Hey Arnold!When you contact the club do you have to speak with Murtogh, Fletcher or Arnold, or the club secretary?
I would call Arnold
YupBloody paywalls
This is Manchester United.
But it's not the Athletic it's what executives, managers, agents and sporting directors of other clubs have to say. A different set of pompous toads.Couldn't care less what the Athletic has to say. Pompous bunch of toads.
Different tune last summer and when we got Ten Hag.It’s easy when two defeats equals a crisis too.
The media have it too easy with the fans though. Some will believe anythingThe people running Pool and City must laugh their tits off at our clown show.
It mentions the lack of clarity in Fletchers and Murtoughs division of responsibilities.Didnt read it and already sensing a huge drama in the article.
Did it mention Fletcher being promoted 2 times in 6 months?
That's something new I guess.It mentions the lack of clarity in Fletchers and Murtoughs division of responsibilities.
It's more the fact they think we care what others do?But it's not the Athletic it's what executives, managers, agents and sporting directors of other clubs have to say. A different set of pompous toads.
It's basically saying what a lot of us are saying, the Glazers have been generally poor owners that have neglected to instill a modern football structure in the club and the club is suffering as a result.Good read - basically a collection of anonymous quotes from executives and staff at other clubs. As you'd expect, they're not very complimentary. They also seem generally reasonable, you don't get a sense of ABU mentality being behind it. All in all, they tend to back up the sort of general view of reality you'd get from reading this forum.
Obviously their experience is that this isn't necessarily the case when it comes to United.The Athletic are nearly as bad as the red tops sometimes.
Absolute click baity nonsense written to cash in on the poor start to the season. Had United won one of the games would it have been written? No, things would have been the same at the club though.
If I was a club executive wanting to speak to someone about buying or selling a player I would go straight to the sporting director directly, quite obviously. It's not that difficult to comprehend!
You think United is being run poorly, but you're offended and dismissive to read about what professional competitors think about that? That's just stupid.It's more the fact they think we care what others do?
Why do I want to hear what the brighton CEO thinks of the club. We all know it's poor.
It feels to me like just another way to kick us while we are down. "lets take a look at why and how United are just that shit, in a fancy reporter way"
no thanks.
No, you're missing the point, these writers should write about things that aren't happening. Some kind of alternate universe reporting maybe.Had United won one of the games would it have been written? No, things would have been the same at the club though.
.....so? If that's how it is at the club, then the article is valid. If Athletic had chose not to write it if united had won one of those games, then that's a problem of their editorial policy, not of Manchester United. Who cares.
That'd be a great argument, if results happened more or less by coincidence. But it doesn't. We won't turn it around with the same structure. Because it's dysfunctional, and that of our competitors mostly isn't. Which means that they tend to make better decisions. Which means they get better results. That's the whole point. "Structure" isn't some whimsy-whamsy theoretical construct - it's the right people making good decisions in a set-up that helps them make the most of their competence. If you have that you get results, if you don't have it you don't.Our structure, might/probably is out of date. However, everything in football is seen through the prism of results. We could turn it around with the same structure and people would think our back office has become fantastic. I am sure there are sides in this league with a more convoluted, archaic structure than ours but the Athletic will not ask other executives about it.
Everything about the club is over analyzed. The same Athletic have written that Arnold has taken a hands off approach from transfers. Every man and his dog knows Fletcher doesn't call any shots.
No they aren’t - it’s no secret we are a shambles, it’s pretty fecking obvious given this transfer window alone.The Athletic are nearly as bad as the red tops sometimes.
Absolute click baity nonsense written to cash in on the poor start to the season. Had United won one of the games would it have been written? No, things would have been the same at the club though.
If I was a club executive wanting to speak to someone about buying or selling a player I would go straight to the sporting director directly, quite obviously. It's not that difficult to comprehend!