tick tock....

[Nigels Tackle]

they didn't believe us did they??
it could never happen!
hahahahahahahaha!
i've never felt more like singing the blues.....

[Blue Since 76]

Bet taggart wishes the whiskey had seen him off now - never in my lifetime just became a recurring nightmare

[Sister of fu]

Too arrogant for there own good. Thought they could just stand still. They have stood still and we have blasted away from them. They take the piss out of Liverpool but could go the same way. They are rudderless and it's hilarious.

[nottsblue]

Actually think the dippers could even overtake the rags in a year or so. They are rudderless with a dead man walking manager. Klopp will at least get the dippers playing as a unit. A couple of years out of top four and when the sponsorship money is cut, sit back and watch the piggies at the swamp squeal

[gillie]

Well the most balanced rags on the caf are fuckin shitting themselves with the fear of being left in our ever dissapering slip-stream.All I will say is blues don't ever forget these cunts made a banner taking the piss so whatever becomes of them we will always have the moral high ground.

[dazby]

Facebook has been hilarious. The reaction has been better than the 6-1.

[Sister of fu]

Facebook has been hilarious. The reaction has been better than the 6-1.

Twitter is even better...

[nottsblue]

Just spent a pleasant half hour on red cafe trawling the Pep thread. Genuinely laughed out loud half a dozen times. They know. What makes it better is we know they know and they still can't do fuck all about it

[frankswift]

Just spent a pleasant half hour on red cafe trawling the Pep thread. Genuinely laughed out loud half a dozen times. They know. What makes it better is we know they know and they still can't do fuck all about it

Trawling through red cafe - you know it's wrong, it's sleazy and in parts genuinely disgusting, you get paranoid that someone's going to see you looking at it and you feel dirty and ashamed afterwards. And you delete your history and cookies afterwards so that no-one finds out. But sometimes you just feel compelled to look at it.

Or do I mean redtube?

No, red cafe. I was right first time.

[plf blue]

Well the most balanced rags on the caf are fuckin shitting themselves with the fear of being left in our ever dissapering slip-stream.All I will say is blues don't ever forget these cunts made a banner taking the piss so whatever becomes of them we will always have the moral high ground.

never forget the banners the phone apps counting the years now its our turn

[Tim777]

Just spent a pleasant half hour on red cafe trawling the Pep thread. Genuinely laughed out loud half a dozen times. They know. What makes it better is we know they know and they still can't do fuck all about it

Trawling through red cafe - you know it's wrong, it's sleazy and in parts genuinely disgusting, you get paranoid that someone's going to see you looking at it and you feel dirty and ashamed afterwards. And you delete your history and cookies afterwards so that no-one finds out. But sometimes you just feel compelled to look at it.

Or do I mean redtube?

No, red cafe. I was right first time.

Cheers for that, very funny ;)

[john@staustell]

Just spent a pleasant half hour on red cafe trawling the Pep thread. Genuinely laughed out loud half a dozen times. They know. What makes it better is we know they know and they still can't do fuck all about it

It's compulsory today.

I like the one about"Qatar" money

[john@staustell]

I've just waded through the eveing and overnight pages on the Guardiola thread (yes I've washed afterwards). Up to 17 pages now we are.

It gets slightly more hilarious well into the night when the drunks come out and there is a page basically arguing that Pep is no good.

All in all a very good read.

[Wonderwall]

I know I shouldn't but I have had a look at the melt down on the dark side, I cam across the thread entitled

Our club is in decline. And we're losing out to City, big time.

here is the link if you want to read the whole outrage http://www.redcafe.net/threads/our-club ... me.414172/

However, if you want to remain cleansed, here is the OP below, got to say it could have been written by a blue :-)

Today, Manchester City have announced Pep Guardiola as their manager from the next season onwards. I think this marks a very significant moment in the history of the Premier League, and in the history of the Manchester Clubs, albeit for different reasons. I think today is the day one will look back to and say, that was the decisive moment when the power truly shifted in Manchester, and that was the day when Manchester United truly started down on their downward spiral.

Spoiler: The Guardian: City's youth system better than United's

The above article states United's complacency in handling the youth academy - while we stare at 12 consecutive defeats for the Under-18s at Carrington, City's younglings are becoming the best in the country. THey have a shiny new stadium with 6000 seats and superior coaches to handle the kids, and it is no co-incidence that RVP, Darren Fletcher, Phil Neville and Andy Cole have sent their sons to City's academy instead. We let it happen, we were complacent and did not keep up with their pace.
Now, we are paying the price.

Spoiler: How City started luring Guardiola since 2012.

