It led to Joel appearing on the club’s in-house television channel, MUTV, to speak for the only time to the supporters in an attempt to allay their fears. “The only thing that is going to change views is things that happen over time, so I caution people that this is a marathon and not a sprint,” Glazer said in July 2005. “Judge us over the long haul, don’t judge us on a day or the last several months. We would have not got involved with Manchester United if we did not feel that the club, under our ownership, could continue to be the great club it has been.