Looking at the diabolical slide downwards the club has endured since the Glazer vampires bought this club under the stewardship of Woodward, who is really to blame.
Woodward leads the parade as chief flag waver and engineer, how can someone so unsuited to the position was allowed to remain in charge by the owners is unfathomable. Oh, they have no idea of the sport, the club or its history and are absent owners , interested only in return and asset growth.
Hiring of managers and signing off on contracts lies at their feet, it took them what 12 years to destroy the club, it will take at least half that to get back to any real competitive position, players will no longer aspire to join with no Champions League and title threat. Forget how City did it, money is available across all EPL clubs now, the Spanish giants and PSG, so the rebuild won’t be just throwing cash at decent recruits.
The final nail in any recovery was the extending of Ole, an out of his depth manager, and the ongoing crazy extensions given to expiring contracts.
10 years ago every second soccer shirt worn here in Oz was Man Utd probably even more, certainly not the case now, Barcelona seems to be the choice followed by Liverpool, the only good thing is City is nowhere. Those that do wear Utd shirt are safe to say the over 35 brigade, not the kids
The analogy is like the frog is a pot of water slowly brought to boiling point, they don’t realise what’s happening until its too late, therein lies the demise of the worlds once biggest club.
