It wouldn’t improve much in the short term whoever came in, squad will have to limp through until January window either way. Then you still have same people trying to get deals done if they even want to so it’s basically a season written off.
Well, it is an interesting period this. We have a difficult game Vs Leicester then away on Thursday followed by away trip to West Ham.
Whats the difference to Spurs having Kane injured or Liverpool Salah? No one has equally as good back ups.Not really.
You had many posters saying we have a thin squad that is bound to get found out, although to be fair most would expected to at least reach October.
It's bad preparation that's what it is. Blame whoever you want on that - CEO, manager, tea lady, but not luck. It isn't about luck.
The problem is losing Pogba or one of Rashford/Martial on its own is an injury crisis itself, let alone having multiple players injured.
If we could not get deals done in the summer, cannot see how we will do them in an even shorter time. Also we might get signings who are stopgaps or completely untried. The latter can work, e.g. Vidic and Evra, but it could just make the squad even more mediocre. They really needed to do their job properly in the summer.
Youth, youth, youth, blah, blah, blah. You know another club that's been playing with youth recently? Bolton.
I am holding out hope the Glazers get bought out and they take their puppet Ed with them.
do we have any less of a squad than Wolves, Palace and Southampton ? Are those not 9 points dropped or are fans deluded to back a limited manager to the extent standards have to be lowered to prove the "time" argument.Exactly, desperation and panic could be the only motivation to get anything done which never end well.
Spurs spent quite some time without Kane last year. Liverpool spent some time with players injured, they had adequate replacements. We don't even have the Llorente type(were interested in the end - tells you everything).
Avoid defeat? At home to Leicester? Jesus, we've fallen some distance in 6 years.
Have you taken your pills, sir?
You wouldn't be saying those things if those penalties went inCan only really blame woodward and solskjaer for the calamity of a squad we have. No matter what fans say as the report published by credible sources the identity of players for transfers is solely given the go ahead by Phelan and Solskjaer, why when Ndombele, Le Celso, Rabiot, Cellabos and Tielemans were available did Ole only prioritise Longstaff when we have needed a replacement for Fellaini as well as Ander Herrera.
Who in their right mind replaces an established striker in Lukaku by putting faith in Rashford who hasn't amassed more than ten goals in three league campaigns ? Ole is coming across as being too small in personality and stature to handle this job adequately. One week before Sanchez departure he reinstates Alexis is quality indicating he has a future, the moment he leaves he comes out with a statement contradicting his original statement. Why has none of Gomes, Chong, Garner or Greenwood started a fixture despite Ole's rumblings regarding the implementation of youth pre season, when many outfield players have displayed poor form in the opening games.
This might sound like a load of rubbish but every point above correlates heavily to the perception that the squad is fringe. The reality is the squad isn't as bad as many believe but because of the teams capabilities under Solskjaer it seems far worse. The narrative always changes with fans, under Mourinho many indicated the team is quality but the manager isn't good enough. Ole has come in now all of a sudden he's a good manager and the team doesn't have the quality to evoke his managerial class
If Ole fails to pick up results in the next three fixtures he's in trouble. 3 wins in 15 and counting.
I know. It is sickening. Let's hope we prove people wrong.
Spurs play Son, the same way we will play Rashford for Martial. If Salah is injured it will be Origi that comes in. The rest of their teams are far better than us which means that they can get away with it but they aren't stacked with quality like for like back ups. City maybe but that's another level to us.
He's not wrong.
Son did a good job for them, Rashford can be good, but can also be infuriating.
He's not right either.
I blame Mourinho for the calamity of the squad we had.
A few of those players you mentioned seem to have turned us down in preference to other clubs. Glazers are the main limitation on transfer funds. Ole cannot set the price for Lukaku. So we ended up selling him late in summer as the transfer window closed. Without selling someone we were never going to spend more than £150m all at once.
The real shame is Jesse Lingard is also a first team player, so that's 5 missing, not that we'd notice if JLingz was playing or not.
If things are to go pear shaped tomorrow, the last thing i will do is give him grief for not playing the youth. This toxic environment is definitely not the place for them. Which makes the youth plan so asinine to begin with.
I am not referencing weight control. There is something wrong with our sports science/physio's. It's not normal year after year to have so many muscle injuries like this.
Problem with Ole is he has only known good times with United, not sure he knows how to deal with bad times. This will be one hell of a shock to him, he knew we needed work, but he is now on the inside and cannot be impressed with how we do our business. We have not strengthened anywhere near enough. I know you cannot do it all at once, but it could get even harder to recruit quality if we slip further into the abyss. I think Ole is blissfully naive.
There is something wrong with everyone at the club.
It's just strange that Dybala and Eriksen keep popping up as players we didn't get.
Exactly, only hope we have is that Ole delivers a few good results.
This gets thrown around here a lot? What does this actually entail? Teams should be scared cos of the name or what? We are certainly not a top team anymore so dunno wat all the fuss is about us being 'Manchester fecking United'. The fear factor had dissappeared with Fergie's retirement. Opposition fans, coaches and players recognise that.
I think that sums up everything apart from Woodward being incompetent. He's not. His orders come from above. He is an extension of the owners.
I think teams playing at Manutd now think, come on lets have them, this is not the Manchester United of old.
So we ( Man Utd) have a good chance to avoid defeat against Leicester. At Old Trafford. feck me, this is pure gold.
I honestly don't know if you are trolling or being deadly serious here.
My bad, maybe Ed does care about the fans but an extension to Owners or not, a strong personality would stand up against them?
It's just a journalists opinion.
