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Posted January 23, 2020 02:02 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:50

Nelfoos wrote:
Leggy wrote:
Tekkers wrote:
paulm wrote:

This piece covers a few bases.

https://www.football365.com/news/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-solution-man-utd-opinion

Perhaps the issue isn't solely recruitment, injuries, the Manager, the quality of players, but actually a little bit of all of them?

While i think there isn't a part of the club that is faultless, if you actually bought players to improve the squad, even more so when you sell players, then you will go a long way to improving things. 

Obviously the players need to be ones that the manager wants and for a price and wage that fits the desired business structure, but somewhere along the lines, the short term business aspect is going to have to be somewhat sacrificed for the long term benefit of the club. 

There in lies the major problem. The Glaziers are not going to let the business side be sacrificed. They know a good thing when they see it. One billion quid they have taken out of this club and Woodward is their hero.

If performances don't turn around at some point the business side will be sacrificed though, and then it may well be too little, too late to become the club we once were with less resources available to rebuild.

Just wish the Glazers and Woodward could see that but they aren't looking at anything except how fat their wallet is.

May, 2018

"During United's quarterly conference call with shareholders, Woodward was asked if the improved performance in the Premier League this season had played a part in another bumper set of financial numbers for the world's richest club.

Woodward replied: "Playing performance doesn't really have a meaningful impact on what we can do on the commercial side of the business.""

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Nelfoos wrote:
Leggy wrote:
Tekkers wrote:
paulm wrote:

This piece covers a few bases.

https://www.football365.com/news/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-solution-man-utd-opinion

Perhaps the issue isn't solely recruitment, injuries, the Manager, the quality of players, but actually a little bit of all of them?

While i think there isn't a part of the club that is faultless, if you actually bought players to improve the squad, even more so when you sell players, then you will go a long way to improving things. 

Obviously the players need to be ones that the manager wants and for a price and wage that fits the desired business structure, but somewhere along the lines, the short term business aspect is going to have to be somewhat sacrificed for the long term benefit of the club. 

There in lies the major problem. The Glaziers are not going to let the business side be sacrificed. They know a good thing when they see it. One billion quid they have taken out of this club and Woodward is their hero.

If performances don't turn around at some point the business side will be sacrificed though, and then it may well be too little, too late to become the club we once were with less resources available to rebuild.

Just wish the Glazers and Woodward could see that but they aren't looking at anything except how fat their wallet is.

May, 2018

"During United's quarterly conference call with shareholders, Woodward was asked if the improved performance in the Premier League this season had played a part in another bumper set of financial numbers for the world's richest club.

Woodward replied: "Playing performance doesn't really have a meaningful impact on what we can do on the commercial side of the business.""