3 weeks till our season starts. 1 until training. Ole said he needed additions publicly and he sure as shite won't want them in after we have played 1 or 2 games.
Also if that Phil Brown tweet is legit United aren't pulling up any trees this window which is an absolute disgrace. Any time we make top 4 we let ourselves stagnate or regress. Also every summer fans say oh the window isn't closed yet yet by the time it does we haven't done enough business.
Over the years I have seen enough evidence to say that we aren't actually trying to get back to the top. Not really. We just throw money away when shit hits the fan to ensure that we stay a commercially viable entity.
Feel for our manager and our fans because it's absolutely disgusting.
When you talk about club not backing the manager when we reach top 4, we have only finished top 4 three times in the past 7 years...with this year being one of them?!
Moyes was just as much to blame for his window just as much as Ed was. Moyes vetoed Thiago and got played by the likes of Bale & Fabregas. But then in the winter, he also got Juan, for a then club record fee.
LVG was backed in his season we finished top 4.
Mourinho was backed when we got in CL via EL win. In his final transfer window, wrongly or rightly, it was clear to see he wanted to spend big on short term players, on the likes of Toby A. Without making this a JM bashing thread, it was correct not to back him. But for arguments sake, let's say he wasn't backed in that window.
Ole still has 6 weeks left on this transfer window. I would have liked couple of transfers done by no by now but we can't really comment on this window till it closes.
So, out of the past 7 years, I'd only say there's been one window which the manager hasn't been backed, as a clear indication by the board.