We’re obviously not going to go on a spending spree and...

[adelphi1867]

There's going to be k's of players available for free or low cost due to Covid 19 across Europe.

[soldierboyblue]

4 minutes ago, DJMortimer said:

It really is pathetic that there is such reliance on these lazy cliches.

Lazy is about right when it comes to Nuhiu. 

[lanzaroteowl]

14 minutes ago, DJMortimer said:

 

The formula for P&S has been discussed endlessly yet some still profess expertise on it from an entirely inaccurate position. It's for a three year rolling period which currently sees a loss of almost £21m from two years ago, and a £2m profit from the year after. The next accounts are due in a few years and I would expect a loss of circa £20m again. Any more than that and we are in breach of the regulations AGAIN. However, it is not clear what effect the wide ranging changes resulting from the Coronavirus outbreak will mean for the financial regulations.

 

 

It really is pathetic that there is such reliance on these lazy cliches. Think about what you're suggesting. Taking it to it's logical conclusion you reckon Nuhiu has the potential to score 30 goals a season but simply can't be bothered to try most of the time. These things can happen without reaching for the tin foil hat like when Nigel Pearson scored 12 in 1990/1 from central defence, Andy Pearce scored in 3 consecutive games or Jordan Rhodes got nearly a quarter of his Wednesday goals in just 45 minutes.

 

 

So selling the ground only a made a £2M profit on one years trading?

We must have lost a helluva lot of money in that calender year for this to be the case.

Not so sure you are correct.

Edited July 6, 2020 by lanzaroteowl

[DJMortimer]

Just now, lanzaroteowl said:

 

So selling the ground only a made a £2M profit on one years trading?

We must have lost a helluva lot of money in that calender year for this to be the case.

Not so sure you ate correct.

 

The sale of the stadium prevented a loss of something like £37m that financial year. It's all in the accounts. A quick Google will confirm it in summary news report form rather than trawling through the details.

 

[OwlBiSeeinThi]

3 hours ago, room0035 said:

After the initial 4 points from 6 we are on the slide again. The same excuses game after game.

 

Do we sack Monk and hope Bullen, or who ever get a new manager bounce we get 2 or 3 wins from the remaining 5 to keep us up and then we bring in someone new in the summer.

 

With Monk remaining here for the next 5, I just don't see us picking us that many points from the 15 on offer. 

 

This is not planning for the future it is very short term but we need something to keep us up and I don't think Monk is it.

Are you comparing the last four games with the dross before lockdown?

There is absolutely no equivalence between the  two.

Since the restart the performance levels have been much better than earlier and playing to a system which appears to suit the players we have at our disposal.

We were hard done by in the last two games, and had we been more clinical in front of goal we would have come away with at least two draws.

The overall team performances have been good, only marred by two poor individual decisions.

 

[lanzaroteowl]

4 minutes ago, DJMortimer said:

 

The sale of the stadium prevented a loss of something like £37m that financial year. It's all in the accounts. A quick Google will confirm it in summary news report form rather than trawling through the details.

 

 

That's some loss for one year.

Rhodes contract must have been a bonza

[DJMortimer]

8 minutes ago, lanzaroteowl said:

 

That's some loss for one year.

Rhodes contract must have been a bonza

 

The club has made a right old arse of it hasn't it?

 

We've spent a small country's GDP worth of money to end up where we were when Chansiri arrived.

[lanzaroteowl]

Just now, DJMortimer said:

 

The club has made a right old arse of it hasn't it?

 

We've spent a small country's GDP worth of money to end up where we were when Chansiri arrived.

 

Let's hope he has some left.

Or we will really be in theShit.

[Sefton owl]

14 hours ago, bobness said:

In DC we trust! 

 

Da cruz?

[theowlsman]

It’s been one of those years in all respects. With the collateral damage seen so far, I’m not sure if even the Summer Transfer Rumours thread can survive.

[Guest Kagoshimaowl]

4 hours ago, soldierboyblue said:

The frigging irony of that post from someone who thinks Big Dave is worthy of a new contract is off the scale

Big Dave or Nuhiu as he likes to be called. is an asset. You on the other hand no nothing about football.

[soldierboyblue]

Just now, Kagoshimaowl said:

Big Dave or Nuhiu as he likes to be called. is an asset. You on the other hand no nothing about football.

Ok Pep tell us another one

[room0035]

1 hour ago, OwlBiSeeinThi said:

Are you comparing the last four games with the dross before lockdown?

There is absolutely no equivalence between the  two.

Since the restart the performance levels have been much better than earlier and playing to a system which appears to suit the players we have at our disposal.

We were hard done by in the last two games, and had we been more clinical in front of goal we would have come away with at least two draws.

The overall team performances have been good, only marred by two poor individual decisions.

 

No but we are still losing games and we are still using the same excuses that we played well and we only lost because the other team can actually hit the think with the netting attached to it.

 

The last 2 games we conceded 5 goals and score a last minute goal when the game was lost. I struggled to see how we could have got draws out of both of them. 

[OwlBiSeeinThi]

49 minutes ago, room0035 said:

No but we are still losing games and we are still using the same excuses that we played well and we only lost because the other team can actually hit the think with the netting attached to it.

 

The last 2 games we conceded 5 goals and score a last minute goal when the game was lost. I struggled to see how we could have got draws out of both of them. 

The two games we lost, we went a goal down through two stupid individual decisions. I argue that prior to those moments we were the better team in both games and should really have been in front had we been more clinical in front of goal.

Once we went behind the games opened up and we clearly don't have the depth of squad to bring quality off the bench, like WBA were able to.

I don't mind conceding goals if we are having a proper go to claw our way back into the game. But you push, you leave spaces and run the risk of conceding again. As long as they leave it all on the pitch.

 

If monk had defended trying to grind out a draw like he did on so many occasions before the restart, the same people would be moaning he has no plan and is too negative.

 

You get the feeling he's damned either way.

[Eastern]

We’ll end up with free agents.

 

Monk likes Omar Bogle from their time at Birmingham. I wouldn’t be surprised. Unfortunately the sort of players I can picture us signing.

[Dutch McLovin]

"The following players will leave the club following the expiry of their contracts:"

Aidan Barlow
Cameron Borthwick-Jackson
Alex Fojticek
Ethan Hamilton
Dion McGhee
Demetri Mitchell
Kieran O’Hara
Largie Ramazani 
George Tanner

 

The above is a list of under 23 and academy players that Man U have released. I think this is the area we will be shopping in. To be honest i wouldnt mind a couple of them being given a chance to see if they can develop.