Our fanbase is weak af, time to grow up and bring some positivity back to the club. There’s no quick fix, we are who we are at this point, and it’s time for the players, management, and fans to grind and climb their way out of this hole we are in. Crying and bitching like a bunch of spoiled twats ain’t gonna do a damn thing to help.
Richard Arnold secretly filmed whilst speaking to supporters
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Gone up in my estimation after that to be fair
Yeah, he could've just called the filth and had em moved on I suppose. Instead he's faced em.
Gotta respect that.
The fans are just coming across as bellends by slagging him off for it really.
Sounds like a knob. What more could you expect from a fecking CEO? Mad.
Certainly doesn't help ease the fears about us being in total disarray. Another very difficult season ahead.
The only way to force real change is to harm the club unfortunately.
And no they aren't as bad as each other. No Utd fan has done anywhere near the damage that the Glazers have done to this club. Don't be so ridiculous
Is the guy who posted that Twitter thread, the same fella who posted the video?
He seems to have gone into this meeting with his mind made up and nothing Arnold could've said was going to make a difference.
If it is him, these are obviously the video bits he thinks make Arnold look bad, whereas I'd say most of us are pretty impressed with his comments.
He seems to have gone into this meeting with his mind made up and nothing Arnold could've said was going to make a difference.
If it is him, these are obviously the video bits he thinks make Arnold look bad, whereas I'd say most of us are pretty impressed with his comments.
Something like big sam
I'm torn. On one hand, it's a totally scummy act to exploit someone's trust and secretly film them. On the other hand it's the least varnished, most sensible, message I've heard from the club in years. I think my enjoyment outweighs the negatives, tbh.
Fair fecks to Arnold showing up and having a chat about it all in person, gave a decent account of the situation too, however filming it & planning to turn up at the poor bastards house, get a grip you fecking idiots, this does nothing imo but show the "fans" in the pub to be total fecking cretins.
We are a massively supported club - the biggest globally in some reports. Therefore we are going to have all sorts - a bit like the trolling on SM - it’s only the negative twats that noise up relentlessly - the silent majority give a shit and want better but generally keep quiet- we all want things to improve after a decade of decline.
Our new CEO coming out and talking to some of these doomsayers - head on - trying to get a message across can only be a positive thing. I think even the Glazers have realised that after the ESL debacle the ownership need to be closer to the fans on the ground.
You cant stop the negativity but maybe this was a PR exercise to calm down the rhetoric about us not yet signing a player. While we haven’t yet officially done that, surely everyone must be in agreement that things are at least looking like they are going to be heading in the right direction. Arnold and Murtogh are well aware of how much they are in the headlights this summer and I’m sure that they will deliver - it’s just a case that for some it’s never fast enough!
Most surprising thing to come out this thread is the amount of people that seem to think our negotiation strategy consists entirely of us pretending we don't have any money
What an idiot...
Also i dont get the whole ''protest at his house part''. What a ridiculous thing to do
This fellas synopsis is a bit different. The fans there can’t even agree. One says Richie was “scripted”, the other says he was “honest and open”.
These don’t line up. From saying it’s working keep it up to now this.
What a knob
I'm under the impression he's full of shite.
We all remember that tweet Woodward coming back from Australia to conduct transfer business, to then sign Fellaini on deadline day 6 weeks later.
These guys are charlatans
We all remember that tweet Woodward coming back from Australia to conduct transfer business, to then sign Fellaini on deadline day 6 weeks later.
These guys are charlatans
No-one should have the right to protest outside someone's house. Never mind the fact this is about how a football club is run. These people are pathetic losers.
Good on Richard Arnold. Better than anything Woodward has done with regards to connecting with fans. However, recording a man without consent in itself is already strange, but recording a man talking about things that could threaten his highly lucrative job status and who’s only doing it to satiate people like you in the first place is highly odd, if not illegal. If the people who did it wanted proof of the conversation, take a picture with him.
Fully agree with the first part, but less so about the second part. It’s not right to just dismiss football as something unimportant, even if there are more important things in the grand scheme of things. No problem with protesting against football matters. Did you see any issue with the nationwide protests against the ESL last year?
Nah tbf there should be people shitting in the bushes outside Priti Patel's house day and night.
Scripted or not, good for him to do this and help stabilize the ship.
It’s 100% intentional by Glazers, which is fine and expected. They have to react to the fan base, they actually do understand their position with us.
Ed stepping aside has allowed this approach to happen. Scripted. Let’s not pretend that Ed and “Arnie” are not friends and “Glazer men”, because they are. It’s almost good cop / bad cop in a way.
I have faith what he said is true, he’s a straightforward individual and will create change.
I’m not going all “ITK” because I couldn’t careless about that. But I do have history and context here. A Mod can reach out on that or delete this…
It’s 100% intentional by Glazers, which is fine and expected. They have to react to the fan base, they actually do understand their position with us.
Ed stepping aside has allowed this approach to happen. Scripted. Let’s not pretend that Ed and “Arnie” are not friends and “Glazer men”, because they are. It’s almost good cop / bad cop in a way.
I have faith what he said is true, he’s a straightforward individual and will create change.
