Man Utd Thread:

[Maroon Manc]

In fairness to Schweinstieger the club had obviously agreed to let him those breaks, have to blame LVG for allowing that not the player. Mourinho wanted rid of him so he could bring another player in but Schweinstieger has called his bluff and has eventually got back in after 3 months out in the cold. I'm surprised Schweinstieger just didn't leave, he was happy to sit back and take the money without playing. He was brought back in after the Chelsea game so reckon Mourinho  is going to play 3 midfielders a lot more from now on.

That some wage leaving the club in Rooney's & Schweinstieger's direction, over £20m a year.

[seafoid]

Calling £20 m a wage is nuts. It is not a workers game. The stars operate on a different level.

[yellowcard]

Once Woodward bowed to Rooneys £280k a week demands, the bar was set and Di Maria, Falcao, Schweinsteiger and Ibrahimovic were able to command £250k a week contracts. Woodward doesn't care as the commercial side of the club is booming and the share price is more important to him than trophies in the cabinet.

[magpie seanie]

Once Woodward bowed to Rooneys £280k a week demands, the bar was set and Di Maria, Falcao, Schweinsteiger and Ibrahimovic were able to command £250k a week contracts. Woodward doesn't care as the commercial side of the club is booming and the share price is more important to him than trophies in the cabinet.

Very little of the club is in public ownership. He reports to the Glazers only.

[Maroon Manc]

Apparently 7 of the City's players that played in their 'reserve' team against United last night were involved as City beat Barca last night.

Jones is back in the squad tomorrow, wont be long before his next injury. He's sent a very strong squad to Turkey.

[Dinny Breen]

Mourhino is a busted flush. Delighted for the hateful w**ker.

Stat of the day -

Wenger has won the same amount of games in his last 8 matches as Mourinho has in his last 42.

[Boycey]

Mourhino is a busted flush. Delighted for the hateful w**ker.

Stat of the day -

Wenger has won the same amount of games in his last 8 matches as Mourinho has in his last 42.

You shouldn't believe everything you read on twitter 

Another poor night, lamentable actually..

[StGallsGAA]

Mourhino is a busted flush. Delighted for the hateful w**ker.

Stat of the day -

Wenger has won the same amount of games in his last 8 matches as Mourinho has in his last 42.

Arsenal drew against Boro last week so assuming they won the other 7 then Mourinho has only won 7 games in 42?  Holy moley!!

[mrdeeds]

Mourinho was never going to fit into the philosophy of a club like United. Not a fan but I think someone like Poch should be approached.

[Walter Cronc]

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Utter trash!

[rodney trotter]

Kloop would have been the perfect replacement. He doesn't have the millions like United do, but has liverpool playing great football like he did at Dortmund. And they are more of a team

United just piss away money,  Di Maria, Pogba,  Henrik Myk, and not get the best out of them

[seafoid]

Mourinho was never going to fit into the philosophy of a club like United. Not a fan but I think someone like Poch should be approached.

What is the philosophy now? .
The Glazers have destroyed Man Utd. But Asians buy the jerseys so they don't care 

[Milltown Row2]

Great price... 2/1. Never going to win that game!!

[The Stallion]

Mourinho was never going to fit into the philosophy of a club like United. Not a fan but I think someone like Poch should be approached.

What is the philosophy now? .
The Glazers have destroyed Man Utd. But Asians buy the jerseys so they don't care

Nothing like some casual xenophobia of an evening eh? And from someone who supports a team outside his native country too lol.

[Asal Mor]

Calling £20 m a wage is nuts. It is not a workers game. The stars operate on a different level.

Heard on Off the Ball that the average player wage in the Premiership is now 43,000(not sure if that's sterling or euro) a week. They also spoke about the fact that Everton became only the second club, along with Chelsea, to pay the living wage rather than the minimum wage to all their employees.

The living wage is £7.85 an hour and the minimum wage is £6.50 an hour.