And have we signed anyone or are we gonna magically sign 5 players on the eve of preseason?
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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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I don't know. Do you?
I agree with you in all that the 100%. I just found the word “abnormal” a bit OTT. Maybe I’m picky tonight
And m afraid you need to take stock of where we are at. Both Liverpool and city are 2-3 seasons ahead at this point in my opinion
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Simple, they have the 2 best coaches in the world and everything is following. Actually that’s not correct, it follows Klopp. City hired the DoF from Barca and he got everything ready for Pep. So Pep had an advantage in that the DoF who was already there not only paved the way, he started targeting players he knew Pep would like.
we are a few years behind where they are, that’s the truth of the matter. In my opinion off course
We just need our players in before we go on tour. Our squad looks like they've never fecking played together, Ten Hag needs as close to his full squad as possible
Yeah, it was meant in the context of what the rivals are doing. We are quite clearly the odd ones out, and its normally like that.
Liverpool and Citys recruitment in particular is the standard to replicate.
And yet there is still a significant who proportion of people on here who are convinced the management of the club has significantly improved. Just because eds mate is now chief exec and murtough is our director of football. Its hardly a best in class approach, just more jobs for the boys
Replicate but city are definitely ahead having the DoF who worked with pep at Barca. That gives them an advantage.
murtough and ETH need to get used to each other, which will take some time & tweaking.
Liverpool it remains to be seen now with Edwards recently leaving them. Let’s see how their recruitment pans out though sadly it’s looking good so far
I don't think it remains to be seen. They've done business early and swiftly on two deals already.
I dont really buy into the Murtough - ETH bit though, they've agreed on targets for a while now.
I believe Liverpool are actually already finished their business with regards to incomings. Four signings wrapped up. Finito.
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At this rate, I’d get some excitement from seeing the annual token link to either Gaitan or Garay. Seems like the only news we have about us is us having a chatter with Barca.
I suspect so too, the lad from Fulham they have been following for over a year, the lad from Aberdeen for a while too. I suspect Edwards started on those.
the Nunez one is the one that intrigues me. I think they’ve gone after him after he’s destroyed them in the CL.
I meant in terms of will they be good buys for Liverpool. That being said 2 of them they’ve been chasing for over a year so they have done their homework
I can feel it. The transfers are gonna come in any second. My spidey sense is tingling...
I think you are absolutely right.
Well let's look at last season.
We were smashed in 4 games against them.
City +73
Liverpool +68
United +0
We finished 35 points off City and were 23 points ahead of relegation. So it's understandable that they'd be more attractive.
You are the one telling people that there's no issue we haven't signed anyone YET. So I thought you are the Oracle or something
Liverpool, after finishing 2nd in the league by a single point and reaching reaching 3 finals (winning both domestic cups), have spent 100M+ on Nunez, Carvalho, and Ramsay.
City, after beating that Liverpool team to the league, have signed Alvarez and fecking Erling Haaland. Their chairman is on record saying they'll get two more players in before July 1st and wrap up their business.
RM, after winning their league by a mile and winning the Champions League for the 4854th time, didn't waste any time signing Tchouameni for 80M+ to add to their midfield of Modric, Kroos, Casemiro, Camavinga, Valverde, Ceballos. They had a serious competition in PSG for Tchouameni but got their business done no nonsense.
Tottenham, after finishing 4th and looking better and better under Conte and getting their winter transfer window spot on, have signed Perisic as a free agent presumably to play as Conte's wingback and are wrapping up Bissouma for a mere 25M. They're apparently also going after Richarlison to add to their world class front line of Kane/Son/Kulusevski, and Spence to their defense. Kane is reportedly now willing to sign a new contract.
Our board needs at least a couple months to enjoy their summer off before they put in some serious work. They're human beings just like us after all. They're also being generous to F. Romano by not signing anyone so that Romano can keep ctrl + v on his twitter "United still interested in FDJ. No deal yet" until September 1. What great human beings our board members are. You know that it's physically impossible to pursue multiple transfer targets simultaneously. I mean, how does that even work? Cloning?
City, after beating that Liverpool team to the league, have signed Alvarez and fecking Erling Haaland. Their chairman is on record saying they'll get two more players in before July 1st and wrap up their business.
RM, after winning their league by a mile and winning the Champions League for the 4854th time, didn't waste any time signing Tchouameni for 80M+ to add to their midfield of Modric, Kroos, Casemiro, Camavinga, Valverde, Ceballos. They had a serious competition in PSG for Tchouameni but got their business done no nonsense.
Tottenham, after finishing 4th and looking better and better under Conte and getting their winter transfer window spot on, have signed Perisic as a free agent presumably to play as Conte's wingback and are wrapping up Bissouma for a mere 25M. They're apparently also going after Richarlison to add to their world class front line of Kane/Son/Kulusevski, and Spence to their defense. Kane is reportedly now willing to sign a new contract.
