I think in this instance, yes, the owner would define the club unfortunately. It defines PSG, it defines City.
Would you be okay with state or state-backed ownership?
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I don't want to become a plaything club. Someone's toy . I'd feel there's a lack of dignity in that.
I just don't believe myself or any other supporter who claim he/she will stop supporting, should such ownership come about.
But I surely fantasize about pulling it off, in case the feckers really manage to become owners.
But I surely fantasize about pulling it off, in case the feckers really manage to become owners.
Glazers are known for their dignity
For you. The owners define them for you.
They define them for you because they were not big clubs before they took over, so they were irrelevant for United supporters. Now they are competing with United, so that is defined by their ownership.
The fans of those clubs likely don't define their club as their owners. Man City were shite before, but they existed for over 100 years before the takeover. PSG a bit shorter. But owners still are not the club.
They help/hinder the club like any player, coach, or manager does. Some players happen to be people who should be behind bars and you are ashamed to have them wear the shirt. They don't define the club either.
I don't want them as owners. But if the Qatari's do become our owners, then the fans should voice their concerns and push them to change things in their country. There's literally nothing else we can do. I don't like it when people make excuses for them/keep their hand in the sand, it's a bit pathetic, but you can still love the club and question/criticize the owners, as we do now. It'll just then be a scenario where we criticize them as humans, rather than the way they operate the club.
Honestly they've not said a word. They've stayed quiet. May not like how they run the club but how have they lacked dignity?
Im not into football so I can give myself moral lessons, as long as its not cheating then I'm all in with any owner that will lead us to the very top. I dont know why the idea that some how the owner of the team must have some moral back ground is a must for some here.
and everybody who thinks about this for a moment. Those clubs were completely irrelevant before they were bought to the top by Sheikhs, so yeah, of course they define the club.
So, you reckon they really are dignified owners? Saddling us with debt and sucking us dry? Neglecting us?
Ok. Thanks for telling me how to define other clubs.
We need to use the German model of 50% + 1 fan ownership. Enough with state ownership, sports washing, financial doping, and the like.
Up until 5 minutes ago owners that bought clubs to profit from them wasn't unusual. In fact that literally describes every owner we've ever had.
For most of our lifetime the primary purpose of the club was literally to provide shareholders with a return
The Glazers failed but they didn't buy a community owned charity project
Jeez guys. Sometimes I really do think you're on some kind of crazy crusade to change a broken world.
Romanticism at its finest.
Romanticism at its finest.
Great post. Thanks. Clubs should stand for something. Otherwise they're just entertainment franchises
It is valentines afterall!
Nah feck that shit.
Be the ultimate 2 fingers from the Glazers.
You wanted us out, well now here you go...
Be the ultimate 2 fingers from the Glazers.
You wanted us out, well now here you go...
Was that his mission? To convince croadyman from Redcafe?
you seem like a sound guy, but also like you have an unquenchable thirst for major signings.You seem like a lovely fella.
For the majority of our fans that's all we are. They've no idea about the clubs background or roots.
This will be the final nail in us selling out and becoming another empty vessel of a club. For those wanting to play fifa or football manager though they get to wank over the thought of splashing the cash.
City's success is defined by their ME owners and whilst our history won't be, our next chapter of success likely will be.
Well said. An autocratic royal regime owning United is just wrong.
Why is it a 'crazy crusade' to not want our football club to be owned by a despot? People are completely free to post their opinions and their preferences on our future ownership model.
This is a forum, so yes, we can post what we want.
^ you're free to define them however you want. But if you ask 100 random football fans, the vast majority will tell you that their background as an oil club is very much an integral part of how people view them.
but alas, you call it a "crazy crusade" and "romanticism" to be against state-backed ownership, so I guess it's just going to be agree to disagree.
I guess so
I just want the football to be handled by the right people.
It is what it is, not many can meet the price Glazers want. Erik is a good judge of what he wants, I don’t want a Chelsea scenario where they buy shitloads of players to circumvent rules and not allow steady integration. Football is all about a strong spine and build from there and I think Erik has the right formula and pace set.
Whoever it is, needs to listen and take input, not do what they want. My fear with state lead ownerships is the ‘Now’ factor, statement signings, return of big contracts and money out. We need to be smart here and built at the right pace.
It is what it is, not many can meet the price Glazers want. Erik is a good judge of what he wants, I don’t want a Chelsea scenario where they buy shitloads of players to circumvent rules and not allow steady integration. Football is all about a strong spine and build from there and I think Erik has the right formula and pace set.
Whoever it is, needs to listen and take input, not do what they want. My fear with state lead ownerships is the ‘Now’ factor, statement signings, return of big contracts and money out. We need to be smart here and built at the right pace.
We can't call Manchester City all these years for their oil money funding and then welcome oil money funding with open arms.
It would be most fickle of us.
It would be most fickle of us.
Can’t support a club without shame or moral owned by a totalitarian dictatorship, without free elections or respect for basic human rights. It has been 44 great years of ups and downs since I fell in love with the club, but that would be the end of it for me. A total dissaster for one of the proudest football clubs in the world to sell it’s soul for cash if it happens.
The best is still supporter-owned and -operated. But, it’s almost for sure impossible now.
I respect you for sticking to guns on walking away from supporting the club,there will be a few saying it now but can't go through it when comes right down to the crunch
Come the inevitable Qatari takeover, there will be a lot more oppo fans on this forum.
True but the main reason they have appeared in the last few years is because we weren't going anywhere so got bantered
I’m actually shocked by this. Overwhelming majority of this forum did not even want Qatar World Cup(1 month ) citing human rights etc and a good number even blamed Beckam for being their ambassador.
3 months later, majority are happy with the same people taking charge of this club and writing a new chapter which can be anything between 5 to 50yrs.
3 months later, majority are happy with the same people taking charge of this club and writing a new chapter which can be anything between 5 to 50yrs.
I'm talking about ex-Utd posters
Out of interest, would you quit your job if your place of work were to be taken over, or in part funded by, those with links to the Qatari regime?
Would you disown your children (if relevant to you) in the event they decided to seek pastures new out in the Middle East?
You must have a line in the sand somewhere?
By all means disagree with the prospect of Qatar, or the UAE, or wherever they come from. Voice your concerns and even protest this to those at the top - I can understand that. I can’t help but think some of the talk about completing withdrawing support for the club is a little dramatic and over the top, however. Completely parking a part of your life to one side as if it doesn’t exist just doesn’t seem to help anyone. Just enjoy the football and take it less seriously, perhaps. Or take up golf during match days instead…
Not sure where my line is but it’s certainly around the club I love.
Would be disgusting to see a state own United.
United is an integral part of my life and has been for years. I really have a deep emotional connection with the club and I don’t want to see them become a status symbol for a regime that has literal blood on their hands.
I'd probably still watch us but tbh I don't think I can be as proud of us/being an United fan as before.