clubchamp98
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I used to go to Springfield park to watch the am games.
About 20 pitches.
But they built the new Alder Hey Children’s hospital on it and there’s none left now.
Recreation is not high on the council agenda.
About 20 pitches.
But they built the new Alder Hey Children’s hospital on it and there’s none left now.
Recreation is not high on the council agenda.
Why would Delap go to Utd? A big pay day, perhaps, but otherwise what is the attraction at the moment? I think Utd fans need a realignment of who they might attract over the summer.
Pin-seeker
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That’s mental,but in today’s world I’m not surprised.They cost money to play though.
You can play in the park for nothing.
If the council can be bothered to cut the grass. ( big problem here,)
One parent cut a small patch for the kids to play once and was threatened by the council with legal action.
Pin-seeker
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But we’re talking about a Ipswich player,it’s not like he’s a massive name in Europe.
And I’m not knocking Delap.
Arthur Wedge
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Guess it depends on who else is looking
If it’s mid table teams then he knows he will prob earn a bit more at Man Utd
If the likes of Arsenal , Liverpool etc put offers in then that’s where his eyes will turn too
Here’s a question…….should a club allow a season ticket be passed on to another family member? Or, should it go to the next person on the waiting list ? Ie, Old boy passes away, been going for 40 years, grand daughter (not on the waiting list) who goes every now and then , decides she wants to take the ticket on, but the club want to pass the ticket to the next person on the waiting list…..opinions please
Next on the list. All day long.
Sorry, but given the waiting lists for season tickets at some clubs, there should not be room for sentiment. I’ve paid £100 simply to join the waiting list for a season ticket at United, so that I don’t join that list at the bottom. I’d be absolutely livid if a ticket was passed to someone who is only going to use it once in a blue moon on the basis that person is a family heir.
To be part of a longer term plan to return the club to former glories? To play in front of 75,000 fans every other week?
United may not be dining at the top table at the moment but there are still attractions.
clubchamp98
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Yes as a young lad he dosnt need the pressure at UTD.
The players at Liverpool and Gunners can help him can’t see that at UTD.
clubchamp98
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It must be in the T&Cs that you lose it on death I would think.
Unless someone else is paying for it so payment won’t need changing.
Arthur Wedge
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It’s a very hard sell right now when they can see the line of players that have arrived over the years to try and get them back
Wages will be the one big main attraction
I suspect the difference from years gone by will be the fact the club have a young, ambitious manager with a clear vision of where he wants to be.
In years passed it will doubtless have been money. Hence the arrival of the likes of Di Maria, who was the worst fit imaginable for the club and manager he signed for.
There is a manager there now with a plan. He knows how he wants to play, and doubtless has a list of players he has identified as fitting into that plan. That is a very clear contrast to much of the last decade.
No different, really, to Liverpool when Klopp took charge. And I’m sure you felt your club were able to offer potential players an incentive to join back then? How are United any different now?
He will have better options. He won't have to choose between Burnley and Utd, it will be Utd V better teams.
Arthur Wedge
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I guess the same could be said of ETH
A young ambitious manager with a plan that he sold to the likes of Hojlund
When Klopp came in we actually showed improvements through the season and yep with some clever spending made steps forward and being blunt Klopps pedigree was a bit more than what Amorins currently is
Man Utd have gone backwards since Amorin arrived - just look at the league table - it’s going to be a tough sell and if players have options then it’s going to be hard to persuade
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Before klopp Liverpool were a slip away from the title, won the champions league and such. Man united since fergie left have been a nose dive . The expectation to succeed there is unreal where as klopp didn't have that pressure it seemed from the outside
I’m sorry, I simply don’t buy that. Liverpool signed Salah in 2017, when the last honour that club had won was the League Cup, six years earlier. They had recently recruited a young, ambitious manager and were seeking to turn the club round.
I’m puzzled as to why so many hold the view that United are in any way different.
Tashyboy
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This this and probably loads more of this.
It’s odd but when you get older, priorities change. You go from chasing dreams to chasing memories. One of the beauties of Facebook is the memories that come on your time lines. I have regular updates from when we took the kids to watch City when we had season tickets. There dad has turned Bradley Tash into a blades fan and Layla Tash is also leaning that way now. That don’t bother me one bit coz I have cherished memories. I also have some of me and my dad at the Etihad when it has been throwing it down. I am not to sure that me dad will ever see City again. He is 89 this year and his dememntia, alzhiemers, COPD, Luekemia, triple bypass May have a bit to do with that. But, and this is a massive but. He took me to Maine rd. That place will always have a place in my heart, like others will think the same about white hart lane, filbert street, Highbury, Roker park, etc etc.
One day Billy, your kids are gonna say “ Old Trafford was mint wasn’t it grandad” and your heart is go burst outta its chest.
Enjoy it Billy whilst you can.
He can come to Utd when they are in better shape, if it does during his career. The club is in a poor shape, the team is in a poor state, the ground is in a poor shape. Why would he waste the next few years going through that process when he can play somewhere in a better position? If he carries on his good trajectory and Utd improve, he can move then if they both want it.
The attraction at the moment for him would largely be cold hard cash, more of it than any other team by some way. Otherwise, it isn't that attractive. I think some decent teams will be in for him this summer.
Sorry, Phil, that’s nonsense.
Everyone knew what was going to happen when Amorim arrived. He even told the world himself. He was coming into a club at a time he would have preferred not to, and inheriting a squad totally ill equipped for what he wanted.
To argue the club are in a worse state now based largely on league position totally disregards the context.
I think utd's displays in the league this year have been abject at times. Not just poor but really poor. In the past I tended to think you were only 1-2 players away from being a threat but this season has shown a significantly bigger decline. I'm not seeing anything from your new manager yet that suggests any improvement either. I think you are much further behind Liverpool in where they were at that time.
United under Amorim might as well be trying to play Rugby Union with a League squad. I am really surprised that so many expect anything different. It’s been said times here, he wanted to come in the summer, and start with a clean slate and a squad built in his image.
