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Manchester United fans are un-following United on Twitter as a form of protest to the way that the club is run and the owners.
Here are my thoughts on the matter… do you agree? Disagree? Let me know in the comments below!
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Unfollowing United on Twitter isn't gonna hurt them. Don't buy tickets and the merchandise or don't attend the Cardiff match.
Kaiju Hanta try fly banner “ Glazers and Woodward out”
Only jose could set up another plane banner😉
It will. United is a public traded company. Fan reaction would definitely have an impact on the stock price
Spot on
Too many foreign fans will buy the tickets that the local fans refuse
In 1995 I was 7. I fell in love with this club. I'm now 31 and Manchester United doesn't mean the same.
It feels dirty.
Tommy Knockers I support since 1972. I never felt this dislike of the team near 50 years of my support. Hate the Board, CEO, all players except Lindelof Da Gea. Herrera and McTominnay.
Alan Koh What about Shaw? He’s not been great since returning from suspension but I think he’s been one of our best players this year.
Tommy Knockers glory hunter
I've been supporting them since 1985 and this has got to be the worst thanks mish mash of players we have from 4 different managers. Woodward hasn't got clue and no atmosphere at the ground. Are scouts are useless
@@madfooker8155 how can Tommy be a glory his been supporting them since 1972 any adult who has only been supporting United since 93 then they are the glory hunters
Well said mate, alot of our fans don't even realize what the Glazer's have done to the club...
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I'm sick to the back effing teeth of fans who think it's all about Ole or new players. Half of them are bloody 14 year olds who could'nt find Manchester if they were in the Town centre!
Only invested over £1bn over the last ten years and become financially stronger than ever, Green and gold till the club is sold fucked off because the Glazers actually run our club quite well
@@zephergaming4437 your an idiot
@@zephergaming4437 Right. Because that's what we're looking for. Financially strong and in the 2nd/3rd tier of football teams across the world. Moron
why is everyone realising this now when we should've been realising this under mourinho?
Just got goosebumps when I realized that Ronaldo and Rooney transfers were initiated before the Glazers.. They really are a bunch of thieves..
Feel the same mate, as soon as they came in we FINALLY bought quality. Obertan, Valencia, Kuszczak, Young, Jones. Think thieves is a bit unfair, they paid good money to Blackburn, West Brom, Wigan etc. Blessed to have had a top red billionaire buy us.
Kili Fischkopp wonder why he didn’t mention Bebe & Djemba Djemba
@@JjkGFhTHtRf Jones... is quality?
@@goncaloamaral7846 fs 2 out of how many?!?!
Paul Delaney Smalling, Jones, Young, Valencia, Lingard...they’re fucking us over right now
BREAKING: The Glazers plan to sell Manchester United after 36 year old John from London decided to unfollow them on twitter
😂😂😂 I feel the exact same
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howson is delusional 😅 thats why i subscribed for StatmanDave 🔴⚪️⚫️
@@iqmaliqi9614 7:00???
Alex Povey told you 😌
Utd fan channels don't even like other Utd fan channels.
thats so true
23 skidoo shroompicker ;-)
Reality
how come there are multiple United fan channels anyway? Don’t most clubs just have one?
Manan fulltimedevils tried to ruin the united stand from the start
The situation is genuinely heart breaking.
Yes, indeed!! And even worse is the fact that hardly anyone is willing to hold the one person that’s responsible for half the bad managerial appointments in the past 6 years, as well as the Glazers being in the picture in the first place, which is none other than Alex Ferguson.
Not if your a liverpool fan 😂
I'd love to hear what Sir Alex and David Gill thinks about the current state of the club.... GGMU 💓 from 🇯🇲
Royalis Entertainment - they must be laughing as it proved how genius they were.
Ferguson is still a head figure at United. He is also to blame.
@@top10intheworld56 I really wouldn't want to think so. I highly doubt that. One quality of Fergie is he always adapted to the time so he would know United's structure doesn't work anymore and I would assume he would recommend or demand changes be made if he really had that level of influence.
You never will
Top10In TheWorld - Gills. SAF and Sir Bobby are Director of ambassadorial roles. The Board - which make all the business and transfer biz decisions - is made up of 6 Glazers siblings ( who are living in USA and clueless about football). 3 executive directors ( Woodward Richard Arnolds and CFO ). Plus 3 independent directors ( where none of them have Football knowledge but with banking or media background. They are there to ensure compliance to Stock Exchange rules). So u can see Woodward is the one making all the decisions. Gary Neville knows things from inside and he openly criticised the useless Woodward. Dnt blame the wrong person. SAF won us many titles and trophies and pls be grateful and respectful.