Our board needs at least a couple months to enjoy their summer off before they put in some serious work. They're human beings just like us after all. They're also being generous to F. Romano by not signing anyone so that Romano can keep ctrl + v on his twitter "United still interested in FDJ. No deal yet" until September 1. What great human beings our board members are. You know that it's physically impossible to pursue multiple transfer targets simultaneously. I mean, how does that even work? Cloning?
So what makes United not "have" what you think City and Liverpool have.
As we genuinely have a bigger stadium, bigger fanbase, bigger revenue generation machine, we pay bigger wages, we pay bigger signing fees
What's that they have, we don't have, because it seems we have everything at par or even better than them up untill we come to player's and coaching.
Who are these people handling coaching and player's recruitment?
They have reduced United to mere spectators when it comes to on-field success but very big hitters on wages payments, signings payments, match attendance numbers, global fanbase.
We have no reason not to compete with Liverpool or City, because we compete with them in everything else except playing football which should be the first agenda of United.
Never mind the top 4. What are our main rivals Arsenal and West Ham upto so far?
No time to panic West Ham have none either so far. Just like our other real rivals next season: Everton, Leicester, Brigthon. Joke's on them!
Spot on.
then we are doomed to win too few games to get close to top four - just like last season
I agree it doesn't remain to be seen - my guess is they that they are even as far down the road to buying Bellingham this time next year as legally possible. By which stage we will be negotiating to buy De Jong again!
Anyone notice how none the red tops are even bothering to make up transfer stories about us anymore? We are becoming irrelevant...
But this is about the structure and pursuit of their targets and getting business done early. We don't overlap with City and Liverpool for Timber or Antony or Pau Torres or De Jong. Just Nunez.
We could get relegated if things don't improve in the window, just saying 
Don’t care what the S*n has to say.
that's not the point!
This thread is going to look even more desperate when the first signing ends up being a back up keeper.
And you are a person who cries for not signing players before they would even start training with the manager and coaches.
It doesn't make an ounce of difference to me if players are signed last day of previous season or the day before pre-season starts.
And no, not all clubs get their transfers sorted before pre-season, as can be easily proven by recent history. Usually clubs negotiate to lower prices and save money so they can buy more/higher quality players.
If FDJ is going to be the saga of the whole summer..... which is more likely everyday 
then surely we should be getting Eriksen and Antony done before the tour so hes got players gel'ing??
Are we really going to have the same squad, but smaller undertaking this tour?
then surely we should be getting Eriksen and Antony done before the tour so hes got players gel'ing??Are we really going to have the same squad, but smaller undertaking this tour?
I’m not saying we shouldn’t, we obviously should. However there is no other coach currently working on the same level as Klopp and pep. Neither of them were interested in coming to United. Then we signed a succession of coaches and players with no forethought about what’s coming next
We did get arguably the most thought off young coach in Europe and he deserves a chance to get going. His coaching team is good.
Murtough and OBoyle are new to their role at United. At the Premier League, O'Boyle was responsible for advising clubs on talent identification and recruitment, performance analysis, sports science and medicine, psychology, and loan management.
Woody is gone. A huge cancer on this club. He hasn’t a clue what he was doing aside from making sponsors sign. the sporting side was allowed to deteriorate.
we should give the new team a bit of time to see what they can do now, let the DoFs start targetting and planning for future windows. Let the coaching staff get stuck in.
As for the glazers we are stuck until they decide to feck off. No amount of moaning on a forum board is going to shift them. And yes, they will be a noose around our necks in terms of really modernising this club.
so until such times as they leave, let’s get behind our team and hope that they can get the team ready for a time when the likes of Liverpool and city drop the ball. Let’s recognise where we are and make damn sure we’re undisputed third in the league, ready to pounce, getting closer and closer
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Matt Judge though, do I have it wrong, or is he working as "an advisor" this transfer window, imparting his wisdom and experience..?
I think i read something to that effect but not sure
The issue most people have about the "new" people running the club is.. we take from the start of last season
1. Not signing a midfielder in 2021 summer window.
2. Not selling Lingard, Pogba, Henderson 2021 summer. We knew as fans they wouldn't renew was the club so blinded?
3. Not sacking Ole in due time.
4. Appoint Ralf as an interim, where he's not good at, then dismiss his assertion on where he's best at.
5. Giving Bruno improved contract in the midst of the worst season ever. Reason of improved contract "on-field success".
6. With over 6 players leaving on 2022 summer window who have brought ZERO cash to the club.
7. With just like 1 week to pre season and with a big rebuild to be done, we have done zero business. No buying or selling. Zero. We have done no business. All the players leaving are free transfer.
If you don't see the pattern then you're blinded.
The behavior is the same.
Because the people running the show are still the same people who were there from 2013.
Nothing is going to change.
Re. The bolded. For the people here doing their Comical Ali’s, there should be the question put to them as to why the premier team in the country have such a mantra. Why exactly are they rushing out to do their business as expeditiously as possible; perhaps it has bearing on how these players settle and are ready to perform and isn’t for shits and giggles. Perhaps.
And these clubs can afford to have a few stragglers coming in later in the window because they have 1/4 of the work we need doing over this pre-season.
Zero incomings and zero outgoings. 10 days before pre season starts. We are doing great....
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