look up Rock of Gibraltar, his hubris enabled the Glazer ownership and despite his private misgivings on them (to the supporter organisation I was part of) he then went on to double down and openly praise them as they let the club erode from top to bottom......*see boling frog analogy
Tears were inevitable—and here we are. Brailsford, seriously? Brailsford?! This is a full-blown farce. The Glazers and Ratcliffe are a disgrace. The incompetence isn’t just staggering—it’s rotting this club from the inside out. Enough is enough.
Rubbish😂. That's why, after Brexit he abandoned his plan to build his Grenadier 'landrover' vehicle in South Wales and built it in France instead?. He also bought Nice football club in the south of France and he then moved to Monaco. Yeah, he shows a lot of confidence in the UK doesn't he?.
What I'll never understand is why people who have more money than they can ever spend in 10 lifetimes decide to crack on and destroy other people's lives.
I mean what's the point? Anything you gain you can never enjoy. Death waits for no man.
I think he understood brexit well. He just didn't share the reasons why he thought it was a good idea, that being that it would further enrich him at the expense of 'who cares'
I think he understood Brexit perfectly well: potential fortunes to be made by billionaires in a deregulated market, where environmental controls & workers’ rights got 5 inches of broom handle (dry) up the chutney.
Yeah, a real patriot. Built his Grenadier vehicle in France instead of South Wales. Bought Nice FC in France and also moved to Monaco. Happily took his knighthood though.
He's obviously a great business man but is toxic when sport's involved. He's fucked up Sky's cycling team, Mercedes F1 team, the America's Cup team and now one of Britain's oldest and proudest football teams. The man's a walking disaster area.
He doesn't own Man U. He's a minority shareholder.
But yes, he's just as bad the Glazer parasites.
It's almost as if billionaires are just parasites that shouldn't be allowed to exist.
and understanding Manchester and it's people......
he just sacked a lot of MANCHESTER WORKERS.
he just sacked a lot of MANCHESTER SUPPORTERS.
he just sacked a lot of MANCHESTER TICKET HOLDERS.
he just sacked a lot of MANCHESTER PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE TO HIS WEALTH[and Manchesters/MAN U wealth].
Step 1: Fire whole squad
Step 2: Get into Twitter spat with referee
Step 3: Do Nazi salute during away game at Ipswich
Step 4: Realize that goalkeepers are useful, actually
It's probably made it easier to steel the revenue from Scottish Oil Fields and go straight into Westminsters/Reeves Coffers bypassing the Scottish Government altogether. It's win win except for Scotland
He is however a master at attacking the terms and conditions of refinery workers in Grangemouth, milking the site for all it’s worth then walking away leaving government to pick up the tab. A fucking pirate.
The blame must also be laid at the person who recommends players. MU clearly doesn't have the chemistry that is required to be in the top 3 or 4. To make them gel is the key. Radcliffe doesn't have the capacity to understand that. He is too emotionally immature and applies the wrong approach.
Does he pay tax in the UK? Or did he run off to Monaco, after the referendum, after telling the UK public how wonderful Brexit would be. Jacob Reece-Mogg used to mention Jim Radcliffe as someone we should listen to in the business world when promoting his Brexit pack of lies.
Yup. He still has an INEOS office in London but is invested all over Europe. His new plant in Belgium is “the largest investment in the European chemical sector for a generation.” - his UK sponsorships have all tanked since Brexit, but his Europe business is thriving, despite ‘red tape’ 🤔
Aye, but Racheal Reeves gives him a billion pounds so he can sell more Manu tickets at a cheaper price but Grangemouth gone and he's moaning about the cleanup price 🙄
The hubris of the mega rich,seduced into thinking that a "trophy" club is good for their image, whilst completely ignoring that they are a money pit for the unwary.
I understand the Irish are convening a UN Security Council meeting to investigate Zionists fixing the Europa League final . Seconded by South Africa the resolution is expected to pass by 147 votes to 24 with 18 abstentions
McVitie’s recently devastated an already deprived area of Glasgow by wiping out 400 odd jobs much the same way Radcliffe wiped out a further 400 odd jobs at Grangemouth. And folk wonder why so many in Scotland hanker for independence!
