Ashton isn't exactly subtle, is he. God knows how he persuaded Custis to pen that drivel.
Glazers / Woodward out! (One down)
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Sack Ed Woodward from his role as Executive Vice Chairman of Manchester United.What's that? Doesn't open for me (in my safe browser)
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I signed earlier, won't make a difference but whatever.
So this is Neil Ashton's brilliant PR strategy? To paint Ed Woodward as the victim?
The guy gets paid the highest salary of any CEO in the league and has overseen the worst decline of an elite club of United's stature that I have ever seen. If he is that hamstrung by his employers and genuinely cared about doing a good job, he would step down and explain the circumstances that prevented him from doing a good job. Besides, it's not in any way a good strategy for a rich and well established businessman of a failing organisation to paint themselves as a victim.
Done. Get this signed by millions, hopefully, and let the sponsors see. They will take notice, for sure.
Yeah that's the spirit.. But anyway my original post was more of a joke tbh.
You are right.
I was in the SAF close to the Stretford and only heard the anti-Glazer stuff starting after the second goal. The atmosphere in the first half was pretty flat but by no means hostile.
No sorry. Just a humble United supporter, or should that be frustrated United supporter
Woodward should step down now. He's just made too many mistakes over the last 6 years and, crucially, these mistakes have not been fixed.
He needs to stop reacting to external opinions and actually have a proactive plan for the rebuild.
He needs to stop reacting to external opinions and actually have a proactive plan for the rebuild.
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yeah thats right... they will start offering less for sponsorship and the glazers will respond by spending less on the club and telling woody to go get more deals
best we can hope for is the saudis fancy pissing on the chips of abu dabi and qatar but till then i think we are stuck with the glazers and woody - id guess they sack solskjear once we have lost to city and chelsea in the next few weeks
Nah, if the former is the case, United will lose its value and start to be considered as a "once a great club". If they are not going to invest more money-wise we are likely to start languishing somewhere between 8-14 in the table. It is better to sell now rather than when things start getting truly ugly.
Ed really is a shameless feck getting Custis and Ashton on his payroll to defend him while blaming any and everyone else for the clubs troubles
There will be less chance of success if fans don't speak out about Woodward. He is a barrier to our clubs success. Blindly supporting him is not good for our club in the long term.
Performances have been terrible before the chanting and we lost to lower quality sides. So I really don't think you have any point.
And going for the sympathy vote saying his wife wont go to the game
EW is successful at his job, making profits. Money has been available, just look at signings over last 5 years, problem is too many on hugly inflated wages relative to their abilities (eg JL), who are not motivated enough. Blame lies with poor managerial appointments- the funds have been in place but the players don’t give a toss as they are not hungry enough. Any team with Shaw, JLingz and Jones in are set up to fail. Panic buys like Mcguire at ridiculous prices only show that the problem isn’t the war chest but how it is spent and then motivating these so called superstars
Best way to go about protesting is to throw soft toys (maybe snakes), tennis balls or something of that nature on the pitch during a televised game. It stops the game. It’s not going to hurt anyone and they’ll get fined.
pretty sure Charlton did something like this not so long ago.
pretty sure Charlton did something like this not so long ago.
Because it did, there had been rumblings earlier, but it started in earnest around the 33rd minute, and a few of the lads visibly wilted, 5 minutes later they scored from possibly their first 'real' chance in the game, then never looked back.
Then surely that shows they haven't the mentality to play for Manchester, there will be worse chanting from away grounds than this.
Oh right, just thought i'd ask knowing he was a big Red, a very big Red now! Welcome to the Madhouse.
For 90+ minutes support the team, there's ample opportunity pre-match, half-time and post-match to vent.
Yeah but that's slightly different though, from a young age the players will be trained in how to deal with that, and use it to their advantage, and probably more so at United than anywhere else, certainly in England.
Great but who is organising this?
The only time to guarantee media coverage is during the game.
Throughout history protests that have worked have not been politely scheduled for convenience. By definition they need to be disruptive for the longer term good.
Why not start going in after 58 minutes, less of a safety risk for starters.
Woodward, even if he resigned, would be snapped up by some huge company/Noodle firm and be paid similar as he is obviously fantastic at his job commercially...he’s just wank at this football thing. So just do the honourable thing and step down you chinless feck.
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Also, by title implies the glazers are letting Woodward down. Surely, that means that there appears to be cracks because he is even using glazers to defend himself, no?
It's Manchester United, it'll get all the media coverage it needs whenever it's done. Plus if it's done at the right time it will put the United fans in a good light, or isn't that important?
He is selling Manchester United, not West Ham United
As far as the Glazers are concerned, I doubt the they give a shit about any protests or fan unrest. Woodward on the otherhand, I think fans calling for his name could well have some sort of impact.
Even from his briefs to some of the interviews he's done, I'm not sure he has such thick skin to be taking abuse week in week out. Maybe I'm just optimistic but if fan resentment for him is consistent in the stadium and across the wider fan base (it's been largely sporadic before) I think he may cower to the pressure and something may happen.
Even from his briefs to some of the interviews he's done, I'm not sure he has such thick skin to be taking abuse week in week out. Maybe I'm just optimistic but if fan resentment for him is consistent in the stadium and across the wider fan base (it's been largely sporadic before) I think he may cower to the pressure and something may happen.
thanks for taking the time to respond.
I just think people just want to pursue the whole petition and chanting route which though has some affect, will be limited. As much as i despise the scousers, they acted quick and decisively when the situation arose and gave other supporters a working template to follow . We on the other hand have been going round in circles for the last 7 years or so.
Just been talking to a few of the protest organisers from 2005, they’ve given me a date for the next few protests...
It’s gonna be great
http://fc-utd.co.uk/fixtures.php?team=1
It’s gonna be great
http://fc-utd.co.uk/fixtures.php?team=1
If anyone is wondering - I know this is all the Glazers are looking at - but United's stock market cap had $200m USD wiped out in the past 5 days. The market is starting to take notice of footballing events and that means Ole is now running a thin line.
I thought the price went up recently?
Custis is a twat and yeah he's your man's mate.
There's no point reading anything he writes.
There's no point reading anything he writes.
Can someone please explain to me why the glazers seem to be tightening the leash on Ed Woodward? Why are they concerned with what happens on the pitch all of a sudden?