If he’s in charge of negotiating transfers and we seemingly use intermediaries on every deal, what the feck does this guy actually do? Not trying to be funny, I’m genuinely curious.
Matt Judge... AKA Judge Dredd
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Job for mates.
He's also most likely a complete feckin' moron too... And I'm sure you'll get people saying "well he can't be a moron if he's managed to be in the role he's in"... But I'm sure many people in here have first hand experience of working in huge companies where some of the people in top jobs are totally clueless and basically lucked into where they are.
He's also most likely a complete feckin' moron too... And I'm sure you'll get people saying "well he can't be a moron if he's managed to be in the role he's in"... But I'm sure many people in here have first hand experience of working in huge companies where some of the people in top jobs are totally clueless and basically lucked into where they are.
As an accountant (but not a corporate banker) I can assure you that accountants are not the best at negotiating anything! And in my experience ex PWC boys are just complete sycophants of the highest order!
I remember you posting that transfer tweet when he signed for Luton.
It means nothing if the finance man has no knowledge about player's transfer value. It's like asking someone who has degree in finance and big fan of NBA to do football transfer.
Wow, why is he still so bad at his job.
Matt Judge can only be described as a baffoon.
He is the kind of man who would find a way of paying double/triple for a bar of chocolate at Tesco's self service machine.
You'd think that all he has to do is scan the item once then pay. Judge would find a way to overpay.
Signing up Phil Jones on a heft contract. If it were me, I'd go for a pay as you play contract, but this probably didn't cross his mind.
He signed up so many of our players on high wages that we struggle to sell them, because of the amount of money we pay them. Why should those players join another club, who will pay a lower wage?
He is the kind of man who would find a way of paying double/triple for a bar of chocolate at Tesco's self service machine.
You'd think that all he has to do is scan the item once then pay. Judge would find a way to overpay.
Signing up Phil Jones on a heft contract. If it were me, I'd go for a pay as you play contract, but this probably didn't cross his mind.
He signed up so many of our players on high wages that we struggle to sell them, because of the amount of money we pay them. Why should those players join another club, who will pay a lower wage?
Oh I assure you. I know the full truth. And therefore, I Judged him.
Consider him guilty for the crimes against MUFC.
Consider him ... MATT JUDGED!!!
The only problem with your statement is that if I (or anybody) makes a shit post, it doesn't do much harm.
With guys like Matt Judge so bad at their job, they end up renewing the contract of people like Phil Jones who are as much use as a condom with a hole in it.
Make no bones about it - Matt Judge is proven to be terrible at his job. Then can be no debating this point.
He’s an utter moron. I imagine if Woody ever gets the boot, his job life expectancy will reduce to microseconds
Would prefer Judge Rinder at the club
He should be judged on the players he tried to buy and failed miserably. He should be sacked along with Woodward.
He and Woodward have no business being employed by the club.
Worst negotiator since Neville Chamberlain.
That photo looks like some kind of cross between Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey.
My head hurts now.
My head hurts now.
Evra says he hasn't been answering his phone.
hes probably too busy monitoring the sancho situation to pick up....
nobody else would employ these guys on the football/contract side based on all the evidence up to now. The only other thing I can think of is basically all of the first team decisions are being made by the massively indecisive/don’t have a clue about football glazers in America (Total guess but it’s possible the solidly performing academy has some level of autonomy and a set annual budget Which would cut out the need for glazers management on a lot of issues) it’s possible Woodward and Judge are being made look like absolute idiots year after year while the glazers dither on everything or make mostly bad calls and they are taking the stick because they are way more visible and easy to vent at. Just a theory. I want Woodward out either way.
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That's a half information. It's only one sport director's complain. Context is important. Like why would a sport director complain to Evra? Evra doesn't have any official role with the Club. If that director called and left message, why wouldn't Judge called back if he thought that's on his interest?
Ridiculed in the Mail just now.
I think Evra is great, and was such a fantastic player, who still lives the club, but clearly he’s also a spanner (and a wrench)!short of a toolbox. We need to take what he says with a massive pinch of salt.
Let’s remember this is a man who kisses raw chickens.
