The no signings excuse is sad

[Santoryo]

People harping on about lack of new signings and jumping Ed's throat make me laugh, especially after today's game.

Tottenham who didn't sign anyone and finished below us last season are showing improvement and looking a far better team than they were last season yet here we are trying to excuse our incompetence on lack of signings.

We didn't lose any players and should be able to show improvement with the same players from last seasons. Tottenham have shown that this signing story is a myth and just a sad excuse brought up.

 

[Mick321]

Yep, most of Mourinho's signings are average anyway, we don't need more average players. The fact is he's way past his prime and can't coach attacking football, just get rid of him. The other top 5 all press, all attack, all open teams up and apart from Arsenal can all defend, we can't do anything and half the players play like they want rid of him and who can blame them.

 

[VanGaalyTime]

Spurs didn't need anyone. They have tons of players and quality all over the field. United don't. That's the difference. Players aren't good enough and that's the owners fault.

 

[yfoFC]

Thank God someone else sees the light. Blaming Ed is just lazy and absolves the culprit behind this current shitshow we are witnessing..

 

[spiriticon]

City don't need anyone, Spurs don't need anyone. etc etc

Only United seem to need £300 million worth of investment every summer.

 

[Skills]

Spurs didn't need anyone. They have tons of players and quality all over the field. United don't. That's the difference. Players aren't good enough and that's the owners fault.

So how did we finish ahead of them last season?

 

[Smithy89]

Thank God someone else sees the light. Blaming Ed is just lazy and absolves the culprit behind this current shitshow we are witnessing..

It's easier for people to blame Ed, they can't admit Jose is wrong for the club.

 

[Raoul]

If only Jose could sign a new CB each summer for the next 5 years we may win something

 

[VeevaVee]

City don't need anyone, Spurs don't need anyone. etc etc

Only United seem to need £300 million worth of investment every summer.

To be fair, we are well behind in quality after the last 5+ years. It's not an excuse to be this poor though.

 

[sullydnl]

Spurs didn't need anyone. They have tons of players and quality all over the field. United don't. That's the difference. Players aren't good enough and that's the owners fault.

Our players finished higher than theirs last season.

 

[The Firestarter]

Spurs didn't need anyone. They have tons of players and quality all over the field. United don't. That's the difference. Players aren't good enough and that's the owners fault.

Right , that's why we finished comfortably above them last season. Enough with the shite.

 

[Godfather]

We needed a lot of improvement. We saw it the last couple of months last season that we were heading nowhere with that squad. Didn't get anything. Doesn't excuse the shitshow from our manager and many of our players but some of them just aren't good enough. Never were and never will.

 

[NinjaFletch]

I don't understand how anyone can have seen the fecking clown car defending from the past two games and think that Mourinho was wrong to think that a centre half would have improved us.

 

[R'hllor]

Well after Leicester JM mentioned their spending, guess he cant shit about Tottenham tonight, imagine him being in Poch position, not getting a single player, he probably would get a stroke.

 

[Minimalist]

And he did fecking sign someone. For hardly chump change.

He’s a moaning spoofer. No surprise why Woodward might be sick of his shit now.

Shouldn’t have been appointed though (and I wanted him at that time I admit). We sold our soul getting him in.

 

[Judas]

Shame we couldn't have got in Slabhead.

 

[Infestissumam]

we just lost 0-3 at home to a team that made ZERO signings this summer.

Mourinho can have no excuses.

 

[Siorac]

Spurs didn't need anyone. They have tons of players and quality all over the field. United don't. That's the difference. Players aren't good enough and that's the owners fault.

Mourinho spent over 400m and we have one of the highest wage bills in world football. Spurs aren't even close in this regard. How come they could gather all that quality at a fraction of what we spent?

Sure, the club is in need of an overhaul because the current way clearly doesn't work. But let's stop pretending that Mourinho was not given money. He just squandered most of it.

 

[Keeps It tidy]

Spurs didn't need anyone. They have tons of players and quality all over the field. United don't. That's the difference. Players aren't good enough and that's the owners fault.

Spurs started Dier and Dembele in midfield they do not have quality all over the pitch.

 

[FcUnitedRed]

People harping on about lack of new signings and jumping Ed's throat make me laugh, especially after today's game.

Tottenham who didn't sign anyone and finished below us last season are showing improvement and looking a far better team than they were last season yet here we are trying to excuse our incompetence on lack of signings.

We didn't lose any players and should be able to show improvement with the same players from last seasons. Tottenham have shown that this signing story is a myth and just a sad excuse brought up.

Totally agree with this statement. Can't blame signings, yes signing quality players would help but too many of this team is bang average on huge wages and shouldn't be paid in peanuts.

 

[JonDahl]

Crying about needing more signings when we spend hundreds of millions every summer is embarrassing. Delusional. Something is wrong somewhere - player recruitment, management...

 

[Bubz27]

Our players finished higher than theirs last season.

Right , that's why we finished comfortably above them last season. Enough with the shite.

With Jose in charge, so everything's all good isn't it.

 

[Cheesy]

I don't understand how anyone can have seen the fecking clown car defending from the past two games and think that Mourinho was wrong to think that a centre half would have improved us.