Stephen is a real fan and is right hurting there image is the only way we can make a real change as fans
Don’t go to the Cardiff game, leave the stadium empty.
Anyone that goes to show support in that game is a problem too.
Or maybe, the ones who will be there are from Ed Wood ward's and Glazer's family members
@adeternitamn mate all the plastics are gone, we ain't winning shit so why would some new person become a fan of us now? Some fans just cant sell their tickets and it would be a waste of hard earned money so they go for that reason even though they will resent the club and everything about it.
Tell that to the foking indians
Do it. If it works or not. It takes 2 seconds of your time.
They dont really care.These fan channels just wanna make money like ARsenal fan tv
But don't even follow their twitter account
@@Utsavojha2 why you all get mad when someone trying to make money? thats life mate. stfu with your broke ass
No way. You could all wait til after the transfer window opens and see what wil happend before you started anything
Imagine you were a Glazer. Imagine you bought the biggest hockey team in the world but you really don’t give a shit about hockey. If a bunch of people unfollowed that team’s twitter account, would you step down?
I think that we need to get rid of Ed Woodward
He is a finance man and has no football knowledge
We should get someone who knows how to manage good transfers and bring in good players.
Boycott football matches n protest outside. Stop buying merchandise from the club go back to wearing green and yellow t shirts.
@eric solskjar they will when sponsors want to leave. Liverpool fans did the same to force out their previous owners why are United fans always dragging their feet when it comes to forcing the Glazers out? We can easily get them out if we really wanted to but you guys prefer being here moaning about something you know will never change what's the point ? It's like whining and complaining that you can't find a job but you don't even get up your arse to look for one
@FatalPies well Yanks operate differently they were always taught to jump ship as soon as they know that a business's value has reached its peak than they move on to the next venture.
I dont think he is any good at finance either mate, as lingard is on 100k a week and he only scored 5 r 6 goals in three years, its all about saving money on real footballers, which is so obvious as Ashley young has played in our back four, for about 8 years, fergie just made the glazers look good as its do obvious now there sinking the ship..
I have no problem with woodward being part of the club because he is great at generating revenue for man utd. I just dont like the fact the he has a say in football matters. He should stick with the financial side and leave football to football brains
Don’t disagree with the movement coz we need a complete overhaul in how the club is run… but the follower count went up 30 just in this video 😂 effective!!
All the United fans should walk on the pitch during the last game in a peaceful protest
Great video Steve
I've unfollowed them on both Twitter and Instagram. Also unfollowed BT Sports, UCL, Premier League, Sky Sports etc.
I did all of that before this hashtag stuff because I'm sick and tired of United and football as a whole. I'll remain subbed to this channel, Adam's, FTD etc. because I support you lot.
@@Darkstar_8473 as I said, this was before that fucking movement, pal. Mostly doing it for myself to save myself from unbearable amounts of stress.
@@Darkstar_8473 If everyone thought like that we would be living in the dark ages. Proper negative mindset.
@@Darkstar_8473 i mean united's twitter over the past two days has taken a loss in followers, this hasnt happened in almost a year, they usually gain 5k a day, they've lost almost 20k in the past 2 days
You can watch the Euros 2020 next season.
Only sponsors like Adidas can hit them were it hurts. And they kind have a experience with this being german and all. It's not the first time they are dealing with Jews.
Thank you Stephen for raising this subject; and in a very well-measured way! The other fan channels that I've written to over the years have either not addressed it at all or branded any action we take against the Glazers as futile and a waste of time. Well I would rather do something, however small, than sit around, like those other fan channels, moaning about the state of the club but doing sod all to change things; even if they could just get vocal about the biggest underlying problem to all the things they complain about, the problem of the Glazers, their greed & their incompetence. It would help start the rumble and bring it in to the public-awareness arena where solutions could be discussed; and fan channels, if they cooperated, would have such a huge viewership to discuss and call for solutions. I have advocated year after year that we should boycott the club's merchandise etc. and hit the Glazers in the only place it will hurt, their wallets. That is all they will ever understand. They are vulture capitalists and immune to everything except loss of profits. Make them lose money. I realize this is not the whole answer to a massive problem but it is something each one of us can do very easily. Perhaps a consortium of affluent fans, ex-players, and interested business people, if they combined, could raise the 4 billion necessary to launch a takeover. The latter of course requires an incredible amount of organization which in turn would require an incredible amount of planning. In 2012 Forbes magazine estimated Manchester United FC as having 659 million fans worldwide. Forbes is very reputable as a magazine but this figure could be wildly inflated. If it isn't we could buy the club w/ approx. 6 pounds each. I know, ridiculous that that could happen, right, but it does illustrate that if people who love the club and actually do have a lot of money did pool their resources a consortium is not such a crazy idea. The boycott may be small but would be a very good start; even to make each of us feel better about ourselves. As Henry Ford said “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”.
