Moyes-ometer

[bayblue]

. . . which one , Silva or Moyes ?

As the advert says... Moyes is priceless right now.
I actually meant Silva but good spot!

[Jorgobot]

I hear reports that mata came from united's academy...

[john@staustell]

I didn't know 'Bot's could post.

Have a word with that Bing fella, lets see what he has to say!

[Dameerto]

I didn't know 'Bot's could post.

Have a word with that Bing fella, lets see what he has to say!

He's probably dreaming of a white Christmas.

[Dipstick]

Apparently these two old duffers want to change their votes

[youtube]b5I7U8gCSHU[/youtube]

[chrizzer]

Wachting the Bundesliga right now: Mönchengladbach gg Bayern.
Moyes is in the stands, probably looking for playera :)

[blues-clues]

Wachting the Bundesliga right now: Mönchengladbach gg Bayern. Moyes is in the stands, probably looking for playera :)

Probably wants to see a decent game of football.

[zuricity]

Probably wants to see a decent game of football.

He He... poor fella. It can't be easy watching such crap close by every week

[Slim]

Probably wants to see a decent game of football.

He He... poor fella. It can't be easy watching such crap close by every week

Didn't have to go that far, Runcorn is only a few miles down the road.

[PaulieIrish]

Found this on Facebook

David Moyes has promised fans of Manchester United that they will be in a major European competition next year... even if he has to write the song himself.

[dazby]

Found this on Facebook

David Moyes has promised fans of Manchester United that they will be in a major European competition next year... even if he has to write the song himself.

Which makes it maybe the fourth time it's been posted on this thread.

[frankswift]

Which makes it maybe the fourth time it's been posted on this thread.

This isn't original either, but my littlun was keen to do it.

Strange as it may seem, some of her schoolmates who are loyal fans of Man Utd are thinking of becoming loyal fans of other clubs...

[patrickblue]

Found this on Facebook

David Moyes has promised fans of Manchester United that they will be in a major European competition next year... even if he has to write the song himself.

Which makes it maybe the fourth time it's been posted on this thread.

Still funny though.

[patrickblue]

This was on talkshite, about Leeds but equally applies to our quiet neighbours " It's the fourth round of the cup, or as Leeds call it, the winter break."

[AG7]

More good news ...

[b]'Red Knight' Shorts Manchester United Shares[b]

A financier who tried to buy the club in 2010 is betting on a further share price fall, Sky News can reveal.

A hedge fund headed by one of the financiers who failed to buy Manchester United four years ago is betting against the club's New York-listed shares.

Sky News can exclusively reveal that Marshall Wace, one of the world's biggest hedge funds, stands to reap a profit worth millions of pounds if Manchester United continues to perform as poorly on the stock market as it is doing at its Old Trafford home.

The emergence of Marshall Wace's position in United's shares comes as the Premier League champions struggle to avoid their most ignominious season for more than two decades.

Already out of the League Cup and FA Cup competitions, they trail the Premier League leaders Arsenal by 14 points and face a tough task to progress further in the Champions' League.

Paul Marshall, one of the founders of Marshall Wace, was a member of the Red Knights consortium which in 2010 launched a campaign to persuade Manchester United's owners to sell the club.

The American Glazer family refused to engage with the Red Knights, who were led by Jim O'Neill, the former chief economist at Goldman Sachs. In August 2012, the Glazers floated the club on the New York Stock Exchange.

Since then, United have continued to enjoy reasonable success on the pitch, winning the Premier League title last season in Sir Alex Ferguson's final campaign at the helm.

His successor, David Moyes, has endured a torrid start to his Old Trafford career, however, with a series of home defeats culminating in last week's League Cup exit to Sunderland.

The size of Marshall Wace's short position in Manchester United's shares is unclear, with a spokesman for the hedge fund declining to comment on Monday.

Under US rules, hedge funds do not have to disclose the extent of their short positions in publicly-traded stocks.

However, insiders said that Marshall Wace had placed a "not immaterial" bet on a further decline in the club's shares, which have fallen nearly 14% during the last 12 months.

Mr Marshall is understood to have sanctioned the investment decision, adding a further layer of intrigue to the club's ownership.

Marshall Wace is far from the only investor expecting to make money from an ongoing fall in its share price.

Odey Asset Management, the hedge fund led by Crispin Odey, a prominent City financier, was disclosed in December as holding a short position worth approximately $5m.

Last week, it emerged that Manchester United had been relegated from the leading trio of the world's wealthiest football clubs after being usurped by Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

The annual list compiled by the accountancy firm Deloitte revealed that the English club had slipped into fourth place with annual revenues of £347.7m.

That figure will slide further next year if Manchester United fail to finish in the top four of this season's Premier League.

On Monday, the club's shares were trading down roughly 1.6% at $14.78, valuing it at just under $2.5bn.

Mr Marshall is one of the City's most successful money-makers, amassing a vast fortune from the firm he set up with his business partner, Ian Wace.

A Manchester United fan, he has argued more broadly for supporter-based ownership of football clubs, criticising the Glazers in an article for The Times last year.

"In 2005, United became perhaps the most famous UK victim of the excesses that led to the global financial crisis, when they were taken over by a family of US-based real estate developers with no connection to the city.

"The Glazers could not afford the asking price but a banker from JPMorgan named Ed Woodward came up with the wheeze of 'payment in kind' notes, effectively a form of very high interest-bearing loans that enabled the Glazers to acquire the club by putting £500m of debt on to its balance sheet, turning it overnight from the wealthiest club in the country to the most debt-laden."

http://news.sky.com/story/1202023/red-k ... ted-shares

[Dameerto]

I don't think I've said recently how much I love the Glaziers.

[Wonderwall]

"In 2005, United became perhaps the most famous UK victim of the excesses that led to the global financial crisis, when they were taken over by a family of US-based real estate developers with no connection to the city.

"The Glazers could not afford the asking price but a banker from JPMorgan named Ed Woodward came up with the wheeze of 'payment in kind' notes, effectively a form of very high interest-bearing loans that enabled the Glazers to acquire the club by putting £500m of debt on to its balance sheet, turning it overnight from the wealthiest club in the country to the most debt-laden."

http://news.sky.com/story/1202023/red-k ... ted-shares

I didnt realise that ed woodward was the banker who lent the glazers the money and he is now heading up their transfers. Holistic view LOL

[Slim]

I don't think I've said recently how much I love the Glaziers.

That's my joke bitch.

[Dameerto]

I don't think I've said recently how much I love the Glaziers.

That's my joke bitch.

My definition though. I was paying homage to your joke anyway, call it a retro reference.

[john@staustell]

"In 2005, United became perhaps the most famous UK victim of the excesses that led to the global financial crisis, when they were taken over by a family of US-based real estate developers with no connection to the city.

"The Glazers could not afford the asking price but a banker from JPMorgan named Ed Woodward came up with the wheeze of 'payment in kind' notes, effectively a form of very high interest-bearing loans that enabled the Glazers to acquire the club by putting £500m of debt on to its balance sheet, turning it overnight from the wealthiest club in the country to the most debt-laden."

http://news.sky.com/story/1202023/red-k ... ted-shares

I didnt realise that ed woodward was the banker who lent the glazers the money and he is now heading up their transfers. Holistic view LOL

Here's Ed Woodward: