The only thing that could improve this rubbish window is if we manage to sell some of our dross to other people.
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Yep, would make them title challengers for me.
So I've heard.Probably long term?I just think he would be up for the challenge.
If we end up with the players we have bought so far only then i would classify it as a status quo job this summer. We have too many holes to fill in one summer however the job done is woefully inadequate for a so called big club. It is time to accept that Manchester United is no longer a big team but a mediocre one with no further ambitions with owners that only talk but dosn´t back it up where it matters. I would not come to this club if i was a young and up coming talent like Sancho as this club isn´t trying to win the league nor being a dominant factor in the Champions League again if you look at the level we have been operating at since selling Ronaldo. This club is all empty talk.
Poor window considering two of our big rivals Spurs and Arsenal look like to have had better summers than us and Chelsea would probably too if they did not have a transfer ban.
Liverpool and city are so far ahead of us it makes no difference who we sign in one window.
Our defense has improved but just as weak or even weaker elsewhere.
It is a top 6 squad at best.
Liverpool and city are so far ahead of us it makes no difference who we sign in one window.
Our defense has improved but just as weak or even weaker elsewhere.
It is a top 6 squad at best.
The only saving graces are that Wolves might struggle more with Europa AND we've weakened one of our other main rivals by taking Maguire off them. Everton may yet be the biggest threats to our 6th place as they've had a good window.
Herrera must be laughing at us and thanking God he left this joke of a club
have we stooped so low that we are now discussing mid-table teams' limitations in order to save grace... (sarcastic)... bring on the seasonnnnn! l-o-l
it'd be interesting to see how many utd players us fans have on fantasy.
Speaks for itself
Shambles.
This is easily the worst window in the last decade. How anyone can think we will finish in a champions league position is comical. 7th place finish is my estimation.
As an outsider looks to me OGS is going all out to give proper chances to Greenwood, Chong and Gomes and any other young player that shows promise this season. Board happy to run with it. Gomes is the only one of them who's a CM isn't he?
Does seem really odd to me you've left yourself (as it stands) pretty short in CM area and upfront. Could understand it more if you weren't in any european competition but Thursday-Sunday is going to lead to rotation, fatigue and injuries.
Does seem really odd to me you've left yourself (as it stands) pretty short in CM area and upfront. Could understand it more if you weren't in any european competition but Thursday-Sunday is going to lead to rotation, fatigue and injuries.
Yeah he's out for a good while, he would have been a good option to have.
I'm all for giving the youngsters a chance, but if you think Chong and Gomes are going to get us into the Champions League then you are deluded.
Even if he was, he scored goals, and was an extra option, I genuinely don't think Greenwood is going to play as much as people seem to think he is. We are 3 players, minimum, short of a good transfer window, we've had months, MONTHS, knowing Fellaini and Herrera were leaving and yet we made no attempt to sign a midfielder besides Brexit Longstaff apparently. We've seemingly let players like Tielemens, Lo Celso, Ndombele etc just go despite needing midfielders, clubs a joke.
I understand it from a front 3 perspective, it's the midfield that is harder to understand, they're seemingly blind to how much of a problem it is whenever Mata or Matic play. Our squad would look much healthier if it was Herrera in Matic's place IMO, as we'd have probably 3/4 competent midfielders (compared to the 2/3, depending on how you count Fred).
In the attack between 4 positions (depending on formation and where Pogba plays), we have Martial, Rashford, Lingard, Mata, Sanchez, James, Greenwood, Gomes and Chong... 9 players, and while we all hate Sanchez, I guess Ole is looking at him doing a decent squad player job. We'll see how it goes, but I'm definitely glad we're giving youth a chance in there.
As it was with LvG the club will spin it this way but given the targets we were after this isn't a choice we've actively made.
I'll still enjoy the season and seeing the youth but unlike some posters i can do that whilst still recognising how much of a disgrace this window is. Even from a risk management point of view we've left so much open to risk.
If no one comes in today to replace Lukaku or Herrera then i will give us a 2 out of 10.
On the flip side if we manage to get rid of Sanchez I will give us a 10/10
On the flip side if we manage to get rid of Sanchez I will give us a 10/10
Hope there are better days ahead of him.Cause I think he cares for the badge.
First at all- i don't get why so many people consider this window a success. I have mixed feelings about people we brought in, but failure to offload deadwood and lack of transfers in key positions is just shocking.
