Being a United fan has become a confusing business in recent years. For all the green and yellow venom of the anti-Glazer brigade, it’s hard to feel overly insurrectionary when your team have wrapped up a record-breaking nineteenth league title and reached the Champions League final. Yes, the Glazers have loaded the club with more debt than a shoal of IMF loan sharks, but to take the glass half-full approach, well, we very nearly ended up with Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee favourite Rupert Murdoch, who came within a gnat’s crotchet of taking ownership of the club in 1998. Sometimes you just have to be thankful for small mercies.
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comment by Manyoo Mancees (U14566534) (U4863)
posted on 3/8/11
I don't mind the Glazers, actually.
They've sanctioned player purchases and SAF is happy to work for them, so I'm happy.
And since i've never been to Old Trafford, the rise in ticket prices haven't really affected me.
So, all in all, I give the Glazers top marks for their ownership of Man U!
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posted on 3/8/11
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comment by Headers & Volleys (U9583)
posted on 5/8/11
Opinion seems very divided on the Glazers, far more so now than when they first acquired the club. Perhaps that's down to the success SAF has continued to have since their arrival.
In this day and age and with footy being the business that it is, I'm surprised more clubs aren't leveraged like United, but they do seem to be relatively stable, company-wise.
Also, not sure about the ticket price argument - BBC's price of football report said that the top walk up price that United charge is under £60 - way cheaper than a lot of Prem clubs (QPR included!!)
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