Because unfortunately the club refuse to hire a competent specialist to take charge of transfers.Exactly, so why are we trusting his judgment to sign players now?
If we wanted proof of the incompetence of these scum who own us, just look at the panic mode of trying to get players in.
This should have been addressed before the pre season even started.
Ralf's report for which he was fired was the go to document that detailed how deep a shit we were in, in as far as the squad was concerned.
Yet. They place this artificial budget to operate within.
The FdJ situation is a failure of the people the Glazers appointed to negotiate.
In business there is always a back up plan. Credible substitutes.
Even in the current situation, it would be cheaper to pay the deferred wages to get the transfer over the line.
Mourinho was right. The club is run as business. Not a football club.
But hey. They took over the club 'legally' so they cannot be all bad right?
Is this a serious question?Exactly, so why are we trusting his judgment to sign players now?
What i see is a manager trying to get the first team regulars to play well together. And yes, a few bad results is likely in that process. They will never gel in his system if they are pulled out the squad after a bad result. We need to suck it up and hope that this will bear fruit soon. And i expect to see some proper signings soon because you cannot get get blood from a rock. McFred aint gonna get better.So much optimism destroyed in 90mins
If we are going to be getting humbled by the smaller teams again this season, drop all first team players and play the youngsters. At least they will play for the shirt!
Kind of a lazy, Top Red take.Bull…..SAF took a while to observe, try different things, make mistakes and then bring success. People will say oh no not this again bit it is true i was there. Nowadays, one competitive match and we not playing perfect football and everyone moans….get real you spoilt brats….
It was his first premiership game. I don't think he got it right and we should expect improvement over the coming weeks. But 90 minutes doesn't change my mind just yet that ETH is the right manager for us. I'm far more concerned about the Parasites draining the club and leaving a carcass of what once was a great and well run club.Kind of a lazy, Top Red take.
‘In your opinion, at what point is it acceptable to discuss a manager’s tactics? 2 years? 3 years?
I agree that ETH is the right manager for us. I criticized his preparation for the match, but I do think he’s a good manager and I support him. It seems some people think we shouldn’t say a single critical word about a manager, and that signals we want him out. Not the case with me, but as a fan, I reserve the right to point out where I disagree with the manager.It was his first premiership game. I don't think he got it right and we should expect improvement over the coming weeks. But 90 minutes doesn't change my mind just yet that ETH is the right manager for us. I'm far more concerned about the Parasites draining the club and leaving a carcass of what once was a great and well run club.
We have a scouting department that surely have targets they think would fit United? From what it sounds like so far we’ve just gone for whomever Ten Hag wants and not bothered to go with any of the scouts recommended players, like Martinez over Pau Torres.Because unfortunately the club refuse to hire a competent specialist to take charge of transfers.
Can't blame ETH for that - the club is letting him down bigly with the lack of a proper support structure.
i feel like I read this in the athletic but due to our restructuring ETH has been give pretty much absolute control this summer and then over the course of the season they will be bringing in / refreshing the recruitment team who will then give him recommendations a la Liverpool and Klopp.Because unfortunately the club refuse to hire a competent specialist to take charge of transfers.
Can't blame ETH for that - the club is letting him down bigly with the lack of a proper support structure.
In his most successful spell at a club, he didn’t sign anyone, and now he’s being entrusted to rebuild United having never been in this position either. I’m sure he knows what a good player looks like, we all do, but all we’ve done at the moment is sign players he’s worked with, which to me suggests he doesn’t actually know what traits he’s looking for and he doesn’t trust the scouts.Is this a serious question?
We have a scouting department that surely have targets they think would fit United? From what it sounds like so far we’ve just gone for whomever Ten Hag wants and not bothered to go with any of the scouts recommended players, like Martinez over Pau Torres.
Rabiot and SMS are club targets with his approval, so we are not only listening to him and his eredivisie boys. And regardless of who scouts the targets, he's the manager, he's the one who plays them so he'll have the final say anyways.In his most successful spell at a club, he didn’t sign anyone, and now he’s being entrusted to rebuild United having never been in this position either. I’m sure he knows what a good player looks like, we all do, but all we’ve done at the moment is sign players he’s worked with, which to me suggests he doesn’t actually know what traits he’s looking for and he doesn’t trust the scouts.
I was on about all 3. Would be around 200 mill. Utd would never sanction that.Well FdJ is around 65m
and early In the window it was widely reported that Ajax wanted 70m
In a world where Nottingham Forrest and Leeds are spending 100m there’s no excuses.
