one thing that has been really striking in the woodward years is that there's often been a real sense of certainty and satisfaction self-satisfaction that this is going to work out we might have made mistakes before but this is a this is a great deal this is a great appointment they were like that with with van gaal was there was a real sort of imprisoned new clothes element to that that not dissimilar in a way to the deal until sort of midway through the second season suddenly there was a sense of panic within united that it wasn't working out but weeks earlier woodward had been describing him as a genius and and why would we need pope guardiola we we've we've got we've got louis van gaal so it's all it's all reactive every step of the way well i mean van gaal then goes to mourinho which is an entirely different style of play then goes to early gonna solve again an entirely different style play rang nick is uh you know in terms of the the the his his tactical preferences we've made a video that's gone on this channel fairly recently about that um but again it's a you know a little bit of a jump from what show was doing you used the word reactive there i think you've also used it as well today matt it seems like a big theme as part of uh as part of his tenure and and statement signings marquee signings and and that desperation to sort of flex the muscles i i think the um i think the ronaldo deal certainly fits in into into that category i think a lot of people would say it was a no-lose situation um i think there has been a downside to it that that has been apparent i thought i don't think i think if soul shark could turn the clock back you i mean would would he have done it would you say that maybe it sort of destabilized the team a little bit after the progress of last season i don't know he might he might be so loyal to loyal to the the manchester united ethos the cristiano ronaldo cult the the that he says yes he's glad he did it yes he's glad he spent a few weeks working with him but i don't think it did him any favors when we look to the future matt richard arnold is stepping in to take over who is richard arnold who is he well he's come he's cut from the same cloth to be honest in many ways he's he's an old university pal of woodward they went to bristol university together uh he's an accountant by trade uh came through price ward house uh it was a success in saudi arabia he was involved in the privatisation of one of their telephone companies i think but he's worked at united a long time and he's come through that sales team that woodward built yeah so again you know you can often tell a lot about companies and you know if we weren't talking about football for a minute if we just took loads of companies you know what's important to the company where do they think the future and the growth of the business is you can tell
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