So we are finally getting some transparency? Making it possible to have a discussion based on an assumed equal understanding of the happenings inside the club?
Unless one thinks that Woodward is lying under oath.
Ed Woodward 2019 - Until all Arctic ice melts edition
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So we are finally getting some transparency? Making it possible to have a discussion based on an assumed equal understanding of the happenings inside the club?
Unless one thinks that Woodward is lying under oath.
Managers didn't choose to spend on 'wrong' players! The managers needed very different types of players. No director of football would ever invest heavily for players for for LVG then bring in Jose who has totally different attribute requirements.
If Woodward is insistent on controlling the footballing side of the club, which he is evidently clueless about, then he must take responsibility for the outcomes. He chose to lurch from possession based style of play to anti possession(counter attack) style of play. This was after investing hundreds of millions in possession based players for LVG.
So, anti possession Jose comes in and needs to start the rebuild AGAIN from scratch. So we needed to invest the money we spent under Jose PLUS replace the possesion players we bough under LVG. Jose never got this additional investment and Woodward could not sell the deadwood.
As discussed, Jose needed counter attacking giants not possession based midgets like LVG.
This is why its justified to say the managers were not backed 'enough'. Because of the ridiculous lack of planning and mistakes from Woodward.
He needed to choose either possession based or counter attacking style of play. Then hire managers which fit with that style. So there is a progression. Not starting from scratch every time. Please re read my house building analogy in a previous post to you. It really is quite simple.
It has become evident that Woodward is a power hungry, arrogant narcissist who will not hire footballing experts to decide the footballing strategy of the club. He genuinely thinks he knows best.
Laughable that there are still people on here defending Ed Woodward despite seeing him lead the club from League champions to a perennial Europa League side. The guys dead wood and needs cutting loose. Hopefully the Glazers will sell up and go ruin someone else's club as well.
Anyone know what he actually said then?
While you are largely right, the majority of players were failures even under the manager that bought them. Players that were good enough to be successes would then generally be able to provide more to the next manager even if it wasn't fully playing to their strengths. So it can definitely be said that the managers bought the 'wrong' players.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50117975
Not sure I would like to search for the full interview after that.
First question: Are you the right man for the job?
Ed: Yes I am.
Ok, if you say so yourself!I was wondering what I'd missed when i saw the Glazer/Woodward stooges on here declaring that the truth had come to light and Woodward is fantastic.
Each time I enter the blog, it seems as though Woodward has multiple accounts under other names as burner accounts. Johan and Keefy will no doubt deny it, but their mantra that Ed has done a wonderful job and been let down by all around him, hello he appointed them all and there as doubts that the latest leaks assuring all that he has no say in transfers is nothing but nonsense.
Don't really give a shit about what he says. The proof is in the pudding. We have gone from title challengers to a team struggling for a top seven finish under him. We have finished out of the top four 4/6 times. Feck him off.
Any chance of a copywriting gig? I could do
*Ed is good looking
*Ed knows about soccer football
*Ed has friends
*Ed knows more than (Guardiola/Klopp/Ferguson/Mourhino/Fill in the manager of your choice)
*Ed loves Manchelster United FC
*Ed knows that FC stands for Football Club
There's loads more where that came from. And i'm cheap as feck. Eighty and a half million in consultancy and I am all yours Eddie baby.
First question: Are you the right man for the job?
Ed: Yes I am.
I was wondering what I'd missed when i saw the Glazer/Woodward stooges on here declaring that the truth had come to light and Woodward is fantastic.
I actually laugh everytime I read something this stupid and that the poster either think he is funny or that it would get to whomever.
There a couple of stupid namecallings on here, some are not so nice, but this one is quite funny in its simple idiocy.
I take it as a compliment that certain posters cant argue their opinions and then when they choose to try to bash someone instead because of it; they choose to not even try to be creative and at least a bit intelligent when doing so.
Its hilarious. Please dont stop.
Speaking to an ITK - apparently in 2013 we had Ronaldo tied up but Woodward decided to reduce the offer by £5m, causing it to break down.
Ronaldo in 2013 really would’ve stopped our demise. What could have been if it wasn’t for the cretin Woodward.
Ronaldo in 2013 really would’ve stopped our demise. What could have been if it wasn’t for the cretin Woodward.
What is this shit?
But it doesn’t make sense
How so? He was trying to play games with Madrid and the deal went under?
