What multiple world class signings?
Jovic is now world class?
Mendy?
Another world class player?
What is wrong with this place?
I bet if they came to United half of the Caf will call them crap, not good enough, too young, too old, not PL proven, blah
But they went to Real, so now they are world class players?
Right.., grass, fence, other, greeneer, side..
In all honesty, this is what happens when people are given a platform to openly discuss things that they don't actually understand.
We critique players because we're privvy to a certain amount of their performance. We can see how they perform on the pitch and possibly get an indication of how they manage themselves in public. So we can make certain judgements but still don't have the full story. How are they around the club, in training, with their team mates? What about in the dressing room? What are they like at half time or before the game? We don't have this insight and so our opinions are based on a fairly small scope.
Now with things and people behind the scenes, we're even more in the dark. We don't know what is discussed or happens with 98% of what goes on and the other 2% is generally second hand information from journalists and so isn't even reliable. I don't know anyone who has worked at a high level in a football club especially not one the size of our club. I don't have a deep understanding of how transfers work, what goes on in meetings or negotiations and the list goes on.
People are talking about things they just don't understand which to a degree is fine, we're fans and we're going to have a voice about what we perceive to be happening. It's the absolute confidence and arrogant tone though which is so common that I find really disappointing. I'd like people to at least have half an open mind and not be so personal.
I actually don't know what Woodward does or is like behind the scenes. He might well be just as annoyed, if not more so, than we are. We talk with far too much confidence about things we simply aren't privy to.
We have an astounding number of people who seem very sure they understand how it all works and I have to question why they don't work for a club in the Premier league of that is indeed the case.