Liverpool playing for a CL title. City winning league titles, and F A cup finals, meanwhile we have a twitter campaign. It’s official, the club is in crisis.
darrentod Arsenal potentiality win the Europa cup. Spurs and Chelsea in top 4. MU ? Still debating who to appoint for DOF. FO Woodward
Unfollow them on every social media platform, not just twitter
Exactly
Sempre Flamengo To send a message and make the current owners sell the club or change their business strategy.
i have LOL
youtube aswell
@Sempre Flamengo The one who's destroying the club is you with your stupidity. Do you really think those zionist bastards would give af if the fans protest outside the stadium?
I'd like to see all football clubs owned by the fans. It's the only way
Bet Citeh fans wouldn't agree with you.
@@carlranger8060 Think I care about City fans ?
Fergie either sabotaged his successors or was an idiot. What he left behind was a shambles of a squad.
Shouldn’t just be a social media thing,
Fans should stop getting match tickets, stop going to watch the games and stop buying kits.
Problem with that is..some else waiting for your tickets
finally a united fan that actually brings up how much debt their clubs in, honestly it could go bust if it carries on
You obviously haven’t been keeping tabs on the their annual financial accounts then?
@@Yewbzee theres a massive difference between financial accounts and the deficit payments. My firm studies and monitors this and united are in a lot of trouble financially than initially thought. The debt is a real issue.
I didn’t comment on how satisfactory their financial position is. Your comment was that they could go bust if they continue. That statement is absolutely ridiculous if you have read their financial accounts each year.
“Go bust” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@BenJones-xw9bp United is like America yes there in a lot of debt but the money they generate every year allows them to prevent going bust
Stephen, love you mate, love your work, love FTD. But fans not living in Manchester really feel helpless. You, Gaz, Adam, Andy, Paul and all of you were born there. But we choose to be there. and it's not just the club mate. ISSUES LIKE WE DON'T HAVE AN ACADEMY STADIUM. BUT WE HAVE TO STOP GENERATING REVENUE FOR THE GLAZERS.
Let’s hope it works, I’m losing my love for my club because of how it’s run
Same here mate. Thing is, I'm not on twitter! The only real way to alter whats happening is to stop watching the team. Stop buying kits and merchandise, don't renew season tkts Organise peaceful demos against the board.
The alternative is too horrible to think about.
Simon Curtis I never said I’m crying cos I’ll always stick by my team, I’m just saying that I hate the glazers because of what they have done to our club
Your not the only one mate
@Simon Curtis you're naively stupid if you think we will be back in no time with these owners smh 6 fucking bloody years and counting
@Simon Curtis Stop trolling . Go and play with your dolls.
What really makes me sick is that the glazzers and ed probably hear what were saying but they don't give a shit. I just wish there was some hierarchy that could remove them from power.
Better get that Saudi Prince to buy the club outright
Paul Estrada isnt he the guy who had a journalist killed , no thanks....
Too true. As long as they can keep taking money out of the club they won’t care. United will still be a massive brand that makes money. All the money from business partners/sponsors and TV is already there. They won’t lose that until we have 2 or 3 seasons outside the top 6.
@@onyebuchii2317 well the Glazer's will continue to keep taking money and buying players only to seek their own interests and not for the benefit of the club
Why hasn’t anyone in the fandom taken Ferguson to task for our decline. After all, he sowed the seeds of our downfall. He was complicit in the Glazers’ takeover, he left the squad to deteriorate during his final 4 years as gaffer, then came the Moyes appointment. Was indirectly responsible for Mourinho’s appointment, and had a hand in Solskjaer being made long-term coach, and has been giving Solskjaer and the club all kinds of bad advice. He may’ve done a lot of good for the club, but he’s also done us a lot of damage, especially since 2009.
Liverpool have just made a UCL final 2 years on the bounce and Man City are on course to win the PL back to back for the first time since SAF and united are stuck talking about twitter and unfollowing their club🤦🏽♂️
Redmen haven't won the league for 30 years
@@solskjaer1195 That line is going to be old very soon.