The youth academy is one symptom of the larger malaise of complacency and poor decisions. While some on the caf (and even in the punditry boxes) believed that a knee-jerk move for Pep could materialize, City were quietly working behind the scenes since 2012. Today, they've succeeded in securing the best manager in world football. While United have dithered and parried and botched up their managerial choices since SAF in a comedy of errors and inexplicably poor set of decisions, City have quietly surged ahead. We made a mistake in signing Moyes and LVG, and we made a mistake by not securing Klopp, Ancelotti, Pep or the likes when they were available as an upgrade. Perhaps we tried, but it wasn't good enough. For a club with our ambitions, it had to be.

Spoiler: We need a DoF.

Gary Neville got it right: “The average lifespan of a manager is going down by the year. But with a director of football there is far less upheaval and the identity of the club, continuity of the majority of the staff and link between youth and first team remains intact.” While City were making giant strides in terms of building a long-term organizational structure, we have been trying to shoehorn Scots and Dutchmen into SAF's shoes and expecting it to work. Sacking LVG is not a long term solution. Like a thread dedicated to DoF argues, what will we do when Mourinho comes in, reshuffles the squad again for 250m, and then fails? What then? Another manager? Another set of players? A structure is necessary, we haven't addressed it.

Spoiler: Woodward: A money man making football decisions

The last line of the above article is shocking: "If Derby turn United over, and outrage flares again, Van Gaal’s future will rest with Woodward, maybe Arnold, and two Glazer brothers. No one else."
Essentially, post-SAF, our decisions are being made by money men, and money men only.

United are 92nd in terms of shots on target in England. We haven't scored a first half goal at Old Trafford in ages. We are struggling to make top four, and with City, Arsenal and Chelsea being assured of the top four for the next few seasons, and Kane-inspired Spurs and Klopp-inspired Pool fighting for fourth, we might struggle to make the equation. Apart from Martial and DDG, (the latter might leave), we have no top players in our squad despite spending millions. Who will take responsibility for this? Ed?

Ed's first responsibility in a footballing role came in 2012, just four years ago, when he was added to the Board of Directors and made executive vice-chairman of the club. Today, he virtually runs the club. What else can expect but disaster from a man so inexperienced in both transfers and footballing objectives? We have taken a knife to a gunfight, and are being shredded to ribbons ever since. We need better men to run the club.

The issues will take time to repair. We won't get better in a year or two, even if we make all the right moves. It will take a while for a youth academy to be revamped and start flourishing again. It will take time for a new DoF to come to grips with his new task, if we do finally realize the issues and hire one. It will take time for whatever new signings the club makes to bed in, it will take time for a stable starting XI to start working together under whatever footballing goals our club has. It wil take time to replace the Vidics, the Rios, the Scholesys, the Giggsys, the Rooneys, and maybe even the DDGs. It will take time to find the right manager to do so, and it will take time for him to get us playing well again.

All this, if we DO make the right decisions. We aren't, not under Woodward and LVG. In fact, we are following up blunders with more blunders, no matter what the reasons. To get out of the grave, we have to stop digging first. That will take time, too.

As of now, and for the foreseeable future, Manchester is indeed blue. And we are going down the Liverpool way.

[sheblue]

After many years of listening to condescending arrogance I will gladly accept their terminal decline into obscurity.

[gmercer1]

TAKE IT TAKE IT TAKE IT!

Oh how I'm loving this. Happy days

[blues2win]

Ed Woodward's been a disaster. Huge expenditure on average players. Two turkeys as managers. Neglect of the Academy. I can't see him outlasting van Gaal.

[Hutch's Shoulder]

Ed Woodward's been a disaster. Huge expenditure on average players. Two turkeys as managers. Neglect of the Academy. I can't see him outlasting van Gaal.

Wash your mouth out, he's a star.

[frankswift]

After many years of listening to condescending arrogance I will gladly accept their terminal decline into obscurity.

I don't think I'm a cruel man.

But seeing that so many rags appear to have had the arrogant expectation that Mr Guardiola could be lured to the Theatre of the Pathetic First Half, it would have been sweet to have kept it under wraps for a few months longer.

Then we could had a bigger helping of the always-amusing "City are dreaming if they think they'll ever overtake us" schtick.

[Wonderwall]

After many years of listening to condescending arrogance I will gladly accept their terminal decline into obscurity.

I don't think I'm a cruel man.

But seeing that so many rags appear to have had the arrogant expectation that Mr Guardiola could be lured to the Theatre of the Pathetic First Half, it would have been sweet to have kept it under wraps for a few months longer.

Then we could had a bigger helping of the always-amusing "City are dreaming if they think they'll ever overtake us" schtick.

You can tell the tide is turning for them as well, one post regarding the Guardiola announcement was so bitter and ended with, its not long now until the Arabas get bored and then we will be laughing bak at them.... The post in reply told him to STFU and called him a clown if he still believes that bollox. It might have been the thinking about 4 years ago, but its gone way beyond that now with the academy set up and the rich list revenue we generate. They are smelling the coffee!