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2. Manchester United: The Biography
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 3
Little Brown Book Group
4. Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--are Destined to Become the Kings of the Worl
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 3
6. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Cultural Analysis of Manchester United
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 2
7. The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United 1878-2012: The Full Story and Complete Record (MUFC)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 2
Used Book in Good Condition
8. Nanostad Manchester United Old Trafford Stadium 3D Puzzle
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Contents: 186 3D pieces puzzleThis superb replica stadium puzzle is perfect for footie fans aged seven to 70!The Old Trafford stadium can be recreated in spectacular colour and detail in around three-five hours without the need for scissors, tools or glueA must have for Manchester United Fans
9. Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the Us, Japan, Australia, Turkey - And Even Iraq - Are Destined
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
10. Red Army General
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Used Book in Good Condition
11. Red Matters - 50 Years Of Supporting Manchester United
Sentiment score: -2
Number of reviews: 2
12. Alex Ferguson: My Biography
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Hodder Stoughton
13. Beckham: Both Feet on the Ground: An Autobiography
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
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Number of reviews: 1
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15. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Great product!
16. Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
The rapid change in transfer spending over the years is definitely true, and you can thank Chelsea for that.
The reality is United have been insulated due to our fantastic academy and Fergie's habit of betting on young talent instead dropping cash on established players. We HAVE been spending millions on players, just in a very different way. Our wage bill has been among the highest in the world, even before Chelsea and City started their crazy spending fees.
I agree 100% that transfer spending does not equal success, player wages are a far better indicator. If you own the best players in the world (ex. Ronaldo) you don't have to buy them, you just have to pay them. The problem is that we have struggled lately in turning our young buys into truely world class players (ex. Anderson and Young). We also gave away Pogba for nothing, which I am sure you would agree was a terrible mistake.
Check out Soccernomics it is a great read about how football finances are changing, and addresses a lot of the points you raised.
TLDR; Don't be a dick, we are all United fans here bud. :)
These guys do a great range of United shirts. The book was pretty good too, from memory. It described various philosophers careers like they were football careers. Like Sun Tzu as a great tactically minded central defender, etc.
https://www.philosophyfootball.com/footballers/-eric-cantona-p441.html
Edit: book in question: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philosophy-Football-Mark-Perryman/dp/014026843X
My old teacher wrote a great United book called Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
It's good. It's like a mixture of a biography from a fan and an academic piece. He also relates the club to the old greek forms of sports and such. It's quite interesting
Congrats on the gifts and Merry Christmas, /u/elreydelasur I saw a similar puzzle a while back on Amazon. Is this the puzzle you received?
I thought about buying it, seemed fun to do, but the 7+ age recommendation seemed a little too young for me and I didnt want to spend $32 on a puzzle that I would finish in an hour. Is it an easier puzzle or will it be more of a challenge? Thanks!
Simon Kuper is one of the best writers in football. Anybody who likes this should read The Football Men: Up Close with the Giants of the Modern Game, Soccernomics or Football Against The Enemy.
Also I hate when footballers are labelled idiots. It requires extreme intelligence to be a top class player. Not "book learning" intelligence or even basic common sense, but extreme intelligence nonetheless. It's no different to how a top tier Physics academic might not be able to book a hotel room online. They are brilliant in their field, bit sometimes dim in other areas.
All the following books belong to some of the most influential figures at Manchester United over the last 30 years. I've read them all except Giggs' book and they're all really great to read.
Alex Ferguson's first autobiography
His second autobiography
Roy Keane's first autobiography
His second autobiography
Wayne Rooney
Gary Neville
Paul Scholes
Rio Ferdinand
Ryan Giggs
To be fair, Fergie's latest book wasn't the greatest read. So once the juicy bits were in the serialised, it didn't hold up. Managing My Life: My Autobiography was better and was written by a much better author, the great Hugh McIlvanney.
Sorry, this is bullshit tabloid stuff. Good to Great is a business strategy book, it tends to make "best business books of all time" lists. If he'd been reading "Inverting the Pyramid" or some shit like that, fine. But I'd expect the guy to continue to read stuff like this, like most executives do to keep themselves challenged and learning.
Amazon link to the book FWIW
If reading that book is embarrassing, you're probably lacking some perspective.
It's really good if you want to know what happened lots of stuff behind the scenes [this is the book I read] (https://www.amazon.com/Alex-Ferguson-My-Autobiography/dp/0340919396) and you will know a lot about how he handled players. I think it should be sport's lover's must read.[IMO atleast]
If I were you I would definitely give it a shot.
Hope this helps you to decide
Good book: Standing on the Shoulder of Giants by Soren Frank is a good book if you're interested in some history.
The Alex Ferguson one is brilliant, but maybe wait a couple of months as i believe there is either a new one or one with some extra chapters coming in October i believe.
The Gary Neville and Keane ones are also both excellent.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Managing-Life-Autobiography-Alex-Ferguson/dp/0340728566
Manchester United: The Biography by Jim White
A great book that describes the club's entire history since its inception till the end of 2007/8 season.
Norway being the most football crazy nation in the world(source: Soccernomics), the English football rivalry is probably strongest outside of England. You'll have a hard time finding a single Norwegian without any football allegiance, whether it be red or blue.
