I think it would be nice if they showed up at some point. It's just a basic courtesy really. I couldn't care less whether they come over a lot but it's not exactly weird to think that it might be nice if they just took 2 hours out of their lives to go and watch a match.
Jacko93
Player Valuation: £35m
They've been and met the whole team at Finch Farm I believe. At least thats what Jaoa Virginia said.
I assume he's just referring to representatives there rather than the Friedkins themselves, but I more meant being visible to fans anyway.
Like I said, I don't necessarily care about it, and I certainly wouldn't expect them to be turning up to every game, but I think there's a certain level of buy-in you expect from a football club owner and I don't think them turning up to a game once a season or whatever is a huge amount to ask. There's no point comparing being a football club owner to being a normal home worker, that's a bizarre false equivalence that people are using. Football is an emotive sport, clubs mean a lot to fans and they want to feel like the owner properly understands that.
If everything goes incredibly well then nobody will really care if they never turn up, but in the more likely event that there's a bit of a bumpy ride then never having stepped foot inside the ground will work against them very quickly.
If they smash the transfer window, will anyone care whether they are at a game or not.
Lets be frank, they will be sitting in a corporate suite eating an over priced chicken supreme dinner, they wont be walking down Regent Road with a bag
of cans and a programme under their arm.
Im not Bill Kenwrights biggest critic on here, but the Super Bloo, seen to be doing locally, Boys pen, Uncle Cyril, holding court in the corporate area stuff - is part of what has kept us a big historical parochial club in what is now a world wide global game. It doesn't matter.
In a weird way I'm not sure it would have felt right in they had parachuted into Goodison waving right at the end.
Plus i hear Dan has a bad neck.
Lets be frank, they will be sitting in a corporate suite eating an over priced chicken supreme dinner, they wont be walking down Regent Road with a bag
of cans and a programme under their arm.
Im not Bill Kenwrights biggest critic on here, but the Super Bloo, seen to be doing locally, Boys pen, Uncle Cyril, holding court in the corporate area stuff - is part of what has kept us a big historical parochial club in what is now a world wide global game. It doesn't matter.
In a weird way I'm not sure it would have felt right in they had parachuted into Goodison waving right at the end.
Plus i hear Dan has a bad neck.
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John from Bootle
Player Valuation: £20m
I'd prefer them to keep their distance tbh. It's not like they've appointed themselves chairman/ceo/kit man.
United are currently doing their best to let too many cooks (and mice) spoil the broth. We've been there in the recent past too. Just let the people you've employed do the jobs they're paid to do, and if they can't, then replace them with somebody else. They're (Friedkins) not qualified to run a football club, and I for one am glad they'll take a backseat, it's much more preferrable to having somebody like Mosh sticking his oar in and ballsing everything up.
Tommy Chong
Player Valuation: £70m
That, plus Dan's a proper businessman who will know how important it is to appoint the right people into the right positions.
Mosh didn't do that... Most of his board appointments were complete and utter sh.tshows, from start to finish, to be quite honest.
John from Bootle
Player Valuation: £20m
Not to mention the fact that they were also mainly lame ducks, and that stretched to the manager(s) and DoF(s) which just served to exacerbate the problems. In fact, truth be told, even to this day there's suspicions that not only most of appointments were lame ducks, but he himself was the king of the lame ducks. Utter shambles.
brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
It's just about attending a game very occasionally that's all, and particularly given the historical importance attached to the first game at our new home. There will be lots of people who would dearly love to be there but cannot, so you'd expect the Owner and Chairman to make time in his schedule for it.
It would be a bit odd if he was never interested in taking in a game. Even if his intention was to flip the club in the near future, his group have committed a lot of time, money, and personnel to this venture. Surely there is some basic level of human curiosity at the least to see for himself what he's got. If it was just another hotel or something, it would be different.
All that said, I do think he will show up for a game in the near future.
It would be a bit odd if he was never interested in taking in a game. Even if his intention was to flip the club in the near future, his group have committed a lot of time, money, and personnel to this venture. Surely there is some basic level of human curiosity at the least to see for himself what he's got. If it was just another hotel or something, it would be different.
All that said, I do think he will show up for a game in the near future.
Fonzy
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Bill Kenwright was visible so was Moshiri but both were a disaster for the club.
Don’t care if they come BM or not long as clubs doing well.
All Italian press told us didn’t give interviews, didn’t court media, few visits to Romes ground but not every game. So we were warned in advance.
I don't really see what that's got to do with anything and i'm not sure why people keep mentioning it. They weren't a disaster because they were visible, so it's not really relevant. As I've said a number of times, I'm not saying they should be here for every game and giving interviews every other day, just that I would expect them to show their face at an occasional game just as bit of a gesture and to buy themselves a bit of goodwill. It's not that it will magically make the better owners, it's just an optics thing.
The point people are making is precisely that there is no correlation between visibility and competence of ownership (not that there is an inverse correlation).
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
It's about respect, not competence.
No, the point people are making is about competence.
For you, it's about respect, and that's valid.
Most people defending their lack of visibility are more willing to accept it so long as they do a good job. They took quick action to steer us in a more positive direction, and this summer will be a bigger test of what's to come. If there's little to no progress in a year's time, then more people will question the lack of engagement and visibility.
If, however, they make solid decisions and invest in a forward-looking squad, then I suspect most people will accept their lack of visibility in trade.
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