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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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Is Friday the cut off for registering new players for the Liverpool game? If so, we'd have to be hearing something big today. I'm just foolishly hoping we can have some new bodies in there on Monday.
And who exactly would these 5 players be? We are getting shut down left, right, and centre. Casemiro is off. Rabiot is off. Antony is off. Cunha is off. Caicedo isn't happening. De Jong isn't happening. If PSV qualify for the CL I can see Gakpo also not happening. Even thinking we could go for Joao Felix was pure lunacy. The only one I could see happening is Pulisic on loan.
There are barely any players left, unless we start buying from the, I don't know, the Bulgarian league, or the Swiss league, or the Estonian league. Or we start offering insane contracts and we've already had way too many of these over the years.
This is exactly what I said would happen all the way back in June when the club was once again back to business as usual - dithering and doing feck all.
Deli Ali was a player that Fergie said was a United player. He'd be fairly cheap and we need the bodies, as long as he's not a dick off the field it's worth a punt
We are desperate but not that desperate.
There's still a player there under the right management
The Everton reject? Where would he even play?
That’s what they said when Pochettino was fired. Since then he’s been under what three different managers? He’s cooked and that’s unfortunately the fear I also have with Rashford and why we need to seriously consider ripping PSG off if they offer 60M.
So having done are annual trick of chasing our tails, albeit with new faces in the suits, we have reached the stage where we are being linked to anyone still breathing... and by next week, no doubt, a couple who are not. New names, same old mess
We already have our own Delle Ali.
Reserve Goalkeeper..!!
Given Dave’s lamentable performance v Brentford, that might be the single most useful signingReserve Goalkeeper..!!
Where has all this money come from we're supposed to be waving around? Thought we were being tight this summer?
All this talk rumours sources etc, are full of shit, UTD won't sign another player imo from now on.
The clubs owners have bent ETH over and shafted him right up the ass.
All these players mentioned From Felix to Casimero FFS are you lot kidding me it's bollocks. They couldn't get A. Rabiot because of his wage demands apparently. Expect a season of mid to low finish . If higher ETH needs to be knighted .. feck off Glazers
The clubs owners have bent ETH over and shafted him right up the ass.
All these players mentioned From Felix to Casimero FFS are you lot kidding me it's bollocks. They couldn't get A. Rabiot because of his wage demands apparently. Expect a season of mid to low finish . If higher ETH needs to be knighted .. feck off Glazers
According to this, We are linked with 19 players by major sources in last 3 days.
We need both
Give your head a wobble for feck sake.
Seriously? Absolutely not the sort of player we should even entertain of brining in. We are stacked in the ACM / 10 position anyway. Madness.
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hurrah - we've got a new owner and buying everyone we want... and then we woke up and saw it was the same comedy team running things
Seems easy to judge from here, by not being there. When a majority of players are in contract with clubs and some have already made their extensions, it's not easy to deal with the transfer market. The club is aware of its strategy and limits, they are not a money machine.
Let us wait till the end of this transfer window.
If we end up getting Casemiro and Antony in for the reported fees being mentioned.
Be nearly 200 million spent in this window.
Be nearly 200 million spent in this window.
I will and you will if anyone else comes through the door with quality for the 1st team squad I will be ecstatic, but I'm not holding my breath.
We really need to sell players to help with signings, too much deadwood, especially in defense, we need to sell and replace.
Quite prophetic if seemingly unpopular at the time. Whatever happened to Ranchero? A lot of activity and then after these wise words, nothing. Seems to have vanished.
Let's hope we can get another midfielder after Casemiro and a RW/ST until transfer window closes. We're desperate for players and can't believe we're again being reactive after couple of losses, instead of being proactive back in June/July.
Still seeing other clubs talking to the player, agreeing a deal and then talking to the club about a fee. We seem to do it the other way round which certainly doesn't make me confident that we'll get FdJ at any time
Do you not think the reason they’ve suddenly kicked into gear is because they now know Frenkie’s not coming so that money is now available?
No more signings then..
crisis over
crisis over
Just don't tell the Glazers, they probably wouldn't even know. Just tell Joel we'll keep Martial, but need a few more players to allow him to unleash his talent. That should work.No more signings then..
crisis over
I'm probably a negative bastard and feel free to talk back to me like I'm just a negative loser piece of shit
But United are such a reactive club (long bumper contracts if you play well for 2 games in a row, for example) that it really wouldn't surprise me if United now don't sign the players they need to sign.
They might look at it like "we just beat Liverpool and should have won by more, with Casemiro still to play. There's no need to spend a hundred million more"
But United are such a reactive club (long bumper contracts if you play well for 2 games in a row, for example) that it really wouldn't surprise me if United now don't sign the players they need to sign.
They might look at it like "we just beat Liverpool and should have won by more, with Casemiro still to play. There's no need to spend a hundred million more"
Do you guys think that if we sign Anthony before the end of the window, that we've had a good transfer season?
I know we wouldn't have gotten FdJ, but if at the beginning of the window, you'd been told (with the Glazers usual antics) that we'd sign a LB, CB, CM and RW, would you have been happy then?
I know it's not 10/10, but it's definitely a good start. I'd say a solid 7.5, if we sign Anthony.
If we then sign another CM and CF in Jan, we are going to be in decent shape.
I know we wouldn't have gotten FdJ, but if at the beginning of the window, you'd been told (with the Glazers usual antics) that we'd sign a LB, CB, CM and RW, would you have been happy then?
I know it's not 10/10, but it's definitely a good start. I'd say a solid 7.5, if we sign Anthony.
If we then sign another CM and CF in Jan, we are going to be in decent shape.
So… how do we feel about things? We added Casemiro, and will be adding another striker it seems. If we add Antony, I would put us at an 8/10, would’ve been 10/10 if we had all the deals done before preseason, but really hard to complain now, especially with the addition of Casemiro.
Begins to look like the comedy duo take as many holidays as Boris Johnson... get some feckin transfers done, you utter clowns
This week has been awfully quiet.
Looking more and more likely we won't get a partner for Casemiro.
Looking more and more likely we won't get a partner for Casemiro.
Yeah I can only see us having addressed at end of this window
RB (if AWB goes on loan)
LCB
DM (FINALLY)
Left footed RW (if Antony gets done)
So at least we MAY have solved four of our first XI problems, just leaves for next summer
CM (progressive quick passer)
ST (number 9)
GK (backup possibly starter)
It's hard to say really, and depends on who ETH had put as top priority before the window opened. With or without Casemiro, the FDJ saga was pretty embarrassing for the club and I think it's fair to say that meant we were starting the season behind our rivals.
We have only sold one player this window, we've not addressed the RB issue, have no backup goalkeeper of note, and will not be adding a striker. Antony isn't that player. All these things are pretty shocking coming off the back of our worst season in many fans' living memory.
I think it's been a shambles of a window to be honest, indicative of club mismanagement and lack of ambition/cohesion. If it wasn't for the bids to oust our lecherous owners, we wouldn't have signed Casemiro and we certainly wouldn't be looking to bring in Antony.
My biggest concern at this point is that if we sign Antony, have we spent next summers budget this summer also?
May get 8 if we can get Antony & RB
We've got 4 so far. Anthony seems certain to join if united send a 3rd bid.
We would still need a RB (maybe they are waiting for Wan bissaka to leave) , a striker if Ronaldo leaves, and a reserve goal keeper.
We would still need a RB (maybe they are waiting for Wan bissaka to leave) , a striker if Ronaldo leaves, and a reserve goal keeper.
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