I didn't know that. Who have we officially been trying to sign?
LVG knew in USA the positions needed to fill. Hell, anybody with a brain knew united were at the very least going to need at least one cb considering we had lost 2 in the summer and were actually going to be playing with three at the back!!
That is a good question. The amount of money this club brings we should easily have the money. The amount the owners cream off the top might be hampering us. The next two weeks will show if Ed was telling the truth or it is just hot air. If the latter I hope he is ready for the abuse he will get from the crowd at OT. They shouldn't hold back, it isn't SAF they will be abusing, or LvG or the team. It should be the owners and Woodward who get both barrels.
First of all, I'm not defending Woodward and especially not the Glazers. But who are we officially chasing? Who are these players that LvG has asked for? I haven't heard any official statements and I don't believe the media or any of us muppets.
You don't have to hear about who united are trying to sign you just need to accept that the club is negotiating. LVG said himself he doesn't want to discuss transfers so prices don't rise....
Why would the club come out and make statements mid-transfer window that they are chasing for example Di Maria. The club is renowned for keeping all transfer dealings as private as possible.
Why would you want to ignore my post? Because I don't just believe everything that's in the media or in this forum and ask questions?
Why would Woodward be failing if he has the money? What would he be struggling with? If he has the licence to spend big, why would he haggle? He knows how to close a deal, as we've seen. He's not an idiot who'll sit with 200 million pounds but haggle for a laugh for no reason.
That doesn't mean he gave Woodward a list of targets though. Knowing which position needs filling and then selecting the players you want to fill those positions- which from everything LVG has said he seemed in no hurry to do, because he wants to get it right, are different. This might have meant Woodward didn't really have a target "mission" until after the tour.
You argued, albeit feigning ignorance, with the point, "LVG knew in USA the positions needed to fill."
It's blatantly obvious that the money is there to be spent, as Woodward has come out and said they want to sign more players after the Herrera signing. It was well documented that he failed to sign Fabregas last summer, and he is failing to negotiate this summer on various targets that have come and gone.
Is it?
Yes, I'm sure Woodward's so stupid that he has £100 million or £200 million but somehow fails to negotiate for players we need with urgency.
Van Gaal said he hand known what he wanted since the tour in America.
Can we have a vote on whether to vote again?
What has Woodward done in his role as player negotiator to give you confidence that he is good at his job?
Maybe you should just not assume that everybody spends as much time on here as you and regard questions as what they are: questions. If you don't feel the need or don't have any answers, don't run around telling others to ignore questions. Maybe somebody has more to offer than: "it's obvious to anybody with a brain that we have targets".
Tbh I always believed that Woodward should have gotten the sack before Moyes. His incompetency bewilders me, and I thought he would have learned by now but the same lack of activity in the transfer market has occurred this summer as well. Can anyone be that useless? Surely LVG must have figured out which positions need strengthening and which players have no future at the club. However the 'Glazers problem' will be much more difficult to get rid of, and I hope we don't go back to the 'green and gold till the club is sold' situation
Who says he hasn't achieved exactly what the Glazers wanted?
You do know that a 3rd party was involved in the Mata transfer and Woody had feck all to.do with it?
If this is the case then it's appalling and the surely the Glazers must be driven out of the club. If we are to become a mid-table club then it's all due to them.
Because it would be completely illogical for the Glazers as businesspeople to want what he has "achieved".
Okay WoodyCan we have a vote on whether to vote again?
What? Spend no money therefore leave them with more cash in their own pockets?
Spend no money, see the team go quickly downhill, resulting in reduced money from sponsors and merchandise sales etc etc.
Short term yes, long term no.
Seen this argument before - nothing has changed. Sponsors & Revenue streams continue to go grow at an exponential rate despite under investment in the team over a significant period of time. You think it will change but the Glazers have not seen anything detrimental in their bank balance.
I thought it was SAF and Gill who got involved. I don't understand what you mean by third party here. Anyway, we always tend to get things done that way. From what I do remember, many of our negotiations are done by agents or other power brokers on our behalf.