Ben Holland to be honest I won’t be suprised in the future the Liverpool fans mock us for not having one won a title in thirty years
Ben Holland that doesn’t matter 2 UCL finals in 2 years is no fluke, winners or not it eclipses what united are currently doing in the europa
@@daradevlin4093 i mean it's possible (i'd even say very likely) but at least we won premier league years ago and they havent. and we're the only club in english history that has won the triple.
Love the way while he’s talking the follow count keeps going up 😂
I just hate Glazer's face 🤮🤮
Nobody likes it
sad times for man u fans, especially the way man city and Liverpool play
The only thing that will work is a merch and match boycott, but neither will happen. If you really want change, you’re going to need to suffer in the short term to prosper in the long run.
The board and players have made a mockery of this club it's a disgrace.
True united fans don't follow them on social media. Do we have a thing for social media when we did the treble in 98? Nope.
Hope that young generation players take their football seriously.
Best video on this subject that I've seen. Fair and unbiased without engaging in the mud slinging / top red point scoring that it's easy to turn these things into. We're all United fans at the end of the day and videos like this help to remind fans from across the world that the enemy is not fellow reds, it's the family who plunged this club into debt, appointed incompetent staff and either lack the desire or ability to make the club anything other than a cash cow and a status symbol asset for them. Like always it's the fans who suffer as a result.
Unfollowing them on social media won't do fuckall hit the leeches were it hurts their little pockets. I've decided not to buy the new kit for the 19-20 season as a sign of protest.
As a foreign fan (from South Africa), I have stopped buying merchandise and I have cancelled my subscription to MUTV. I was saving up to watch a game, but I’d rather spend the money elsewhere. I’ll always love Man United. Since an unfortunate FA Cup defeat in 2005, I have always supported the club. But for the sake of those who buy season tickets and bleed Man United, I will no longer contribute money to the club. It’s small, but if other international fans can do the same, it’ll hurt the owners
Absolutely spot on mate, especially on the disabled section & academy we are over a decade behind other teams now 😥
You speak the way united should be playing, measured yet passionate, progressive whilst being in touch with our history, sensible but unrelenting in attack... Man United have a long way to go to get back to where we need to be. But I'm hopeful! I too am interested to learn more about a possible change
As a Liverpool fan from Liverpool, i must say, i enjoy the watching United fall. Though i wanted it happen on the pitch only, not off the pitch. Off the pitch it is awful to see. The lack of respect the English fans and premier league is shown.- The English (Swansea and cardiff) teams need protecting from bad owners.
Newcastle, Arsenal, Cardiff, Blackpool, Portsmouth, Looton, QPR etc...all screwed over by bad owners. It needs the government to introduce regulations to enable the FA to protect them.
Liverpool had a lucky escape from Hicks and Gillette. The fans of all teams need to come together to fight this.
James Michaels Good game with Barca
Wasn't their a plan from a few of the owners of Liverpool in 2002 to move away from anfield. Even as a man u fan that would have been depressing to never see the kop end again.
@@ragvirsinghhothi8848 oh yes one of the things I admire about Liverpool is how they didn't tear apart their heritage like arsenal and Tottenham and westham and Manchester city did and how Chelsea are probably going to
Manu will fall. Mark my words
@@bayuplay10 at this point your just stating the inevitable
The Glazers were clever enough to purchase Fergie’s loyalty because they recognised his standing in the game and sought to gain his approval. They threw money at him but nowhere near enough to keep the club at the top.
The Glazers are what keeps this club down.
NOTHING is going to persuade the Glazers to go except people not walking into the stadium week in, week out.
The problem with having such a big fan base is that we could probably fill OT if the capacity was 150,000 and NONE of the regulars turned up!
Stephen ....THANK YOU! i have said this for year even in the Van gal era. soon as the fans start hitting the clubs commercially and po[ularity. The shareholders take notice, sponsors take notice, Pr teram take notice and then they will act. After that its empty stadium seats and then we will start seeing vchange
We both have been saying this mate. The problem is United fans are sheep and and think its beneath them protest.
We need a helicopter banner saying 'woodward and glazers out' every game. We need boycotting
Club is run like a business. What can we do which will affect glazers pockets. Nothing. So whatever united fans do is futile
There has to be a consortium of wealthy fans who could out them, surely?
@@thewomble1509 they're billionaires. nobody can out them unless the USA turns opposite overnight and starts prosecuting their tax haven criminals like the Glazers.
