There's been some questions raised by some who think that United would have gained these anyway. Others say he's been the one leading these sort of deals and others have followed (as in copied United in making similar deals). To be honest, I see this happening either way, but my main concern is the football side of things. Even if we weren't the first to do these sort of deals, we would have been making big money when we did.
Yes; he has done a very good job with commercial revenues, and a decent job in general with the finances at United.
Despite this, I hate him with a flaming passion and wish him nothing but pain and suffering for the rest of his days.
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 1 minute ago
Yes; he has done a very good job with commercial revenues, and a decent job in general with the finances at United.
Despite this, I hate him with a flaming passion and wish him nothing but pain and suffering for the rest of his days.
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On the business side, probably yes. On the football side...
Team plays bad and Ed Woodward gets the blame
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baz ta’rd (U19119)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by rosso is facking happy(U17054)
posted 1 minute ago
Yes; he has done a very good job with commercial revenues, and a decent job in general with the finances at United.
Despite this, I hate him with a flaming passion and wish him nothing but pain and suffering for the rest of his days.
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comment by (kash) I'm the Mané - 6 Times Baby (U1108)
posted 2 minutes ago
Team plays bad and Ed Woodward gets the blame
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I was at Anfield when you boys were protesting about Hicks & Gillette. How soon they forget
comment by (kash) I'm the Mané - 6 Times Baby (U1108)
posted 3 minutes ago
Team plays bad and Ed Woodward gets the blame
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What were you blaming hicks and Gillette for
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It’s probably a bit of both. I refuse to believe that Ed is to blame for everything. The managers all have to take the blame too. David Gill signed just as many (or close to) dud signings but he had the genius of SAF to cover up the bad buys whereas Ed has had 4 managers who in their own ways facked things up even without his help.
I don’t think Ed is good enough for this role and should be forced to hand power over to a DoF who knows what they’re doing but it’s silly to just blame Ed when the managers have all conspired to make terrible on field decisions which exacerbated any real issues that Ed has to contend with being an accountant in a world of football men.
I’d say the blame ratio is 75% Ed, 25% the managers
comment by Roys Keane (U11635)
posted 20 minutes ago
Pride
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Robb, of course it's not solely Ed's fault, however he has had a lot more chances than any of the managers he's brought in.
Ed Woodward is a marketing and commercial superstar who is forever opening the EPL up to untapped revenue streams across the globe, and every club that isn't Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool owes more than 75% of their annual revenues to his tireless efforts. Because let's face it, nobody outside a small core group of fans wants to watch anyone else play.
So in reality, Ed may have simply been in the right place at the right time. Like a baby boomer who happened to be offered the right to buy his council house for £15k in 1980 that's now worth a cool million.
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Those smug bastirts. Millionaires and have stacked shelves all their lives.
comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 38 minutes ago
comment by (kash) I'm the Mané - 6 Times Baby (U1108)
posted 2 minutes ago
Team plays bad and Ed Woodward gets the blame
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I was at Anfield when you boys were protesting about Hicks & Gillette. How soon they forget
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They were the owners who took out a loan which they could not repay. We were close to becoming another Leeds. Selling our best players and getting Konchesky and Bodgson as our manager. That protest was valid
No he hasn't, He's absolutely clueless when it comes to transfers, He needs to go before we get relegated.
The MUFC I fell in love with back in the late 60s has become MU.
That's no single individuals responsibility. It's the club members, fans and supporters fault for idly letting it happen through misguided ideas about what being a club supporter means.
Accepting commercial priorities over footballing ones is all fine and dandy when footballing success is still a consequence. But not when introducing players that are clearly not cut out for the premier league - let alone success in the premier league - becomes transfer policy.
Herrera, Falcao, Di Maria, Rafael were ALL clearly not premier league capable players BEFORE they arrived - if little ol' me knew that, then those associated with the club should also have known it. And whilst Ibra and Schwein were, there is an emphasis on WERE.
Get back to being a football club, learn from the mistakes, learn from Leicester City (sad but true), put capable players on the pitch, and then, and only then, sprinkle with stardust.
You can't put icing on a cake without first making the cake, as me ol' Auntie Mabel used to mutter
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 5 hours, 47 minutes ago
Yes; he has done a very good job with commercial revenues, and a decent job in general with the finances at United.
Despite this, I hate him with a flaming passion and wish him nothing but pain and suffering for the rest of his days.
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Oh dear.
Ed's done OK in what was a very very difficult role to fill.
Ed has done awful. the commercial side writes its own cheques, license to print money, he could hardly fail here. Football side utterly atrocious .
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baz ta’rd (U19119)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Ed has done awful. the commercial side writes its own cheques, license to print money, he could hardly fail here. Football side utterly atrocious .
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A complete moron would think differently
comment by Roys Keane (U11635)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baz ta’rd (U19119)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Ed has done awful. the commercial side writes its own cheques, license to print money, he could hardly fail here. Football side utterly atrocious .
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A complete moron would think differently
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I can think of one that fits...
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posted on 18/10/19
There's been some questions raised by some who think that United would have gained these anyway. Others say he's been the one leading these sort of deals and others have followed (as in copied United in making similar deals). To be honest, I see this happening either way, but my main concern is the football side of things. Even if we weren't the first to do these sort of deals, we would have been making big money when we did.
posted on 18/10/19
Yes; he has done a very good job with commercial revenues, and a decent job in general with the finances at United.
