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OP please go get some professional help. I've been in that position and you want to attack that shit as quickly as possible.

I really really really recommend reading the book "feeling good, the new mood therapy", which can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-The-Mood-Therapy/dp/0380810336

8 dollars and a few hours later, I promise you'll be feeling MUCH better. But obviously I think you should still seek out professional help as well. Sometimes talking to someone makes all the difference in the world.

Ultimately you have to make the choice to feel better. I know that sounds weird, especially in your situation, but trust me. I've been there. And unless you make that choice, you'll never get out of the rut you're in.

I had everything I could want as a youngster. Great family, a great college, and yet I was miserable. It wasn't until my Dad died that I started to really look at my life and make changes. I was lazy, careless, and unproductive. Everything I needed was handed to me. After my Dad died I stepped the fuck up and now I'm working my ass off for everything. I'm improving myself every day, and you know what? That mental rut has gone away. It's never going to be perfect, I don't think, but I'm 100000x happier and trust me that life is worth living for.

I hope this helps you. And please, please, please, go get professional help as well. I don't care if it's a university counselor, or a psychiatrist or whatever, just go get help.

While not specifically United books, three books that I highly recommend and have increased my knowledge of the sport are:

1. Money and Soccer: A Soccernomics Guide; by Stefan Szymanski
   
   I really recommend this one if you're interested in the financial aspect of the game. It explains a lot about Manchester United's dominance in that front and discusses how many other clubs have to go about obtaining success. It's a pretty easy and entertaining read. I really enjoy Stefan's writing and work and this was one of my favorites.
   
   
2. The Numbers Game: Why Everything you Know about Soccer is Wrong; by Chris Anderson
   
   This is an easy read that uses advanced analytics to explain the sport. It goes into detail about how many times cliches and sayings (e.g. defense wins championships!) are often mistaken and breaks things down from an analytical point of view. Even if you're skeptical of advanced metrics, it provides an interesting view. Actually quite an easy read considering the subject.
   
   
3. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Soccer Tactics; by Jonathan Wilson
   
   This one is great from a tactical point of view. Not a lot about United. It focuses mainly on the evolution of the game and providing history and context. I found it very dense and labored through the book a bit. Still some very interesting stuff to help grow your knowledge of the sport and it's history from a tactical point of view. Louis van Gaal I believe gets quite a bit in it, mainly his time at Ajax and Barcelona, but it focuses primarily on 'innovators' of tactics. So the end is quite heavy on the possession tiki-tika style that is seen as the future of the sport. A little disappointed with the lack of SAF and United in this book, still a worthwhile read.

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

You know we release a review every year?

Like when we won the fa cup but got into EUROPA!! Https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GENTCS2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_-ko9AbSGVEAV5

This one is a classic. We qualified for Champions league. BUT CHALLENGED FOR NOTHING!! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XNKTTU6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Qlo9AbF96M60A

There is one for last season. Wow. I want to watch us win the Europa cup over and over. http://store.manutd.com/stores/manutd/en/product/manchester-united-season-review-2016-17-blu-ray-dvd/210530

> So you think yours is the original article

...you mean the link to the original article, by the media outlet that researched and published the content? I mean... yeah. I appreciate you feel comfortable enough w/ me to share that you don't understand the difference between original/illegible photocopy/aggregator, though. That at least clears up this whole misunderstanding.

There are some wonderful resources out there that might help.

Cheers.

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!

You should also check out his autobiography, "I Am Zlatan". Pretty good read, with some interesting tidbits on his awesome relationship with Mou from their Inter days, as well as his corrosive relationship with Pep at Barca when they rarely saw eye-to-eye.

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.

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.

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.

Looks like a few of the other Amazon sites has it listed also:

Amazon Spain - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B07S61BPC4

Amazon France - https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B07S61BPC4

Amazon Germany - https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07S61BPC4

All sold directly by Amazon themself, doesn't appear to be in stock at the moment though. Images of the kit seem to be the same as the leaked pictures which have cropped up a few times over the last few months.

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

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.

Inverting the Pyramid - Jonathan Wilson

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inverting-Pyramid-History-Football-Tactics/dp/1409128644

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