United thread 2019/20

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

I think we're unanimous that the Pogba transfer was a "statement signing". Only now we know what that statement was..."we have no idea what we're doing"

But what about the 4 other central midfielders they signed to 'release' him? ;-)

 

[solley attwell]

Maybe he does, maybe he doesn’t. I’ve no idea
But what I do know is that no player can become world class without suitable coaching, a workable system and players around him to compliment his skill set - look at KDB and Sterling under Pelligini, for example. That’s before we even get into the success rate of buying players from Portugal. Anderson was supposed to be the next best things. Remember Helder Postiga. Even the likes of Simao and Nani didn’t get to the heights that they were initially expected to reach

Don't even mention mangala

 

[Blue Hefner]

Don't even mention mangala

He’d get in their team!

 

[Sir peace frog]

united mate is still seething about woodward, he obviously watched the rodri press conference,he was going on about we (city) buy lads who can speak fluent English are intelligent come across as ultra professional ,think he is actually smitten with rodri hahaha,and united are after some young Geordie lad for the same money that cant even speak his own language properly, made me laugh ,he was having a proper rant :)

 

[schfc6]

What I love about JLingz & his stupid goal celebrations & even more stupid instagram posts are that any potential Nitid transfer targets must look at them & think do I really want to share a dressing room or pitch with that prick. Long may he continue with it.

Knowing Bernardo or David Silva as we do, or reading about Rodri’s lifestyle, can you imagine them wanting to sign for a club with gimps like him parading around? No, me neither.

 

[Stoned Rose]

What a frightening line up

Sean Longstaff.

Sounds like a new Coronation St character.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Summerbee was right when he said we’d go there and piss all over them one day.

 

[schfc6]

Maybe, but Wenger was a good coach ang good manager. Solskjaer isn’t either of those things and cannot make it through a press conference without mentioning ‘99 and/or Ferguson - he’s out of his depth and any half decent player will see through it

You’re forgetting the key things. He’s brought back quiz nights & training at the cliff..

 

[kippaxwarrior]

They are at least 5 years behind us in terms of players and the infrastructure of the club.

Who would of thought that 15 years ago?

 

[Ric]

In 2016 (Pellegrini’s last season) we finished level on points with United, and only pipped them to the last CL spot on goal difference. Obviously we were being better run behind the scenes, but you could argue that we were starting from not dissimilar positions (outgoing managers, ageing squads etc). That summer they appointed Mourinho, and signed Pogba, Lukaku, Mkhitaryan, Ibrahimovic and Bailly, which, on paper at least, looked like a very good window for them. I bet they can scarcely believe just how far behind us they are three years on. The gulf between the two teams is huge now. It’s incredible just how much Woodward has fucked things up, and hilarious that his job is seemingly under no threat from their owners.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

In 2016 (Pellegrini’s last season) we finished level on points with United, and only pipped them to the last CL spot on goal difference. Obviously we were being better run behind the scenes, but you could argue that we were starting from not dissimilar positions (outgoing managers, ageing squads etc). That summer they appointed Mourinho, and signed Pogba, Lukaku, Mkhitaryan, Ibrahimovic and Bailly, which, on paper at least, looked like a very good window got them. I bet they can scarcely believe just how far behind us they are three years on. The gulf between the two teams is huge now. It’s incredible just how much Woodward has fucked things up, and hilarious that his job is seemingly under no threat from their owners.

It’s impossible to completely discount the possibility that he’s doing it on purpose.

 

[Ric]

It’s impossible to completely discount the possibility that he’s doing it on purpose.

Agent Woodward?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Agent Woodward?

Unlikely, but it would explain a great deal. He has ruined them.

 

[Ric]

Unlikely, but it would explain a great deal. He has ruined them.

I guess as long as United keep reporting record profits then the Glazers don’t really give a shit.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Knowing Bernardo or David Silva as we do, or reading about Rodri’s lifestyle, can you imagine them wanting to sign for a club with gimps like him parading around? No, me neither.

You don't remember their duet singing about spaghetti hoops?

 

[domalino]

It's now been a year since they hired a very expensive consulting firm to work out who should be their director of football.

 

[lonestay]

Scum fans are already calling longstaff , Longstuff!

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

It's now been a year since they hired a very expensive consulting firm to work out who should be their director of football.

A roaring success I would suggest.

I'm submitting my CV as I type...... ;-)

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

I guess as long as United keep reporting record profits then the Glazers don’t really give a shit.

It’s a win win situation, the Glazers are happy with their money and we get to wipe the floor with them in the league season after season.

 

[The Colonel]

This is brilliant. Solksjaer is taking them down a completely different direction again to the other recently failed managers. Yet it’s another blind alley based on a misty eyed vision that he can recreate the 1990s this time by overspending on mediocre British players. Of course it is doomed to fail and at the end, which unfortunately won’t be too long away, they’ll be even further from where they need to be and with a load of overpaid ruined flops on long term contracts.