@@melrakan let's lobby Trump!
@@thewomble1509 do you seriously still think that Trump is against big business, the guy loves to shit on the poor and redistribute wealth from the bottom to the top. he's already given people like the glazers a crap ton of cash in tax cuts
@@melrakan I Know, I'm just desperate to find a solution!
*FC United of Manchester has entered the chat*
The reality is that many United fans couldn’t stomach lowering themselves to part time football. I admire those who have poured their efforts in, but many want only the glory brought by high end football
Step 1: Make a twitter account
Step 2: Follow ManUnited Twitter
Step 3: Unfollow ManUnited Twitter
😂
If only glazers and Ed woodward are on Arya Stark’s list.
Ming Hui - may be Howson is Arya’s disguise.
they wouldnt die anyway, she removed atleast 5 people and has killed 1 of 3 people still on her list lmao
😂
Some of you are purposefully misunderstanding what the protest is about tho. None of the persons pushing the hashtag expect that it will force the Glazers to sell. We aren't dense. The protest is also not against the club but against the fact that the commercial side seems to take precedence over the football side. It's a start. The green and gold campaign was a start and I was really sad when it fizzled out. This new campaign is another start especially for fans outside of England. We do our part, you do yours.
You can go on and debate till the end of times to figure out how we can get a reaction from the Glazers... the solution is simple, all you fans need to take the emotional aspect out of it... you need to view this as a business strategy rather than a football solution. All the Glazers care about is dividends and ROI (which they got a long time ago for the initial purchase of the club)... you want to make them feel dissatisfaction? STOP CONSUMING!! Don't buy season tickets, don't buy the kits, the merchandise, dont watch the broadcasted games... hell don't even partake/consume/support any of the major sponsorship deals they have with other companies.
I'm not letting ED fucking Woodward and the Glazers fuck with my mental sanity over a fucking sport... there are bigger things in life to worry about.
Ps... from an indifferent Utd supporter... 🖕if u don't like it, I'm just a messenger, it ain't my fault you don't like the message
I've been a United fan since I was 9 and I'm now 41. I haven't been to a game at OT for 2 years and sadly, won't be renewing my membership for next season for the first time in over 30 years. The reason for this is because we are now a joke of a football club and I refuse to put any money into that club in its current set up. We have record profits every year yet the owners won't spend what is required to get the club back where it should be. 90% of the players have an appaling attitude and only play for the money, not the badge and until that is instilled back into the players and they understand what a privilege it is to play for United we will continue to finish out of the top 4. The only way things will change is if they are hit where it hurts and people do what I'm doing and don't put any money into the club but I expect they'll always be enough day trippers out there to finance the debt.
I hope Sir Alex along with Beckham, Scholes, Nevelle, Giggs decides to come together and buy our club from the Glazers. I hope this dream of mine somehow come true. Someone please save our beloved football club, our passion, our home, our family, our Manchester United. 😟☹️
Never gonna happen. The only way we can get out of this and it pains me to say but if a rich oil money arab would buy the club. Im hoping for a better an easier solution
@@ThatGuy-du3sq Yeah... it's only my dream unfortunately but I want someone, anyone to buy our club from the Glazers if they're not serious about our club.
how would they afford that?
@@jmenceladus1332 I know that will never happen. Just hoping someone would save our club.
Dahm well said, a guy that said everything I've been telling everyone I know for the past few years. It pains me to watch our club in the state it is. We are heading the way Liverpool did, end up winning no trophies for years after dominating the league. And so called professional footballers under performing on purpose is shameful because they don't agree with their manager is an utter disgrace. We need to spend big and wisely this summer.
How is unfollowing them gonna give us really good players and make us play good🤣
They use twitter to show how there globally a giant if they start seeing people do this protesting they will eventually give in and sell or sort shit out it will happen
@@razah5927 just the unfollow wont be enough, someone who believes in this movement and has information should come out and speak and give fans a proper insight before we choose, knowledge is the power
Any fuckwit who joins that shit clearly has no love for this club, like the Glazer's give a toss about a twitter protest. IF and when we want to protest we need to start with merch of any kind and also a walkout mid game. At least do something to show the fans are angry. As a season ticket holder and fan of 31 years i am struggling to enjoy this club atm, this club has spent buttons on the team in the 8 years since SIR AF left, and what money they have spent so far has been wasteful with the Pogba, Lukaku and Sanchez deals being where most of the recent spending has gone. And you also have to look and comment WHO has bought those players as there has always been strong links to Woodward being the guy who buys the players and seems like he will continue to do so. We have been in freefall for 8 years and real fans have seen this coming and not the armchair fans who thought that when the club was on a winning streak we would win the CL and all that other bullshit
@@curlers8798 a walk out during games won't do much how about protesting outside games and not actually going inside the stadium? Makes more sense
curlers87 a) been 6 years not 8 years. B) buttons? United have spent loads, just erratically .
