United thread 2019/20

[markprendy]

I wouldn't mind but wasn't the original survey asking football fans if they watched any united games among other games and this counted as a "fan"?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

The shitty man united went to Rome to see the Pope...

 

[TCIB]

As long as this news makes the Glazers secure and happy then that is just great for me. Can a finance person tell me if this is likely to pacify them and keep them in their comfy rut please? I mean looking at the dates alone they can pat themselves on the back with the illusion they did it and not natural growth (largely) right?

If the Glazers get comfy with this news then fucking brilliant as far as i am concerned.

 

[Vienna_70]

SHOW ME THE MONEY
could not care less ??? he would have had to prove himself at man city and pep and at united he walks straight into the first team no questions ask other than are you fit ???

the money united paid was daft for a unproven defender at this level unless united are no longer in that bracket ??? for a world class defender £80million is crazy money and everybody question city with stones and walker, well lets see in 3 season what maguire has in medals and titles over stones and walker

I wouldn’t say that Maguire is unproven, but he certainly isn’t world class.

 

[TCIB]

Ignore me, i just saw it was a gloat from the club it's self, wunderbar!

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Ignore me, i just saw it was a gloat from the club it's self, wunderbar!

Just imagine the waiting list for season tickets and Harry Maguire shirts now.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

So basically the rags paid a company to tell them and their sponsors what they want to hear.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I wouldn't mind but wasn't the original survey asking football fans if they watched any united games among other games and this counted as a "fan"?

That was the 659 million "fans" one, yeah.

It vaguely makes sense in that that's how many people would see a sponsor's logo, but ignores the fact that a good portion of those people would be less likely to buy the thing if it appeared on their shirt.

 

[Stoned Rose]

So, they’ve won f*** all for years, but United’s support has risen by 2/3rds in 7 years.

I personally think it’s all down to Mr Potato Crisps, 1 of their main sponsors.

From the Kantar website.

Kantar survey for Manchester United reveals over a billion fans and followers
Published on: 16 August 2019

As one of the world’s most successful and well known sports teams, Manchester United wanted to better understand and quantify the number of fans and followers they have in order to articulate their position at the forefront of sports brands.

To achieve this, we worked with Manchester United on a global survey to ascertain how many people around the world identify as a fan or follower of the club. The survey was conducted across 39 countries, comprised over 54,000 respondents and took place over the first six months of 2019. It repeats a similar survey conducted in 2012 – also by Kantar – to ensure comparability of approach, methodology and results.

The research results revealed a fan and follower base for Manchester United of 1.1 billion people, comprising 467 million fans and 635 million followers*.

This represents an increase of over 400 million on the similar survey conducted in 2012. The largest increases were in the Asia Pacific region, in particular China, where the number of fans and followers grew from 108 million in 2012 to 253 million today.

Antonio Wanderley, Kantar Global CEO, Sports, comments "As the global appeal of football continues to grow, it is vital for clubs like Manchester United to understand the experience and behaviour of their fans around the world. The scale of this survey is significant, with 74% of the world’s adult population represented across 39 surveyed markets, to give a robust representation of football’s fan base. Using online interviews we statistically extrapolated the global number of fans and followers of Manchester United using a wide range of variables, from TV viewing data and social media usage through to FIFA rankings and GDP metrics."

*‘Fans’ are defined as those who answered survey questions, unprompted, with the answer that Manchester United was their favourite football team in the world. The term ‘follower’ is defined as those individuals who answered survey questions, unprompted, with the answer that Manchester United is a football team that they proactively follow in addition to their favourite football team

Haven’t these dicks been telling us for years they have 659m fans?

They’ve now got 467m according to this?

Bit of a drop off that.

Must be the allure of all that 6th place glory.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

So basically the rags paid a company to tell them and their sponsors what they want to hear.

Whatever makes them happy, I honestly see them as presently about where we were when Peter Reid was player-manager in the early 90's.