Yeah it’s a good window, an excellent window would be a defensive midfielder and maybe more of a clear out of the dead wood but from a manager’s point of view having too many players isn’t a bad thing, it forces competition at the very least and helps during our usual injury crisis.
Ed Woodward 2019 - Until all Arctic ice melts edition
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Yeah it’s a good window, an excellent window would be a defensive midfielder and maybe more of a clear out of the dead wood but from a manager’s point of view having too many players isn’t a bad thing, it forces competition at the very least and helps during our usual injury crisis.
Don’t you think Matic, McTominay and Garner is a good portfolio of no 6’s? If we are serious about our youth program. the McT deserves chance to make the position his own.
Though I agree next year we should look to replace matic.
I’m not defending the ownership, but Ed is an employee of the Glazers, so what do you expect? They’ll sack him and replace him with Gary Neville?
If you want the owners out, 2 things would need to happen:
1) A buyer would have to emerge that would convince the remaining Glazer family members with majority shares in the club to sell up and agree on a set price for a buyout.
2) This mysteriously benevolent owner would then (in an ideal world) get the banks to agree repaying the debt, cause the Glazers ain’t repaying that debt. Also easier said than done.
Then they’d structure the club after the takeover as some see fit.
Who is this mysterious owner? Because some the people that can afford such an endeavour are frightening prospective owners.
Alternatively the tin foil hat crowd can wrap themselves in delusions “based on feck all [that] is not analysis” that if you don’t buy a kit this year, don’t go the matches, and join Paul Ince in writing poorly constructed 4th level open letters to Ed that it will make a bit of difference.
Ed and the Glazers are in charge for the here and now. Any self-respecting United supporter, myself included, would wish for this mysterious benevolent owner to arrive, but until then there’s certainly room to hope that Ed has learned from mistakes and the club can kick on. What’s the alternative? Stew in anger and rage against the dying of the light? No thanks, but enjoy.
These shortish posts calling Ed names and muddying up the waters always show up, don’t they?
think he wanted PL football. Bayern clearly have their eyes elsewhere (Sane). also rumours of a huge loan deal for Arsenal...
McTominay has more in his locker than DM and is neither the specialist or experienced head we need to rely on there. In 2-4 years, possibly. Garner has every chance of becoming a top DLP but to trust him to protect the defence this season is too early.
The less said about Matic the better, he will be benched before Christmas, his legs aren’t doing what his head tells him anymore.
Just a shame we need a DM and RW a lot more than we need a SS and a CF. Neither of the most likely incomings are as important as getting someone like Ndidi in. At least we could probably go for a cheeky swap deal for Verratti next season if Dybala doesn't deliver. Surely he'll be easier to get rid of than Lukaku.
No Dybala, No Bruno, Lukaku to inter whilst we sign Mandzukic....fecking hell talk about 2 steps back.
Is he going to get another pass now because we almost bought a top player? Oooo he tried let's not be harsh on him. Hate the guy. Leaves it until the last week, goes after a player, fails but makes it look like we tried.
Moyes transfer window pt II. Question is who will be our Fellaini this time.
Needs to pull his finger out, we literally have no midfield and a very weak attack.
No Dybala or Bruno ... Back to being an average window!
This good for nothing fraud needs to go.
feck off you cnut
Feck him
Just yesterday muppets were saying he deserves a statue 
What's he done?
Can’t really be arsed defending this eejit but isn’t this just a standard transfer window for us? Two or three decent players signed plus one or two more muppet frenzies that drag on all summer and end up coming to nowt? From Robben to Ronaldinho to Sneijder to Gaitan to whoever the feck. This is just the same shit, different season. Dunno why you gimps get so emotionally involved. Have ye learned nothing?!?
We are right to pull the plug on Dybala, and it seems OGS isn't interested in Bruno.
Well because some still had hope that this club won't go to the shitter completely. We badly badly badly need reinforcement in midfield. We have none. Plus we let go our only striker that - although a donkey - scored goals pretty regularly for us and are seemingly not getting anyone in either. We lack creativity, firepower and, as Matic is losing his legs more and more, protection for our back four. We haven't addressed any of that. Once again.
We did?