Manchester United employee ridiculed in paper partially owned by their
City benefit mostly from United retaining the status quo. If I were a rival fan I'd hope to see everyone in their jobs here as long as possible.
He deserved to be savaged.
The Mail are going after a rich white man? Is this the end of days?!
It's opposite day.
I have him on LinkedIn with Richard Arnold. Both haven't responded to my letter.
Too busy missing calls from Sporting Directors so they are unlikely to take mine. Tit Bags.
Too busy missing calls from Sporting Directors so they are unlikely to take mine. Tit Bags.
Some of you must know Matt Judge really well to have these well-formed opinions of him as a person.
What's judge judy up to these days?
Feck all by the look of it.
Never trust A person who only risks other people’s money.
I don't know what is this guy doing seriously. I don't have issue for us not getting our the targets, but to even drag every transfer saga too long and end up not getting the targets is terrible. The left back situation is one of the good example how shocking this guy is. Reguilon was the main target for the left back, okay I love how we didn't accept Real Madrid's term for the buy back clause but why didn't we move on to the next one then? Why did we need to wait until Spurs secured the transfer? If he knows what he is doing then he should know that by just waiting will not make Real to change their mind, we could move on to an alternative like Jamal Lewis was available for 16m euro or Telles.
Good example from Liverpool, their original target was to sign left back Lewis, as soon as they know Norwich won't reduce their asking price, they moved on to the another alternative as soon as possible less than a week. Liverpool dragged the Thiago's saga too long but they got him. Their negotiator and their recruitment team know when they need to move on and when they can drag it too long. In additional, they also know how to sell deadwood. On the other hand, our recruitment team & negotiator are the total opposite.
Good example from Liverpool, their original target was to sign left back Lewis, as soon as they know Norwich won't reduce their asking price, they moved on to the another alternative as soon as possible less than a week. Liverpool dragged the Thiago's saga too long but they got him. Their negotiator and their recruitment team know when they need to move on and when they can drag it too long. In additional, they also know how to sell deadwood. On the other hand, our recruitment team & negotiator are the total opposite.
“Never judge a book by it’s cover”
What is the full truth about judge? It may help the thread a bit as most people like me have heard the name judge and job title but can’t judge judge as we do bot have the full truth to judge judge on
His performance over the years speaks for itself. He had zero transfer experience before he took the role and MUFC is suffering because of it.
He and Woodward should not be involved in the footballing side of the club at all.
Well, it doesn't really does it? I find the whole vilification of one single person to be about as close to the dark ages as football fandom gets. Let me put this in a perspective people can understand.
The issue with United is the process or the policy of buying/selling players, not a single person or thing.
For example:
I live alone, I wish to purchase a new TV at the end of this month. I am the only person involved in the purchasing process, it's my money, I get the final say in what happens. Job done.
Alternatively, I live with 5 other people, all of which have equal or more say on what the group funds get spent on. So although I would be happy to purchase a TV for the household, others may decide that there is better value elsewhere, perhaps a second-hand TV or a lesser model. On top of that, the purchase can't go ahead until we all come to an agreement on it. I'm also the person that's tasked with buying the TV still so it makes me look incompetent because as a group we can't all agree on the value of said TV.
The issue at United is that we have a committee of people who get to veto a deal at any point if they feel it's not value for money, with Joel also wanting to know why said player is worth £120m of the clubs funds. We have too many business-minded people who don't understand player valuation in general. In short, the money people run the club, not the football people.
I didn't realize Pogba was his first deal since taking over player signings and contracts. He's had a horrific track record since then. If he is indeed the one who negotiates these deals, he should be fired immediately. Yes, the owners ultimately have to green light the deal but he would do better to not negotiate to the fees he has.
His LinkedIn (apparently his: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/matthew-judge-13853822) describes his roles as follows:
Managing Manchester United's equity and debt capital structure - three equity offerings incl. the IPO, totalling over $450m; and three debt refinancings ($1bn+) - debt private placement, term-loan and RCF. Also player negotiations (transfers and playing contracts).
Those Germans are really hard to negotiate with, eh?
This says it all.