That about sums them up, they have enough cash, even after the Glazers have creamed off the top, but throwing cash at their problems masks the real dilemma, they've no plan. Most Premier League clubs don't seem to have a plan worthy of the name beyond the immediate stay up, cup run. The bigger clubs might build a stadium and have a piece of paper somewhere that has five year plan written on it, but City is the only Premier League club where (beyond bricks and mortar) you can actually witness it, taking place, year on year.
Purely in business terms, from the outside looking in, its easy to see that United have structural problems, its dominant position in the market place is both a strength and a weakness, its a strength because the inept management can damage but not sink the ship, but its a weakness because unsinkable as Utd is, she just drifts aimless about with the odd lurch when tons of cash are shovelled in to the boiler.
None of this can be admitted of course and when you soak this mess in entitlement sauce, a sprinkle of crass of 92, a whiff of pisscan, a dash of istry, a pinch of media sycophancy and Scudamore's dominant brand seasoning served on a bed of salty tears from their trillion strong fan base, the whole dogs dinner is an unedifying mess.
