'Honest and truthful' or 'a load of tosh'? Fans on Ratcliffe interview
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We asked for your views on the comments of Sir Jim Ratcliffe in his interview with BBC sports editor Dan Roan on Monday.
He said some players are "not good enough" and some are "overpaid".
Here are some of your comments:
Jeff: Ratcliffe is correct. United are suffering from the hangover of years of Glazer ownership, saddling United with their debt and 10 years of mismanagement by Ed Woodward when they overpaird for players and gave long contracts on exorbitant wages. Amorim has a hard job to do and will need full backing of the board. Some players will need to be gone in the summer - Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford, Casemiro, Luke Shaw, Christian Eriksen, and possibly Rasmus Hojlund who has failed through no fault of his own. Centre forwards don't score when starved of service from the wings.
Christine: Ratcliffe's thoughts are honest and truthful about where the club is and running out of funds. Ralf Rangnick said it is how it is and he got out quickly. The club has ran on such a toxic culture on and off the pitch that not only would we have had not good enough players on more money than they should be, the club would be bankrupt by the end of this year. Why do you think the Glazers sold to Ineos to get United out of this mess? Open heart surgery is taking place to save United.
John: Give the manager time. I think they should keep giving the academy players more playing time and get rid of the deadwood. I never got free meals in my job so I think Ratcliffe is right. In time and with some hard decisions and investment in young players, I think the future will hopefully get better.
Geoff: Cannot disagree with anything he said other than -the psychological impact of replacing the Glazers would be hugely beneficial.
Steve: In my view, the Manchester United owners are not good enough and overpaid - and they diminish rather than improve the young men they employ. They demonstrate that it is possible to exploit some when paying them too much and others by paying them peanuts. I'm out after 68 years.
Anthony: For me, it's obvious that he has to produce a financial reward to his investors by the next financial year. The redundancies and charging staff in the canteen will have minimal financial gain for the club. His claim 'Manchester United will be broke by Christmas' if changes are not made is, in my view, rubbish. They are the most supported and most famous football club in the world. I partially agree with him saying that some of the players aren't good enough'. They should be, but only twice throughout this whole season, have they actually put a decent shift in against Liverpool and Arsenal. The solution is a clearout at the end of the season.
Jim: Run out of money? What a lot of absolute tosh.
Paul: The only question you needed to ask Sir Jim was: "What makes you think you are the man to turn Manchester United back into winners?" Going on a tour to tell everyone all the mistakes you've made isn't exactly going to inspire confidence.
