Some mad takes in this thread to say the least.
Club Sale | It’s done!
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
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World Cup is doneNothing has even happened yet and it’s already gone crazy in here
I hope we hear something concrete (like a confirmed party who will be bidding) soon
We've probably never had particularly good owners. The time to stop this was when we were publicly traded and something could've actually been done to prevent the takeover (and indeed government intervention should have at least blocked the manner of the takeover but that's ancient history now). Once in the hands of the glazers this was always inevitable
I would rather we didn't become the play thing of some evil overlord but at the end of the day there's nothing I can do about it and united provide the most significant amount of my personal entertainment, as well as being a part of the bond I share with my sons - I won't give that up regardless, not for something we can't stop
I would rather we didn't become the play thing of some evil overlord but at the end of the day there's nothing I can do about it and united provide the most significant amount of my personal entertainment, as well as being a part of the bond I share with my sons - I won't give that up regardless, not for something we can't stop
Apologies for any offence caused in my previous post. I removed the post and again apologies for any offences caused, I was just trying to add some humour but I understand it how it was inappropriate and sensitive
Nothing has even happened yet and it’s already gone crazy in here
It's hilarious.
Just wait till the season resumes, then fun really begins.Nothing has even happened yet and it’s already gone crazy in here
Got to say I am quite envious of you lot who can be so concerned about human rights abuse and LGBTQ rights in the middle East. For someone like me whose bigger worries in life is how I'm getting through till the end of the month, I just am not as morally invested in the club's ownership. Supporting the team is one of my prime source of enjoyment even when we stunk like last season. Who the club's owners are and what they do away from the club is so far down my list of concerns. Also could be that I am a heartless terrible person.
My views are similar. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes even things that don’t concern me will catch my interest/investment if it is in my face or whatever - but I don’t microanalyse everyone I engage with, especially when said engagement is not even first hand.Got to say I am quite envious of you lot who can be so concerned about human rights abuse and LGBTQ rights in the middle East. For someone like me whose bigger worries in life is how I'm getting through till the end of the month, I just am not as morally invested in the club's ownership. Supporting the team is one of my prime source of enjoyment even when we stunk like last season. Who the club's owners are and what they do away from the club is so far down my list of concerns. Also could be that I am a heartless terrible person.
There is no perfect owner. The sooner we realize that better it would be for all of us.
Damn, missed the special olympics memeNothing has even happened yet and it’s already gone crazy in here
feels like the 90s all over againYou've had mare here.
Typically sovereign wealth funds don’t finance purchases. They are essentially a bank and as such, when they have $$$ on the sidelines and not deployed, their rate of return drops. They should have every intention of rebuilding the organization from top to bottom including stadium and training facilities for a couple of reasons. First, it’s a sports washing project for an entire country. You wouldn’t want your country looking like shit, would you? Secondly, relationship with the fans is paramount as this is just a giant PR campaign.
There are examples of very good American owners (Liverpool, not to mention the consortiums that bought the Golden state Warriors and the LA Dodgers). Shitty owners come from all walks of life, you wouldn’t want Mike Ashley as the owner despite him being British, now would you? The Glazers are pricks, I get the “American” hate, but let’s just hate the Glazers and reserve judgement on others.
Nothing coming out of ME, so far.
Good post! Simply being American doesn’t make a buyer any more or less likely to be a good owner or not. It also has no bearing on whether new owners would expect dividends or not. The anti American argument is a bit shortsighted for me.
I’d sooner take more American businessmen than a morally questionable oil funded state buyout.
I'll take american owners if it's amazon
Not Glazers mk II
Not Glazers mk II
Yeah it’s silly saying I don’t want an American owner. Depends on the individual(s)
Thanks for the info
Well people who ignore this, don't care about the United history and culture, and instead are focused on winning, yea they are plastic.
I think that line is quite fundamentalist. Manchester United, as with most big clubs, cannot shy away from wealthy ownership.
I don't mind them as long as they actually show a proper interest in the club and it's infrastructure and have the money to put everything right.
