Football Daily | Manchester United give the executive elite another fiasco to chew on
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At one point during Manchester United’s humiliation at the hands of Tottenham on Sunday, the Sky Sports cameras cut to the posh seats in one of Old Trafford’s stands. There they were, all seated together: the lads. More specifically, the Ineos Brains Trust, all employed by minority shareholder and entitled billionaire Sir Big Jim Ratcliffe. Apparently they are the executive elite, the best of the best and tip of the spear when it comes to football club leadership, administration, finance, player recruitment, analytics and in one specific instance, seeming shifty and unconvincing when appearing before government select committees tasked with combating doping in British sport.
Oh dear, I can’t support Harry Webb’s idea of voting for the letter o’ the day (Friday’s Football Daily letters). That would turn you into another social disgrace popularity contest. Can you imagine other vengeful authors ensuring that Noble Francis never wins again? I think your arbitrary and inexplicable bottle-spinning decision-making has its own adequate charm” – Ken Muir.
Not sure if I like Harry’s suggestion. Surely that would lead to a rapidly deteriorating situation involving who could aim the most bots to auto-vote for their chosen candidate, as competitive billionaire social media disgrace owners and leaders of despotic regimes inevitably get drawn in, then compete to achieve personal victory. Consequently Football Daily would be responsible for appreciably heightening international tensions, as the inevitable bad feelings about regularly not getting the prizeless letter o’ the day nomination (I speak from personal experience) overflows into bitter resentment and a deteriorating geopolitical situation” – Steve Malone [so you’re saying it’s a no? – Football Daily Ed].
Harry’s idea is a great one. It will reflect how engaged and committed your readership is. Oh” – Andrew Kluth.
Arsenal’s Riccardo Calafiori has been quoted on Italian TV, getting caught up in the excitement and then contradicting himself by saying: ‘It’s a bit early to say I’ve won over the fans, but I’ve made them love me straight away.’ Feels like that’s right up there with Tony Blair’s classic: ‘A day like today, it’s not a day for soundbites really, we can leave those at home. But I feel that, I feel the hand of history upon our shoulder” – Noble Francis.
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