The Laughing Thread, the gift that keeps on giving.

[john68]

Simon Jordan is a great example of the new breed of people who have attached themselves to football.

For them, it is nothing to do with the game, they are not football people, for them football is all about money, income and maximising profit.
Football needs income to survive, succeed and evolve but it seems to have forgotten the game.

UEFA, the major Euro Leagues, the FA and the Premier League PLC have become very successful at making money. They have industrialised the game by allowing global bankers and financiers to control the game that they know nothing about nor care.
Coaches and players have become workers who though well recompensed at the top level are being overplayed causing more physical breakdowns and muscular injuries,.... But to the financiers, their is a huge reservoir of next generation replacements.
And saddest of all, the football communities, the fans and those of us who consider the game as all important have become customers

To be fair to Jordan , he’s palace through and through and made that investment due to his passion for the club .

Having said that , anyone that loses 10,s of millions and goes broke, deserves to go broke .

This is becoming uncomfortable for me Carl....I am finding myself agreeing with you again :-)

[carl_feedthegoat]

Simon Jordan is a great example of the new breed of people who have attached themselves to football.

For them, it is nothing to do with the game, they are not football people, for them football is all about money, income and maximising profit.
Football needs income to survive, succeed and evolve but it seems to have forgotten the game.

UEFA, the major Euro Leagues, the FA and the Premier League PLC have become very successful at making money. They have industrialised the game by allowing global bankers and financiers to control the game that they know nothing about nor care.
Coaches and players have become workers who though well recompensed at the top level are being overplayed causing more physical breakdowns and muscular injuries,.... But to the financiers, their is a huge reservoir of next generation replacements.
And saddest of all, the football communities, the fans and those of us who consider the game as all important have become customers

To be fair to Jordan , he’s palace through and through and made that investment due to his passion for the club .

Having said that , anyone that loses 10,s of millions and goes broke, deserves to go broke .

This is becoming uncomfortable for me Carl....I am finding myself agreeing with you again

I’m right most of the time , it just takes some time for everyone else to catch up .

[johnny crossan]

To be fair to Jordan ....

Not a promising start to any post unless it is followed by - he's very lucky to be still breathing

[Original Dub]

Any post about Simon Jordon should have that picture of him they use on every Talkshite article.

It's fucking hilarious

[patrickblue]

Quite surprised this hasn't been posted.

Watch on youtube.com

[Harry Dowd scored]

Even the beeb are taking the piss out of the rags - :

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... where.html

@patrickblue yeah posted a couple of days ago

[john@staustell]

Sad news. Wreck it Ralf is on his bike. The clown is dead, long live the clown

Rangnick will not take up Man Utd consultancy role'

https://www.skysports.com/share/12623642

[patrickblue]

Sad news. Wreck it Ralf is on his bike. The clown is dead, long live the clown

Rangnick will not take up Man Utd consultancy role'

https://www.skysports.com/share/12623642

I think that was always due to happen as soon as raggy Ralph realised the only one with a say is Taggart.

I get the impression Rangnick went there under the illusion it should be a reasonably easy task to get the side under control and playing well. After all, they're rich, have a world class team (on paper) and huge following. Then he could go upstairs for a cushy job for life as the conquering hero.

He failed miserably, and I for one am convinced it's because ol red nose is still calling the shots.

[Harry Dowd scored]

Sad news. Wreck it Ralf is on his bike. The clown is dead, long live the clown

Rangnick will not take up Man Utd consultancy role'

https://www.skysports.com/share/12623642

I think that was always due to happen as soon as raggy Ralph realised the only one with a say is Taggart.

I get the impression Rangnick went there under the illusion it should be a reasonably easy task to get the side under control and playing well. After all, they're rich, have a world class team (on paper) and huge following. Then he could go upstairs for a cushy job for life as the conquering hero.

He failed miserably, and I for one am convinced it's because ol red nose is still calling the shots.

This reminds me when Busby retired as manager and went upstairs, they went through quite a few managers and there was a thought back then that while Busby was there he was influential and the manager was not totally in control

[nottsblue]

Sad news. Wreck it Ralf is on his bike. The clown is dead, long live the clown

Rangnick will not take up Man Utd consultancy role'

https://www.skysports.com/share/12623642

I think that was always due to happen as soon as raggy Ralph realised the only one with a say is Taggart.

I get the impression Rangnick went there under the illusion it should be a reasonably easy task to get the side under control and playing well. After all, they're rich, have a world class team (on paper) and huge following. Then he could go upstairs for a cushy job for life as the conquering hero.

He failed miserably, and I for one am convinced it's because ol red nose is still calling the shots.

This reminds me when Busby retired as manager and went upstairs, they went through quite a few managers and there was a thought back then that while Busby was there he was influential and the manager was not totally in control

Busby even kept the managers office and the new manager has to move to a makeshift office. A cleaning club the story goes.

Wouldn’t surprise me if Ferguson still had an office and the ear of certain players. Toxic

[patrickblue]

Sad news. Wreck it Ralf is on his bike. The clown is dead, long live the clown

Rangnick will not take up Man Utd consultancy role'

https://www.skysports.com/share/12623642

I think that was always due to happen as soon as raggy Ralph realised the only one with a say is Taggart.