We played the false 9 in pre-season.-Sudden adoption of a false 9 tactic outta nowhere
-McFred, Maguire and Shaw still first choice
-Not vetoing, potentially even suggesting, signing Arnautovic and/or Rabiot
Really testing my patience here. He better know what he is doing.
I was on about all 3 would be around 200 mill. No way Utd would sanction it.That's not why FDJ is not here - they agreed the price with Barcelona.
Err why do our fans do that and try to rewrite history, as AF took in a fair few "old farts/granddads" or do you forget he took Larson, goram, and lest we forget how he gave an oap who told him to feck off twice in the 90s a final payday 00s when no-one else would touch blanc, now how many has ETH signed.Ten Haha: "I'm happy with the current squad - we make good progress. I'm happy with the signings until now. You don't need any player, you need the right player. That's what we're working for."
The right player being what? Some cheap old farts?
Have we gone from the Busby Babes and Fergie's Fledgelings to Ten Hag's Granddads?
There isn’t a single manager who would succeed here. Everything about the club is too toxic. It’s done.What’s the odds on him walking from Disney land ?
It's just like hiring rangnick to be manager then not letting him do what he is best atExactly, so why are we trusting his judgment to sign players now?
There isn’t a single manager who would succeed here. Everything about the club is too toxic. It’s done.
It’s not just transfers. Literally one defeat brings about a media cycle and Twitter storm that just doesn’t happen anywhere else. The whole club is just steeped in negativity. It’s next to impossible to break that.If he is not supported with the transfers he needs he will know they lied to him.
He will walk end of the season.
I thought he looked normal but wasnt happy he lost obviously.He looked a bit shell shocked after the defeat. Made a few questionable selections. I think he is slightly overawed.
He will settle in but I think it’s going to take a while.
That never actually made any sense. It was a hindsight rationalisation to justify the questionable business and limited scouting we conducted over the summer. Not only did it not make sense to leave those roles unmanned for a full year it was the total opposite of what was hyped heading into the summer. Heading into the summer the new Deputy DoF was going to be the hire that would free Murtough up to shift his focus on scouting and he and Fletcher were touted as being the drivers of a newly innovated recruitment structure.i feel like I read this in the athletic but due to our restructuring ETH has been give pretty much absolute control this summer and then over the course of the season they will be bringing in / refreshing the recruitment team who will then give him recommendations a la Liverpool and Klopp.
It's just the kind of press release nonsense we publish every year. Just like how we always used to hear about a well respected dof being recruitedThat never actually made any sense. It was a hindsight rationalisation to justify the questionable business and limited scouting we conducted over the summer. Not only did it not make sense to leave those roles unmanned for a full year it was the total opposite of what was hyped heading into the summer. Heading into the summer the new Deputy DoF was going to be the hire that would free Murtough up to shift his focus on scouting and he and Fletcher were touted as being the drivers of a newly innovated recruitment structure.
Once that flopped they pivoted to say the real changes were contingent on yet another future hiring. There's always a new reason, except in this case it doesnt even make sense, because once again, how do you leave key roles unmanned during a summer window? This is why they are now panic buying arnautovic, rabiot and co. There was never some elaborate masterplan. If it was a good plan there should have at least been a provisional structure put in place to keep the club afloat till the hirings were made.
It was always snakeoil, the panicked scattergun business this week should tear down the facade that everything was fine and they knew what they were doing. Bidding then pulling out of the Arnautovic deal is the definition of panic.It's just the kind of press release nonsense we publish every year. Just like how we always used to hear about a well respected dof being recruited
Some going on about the late subs.
The only recognized midfielder we had on the bench was Garner.
To bring on attacking players too early would have been to open us further.
It was a last gasp attempt to get an equalizer.
Lack of depth eh?
It’s not just transfers. Literally one defeat brings about a media cycle and Twitter storm that just doesn’t happen anywhere else. The whole club is just steeped in negativity. It’s next to impossible to break that.
It’s not just transfers. Literally one defeat brings about a media cycle and Twitter storm that just doesn’t happen anywhere else. The whole club is just steeped in negativity. It’s next to impossible to break that.
No. We get this reaction after every defeat.No, things would have been different if we started the season positively, like with a good performance or a win, however literally the first game of the season had us getting convincingly beaten at home by a midtable team, with a shit performance similar to what we had been seeing last season. Couple this with how shit our transfers business have been this summer and it's not the media's problem.
In what way?Underwhelming pre-season
Disappointing summer transfer window so far
Beaten at home by Brighton in the opening game
Tried to sign Marko Arnautovic
''The writing is on the wall.'' Sam Smith, Poet.
No. We get this reaction after every defeat.
