DeGea did not accept substantially lower wages; unless I am missing something. He was offered a contract extension at high wages which was nixed.
It says we're in a bad position for FFP this season. As has been obvious for a while. I knew not to expect any incomings.
Because we have none, and can’t score for toffee. Have you seen our GD?
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Meh. The season is a write off. Even if we buy a striker we won’t have enough to make top 4. We’re 11 points off top 4 (essentially 12 with the goal difference). No striker is gonna fix the problem but paying an inflated fee will have an impact on our summer transfer budget. Let’s just limp over the line with what we have and give INEOS time to assess team and management.
Bit of a journeyman even at youth level so wouldn't be surprised to see him go, he's had a load of clubs already.
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That's too bad. Should've put him up Forsale when we had the chance.
Then blood one of the young strikers. Season is a write off anyway.
Lining up his excuses ready for when he's hopefully potted in summer.
feck me. This place loves to build someone up and then froth at the mouth for when they’re sacked.
No thanks.
Because he'll actually play games at Burton, which is far more important for his development than waiting for Hojlund to get injured.
The guy's got one striker. On this issue, he doesn't need to make excuses. The problem is just there for all to see.
I'm sorry but he dug his own grave with the signings he made in summer and his use of the budget given.
I agree. Us being skint is the main reason he is still here in my opinion. I hope the new regime shows some sense and gets rid in the summer. A horrendous season this has been and more likely continue to be.
He gets asked a question he answers it.
The money wasted in last few years has finally restricted us even from affording loans
Wow doesn't even cover itWow
I'm struggling to understand this. How can we not afford a loan when Reguilon's ended and we loaned out high earners in VdB and Sancho? That would mean we budgeted under the assumption of sending them out on loan
I assume the club is trying to save up to load up in the summer because the team is still very far away from where we need to be on the pitch. What is the point of a loan in January? we're not doing anything this season anyways. Might as well save whatever little firepower you have for the summer. Big sales to free up money are also more likely in the summer.
Maybe our budget was based on us not crashing out of Europe. All that revenue gone screws us up bad
Yeah that sounds reasonable. Still a grim sign that we can't even afford a loan after loaning out two highish earners
Oh yeah it's a very grim sight to say the least
Onana being shit doesn’t mean that De Gea wasn’t.Wow doesn't even cover it
DeGea was slaughtered for making 3-4 errors that resulted in goals - it took Onana 1 month to make more mistakes than that. In addition he almost single-handedly knocked us out of the C.L.
Yup but he was less Shit than Onana and we didn’t need to pay a transfer fee to get him to stay on. It’s laughable that ETH for the second summer in a row knew he over spent and come the Jan window we are still chronically short of fire power this is down to ETH and no one else. Hopefully we are cleaning shop and getting our finances in order for the summer so we can go again under the new set up. One that includes a competent manager
De Gea was way worse than Onana. I stuck up for him for a long time but he was getting worse, on top of his shortcomings it was untenable.
That’s the real reason, Sir Jim doesn’t trust him with even a loan deal. They are almost saying you spent £400m in the last two seasons and the team is shite because if you!
I didn’t want rid. But if we were going to replace him we should have got a decent replacement. This ball playing crap is a joke he needs to keep the ball out the net first and foremost. Our team has for more pressing issues than GK. Look at our striker depth. We have one who is a novice and the other is worse than an eggshell who never tries when he is playing. We spent 200m in the summer and managed to make our squad worse and Onana certainly hasn’t helped.De Gea was way worse than Onana. I stuck up for him for a long time but he was getting worse, on top of his shortcomings it was untenable.
Everyone wanted rid of him, now you all saying we should have kept him
True, but Onana is not the issue. De Gea‘s contract ran out: he isn‘t comfortable on the ball and too expensive even on reduced wages: it was the right call.
The big plus about Onana was meant to be playing ball out from the back. Maguire and Evans kills that stone dead plus the fact we don’t have a functioning midfield. Then add the fact he’s terrible at keeping the ball out the net. Interesting to see who starts tomorrow. Could get an extended run in the team .
No he seriously wasn't. You can argue that DDG wasn't good enough sure - but he was never worse than Onana has been.
