Football Thoughts

Manchester United finds itself in an all too familiar position. Calamity feels more comforting, more familiar, in recent years than anything that sounds like consistency or structure. It has become the norm, and it now officially embodies the Glazers’ incompetent reign as longstanding majority owners of the club as Sir Jim Ratcliffe and co look poised to attack the mission impossible with their 25% stake.  But, at the very least, it is a stake that carries with it the football decision-making responsibility (Translation: Joel and Avram ridding their position of the little snippet that requires interest and care for the actual sport and officially being able to focus their attention exclusively on Manchester United, the business. Though the last decade suggests they sacked off caring about the on-field product long ago). So yes, as a consolation, if one can get over the sickness that comes with knowing that INEOS have pumped more of their own money into the club in a matter of month...