Both of these decisions are fine, and I don't argue with people better qualified to make these decisions like OGS or EWw.
BUT, we still need a decent CM and a replacement for Lukaku, and am afraid we are not planning for those, which is very concerning.
Just because we were right to pull the plug on him doesn't mean this window won't be shit if we are too incompetent to have a plan B in mind. We need someone for our right wing, creativity in midfield and a replacement for Matic. A striker wouldn't hurt either of we let Lukaku go. A lot to do in one week.
Latest reports indicate OGS is happy to put faith in Greenwood for the season, which is what an awful lot of people have been clamouring for.
I agree we need another CM and something may happen between now and Thursday, but I think people underestimate how difficult the market currently is.
We will Pogue. We can't keep him here after his comments and by a accounts he doesn't seem to be in Ole's plans (if he actually has any).
Mandzukic, i reckon.
We can't fix all our problems in one window. This is a long process to get us back where we need to be, and it's about identifying the right sorts of players who fit into OGS' ethos.
We've sorted out defence and there's a chance we may bring in one more signing before Thursday. Our squad will have improved on last season and OGS will look to blood in some youngsters who a lot of people on here have very high hopes for.
@haram go on then, let it all out. You know you want to.
If he goes I’d say we’ll probably replace him. Or put a huge amount of faith in a very young player (Greenwood) The latter would be my preference. Whatever, every single transfer window follows this pattern. I just find it strange people can’t see the inevitable disappointment coming.
We have no youngsters for our midfield though. But you are right let's wait what will happen. I wouldn't be surprised if this was it though.
Why do people believe that weird excuse? United not only have the money to do so. The players are there. It's matter of being able to do deals quickly. Not this nonsense of spending 4/5ths of a window attempting to negotiate down a player's price yet STILL ending up paying the initial asking price....
Isn't that concerning though? That our board is chasing targets year for year that it fails to get and end up having nothing or not enough?
So close. If only he'd have given Dybala and his agent anything they wanted it was his.Just yesterday muppets were saying he deserves a statue
Classic, spend all summer chasing Maguire without getting any discount at all, then spend 7 of the last 11 days chasing a player we probably always knew didn't fancy it, which positions us to legitimately claim we have run out of time to do anymore business, and we can use the 'we tried' line all over again, and people will lap it up as well.
Delivery guy: Hey Caftards i have here a statue of someone called Ed Woodward, you guys ordered ...
CAF : feck you and your statue, get lost!
CAF : feck you and your statue, get lost!
He’s a Glazer piece of fecking shit regardless of what happens this window.
Will it?
We've lost Herrera and haven't replaced him, and we may potentially lose Lukaku without replacing him, too. That's not to mention the problem areas we haven't even looked at like right wing and central mid.
Undoubtedly we've improved the back four, although in an ideal world we would have sorted Maguire long enough ago that he could have built a partnership with Lindelof in preseason.
I would say we've probably simply stood still, which is a problem when the position you're standing still from was one of being absolutely fecking hopeless.
It's to the point were I'd rather sign nobody and the United fans react.
Just feels like yet another window were we've left it late, wasted time on people who don't want to be here and then a script were we tried.
Lukaku doesn't want to be here. Pogba doesn't want to be here. De Gea in the last year of his contract.
And the narrative now is, Ole has been impressed with the youngsters.
Just feels like yet another window were we've left it late, wasted time on people who don't want to be here and then a script were we tried.
Lukaku doesn't want to be here. Pogba doesn't want to be here. De Gea in the last year of his contract.
And the narrative now is, Ole has been impressed with the youngsters.
Not really. Considering we went through these exact same sagas back when we were an extremely successful club. A lot of them are just other clubs/agents using us as leverage.
Same old, time wasted, no one out, lots of positions still need covering.
4 days left... what a farce.
4 days left... what a farce.
The issue with ED being useless at bringing quality players is that the good ones we already have will be hard to tie down and keep them at OT.
If Paul leaves and DDG doesn't extend next summer we're back to Moyes years.
Ed needs to show some fecking balls for once and throw some money around.
If Paul leaves and DDG doesn't extend next summer we're back to Moyes years.
Ed needs to show some fecking balls for once and throw some money around.