don't worry folks , the overseas and world wide fan base United had was because they were a very Successful team . As the performance continues to dip so will the fan base , and great players will have second thoughts about signing for the Club . It's all downhill from here . YWWA ( You will walk Alone ). Never supported United , but it breaks my heart to see United in such a sorry state. I can only imagine how Sir Alex and the United Legends must be feeling.
In a liverpool fan unfollowing Twitter not going to work. The only thing would work if fans stop going to the matches that's will hit them in the pocket
Lol your jealous liverpool don't have that much money compared to Man Utd
I don't always agree with SH but this is the most intelligent dissection of the problems at the club on RUclips. Well done mate. Let s make some changes.
Well i have already unfollow them from insta after draw with Huddersfield. It was so frustrating.
You guys are the voice of the fan base around the world. Get the global fan voices together to boycott any further commercialization of the club at the cost of good football. Please.
Flip flop fans on the band wagon. In football you have to take the good with the bad. If your a true red you will know what the glazers have done to old Trafford...and it's not good
Are u blind to how badly our club has been run. We have fallen off so hard now its undeniable
The sad things is - a billionaire paid 200m pounds for Man City - then probably spent 2billion pounds upgrading the squad, refurbishing the stadium, building a youth academy and a world class training complex and facilities...
A billionaire would have to spend 4billion pounds just to buy the current United...
Just stop attending games hahaha make it known in the fancam that the players are playing a sham game. Protest outside of the stadium during the game leaving the stadium empty for 30 games
Very well said. I am not a MUFC fan but I am a football fan and cannot abide what has been done to your club by non MUFC/Football fans. I am so mad I have even collected data myself and I share it below. Nothing you do not already know but useful for reference.
Most of the
capital used by Glazer to purchase Manchester United came in the form of loans,
the majority of which were secured against the club's assets, incurring
interest payments of over £60 million per annum
Leverage takeover
- Manchester United used as collateral for £525 Million debt
Over £1 Billion
taken out of club to service debt brought about by leverage takeover
GLAZER FAMILY DEBT AND DIVIDENDS
When the Glazer
family took over Manchester United in 2005 they loaded £525m in debt onto the
club.
In the 13 years
that have followed, staggering amounts have been paid on servicing that debt,
£275m of which was in the shape of a high-interest loan.
Costs are now
more manageable - last year £24m was spent on financing - but the debt remains
at £487m.
Thanks to a
dividend introduced three years ago the Glazers, who own 97 per cent of
United’s voting shares picked up £18m last year.
The owners and
investors were paid £22m, £23m in 2016-17 and £20m in 2015-16.
A year ago, 4.3m
shares were sold for $17 each. That added in a further £56m for the Americans.
The account gained 27 followers throughout the video, seems to be going well...
I would be happy if 50% of the crowd don't turn up for the Cardiff game in protest against the board and the owner. Going into the transfer window, I think this will send the board a strong message that we fans are not happy at all and we will only be happy to turn up for games or change our mood going into next season if they sign 6-7 class players(not Bale or "Galacticos" signings) that we want in our club.
I’m not sure how I feel about this. Unfollowing them isn’t easy for me. I’d feel mad guilty for some reason 😂
Sometimes you have to do things to make them sit up. Unfollow them only on social media, it's not unfollowing them or stop supporting them. Woodward cares about social media reach, he brags about it.
It's making the board accountable for where we are . Not saying we should win every year .but were getting closer to relegation now .30 pts behind city and were the richest club
Well said Stephen, bold.
My only slightly differentiated opinion is that we may not need necessary "big" transfers like Kylian in terms of popularity.
We need workers who prove their value in the pitch instead of interviews or posts or stories.
Take a look at Bruno Fernandes, Ruben Neves, Harry Winks, Zivkovic, Chiesa, Rodri, Koke, Saul or Rodrigo(Valencia).
Avoid the poisonous Raiola wherever possible.
