Its actually Lee Grant for sure as one of them
Richard Arnold secretly filmed whilst speaking to supporters
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I think Arnold had a feeling they were going to film him or knew he was being filmed, but he came out of it well.
Damning my arse.
I tend to agree with you, such a classy move by a supposed United fan.
What dose? Unless the 200m figure is made up from thin air? Is there a link to saying he hasn’t the money to make Utd great?
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the club management has a dedicated team that does intel work on social media and online forums.
What do you mean if true? It's an incredibly blinkered take from someone clearly a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
Anyone with 2 braincells to rub together knows United's CEO can't come out and slag off the owners and just drum up £1bn for stadium and training ground upgrades out of nowhere.
But there was nothing PR or scripted about anything that we saw in those videos.
Codedly bodied Ed Woodward. Basically said he pissed £1bn away.
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Right here, in the first tweet.
Budget doesn't encompass just the playing staff. He literally says in the video there's no budget to upgrade the training ground, there's no budget to upgrade the stadium/build a new stadium AND spend 200M on playing staff. They need investment for ALL of it.
Budget does revolve around more than just players.
So basically people need to lay off the sponsors because he's literally trying to do all of this and you're (People protesting) fecking it all up by attacking the fecking sponsors! WHICH IS WHERE THE FECKING MONEY COMES FROM!
Excellent club leadership qualities from Arnold here.
Awful class from the recording supporter. Dont do that you twit.
Because of these a-holes fans our whole budget is now revealed, Jesus Christ. "Thanks a lot" lads.
I don't think Richard Arnold expected that this conversation will "see light" to everyone. He really looks like he came to this meeting with good intentions and those fans screwed us up.
We always as fans blaming the board for not being open with us or communicate things but when they do this those fans publish it for everyone to see.
I don't think Richard Arnold expected that this conversation will "see light" to everyone. He really looks like he came to this meeting with good intentions and those fans screwed us up.
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The budget for signings and the costs for building a new training ground and stadium are obviously wildly different things...
He pointed out the obvious that no club in the world can afford to build new stadiums without outside investment or mortgages.
Yeah, he won`t do that again...The guy is nice enough to go to the pub with the protesters and buy them a drink, so they film him
My inner cynic says he knows this is going to be shared one way or another, especially because the fanbase is already growing frustrated watching the two best teams in the country get better.
Woodward spoke to plenty of fans to be honest
Reading that you have to question if anything anyone ever does would ever be good enough for some fans. So much distrust.
On the other hand, everyone commenting on it has said what a stand-up guy he is for meeting them in the first place, so it's been excellent PR for him. Just makes our fans look even worse than usual.
The guy who's posted the thread seems like all he does in his spare time is read Mike LUHG posts. His opinions are too anti-Glazer, there's no rationale behind them. He's probably a spanner short of a full tool box too, if he's willing to protest at someone's house where the persons family also lives.
Arnold comes across good in the videos after this move and of course he's not going to say too much.
It’s not really full of them. There’s plenty of them in football and they tend to make the most noise
I have no sympathy for “fans” who want to damage our relationship with brands. Even if it result in change of ownership, no decent brand will touch us because toxic fans are fickle as feck and can turn on new owners later down the line.
If by attacking sponsors, these so called fans think they are saving their club then they are delusional. Nobody will touch us if they feel this can damage their brand image
If by attacking sponsors, these so called fans think they are saving their club then they are delusional. Nobody will touch us if they feel this can damage their brand image
What? I think you’ve misunderstood here.
leaking this to social media is such a shite move, and that one Twitter thread doesn't make it any better. Some fans really think they're oh so important ...
People at United always brag and never learn: "We can do in the market what other clubs can't." Stupidity at the highes level continues.
It's not damning to anyone but the poster who posted it, he looks like a whiny fan where no matter what anyone says he won't he happy.
Arnold came across really well, and gave the fans some realism.
He hated watching United play last season hmm.. not as much as us supporters did.
Well yeah hence why I said ‘if true’. We are all going off third-party accounts here.
He comes across as one of the lads, the antithesis of Mr Disneyland himself, Ed Woodward.
Or just as much.
Then yes, as expected you misunderstood my view. It’s damning in that we’re potentially fecked money wise, that was my point.
I imagine it's pretty painful for a CEO to watch their product fail so miserably and become a laughing stock.
Why would it be Lee grant?
Its not funny. Our admin acts like one of Woody's nieces/nephews. Its great news
Really? I think Arnold lives in the real world personally and anyone who thinks sponsors pulling out wouldn’t have a negative influence on the team lives in a fantasy world. As someone who wants ETH to succeed and is sick of cheering on City to stop Liverpool I hope Adidas don’t withdraw. I also don’t think it increases our chances of being bought at all - as Arnold said why would an investor look to invest billions of pounds in a club where the fans have the power to attack sponsors? What happens if they don’t like the new owners? Will they do it to them too? I’m also completely against protesting outside his house.
Maybe because he earns so little it'd actually be a financial incentive?
I think it's easier to believe it's someone who Arnold knows is leaving but hasn't officially gone yet, like Henderson or Bailly.
I wonder what that entails. What the feck could he even be doing for that long? Just make them another offer.
Their "product" is still making the owners and their pals loads of money regardless of the laughing stock on the field.
Regular on TalkSport and all of a sudden TalkSport are reliable.
They employ ex footballers and pay them extra for news from their mates still in the sport (allegedly)
It’s why TalkSport understands suddenly has meaning now
No he is just describing a scenario of where the price isn’t the main factor but rather does the manager.
I agree with you, you’ve misunderstood.