Manchester United Thread

Don't understand then why our net spend is similar esp. given that we don't have many players in the squad who were signed prior to 10/11 (Off the top of my head only Kompany, Hart, Richards and Zabaleta, who cost around 13m combined).

Don't think you need as big a squad as us anyway with no CL :P. LFC coped pretty well with 14 or so players, tho you seem to have a fair few more injury prone players than they do

Benatia, Blind and Rojo look likely. I wouldn't be too disheartened, the league is a marathon. I still expect Utd to compete for the title. The only thing Utd fans should be worried about atm is the club panicking and going out buying their 6th, 7th, 8th choice signings. Benatia should be a good signing but I doubt Blind and Rojo were anywhere near the top of the list

I think we'll drop points at Newcastle tomorrow so we might take the heat off you a little :(
 
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Arsenal spend the highest transfer fee £35m lets see where that gets us. I still think our wk/mth/yr wages keeps us under at £135k (£4m)seem to be the highest.
 
Benatia would be a great signings.
Blind and Rojo are two typical post WC SIGNINGS. In a year without a WC, a big club like United would never buy them. They are players for clubs like Villa or Swansea.

Otherwise i agree with Beach, if United wants to pose a treat for City, they should spent more. With the current drop of players they are not title contenders unless RVP has another miraculous season.
 
Godotelli said:
Don't think you need as big a squad as us anyway with no CL :P. LFC coped pretty well with 14 or so players, tho you seem to have a fair few more injury prone players than they do
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I forget what experts city fans are now regarding european football, so your saying city need a massive squad to get knocked out of the group stages :P ???
 
Goto is clearly the most qualified fan on here to give us abuse, which I assume it's why more of his posts are in here than the city thread :)
 
The one and only goal should be getting to a CL qualifying spot but I believe the only way to do that is to think we are capable of winning the title.. Even though we don't have the team for it atm. A few signings.. If they ever happen it would/could change some things as we clearly don't have the European distraction like Pool used to its advantage last season. If anything I just want to see progression and some optimism restored to the club, rather than the depressing downward spiral of last year. LVG is in theory one of the most important signings for the club ever.. If he can build a new team from the ground up just like he already did at Ajax, Barça and Bayern.. And to some extent AZ. At least the man immediately took responsibility yesterday for saying the squad not looking like a team was entirely his fault. How refreshing after last season.
 
For the first time I'm starting to get a little worried about the short term future of United. This feels like a rehash of last summer, which was universally accepted by the club itself as an unmitigated disaster. I've no problem with Ed and co making mistakes - as long as they learn from them.

Since Ed took over, he hasn't completed one signing well. Not one. Fellaini - overpaid like a f*cking moron.
Herrera - paid the buyout clause, and even f*cked that up at first
Shaw - overpaid like a boss, but at least he's a player we needed
Mata - still don't know why we bought him, overpriced and not what we needed. Opportunity for a helicopter must have played well with sponsors.

And that's it. That's all the man has done from an improving our football team standpoint in 2 years in the job. At a time every other 'major' team in world football has strengthened, Woody has negotiated great deals with sponsors so his parasite bosses can take more money out of the club, without putting any in. The amount we've spent on transfers as a % of profits is still going down year on year.

Originally I had hoped that we HAD to be in the CL to keep sponsors happy, and that was the only motivation needed for the clubs hierarchy. But I now doubt it. They'll have looked at the summer tour - when United were the team selling out all the stadiums despite finishing 7th - and say alright great. We can be a midtable team and get by on the name association alone for 4-5 more years, then sell out. That's how to maximise the return on their investment.

F*ck the squad, it's as meaningless as a parking lot to the Glazers. As long as it's converting to cash, they literally could care less.

I can see no more major signings and LVG erupting at some point, leaving, and then we're completely screwed.

The worst part is, the only 'answer' to win at football these days is a sugar daddy owner. And I don't want that. I just want United to be run as a football club , not a money making machine for some freak American redheads.
 
dplane said:
This should make you happy Beach.. Just read on redcafe that #GlazersOut is now trending in Twitter world :BOP:
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We had half a stadium of green and gold fans and they probably didn't even hear about it ;)

As long as they're pocketing the cash, they could care less what fans think of them.
 
beachryan said:
We had half a stadium of green and gold fans and they probably didn't even hear about it ;)

As long as they're pocketing the cash, they could care less what fans think of them.
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A bit of topic, and very pedantic but....

It's "couldn't care less". I dont understand why American regions seem to always say that. Similar to "same difference". Oh well, carry on...
 
Fans can always voet with their feet, stay home a couple of matches....two consecutive mepte Old Traffords and the Glazers negociate, three and they are out.

Of course this will never happen. There are always hunderds of people who want to fill in the vacant places...
 
bebo said:
fans could influence the manager leaving , nothing else.
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fans also don´t need to pay ticket and see the match. Let´s see if they can pull it of if they protest..

If United won´t win, the changes will be done.. it didn´t take a year for Moyes and he had a 6 year deal..

in football, wich is buisiness now, anything is possible.
 
16m is nothing when u consider he proved himself on the world stage as a very competent and able defender. Shaw and Hererra cost nearly 60m...puts it into perspective how much we overplayed.
 
Everyone knows we overpayed for shaw by a long shot, as we have been doing for last year now. too much on mata, too much on fellaini. our transfer dealings have been abysmal.
 
You gave them Nani on a no fee loan and are paying his wages as well tho. Guessing Nani would be on 100k at least and you'd ordinarily expect to get a couple of mil for a season long loan for a player like Nani.

Pretty expensive for a lad who was largely unknown (at least to me anyway) prior to the WC.

With that said, it's late in the window, Utd are desperately in need of defenders, and he can cover in multiple positions, so it may be worth it. He's also youngish
 
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