Just sign someone ffs!
Adrien Rabiot / completing formalities at Juventus
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Ed has probably been on holiday mate. Even he deserves some time off as much as we all don't like the job he is doing. When else is he supposed to take time off?
I would say that 2/3 moves have all been signed off for weeks though and will be concluded when he returns. The other 1/2 might take a few more weeks.
I would say he better taking time off during the season than during the transfer part whilst the club requires a rebuild.
Hardly any business has been done yet. By any club. Calm down
We need more work than most clubsHardly any business has been done yet. By any club. Calm down
Don't think it works like that. A lot of clubs who have not been involved in cup finals and European finals etc will have been like ghost towns last few weeks.
Ed probably been away with his family somewhere.
Like I said though......2/3 deals will be all but sealed and be concluded soon. Another 1/2 probably need a bit longer.
Don't get the frustration. We can't play any of them in a competitive game until August.
France do it and he plays better for them than he does for us.
So? There's still plenty of time to do business. For most clubs the transfer window has only just opened.
You are neglecting the fact quite a few players have already been tapped up by clubs. Rodri, Jovic, etc etc. Deals are announced late June but are in the making for a lot longer.
History tells you our club tend to go on holiday regardless of whether or not they have their plan lined up (just hired new manager etc) and end up scrambling towards the end of the window.
We have seen it for 6 years
Allegedly. We've been strongly linked with several players too. Meunier, AWB, De Ligt, Dan James, Rabiot just to name a few. The truth is we won't know which of these rumours turn out to be true untill the clubs announce the deal. Which as you say is usually late June. Which Ole has said is ideally also when he wants most of our business to be done. So untill then, keep calm.
France play an hybrid formation 433/442. Pogba isn't actually in a double pivot and he has Kanté next to him. When Matuidi isn't on the left things get complicated.
What other clubs are doing isn't our concern tbhHardly any business has been done yet. By any club. Calm down
True but I think if we had the movement Frances side has he'd shine at playing through balls. I'd agree that its a bit of a concern him playing that deep but surely against the majority of sides in the league we could get away with that?
The issue is that defensively Pogba isn't savvy, even when he has good stats it hides a pretty big flaw which is that he defends with his athleticism, he is able to overpower and recover ground that he lost because of poor defensive positioning or anticipation and the french setup works well for him because it's based on pressing by the forwards and containment by the defensive players which allow him to have time to get back. It's a weird situation with Pogba because he does his part defensively but his flaws are very obvious and his teammates complement him very well without these particular players I'm not sure that it works as well.
Offensively, he doesn't have as much responsibility, he shares the play making with Griezmann who is as comfortable without the ball as he is with it which allows the both of them to switch roles and impact the game in different ways while fulfilling the same main role.
For me France isn't a good example because it's based on absolute luck, we somehow managed to get the balance of a club at international level, everyone has a role that is very specific.
Yes this or we brun this mother fcker down!
No need for that, as I am actually calm.
The point I am making is that actually it makes no sense to go on holiday at that point when he could go on holiday after the pre season tour, or during the first international break.
Also United need to be way ahead of everyone in the market this summer, that is what is necessary.
I would say that Rodri to City and Jovic to Real are no more done deals than De Ligt and Wan-Bissaka to us, its all just media speculation. As you say, deals are in the making for a long time before they are finalized. I am 100% sure that Woodward has been working with players on our wanted list since the end of the season, but we will not see the result of these negotiations until late June. We cannot assume that everyone else is doing a perfect job while Woodward goes on a holiday for the most important time of the year for his job.
Totally agree .
I agree with you that now is not the time for a holiday and I'm sure he's not actually away on holiday. And yes, it would be nice if we would be ahead of everyone in the market but I'm not sure how that works.
He used to be at Man City right? If I remember that correctly at least he’ll be familiar with his new surroundings the weather and all that but although he wouldn’t be my first choice at this point we just need an injection of quality in midfield and honestly you’re not going to really struggle to find someone of his quality for less than 30mil.
Given I think I read it’s something like a 5 mil signing bonus then just 170k wages this seems like a deal we need. So I’m all for it.
Given I think I read it’s something like a 5 mil signing bonus then just 170k wages this seems like a deal we need. So I’m all for it.
