Or paying taxes.

My other half doesn't think Man U will be successful again until Fergie dies. He's hovering, like a bad smell. Interesting analysis.

Their biggest mistake was sacking David Moyes. He should have been given 2 or 3 seasons.

That is some stupid shit.

He has the inverse midas touch, an impressive 100% failure rate.

Fallen to 7th on the UK rich list - wish I was that kind of a failure. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba....

WOULD YOU BUY INSURANCE FROM THIS?

And at keeping refining and quality jobs in Scotland…

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.

Oooh

The positive is that he is spaffing his own money fucking up Man Utd Rather than all of ours when he supported Brexit which fucked up the country

It’s all about the money!

😃 😀Who knew?

Keeping his eye off the ball, as it were.

At least he’s consistent in his belief that the organisations he owns are better off out of Europe.

😂 finally in charge of their own destiny, free from that pesky UEFA red tape!

I see what you did there. 🫢

He’s a tax exile living in Monaco . A true patriot right 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?.

I think it was a joke about his football club

Nice?

No about Man U not being in Europe

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Hasn't he moved to France?

Yes, in 2020 he moved to Monaco to save himself a load of tax

Ah yes ..a true brexiteer!!

Indeed. Similar to the great brexiter James Dyson. They love the UK so much

The irony, huh ? 😂

That's Sir Skim(ming off UK tax payers) Ratcliffe. #EliteBenefitScrounger

Harsh....but hilarious. 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.

Because they're deluded narcissistic twats

Look at musk. Works 16 hours a day. These people are joyless sociopaths.

'works' is doing a lot of lifting there fella

"works" as a synonym for "tweets"

Good enough for the tax dodging Bastard🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

As a lifelong Utd fan... I endorse this message

Ditto

Respect from a Royal Engineers supporter

Or the America’s Cup yacht race. I know it’s not your thing James but his campaign was a complete disaster

Or the former SKY cycling team.

Or the Land Rover Defender, by Wish

Oh I’d forgotten about that one. There’s one up the coast from us, they look pretty shoddy. What’s it called ? Grenadier I think

Anus Grenader. Early (2 year old) examples already on the market at well under 50% with under 20k on them.

Climate deniers' Tesla

And involved in litigation...

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'

Indeed

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. He seems nice…

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.

Oh yes!

As with most odd psychological behaviour, I immediately ask myself.. what is the payoff? Cos there is always a payoff.

showing up all the girls who scorned him in grammar school because his dad was a joiner

I did recently that he'd lost a quarter of his wealth.

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 also ran the great Team Sky cycling team off the road. Ineos, like MU, are a mid-table team at best

Not very good at making field cars either - if you are of a certain age field cars will ring a BBC shaped bell

He’s apparently only got a 17% stake in the club, why he’s being allowed to run the show the way he is totally baffles me

He can *own* them no problem. It's running them successfully that eludes him.

Yes indeed. He was also quoted as saying England was only designed for 15 million less people - his type are the kind where arrogance and hubris meet

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].

A lot of people are finding his stewardship of United exceptionally entertaining.

He should sack all the stewards and ball boys, overpaid freeloaders.

The only way this club could get any worse would be if musk bought it

Yet he’s rewarded by the English government to close Scotland’s only refinery.

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.

And cycling teams and sailing teams.

He's not having much luck with his cycling team either.

Let’s not forget how his reverse Midas touch also turned the dominant Team Sky into an average WT team in the pro cycling world.

Greedy selfish man Grangemouth NO more.

Either way, people lose jobs.

Owning a PL club is a bottomless money pit. 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.

As I read earlier he seems to be a posh version of Mike Ashley. How any business man could be in favour of Brexit is baffling though.

Video of it - imgur.com/a/boop-tzIDD67

As someone posted a while back on the 'other' place. Anything Jim touches that is sports related just turns to shit.

What’s amazing is how people tolerate and admire billionaires. Wealth is 90% luck, 10% skill (at best and when not inherited) Once in the spotlight they usually fail.

It seems like his special talent is for making people unemployed...

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.

He ran off and also moved his business abroad.

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’ 🤔

Makes me sick to my stomach.

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 🙄

Or keeping Grangemouth open.

Well he's taken a team that was struggling and managed to make it worse. So yeah probably an accurate suggestion

Both performing crap in Europe!!

Understading? Is that where you promise a brand new sexy stadium for the hard core fans, but then its 90% corporate boxes?

Please James. Please don’t. I’m frail.

I can say in terms of football operations his current approach has the support of all Leeds fans.

Perfect! Just sorry they didn't go down ALAW

Absolutely. #ALAW! 🤣🤣💛🤍💙

At least he turned Team Sky from a bunch useless cloggers into a word beating cycling team oh wait

Was Understading deliberate James? A new word to describe an old legendary thing, that hasn't matured, invested or manoeuvred to prolong its standing?

Wow even O'Brien's putting the boot in on United 👀

And owning cycling teams 👎🏻

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Ouch.

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

Also, the car industry.

Some predicted futures from a while back regarding some other Jim Ratcliffe ventures www.linkedin.com/posts/jonayr...

