I agree the most significant thing here is that the media - who if it is City never let any trivial thing rest - do not seem to give a hoot any more.
Someone, somewhere must have as much doubt as many of us do that this confession is the start and end of the story. But nobody is even bothering to ask questions any more.
On Sunday when we have to protect everyone at the Etihad for an England v Turkey game (a terrorist dream fixture) if anything tiny goes wrong then there will be a government enquiry and questions in the house.
Nobody at United has been asked or has answered why something like this fake bomb could sit in a hospitality area of a place open to the public every day or in the build up to a 75,000 crowd attending for four days without anyone finding it.
That has repercussions far beyond United. For all grounds. For cinemas, entertainment complexes etc etc.
We have to find out why this happened and stop it happening again.
So why everyone is seemingly disinterested in the media because some twerp has said it was all his fault I do not know.
The fact something was there might be his fault.
The fact nobody found it was very much not his fault and is really the thing that actually matters here.
Correct. The security guy is guilty of a mistake Utd are guilty of gross negligence. How Utd can be lauded for a smooth evacuation they should be held up for a disgraceful breach of security that could have endangered many supporters.
Questions for Ed Woodward -
Why have United not apologised yet to 77000 customers.
What due diligence did they do on Deacon Canines.
Were they aware Deacons sub contracted work.
What due diligence did they do on the security guy.
Were they aware he was bringing 15 dummy bombs into the ground. This is a key question and should have been escalated to the highest level within OT.
How did they satisfy themselves they were indeed dummy bombs.
Did they agree to the bombs being distributed around the ground.
Were they aware of the locations.
What arrangements were made to meet the security guy when he arrived and what checks were made.
Did they count how many devices he had.
What arrangements were made for him when he left the ground, for example were the devices counted.
Why wasn't the device discovered when they tidied up the suite or indeed the following four days.
Why wasn't the device discovered on the full sweep of the ground on match day.
The U.K. is currently listed as Severe as regards potential terrorist activity. The negligence and cavalier attitude shown by MUFC should act us a wake up call to all venues throughout the UK. The press should not pander to Utd and be afraid of highlighting this.