I said that when he bought into United and some of there fans said I didn't know what I was talking about him and Brailsford would turn the club around never heard from them since and the club are closer to relegation even quicker than his cycling team 🤣🤣🤣
His first objective was to remove the lowest paid workers at the club, ie the people who are fans and do it to help the club out and not for money. Petrochemicals is his business and destruction is his job.
And now lives in Monaco to escape tax bills, one which was an estimated £3 billion!
The 4x4 he now builds in France which was going to be in Wales but costs were too high?! Plus other things his company is now building in the EU, hypocritical two face AH oligarch! Should be banned from the UK!
Or better yet pass legislation that says uk citizens either at home or abroad have to file and pay tax on all earning or face penalties of up to 5% of total wealth, or face criminal charges of tax avoidance. Include an offer to sell their citizenship at 25% of total wealth.
His ignoring of the womans team with someone of his business background for someone with his business background does bring up some uncomfortable questions
Long term that is a sure fire winner financially, and he's just not interested
Your judgement of who is and isn't an antisemite is as good as Tommy Robinson's. Part of the ol' "luvvie dovey" media/celebrity centrist class who enabled an unfit clown like Boris Johnson into power to murder care home residents cause the other bloke wanted you to pay more tax, bellend.
I imagine with the financial problems he and his companies have United have become bottom of his to do list. Expect another sale in the not to distant future.
I’m not so sure about that 😉 Ratcliffe: “I don’t particularly enjoy going to watch Nice….the level of football is not high enough for me to get excited,”
No! I feared precisely what happened. Even down to the way the match unfolded (We've watched that game about 15 times this season). Doesn't stop it feeling bad.
Ah ! Cheap shot then and dissapointing from James. Radcliffe isn't in charge of the team nor team tactics. Time will tell, he appears to be making the right decisions so far.
Never mind the cup final which is a one off game, united have been rubbish all this season so I don’t think he’s doing objectively a good job. Long may it continue as a Chelsea fan 😂
Couldn't possibly change it in a few months though, but there is a road map and seems to be going in right direction.
Shame that the whole transfer policy is affected by one shit goal and an amazing goal line clearance.
Then proof as they say will be in the pudding. There's no denying the club has been grossly mismanaged over several years. I think there are parallels between #MUFC and the running of UK by tories.
It needs heart surgery said Rangnick....(I was concerned about the Ashworth situation too)
Billionaires seem to have an infuriating tendency to believe that success in one field qualifies them to be brilliant in any field they try their hand at.
It's the belief that THEY are solely responsible for their success, rather than the talent they employ and in almost every case a significant amount of luck, which I find staggering.
Absolutely, the narcissism is as you say, staggering.
They fail to recognise that their success relies on talent they employ and refuse to acknowledge the global chain of governments and millions of workers providing resources and systems that allow their businesses to even function.
I'd go so far as to say that Ratcliffe's efficiency drive with MUFC is having exactly the same effect as Elon Musk's on the US Government Infrastructure...
(PS laughed like a drain at the half a sausage for the players that came on at half time...)
This global chain of systems (without which the wealthy can't operate) I call their socio/economic footprint. IMO, taxes should linked to the size of their footprint.
Billionaires shouldn’t exist. As soon as you amass £999,999,999 you should get a medal that says “I won capitalism” and a tax rate of 101% for every penny over…
Oh my rescue (from an illegal puppy farm) frenchie UltraViolet has got me in so much trouble but it’s NOT cos she’s my REPLACEMENT baby but was forced to be pregnant 3 times aged only 2 & the 3rd time it killed the babies & almost killed her
My son rescued her but these farms should be RAIDED NOW 😡
Just been listening to you asking if dogs can be loved like kids & yes they can!
