Big Jim Ratcliffe

Seems like a and I think on balance there's more evidence to suggest they don't know what they're doing than to suggest that they do. Glazers reborn

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Isn't Barry Glenndenning that Scot from talksport who sounds like he's permanently stoned?
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I thought that was Alan Brazil
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Glendenning is Irish for a start
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So he is permanently stoned.
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I don’t know about that. His voice is faaaacking annoying though. However, when he is annoying me I do cheer myself up remembering he supports Everton - a club that only exists so Spurs have another big club they can punch down on
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Glendenning supports Sunderland.

I remember BG saying on the Football Weekly podcast Ratcliffe would be an hilarious disaster at United. So far, so good.

comment by Lexington 125.2 (U8879)
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I remember BG saying on the Football Weekly podcast Ratcliffe would be an hilarious disaster at United. So far, so good.
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Yeah he called it a long time ago, honestly at first I thought it would be a good thing for Utd from the noise he was making but it was BG who first brought it to my awareness that he might not be that great and after looking at other endeavours I've been skeptical since.

It's far too early to judge Jim and Co.

We've been saying for years things need to change with the team and we are now at where we are under yet another new manager. A manager I have a good feeling about.

Had we been top of the league and let Ashworth go then I'm sure the narrative would be that Jim knows what he's doing and got rid of someone who didn't cut the mustard. If Ashworth wasn't aligned with the rest of them then probably for the best he goes. Changing your mind and acting decisively isn't a bad quality even if you have made the mistake in the first place.

Yeah he called it a long time ago, honestly at first I thought it would be a good thing for Utd from the noise he was making but it was BG who first brought it to my awareness that he might not be that great and after looking at other endeavours I've been skeptical since

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I had read about his short comings at Nice so wanted to steer well clear of INEOS. Said at the time we should have gone with the Qatari's and have not changed my mind since.

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Yeah he called it a long time ago, honestly at first I thought it would be a good thing for Utd from the noise he was making but it was BG who first brought it to my awareness that he might not be that great and after looking at other endeavours I've been skeptical since

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I had read about his short comings at Nice so wanted to steer well clear of INEOS. Said at the time we should have gone with the Qatari's and have not changed my mind since.
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The Qataris would have provided the outright ownership many of us hoped for, but instead we have Sir Jim, many viewing him as the safest, more ethical option. Time will tell if Sir Jim was the right choice, though it’s clear this was the best move for the Glazers, who have prioritised their own financial interests over the wellbeing of Utd as a football club.

If the Glazers were willing to let Sir Jim take charge of football operations, it now seems they’ve simply installed “Glazers Mark II”, with a little more football knowledge and experience. I hope this isn’t the case, but the current optics are worrying. From the cost cutting measures and the Ashworth debacle to the ambiguous plans for the stadium, much of what Sir Jim is implementing feels desperate and even farcical now. It’s hard not to question his plans. Honeymoon period for Sir Jim is over and he must go a long way to win over his growing number of critics.

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It's far too early to judge Jim and Co.

We've been saying for years things need to change with the team and we are now at where we are under yet another new manager. A manager I have a good feeling about.

Had we been top of the league and let Ashworth go then I'm sure the narrative would be that Jim knows what he's doing and got rid of someone who didn't cut the mustard. If Ashworth wasn't aligned with the rest of them then probably for the best he goes. Changing your mind and acting decisively isn't a bad quality even if you have made the mistake in the first place.
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It’s highly unlikely we’d have been top of the table given the state of things. And even if we were, I doubt Ashworth would have been released! He came in at a significant cost and a growing reputation, and clubs simply don’t cut ties with someone they paid a release clause for after just five months without a good reason. There’s clearly more to this than meets the eye. If Ashworth was isolated at board level, rightly or wrongly, he would have been left vulnerable, essentially a sitting duck. He may have felt compelled to leave, and considering the circumstances (EtH, the summer spending, his sudden dismissal, and Amorim’s arrival mid season, who wasn’t Ashworth’s choice), the board likely accepted his departure. Easier to make Ashworth a scapegoat.

I’m eager to hear Ashworth’s side of the story, but if his severance includes a gagging order, we might never know!

comment by Tyranny of the majority (SE85) (U21241)
posted 5 hours, 20 minutes ago
Quite amusing when satire and normal life overlap.

He's trying to be funny with the article but it's genuinely don't far off the truth. It's been an abysmal start to the new era and no less chaotic or wasteful as the previous one. Fans already turned on Jim too over the ticket thing.

Feels like it's destiny for us to go 26 years again without another league title. Definitely possible too the way we are going.

As RBW posted earlier......Jim and Dave shouldn't be making any decisions at all anymore. Leave that to Berrada who, despite being a City spy behind enemy lines (joke) is still by far the most qualified football guy
we have. Let him crack on now.

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I wouldn’t call Berrada a ‘football guy’. He’s a ‘business guy’ if anything.

His background and experience are in sales, marketing and operations. He’s never played, coached or to my knowledge been involved in sporting strategy.

Apparently the Qataris pulled out as whenever they agreed on something with the Glazers, the Galzers moved the goal posts. They never wanted to sell. Why would they? It's their biggest cash cow and without it's they wouldn't be able to fund their true love.