Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Sign the MUST pledge

25,ooo new members yesterday on the back of the news that they have set a target of 100,000 members to show the fanbase is serious, and still rising.
http://action.joinmust.org/page/s/AreYouUnited

the purchase of the debt is one of the ways that the red knights are exploring as a way of forcing the Glazer's to sell
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/7355277/Red-Knights-to-target-Glazers-debt-in-bid-for-Manchester-United.html

Specualtor's start to buy bonds on the back of the Red knight confirmation that they will try to buy the club
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article7047357.ece

Gill To insist everything is hunky dory in the world of Manchester United under the ownership of the Glazer's at today's soccerex conference.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/gill-insists-manchester-united-are-well-run-1915211.html

Profile of Goldman Sachs man Jim O'Neill
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/7352107/Jim-ONeill-Profile-of-Manchester-Uniteds-Red-Knight.html

The redknights may look to individual MUST members to cough up
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/red-knights-we-can-save-united-ndash-if-fans-pay-1632500-each-1914822.html
I'm not sure about this, the average supporter doesn't have anything like a spare £2,500 knocking about. Maybe they just want anybody that has to join in.

United fans are leading the way and maybe pointing to the future, we are not powerless at all.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/02/manchester-united-red-knights-glazers

There are still some cynics, this report tells us to remember Swales.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/markogden/100005680/will-overthrowing-the-glazers-really-lead-to-utopia-at-manchester-united/
I admit that they may not turn out to be what we hoped, but from we do know about them, there is just absolutely no chance they can be worse than the scum that are raping the club at the moment, no way.

Meanwhile on the playing side, remember that, Owen says he doesn't want to leave. He would rather be a back up squad member at United than be a regular elsewhere. He really didn't like his time at Newcastle did he.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/mar/02/michael-owen-manchester-united

Petitions are all the rage, here is the one to save 6music, i'm on there somewhere.
http://www.petition.fm/petitions/6musicasiannet/1000/

Hamish M'cRae warns the goverment or goverment to be to resist any big changes at the BBC, one of the few world class institutions left in this country. Unfortunately we all know that the tories are dancing to Rpupert's tune and he will expect his pound of flesh, and if they win he will get it.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hamish-mcrae/hamish-mcrae-now-its-the-bbcs-turn-to-experience-a-dose-of-reality-1914767.html

The Economist's politics man reckons the Ashcroft saga does matter for the tories. It raises questions about Cameron's judgement.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2010/03/david_cameron_and_lord_ashcroft

Ian Dury and the Blockheads introduced by the great Peter Cook

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