Love it COYS

Ratcliffe buying United because he likes football is like me buying McVitie's because I like Hobnobs.

Maybe he thought he was buying United Biscuits

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!

He’s ruined the cycling team, too. When Sky sponsored them, they were world beaters. Now, they are mere ‘also rans’.

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 🤣🤣🤣

Odious man

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

The combination of Brexit-support with misogyny and climate change denial is unfortunately the usual.

He understood Brexit He’s very rich It suited him

The only thing he’s good at is avoiding tax.

Sir Jim Ratface... sacking tea ladies is all he knows!

Will the 'patriotic Brexiter' move the club to the EU, like he seems to do with other of his businesses?

Like he wanted the uk too, he got Utd out of Europe

....and refining oil.

👏👏👏

And cycling teams ….

The fact that he was sold to Man U, tell you even the glazers don't care about United

I love how he thinks he's going to get better players as a result of this.

Suj-imm

Are you watching his business empire? Similar trajectory as MU.

Add to that the All Blacks, the Ineos cycling team and the America Cup team - doesn't seem to be a great Team player!

Cant even get 3 points in the canteen 🤣

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.....except for Legionnaires, e-coli etc, etc

Ehhh he got a club into the champions league 🤷🏾‍♂️

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.

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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.

Also has 1/3 ownership of Mercedes Formula 1 team. The team that used to dominate F1.

I chuckled, Googled 'understading' and then chuckled again. I'm a happy dyslexic at this point in time.

Don't forget the right bloody mess he made of the once-succesful Sky cycling team once they became the Ineos Grenadiers and stopped winning

#RatcliffeOut

But he's enjoyed a better time at another of his sporting investments... www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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,”

Sir Jim not in charge of the All Blacks, but this made me chuckle. www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...

Could we not please? Not today. We're still raw here.

Oh NO, anyway…

What prompted that post?

Man U losing the UEFA final to Spurs?

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 😂

Ironic though that one of the best goalscorers in the country is a ManU fan and plays for Chelsea.

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.

ManU are the manifestation of his aversion to all things European (tax havens excepted natch).

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…

Or building cars in the UK!

Don't forget his Grenadier vehicle, the Britnat Defender replacement, which he snaked off to build in France despite Brexit etc.

Saw one on the M40 once!

He misjudged his customer base, most of the well off country types were happy to wait for the new Defender which has sold well.

Land Rover sell over 100,000 Defenders per year. Ineos have only sold 20,000 in total since launch…

Ratcliffe said he wanted to challenge PSG when he bought Nice in 2019. Despite good intentions, he hasn’t even come close

He's been a disaster

Capitalist puts the acquisition of wealth above everything else.

And fast yachts.

Maybe he intends to shut it. #Grangemouth

As a Spurs supporter this makes Wednesday even sweeter. 😂

Worth remembering that United's massive success happened *before* the billionaires rocked up and ruined it.

At least the Ineos Grenadier is flying out of the showrooms

And running a refinery

Ditto cycling and America’s Cup teams.

Jim "Dumb Money" Ratcliffe.

Thank God the asshole didn't get it's claws into us Lions.

Ratcliffe is a mouth piece for the Glazers They all have to go

The schadenfreude is particularly sweet

Don't worry Dave Brailsford marginal gains will help... 🙄

Similarly with pro cycling teams.

Annoyingly, I also discovered he owned my current favourite clothing brand too. Why couldnt Richard Branson have bought it instead.

Sideways glance from Grangemouth.

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

Or running jewellery shops while insulting his customers?

Managed to keep them out of pesky Europe though.

Do you mean both were major own goals?

ManExit?

Let’s not forget the Glazer’s and their incredible contribution in moulding the club into what it is today

You can add cycling teams to that too. All he is interested in is green washing and sport washing his filthy disgusting company

The Sadim Touch...

He tried to fuck over Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup team. And failed

His brand’s kitchen surface disinfectant isn’t great either. Loosens dirt slower than many others we’ve tried.

til he has his own brand of household cleaners. as well as the cars and the sports teams and and and. write the theme tune, sing the theme tune.

james the trick question . man wakes up tae big ship in garden . life is bizarre

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.

Probably next. Wouldn't be surprised if he's not got a fracking report done on the existing ground.

Since he's already made a lot of money out of fracking, that really wouldn't be overally surprising.

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.

He also failed to frack in Ryedale too. People power stopped it. Adios Ineos.

Bet you miss the Glazers and them now.

Not really. They're still there buried deep like a family of bloodsucking tics. They created the shitshow that the club is now stuck in.

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Or running oil refineries

He's a ruthless vulture capitalist and he doesn't care about employees. He's there to maximise profits for shareholders and himself, nothing else.

Much like his Brexitmobile - a bastion of Brexit triumph, built in France with German and Austrian engineering, German drivetrain etc

British design. He literally copied the old Land Rover Defender.

Roughly, but a lot of the technical design work was done by Magna Steyr, the axles are from Italian company Carraro, if anything it's a perfect EU car

👏👏

That's weird - when you consider how good he is at getting subs from the government...

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?

I think he's doing a great job. He missed relegation by a whisker this season but I'm confident he'll achieve it next.