The Football Thread 2019/20: Barcelona will have 2-8 till next season to avenge this embarrassment

[Rocsteady]

My mate knows someone who put a tenner on Lingard not to get a goal or assist all season. £670 return until the 96th minute when he tackled Schmeichel and scored a tap in

strawberry float!

[Finiarél]

Premier League Champions after 30 years, 99 points. Champions of everything. Not even a global pandemic was going to stop us this year
What a season, what a manager, what a gang of lads, one of the biggest stories in footballing history

Magnificent.

[Denster]

[Wedgie]

What happened to Glowly? Thought he’ll be here screaming about his beloved team surviving.

[Drumstick]

What happened to Glowly? Thought he’ll be here screaming about his beloved team surviving.

Last I heard he was too occupied with Twitter.

[Drumstick]

twitter.com/VillaFanDan/status/1287432719719424000

[Finiarél]

twitter.com/VillaFanDan/status/1287432719719424000

The absolute slander

[BOR]

Finished 3rd!

I am more than happy and we were in the 14th place last October! Also, I think Ole has done a great job to turn things round and get the right players in like Bruno Fernandes. Give him some funds to strengthen up the squad this summer and fight for the title in the next season.

Champions League here we come.

[Drumstick]

Not sure where else to put this but I've had the following happen in my FIFA game

August 2019, summer transfer window, Atletico sell Griezmann to Bayern for £115m.
January 2020, Bayern sell Griezmann on to Manchester City for £100m.
August 2020, Manchester City sell Griezmann back to Atletico... for £59.5m.

[Captain Kinopio]

Finished 3rd!

I am more than happy and we were in the 14th place last October! Also, I think Ole has done a great job to turn things round and get the right players in like Bruno Fernandes. Give him some funds to strengthen up the squad this summer and fight for the title in the next season.

Champions League here we come.

I'm seeing this sentiment in a lot of places. Like Ole wasn't responsible for you being in 14th in the first place. Also there can't be many bigger spenders than United since the end of 18/19 season so the calls to 'give him some funds' seem a bit deluded.

No doubt it'll be the owners and Woodward's fault when they go on a bad run next season too.

[Tomous]

Not sure where else to put this but I've had the following happen in my FIFA game

August 2019, summer transfer window, Atletico sell Griezmann to Bayern for £115m.
January 2020, Bayern sell Griezmann on to Manchester City for £100m.
August 2020, Manchester City sell Griezmann back to Atletico... for £59.5m.

I think something similar is about to happen in the real world....

[Drumstick]

According to this site since the end of 18/19 Man Utd have a net spend of about £122m. Now, whilst that is a lot of money, we recently established that net spend is unimportant. If you look at the arrivals during this period it looks good like good business, aside perhaps from being held to ransom over Maguire.

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According to this site since the end of 18/19 Man Utd have a net spend of about £122m. Now, whilst that is a lot of money, we recently established that net spend is unimportant. If you look at the arrivals during this period it looks good like good business, aside perhaps from being held to ransom over Maguire.

It's not important but in the same time period Liverpool spent £7m and won the premier league.

[pjbetman]

According to this site since the end of 18/19 Man Utd have a net spend of about £122m. Now, whilst that is a lot of money, we recently established that net spend is unimportant. If you look at the arrivals during this period it looks good like good business, aside perhaps from being held to ransom over Maguire.

So that's one season then? That's quite a lot really.

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twitter.com/goal/status/1287629037888708609

[Denster]

Someone posted this in the comments section on the guardian website after yesterday's game.

'The guy took a club that Mourinho left in meltdown, with players like Pogba, Shaw, Fred, Martial ostracised and a huge unbalanced squad. In one full season as permanent manager he has weeded out a whole host of players, bought in only three replacements initially, then one in January, returned a certain recognisable style and drive to the team, successfully introduced young players, and with his 'keeper having a mare of a season, Pogba missing most of it, Martial missing two months then Rashford missing, when we were already short of strikers, OGS still got to two domestic cup semifinals and still in the UEFA, having claimed third place in the League.'


Pretty much sums up my feeling towards Solskaer.
No one is getting carried away but he's clearly made progress this season after a poor first half of it.

United are still two or three transfer windows away from breathing down the necks of city and Liverpool. That's if they buy well. They are on an upward curve though.

After we lost 2-0 to Burnley no one would have given us a chance of finishing third. Credit where credit is due.
The opinions of pessimistic reds and trolling Pool fans notwithstanding - its been a very good second half to the season for us.

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Rent Free.

[Drumstick]

According to this site since the end of 18/19 Man Utd have a net spend of about £122m. Now, whilst that is a lot of money, we recently established that net spend is unimportant. If you look at the arrivals during this period it looks good like good business, aside perhaps from being held to ransom over Maguire.

So that's one season then? That's quite a lot really.

It is a lot, but it's been invested well. Man Utd's first XI and squad as a whole has needed major surgery basically since Fergie retired.

[Finiarél]

According to this site since the end of 18/19 Man Utd have a net spend of about £122m. Now, whilst that is a lot of money, we recently established that net spend is unimportant. If you look at the arrivals during this period it looks good like good business, aside perhaps from being held to ransom over Maguire.

It's not important but in the same time period Liverpool spent £7m and won the premier league.

and the CL, Super Cup and World Club cup too.

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