Champions League/Europa League

[Sadact7]

Robbie Savage has done very well to dine out on being part of the 1992 youth team.

Is he on some sort of commission to say ‘Theatre of Dreams’ as much as possible?

Is there a Manchester United fan over the age of 35 who doesn’t cringe at that embarrassing expression?

It’s just a marketing thing. Never actually heard anyone use it IRL.

Although it would be quite funny. “See you later love, I’m off down the Theatre of Dreams”

[Reg]

Robbie Savage has done very well to dine out on being part of the 1992 youth team.

Is he on some sort of commission to say ‘Theatre of Dreams’ as much as possible?

Is there a Manchester United fan over the age of 35 who doesn’t cringe at that embarrassing expression?

It’s just a marketing thing. Never actually heard anyone use it IRL.

Although it would be quite funny. “See you later love, I’m off down the Theatre of Dreams”

Yeah. It's utter bullshit.

[Sadact7]

Yeah. It's utter bullshit.

It was actually quite a nice, evocative bit of phraseology when Bobby Charlton first said it: “This is Manchester United football club, this is the theatre of dreams”

But, as ever, the cynical marketing machine takes something heartfelt and trademarks it for revenue. Absolutely despise the industry of football.

[Reg]

Yeah. It's utter bullshit.

It was actually quite a nice, evocative bit of phraseology when Bobby Charlton first said it: “This is Manchester United football club, this is the theatre of dreams”

But, as ever, the cynical marketing machine takes something heartfelt and trademarks it for revenue. Absolutely despise the industry of football.

I don't know if you've been watching the BBC series Fever Pitch (the story of the Premier League). It's worth a look on iPlayer. It starts with the TV plan (including the ludicrous bellend who was responsible for the giant sumo wrestlers, who were noisily ridiculed by fans).

Then it moves on to the commercialisation of the clubs.

They had scenes of fans bemoaning the United "Superstore", and saying it’s just a business now, no soul, etc. Then a clip of Martin Edwards, man of the people and occasional toilet voyeur, saying, “We thought it would be best if people bought their shirts here rather than in Harrod’s”. At which point he pauses for a second, as if he has just had a thought. Then he adds, “Perhaps that’s not a good example, I meant the high street…”

I think at that point the game was up.

[Carlos J]

I remember him, wasn't he called "The Adonis" cos he dared to don a healthy mullet and a tan which was quite exotic for a dart player back then.

Still 'The Adonis' and still playing and making a good living on the circuit.

[EddieCheddar]

I remember him, wasn't he called "The Adonis" cos he dared to don a healthy mullet and a tan which was quite exotic for a dart player back then.

Still 'The Adonis' and still playing and making a good living on the circuit.

Favourite Sid quote, and I may be mistaken, but commentating on Steve Beaton during the 1996 BDO final…

“As Wyatt Earp said the night before the gunfight at the OK Corral…It’s lonely being a gunfighter”

[Kowalski]

Robbie Savage has done very well to dine out on being part of the 1992 youth team.

Is he on some sort of commission to say ‘Theatre of Dreams’ as much as possible?

Is there a Manchester United fan over the age of 35 who doesn’t cringe at that embarrassing expression?

It's nearly as bad as when people call them 'the biggest club in the world'.

Extremely arrogant and bigheaded.

Makes watching them fail even more glorious though.

[antdad]

It's nearly as bad as when people call them 'the biggest club in the world'.

Extremely arrogant and bigheaded.

Makes watching them fail even more glorious though.

I suppose, but they've been consistently one of the top three largest circulating positions with the Spanish two for at least the last twenty years by most measures so if any English club could make that claim as galling as it is to hear they could. Hearing it from Savage who never really played for them is a different matter, he's just a cock.

[JimmyDee]

It's nearly as bad as when people call them 'the biggest club in the world'.

In media terms, in this country, they are, though.

Leicester coming back from 2-0 down at half-time, away from home is "so what", but Man U (I call them that because GoldSteen hates it) doing the same thing at home is something to be endlessly discussed.

[JW90]

Man United will always be the biggest news but Leicester have had a decent amount of coverage, to be fair. And we had plenty at the weekend.

[Carlos J]

Good old Spurs.

[antdad]

Good old Spurs.

Documentary on Sir Lennox now on Sky docs.

[Carlos J]

Good old Spurs.

Documentary on Sir Lennox now on Sky docs.

Cheers, antdad but at work.

[subsub]

Good old Spurs.

[antdad]

Good old Spurs.

Documentary on Sir Lennox now on Sky docs.

Cheers, antdad but at work.

Fell asleep, it'll come around again.

What I saw interesting though, I forgot Kelly Malloney used to promote him.