Practically every single pub in my town shows Premier League games, and you'll always find people wearing their supporter shirts while singing songs, chanting and throwing insults at the other team's supporters. It's been like this since the early 90's, or for as long as I can remember at least.
I find it funny that I see so many Americans in this thread. I spent some time studying at UC Berkeley a few years back, and I couldn't find a single pub in the bay area showing the Man Utd - City game (Nov 2010), nor any other games for that matter.
Dude, you need to research better lol... have a look at these options
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Faaaaar better than the crap video card you were looking at and overall good laptops.
Have you read his books?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/RED-ARMY-GENERAL-Britains-Hooligan/dp/1903854458/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0/262-9647677-9880669?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4387T86FS3TATN1MCN3B
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Men-Black-Manchester-Football-Hooligan/dp/1903854520
Buckethead certainly aint a dickhead and hes very well connected.
Having 5 up front was very common. It was also a lot more common back then to see scores like 6-3, 5-2 etc often. The modern "defender" is a very new concept when you look at football as a whole.
In fact, the earliest "formation" in football was notoriously known as "the pyramid", because it was a 2-3-5 formation in the shape of a pyramid. The 2-3-2-3 is probably the most common formation through football history.
Also, ever wondered why a CB is referred to as a "centre half"? The central midfielder was once known as the centre half, but many teams started shifting their centre half into the defensive line while attacking, in a ploy to concede less goals on the counter attack, which was a new concept at the time. Think of Michael Carrick or Steven Gerrard in the modern era, when they slide into a back 3.
Jonathan Wilson wrote a very interesting book called Inverting the Pyramid. Well worth picking up if you're interested in tactics or football history in general.
Inverting the Pyramid is probably a great place to start
Not a Fergie book but I have read this and think it is a must read for any fan of the club. Literally takes you from the late 1800's up to around 2008!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-United-Biography-complete-greatest/dp/0751539112/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524818849&sr=8-1&keywords=manchester+united+books
If you want to read about this, this is a good book about the United firm.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Men-Black-Manchester-Football-Hooligan/dp/1903854520
Beckham - Both Feet on the Ground is worth a read as well.
Here's some good beginning reading:
Red Army Firm
Telegraph article on the Men in Black
Some of the Men in Black pay a visit to Rooney's house amidst the contract/City situation
Similar event with Rio
And a couple of books on the subject, both by Tony O'Neill: Red Army General and The Men in Black.
Great idea. In "Soccernomics" they found that transfers that happen following a World Cup or Euro are, statistically speaking, terrible deals.
> No context given. Figo wasn't happy at Barca and wanted a better contract.
Do you know anything about that transfer? Read up on it. It was incredibly clever maneuvering by Perez.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fear-Loathing-Liga-Barcelona-Madrid/dp/0224091808
You're too clueless about the basics to debate.
You should read this book.
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cantona-The-Rebel-Would-King/dp/0330511858
Nuff Said
http://www.amazon.com/Official-Illustrated-History-Manchester-1878-2012/dp/1471102629/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1P1AMZHPY338ZMVTNAT7
Inverting the Pyramid - Jonathan Wilson
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inverting-Pyramid-History-Football-Tactics/dp/1409128644
I have this and this
I picked up this book at a thrift shop for less than three dollars. It is a novel written before Star Wars was released by George Lucas that tells a completely different story than the movie. I've got a ways in and it offers some really interesting insights if you are a Star Wars fan.
For the lazy:
http://www.amazon.com/Official-Illustrated-History-Manchester-1878-2012/dp/1471102629/
They seem to come out every two years with a new edition.
> You're copy/pasting the bit that isn't paywalled
My apologies for not copy/pasting an entire book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Matters-Supporting-Manchester-ebook/dp/B00BFYFOZ6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1360963849&sr=1-1
> you unbelievable fucking prick
Final warning. Stop being insufferable - or find another subreddit.
If you click on the link in my post it explains where the nickname comes from and most of the other questions you're asking here are addressed.
The point is that 'Man U' and 'Manchester U' were shorthand ways of referring to the club in an age where brevity was important both on Pathe news reels and in newspaper print. The post I referred to claimed they were invented as a reference to Munich and have only ever been used in that context, but it isn't true. They both predate those songs and the term was used precisely because it was already a way to refer to the club.
To stop using the term 'Man U' because people sung offensive songs using that nickname is a silly reason. The issue is the songs themselves not that they referred to the club using an established and accepted nickname for the club at the time. Would we stop calling the club Manchester United if rival fans started singing an offensive song using the full name tomorrow? Of course we wouldn't, and whilst we're at it why would the 'Man' which is still commonly used be any less offensive than the 'U' if they both originated from the same songs?
And yes, my main contention is Man 'U' has fallen out of favour because it just sounds odd nowadays with simply 'United' or 'Man United' becoming a preferred way of referring to the club. But the idea that the nickname was invented as a way to refer to the Munich air disaster (which is the claim that I am disputing and the one made in the post above) and that it has only ever been used in that context is just sheer nonsense. It's an internet myth, and – to borrow an unfortunate modern invention into the mix – it is fake news.
I get why people like to spread this rumour, and I appreciate it is done from the point of view of trying to do the right thing, but it is still utterly baseless.
Here's another article (written by Giles Oakley) making this very same point.
http://therepublikofmancunia.com/why-saying-man-u-isnt-so-bad/
You can also check out his book if you want more info on this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BFYFOZ6/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img