We need a miracle to even dream about a top 6 finish. Our attack is full of youngsters with erratic performances and unstable out-put. Right wing - again we have a square peg in round whole. Whoever plays there (Mata, Lingard, James) will not be a threat coming from wide positions. All players will drift to the middle of the pitch leaving us ease to defend against.
Midfield- it literally takes one injury and one suspension to us having no midfielders on a bench. Pogba, Fred, McT, Matic, Andreas is not enough in terms of quantity, not to mention quality. Matic's legs are gone. Fred gets cold and hot, Andreas is not #6, could be deployed as #8 but that's all.
We finally got a right back. After years of watching Valencia and Young i welcomed this purchase with open arms. The fee is ridiculous but hey, what can you do.
Regardless, our back up option consists of Dalot and Young..and Darmian. None fills me with confidence.
Maguire for me is a luxury buy. Many argue that he will transform this side. I doubt. IMHO we wasted opportunity to invest serious money elsewhere.
DDG is yet to sing a new contract. I see him leave for free next summer.
For me we have done less than bare minimum in terms of transfers in, close to nothing in terms of clearing the deadwood, we failed to replace players who left.
The one and only positive is that, it seems we have changed our approach. We have clear profile of players we target, we grew a pair of bollocks to say no to "opportunities" in the market and we get only player who are motivated by prospect of playing for Man United.
We need a miracle to even dream about a top 6 finish. Our attack is full of youngsters with erratic performances and unstable out-put. Right wing - again we have a square peg in round whole. Whoever plays there (Mata, Lingard, James) will not be a threat coming from wide positions. All players will drift to the middle of the pitch leaving us ease to defend against.
Midfield- it literally takes one injury and one suspension to us having no midfielders on a bench. Pogba, Fred, McT, Matic, Andreas is not enough in terms of quantity, not to mention quality. Matic's legs are gone. Fred gets cold and hot, Andreas is not #6, could be deployed as #8 but that's all.
We finally got a right back. After years of watching Valencia and Young i welcomed this purchase with open arms. The fee is ridiculous but hey, what can you do.
Regardless, our back up option consists of Dalot and Young..and Darmian. None fills me with confidence.
Maguire for me is a luxury buy. Many argue that he will transform this side. I doubt. IMHO we wasted opportunity to invest serious money elsewhere.
DDG is yet to sing a new contract. I see him leave for free next summer.
For me we have done less than bare minimum in terms of transfers in, close to nothing in terms of clearing the deadwood, we failed to replace players who left.
The one and only positive is that, it seems we have changed our approach. We have clear profile of players we target, we grew a pair of bollocks to say no to "opportunities" in the market and we get only player who are motivated by prospect of playing for Man United.
2/10
And here's why- Lingard , Mata, Young , Jones, Smalling, Matic , are still at the club. We sold our top goalscorer from the last 2 seasons. Our midfield is utter dog turd.
I've now come to accept we are muck, no more false hope, i can not be wound up by City or Liverpool fans because we are in essence in a seperate league both on and off the pitch and i know it will stay like this until the Glazers are done.
And here's why- Lingard , Mata, Young , Jones, Smalling, Matic , are still at the club. We sold our top goalscorer from the last 2 seasons. Our midfield is utter dog turd.
I've now come to accept we are muck, no more false hope, i can not be wound up by City or Liverpool fans because we are in essence in a seperate league both on and off the pitch and i know it will stay like this until the Glazers are done.
Underwhelming in a word.
5/10
We strengthened our defence but our midfield and attack are weaker than last season. We just have to hope that the academy players can step up their game and deliver. If not... then we're in serious trouble getting in the Top 4 this season.
We strengthened our defence but our midfield and attack are weaker than last season. We just have to hope that the academy players can step up their game and deliver. If not... then we're in serious trouble getting in the Top 4 this season.
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Agreed 100%
And it will be these same people who will moan when we are struggling to beat teams in the relegation zone. They'll ask why we didn't buy midfielders in the Summer.
And when Ole is sacked as a result, they'll blame the owners, only then, it will be too late. The moaning needs to be done before....not after.
Before the window opened I predicted that we'd attempt to save money, spend little, hope for 4th place and increase the profits of the company. At this moment in time, that's what we are doing.
Some fans are (or will be) angry at players.
Some are angry at Ole/Jose.
I am angry at Woodward - everything starts with his incompetence in the role of DoF.
Looks like Bournemouth are about to sign Frank Kessie for less than 30 million. Quite liked him as a holding Mid. Pity we dont need one of them.
Looks like Bournemouth are about to sign Frank Kessie for less than 30 million. Quite liked him as a holding Mid. Pity we dont need one of them.
