Can’t see Luke Shaw bringing the half time oranges in.
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[Football] ‘Offshore Jim’ at Man United
- Thread starter Zeberdi
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crodonilson
He/Him
Let them eat fruit: Manchester United close staff canteen in latest cost-cutting
Sir Jim Ratcliffe is to close the staff canteen at Old Trafford and replace the free lunches currently on offer with fruit
www.theguardian.com
'Sir Jim' as he's affectionately known around Carrington making United and indeed its staff much leaner by cutting free meals and replacing with free fruit.
Dick Swiveller
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- Sep 9, 2011
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The fact their beloved new saviour is an odious dick is a delicious twist.
And there's more...
Dick Swiveller
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- Sep 9, 2011
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Well at least they won't have to feel guilty about having to make redundancies when they get relegated.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe at Man United is currently going through the Sir Alan Sugar learning process at Tottenham ie you can throw your money and your bullying around as much as you like, but football dances to its own beat in its own time. It'll still be there when you're long gone 
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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What a shitshow. If it wasn't for the poor people losing their jobs – to pay for the absolute berks that are earning hundreds of thousands of pounds a WEEK – I would find it hilarious. As it is, I just find it sad for the people who have suffered at the hands of Offshore Jim (h/t @El Presidente)
Can someone change the title of this thread to 'Offshore Jim at Man United' as per @El Presidente 's excellent and highly appropriate moniker for that piece of work and highly ineffectual sports team owner?
Yup. The prominent INEOS red strip on the top of the engine cover is gone from this year's livery, though. INEOS logo is still on the car (on the nose), but their red is gone and what remains is far less prominent. Suggests to me they've downsized from being a part-owner + sponsor to just part-owner. They've axed their deal with the All Blacks, and cutting money from their America's Cup efforts as well.
Looks a little like they may have failed to do their due diligence on that Man Utd purchase and found that it's going to cost them a lot more than they thought.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
You can understand why they will no longer provide a free canteen for workers at the club, it will save them £1,000,000 per annum.
With those kind of savings, they will save nearly a month of Casimiros wages per year.
How much goodwill they have already lost is unquantifiable.
With those kind of savings, they will save nearly a month of Casimiros wages per year.
How much goodwill they have already lost is unquantifiable.
The extract from the accounts in post #58 reveals that they only have 81 full time, non-playing staff.
Even if ALL of them work at the training ground (which obviously they don't), £1m would equate to about £250 per worker, per week, for their staff lunch. Unless they have Salt Bae serving up gold-plated steaks in the canteen, this seems an unlikely figure.
Nobby Cybergoat
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It will be interesting to see if they can given their PSR problems. The sounds coming from the club suggests they can't spend even if they wanted to
It's also great news for us right? Any regular top half club which looks set to become a regular bottom half club just by imploding gets us an extra league place without particularly having to improve
Nobby Cybergoat
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But to be fair Casemiro looks and plays like someone who has a very big appetite
True enough - but Jim isn't cancelling Casemiro's free lunch - only Trevor the cleaner's.
It was the figure I heard quoted on the news, I have no idea if it’s true.