Need to be. 2-3 isn't enough.Just words. I think it’ll be 4-5 in with 3 exits.
Its' a myth. When we buy good players, they adapt well.We need to fecking invest in an attack and stop playing 10s on the right and youngsters who are often ineffective on the left. And a wingback and a cm.
Feck off the unwritten football hipster rule of 'you shouldn't buy so many players or make too many changes' and get it done because the squad has fallen behind.
The scouting has been poor for some time. Must be the easiest job in the world to be a scout for our club.ps a gripe I have it is with signings like Miki, lots of money, lots of wages and utterly awful. Scouting error?
Could offer £20m or so for Ozil and surely Arsenal would have to consider, as after all they will lose him for free in July anyway.Griezmann is the only realistic signing we could make but It’d be a panic buy for sure at this point
I don’t think they’d want to strengthen us when we’re both competing for a top 4 spot. I reckon they’d rather lose him for free in that case. It wouldn’t surprise me if he joins us in the summer thoughCould offer £20m or so for Ozil and surely Arsenal would have to consider, as after all they will lose him for free in July anyway.
Either way, I think even if it unsettled Ozil it would be worth a bid.I don’t think they’d want to strengthen us when we’re both competing for a top 4 spot. I reckon they’d rather lose him for free in that case. It wouldn’t surprise me if he joins us in the summer though
Ozil FREEThat sounds great on paper. But would we get 5-7 good 30-50 million pound signings? I'd take that over a couple if huge signings as well.
No. What matters is they can comfortably recruit more people to solve their problems than we do and can comfortably write off bad transfers like Bravo and Nolito easily with little consequence. That right there is a game changing difference.The amounts aren't that different which is what matters.
Why? How many transfer duds has he made for United to not deserve backing?Does he deserve any backing in the transfer market.. not sure if they'll be willing to splash the cash, unless no-brainer signings come available
Lukaku, dare I say even Pogba hasn't been a nailed on success (and a tactical headache - as much as I love him).Why? How many transfer duds has he made for United to not deserve backing?
Clearly is being sarcastic, he cant call the board out. He really wants/needs players.Tweet
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Zlatan is done and Mkhi is a flop. So that's only 5 signings in Bailly, Lindelof, Matic, Pogba and Lukaku that are Jose's. We need 2 FBs, a #10, a RW and a CM despite those 5. It is not about the number of signings we need to make, its' the fact that Fergie loyalists are getting old, the van Gaal buys are shite, that we need to almost buy a starting XI.
We already had one of the best defensive Units in the league incl GK. We have 2 of the most promising attacking youngsters in world football (backed up by the football communities voting opinions). Chelsea won titles with Alonso and Moses at wing FB. If we had made 4 correct signings, 2 CM a special RW and special STR, we would be fine. Problem is our RW and Striker are flailing, so it appears like we need an entire new team.Pretty much this. The rebuild job was massive because instead of rebuilding post SAF we hired a clown and a crazy old man.
Its like SAF made a deal with the devil; you'll have decades of success but will have to sabotage the club as you retire.
Luckily we are in a good position; because we have many players that are going to become better. Bailly, Lindeloff, Pogba, Martial, Rashford, Lukaku, Lingard are all players that can grow and be the future of the club.
The 5 underlined have shown something in the EPL. no less than some of Citys players. Delph is playing FB. Herrera has played against city and bossed their players in head to head games at times (twice MoTM I believe). He was solid last year. Blind is a squad player but he can go. Martial had shown he could light things up. They were not poor signings on paper, they just haven't worked out for one reason or another. This is part of the job also, to make the most out of players.How where Herrera, Di Maria, Luke Shaw, Blind, Martial, Depay, Darmian and Morgan Schneiderlin bad signings? When they signed, they where players who many though had potential to become quality players and some of them where supposed to improve the squad. It was only after they came at the club they didn't perform well.
I don't think that he doesn't deserve backing. I don't think this club can afford to pull back funds at this stage, honestly. However, you said it yourself in the other thread about our attackersWhy? How many transfer duds has he made for United to not deserve backing?
If you spend the amount of money that Mourinho has in the past 2 years, to not come out of that with a single world class attacker is a tremendous failure.We don't have a single world class attacker. That's what's up
Its a failure on if you are under the delusion the areas invested in didn't need the investment. United has invested in defence and midfield. Its time to invest in the attack. Its the boards fault they didn't invest in Person for example.I don't think that he doesn't deserve backing. I don't think this club can afford to pull back funds at this stage, honestly. However, you said it yourself in the other thread about our attackers
If you spend the amount of money that Mourinho has in the past 2 years, to not come out of that with a single world class attacker is a tremendous failure.
Lukaku is our top scorer in spite of a desert of service. Whilst Pogba has been by far our most creative force. So much so his 3 month absence literally killed off any hopes of us competing for the title. You have no grounds for such sentimentsLukaku, dare I say even Pogba hasn't been a nailed on success (and a tactical headache - as much as I love him).
Bolded part is a bit of a strawman. I never said we didn't need to invest in defense or midfield. The part that's difficult to reconcile is having spent about 230mm euros on defenders and midfielders yet still potentially needing at least 2 new fullbacks and at least one new midfielder.Its a failure on if you are under the delusion the areas invested in didn't need the investment. United has invested in defence and midfield. Its time to invest in the attack. Its the boards fault they didn't invest in Person for example.
That would leave us short in midfield, with poor and ageing fullbacks, with no cover for our main strikers and with suspect left wingers.I still think he’ll go for a left back this January. Someone like Sessognon though.
In the summer I can imagine us going for someone like Jorginho/Weigl if the aim is to replace Carrick for a more similar player. I can also see us going for a big player according to those comment, so maybe someone like Dybala? And then another, that could be an Ozil, or it could be a RW or even another CM.
Pogba has been back for 4 games (including the loss to Burnley) and we've still failed to get a win. We were still easily sitting second. Since he's come back we've gone backwards in terms of getting the results we've wanted. It's a hard pill to swallow. But it's the truth. And I don't blame him at all. It's the tactics of Jose, and also the desire of the players.Lukaku is our top scorer in spite of a desert of service. Whilst Pogba has been by far our most creative force. So much so his 3 month absence literally killed off any hopes of us competing for the title. You have no grounds for such sentiments
Neither is world class. Which is the problemBolded part is a bit of a strawman. I never said we didn't need to invest in defense or midfield. The part that's difficult to reconcile is having spent about 230mm euros on defenders and midfielders yet still potentially needing at least 2 new fullbacks and at least one new midfielder.
As far as investing in the attack goes, we spent more than 130 million on Lukaku and Mkhitaryan to supplement the attack...
No amount of tactics will make players aplly themselves with the right attitude. Nor make them not pass and cross like blind men. I refuse to accept for example that Mourinho is to blame for Mhkitaryan failing to find a single man in great crossing positions all game long today.Pogba has been back for 4 games (including the loss to Burnley) and we've still failed to get a win. We were still easily sitting second. Since he's come back we've gone backwards in terms of getting the results we've wanted. It's a hard pill to swallow. But it's the truth. And I don't blame him at all. It's the tactics of Jose, and also the desire of the players.
Nope coaching error mourinho can't get him to play well. Lukaku isn't suddenly a poor goal scorer either. Pogba not suddenly a poor play maker. Etcps a gripe I have it is with signings like Miki, lots of money, lots of wages and utterly awful. Scouting error?