He’d only been there coming on 5 years, at his dream club. It was Moyes incoming as united manager and Ed’s first season as top dog. A summer where we signed fellaini for more than his release clause was. As we have seen since Ed overpays if anything. I just don’t see the logic in your ITK story
Calm down, it's Andy Cole. You would think He has some sort of connection with important people in the club considering his pedigree as a player.
The messenger had a daft conclusion with zero critical thinking.
Galactico loving Woody who had a reputation spunking stupid money on commercially successful players scuppered a deal for the most high profile name in the sport over a poxy £5m.
I do remember the media being very heavy on Ronaldo to us in 2013, with plenty of the ITK who at that time had a great reputation saying he was coming back. Even Manchester based celebs were chiming in on it. Who knows.
That's not me saying I believe we lost out on him because of 5mil though, that sounds like utter shite.
That's not me saying I believe we lost out on him because of 5mil though, that sounds like utter shite.
«Quick as feck»
As if Ed Woodward tried to pass off his quote as being about affecting sponsorship deals Clearly it does because Chevrolet are not interested in renewing their deal with us due to our performances on the pitch. For a supposed former banker, he really doesn't have a grasp on long term cost/benefit analysis.
Clearly it does because Chevrolet are not interested in renewing their deal with us due to our performances on the pitch. For a supposed former banker, he really doesn't have a grasp on long term cost/benefit analysis.It's a joke...
The fanbase is way, way WAAAAYY too soft for the good of the club.
This guy should be fecking long gone by now from his current role.
feckin' fluff piece 'interviews' - it's bullshit.
The fanbase is way, way WAAAAYY too soft for the good of the club.
This guy should be fecking long gone by now from his current role.
feckin' fluff piece 'interviews' - it's bullshit.
Presumably that wasn’t the case when Sanchez was signed. An ageing player who doesn’t really get on with team mates and wasn’t bothered whether he played for us or City. That doesn’t take much due diligence. City did theirs.
Anyway, Ed’s argument appears to be that it wouldn’t make any difference if he was sacked because he doesn’t do much anyway.
It's just a bit pointless those quotes, he's saying what you'd expect him to say to that crowd. He's not a complete idiot.
"We are financially strong. We are self-sustaining. We don't have an umbilical cord that we are concerned about. There's negativity about us doing sponsorship deals but they allow us to do things in the transfer market which other clubs struggle to do."
What exactly? Maybe spend an entire summer to sign 3 players one of which from the Championship? We're the only top club in the world that allow the team to start with virtually no CM, no RW and no striker cover. That's something Bayern, Real, Barcelona and Juventus would struggle to do as their fans would rip the board a new one.
What exactly? Maybe spend an entire summer to sign 3 players one of which from the Championship? We're the only top club in the world that allow the team to start with virtually no CM, no RW and no striker cover. That's something Bayern, Real, Barcelona and Juventus would struggle to do as their fans would rip the board a new one.
At least we know what he said to Phil Jones now 
Honestly, we don't give a feck about "communication". No Utd fan would care if you went mute, we care about having a decent team and looking forward to watching matches.
So many of his comments read as if we have had a difficult 6 years but he's fixed it now. We are teetering just above the relegation spots.
So many of his comments read as if we have had a difficult 6 years but he's fixed it now. We are teetering just above the relegation spots.
It would have been better to simply ask "So Ed, why are we so shit then?"
"I don't think some of the progress we're making is accurately reported". If I speak...
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Decent interview, but hey people will ignore the facts and still chose to blame him for our failures.
Some of you so called United fans in here are laughable.
Ed has given a very open interview here and a lot of you are claiming that its press BS and positively spun PR, he can do no right.
Ed has given a very open interview here and a lot of you are claiming that its press BS and positively spun PR, he can do no right.
He definitely deserved to be blamed. He choose van Gaal, Mourinho and Ole. He could have made improvements to our recruitment far earlier. It was a problem when Ferguson was still in charge and it still is.
I used to be one of his staunchest defenders on here.
He is ultimately responsible. We have spent nearly a billion pounds under him in 6 years and look at the team we put out yesterday.
Not sure why else you think he’d agree to an interview?
Pogba was brought to sell shirts and was Ed's commercial toy!!
As if Ed Woodward tried to pass off his quote as being about affecting sponsorship deals
That's a lie and extremely over the top. How many primary shirt sponsors renew once their deal terms are over? Not as much as you think. And from the sponsor's perspective, performance on the pitch is never everything, it's what you want to achieve from your partnership. United have a specialized marketing metric system and measurement for their partners, which is why they have such commercial success even if they aren't winning the league.