Well nobody expected us to sign 7 players.
Solskjær press conference vs Everton (A)
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he said 1 or 2 after the barca game, and he's made it clear in that press conference that its a very slow and gradual change.
These aren't vague statements, he obviously sees a rebuild as a slow process. Thats fine, however i think that's all the confirmation we need as fans to see some leaving, but not much coming in straight away.
Half the Caf transfer muppets want that though.
God help this place if we don’t sign at least 4 players this summer.
i wasn't focusing on that bit,
when you combine "1 or 2 players" with "being realistic", "no quick fix", "step-by-step". I think he's being genuine in the 1 or 2 players in comment.
I think he's all but confirming more leaving than replacements. Hence we will likely have a lean summer for transfers.
Only one or two signings would be a disgrace though. I'd be happy with four.
We need a lean summer. We’ve got too much dross here.
Plus, expect Ole to promote from the youth. Greenwood and one or two others will get game time next season.
Well as long as you’re happy...
We was never going to sign 7 though. 1 or 2 means positions that need replacing get replaced. So no extra left back, no extra striker no luxury midfielder.
CB, RB, CM and RW. The rest gets fixed as we go along.
It's all well and good Ole saying, 'no quick fix', 'step by step', 'seven signings won't gel' , etc, he is absolutely right of course, but he must know the last thing he'll have is time if we struggle badly again next season.
You don't think the team needs more than 1 or 2 players...?
God help this club more likely.
Fair point, I've been critical of Ole but you're right. He says the right things, let's get behind him and hope he can deliver though
I think four is definitely not being a muppet it's being realistic due to our obvious problems, 1 signing would be utter shite unless it is Messi, 2 wont be much better again unless they are both top, top talents.
I just hope it's.not signing players for the sake of it. I'd rather sign 2-3 world class players than 6 middle of the road players who won't have much impact on our league position.
There will be 3-4 surely. He's saying 1-2 to keep a low profile in the market.
Yet he still hasn't criticized Rashford even as indirectly as he has done Martial and Sanchez, who he said must do more at one point. I hope he isn't biased towards English/academy players.
It is also true. We have been buying stupidly for a while, it does not help. We also probably sold a few that we should have kept.
I think we will buy 6 at most, but outgoing will probably be more than incoming. I will not be surprised if he uses academy kids to fill the squad out overall.
By the sound of things, we’ve actually got a strategy going on behind the scenes.
The scattergun approach that happened under LVG and Jose didn’t help whatsoever.
I think Ole wants to bring in a few, sell the dross and promote the talented youth players.
It’s always going to be this way under the Glazers. We won’t go out and do a City or a Real Madrid in one summer. You’re supporting the wrong club if you demand that.
People saying God help this place if we don't sign four. If we come out of this window with only 1-3 additions god help the fecking team cause I can guarantee you we will still be shit again.
We are talking 4-5 minimum needed. It is not being a Muppet it is being realistic about how bad we are and how we wasted last summer's window.
We are talking 4-5 minimum needed. It is not being a Muppet it is being realistic about how bad we are and how we wasted last summer's window.
i don't care about the 7 players comment, as i've already stated above. My comments were in regards to his language used in transfer speculation. He's not pushing for dramatic change. It could be very likely that we buy a herrera replacement, a RB like Wan-Bissaka and a CB like Toby Alderwierald and that's it for the window. Yet we sell 5-6 players.
until i see it, i'll take ole at his word. Based on all those comments, i'd stuggle to see more than 3 signings.
Buying four players is hardly "doing a City or a Real". I have zero faith in the strategy behind the scenes, but I'll be hoping for the best obviously!
Mate I’d love us to bring in four players that will immediately strengthen us. I just don’t see it happening until the dross is sold first.
Four first reamers, not 2 plus Grant and Dalot type of players.
He has been one of our best attackers, and even when he has an off game he puts in massive effort. He has played on even while injured. Of course he is not going to criticize him. Young players can be inconsistent, but the important part is that they put effort, which he always does, unlike Martial.
Yeah, I agree that they have to shift quite a few players as well. A busy summer, in and out, is really needed.
I agree. The problem is we need at least 4 of those quality additions. We need a starting RB, CDM/CM, RW and CB. In the best case scenario we need 2 additions for the midfield.
Yes, obviously.
Wasn't that obvious last summer.
It was obvious to the fans and the manager - not so much to Woodward.
So the media all come out with nonsense about a revamping of the squad after a poor run of form, while Ole says that we aren't gonna go crazy in the market. Woodward has the fans on puppet strings. Loads of talk and little action.
This was very predictable and many of us predicted it. Renewals to several players this season meant there was next to no chance of a massive clear out and revamping.
This was very predictable and many of us predicted it. Renewals to several players this season meant there was next to no chance of a massive clear out and revamping.
Granted but we have Mata, Herrera(possibly), Valencia, Rojo and Darmian going. So that’s room for 4 signings. I don’t see the problem and why your holding onto the 1-2 words.
Is that even possible though money-wise these days? We only consider world class players good enough additions here on the Caf, and those players cost about 100m each. Sicne we can't spend 400m, the club will never do enough business to satisfy the muppets on here.
I hope Ole is not being serious saying we need 1 or 2 players or he'll be in for a shock.
We need at least four top players going straight into the lineup. A striker, rb, rw and a cm.
If he's talking about reality then he needs to be realistic.
We need at least four top players going straight into the lineup. A striker, rb, rw and a cm.
If he's talking about reality then he needs to be realistic.
Good players don't only cost 100 million.
We'll probably bring in four first team players.
Valencia/Fellaini/Herrera/Mata/Rojo and Darmian free up some funds.
Will be a big summer thisyear.
We need a RW, CB, CM, RB (priority order). Buy those four, get rid of as many duds as possible and promote youth where needed.
Stability and planning. You seem to want both that and a crazy overturn of players which we’ve witnessed for the last 5 years.
So if your so indecisive why do you expect so much from the club.
Well Valencia is going, I think and hope Mata will go. Herrera looks like he is on his way. We will surely sell Darmian at least and would not be surprised if we sell Pereira also plus we sold Fellaini in January.
1 or 2 would not be sensible at all and the likes of Chong, Gomes, Greenwood etc look in desperate need of a loan next season so I'd imagine they will be ready for the following season.
4 very good players for me would be a minimum requirement just to keep us challenging to get top 4. Anyway it will be very interesting to see what happens.
Like someone said above, it’s probably Ole being secretive because the market is difficult to operate in if every selling club in the land knows we’re after 4/5 players.
Keep it low key and quiet - like we used to.
Those two aren't mutually exclusive though.
God help the team if we don’t. There’s really no excuse for us not doing that. And while I agree with him that it will be a slow process to improve the team it will be even slower if we only managed to get one or two improvements every summer.