Despite this, I hate him with a flaming passion and wish him nothing but pain and suffering for the rest of his days.
posted on 18/10/19
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 1 minute ago
Yes; he has done a very good job with commercial revenues, and a decent job in general with the finances at United.
Despite this, I hate him with a flaming passion and wish him nothing but pain and suffering for the rest of his days.
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posted on 18/10/19
On the business side, probably yes. On the football side...
posted on 18/10/19
Team plays bad and Ed Woodward gets the blame
posted on 18/10/19
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baz ta’rd (U19119)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by rosso is facking happy(U17054)
posted 1 minute ago
Yes; he has done a very good job with commercial revenues, and a decent job in general with the finances at United.
Despite this, I hate him with a flaming passion and wish him nothing but pain and suffering for the rest of his days.
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posted on 18/10/19
comment by (kash) I'm the Mané - 6 Times Baby (U1108)
posted 2 minutes ago
Team plays bad and Ed Woodward gets the blame
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I was at Anfield when you boys were protesting about Hicks & Gillette. How soon they forget
posted on 18/10/19
comment by (kash) I'm the Mané - 6 Times Baby (U1108)
posted 3 minutes ago
Team plays bad and Ed Woodward gets the blame
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What were you blaming hicks and Gillette for
posted on 18/10/19
Pride
posted on 18/10/19
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posted on 18/10/19
It’s probably a bit of both. I refuse to believe that Ed is to blame for everything. The managers all have to take the blame too. David Gill signed just as many (or close to) dud signings but he had the genius of SAF to cover up the bad buys whereas Ed has had 4 managers who in their own ways facked things up even without his help.
I don’t think Ed is good enough for this role and should be forced to hand power over to a DoF who knows what they’re doing but it’s silly to just blame Ed when the managers have all conspired to make terrible on field decisions which exacerbated any real issues that Ed has to contend with being an accountant in a world of football men.
posted on 18/10/19
I’d say the blame ratio is 75% Ed, 25% the managers
posted on 18/10/19
comment by Roys Keane (U11635)
posted 20 minutes ago
Pride
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posted on 18/10/19
Robb, of course it's not solely Ed's fault, however he has had a lot more chances than any of the managers he's brought in.
posted on 18/10/19
Ed Woodward is a marketing and commercial superstar who is forever opening the EPL up to untapped revenue streams across the globe, and every club that isn't Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool owes more than 75% of their annual revenues to his tireless efforts. Because let's face it, nobody outside a small core group of fans wants to watch anyone else play.
posted on 18/10/19
So in reality, Ed may have simply been in the right place at the right time. Like a baby boomer who happened to be offered the right to buy his council house for £15k in 1980 that's now worth a cool million.
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Those smug bastirts. Millionaires and have stacked shelves all their lives.
posted on 18/10/19
comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 38 minutes ago
comment by (kash) I'm the Mané - 6 Times Baby (U1108)
posted 2 minutes ago
Team plays bad and Ed Woodward gets the blame
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I was at Anfield when you boys were protesting about Hicks & Gillette. How soon they forget
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They were the owners who took out a loan which they could not repay. We were close to becoming another Leeds. Selling our best players and getting Konchesky and Bodgson as our manager. That protest was valid
posted on 18/10/19
No he hasn't, He's absolutely clueless when it comes to transfers, He needs to go before we get relegated.
posted on 18/10/19
The MUFC I fell in love with back in the late 60s has become MU.
That's no single individuals responsibility. It's the club members, fans and supporters fault for idly letting it happen through misguided ideas about what being a club supporter means.
Accepting commercial priorities over footballing ones is all fine and dandy when footballing success is still a consequence. But not when introducing players that are clearly not cut out for the premier league - let alone success in the premier league - becomes transfer policy.
Herrera, Falcao, Di Maria, Rafael were ALL clearly not premier league capable players BEFORE they arrived - if little ol' me knew that, then those associated with the club should also have known it. And whilst Ibra and Schwein were, there is an emphasis on WERE.
Get back to being a football club, learn from the mistakes, learn from Leicester City (sad but true), put capable players on the pitch, and then, and only then, sprinkle with stardust.
You can't put icing on a cake without first making the cake, as me ol' Auntie Mabel used to mutter
posted on 18/10/19
comment by rosso is facking happy (U17054)
posted 5 hours, 47 minutes ago
Yes; he has done a very good job with commercial revenues, and a decent job in general with the finances at United.
Despite this, I hate him with a flaming passion and wish him nothing but pain and suffering for the rest of his days.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh dear.
posted on 18/10/19
Ed's done OK in what was a very very difficult role to fill.
posted on 18/10/19
Ed has done awful. the commercial side writes its own cheques, license to print money, he could hardly fail here. Football side utterly atrocious .
posted on 18/10/19
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baz ta’rd (U19119)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Ed has done awful. the commercial side writes its own cheques, license to print money, he could hardly fail here. Football side utterly atrocious .
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A complete moron would think differently
posted on 18/10/19
comment by Roys Keane (U11635)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baz ta’rd (U19119)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Ed has done awful. the commercial side writes its own cheques, license to print money, he could hardly fail here. Football side utterly atrocious .
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A complete moron would think differently
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I can think of one that fits...
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