Post by kstandhand on Jun 15, 2021 9:27:59 GMT
There's MUST for you really sticking to the Glazers!!
Chas Banks • Joel, I'd like to say a big well done for the £11 million pound
investment in the new disabled facilities. That's something really
positive and, I have to say, you've got a good man there in Richard.
I'm on a thing called the Premier League Disability Advisory Group,
and I saw the other clubs that have a Disabled Supporters
Association, we all get together and we meet regularly. I'm the only
one on that group who could phone somebody in Richard’s
position, I've got his number. Don't do it often, but we can speak,
we can communicate, and you've got a really good team. You've
got Collette, you've got Sam in the ticket office, you've got a great
team. It's really good.
• But you being here today, Joel, this is what we need. And we've
needed it for a long time. Now you talked at the beginning about
being emotional, when you heard the statement. So
, I'm going to be
a bit emotional here with what I've got to say to you. I’m 71 in
August and I've been coming since 1957. But when your family took
over the club in 2005 I lost my shares. I've never cashed them in,
I've got them on
the wall here. In my will I was passing those on to
my son. And I still feel hurt, real hurt.
• And since then we've had project after project after project. We've
had the 39th game, Project Big Picture, now the ESL farrago. And
,
consequently
, we've lost our seats at the top table, we've been
kicked off the committees. We’re millions in debt, yet your family
still take 120 million out in dividends and that's the only club in the
Premier League to do so. In fact
, the highest debt as well, apart
from Spurs, but theirs has at least built a stadium. And I want to ask
you if you can imagine from all that distance away, what it feels like
to be a long
-term United fan and gone through what we've gone
through. To see Sergio Aguero going to City, when he wanted to
come to United, but at the same time your sister Darcie taking out a
£2 million pound interest free loan to buy a house. A few months
ago, Avram cashing in £70 million in shares. And it feels, that just
feels wrong to us, when the rain come pouring through the roof at
Old Trafford.
• We used to be the club that others measured themselves by. On
the field and off the field. And the problem is now, people are
laughing at us, Joel. We’ve become a laughing stock. There are
memes on the internet all the time. And there's nothing worse. People say bad things about you, but there's nothing worse than
being laughed at. It's the worst thing that can happen to any
business, and what's actually happening is that is damaging the
brand. So we've got to get ourselves back. We've got to stop that. It's not good enough, things need to change, but they need to
change quickly. So well done for the stuff that you've done, but it
does feel hard sometimes to be a United fan over the last few
years. Thank you.
Chas Banks • Joel, I'd like to say a big well done for the £11 million pound
investment in the new disabled facilities. That's something really
positive and, I have to say, you've got a good man there in Richard.
I'm on a thing called the Premier League Disability Advisory Group,
and I saw the other clubs that have a Disabled Supporters
Association, we all get together and we meet regularly. I'm the only
one on that group who could phone somebody in Richard’s
position, I've got his number. Don't do it often, but we can speak,
we can communicate, and you've got a really good team. You've
got Collette, you've got Sam in the ticket office, you've got a great
team. It's really good.
• But you being here today, Joel, this is what we need. And we've
needed it for a long time. Now you talked at the beginning about
being emotional, when you heard the statement. So
, I'm going to be
a bit emotional here with what I've got to say to you. I’m 71 in
August and I've been coming since 1957. But when your family took
over the club in 2005 I lost my shares. I've never cashed them in,
I've got them on
the wall here. In my will I was passing those on to
my son. And I still feel hurt, real hurt.
• And since then we've had project after project after project. We've
had the 39th game, Project Big Picture, now the ESL farrago. And
,
consequently
, we've lost our seats at the top table, we've been
kicked off the committees. We’re millions in debt, yet your family
still take 120 million out in dividends and that's the only club in the
Premier League to do so. In fact
, the highest debt as well, apart
from Spurs, but theirs has at least built a stadium. And I want to ask
you if you can imagine from all that distance away, what it feels like
to be a long
-term United fan and gone through what we've gone
through. To see Sergio Aguero going to City, when he wanted to
come to United, but at the same time your sister Darcie taking out a
£2 million pound interest free loan to buy a house. A few months
ago, Avram cashing in £70 million in shares. And it feels, that just
feels wrong to us, when the rain come pouring through the roof at
Old Trafford.
• We used to be the club that others measured themselves by. On
the field and off the field. And the problem is now, people are
laughing at us, Joel. We’ve become a laughing stock. There are
memes on the internet all the time. And there's nothing worse. People say bad things about you, but there's nothing worse than
being laughed at. It's the worst thing that can happen to any
business, and what's actually happening is that is damaging the
brand. So we've got to get ourselves back. We've got to stop that. It's not good enough, things need to change, but they need to
change quickly. So well done for the stuff that you've done, but it
does feel hard sometimes to be a United fan over the last few
years. Thank you.