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I’m just surprised there isn’t a poll in the caf about the different ownerships.
 

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You can not take this man seriously. Every word he write should not be given the benefit of the doubt, there is a reason he used that term.

Any decent human being should bin this absolutely garbage journalist





Luckhurst should be banned.
So you’re saying you don’t want morally compromised people allowed near Man United?
 

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No it's not, he's an elite manager who could work at his pick of clubs outside of a few, he makes a choice of who he works for. It's right to hold him accountable.

We all took the piss out of Howe for how he ignored the Saudi human rights abuses, I'm not going to hold EtH to a lesser standard.
What’s ETH accountable for exactly? He was at the club before the Qatari’s (should they takeover)..
 

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They’re not even our owners?
I know. But they are currently the obvious favourites to become our owners, so it's still a legitimate question for a journalist to ask if they want to. It's not like asking now will stop them from being able to ask over and over again if the deal goes through.
 

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No it's not, he's an elite manager who could work at his pick of clubs outside of a few, he makes a choice of who he works for. It's right to hold him accountable.

We all took the piss out of Howe for how he ignored the Saudi human rights abuses, I'm not going to hold EtH to a lesser standard.
Accountable for what?
 

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Just watched it. In fairness, it was all opinion, not news. And he was spot on really.

Basically "Corruption runs through football and has for years, where have you been if you are just slagging off the Qatar ownship now?"
I enjoy listening to him personally. I know people ridicule him but I think he's a genuine fan who shares a lot of similar opinions to me.

 

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No it's not, he's an elite manager who could work at his pick of clubs outside of a few, he makes a choice of who he works for. It's right to hold him accountable.

We all took the piss out of Howe for how he ignored the Saudi human rights abuses, I'm not going to hold EtH to a lesser standard.
Dumb take. What’s ETH accountable for exactly? Fecking hell. :houllier:
 

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That is an absolute dickhead of a question
The media has to inject politics into everything now a days, not surprised. He's a manager of a bunch of men running around in shorts kicking a little ball into a net, not an expert on global politics.
 

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I enjoy listening to him personally. I know people ridicule him but I think he's a genuine fan who shares a lot of similar opinions to me.

Care to provide a summary? Please :)
 

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If you know this, then why don't you tell us what bids have gone in then Sky?
To be fair, that can be got from different sources. What bids have gone in comes from the bidders or the bank, but who hasn't bid can come from potential bidders by saying 'no we haven't'
 

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No it's not, he's an elite manager who could work at his pick of clubs outside of a few, he makes a choice of who he works for. It's right to hold him accountable.

We all took the piss out of Howe for how he ignored the Saudi human rights abuses, I'm not going to hold EtH to a lesser standard.
So if Qatar ends up buying United, you want ETH to quit??? Good lord, some of you are so damn dramatic.
 

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I know. But they are currently the obvious favourites to become our owners, so it's still a legitimate question for a journalist to ask if they want to. It's not like asking now will stop them from being able to ask over and over again if the deal goes through.
Why though? Can they not wait?
There’s a sky interviewer asking that question and curiosity got the best of me

https://www.ft.com/content/98d9d178-978c-11e1-83f3-00144feabdc0

With a 400-person news operation backed by the UK’s BSkyB and a senior Abu Dhabi royal,

It’s shameless. It really is. Now I’m not for this takeover but the two faced nature of it all is absurd.

Side note what the feck with that link? they never question Citys outside activities. Have they ever asked Pep that question who actually made the choice to join an oil club and was not simply here when it was taken over?

Edit are they favourites or just the most PR savy?
 

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Tis only a soft deadline.

But I honestly think a deal has already been done. Its most likely from an ME entity.

The Glazers being over there a few months ago is just too much coincidence. Those vampires never leave their dungeon.
 

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Can someone link me to when she had a go at Eddie Howe with similar questions? Or Pep? Or when Gareth Southgate took England to Qatar for the world cup? Or when she takes money from Rubert Murdoch to do that job? When the feck did Sky Sports grow a moral compass?
 

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Tis only a soft deadline.

But I honestly think a deal has already been done. Its most likely from an ME entity.

The Glazers being over there a few months ago is just too much coincidence. Those vampires never leave their dungeon.
It hasn't.
 

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Definitely. What the feck did she expect him to say? He’s got absolutely no say in who buys the club, not to mention they haven’t even submitted a bid yet.
As with a lot of questions journalists ask, she probably expected the exact sort of non-answer he gave. But they ask anyway, for the rare times the person they're asking will say more.

If ETH had said pretty much anything in response to that question, it would be headline news. So from the journalists POV it's worth the few seconds.

If you guys think that was an out of bounds question then you have a rough ride ahead if the deal goes through. :lol:
 

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I enjoy listening to him personally. I know people ridicule him but I think he's a genuine fan who shares a lot of similar opinions to me.