Isn't he supposed to be joining wolves?
Could they become another challenger for our 6th place crown at this rate??Looks like Bournemouth are about to sign Frank Kessie for less than 30 million. Quite liked him as a holding Mid. Pity we dont need one of them.
We really needed a midfielder. Shocking decision by the club.
Updating my rating to 1/10
Signed three players - all British for ~50% over actual value. Let Herrera walk and sold Lukaku without replacing either. Shambolic.
Signed three players - all British for ~50% over actual value. Let Herrera walk and sold Lukaku without replacing either. Shambolic.
We are going to be properly shite this season
We have them second game away I think. Will be a tough match
Add all the business Everton, Wolves and Arsenal are doing and you are damn right!
If none of those had done business, we would probably be on for a good chance at 4th place, as it stands it wouldn't be surprisng to end in 8th!
It will be.
The fact we finally got a proper rightback after about 6 years makes this a great window for me.
Agreed we needed more bodies in but getting all these done in 1 window was always very unlikely. I’m choosing to look at it as we’ll move for Kai Havertz, Sancho and Sangare/Roca next season and I’m quite happy letting Greenwood, Gomes and Chong have a crack at 1st team football to see what they can do.
I’m expecting a fight for 4th but looks like a lot of people will be challenging for it so we could place anywhere from 4th to 8th.
It’s a weird one to rate as well Bissaka and Maguire our good buys and if a City had signed them you’d say great window. We just needed a lot of work so it probably clouds the reality of how good the window is/was.
5/10
Agreed we needed more bodies in but getting all these done in 1 window was always very unlikely. I’m choosing to look at it as we’ll move for Kai Havertz, Sancho and Sangare/Roca next season and I’m quite happy letting Greenwood, Gomes and Chong have a crack at 1st team football to see what they can do.
I’m expecting a fight for 4th but looks like a lot of people will be challenging for it so we could place anywhere from 4th to 8th.
It’s a weird one to rate as well Bissaka and Maguire our good buys and if a City had signed them you’d say great window. We just needed a lot of work so it probably clouds the reality of how good the window is/was.
5/10
4/10. The transfer window should be an opportunity to improve your standing in the league and compared with your competitors. We may have gone backwards whilst Spurs and Arsenal are looking to move forward (if Arsenal get Luiz and Tierney). Wolves have spent more than us in net transfers with Lukaku pending moves, Everton too and West ham. some people think Net is worthless. I think the money we raise should be reinvested into the holes in our team and we should be blowing those sides out of the water.
I still hold hope we'll pull something out the bag
I still hold hope we'll pull something out the bag
it was a 6/10 but flogging Lukaku for £73 million and Rojo for 25m would push it up to a 7/10
That's what I hope for, but I'm afraid that we will instead just get Matic and Mata in most games, and they just aren't good enough. But even if Greenwood, Chong and Gomes do get a lot of games, they are still very young and inexperienced lads, and dumping the responsibility of carrying United's season on them seems like a horrible idea. It's easy to forget that the Class of 92 were allowed to slot into an already established and excellent team, which this United squad very much isn't.
We cannot properly grade this transfer window until we are well into the season. In the short term I will be looking for 3 things (1) win against Chelsea on Sunday; (2) 0.8 goals conceded per game; (3) strong response to first bad defeat.
But to be honest I have found this year to be immensely refreshing. It finally feels like there is a plan. Rather than rushing maniacally into the shop with a fistful of 50s and grabbing whatever looks shiniest on the day; we have quietly strode in, picked up a few essentials and when a couple of items on our list were not available, or weren’t really any better than what we have, we accepted that we will have to go back to shop another day. Grown-up shopping.
But to be honest I have found this year to be immensely refreshing. It finally feels like there is a plan. Rather than rushing maniacally into the shop with a fistful of 50s and grabbing whatever looks shiniest on the day; we have quietly strode in, picked up a few essentials and when a couple of items on our list were not available, or weren’t really any better than what we have, we accepted that we will have to go back to shop another day. Grown-up shopping.
2 positions sorted out of at least 5. I rate it 2/5 or less.
Update: If Rojo leaves it would be 1/10 for me. I dont care much about incoming players, said so at the end of last season. Still believe that it doesnt matter as long rot is running riot in that squad. Young and Jones should be free agents now but instead they got new contracts, Lukaku and AH werent high on my list, not sure i would extend contract to Mata either, wont count Valencia he was gone long time ago just not official, Matic should be sold etc.
Edit: totally forgot about Darmian.
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