Impossible to rectify all our problems in one transfer window.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
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We've just signed Shaw, Herrera, di Maria, Rojo and Blind. That's a pretty fantastic window, you're entitled to your opinion but to me it seems bizarre that there's people who are underwhelmed.
Patience.
The midfield is immeasurably better because Di Maria can play there also, so we have gone from Carrick (still class), Cleverley, and Fellaini, to Blind, Herrera, & Di Maria.
The defence has massive potential, but is so young, and right now a mess, just hope LvG gets this sorted quick, such a shame Vidic jumped ship so early, reckon he'd have stayed if he'd have known what was going to happen with Moyes.
Overall I am pleased with our business, I think we have a much stronger first team, but maybe weaker backup players in certain positions.
Unrealistic to expect it to sorted in one window, and I just hope we have the money left for next summer.
Holy.... shit. Why?? Aguero, Jovetic, Dzeko... why do they want Falcao?? It's ridiculous.
City signing Falcao doesn't bother me. They can only play 11 men anyway and they already have a plethora of top quality players up front. I think they're a better side with Dzeko playing and then you've got the unbelievable Aguero, the newly in-form Jovetic and Falcao to fit in? Good luck.
Signed Shaw, Rojo, Blind, Herrera and Di Maria and some people think we've had a poor window?
Plus in the process of getting rid some major deadwood.
Some people are just chatting crap.
The window hasn't been poor at all. The timing and the prices we've paid for the players are definitely up for criticism but the quality of the players has been great. If you were told at the start of the summer we'd be signing Angel di Maria, Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Marcos Rojo and Daley Blind whilst getting rid of most of the deadwood, would you not be happy? I'm very pleased.
No doubt about that, Vidic is slowly declining, but I still have a hard time believing that in this season, Rojo will be an improvement on him.
No, I'm not, although I actually think Evra's last season was one of his better ones in recent years. Evra is on the wane but he would have been nice to have around. Shaw will be a huge long-term asset for us but let's not forget we have to get back into the top-4 this season, and we have a team that finished seventh last season. Long-term is not good enough, we had to improve our squad and starting XI considerably. We have improved but is it enough? Time will tell.
Yep, and he's probably a very good player but going into this transfer window, if you asked 1.000 United fans what kind of signing they wanted, you would only get one answer: a world-class CM. We haven't bought one.
Like I said, it's probably just very difficult for a non-CL side to do more than what we've done but for the money we've spent, you really should improve your starting XI more than we've done.
But those two were the problem areas.
Signed Shaw, Rojo, Blind, Herrera and Di Maria and some people think we've had a poor window?
Exactly it's a bit mad really, last two windows we have bought Chelsea's player of the year, Real Madrid's best player last season (allegedly), the best young left back this country has seen for a long time, and the Dutch leagues player of the year, plus a multi talented Spanish midfielder.
We still need more yes, but we have taken massive steps to sorting out the mess we are in.
Have you watched Rojo before? Why don't you make judgement after he's played a few games.
I think you'll find that Evra was the one who wanted to leave. And no, I disagree that Evra's last season was one of his better ones. Shaw has had two full PL seasons under his belt and had performed well enough to suggest that he's more than capable of being first choice LB in a team that needs to make top 4. Would a more experienced LB be better? Perhaps. Hard to say.
Not sure what you mean with 'for the money we've spent'. Prices are inflated, can't do anything about that. Us not being in the CL, along with the fact that everyone knows we're desperate and have a lot of cash to spend, inevitably means we have to pay a premium. Also, the fact that we're Manchester United also adds to the fee. This has always been the case even before this season.
Do I want another world class CM? Of course. Kroos and Vidal were the big names we were linked with. We had no chance once Madrid set their eyes on Kroos and by all accounts, United are worried about Vidal's knee as they don't want Hargreaves 2.0.
The window definitely hasn't been poor, but it definitely also hasn't been pleasing imo. We need a top midfield player badly and maybe we will see one in the next few days.
if this is true its about bloody time someone went after this player. if we didnt get vidal we should have shown interest. he isnt world class but hes capable of being in that category.
Brilliant!
Yeah, we should go after that midfielder that plays for Ajax. Blind or something.
How does he know he's a good player if he doesn't even know his best position? Journalism.
I think they are all on a par atleast with last seasons Vidic & Evra, whether they can match those players at their best is to be seen. Remeber when we signed Vidic and Evra they were not the finished article, neither were world stars, there is a reason why they cost less then 15 million combined
It's almost like the World Cup was the first time English journos and pundits started watching this bloke.
The guys on MUTV just said he is a left back / left centre back... As others have said on here, surely will be a midfielder for us.
They've all been at it recently, ex-players as well. You'll hear people asking why we've signed three left backs after this, because they haven't got a bloody clue that Blind and Rojo played different positions for their clubs.
Falcao
Aguero
Jovetic/Dzeko
He's better than anything they have, probably a better "striker" than Rooney and equal with RVP
I think signing him was a backup, but it also means we are done for the summer for transfers in I think
City with Fernando us with di MariaYeah city with falcao we with blind
They are miles ahead of us
Miles behind
Seems like all the journos have been briefed that we're done.
Boo.
Boo.
Signed Shaw, Rojo, Blind, Herrera and Di Maria and some people think we've had a poor window?
It's unbelievable, probably because we haven't signed Ronaldo, Messi, Reus, Hummels, Falcao , Modric and ............ad nauseum
1) Rojo is not as good as Vidic but last year Vidic wasn't as good as Vidic either.
2) Yes, easily. Evra's a sweetheart here and has gotten away with murder over the last 18 months but plain and simple, he's been very shit in that time. I love him and thought he was brilliant in the past but he just hasn't been there of late.
3) Herrera is not the only player we've signed to play midfield is he? We've also signed Di Maria, who enjoyed his best ever season playing in midfield, and Blind who is an actual DM, not a LB but he can play there.
Can Blind play multiple positions?
No, just one at a time.
£21.3m for Carvalho? Surely we should be in there?
Yeah city with falcao we with blind
They are miles ahead of us
Why would you compare a striker to a defensive midfielder??
So we have nearly completed the Instagram pic that Rojo liked just Vidal to go, we have talk of strootman and have bought blind, should put pressure on juve to let us buy him with performance related clauses, if they are not stupid. They can sell pogba next year but Vidal will be cheaper then, and have lost value, his chance to go is this year. But he has ruined it by rushing for a world cup Chile was never going to win
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