donsdaft Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Remember them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InversneckieDob Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Remember them? I had mixed feelings. Some o' the flavours were fine, but if you crunched them ower quick they were hoorin' sharp. No.......Hud on, that was Spangles. Dundee United..........No,nae ringing a bell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Spangles. An inspired memory. Forgot they existed for at least a third of a century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Shite team and couldn't give a fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donser AFC Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Are shite.... Spangles on the other hand were the only sweetie you had left in your selection boxes by new year.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgindon Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Spangles is an apt description ....may eventually get a trip to tannadice. Depends how the cup draws go.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlg1903 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I would actually like to see them get their act together, tannadice is always a braw day out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Arabs having to look for pay cuts or wage deferrals from staff as they have not planned on no fans beyond October. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54727478 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Can they not just sell one of their big names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 hour ago, RicoS321 said: Can they not just sell one of their big names? I reckon they thought when getting in McNulty that Shankland would have been off before window closure. Going about it all the wrong way if it is correct that acquisitions in window just closed are exempt for cuts. Allegedly paying £5k per week for McNulty. Now, I've got to say that the Arabs are a club (and supporters) that I would take a great deal of schadenfreude from normally but to be honest this really is a ticking time bomb in Scottish football at present and no one is going to be unaffected by this loss of income. Need them to get through this like the rest of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, BigAl said: I reckon they thought when getting in McNulty that Shankland would have been off before window closure. Going about it all the wrong way if it is correct that acquisitions in window just closed are exempt for cuts. Allegedly paying £5k per week for McNulty. Now, I've got to say that the Arabs are a club (and supporters) that I would take a great deal of schadenfreude from normally but to be honest this really is a ticking time bomb in Scottish football at present and no one is going to be unaffected by this loss of income. Need them to get through this like the rest of us. I don't believe the £5K per week figure. That'd be twice what they're paying any of their other players I'd have thought. I can't see that happening in this day in age, especially not for a player as proven mediocre as McNulty. Sounds like internet bollocks. That said, getting him in before Shankland going out sounds plausible, and a real fuck up if true. If they can cling on until January, that might save them. However, I don't think they'll get good money for Shankland. I'm really not that convinced he's good enough - or got the right attributes - to play down South. He's that sort of in between striker that would do well up here. Got obvious talent and a great finisher, but not that quick and not that strong. Reminds me of Rooney in many ways. A big hoofer in the championship would just sit on him for 90 minutes and he'd struggle. Like May when he was at St Johnstone, I also think he's at the peak of his game with few obvious areas he can improve. Hopefully he'll prove me wrong, because I think he's done really well to get back to the top of his game and deserves the opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Hear what you're saying Rico, I have no insider knowledge but £5k is the figure widely speculated upon. Also rumoured to be paying Ryan Edwards £3k per week......that is just fucking mental if true. The boy Fuchs that has just joined them certainly won't be on an average United wage They must be paying a decent wedge to a few as did they not lose £3.8m during their last season in the Championship ? Regarding Shankland, it has long been speculated that the Amercian owner has been topping up his wage. I also agree regarding his value. I'm not certain they're going to get top dollar for him and reckon that at present his stock might actually be in decline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 hour ago, BigAl said: Hear what you're saying Rico, I have no insider knowledge but £5k is the figure widely speculated upon. Also rumoured to be paying Ryan Edwards £3k per week......that is just fucking mental if true. The boy Fuchs that has just joined them certainly won't be on an average United wage They must be paying a decent wedge to a few as did they not lose £3.8m during their last season in the Championship ? Regarding Shankland, it has long been speculated that the Amercian owner has been topping up his wage. I also agree regarding his value. I'm not certain they're going to get top dollar for him and reckon that at present his stock might actually be in decline Christ, what a fucking shambles. The Yanks making the mistakes that the rest made before them. They must be aiming for this new Europa 2nd tier pish in the coming years, otherwise I can't see what the influx of US cash into the Scottish game is about. Cormack possibly slightly different, but the tie in with Atlanta reeks of some prior (to Covid) bigger picture. I can't believe anyone would pay Edwards £3K per week, he's a slightly above average SPFL player that could be replaced very easily. At least they should know where to target their cuts with all these high paid failures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Had also heard that McNulty had been signed on basis they thought they would sell Shankland. No idea on the wages on the deal but they were haemorrhaging money in Championship so very possible paying decent wages. They would need too to get anyone to put on that hideous tangerine shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_widdows Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/11/the-unlikely-story-of-how-dundee-united-became-an-insult-in-nigeria 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Amazing. Can't believe this is the first I'm hearing of it. Fucking Dundee United. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Had heard of this previously, maybe around the time of the documentary but had never heard of the rationale behind it. Great story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tup1 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 United should take the opportunity while it's there to sack Mellon and hire McInnes. They'd be perfect for each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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