Nah mate, I completely get this. I do care about the human rights abuse, but I also know how much privilege you need to have to find the bandwidth for stuff like this (unless you're truly selfless and sacrifice the basics of your living to strive for a better world, a life of difficulties that deserves infinite respect). That Maslow fellow was right about his hierarchy of needs, if you can't feel peace about the basics, the rest of the world can go eff itself.Got to say I am quite envious of you lot who can be so concerned about human rights abuse and LGBTQ rights in the middle East. For someone like me whose bigger worries in life is how I'm getting through till the end of the month, I just am not as morally invested in the club's ownership. Supporting the team is one of my prime source of enjoyment even when we stunk like last season. Who the club's owners are and what they do away from the club is so far down my list of concerns. Also could be that I am a heartless terrible person.
It's the Raine groups job to make sure you never know who's in the mix until it's done
It is the season of forgiveness so I’m sure all will let it slide
What does that mean? They're going to look at how they can squeeze more money out of the club and load it with debt
Nobody wants Glazers mk2.
If people want to no longer support United should such a take over happen then fair play to them. They are a better man than I am. I know I couldn’t just stop like that. It’s in my blood.
That said each to their own. Slagging each other off for having a view either way is stupid.
That said each to their own. Slagging each other off for having a view either way is stupid.
Good post.
Can say I’ve felt exactly the same regarding the LIV Golf thing and those who chose to go play there.
As soon as it becomes pointless from a sporting perspective the interest just goes.
Exactly my feelings
Very stupid, but very popular on the internets!!
I agree with large chunks of this but in all honesty, we're not far away from most of the PL being owned by some sort of state or American consortium. The Super League is coming to the PL. Liverpool are up for sale and you can probably guess who they're going to look to sell to, Arsenal are owned by American's, how long until they decide to cash in on their investment? Levy will want to retire at some point. Outside the top 6 the top 10 look like great value for your return if you're an investor.
It's just a matter of time now. The footballing landscape will be vastly different by 2040.
Yeah you had a mare there buddy. Owning up and it’s all good imo.
These are complex times we live in. A consortium, American or European or whatever, would typically include other limited partners. Most likely any 6b purchase would include limited partners that have sketchy politics and have some oil money, Russian money, hell, Chinese money which isn’t lily-white either with all of the human rights abuses with the ethnic Uighers, Hong Kong people, etc.
At the top of the douchebag pyramid is fecking FIFA who literally gave Qatar the WC after widespread bribery, not to mention the fact they thought it was okay to award a country where racism, misogyny and LGBTQ discrimination run rampant. feck. I get the moral conundrum we all have supporting the club if bought by Qatar or Dubai, but if our principles were so fecking important to us, we’d have tapped out long ago. We watch PL, we watch United play Newcastle, well, guess what, our dollars are still indirectly going to those ass hats.
I’m done judging the fans. Each person needs to make their own decision and I respect it because it’s impossible to sift through this crap. The good thing is that football does help educate, the players are fantastic with this and hopefully protests and the like will bring more awareness to the injustices throughout the world.
sigh…
Add to that the Celtics, the Clippers and even the Mavs ownerrship. There are some good owners (Mavs have had a few weird hiccups recently i think). The Glazers have a horrible name even in the US. They deserve the hate.
Please, enlighten me. What have I missed?
Fair enough.
Maybe Taylor Swift can put together a cheeky bid.
Nah. You're OK.Got to say I am quite envious of you lot who can be so concerned about human rights abuse and LGBTQ rights in the middle East. For someone like me whose bigger worries in life is how I'm getting through till the end of the month, I just am not as morally invested in the club's ownership. Supporting the team is one of my prime source of enjoyment even when we stunk like last season. Who the club's owners are and what they do away from the club is so far down my list of concerns. Also could be that I am a heartless terrible person.
Is it really that hard to support a club without supporting the owners? I completely don't get the people who "will no longer support or watch any United games" if our new owner is someone from the Middle East. You still supporting the club will not mean you agree with the values or the ideology of them. Whoever our new owner is, just like the Glazers, can get fecked as far as I am concerned. All tech giant rumours are completely unrealistic and laughable so you can forget about that, so we are left with 2 options, consortiums that will look at us as a money making machine and will likely milk us dry like the parasites we have now, or ME states. To me it's obvious which option is better for the club, doesn't mean I would be chanting and actively supporting the owners.
100% this. From word to word.
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