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It’s a great opportunity Nine, for sure. Seem to remember hearing the same when we faced Villareal in the EL final not long ago though 🙄😁. We should have too much for Newcastle but a one-off final over 90mins can really go either way and no Utd fan will be counting this one as won just yet.

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We’ll see Nil. Still very early days. Have you noticed though how Utd and Liverpool never seem to be good at the same time? You were crap when we were good and when you were good we were crap. Now, again, our mini revival seems to be coinciding with your supposed decline. It’s like a rule of the universe that we can’t be good at the same time.

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Ten Hag turns things around again and what a second half performance. So glad Levers FC are out. Utd the better side over the 2 legs.

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You’re all over the place now Chucky. We’ve gone from Utd being the first big club to potentially be involved in Sportswashing which you now know to be false to now talking about how “Utd have a lot of sponsors”. What’s your point exactly? Both our clubs have been linked with Qatari takeovers. Neither has been confirmed yet.

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Chucky, let’s not pretend Sportswashing at the top of the game is unprecedented. Arsenal play at the Emirates stadium and carry a visit Rwanda band on their shirts, City, Newcastle, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Roma and many more all either state owned or happy to accept sponsorship from such states. Does that make it any more ok for the next Sportswashing project? Of course not, but to suggest it’s unprecedented at the top of the game is just not accurate.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/15/sportswashing-europes-biggest-clubs-champions-league-owners-sponsors-uefa

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It’s already feeling like we missed our chance in the first leg when we should have scored more. Barca very much looking like the runaway La Liga leaders so far.

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It was clumsy, no doubt. But never a pen for me. Not seeing many neutrals agreeing with the decision at all

That’s a disgraceful penalty award. There has to be sufficient contact… Simulation from Balde…

— Chris Sutton (@chris_sutton73) February 23, 2023

Bruno clumsy…inside the box

But Very soft penalty @ViaplayFotball

— Jan Aage Fjørtoft 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴 💛💙 (@JanAageFjortoft) February 23, 2023

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As the commentators said, would obviously never be overturned by VAR but should never have been given in the first place.

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Very soft pen that. Old Trafford absolutely on fire tonight anyway. Brilliant atmosphere.

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On the sportswashing aspect, it’s not far wrong Nine that article. If indeed it turns out to be a state ownership, which is far from as concrete as the article suggests, then it’s spot on. I find it a tad contradictive though. The last paragraph is accurate in saying that Utd don’t need a sugar daddy. They simply need an owner who doesn’t take a billion and a half out of the club. It’s that simple.

It seems to have worked on many supporters, mainly those prepared to turn a blind eye to almost anything in return for star signings.

To then suggest that those opposed to state ownership would be swayed into no longer opposing them because of new players coming in? What, those new players which the club have earned the right to buy through decades and decades of history and success? Those players? If we get star signings, it will not be because of state ownership. A nice idea, the article, but it’s very much missed the point. To suggest we’d have the Qatar ownership to thank for star players joining the club (and ultimately anti-Qatar fans would therefore turn a blind eye) is, frankly, a joke. It’s like saying we should thank Qatar for such a good World Cup. The World Cup was a great WC despite the Qataris not because of them, just as good players would continue to join us after any possible Qatari ownership just as they have done before. Did Utd fans stop protesting against and turn a blind eye to the Glazers when we were successful under their ownership or when we bought good players under their ownership? Absolutely not. The protests have continued all through the successful years and beyond. There will be a generation of fans, and I’ve always said this, that don’t care one bit who owns the club and that will always be the case. But, to suggest those opposing state ownership would be swayed by a new player coming in suggests the writer is not at all clued up on how the fanbase works.

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Rip

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1967 completely agree. No way they’re getting rid of Potter so soon. As you say, you hire a manager like Potter then you know it’s a long term project. They’ve clearly planned the side and the backroom/boardroom staff around Potter’s vision so to get rid of him a few months later would be absolutely crazy.

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Klopp getting absolutely hammered for telling Liverpool fans after last May after going out to Real Madrid:

“Where’s the final next year? Istanbul? Book the hotel”.

Can’t believe he came out with that! Hope nobody took him up on it.

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What’s happened to Liverpool’s defence? Used to be solid with that same back 5. They just seem a shambles at the moment.

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Wow, incredible stuff at Anfield.

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None of us choose who owns our clubs bit we absolutely can choose how we react and speak about that ownership/sponsorship. It’s a sad state of affairs that football has become this state playground which now has fans comparing owner net worths instead of trophies.

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Just wait Chucky till they get their hands on your lot 😁. We all know Qatar and Levy have been talking.

Look, I’ll be really disappointed if Qatar do buy Utd and it indeed proves to be state ownership masquerading as private investment. I am massively against this kind of ownership and don’t want my club being used as a tool for a state to wash clean it’s image. If that happens, I wish I could be strong-willed enough to stop supporting them in protest but I just dont think I could. Utd fans have a history of protesting against potential (bskyb) and actual (Glazers) owners despite successful periods (or the promise of in the case of the former) under them. If that indeed happens, I can only say that the club would deserve all the criticism coming its way and those Utd fans who oppose this kind of ownership will need to do what we’ve been doing the past 20 years and be able to separate club and owner whilst continuing to speak our against the ownership. That hasn’t been done anywhere near enough by City, PSG, Newcastle and Arsenal IMO.

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Why stop at City, Newcastle and PSG Steve? If it’s all just the same because you’ve decided it is, then I’ll put Arsenal in that group too for their Emirates sponsorship 😁

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Yeah I agree Mikus. I sense a bit of naivety which is probably inevitable in owners who are new to football.

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Wow, big news if true

Mauricio Pochettino turns down Chelsea approach to replace Graham Potter.

Chelsea showed interest late last week, and the former Spurs man was targeted but he was not keen.

Chelsea won't remove Potter without a plan.

– @GraemeBailey

— Simon Phillips (@siphillipssport) February 21, 2023

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