OT EVACUATED | Device signed as having been recovered, could NOT be detected by sniffer dogs

pocco said:
Lets just say that if today was a genuine bomb threat and they did want to cover it up, i couldn't have thought up a better story myself to end the fear and panic it could cause.

It is definitely in all parties interests to not publicise a genuine bomb threat at Old Trafford. Plus, if ISIS were behind it, for example, they wouldn't want them to get the media exposure that they would have wanted.
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On the other hand the authorities would want to share the information with other agencies and clubs to step up awareness and security, Which then means the real story would soon be leaked.


Then if the culprits were arrested oops there goes the story.

Or if ISIS decided to blow the story....
 
pocco said:
But they don't have to make it public. I doubt they make all their Intel public.
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This isn't Intel in your example it was a real terror attack attempt.


But wee are getting way off topic. A fake bomb left by the security company would be a story that would be easily blown and serve no real purpose. It's not like ISIS are not in the news everyday.
 
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12 pages since i last visited, knew something bad happened. Some posts on here are absolutely hilarious, great entertainment :lol:

Lets sack the cnut and announce Mourinho and Zlatan please, we need to get away from bad coverage and show some positive news.
 
saivet said:
Any link or a bit more context to this story about Moses?
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He's a lucky chap. Will now get the rematch and the cup final! As for who is responsible for his appearance... look no further than Shane Bluck, formerly of this parish.

And good news all round - refunds for all ticket holders for today and free entry to the rescheduled game. I reckon that will cost around £3m. And then of course there will be the travel costs for the Bournemouth fans and various other compensation payable. Probably a £5-10m mistake when all is said and done.
 
JustAFan said:
On the other hand the authorities would want to share the information with other agencies and clubs to step up awareness and security, Which then means the real story would soon be leaked.


Then if the culprits were arrested oops there goes the story.

Or if ISIS decided to blow the story....
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You're talking as if they tell us everything. They may make an arrest but they don't have to say it had anything to do with today. It'd be 'man involved with several terror plots' or something along those lines, as we usually get. They could quite easily cover up today's events now if they were genuine. ISIS won't claim a failed attack, if it was them.
 
Distracted Steward said:
Can you imagine the dope's face when it occurred to him what was happening was his fault?!
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This is interesting. How the fook did this happen ?

How many fake bombs do we have ?

Five.

How many did we put out ?

Six .

Aahhhh. feck it it's fake anyway. :lol:
 
pocco said:
You're talking as if they tell us everything. They may make an arrest but they don't have to say it had anything to do with today. It'd be 'man involved with several terror plots' or something along those lines, as we usually get. They could quite easily cover up today's events now if they were genuine. ISIS won't claim a failed attack, if it was them.
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That would work real well at the trial.....amazing how easy it is to poke holes in stupidity just by actually thinking.

ISIS could use it then to embarrass UK authorities . I mean if we are going to imagine people behaving stupidly might as well go full out.

There is zero reason for a cover up, if you just sit and think about it.
 
Surely a photo of the "device" was sent around to numerous people so a call could be made what to do with it? Beyond belief that it was not spotted that it was a fake from a test run.
 
Hed Zitin said:
Certainly the media are blaming us for not finding it.
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And the media are right, a venue like Old Trafford should be checked at least once a day. At least someone as anxious as I am, would recommend it.
 
Weird that it didn't occur to anyone "hey, we had that training exercise on Tuesday, maybe this bomb that is in the exact same place as the training one and looks exactly the same as the training one is one of the training ones"
 
pocco said:
Lets just say that if today was a genuine bomb threat and they did want to cover it up, i couldn't have thought up a better story myself to end the fear and panic it could cause.

It is definitely in all parties interests to not publicise a genuine bomb threat at Old Trafford. Plus, if ISIS were behind it, for example, they wouldn't want them to get the media exposure that they would have wanted.
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We could never keep it secret.
 
Now is the perfect time to sack LVG.

It will take all the media attention off todays shenanigans and on to LVG him self.

Oh, and this fake bomb was obviously his fault.
 
"Remember Alan?"

"Alan? Oh yeah, the guy who worked in security here."

"Yeah, decent guy. Shame about that mistake."

"Yeah, what's he doing these days?"

"Got a new stewards job."

"Whereabouts?"

"Nigeria."
 
JTW95 said:
Obviously Van Gaal stopped the plot like an action movie.

He fought his way through countless terrorists and managed to defuse the device 1 second before detonation.

Die Hard: Old Trafford. Coming to a cinema near you.
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Die Hard 6: A Philosophy of Violence
 
Even though it's an external company that left it, I don't see how the club can be absolved of blame at all. It's on them to make sure the stadium is safe for entry.
 
Annihilate Now! said:
Even though it's an external company that left it, I don't see how the club can be absolved of blame at all. It's on them to make sure the stadium is safe for entry.
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I just feel sorry for the guy whose mobile phone was used for the exercise.

"You think I can use the sim card to transfer stuff onto my new phone?"

"Eh...maybe. We'll see."
 
Annihilate Now! said:
Even though it's an external company that left it, I don't see how the club can be absolved of blame at all. It's on them to make sure the stadium is safe for entry.
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The club can't be absolved of blame. I know some on here are laughing at this but as the so called 'biggest club in the world', the very least you can expect is that our owners pay to properly secure the ground. This incident today is totally unacceptable and symptomatic of a much much deeper malaise at United.
 
What an absolute shambles. It's astonishing how incompetent people can be. Wonder who's pocket the cost of this will come out of? I guess against failure to qualify for the champions league it's not much, nor against the loss of adidas money if we get a repeat next year, but it'd not be an insignificant amount.
 
Fergie would've checked those toilets himself. In fact, I reckon LVG had a shit in one of the stalls and walked right past it.
 
Or... Maybe Woodward and LVG were just trying to find someone who is even worse at their job then they are?
 
Cheesy said:
The terrorists are forced to watch a Manchester United game, and promptly fall asleep.
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Or on a constant loop, and pump them full of drugs to keep them awake.

Nah that seems a bit too cruel even for terrorists, would be more humane to just send them to Guantanamo.
 
I wonder how empty the stadium will be. I for sure am not waking up in the wee hours of the morning for this meaningless game.
 
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