Criticize them all you want. They don't care. Point out their weaknesses, they don't care. Howl at the moon, pull your hair out, cry like a baby. They don't care.
They are businessmen, and the only thing that they are in it for is the money. That's it.
And since the money isn't gonna stop until we become a truly poor side, actually their incompetence in the football side should be applauded and celebrated, because it means we're a step closer to getting rid of them. Again, however, I must point out that we may get something far worse if we do eventually get shot of them.
This is very true. I don't think they care at all either about how well the club does, as long as they can keep profit levels afloat. They are off on a jacht somewhere right now. Unless someone or something managed to get them personally invested, to the point that Uniteds succes or failure became a point of pride for them, attracting negative, social sanctions from their peers in times of poor performance, I only see one other way for them to reconsider their ownership.
Fear. For their own, personal safety or the safety of their families. If Joel Glazer felt like he had so watch his surroundings nervously whenever he went outside, because a wild eyed, green and gold coloured fanatic with a machete could at any moment lurch from behind every bush he passes, they would sell the club as soon as possible. They're business men, not political leaders. Obviously, football fans don't exactly form underground militias, because we have families, and this is a game in the end, not a battle for political utopias. If United sucks, most people with a level head will either stop following the club too closely, or just adjust their level of expectations, and drink an extra beer during the game. Or perhaps rant on message boards typing out dark comparisons between club ownership and political assassination.
Maybe our best bet of a change in direction is the Glazers striking up a relationship with John Henry or Florentino Perez. Get some competition at going at a personal level. It could be that all we really need to see the makings of the next great United side is the right super rich get-together and the beginning of epic level pissing contest. Whoever manages that will probably do a lot more for the club and its fans that anyone ever could with a machete.