I bought a season ticket so that on a Saturday when I'm not at work I can go & watch football. Sky TV is ruining it for everyone. Football is for the fans, its not a TV show. #pnefc
Wayne Rooney gives a brutal assessment of Manchester Unitedโs current state on his podcast:
๐ฃ๏ธ What is going on at Man United? This is not Man United. I don't recognise the whole football club. I don't see players fighting, I don't see character, I don't see desire to win. I donโt see ability, I donโt see match-winners, nothing gets me off my feet. I go to a game watching, expecting, here we go again - expecting the team to lose or maybe pick up a point.
๐ฃ๏ธ "I care for the club. I was at the football club for 13 years and what is going on is not right. And this is not all on the manager, by the way. Iโm seeing players not deserving to wear the shirt. And it hurts. This is not acceptable, whatโs going on. There needs to be a clear message from the owners. Whether that is the Glazers, [minority owner] Sir Jim Ratcliffe, there has to be a message of where this club is going. At the minute we are all sitting there waiting for it to crumble."
๐ฃ๏ธ "It's not even just results on the pitch. It's everything about the club that needs fixing - Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos have walked into a real challenge. We're seeing staff members getting sacked after 20, 30 years who are very important people to that football club. The culture of that football club has gone. I see it on a daily basis. I see staff losing jobs, people walking out of jobs."
๐ฃ๏ธ "I've got two kids [in the academy] at that football club and I really hope this doesn't affect what they're doing. What I'm seeing at that football club is not Manchester United. The soul has gone from the club. It needs a new engine, a new lease of life. It needs something to kickstart that football club. I am not seeing anything which is giving me any confidence, there needs to be big changes in my opinion. Manager, players, whatever that is. Whatever it takes to get Manchester United back."