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littleDinosaurLuke said:
When you play Monopoly and one player owns most of the properties on the board with hotels on. you agree to end the game and declare the winner. There is no point playing on when the best you can hope for is that you dodge landing on their properties. It’s no fun at all just delaying the inevitable.
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Monopoly was originally invented as The Landlord's Game.
It was intended as a "practical demonstration of the present system of land grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences".
Topical.
 
littleDinosaurLuke said:
It was only a soft deadline so if you let the Glazers know you’re good for £6bn, they’ll be all ears.

The Qataris have indicated an intention to bid as expected. As much as Utd fans will be glad to see the back of the Glazers, many recognise that this isn’t necessarily good news. We’ve seen how super rich owners at the likes of Chelsea and City have damaged the healthy competition which used to exist in the game. The elitism they have created has not been good for the game overall. And it’s getting worse. The proposed European Super League won’t go away either.

So if the Qataris get hold of Utd, what will happen? Utd have remained competitive financially despite being weighed down with the Glazer debt and a lack of success on the pitch. With the debt removed and lots of cash available, what monster will be created? If they monetise it as they surely will, the monster will dwarf any other sporting franchise in the world. What then for any competition? Utd reportedly have 1.4 billion fans worldwide. The financial potential is huge.

When you play Monopoly and one player owns most of the properties on the board with hotels on. you agree to end the game and declare the winner. There is no point playing on when the best you can hope for is that you dodge landing on their properties. It’s no fun at all just delaying the inevitable.

As a Utd fan, I don’t want to reach a point where we win everything because we have financial nuclear capability. Competition, rivalry, uncertainty about the result are the factors which make sport compelling. Victory is always sweeter when it comes after disappointment. Football is best when every game is a contest and there are more than one or two teams likely to win at the end of it all. Being handed success easily because you’ve got the most cash loses its appeal very quickly.
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<applause> Well said Luke
 
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Nketiah with possible the most blatant dive of the season, which is saying something.
Nothing given.

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PleaseNotPoll said:
Lovely finish from Watkins. Awful defending, though.
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Tom Hanks is impressed. WTF?
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Fun fact, my nouveau-Goon sister has been to more Aston Villa games (1, with an ex-boyfriend who supports Villa) than the team she so loudly and obnoxiously claims to support this season

You might get the feeling that she was getting on my proverbial cleavage during last weekend's family gettogether...
 
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Mings goes from one extreme to another, clearing off the line, then making an appalling header.
1-1.
 
OG by Martinez. <doh> So, so jammy.
Nketiah offside, but not given by VAR. Bent. As. ****.
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Think them lot will be happy to be 3 pts ahead of
Citeh at this stage, with equal number off games played.

They will have to win the title by pts alone,
as Citeh seem to be ramping upwards again on the GD.
 
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