The Barclays Premier League Thread 2014/2015

[Tigerstyle]

Man Utd fans need to learn how business and marketing work, the whole '60mil a year from GM and a billion from Adidas' means nothing when all the press you receive is negative and you feature in no marquee matches

[The Lusophone]

As the biggest brand in football - arguably in all of sport - with hundreds of millions of fans and one of the highest - possibly even the highest - selling out stadiums world wide and setting attendance records in countries that traditionally don't 'do' football, I'd argue we know at least a little bit about business and marketing.

Just a little bit though.

[Whisper]

Man Utd fans need to learn how business and marketing work, the whole '60mil a year from GM and a billion from Adidas' means nothing when all the press you receive is negative and you feature in no marquee matches

The troll is strong in this one.

[Tigerstyle]

Ok you marketing executives

You really think that the Adidas deal is a flat fee no matter what?

[The Lusophone]

It's irrelevant whether it's a flat fee or not. With the Adidas deal or without, United still have large, healthy revenue streams and the brand remains strong.

[TCO]

To be fair I'd imagine the Adidas figure would represent a maximum with a large number of bonuses and escalators built in to trigger it.

That being said, United have the infrastructure and allure to go without Champions League football for a good while without feeling the consequences of FPP or seeing a noticeable drop in brand power.

[Whisper]

Ok you marketing executives
You really think that the Adidas deal is a flat fee no matter what?

Nobody said that? In fact I don't think anyone was even talking about United when you chimed in with your marketing comments.

And yeah... what Mad Jack and TCO said.

Edited September 1, 2014 by Whisper in the Wind

[Arjen Robben]

What negative press anyway? Only negative press I can think of them getting at the moment is questioning tactics or fees or something, which I doubt are things Adidas are bothered about.

[Tigerstyle]

When media posts a picture online of 'lol united lose at home to Swansea' the media impressions Man Utd have to generate to fulfill their contractual obligations would be a negative, for example, every 10 negatives equate to one positive.

Don't let people tell you all press is good press.

I posted what I posted because I was exausted by Man Utd fans posting how they can afford eeeeerytin.

[stokeriño]

Cesar "Dave" Azpilicueta has signed a new 5 year deal with Chelsea.

Eventually we'll get the cloning facility up and running and Mourinho can have that "team of 11 Azpilicuetas" he once said he wanted.

[Berober]

A team of 11 Dave's would be amazing.

[Cheeky Hughes]

Where did the "Dave" nickname come from? I've never known.

[The Lusophone]

You try pronouncing Azpilicueta.

[stokeriño]

It's easy to pronounce, but yes, the length of his surname is why.

[Lineker]

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has revealed he could have taken the manager's job at Tottenham, earning the same money he is on at Old Trafford.

The Dutchman told the Daily Mirror it would have been easier to go to Spurs but he decided to take on a bigger challenge.

"I could have opted for an easier job. If I had gone to Tottenham, the job would not have been as enormous as here at United," he said

"I could have easily gone to Spurs. But I chose the biggest challenge of all the jobs in football. And I really wanted to join the number one club in the country, not Tottenham."

[Gazz]

Is 'Cesar' too hard to pronouce?

[EddieG]

Yes, could be pronounced the Spanish way, like his name, or like a caesar salad.

[stokeriño]

Yes we could call him Cesar (and do frequently call him Azpi) but that misses the point of the joke.

[Cheeky Hughes]

"I could have easily gone to Spurs. But I chose the biggest challenge of all the jobs in football. And I really wanted to join the number one club in the country, not Tottenham."

Poor guy's sat-nav missed by a couple of miles.

[stokeriño]

Torres: "I want to thank my two English clubs, Liverpool for bringing me to the Premier League and Chelsea for the trophies I won."

I like this quote.