Caused life changing injuries to an innocent man, threw bottles at police and harassed families driving past. Productive day!
Protest at Old Trafford
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Big day today
Carragher is doing alright.
As much as I was looking forward to this match, I'm proud of the supporters taking a stand. If the priority is about preserving quality footy in Manchester, then this was a win, today.
This alone will achieve absolutely nothing. Only sustained protests will have an impact.
The question now is what the repercussions are for the game being postponed. If the game is just rescheduled, fine, it was a successful protest. If it results in a loss of points for the team then you will see large sections of the fanbase turn on the protesters and the sustainability of protests will start to waiver.
Carragher is bang on
Hopefully this is sarcasm.
Its interesting how Sky are trying to get Jamie and Gary to go against the protests and they won't
Good lads. They're doing a great job in making sure the right message is put across.
Good lads. They're doing a great job in making sure the right message is put across.
What kind of punishment are we looking at?
Do we get the moral victory now?
Excellent words from Carragher here
Up the fecking reds.
Well fecking said Carra
I said I don’t condone it if it was an act of violence by a protester.
You’re a policeman, so tell me... if you see a 6 second clip of someone with an injury, is that enough evidence for you to come to a conclusion about exactly what happened? If it is, you’re in the wrong job mate.
what do you mean? you want us to play on Monday and Thursday?
Are we sure the guy was attacked by a fan and Fred's not been doing shooting drills in his room at the Lowry?
I'd be happy to see these protests before every game at OT for the foreseeable future, without the violence obviously.
Don't ascribe this due to the work of one or two idiots.
Imagine Carragher talking more sense than some of our fans here. I thought I would never see that day but here we are.
What did he say?
Wonder if other clubs fans will watch this and copy. i.e Newcastle
Jamie Carragher speaking absolute sense
Yes, throwing beer bottles at the police is how you protest ownership of football club. Some of you people need to get a grip. Its a f*cking game.
Amazing to see a nuanced take from a pundit too!
All that today achieved was a few lifetime bans and the Glazers getting the moral high ground - something I never thought possible.
The issue is this isn’t about the ESL. You know that when the same voices leading the protests are the ones who’d love to see us owned by City owners who also took their side into the ESL.
I think that’s the unaddressed conversation
I think that’s the unaddressed conversation
Sure, why not?
Eh its not the worst situation, especially given our first leg lead, far from ideal though. But there's not going to be many options left for squeezing the game in.
Excellent result. Never expected this sort of thing happening, but I'm glad. The game no longer interested me.
Take note, Glazers! Sell up.
Take note, Glazers! Sell up.
No they arn’t, the glazers are responsible for rinsing a football to make themselves more wealthy.
The person who caused that injury is the person responsible for that, violence is not acceptable even if your football club has greedy guts as owners.
One of two?
Majority were there for the trouble. Good on the ones who went down to protest peacefully but the thugs took over it and used it as an excuse to riot.What did he say?
Someone please take Souness off the air.
Man is a clown
Man is a clown
What did Carragher say
My point about his nationality is clear as day. Poland has experienced big and significant protests because their government have tried to put rules in place and run their country as if we're in the middle ages. If you live there, you'd know what I mean and I'd expect he does, so I tried to make a comparison close to home. Sometimes it works for people better than trying to overturn their sanctimonious point-of-view.
On the topic of MUFC, our 'football government' at Manchester United has been skimming the financial cream off this club for years, underinvesting and running us as a joke of an organisation, be it a football club or a business, and they should expect retaliation. The fans tried being nice, they tried discussions and these arseholes want to continue what they've been doing by running their PR machine with transfers rumours, pulling the wool over the fans' eyes and trying to convince them we're actually progressing, while running us as if we are some sort of a rich Brighton or Bournemouth.
On the second point, the guy hasn't got a point because this lovey-dovey bullshit a few of the people on here are spilling might as well be manna from heaven for the American leeches. Historically, you just don't get stuff done if you are just singing and holding hands together.
This nihillistic attitude of the poster (and others on here) would have us still seeding the fields for the barrons and dukes of the aristocracy in the current day. And yes, I do think stuff like today will damage the Glazers. In the eyes of the sponsors, in the eyes of the stock market, in the eyes of any other people who would want to partner with the club. It's not supposed to work if it's a one-off event but it's supposed to be a start of a movement. It might fail but it doesn't mean just chanting how much fans love Ole is the way to get change.
You (and others) are just too blinkered to see the bigger picture and how this disruption, be it somewhat over-the-top manner, might help the club in the long-term. It would lower our price as an asset, making us easier to sell, because there'll be a bigger pool of buyers. This also expands the pool of potential buyers.
Keane is going all Braveheart now too.
I fecking know! Jesus. Don't you get it. I told you this before and you tried to be clever going on about Bristol.
Don't we usually do Thursday and then Sunday?
Also, Thursday should be straightforward,so less concerned
What did Carragher say?
so the team will be rested for the Roma game