Protest at Old Trafford

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The fans are just going to try this again for the next game. They should just get it played even If it was at 10pm tonight. There's no fans so no traffic issues and all that so it wouldn't make much difference to the players.

Doubt they would be in bed by 12 every night
 

Tom Van Persie

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Caused life changing injuries to an innocent man, threw bottles at police and harassed families driving past. Productive day!
 

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Do the naysayers still think this will achieve nothing and will be forgotten?
This alone will achieve absolutely nothing. Only sustained protests will have an impact.

The question now is what the repercussions are for the game being postponed. If the game is just rescheduled, fine, it was a successful protest. If it results in a loss of points for the team then you will see large sections of the fanbase turn on the protesters and the sustainability of protests will start to waiver.
 

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Its interesting how Sky are trying to get Jamie and Gary to go against the protests and they won't

Good lads. They're doing a great job in making sure the right message is put across.
 

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Stay classy.
I said I don’t condone it if it was an act of violence by a protester.

You’re a policeman, so tell me... if you see a 6 second clip of someone with an injury, is that enough evidence for you to come to a conclusion about exactly what happened? If it is, you’re in the wrong job mate.
 

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Are we sure the guy was attacked by a fan and Fred's not been doing shooting drills in his room at the Lowry?
 

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Imagine Carragher talking more sense than some of our fans here. I thought I would never see that day but here we are.
 

mikel

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Yes, throwing beer bottles at the police is how you protest ownership of football club. Some of you people need to get a grip. Its a f*cking game.
 

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All that today achieved was a few lifetime bans and the Glazers getting the moral high ground - something I never thought possible.
 

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The issue is this isn’t about the ESL. You know that when the same voices leading the protests are the ones who’d love to see us owned by City owners who also took their side into the ESL.

I think that’s the unaddressed conversation
 

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Excellent result. Never expected this sort of thing happening, but I'm glad. The game no longer interested me.

Take note, Glazers! Sell up.
 

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Glazers are responsible for everything that is happening. Enough is enough.
No they arn’t, the glazers are responsible for rinsing a football to make themselves more wealthy.
The person who caused that injury is the person responsible for that, violence is not acceptable even if your football club has greedy guts as owners.
 

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What is your point in making a reference to the nationality of the poster? Does that discredit their argument in any way you would like to share with us?

The guy has a point. Do you really think the Glazers are bricking it as a result of this protest thinking they've got to sell up now?
My point about his nationality is clear as day. Poland has experienced big and significant protests because their government have tried to put rules in place and run their country as if we're in the middle ages. If you live there, you'd know what I mean and I'd expect he does, so I tried to make a comparison close to home. Sometimes it works for people better than trying to overturn their sanctimonious point-of-view.

On the topic of MUFC, our 'football government' at Manchester United has been skimming the financial cream off this club for years, underinvesting and running us as a joke of an organisation, be it a football club or a business, and they should expect retaliation. The fans tried being nice, they tried discussions and these arseholes want to continue what they've been doing by running their PR machine with transfers rumours, pulling the wool over the fans' eyes and trying to convince them we're actually progressing, while running us as if we are some sort of a rich Brighton or Bournemouth.

On the second point, the guy hasn't got a point because this lovey-dovey bullshit a few of the people on here are spilling might as well be manna from heaven for the American leeches. Historically, you just don't get stuff done if you are just singing and holding hands together.

This nihillistic attitude of the poster (and others on here) would have us still seeding the fields for the barrons and dukes of the aristocracy in the current day. And yes, I do think stuff like today will damage the Glazers. In the eyes of the sponsors, in the eyes of the stock market, in the eyes of any other people who would want to partner with the club. It's not supposed to work if it's a one-off event but it's supposed to be a start of a movement. It might fail but it doesn't mean just chanting how much fans love Ole is the way to get change.

You (and others) are just too blinkered to see the bigger picture and how this disruption, be it somewhat over-the-top manner, might help the club in the long-term. It would lower our price as an asset, making us easier to sell, because there'll be a bigger pool of buyers. This also expands the pool of potential buyers.
 

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Keane is going all Braveheart now too.
 

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I said I don’t condone it if it was an act of violence by a protester.

You’re a policeman, so tell me... if you see a 6 second clip of someone with an injury, is that enough evidence for you to come to a conclusion about exactly what happened? If it is, you’re in the wrong job mate.
I fecking know! Jesus. Don't you get it. I told you this before and you tried to be clever going on about Bristol.