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An open letter from Joel Glazer
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Dear Joel,
How about you go feck yourself,
Yours the Red Devils (based in Manchester)
How about you go feck yourself,
Yours the Red Devils (based in Manchester)
I’d take multiple relegations to get rid of them if the option was on the table right now.
I don’t use the word hate very often but that’s what I feel towards this shark and his family. They are inhuman.
Can stick that apology where the sun don't shine as far as I'm concerned
It’s a well-written piece. Last ditch attempt to save their skins. The grass is always not greener with owners unfortunately.
Your right, imagine if we would end up with owners who would put the club into debt, take out millions in dividends each year without paying off the debt, let the stadium rot to such an extent that during live tv there is footage of the stadium roof leaking, and then trying to destroy and rape our history and heritage for the almighty dollar.
Yeah, thankfully we don't have those kind of owners.. wait...
That's a good redeeming letter from the heart! Shows their true nature and makes a mockery of any ill opinion one might have had of them. Time to get behind the owners I say......
cnut
Yeah this letter is just a pathetic attempt at trying to cover up for dragging our name through the mud, I am also not going to be won over if you try and offer to spend more money in the summer either
We already know what they think about the club by now, cash cow, no respect, etc, so no one needs a dishonest apology right now, just say nothing and continue as normal, far better.
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Ah, thanks
Feck off. The pressure needs to be directed to removing these leeches while we have the momentum.
The German's have it so it has to be legal. Its simple, you don't get a license unless you're 50% +1 share owned by the supporters. Our problem would be how massive we've become, we'd need 1.5 million fans to guarantee £1K each to buy back the 50% +1.
Manchester then?
He's rattled because he knows without us he has an asset worth about 1% of feck all.
he obviously didnt write that
Thank you so much, Joel. We're good now.
Please dont leave
Please dont leave
Likely hasn't read it either.
At least John Henry had the balls to go on camera (can't say it did him a lot of good, but still..)
It reads very cold and detached.
It reads very cold and detached.
The notion of the pyramid is bizarre.
It seems to suggest that rich clubs have an altruistic obligation to assist in ensuring the long-term financial wellbeing of the sport whilst completely overlooking the role of smaller clubs in enriching the game.
It seems to suggest that rich clubs have an altruistic obligation to assist in ensuring the long-term financial wellbeing of the sport whilst completely overlooking the role of smaller clubs in enriching the game.
Yeah I think it shows you that they truly believe that the path they were on was the right one - hence the apology basically being meaningless.
To be fair, references to this inherently acknowledge that the top of the pyramid is supported by and could not exist without the lower levels.
I don't read anything into that apology. Unless we now get a proper football man like Edwin VDS in the CEO role from outside the club, the Glazers should be thrown out.
The Glazers need to be build lots of bridges - by begining with paying down our debts to make sure the club is not hanging by the thread on the revenue front.
However, I don't think demands to get them out will get us anywhere - as they are sitting on an expensive asset which cant be liquidated easily.
I think the fans should get together and start a manifesto which we should submit to the ownership, in response to the "open letter".
We should ask for an open consultation with the owners with the following items to discuss:
- Appointment of new CEO
- Plan to reduce debt over 2-3 years.
- Dividend restrictions to ensure annual cash flow for footballing goals
- stadium restoration (to bring it up to state of the art quality)
- reducing season ticket prices (match going fans should think about this) or separate quotas/ concessions for 18 years or below
We are the club that generates massive amounts of money, and there is enough to go around to ensure both the Glazers and the fans are happy.
In my mind - even a 30% reduction in their dividends can transform our clubs competitiveness on the pitch.
The Glazers need to be build lots of bridges - by begining with paying down our debts to make sure the club is not hanging by the thread on the revenue front.
However, I don't think demands to get them out will get us anywhere - as they are sitting on an expensive asset which cant be liquidated easily.
I think the fans should get together and start a manifesto which we should submit to the ownership, in response to the "open letter".
We should ask for an open consultation with the owners with the following items to discuss:
- Appointment of new CEO
- Plan to reduce debt over 2-3 years.
- Dividend restrictions to ensure annual cash flow for footballing goals
- stadium restoration (to bring it up to state of the art quality)
- reducing season ticket prices (match going fans should think about this) or separate quotas/ concessions for 18 years or below
We are the club that generates massive amounts of money, and there is enough to go around to ensure both the Glazers and the fans are happy.
In my mind - even a 30% reduction in their dividends can transform our clubs competitiveness on the pitch.
Lots of good points but to be fair my understanding is that ticket prices had been frozen for quite a while.
In order to rebuild trust you would need to have had it in the first place.
Hi Guys,
Just kidding with the whole trying to steal your whole league's heritage and that.
Your pal
Joel
Just kidding with the whole trying to steal your whole league's heritage and that.
Your pal
Joel
Frozen ticket prices don't make a difference as they are very expensive to begin with.
Also, as a fan in India - I know I have to pay at least 200 quid to watch a game. Id also like aa quota for travelling fans but I don't think our larger fan base will be open to that.
Reading that just re-enforces for me that these people think we're all idiots.
Let's make football more sustainable by having 15 completely untouchable teams who'll get five teams to demolish each year. Great fecking idea!
I mean how fecking out of touch can a person be?
I mean how fecking out of touch can a person be?
Maybe fans who are interested in this and fans who follow the financial aspects of the club more closely can DM me, and we can start putting this together?
Am a lawyer by profession, so can definitely write out the letter but don't have the expertise or enough information to get it right without help
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True but there is a veneer of inauthenticity to it all. Their acknowledgement sounds mechanical and forced even.
And there is an inherent irony in their proposal: instead of working with smaller clubs, they have decided that working alone in an elitist bubble is the better way forward.
They do not mean the apology. Make no mistake they wanted it to happen and will try again.
This.
Where the hell have you been, Joel? Right. As I thought. Hiding behind Woodward. Sling your hook.
"We continue to believe that European football needs to become more sustainable throughout the pyramid for the long-term. However, we fully accept that the Super League was not the right way to go about it."
We know that means, "it didn't work this time, but we'll try again soon". That voids everything else in your statement.
We know that means, "it didn't work this time, but we'll try again soon". That voids everything else in your statement.
Open letter TO Joel Glazer:
Dear Joel,
Suck my balls.
Cordially,
forevrared
Dear Joel,
Suck my balls.
Cordially,
forevrared
felt sick reading that garbage "sorry we got caught" letter. Reminded me of South Park mocking the BP apologies ... "we're so soooooorry".
This is just to appease the fans. They're worried about a fan revolt and any possible impact on the share price it might create.
They can feck right off