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If you are wondering why Manchester United are wearing fluorescent kit, itās because the Glazers asked Ten Hag to highlight Unitedās problem areas, 
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Of course. They had some cracking tunes, I particularly like āThe Boy With a Thorn in His Sideā, although Morrissey is obviously a dick.
Imagine if, in the dark days of Hodgson, you had gone on YouTube with live videos of your anguished reactions to our dismal performances in order to make money. Wouldnāt you feel a bit sordid?
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āLiverpool are a regional club now, and may never be able to compete again at the top of English football.ā - paraphrasing Gary Neville, sometime in the 2010s
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Apparently heās not a genuine fan. Iāve only seen the āhighlightsā posted on here but he certainly comes across to me as contrived - canāt see the interest to be honest. But then if you go on youtube youāll see myriad talentless people moaning about very little with similar million subscribers. Apparently its a nice little earner for them but Iām not willing to contribute further.
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So, thereās money to be made from moaning? At last, a career I can really relate to!
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No, Iām a whore of the highest order. Iād sell my soul for a bag of carrots. In the words of Douglas Adams, bad news has sprinted round the world before good news has put its shoes and socks on. I know you love a DA quote.
Put it like this. if United offered me Ā£5k a month to be their IT consultant, Iād sign the contract before it was printed.
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That doesnāt sound like much of a bribe? I thought IT boffins were better paid or is the UK different? Are you saying you donāt know much about IT or that you are actually a closet ManU fan and would take a pay cut. 
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If I have to whore myself out to United , atleast the money better be worth it.
I think heād use it as an opportunity to sabotage United.
30 minutes work a month for 5k sounds good.
And letās face it , Iāll be of much more help to them than Maguire , dalit & Shaw put together.
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We also have the Giggs pearl of wisdom that United would never collapse like Liverpool because of the foundations put in by Fergie.
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Joel Glazer is supposedly the one of the owners who is most involved, the closest to a CEO. They, and likely he, are responsible for keeping Woodward in too big a role far after it was apparent it was not producing footballing success. Part of the criticism is that they didnāt care as long as his stewardship continued to make them money, and so despite all the money they have spent, that is part of the reasons the calls for Glazers to leave is reasonable.
As to the second question, see the above. A complete lack of footballing knowledge running through the decision making of the club left āa bankerā in charge of too much football related stuff. Underneath him their scouting was terrible, which was why they flip flopped between letting their manager buy the players vs buying high profile players this banker had heard of and thought would produce a financial return a the investment. Ultimately that was Woodwardās strategy, and ultimately that is on the Glazers for allowing him to be in that role for long after it was apparent to everyone he was out of his depth.
As to the third, see the above. Each manager has been supported to a degree, but also each critically undermined. Sometimes in when they chose to turn the spigot off (right as Jose got them second and was one push away from a reasonable expectation of a title run), sometimes in terms of who was foisted on them (the two primary millstones of the Woodward era, Pogba and then Mourinho, were not wanted by the manager nor fit their style). But mostly it is the reality that this job is bigger than any one person, and so even if a manager is given licence to bring in 1 player he specifically wants, to be succesful you still need a team dedicated to finding the other players who will balance out the squad. Utd has been an empty shell of a club in tis regard for some time.
They did eventually realize they needed to put in place a different structure and so even before Woodwardās announcement of his exit they were planning on putting in place something that would split his responsibilities and put more footballing people in footballing roles. They eventually put in place a structure long enough before this window opened that they should have time to do at least a top level readjustment of the squad, even with the system underneath them broken. But they have still badly let down Ten Hag and left a side the previous manager said needed 10 replacements with not a single new player they have identified and brought in. FWIW, the football guy in place is well regarded, but that doesnt mean he lead the operation though. But it does mean weāre at least in a different era where people are in the jobs who have the background to do them. This is no longer ābankers making football decisions.ā
Was it really cancelled if they just took it a day earlier than scheduled?
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Week, meant weekā¦.
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Yeah, heās been court out there (SIC)
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Goldbridge certainly has a point here but itās not as if Slabhead is the only player at fault.
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