He's ridiculed because he acts like he knows shit when he doesn't. Journalists aren't there to give their opinions.
 

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Can someone link me to when she had a go at Eddie Howe with similar questions? Or Pep? Or when Gareth Southgate took England to Qatar for the world cup? Or when she takes money from Rubert Murdoch to do that job? When the feck did Sky Sports grow a moral compass?
Am I living in an alternative reality.

SkySports asked all those people those questions. Obviously.
 

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They haven’t even bid yet and there’s no other answer he could give.
It’s atrocious journalism. Gotcha nonsense
Accountable? He’s only the manager!
ETH is accountable for human rights abuses in Qatar? What absolute bollocks.
What’s ETH accountable for exactly? He was at the club before the Qatari’s (should they takeover)..
Accountable for what?
Dumb take. What’s ETH accountable for exactly? Fecking hell. :houllier:
If you choose to work for a sportswashing operation you're accountable for that. I hold Pep to the same standard, I think he's a scumbag for doing it. It's right to ask EtH what he thinks about it now before it happens, if he wants to give diplomatic answers and not get involved then sure, but that only works until the takeover happens and then you have to make a decision about where you want to stand.

I'm sorry if this upsets anyone but it's just how it is. If we get taken over by the Qatari's and he's happy to sit there and work for them then he's willingly enabling them and there's a weight of blame for their actions on him for that.

I find it frankly ridiculous that we wouldn't expect a journalist to ask what is essentially the figurehead of our club right now "this massive, ethically catastrophic, event might happen to the club you're employed by. How do you feel about that?". What else are journalists supposed to ask him at the moment?

So if Qatar ends up buying United, you want ETH to quit??? Good lord, some of you are so damn dramatic.
If Qatar ends up buying Man Utd what EtH does is irrelevant to me, just like the club, as I said in the other thread I have no interest in supporting the shell of what the club would become. I have no respect for anyone who chooses to work for a sportswashing operation, though. That applies to Pep, Howe, Tuchel, Messi, Pochettino, Ronaldo etc. too.
 

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If you choose to work for a sportswashing operation you're accountable for that. I hold Pep to the same standard, I think he's a scumbag for doing it. It's right to ask EtH what he thinks about it now before it happens, if he wants to give diplomatic answers and not get involved then sure, but that only works until the takeover happens and then you have to make a decision about where you want to stand.

I'm sorry if this upsets anyone but it's just how it is. If we get taken over by the Qatari's and he's happy to sit there and work for them then he's willingly enabling them and there's a weight of blame for their actions on him for that.


If Qatar ends up buying Man Utd what EtH does is irrelevant to me, just like the club, as I said in the other thread I have no interest in supporting the shell of what the club would become. I have no respect for anyone who chooses to work for a sportswashing operation, though. That applies to Pep, Howe, Tuchel, Messi, Pochettino, Ronaldo etc. too.
That’s fair enough.

Hopefully it doesn’t come to that but if so we will likely not see you here from 10pm onwards
 

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As with a lot of questions journalists ask, she probably expected the exact sort of non-answer he gave. But they ask anyway, for the rare times the person they're asking will say more.

If ETH had said pretty much anything in response to that question, it would be headline news. So from the journalists POV it's worth the few seconds.

If you guys think that was an out of bounds question then you have a rough ride ahead if the deal goes through. :lol:
Oh I’m well aware of how these feckers in the media operate and I hope ETH continues to give them dry, blunt answers to any similar questions going forward.
 

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If you choose to work for a sportswashing operation you're accountable for that. I hold Pep to the same standard, I think he's a scumbag for doing it. It's right to ask EtH what he thinks about it now before it happens, if he wants to give diplomatic answers and not get involved then sure, but that only works until the takeover happens and then you have to make a decision about where you want to stand.

I'm sorry if this upsets anyone but it's just how it is. If we get taken over by the Qatari's and he's happy to sit there and work for them then he's willingly enabling them and there's a weight of blame for their actions on him for that.

I find it frankly ridiculous that we wouldn't expect a journalist to ask what is essentially the figurehead of our club right now "this massive, ethically catastrophic, event might happen to the club you're employed by. How do you feel about that?". What else are journalists supposed to ask him at the moment?


If Qatar ends up buying Man Utd what EtH does is irrelevant to me, just like the club, as I said in the other thread I have no interest in supporting the shell of what the club would become. I have no respect for anyone who chooses to work for a sportswashing operation, though. That applies to Pep, Howe, Tuchel, Messi, Pochettino, Ronaldo etc. too.
Fair enough, everybody deals with it in their own way. Nothing to be held accountable about.
Seems you’ve got about 6 weeks of being a United fan left.
 
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