I get the impression Rangnick went there under the illusion it should be a reasonably easy task to get the side under control and playing well. After all, they're rich, have a world class team (on paper) and huge following. Then he could go upstairs for a cushy job for life as the conquering hero.

He failed miserably, and I for one am convinced it's because ol red nose is still calling the shots.

This reminds me when Busby retired as manager and went upstairs, they went through quite a few managers and there was a thought back then that while Busby was there he was influential and the manager was not totally in control

I think that's very true, and if you remember they had a similar run of hiring and firing managers, O'Farrel and Docherty are the two that immediately spring to mind. And Ferguson was only one game from the sack before he turned it round.

[blues-clues]

According to information put into the public domain by the Football Leaks website, which has never been contested at Old Trafford, Pogba's contract was a basic £7.75m-a-year. A loyalty bonus of £3.75m-a-year was also included. If United qualified for the Champions League, Pogba netted a further £1.85m. In addition, Pogba had a £3m-a-year image rights deal. Raiola himself was paid an astonishing £41m.

This on top of £89m transfer fee. Top business.

[Harry Dowd scored]

Sad news. Wreck it Ralf is on his bike. The clown is dead, long live the clown

Rangnick will not take up Man Utd consultancy role'

https://www.skysports.com/share/12623642

I think that was always due to happen as soon as raggy Ralph realised the only one with a say is Taggart.

I get the impression Rangnick went there under the illusion it should be a reasonably easy task to get the side under control and playing well. After all, they're rich, have a world class team (on paper) and huge following. Then he could go upstairs for a cushy job for life as the conquering hero.

He failed miserably, and I for one am convinced it's because ol red nose is still calling the shots.

This reminds me when Busby retired as manager and went upstairs, they went through quite a few managers and there was a thought back then that while Busby was there he was influential and the manager was not totally in control

I think that's very true, and if you remember they had a similar run of hiring and firing managers, O'Farrel and Docherty are the two that immediately spring to mind. And Ferguson was only one game from the sack before he turned it round.

Correct, that game was Forest away in the cup, they won 1-0 and went on to win the cup, if they had lost that game he was out

[BlueinBosnia]

Sad news. Wreck it Ralf is on his bike. The clown is dead, long live the clown

Rangnick will not take up Man Utd consultancy role'

https://www.skysports.com/share/12623642

I think that was always due to happen as soon as raggy Ralph realised the only one with a say is Taggart.

I get the impression Rangnick went there under the illusion it should be a reasonably easy task to get the side under control and playing well. After all, they're rich, have a world class team (on paper) and huge following. Then he could go upstairs for a cushy job for life as the conquering hero.

He failed miserably, and I for one am convinced it's because ol red nose is still calling the shots.

I was under the impression that his 'consultancy' role was basically a tax avoidance measure, rather than a way for him to exert influence over future happenings. I thought there was something written about it at the time, but can't find an article now. However, looking through articles published around the time of his appointment, it's almost laughable to see what the predicted transfer kitty (and earmarked players) was!

[CTID Hants]

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[nottsblue]

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Chortle

[zuricity]

Varane injured last night . Fawsten might need more cover for slabhead.

[patrickblue]

Sad news. Wreck it Ralf is on his bike. The clown is dead, long live the clown

Rangnick will not take up Man Utd consultancy role'

https://www.skysports.com/share/12623642

I think that was always due to happen as soon as raggy Ralph realised the only one with a say is Taggart.

I get the impression Rangnick went there under the illusion it should be a reasonably easy task to get the side under control and playing well. After all, they're rich, have a world class team (on paper) and huge following. Then he could go upstairs for a cushy job for life as the conquering hero.

He failed miserably, and I for one am convinced it's because ol red nose is still calling the shots.

I was under the impression that his 'consultancy' role was basically a tax avoidance measure, rather than a way for him to exert influence over future happenings. I thought there was something written about it at the time, but can't find an article now. However, looking through articles published around the time of his appointment, it's almost laughable to see what the predicted transfer kitty (and earmarked players) was!

You quite possibly right, I don't remember seeing anything about it being a tax dodge, but either way the whole thing's descended into another Manu farce,
It's the new Yoonited way.

[Dimples]

Comedy gold, Daily Mail's Dom King talking to Ally McCoist re Salah resigning.
Both absolutely perplexed, 'why would he not sign a new contract?', 'he has everything he could possibly want at Liverpool', 'hopefully he will see sense'

He has a max of 4 years left at the very top level, he can double his salary elsewhere, Liverpooel tell him he is the best in the world but pay him average wages, they will dump him as soon as he starts to decline

Sounds to me like Salah is seeing sense and Liverpool don't like it.

[Mase]

Comedy gold, Daily Mail's Dom King talking to Ally McCoist re Salah resigning.
Both absolutely perplexed, 'why would he not sign a new contract?', 'he has everything he could possibly want at Liverpool', 'hopefully he will see sense'

He has a max of 4 years left at the very top level, he can double his salary elsewhere, Liverpooel tell him he is the best in the world but pay him average wages, they will dump him as soon as he starts to decline

Sounds to me like Salah is seeing sense and Liverpool don't like it.

He doesn’t owe Liverpool anything - they owe him! They got him for peanuts and he’s consistently been one of the best players in the world since he signed. They’ve also gotten away with paying him fuck all compared with the rest of the best in the world. If he wants to go and get a big payout then let him - they should know how it feels in that situation, they did the same with Milner.