Yea you’re right, who makes signings when the season is still going despite the transfer window being open for almost a month already. That’s what a proper football club does, which we clearly are not at the moment.
Wot, no transfers? It's all happening now!
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Newsflash...... They might just be working on those exact things. Fancy that eh?
Go and have a lie down and relax. Our season doesn't start for 4 more weeks and we are going to get little to no pre season anyway due to our European exploits.
No doubt a reactionary hissy fit to us not spunking 120m on Sancho
It’s really surprised me just how terrible some are after SAF left.
from what I’m aware of, a football club plays matches which it then charges people to watch, at stadium or at home. I don’t remember clubs committing to not ‘blunt enthusiasm’ during the transfer window, ensuring clubs business is done to satisfy faceless internet moaners who can’t handle uncertainty.
Feels like we have reached a stage where some people actually ‘get off’ on transfer muppetry, and not the game itself.
Social media and digital football games has a lot to answer for!
God that was a boringly earnest post.
edit: although I am grateful for the new term 'exit straggly'
Arguing with another member
How old are you? If it’s 15 or below, I’ll understand.
edit: can’t you even deal with typos either?
Smug??
It is a bit early for people to be losing their shit and claiming we're absolutely not going to sign anyone. The window runs until October.
Its perfectly fine to have misgivings obviously and there is always the fear that the Glazers tighten the purse strings but it seems that some either love wallowing in misery or want to be able to say I told you so.
Good one. Anyway, feel free to comb through my posting history - let me know about the pattern of entitled/crybaby behaviour that you come across.
It really is a sorry state of affairs and I agree social media, all this tier 1 twitter BS and fan channels on YouTube have a lot to answer for.
We really do have some absolute fruitcakes who follow us.
How long is the transfer window open anyone? I really cant believe how slow things are right now.
44 days? I think
Enter CAF vigilantes in 3..2...1...
Surely you've noticed the "off" season is barely that this season?
The league starts 3 weeks today!
No money left for transfers after bailing out Maguire
6 weeks to end of the window.
No sign of united closing any deals soon. Considering they have a “1 deal at a time policy” I feel we better all stock up on extra loo roll for it’ll be squeaky bum time soon enough
No sign of united closing any deals soon. Considering they have a “1 deal at a time policy” I feel we better all stock up on extra loo roll for it’ll be squeaky bum time soon enough
Can the caf set up a gofundme page for this. If every United fan contributes just a $1/1£ well get this over the line.
Very much consider it 3 weeks to go. You need players in before the season starts
This is United sign after the season has started, who needs training to gel with new teammates
That one deal at a time is actually a thing or just a joke?
It was a thing from last summer or the summer before, can’t remember for sure
I can't imagine a club of United size and stature would work like that.
If we do not strengthen the side this summer it tells us what the future holds for Man Utd.
When we last got into the Champions League the board didn't back the manager: Grant, Dalot and Fred is not backing the manager.
We all dismissed it as Mourinho having his third season fall out and the Board reacting. However, Ole has not been confrontational and outwardly there's no sign of the relationship collapsing.
If Ole's not backed, despite being the anti Mourinho, it's clear that the Glazers will only spend when the Addidas money is at stake.
That makes you question who, if any manager, can succeed at United. Conte has bought 9 players at Inter and moved on the same number. Yet he's about to resign because he feels he hasn't been backed. Shocking when you see how little effort the Board puts into moving on deadwood and improving our squad.
When we last got into the Champions League the board didn't back the manager: Grant, Dalot and Fred is not backing the manager.
We all dismissed it as Mourinho having his third season fall out and the Board reacting. However, Ole has not been confrontational and outwardly there's no sign of the relationship collapsing.
If Ole's not backed, despite being the anti Mourinho, it's clear that the Glazers will only spend when the Addidas money is at stake.
That makes you question who, if any manager, can succeed at United. Conte has bought 9 players at Inter and moved on the same number. Yet he's about to resign because he feels he hasn't been backed. Shocking when you see how little effort the Board puts into moving on deadwood and improving our squad.
There are no rumors of any departures as well? This is baffling. Fecking idiots in charge.
Did you think someone was going to pony up a fee and 100k a week for Lingard, Jones, Rojo etc?
We need to get a few new signings in and quick. Not convinced by Gabriel if the link is true. Seems like another lindelof/bailly signing. We need to buy the likes of koulibaly to steady up the defence now and to breed through young defenders such as Mengi.