As for the BS about South Africa check out the 80’s & what Reagan did & said as I wrote about that at uni … so the rapist is continuing what that other right wing racist monster started 40years ago along with Thatcher
iam just listen tae ur show abt home owners while I was living in Walton on tames . I noticed then who I rented fae was Asian now he bought his first home but didn't live in it he rented it so council pays understand then he'll rent ah flat from another . council pay rent
As a United fan, it pains me to watch that guy strangle the joy out of the club I've followed since the days of the Doc. It must be bloody awful to work there these days... if they haven't already been sacked.
Aye. It's thought he bought Grangemouth ready to frack the Central belt to death. SNP banned fracking, thank god. The Bings have only just turned green and the Ayers rock structures now blend in & are habitats for wildlife. Used to stand out like a sore thumb.
What has been the most detrimental to this country?
The credibility handed over to billionaires because they got lucky on the one good idea they had or misremembered nostalgia?
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He's hovering, like a bad smell.
Interesting analysis.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cpw7xpp275xo#:~:text=The%2072%2Dyear%2Dold's%20wealth,the%20UK's%20350%20richest%20people.
Rather than all of ours when he supported Brexit which fucked up the country
What I'll never understand is why people who have more money than they can ever spend in 10 lifetimes decide to crack on and destroy other people's lives.
I mean what's the point? Anything you gain you can never enjoy. Death waits for no man.
Early (2 year old) examples already on the market at well under 50% with under 20k on them.
He seems nice…
But yes, he's just as bad the Glazer parasites.
It's almost as if billionaires are just parasites that shouldn't be allowed to exist.
he just sacked a lot of MANCHESTER WORKERS.
he just sacked a lot of MANCHESTER SUPPORTERS.
he just sacked a lot of MANCHESTER TICKET HOLDERS.
he just sacked a lot of MANCHESTER PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE TO HIS WEALTH[and Manchesters/MAN U wealth].
Step 2: Get into Twitter spat with referee
Step 3: Do Nazi salute during away game at Ipswich
Step 4: Realize that goalkeepers are useful, actually
Ashley worth (source Wikipedia) over 3Bn said at the end of his tenure at Newcastle that he isn't wealthy enough to own a top flight club.
Seems Ratcliffe isn't either.
Musk shows, getting to be filthy rich doesn't mean you are good at anything.
Ironically, he's a Spurs fan.
Anything Jim touches that is sports related just turns to shit.
Once in the spotlight they usually fail.
Now updated to:
“I’m Brexit Jim from Ineos and I’m here to bring a2% marginal gain to your sports franchise”.
Is that where you promise a brand new sexy stadium for the hard core fans, but then its 90% corporate boxes?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonayre_businessevolutionmap-strategy-prediction-activity-7331962888712065024-0-gz
The 4x4 he now builds in France which was going to be in Wales but costs were too high?! Plus other things his company is now building in the EU, hypocritical two face AH oligarch! Should be banned from the UK!
Long term that is a sure fire winner financially, and he's just not interested
He’s very rich
It suited him
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/19/nice-champions-league-jim-ratcliffe-manchester-united-ligue-1-ineos-european-cup?CMP=Share_Android
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/cn57nvklnypo
Most decisions taken over the past many years just make me cringe.
Not really sold on Amorim either, but clearly, the root of the problem is poor ownership.
Shame that the whole transfer policy is affected by one shit goal and an amazing goal line clearance.
It needs heart surgery said Rangnick....(I was concerned about the Ashworth situation too)
Ratcliffe’s arrogance took him into the sporting world and everything he’s come into contact with has fallen spectacularly.
They fail to recognise that their success relies on talent they employ and refuse to acknowledge the global chain of governments and millions of workers providing resources and systems that allow their businesses to even function.
(PS laughed like a drain at the half a sausage for the players that came on at half time...)
#Grangemouth
Why couldnt Richard Branson have bought it instead.
My son rescued her but these farms should be RAIDED NOW 😡
As for the BS about South Africa check out the 80’s & what Reagan did & said as I wrote about that at uni … so the rapist is continuing what that other right wing racist monster started 40years ago along with Thatcher
The credibility handed over to billionaires because they got lucky on the one good idea they had or misremembered nostalgia?