LOVE UNITED HATE GLAZERS
Arsenal ignored every protest until the fans boycotted the matches...the only thing millionaires notice is money-skip the cardiff match and they will take notice
I don't see what's hard about unfollowing United on social media 🤣🤣
Problem I see with this movement is that we don’t want to give the Glazers the money. But a huge sum of the money comes from merchandise sales in countries like India, South Africa, Thailand, etc. Unlike the majority of fans I know here in India, I’m informed enough to know about movements like this. Most fans here though, aren’t the type to do much other than watch the games and buy the merch. I think for a movement like this to be successful, we need to reach the people in the lesser developed countries that Woodward has reached with his sales strategies.
Glazers are having their best swing at ruining United. I’d love to see ideas to have us find ways to reach fans who don’t even know this problem exists.
I like this unfollow thing, let them fake fans unfollow and leave it for the fans who support the club no matter what. Just don't come back next season when we play good again.
It's "fans" like you that need to piss off. How is fighting to try and save your club fake? It's not an attack on the players or Ole , it's aimed at the fucking BOARD.
There are literally billions of Man Utd fans all over the world but I urge fans there at old Trafford and Manchester who are closer to the club more than anybody should show an expression of disgust in the last game of season such that the current regime of Man Utd including the players should know that this club deserves more everything about the footballing side is not good enough they should understand that man united is not just an financial institution to make money rather its a culture a beacon of inspiration to a lot of people like me in the world , man united is not just a football club it’s a way of life, it’s a symbol of excellence and endurance , don’t let the names of those people who once represented this club with all its glory disappear . I request the fans at old Trafford show something
Funny how there gaining followers as you speak lol
Those who say ThIs iS nOt GoNnA WoRk !
You guy's clearly don't know how powerful social media is nowadays. Remember the arab spring ?
Agreed, if only a couple of thousands unfollow united it won't have the desired impact but if we do it all together even 500k down would make them shiver. Movement started just yesterday and already 20k followers down so yes this can actually work. Stop being pessimistic and act because without its fanbase Man Utd (or any other club) is nothing.
Also you can stop buying merchandise, uninstall the official app etc...
500k down when its 19 million doesnt mean shit either, and no it wont make any of them shiver
I remember first watching football and seeing Vidic Ronaldo Rooney Tevez Ji park evra Valencia nani Giggs and falling in love with how man U played and now I watch them now and I'm like what went wrong... all those legends were never replaced nothing was put in place to replace them when sir Alex retired
Honestly, the best thing this movement can invoke is the education of the majority of fans on how this club is run as a football club and how massively the commercial aspect affects what we see on the pitch.
The moneymen only care about numbers and no doubt collectively, fans can make enough impact to move this club forward.
With Liverpool and Spurs in the CL final, City possibly winning a domestic treble, and Arsenal and Chelsea in the EL final. I can see at least one of these clubs starting next season with more fans than us. I can see a lot of our fans walking away from us. After all, thode clubs are all progressing while we’re regressing. Which normal person would want to support a decaying club???!!!
Every UTD fan read this and you'll know why you have to unfollow man utd. The Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward told investors in May, “playing performance doesn’t really have a meaningful impact on what we can do on the commercial side of the business”. And the fact that Woodward quotes the club's social media followers in every investor report shows how much value they place on it. First thing he said about the Sanchez buy was how many "social media interactions" it created. here enlies the issue. Now you know why it's important to unfollow manchester United.
Please united fans...... Stephen Howson has a very important point.... Let's stand together and make our club great again. I watched Liverpool last night and said to myself that could have been us if the glazer's would have fucked off a long time ago
I dont think its the Glaziers not spending... The structure is wrong:
Transfers under the Glaziers with Alex Ferguson - Nemanja Vidic, Edwin van der Sar, Ji-sung Park, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Owen Hargreaves, Carlos Tévez, Dimitar Berbatov, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, David de Gea, Phil Jones, Ashley Young. Robin van Persie, Wilfried Zaha
Since Ferguson - Juan Mata, Marouane Fellaini, Ángel Di María, Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Daley Blind, Anthony Martial,Memphis Depay, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Morgan Schneiderlin, Paul Pogba, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Eric Bailly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Romelu Lukaku, Nemanja Matic, Victor Lindelöf, Alexis Sánchez, Fred
The only way to challenge these directors is to not buy any club merchandise or tickets. For those who follow matches through some sponsors in form of TV channels, it would be necessary to not pay for the packages for several months. This will make more impact and a statement at the same time.
