What lack of investment? We broke the British transfer fee twice.
Fans who were against today's protests
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Agreed
I've always though an in match protest would make the most headlines. Fans leaving after 30 minutes or something, or turning their backs on the game
Poor you
My Gillette Soccer Sunday was ruined today, I'm going to have a Coors Light Taste The Difference to get over it.
You'd prefer methods that don't actually impact the thing thats being protested? Good luck with that.
I don’t really have that big of an issue with the Glazers. There are worse owners out there and I’d say the realistic alternatives are definitely worse
Nobody gives a feck about your afternoon in the grand scheme of things. If the fans want change this must continue.
Do you want a lolly? Maybe that might brighten your afternoon.
Who has this impacted? The team or the owners? The former. The owners don’t give a damn, and this isn’t going to change that.
Fans should buy club and transfer debt over to club when it goes through, oh wait
Disrupting games and/or not attending games is what fans can do.
The reality is you have to hurt the team to hurt the Glazers, they bank on love for the club outweighing hatred for the Glazers and for 15 years that’s been the case. People who are more concerned about the match being cancelled and not being able to watch it than the protest is what the Glazers want.
The reality is you have to hurt the team to hurt the Glazers, they bank on love for the club outweighing hatred for the Glazers and for 15 years that’s been the case. People who are more concerned about the match being cancelled and not being able to watch it than the protest is what the Glazers want.
Cloud cuckoo land. If the fans want change they should start buying up shares when they become availableCall it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit them hard and hit them fast with a major, and I mean major, leaflet campaign.
I thought they were non-voting shares?
Focus on the real issues. Is it a bun, roll or a barm.
Think so, but got to start somewhere, as people keep saying.
One of the biggest games in football being postponed because of angry fans is a global news story. The Glazers will definitely give a damn about this.
The club's ability to invest its own money, which has been significantly reduced in order to cover their debts, is not investment.
We did not break the British transfer record prior to the post-Ferguson slump; imagine how successful we might have been since, had Ferguson been able to leave with a team that had been sufficiently funded.
In the grand scheme of things we are one of twelve clubs who have the worst owners in the game. They all need binning.
Well if there aren’t enough who care enough, then perhaps the cause isn’t as worthy as the protesters believe.
Non voting shares.
Alternatives to the protests...not how great or bad the Glazers are.
They really won’t because those same fans will still be subbed to the likes of Sky and BT. They will still be buying next season’s kit and they will still be paying for tickets to OT. They will no doubt hear about it, but they won’t care about it.
“You have to start somewhere”
I'm against it because it's not going to achieve anything. This will be in the media for a few days and that's it. The Glazers don't care about any of this. If stuff like this continues it will hurt United more than the Glazers - they will wait it out like all the protests before. This is basically a tantrum and they will treat it like one...
The only way to force the Glazers out is to pressure the politicians to legislate 50+1, no other protest will be successful. These protesters should go to London and do this in front of the parliament, not Lowry and Old Trafford... Pressure the politicians who care about being re-elected - that's the only way to go, if you want something to change.
The only way to force the Glazers out is to pressure the politicians to legislate 50+1, no other protest will be successful. These protesters should go to London and do this in front of the parliament, not Lowry and Old Trafford... Pressure the politicians who care about being re-elected - that's the only way to go, if you want something to change.
Protests without maiming and disfiguring someone who is there to uphold the peace.
And no, it's not "unfortunate". It's unforgivable.
Depends if it's an isolated incident or not.
Yes by protesting, so that the Glazers start selling shares that matter.
Do you really think that’s how the cause and effect works here?
I wanted to see the game and scousers to miss out on CL today but yeah I can't be against it, the message is stronger when it got postponed. It certainly worked. Not sure if that helps to get Glazers to sell the club and in case it happens if there is another seriously football-oriented and better owner to bail us out but this way boycotting home games we could just run away with the title judging our performances away from home right?:-)
I'd like to know what they've been doing for the last 16 years.
Surely, if they're this fired up, they will have been out every day protesting, won't they?
I'm interested in whether any fans genuinely feel happy about today, or just feel it's a but crap but a necessary evil?
I can see the second view, but not the first one. That just felt a depressing total waste of time for an afternoon to me.
Cry some more.
Green and gold innit.
Until the club is...well you know the rest.
You seriously haven't got a clue. The public float is like 20% of the value of the club and as others have said, the Glazer family retains full control of the club.
This is even worse than Arsenal where Kroenke forced out Uzmanov despite the latter having a 30% voting stake.
I suggest you educate yourself on some of these topics before trying to play the smartass.
Dont cause damage to the stadium or the equipment in the ground, climbing on top of the nets etc.
Have the protest, block the hotel so the match cant go ahead but dont think storming onto the pitch was the best idea.
If they want the glazers to leave then the protests need to happen every home game, boycott the match when fans are allowed back in as well.
Have the protest, block the hotel so the match cant go ahead but dont think storming onto the pitch was the best idea.
If they want the glazers to leave then the protests need to happen every home game, boycott the match when fans are allowed back in as well.
Peaceful "protest" is an absurd concept and would demand a charismatic figure in the leadership.
Literally the only people this has damaged are the people who work hard to prepare for the games we all love to watch. The people you all actually support, not the Glazers.
You have to pinch them where it matters: money. When the whole stadiums open up again, dont go to old trafford. They would listen then because they hate losing money.