Manchester United Women | Silly Season | Summer/winter 2026

Ubik said:
From the Athletic article. Going from the dates I wrote above that would, you'd think, have to be either Terland or Toone...
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It looks like George is nearly out the door, so it might have been her. The fact that Terland still hasn't signed a contract is also worrisome.

Two players I've been thinking about are Rolfo and Schuller. I doubt either would have signed with us had they known that the club was going to suddenly give up trying to seriously compete and focus instead on youth development. It wouldn't surprise me if either or both of them left quickly.
 
Lobster11 said:
It looks like George is nearly out the door, so it might have been her. The fact that Terland still hasn't signed a contract is also worrisome.

Two players I've been thinking about are Rolfo and Schuller. I doubt either would have signed with us had they known that the club was going to suddenly give up trying to seriously compete and focus instead on youth development. It wouldn't surprise me if either or both of them left quickly.
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Not such a positive picture now is it
 
Lobster11 said:
It looks like George is nearly out the door, so it might have been her. The fact that Terland still hasn't signed a contract is also worrisome.

Two players I've been thinking about are Rolfo and Schuller. I doubt either would have signed with us had they known that the club was going to suddenly give up trying to seriously compete and focus instead on youth development. It wouldn't surprise me if either or both of them left quickly.
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Especially as Rolfo was better in the champions league than the wsl, and Schuller has struggled in the wsl. It wouldnt seem the end of the world to sell Schuller at the moment
 
croadyman said:
Not such a positive picture now is it
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Haha! I had a feeling I might hear from you with some kind of "I told you so" post. :lol:

Yes, my optimism has been shattered by recent events, although I still think we can be competitive next year IF we don't lose any other top players and IF we sign at least a couple more players in this window as promised by the club. Those are both big IFs, though.
 
Lobster11 said:
Haha! I had a feeling I might hear from you with some kind of "I told you so" post. :lol:

Yes, my optimism has been shattered by recent events, although I still think we can be competitive next year IF we don't lose any other top players and IF we sign at least a couple more players in this window as promised by the club. Those are both big IFs, though.
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There seems to be a lot of distrust in our young players. I don't think it'll be that bad if they are pushed properly. Yes transfers might have been quicker to improve us, but we were mixed on their success anyway. I'm quite looking forward to seeing more Drury and Anderson, they both looked quite good and if they play start 5-10 games they might become really good. And Watson has done quite well on loan, she might be good enough as a squad midfielder.
 
Fantastic appointment for manager, will be aligned with the clubs direction and gets the best out of players.
Great to see.
 
I really do not have an issue with developing our youth. It's been evident for s while.that the owners have no real ambition for the women's team.

Stoney did well. Skinner did very well. I hope Olid thrives. We do not need to spend like Arsenal, Chelsea. City and LCL. From the men's game I am tired.of teams simply buying success.
 
The developing our youth thing is just rubbish to cover the fact that they don't want to spend on the team. I know that Skinner didn't do it but there are a lot of coaches who develop youth whilst also having Star players in the team. Women's football is very heavily dependent on quality of top players you have and if we don't spend much then it will show pretty soon. I used to mock Liverpool for being at the top of the league in the men's game and then completely ignoring their women's team over the last decade and now we are following the same path.
 
Ayush_reddevil said:
The developing our youth thing is just rubbish to cover the fact that they don't want to spend on the team. I know that Skinner didn't do it but there are a lot of coaches who develop youth whilst also having Star players in the team. Women's football is very heavily dependent on quality of top players you have and if we don't spend much then it will show pretty soon. I used to mock Liverpool for being at the top of the league in the men's game and then completely ignoring their women's team over the last decade and now we are following the same path.
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I don't think this is the case. We have "star" players. PTJ, Toone, Park, Maya, Riviere. Rolfo ... etc. We even have the Welsh international keeper who rarely gets a game. I really feel you are being overly negative.
 
Well I don't think that it's about being overly negative. We had all those players last year and finished 9 points behind third place Chelsea. I feel that all the teams above us have improved and even LCL & Spurs seem stronger than before. We have not done anything to improve and have lost Malard as well.
 
Ayush_reddevil said:
Well I don't think that it's about being overly negative. We had all those players last year and finished 9 points behind third place Chelsea. I feel that all the teams above us have improved and even LCL & Spurs seem stronger than before. We have not done anything to improve and have lost Malard as well.
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Losing good players does not necessarily weaken you. Buying expensive players does not necessarily improve you. I am frustrated with the entire situation, but also optimistic.

I agree LCL and Spurs will be better.
 
Ayush_reddevil said:
Well I don't think that it's about being overly negative. We had all those players last year and finished 9 points behind third place Chelsea. I feel that all the teams above us have improved and even LCL & Spurs seem stronger than before. We have not done anything to improve and have lost Malard as well.
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We were running second through much of last season despite all the extra matches due to CL (and CL qualifying). We just ran out of gas going down the stretch, which was inevitable given our lack of depth (plus a rash of injuries). I honestly think we could have finished top-three if we weren't playing in the CL.
 
Himannv said:
That’s disappointing. I thought she played quite well when she got a chance.
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She’s not mobile enough to be a LB in my opinion and had some poor performances, especially in the UWCL. She might’ve had a role as the LCB if that’s what Olid will use, but I guess all that came too late for Gabby.
 
I also see her more as a CB and as Turner had gone, and our new manager has played 3 at the back at Hearts... You would have thought she'd be quite ideal to play left CB of the 3. Now we have just Le Tissier, Janssen, Medina who has only played CB in a 3 and reportedly we will sign another CB. But even then if we played the same formation our new manager played before we'd have just 1 backup CB
 
Ekeke said:
I also see her more as a CB and as Turner had gone, and our new manager has played 3 at the back at Hearts... You would have thought she'd be quite ideal to play left CB of the 3. Now we have just Le Tissier, Janssen, Medina who has only played CB in a 3 and reportedly we will sign another CB. But even then if we played the same formation our new manager played before we'd have just 1 backup CB
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And Lucy Newell, a promising CB who just got called to England U20s.
 
top1whoisman said:
And Lucy Newell, a promising CB who just got called to England U20s.
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She started 3 games in the WSL2 on loan and didnt do that well. I saw one of the matches and she was slow to engage the attacker letting them score one of their goals. I think shes best off going on loan to WSL2 again because shes young and will hopefully fare better a year older. I'm fine with giving youngsters the chance but if they're struggling in WSL2 its tough to see them coming straight into our first team and doing decently. So even as an emergency backup itd be tough if we need to use her
 
Ekeke said:
She started 3 games in the WSL2 on loan and didnt do that well. I saw one of the matches and she was slow to engage the attacker letting them score one of their goals. I think shes best off going on loan to WSL2 again because shes young and will hopefully fare better a year older. I'm fine with giving youngsters the chance but if they're struggling in WSL2 its tough to see them coming straight into our first team and doing decently. So even as an emergency backup itd be tough if we need to use her
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Fair enough.
 
She also seems to have stayed at a higher number (55), whereas a couple of other younger players have been given lower ones today (in addition to Hill and Drury recently too).

Watson - 34 to 21
Simpson - 38 to 26
 
Not all our rivals are having fun this close season.


Not a surprise that Kerolin finds Barcelona an option too good to miss.
 
So who will we reinvest the 750k that we got for malard on then?

That’s two decent players in today’s market.
 
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