The on topic thread 4.0

[moomba]

That wasn't the question.

If you cant see the difference between the two you won't really understand the answer.

 

[RPCB]

Will the new stadium come with holes in the roof pre installed or will they be fitted down the track?

I'm here all week.

Yes.

 

[Zidane98]

If you cant see the difference between the two you won't really understand the answer.

It's not difficult to understand. A poster asked you if the MCFC stadium was built with taxpayer money.

Why not simply answer that question?

 

[moomba]

It's not difficult to understand. A poster asked you if the MCFC stadium was built with taxpayer money.

Why not simply answer that question?

You seem to know, why dont you answer.

 

[Zidane98]

You seem to know, why dont you answer.

I don't, you are the expert on all things City finance related so was waiting on your response.

 

[moomba]

The commonwealth games stadium was built with government money for the commonwealth games.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Does differing purposes matter?
End result is taxpayer money ending up on a football stadium.

The why isn't as important imo

 

[Frank Bunn]

The commonwealth games stadium was built with government money for the commonwealth games.

Manchester City Council paid £22 million for it to be converted into a football stadium.

 

[moomba]

Does differing purposes matter?
End result is taxpayer money ending up on a football stadium.

The why isn't as important imo

You can argue the toss over how much benefit the Commonwealth games gives a community, but government putting in money for that allowed an international sporting event to be held in the city.

Putting money into a new stadium bring benefits to the Glazers, Radcliffe and United fans is something else. What benefit do the vast majority of the community get out of it? United isn't a UK registered business, neither the Glazers or Ratcliffe are UK residents. So why should the government spending tax money to give them a financial hand?

 

[moomba]

Manchester City Council paid £22 million for it to be converted into a football stadium.

And pay annual rent. And handed over Maine Road to the council which is now community housing.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

I'm very much against tax payer funded stadia for private companies. The US model is bullshit. The amount of piss boiling one comment from Ratcliffe has caused is highly amusing though. Still number one in many peoples heads.

 

[Jatz]

Hahaha please, United are number one for nobody. We've won a title more recently than you haha. Chelsea are very quickly going the same way.

You're having to try and stay relevant through comments in the media. Absolute shadow of the club it was.

 

[Zidane98]

Hahaha please, United are number one for nobody. We've won a title more recently than you haha. Chelsea are very quickly going the same way.

You're having to try and stay relevant through comments in the media. Absolute shadow of the club it was.

They are hated and adored.

But never ignored.

 

[RPCB]

Well played Bojan.

No one triggers opposition supporters quicker than a United supporter

 

[moomba]

I'm very much against tax payer funded stadia for private companies. The US model is bullshit. The amount of piss boiling one comment from Ratcliffe has caused is highly amusing though. Still number one in many peoples heads.

Quite ironic given how often you wet your pants about City on here.

Still if it makes you feel better about yourself.

 

[jd2010]

What'd he say?

Lip readers only got the Walker interaction with the 4th official and ref. Saying something like he's saying stuff about my kidss

 

[jd2010]

Manchester City Council paid £22 million for it to be converted into a football stadium.

Once they were stupid enough to host a commonwealth games, they may as well have put even more money into the stadium for it to be of some use post games.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Hahaha please, United are number one for nobody. We've won a title more recently than you haha. Chelsea are very quickly going the same way.

You're having to try and stay relevant through comments in the media. Absolute shadow of the club it was.

Everyone is constantly talking about United.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Quite ironic given how often you wet your pants about City on here.

Still if it makes you feel better about yourself.

Pot meet kettle. Keep following United and talking about us. It's a city fans no. 1 obsession. Just embrace it!

 

[RPCB]

Lip readers only got the Walker interaction with the 4th official and ref. Saying something like he's saying stuff about my kidss

Lip readers? There is a clip someone posted of the Bellingham and Greenwood interaction and slowed right down it looks like Bellingham said “rubbish” and not “rapist”. So who knows what is true when it comes to what people post on social media.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Hahaha please, United are number one for nobody. We've won a title more recently than you haha. Chelsea are very quickly going the same way.

You're having to try and stay relevant through comments in the media. Absolute shadow of the club it was.

You can't seriously be saying this straight faced.
Still among the top 5 biggest, highest followed and most spoken about clubs in the world.

Comparing them to minnows Chelsea who have reverted back to their pre-Abramovich cheatcode irrelevancy is hilarious.
United are nothing like the chavs.

 

[chef]

They are hated and adored.

But never ignored.

A few clubs could use this on here haha.

Interesting that our 5 seasons prior to Roman were better performed than Tottenham's last 5 seasons. Maybe we are both minnows and irrelevant haha.

 

[moomba]

Pot meet kettle. Keep following United and talking about us. It's a city fans no. 1 obsession. Just embrace it!

I'm fine talking about all teams. Not much point going on a general football forum if I didn't.

United particularly pleasant to talk about in recent years, so why not?

If you want to have another cry about obsession or call people racists because people talking about United upsets you, then I guess that's up to you.

 

[moomba]

Manchester City Council paid £22 million for it to be converted into a football stadium.

I misread that. The council didn't pay for it to be converted. The club paid.

 

[moomba]

I misread that. The council didn't pay for it to be converted. The club paid.

Just seen a wiki that says council paid £22m to convert it and we paid £20m to fit it out.

We took out a 250 year lease (£3m a year) and handed over the land Maine Rd was on.

Think we renegotiated terms of the lease when we extended the South Stand, but not sure what the new terms were.