Not sure what you are talking about on the jobs for the boys comment. Our current CEO is in the job because he was mates with the last one and ed was in the job because he was the glazers financier for the purchase of the club. Judge has gone because he decided to leave not because the club have changed approach and we don't know who his replacement will be. Murtough was promoted into his role seemingly without any real recruitment process. That's basically all the key management roles at the club.
In terms of ole, his run of good results had ended before we hired him and was sacked months after we had become a complete joke. His whole coaching team was internally promoted. Then there's also phelan
If you want to bury your head in the sand and pretend we are run competently then you can do but you will be lying to yourself. It's going to take a lot to restore us to being competitive and to do that we need the right people in important roles in the club and I am still not convinced we do. The only people who seem to be convinced we do are a few people on here
Woodward wasn't just the financier, he was the brains behind the takeover and how the Glazers would go about exploiting United's brand. Malcom Glazer brought him over soon after the takeover because he was the mastermind and he knew the score.
Arnold is an established business executive in his own right, his record was posted on here and has been involved in senior management since the mid 90s. He came here and succeeded Woodward as Head of the Commercial Department and has been MD for a number of years at the club. No one would bat an eyelid if a guy with his CV and reputation got a senior role anywhere in business.
Its not like all other clubs are ran by former players, coaches and scouts. Pretty much every football club has a suit as CEO, even VDS had to get a business degree and work in marketing at Ajax. Another crucial factor is that both Woodward and Arnold had/have the Glazers' complete trust which enables them to push through changes, get spending approved etc but its just that Woodward wasn't aware of his limitations with regard to football and went a bit too far. Hopefully Arnold doesn't get his fingers burnt by giving Murtough autonomy to run football operations.
Murtough himself is highly rated and properly experienced for the role. Brought in by Moyes to rearrange our youth set up and having done the same for Everton and occupied a senior role at the Premier League before. He has come in and restructured our youth set up and, even though I was one of the proponents for an external appointment like Rangnick, I doubt there are many more people better prepared for the role than him.
As for Fletcher, I suspect that he is being groomed for a more important role but being a former player who happens to have a strong work ethic he has been indentified by those within the club as someone who can help. There are lot of intangibles within a football team such as culture, work ethic, unity etc that a former pro can help identify and foster.
And as has been said before, almost all clubs appoint a TD or DoF from within because its such a niche role reliant on one's ability to manage internal politics between what the coach wants and what the powers that be will grant. The delicate nature of this role makes it easier for established internal oparatives to navigate better.