I’m not going all “ITK” because I couldn’t careless about that. But I do have history and context here. A Mod can reach out on that or delete this…
Was this guy even there?
So - does this mean we have a new problem with leaks ? 
The truth is....our fans are expectedly impatient, especially given the season we just had. It's June. The window closed at the end of August. From my memory, outside of big deals that had been planned during previous seasons, like Haaland's was for City. Signings usually occur in July and August, not June.
In addition, unlike City and Liverpool, we aren't looking to add squad depth we are literally looking to rebuild with a plan to do it with strategy. This means we have an eye on specific pieces. We can't take risks with young players playing in South America or young talent in general this window ( like we did with Amad and Pellestri). We need to actually get ready to contribute talent, players who may be more difficult to buy.
This means fans should not get annoyed at missing out on players like Bissouma, as that was never the plan. They should not be annoyed at "missing" out on Nunez, as clearly that wasn't in the budget and were just baseless media driven reports. This window, we need to focus on specific positions and players who fit Ten Haag's style. We also need to incorporate some of our star players into the team too.
What is also pretty clear is that FDJ would like be our most expensive summer signing and the one that would be hardest to get. We have players like De Gea Varane Shaw Bruno Sancho Rashford and Ronaldo here. We also have Maguire Van De Beek Lindelof Fred and even Martial. Who have all proven at some point they can perform in a good team. We have youngsters like Amad , Hannibal, Fernandez, Garner and Garnacho coming through as well. So we are not a completely horrendous team. We are a team with weakness in certain key positions, who have been poorly coached over the last few years. We need to be a patient with our football leadership management and see what they can do.
In addition, unlike City and Liverpool, we aren't looking to add squad depth we are literally looking to rebuild with a plan to do it with strategy. This means we have an eye on specific pieces. We can't take risks with young players playing in South America or young talent in general this window ( like we did with Amad and Pellestri). We need to actually get ready to contribute talent, players who may be more difficult to buy.
This means fans should not get annoyed at missing out on players like Bissouma, as that was never the plan. They should not be annoyed at "missing" out on Nunez, as clearly that wasn't in the budget and were just baseless media driven reports. This window, we need to focus on specific positions and players who fit Ten Haag's style. We also need to incorporate some of our star players into the team too.
What is also pretty clear is that FDJ would like be our most expensive summer signing and the one that would be hardest to get. We have players like De Gea Varane Shaw Bruno Sancho Rashford and Ronaldo here. We also have Maguire Van De Beek Lindelof Fred and even Martial. Who have all proven at some point they can perform in a good team. We have youngsters like Amad , Hannibal, Fernandez, Garner and Garnacho coming through as well. So we are not a completely horrendous team. We are a team with weakness in certain key positions, who have been poorly coached over the last few years. We need to be a patient with our football leadership management and see what they can do.
Go through his tweets. He's a tribal weirdo.
I can understand anyone being frustrated/completely disillusioned with the Glazers. But there is an abnormality to the way this fully grown adult handles it.
Im gonna say it, I don’t agree with going to peoples houses to protest, scare wives, kids or graffiti walls. It’s a thuggish thing to do
fair play to RA for heading them off at the pass.
fair play to RA for heading them off at the pass.
Doesn't seem likely does it
Although he's basically admitting to planning on going to a guys house to intimidate him.
What a moron.
I doubt it would affect him much tbh. We know Arnold is leaving the football side to Murtough so it will be him that ETH is in contact with. Nice try at talking the club down however.
Reads a bit like he knows he’s fecked it and inadvertently made Arnold look pretty good and reasonable to a lot of fans (and certainly neutrals) which he didn’t want to do, so he’s had a bit of a rant to try and claw back the narrative.
RA almost certainly fed them a PR line, but they kinda walked into it.
It’s the guy in the shorts who was recording. What a twat , he even looks like a twat
He's kidding himself. As if they would be protesting if were signing players. I didn't see many protests when we were signing Sancho, Varane and Ronaldo last summer.
Part of the issue is that our fans keep acting like we are a small club. ETH came from Ajax. He has a lot to prove himself. Do you expect Zidane to be that embarrassed about Perez and his comments? For some reason, our fans forget how big we are. We have the largest fan base in world football. Any manager or player should be grateful playing for us not the other way round( well except maybe Ronaldo). We turned Jesse Lingard into a name people know outside football. Harry Maguire is probably the biggest meme in football at the moment due to our size. We give players more exposure than any other club and are not as flaky as our biggest club rivals in terms of player/manager support ( Barca/Madrid/Bayern). There is a lot to love about United and even though we are experiencing a rough patch, that should not change those things.
What’s going on with the guy on the far lefts hair?!! Looks like some sort of low rent Marge Simpson tribute.
Someone does something genuinely cool like this and a person needs to put it online which is a betrayal. Good luck ever seeing a prominent figure do it again.
The guy in shorts who filmed is a bellend.
The feck is Arnold gotta to do with Glazers?
Insane fans turning up at Arnold's house need to have a bit of perspective here.
He sounds like someone from the have we signed anyone yet thread.
Richard Arnold showing his people leadership skills, managed to turn a protest at his family home into a Sunday afternoon at the pub with the lads and came across empathetic whilst communicating his strategy for the club amongst other things already well briefed to the media.