Tag: Ed Woodward

  • #GlazersOut

    #GlazersOut

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    Sunday 2nd May 2021 saw perhaps the most significant fan protests in living memory, as hundreds of Manchester United fans ensured that what is traditionally the biggest fixture in the English football calendar was postponed. This attracted global media attention, attracting both praise and condemnation; but no-one doubted that this represents a zenith for the…

  • Is This All Part Of The ‘Plan’?

    Is This All Part Of The ‘Plan’?

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    With the benefit of hindsight, the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson was inevitably going to cause massive issues at Manchester United. Despite the Scot’s advancing years, virtually all aspects relating to football were overseen or controlled by him. He was and is an incredible man, an unrivalled leader, and a master delegator. This enabled the…

  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – The Cost of Inaction

    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – The Cost of Inaction

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    Tim Ferriss is an American entrepreneur, best-selling author, and host of his own hugely popular podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which focusses on ‘the tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers’. Ferriss is obsessive and relentlessly inquisitive in ensuring that his many business ventures and investments are successful. This is characterised by…

  • 5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 1-2 Swansea City

    5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 1-2 Swansea City

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    By Jason Freeman 1. History suggests things will improve There weren’t many positives to take from yesterday’s game, it was an awful performance and result. After a good pre-season with 6 wins out of 6 things looked good, when it really mattered today the players didn’t produce though and that is a big disappointment. The…

  • Shawly It’s Only The Beginning

    Shawly It’s Only The Beginning

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    By Matthew Jones WHAT’S that old saying about buses. You wait all year for one and then…ahh you get where I’m going with this. What a week it was for Manchester United. Just as the transfer rumour merry-go-round was about to go into meltdown, the nightmarish summer fever that we succumbed to in 2013 was…

  • The Baby Face From Bilbao

    The Baby Face From Bilbao

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    By David Gee (@DavidGee26) One of the most exciting World Cups in recent memory may be in full flow, but already thoughts are turning back to domestic competition. For many associated with Manchester United, the festival of football in Brazil is merely providing the opportunity to scout potential targets and perform an early assessment of…

  • Keep Your Hair On, Fellaini’s Here

    Keep Your Hair On, Fellaini’s Here

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    By Matthew Jones WHEN relative unknown marketing guru Ed Woodward was announced as David Gill’s successor at Manchester United earlier this summer, it was reported that he would remain largely in his Mayfair base in London rather than relocate to Stretford. After the flak he has taken for his handling of United’s transfer window dealings…

  • Another Fine Mess

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    By Lewis Mayer As was the case in 2008, United’s summer transfer business concluded last night with the solitary signing of a proven Premier League player. In 2008 it was Dimitar Berbatov who joined the ranks at Old Trafford after a long couple of months of Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill battling to get…