For the RW, we need to sign someone decent, even if it's a short term loan and then get Sancho next season. Costa or Coman with a preference for Coman and an option to buy at the end of the loan if he impresses.
Striker as well, if Higuain is going for a free and isn't expecting mental wages then he would be worth grabbing on a one year deal, same as Khediera. Might well be Juve cast offs but still have a lot to offer.
For the RW, we need to sign someone decent, even if it's a short term loan and then get Sancho next season. Costa or Coman with a preference for Coman and an option to buy at the end of the loan if he impresses.
Striker as well, if Higuain is going for a free and isn't expecting mental wages then he would be worth grabbing on a one year deal, same as Khediera. Might well be Juve cast offs but still have a lot to offer.
I think we as a forum needs to be more positive around here. We probably won't sign Sancho due to high value attached by Dortmund and our finances not being strong due to COVID. But so what? We do have a potential generational talent in the wings who could really use next season to further develop. As long we buy someone so that any injury to our front 3 doesn't imply playing James/Ighalo/Mata/Lingard/Periera, but a decent option, we should be fine. Especially if we are able to plug a couple of holes in our squad elsewhere.
The good news is no one is going to come in for Lingard or Jones, so there's two to help next season.
Its a fecking joke to be honest. This board never used to be like this. I'd understand if we lost badly or had a string of poor performances.
But this is at the start of a transfer window in very uncertain circumstances.
I blame social media and the cesspool known as "journalists". People seem to hang onto every single word they type out. Its become a fecking disease on the mind, because none of these tweets are fact checked or even come with any remotely plausible responsibility. Its become so easy for them that they don't even have to take the time to write an article and publish it! All it takes is 150 words or less now.
They get paid for clicks, not for news authenticity or accuracy, yet people don't seem to realise this and lap up every word.
It creates a false narrative around our club 99% of the time.
Told in june that this boring summer. It's almost september and nothing have changed. It will be hard top4 battle again next season if Ed can't do any signings. Chelsea will be better than last season, maybe Spurs also. We need at least one starter, maybe 2-3. And depth same time, we simply can not start with same players game after game. Cap between starting 11 and bench is huge. Like everybody knows, except Ed.
I have bad feeling we will see 0-1 signings and then start to react on january when we are 15 points behind Pool/City after dropping points to Fulham and Burnley. Have there even been any serious rumours other than Sancho?
I have bad feeling we will see 0-1 signings and then start to react on january when we are 15 points behind Pool/City after dropping points to Fulham and Burnley. Have there even been any serious rumours other than Sancho?
I have no sympathy for their Covid excuses if I'm being completely honest. They bought the club in debt, put us into debt. They took money out of the club to buy Tom Brady and that other bloke for their NFL team. Not to add the dividends and the money they've taken out etc.
Chelsea are spending, City are spending, Liverpool are far ahead of us and have intention to improve their depth. Barcelona will most likely spend heavily. Arsenal are spending wisely. Even the fecking skint cnuts Spurs are looking to spend. It would be absolutely unforgivable for us not to utilize this window to take a huge step to closing the gap.
Chelsea are spending, City are spending, Liverpool are far ahead of us and have intention to improve their depth. Barcelona will most likely spend heavily. Arsenal are spending wisely. Even the fecking skint cnuts Spurs are looking to spend. It would be absolutely unforgivable for us not to utilize this window to take a huge step to closing the gap.
Really? Just look at how slow we are
That's not how the NFL works. Neither Gronk nor Brady cost them any money they wouldn't have put in the roster anyway.
Fair enough, thanks for the clarification
I agree with you Im all for getting our targets in early, all im saying its not the Glazers way.
Just thinking today...What if you buy a player when the country they're in gets added to the list? They'll have to quarantine for 14 days right? Even more reason to try and wrap deals up earlier than later this window.
It smells of a panic-before-closing-time purchase. Maybe Fellaini will be back!
Summer window 2020: Extended Ighalo* and cut Sanchez loose.
I don't follow journos and seldom use social media. What I know is what I've seen with my own eyes.
And what I've seen is the pattern of our owners completely putting a halt to our progress once we get Champions League football. That's all it matters to them due to financial repercussions.
What follows is the inevitable drop in performance, finish out of the top 4, manager sack, rinse and repeat.
Finish the recipe by adding cafs saying our fans are too spoiled.
This. Covid wasn't a thing in 2015 or 2018. It's just blatant excuses at this point.
I am hoping that we get some quality in otherwise it's another case of this incompetent board letting another manager down when he delivered his goals for the season.