper headbutt.
But yes there probably has to be exceptions.
We need a menu of offences that stop you playing in the cup final.
A brushing of the eyebrow brings acting of the highest calibre !
Nunez on Anderson
Zidane in World Cup Final
Ortega (think that was his name) on Van Der Sar
Tashyboy
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HampshireHog
Assistant Pro
This 100%.
I’ve not seen the interview this week with Jim Ratcliffe, but those doubting his business acumen and ability to run a football club perhaps need a rethink.
Take redundancies, for example. One of the posts Ratcliffe has done away with is the £150k a year “body language expert”. Seriously? Why on earth does a football club need a body language expert? Quite aside from the fact said person clearly never spent any time with Marcus Rashford, what an absolute waste of cash. If we’re doing away with posts like that, then it’s long overdue.
And it seems that Alex Ferguson wasn’t even remotely bothered about receiving financial benefit for being a club ambassador. All he was bothered about was having a seat for every home game.
Seems Ratcliffe may have some idea what he’s doing after all.
Take redundancies, for example. One of the posts Ratcliffe has done away with is the £150k a year “body language expert”. Seriously? Why on earth does a football club need a body language expert? Quite aside from the fact said person clearly never spent any time with Marcus Rashford, what an absolute waste of cash. If we’re doing away with posts like that, then it’s long overdue.
And it seems that Alex Ferguson wasn’t even remotely bothered about receiving financial benefit for being a club ambassador. All he was bothered about was having a seat for every home game.
Seems Ratcliffe may have some idea what he’s doing after all.
Don Barzini
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One minute into todays game and the Forest fans are chanting “THOMAS TUCHEL, WHAT A W*****”
Don Barzini
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If Thomas Tuchel watched the first half of the Ipswich v Forest game and the England squad was announced tomorrow, he’d probably call up Kalvin Phillips.
Norrin Radd
Tour Winner
Cmon the Albion 
2-2 and end to end .
2-2 and end to end .
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Take a draw away to Everton
Norrin Radd
Tour Winner
City and Brighton 2-2, a point away is good but should have been all three 
nickjdavis
Head Pro
Paul Fratter on Dave Head in the Ford IT 6-a-side league back in the mid 1990's.
Tashyboy
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Not gone to well for Deli Ali in Como on his debut 
Reemul
Head Pro
Been a while since I read such a dense post missing the point totally.
Ratcliffe, has made 500 people in total redundant, 99% of them will not be Ferguson or an idiot earning £150k in a pointless role, they are normal hardworking people.
You keep a poor manager in palce and even extend his contract by a year and pay him millions when you sack him. You appoint a Director of Football and sack him 5 months later at a cost of millions.
You remove free meals, heck you don't even choose to subsidise food instead.
As a business leader it always has been really easy to punish the plebs while paying a fortune to those who in no way deserve it.
I mean and you want to applaud him, I am assuming you are on your knees and you nose is brown as well because he has played an absolute stinker and you think he is good. Oh by the way lets borrow a few billion more for a stadium while are stinking the place out.
Save a few hundred thousand here and there while peeing millions in bad decisions up the wall and you want to applaud him.....
What a joke
Swango1980
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Such a garbage post.
Sure, Utd probably had far far too many staff. But sure, keep them on just for the sake of it. Not like any other businesses make staff redundant.
I've never had a free lunch. Not sure how many people have free lunches. But let's slag off the ownership of Utd for deciding not to give out free lunches
4LEX
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The reality is somewhere in the middle of both those views, IMO.
Man Utd had become incredibly bloated and clearly had an excess of non playing staff. Some cuts were needed but to remove food from low paid staff, which costs peanuts in comparison to huge pay offs for bad football decisions, is a bad look.
The ETH new deal and pay off combined with the Ashworth signing and pay off, would be worth way more than all of the other cuts combined. Radcliffe needs to get the football decisions right because these are the ones that are costly and have wrecked the clubs books. He's done a pretty bad job and the new stadium is the only thing he's really got right. He's under massive pressure.
The interview was quite incredible though and you have to give him credit for going on there and answering some tough questions. One other area he's getting stick for, is putting resale tickets up with no concessions and will be increasing that again going forward. He seems to view season ticket holders as real fans and everyone else as a lesser class of fan, one that is rife for screwing for every penny. There's a lot of day trippers but also many fans who can't afford to pay for a season ticket or have work committments. That is a sure fire way to turn fans against you.
Man Utd had become incredibly bloated and clearly had an excess of non playing staff. Some cuts were needed but to remove food from low paid staff, which costs peanuts in comparison to huge pay offs for bad football decisions, is a bad look.
The ETH new deal and pay off combined with the Ashworth signing and pay off, would be worth way more than all of the other cuts combined. Radcliffe needs to get the football decisions right because these are the ones that are costly and have wrecked the clubs books. He's done a pretty bad job and the new stadium is the only thing he's really got right. He's under massive pressure.
The interview was quite incredible though and you have to give him credit for going on there and answering some tough questions. One other area he's getting stick for, is putting resale tickets up with no concessions and will be increasing that again going forward. He seems to view season ticket holders as real fans and everyone else as a lesser class of fan, one that is rife for screwing for every penny. There's a lot of day trippers but also many fans who can't afford to pay for a season ticket or have work committments. That is a sure fire way to turn fans against you.
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