Missing the point, I am not saying that those are done deals, I am saying that the work for getting deals done starts way before June and so a holiday in between doesn't make sense to me. Especially when we have appointed a manager mid season and had to change plans
@Cassidy Missing the point, I am saying that we have tapped up players De Ligt and Wan-Bissaka due to Woodward being on work rather than on holiday in recent weeks. As you say, a holiday for Woodward at this time of the year would make no sense at all, since this is the busiest and most important time of the year for a man in his role.
That’s just Redcafe rhetoric and propaganda. We have completed many an early deal over the last 3 years or so. Others that took longer, like Pogba and Matic were complex deals that were publicly being worked on for a long time.
Mkhitaryan, Zlatan, Bailly, Lindelöf, Lukaku, Shaw, Herrera, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Memphis, Fred and Darmian have all had full pre-seasons with us in their first seasons, and Dalot would have too had it not been for injury.
We don’t exist in isolation in the market, this utopia where we have all players in by June 15th doesn’t exist, for any club, not just ours.
Its the million dollar question, as no way can we accommodate 2 who dont press or recycle possession, if we cant get Pogba doing it then he needs moving on as its a requirement in this league in my eyes. Abit of a conundrum to solve Ole.
I think Ole will stick with Pogba this season but look to compensate by having two very mobile midfielders in the three with him, as weve seen Matic and his immobility highlight Pogbas poor ball recycling more.
I have not said he was on holiday, go back and look at the post which I originally responded to. It is you who has missed the point of what I was saying
Of course he prefers Liverpool - so will every other sane human being at this moment. Luckily for us, there is no evidence at all that Liverpool are actually interested/willing to meet his demands.
This. Think people dream of doing another summer of 2008, forgetting that the most senior and star player signed (Tévez) that summer took a while to complete.
Would be great if we signed him, but it seems he wants UCL football
Reportedly the deal to bring Jose to United was done early Jan, quite a lot of time to prepare for the summer, Jose was even said to have been spending plenty of time scouting for players. Summer started and we got a few deals done, more than likely because we had been working on them for months.
Shaw and Herrera were done deals before LVG was even confirmed as manager
In this situation we have confirmed Ole as manager around April, we have been going through a process of hiring a Technical director. This puts us behind since the manager input to who would need to come in has come later than is required. We saw this with the Moyes summer.
Anyway the main point was that its not essential that one must go on holiday because everyone is on holiday and nothing gets done, on the contrary plenty gets done was my point.
That wasn’t really the point you made, you said the opposite. Basically, clueless Manchester United always scramble around at deadline trying to close deals over the last 6 years, and key people will go on holiday without any care as to whether we have a plan or not.
There is nothing at all to suggest that we don’t know which players Ole wants, nor whether we have begun steps to bring them in yet. While he was confirmed in April, he began here in December and said repeatedly since then in interviews that he is thinking about what the club needs next season and has been giving his opinion, whether he will be here or not.
Tbh it’s not that important, I’m just not a fan of the constant mindless bashing of the club, so I need to resist the urge to constantly respond!
I like him, he reminds me of Carrick, if he's available and at that price just sign the fecker.
I read that transfer window for foreign players don't open until June 11th. If this is true, maybe why the hold up. Anyone know.
Let the man vent!Hardly any business has been done yet. By any club. Calm down
For every good summer we've also had one just as equally bad. 2013 was a tremendously poor summer surrounding the Fellaini/Baines saga. 2014 was just as poor even though we signed quite a few players - we seemed to react to the 4-1 loss against Mk Dons. In fairness we did well from 2015-2017 but last year we were back to making awful decisions. The common pattern? Get your work done early - lets hope we get the bulk of our transfers in by the end of this month.
No club works like that, signing bunch of players because a team full of back up and young players lost a game in league cup.
Didn't we sign di Maria and Falcao after that?
So? All the signings made after season started or last min are because of latest results?
Recent history shows we're a very reactive club. You don't think we'd make stupid decisions based on zero logic?
I don't think any club will sign players based on league Cup game where not a single first team player played.
No, both of us point out that it would be absolutely stupid for Woodward to go on holiday at this point, so we seem to totally agree on that. However, I am saying that Woodward has probably been working hard in recent weeks and started negotiations with our transfer targets, while you are saying the following:
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