A centre-half would've improved us - the problem is that Mourinho's into his third season and yet hadn't already addressed the issue. Lindelof was his buy but looked diabolical tonight. For some reason Smalling/Jones remain key fixtures in our team even though they've mostly been at the standard of semi-alright squad players for the past few years.

 

[Santoryo]

Spurs didn't need anyone. They have tons of players and quality all over the field. United don't. That's the difference. Players aren't good enough and that's the owners fault.

Nonsense. We finished in a higher position than Spurs and generally had a better season then them. Spurs only did better than us playing good football.

Meanwhile despite all that we're founding ourselves getting worse while Spurs are improving w/o any new signings.

 

[Slevs]

It's not "sad" when Spurs' CBs are better than ours and when we don't have a right winger whereas Spurs have several options.

 

[Siorac]

I don't understand how anyone can have seen the fecking clown car defending from the past two games and think that Mourinho was wrong to think that a centre half would have improved us.

What about the two he had bought?

 

[devilish]

Jose can only play with the people he's got. Its not his fault that all our CBs are crap

 

[Offsideagain]

People harping on about lack of new signings and jumping Ed's throat make me laugh, especially after today's game.

Tottenham who didn't sign anyone and finished below us last season are showing improvement and looking a far better team than they were last season yet here we are trying to excuse our incompetence on lack of signings.

We didn't lose any players and should be able to show improvement with the same players from last seasons. Tottenham have shown that this signing story is a myth and just a sad excuse brought up.

But Spurs had an excellent defence and the rest of it anyway built up over two or three seasons so they had no need for new players.

 

[Siorac]

Jose can only play with the people he's got. Its not his fault that all our CBs are crap

Just in case this is not sarcasm: two of those CBs are his fault.

 

[FreakyJim]

Jose can only play with the people he's got. Its not his fault that all our CBs are crap

He bought Lindelof and Baily.

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

Valid statement. You'd never hear Pochettino moan about his situation with transfers although they could give City a run for their money if they invest properly.

 

[Fluctuation0161]

People harping on about lack of new signings and jumping Ed's throat make me laugh, especially after today's game.

Tottenham who didn't sign anyone and finished below us last season are showing improvement and looking a far better team than they were last season yet here we are trying to excuse our incompetence on lack of signings.

We didn't lose any players and should be able to show improvement with the same players from last seasons. Tottenham have shown that this signing story is a myth and just a sad excuse brought up.

That's because Tottenham already had a fully functioning defence last season. Not to mention Kane and his clinical finishing.

/thread

 

[Morpheus 7]

It's not a simple answer, we needed signings. We needed to get more from the players we have. Manager needed backed, players need to show more. It's shared blame, not strengthening hasn't helped.

 

[Santoryo]

I actually forgot to mention that we actually did sign players this season with one of them being a midfielder(an area we needed to add)for decent money.

Yet the no signings excuses keep on rolling.

Meanwhile I've yet to hear Pochetino moan about any lack of signings or investment.

 

[Cascarino]

Spurs started Dier and Dembele in midfield they do not have quality all over the pitch.

He's winding down now but still an odd inclusion in your post.

 

[Wotspur]

Spurs didn't need anyone. They have tons of players and quality all over the field. United don't. That's the difference. Players aren't good enough and that's the owners fault.

Spurs total squad ,,wouldn’t exceed 200 m on purchase price , but wou,d be worth 750 m , but Man Utd in 3 seasons have spent over 400m and wouldn’t be worth 250m in total .....onky De Gea would walk into our team and on tonight performance Shaw was better than Rose ......least Fred tonight did nothing worthy of getting sent off , and yet again you got away with a blatant penalty ( Leicester , Bailey took out their forward , and Tonight Moura shoukdmhave had a pen ) the ref was,even on your side

 

[Kush]

There are maybe 3 players of ours who’d get into Spurs XI. What they lack is depth in their squad. Ours lacks quality, there’s too much mediocrity.

Sacking Mourinho isn’t gonna change everything but continue believing that.

 

[KirkDuyt]

That's the thing. What happened to improving the players you have instead of just replacing them. United have some fantastic players, they're just collectively shite at the moment. That's the managers fault.

 

[Canagel]

People harping on about lack of new signings and jumping Ed's throat make me laugh, especially after today's game.

Tottenham who didn't sign anyone and finished below us last season are showing improvement and looking a far better team than they were last season yet here we are trying to excuse our incompetence on lack of signings.

We didn't lose any players and should be able to show improvement with the same players from last seasons. Tottenham have shown that this signing story is a myth and just a sad excuse brought up.

This. Lack of new signings is a lame excuse. We've spent close to 400 million pounds under Mourinho buying almost an entire starting 11. We could've done with a RW but the difference today isn't the quality of players.

 

[VanGaalyTime]

Mourinho spent over 400m and we have one of the highest wage bills in world football. Spurs aren't even close in this regard. How come they could gather all that quality at a fraction of what we spent?

Sure, the club is in need of an overhaul because the current way clearly doesn't work. But let's stop pretending that Mourinho was not given money. He just squandered most of it.

Because Spurs bring in players for the manager. Lindelof and Pogba were club signings. Mou needs his own players.