Well said Steo. With our biggest rivals now dominating domestically and in Europe we need something to move the Glazer's out or we could end up like Villa or Newcastle. This campaign is pointless. Boycotting sky sports, match tickets, season tickets and merch is probably the only way to go. Excellent video. Peace!
I hate the people who are bashing this idea. Every quarterly address they announce social media followers, it is clearly something they care about and will hurt them.
Apparently all season tickets have been sold for next season around 55,000 i believe , thats £35,800,000 a very rough estimate, that does not include match day purchases which i dont have a rough number for but with 76,000 fans im sure they rake in plenty per match at home, so thats where we should start, not buying tickets, empty games no money instead it will cost them to run and play matches, not buying from sponsors inc Adidas aon Apollo kholer etc etc im no expert but pretty sure seeing not even one ticket being sold would do something
The only boycott that will ever work is boycotting matches but the fans will never do that
Your the best man to get all the fans motivated Stephen, your the only one who doesn't rant and spout bullshit . I'm sure you can't ask fans to boycott games, knowing the waiting list. Perhaps late entrance to the ground on match day or early departure or don't spend any money whilst there, I don't know but I think you might 👍👍👍👍
I always remember when I was 10/11 years old, my year 6 teacher (who was a city fan) said the glazers would ruin our club. At the time I thought he was just being bitter but I guess not 😞! I’m 24 now a lot has gone wrong in that time
I wish people would wise up. A team/club cannot win everything for ever. There has to be a rebuilding process at some point.
The Utd team used to have Vidic, Rio, Neville, Evra, Scholes, Giggs, Ronaldo and Rooney. None of those players have yet been replaced in the team.
We now have a new manager and cannot jump the gun. The club are spending money so people just need to wise up.
In the time this video was made, 30 people followed United 😂😂
I’ve been thinking lately, a potential route to returning the club to fan ownership could be a system where fans pay a certain sum every month to a pot similar to how I’m sure most fans pay for something like Netflix. The club’s currently valued at £4bn as Howson says in the vid. The club also claims to have 650million fans worldwide. Of course, all of those fans won’t donate £5 per month, not close. But: with enough backing, 10 million Utd fans worldwide might not be a ridiculous amount to aim for. 10 million fans donating £5 every month to get Utd fan-owned lands us £4billion in 80 months. That’s 7 years time. That might seem ages away, but Ferguson retired 6 years ago. It might be worth looking in to.
We need an organisation to get behind, I would not mind paying a few quid a month for membership if proper general meetings were held where plans could be made. If 100 people on twitter say they will do something IRL 10 of them will probably do it, If 100 united fans at a meeting agree to do something I have no doubt at least 90 of them would follow through with whatever was agreed.
I encourage anyone who is going to the game this weekend to wear green and gold. Our fanbase maybe disjointed in some regards but, I think its safe to say that none of us like the direction the club is going. It is time that we let the owners know WE WANT CHANGE.
the best thing to do is not to buy the season ticket, don´t buy the ticket, don´t attend any game that united play.
Liverpool got to the UCL final last year and the keeper let them down, they knew he was a weakness so they got a better keeper who got them into the final this year. United have known their defenders are a weakness for years so they give them new contracts.
Although Man Utd have done sh** preaviouse games still support Man Utd an hope they improve. 1 like = 1 Hope.
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I'm liking this. The trend was supposed to raise awareness and it did. ESPN has an article on this and if more big youtubers can raise awareness on this movement, maybe a proper pacific protest/march can be planned. Positive thing in that is at least all fans are going to be on the same side. Thank you.
Arsenal fans protesting against the board and Wenger was apparently a no-no and everybody here esp. Adam Makola was making fun of that. Now you finally see what it is to support a team that you don't even recognize. And just so we are clear Arsenal fans did this after a decade. You haven't even begun to see how bad it really gets
We've had the money for transfers, but it's not been spent right! 2008 was arguably our greatest and strongest ever team. We reached around 3 Champions League finals from 2008 to 2012 I believe! I don't like the owners, but I don't really think they're the reason why we are struggling now.
For the nay-sayers: doing stg is better than doing nothing at all. You believe you should peacefully protest? Do it, those like-minded will join you. You believe you should unfollow them on all forms of social? Same answer as above. You believe you should stop buying season tickets, kits, etc? Ditto. The point is, just do SOMETHING to show your disappointment. Money talks and they will have to listen, sooner rather than later.
I am absolutely terrified that Smalling and Jones will still be at utd next season!!!! Have a feeling Ole thinks there great boys as he says!!!!!!