We've signed two players, that's the problem of doing business early, people have forgotten Shaw and Herrera already.
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Agreed, this selective memory that is allowing for claims of players only regressing under Moyes is getting tiresome, there are a few in this squad that have been poor a lot longer than that.
Not sure, LvG said he want to give the current squad time to see what they can do under his training first then do business, must admit I didn't take it seriously at all but maybe he does.
But you would honestly think deals are lined up, and that we are not going to wait until mid August to jump in, but I'm just not that sure anymore.
My thoughts exactly. We need quality players in, not just squad players who can prop the side up. We are seriously lacking and now is the time to invest.
Van gaal is a top manager but every top manager needs top players, and we could do with at least 2-3 more. I'm sure he will get more out of some of the average lot in our squad but he isn't a miracle worker, there's only so much he can do.
Expose what , does this guy think the board is a real life episode of Corrie and Woodward is having an affair with someone? Twitter gets worse and worse these days
I know, I'm happy with those 2, both will be great signings in the coming years but we need more especially after Rio, Giggs (ret), Vidic and Evra all left the club.
There is a reason he's banned.....
I don't think anyone has forgotten about them, it's just that they're not nearly enough. We're weaker now than at the end of last season.
Are we?
Nah.
Problem is that we need more to really compete for the title imo. Herrera is a great buy no doubt. Shaw might be one, who knows.
So one already very good player in CM, where we needed 2 players at the start of the season and a LB that is not very proven yet in a position we also need 2 players with Evra leaving.
Add to that wingers that haven't performed for more than a year and at least one CB too few.
Why would LVG green light Cavani and not Vidal?!?!
Who says he has, it's just another rumour. Believe nothing until it's announced by the Club.
I wish they would cancel Anderson's bloody contract. I doubt we could even give him away.
What this means is that PSG are actually worried about FFP and they have to sell someone to buy (Di Maria for example), so Cavani = expensive, club with lot of money = United. 1+1=3
Because despite what you seem to think, not every new rumour is true.
We could solve their problem in a different manner. We could just sign Di Maria. They wouldnt have to worry about FFP (not more than now at least)
I was about to ask you the same question..
Because he hasn't
Not sure what's more surreal? Us after Cavani or that pic of Irwin and Elway.
Just another of his crap opinions designed to get retweets and hits. Shite like that was why he was banned in the first place.
Those were players we couldn't conceivably go without though. So far this window we haven't really strengthened our squad (at least not by much) if you take into account the players who have left and who are likely to leave. A major investment in a number of positions is urgently needed if we are to have ambitions to return to the pinnacle of football (which is what we should aspire to, obviously). This is not muppetry or petulant whining about big-name signings, this is about the ambitions and welfare of the club. We finished 7th last year. van Gaal might be a great manager, but he's no miracle worker. And considering the rhetoric that's been thrown around all year about making a serious investment in the summer, not making any major signings would be a monumental disappointment.
We will struggle to get a CL spot if we don't make any more signings, and we certainly won't be contenders for the title.
Absolutely. Lost Vidic, Evra, Rio, Giggs, Büttner (!!), Bebe (!!!) and got Herrera and Shaw. That's weaker, no doubt.
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Of course especially as 15 times man of the match winner Buttner has also left.
Seriously though we were a dogs dinner last year. At times Giggs was our best player. He has obviously retired. I also felt much more confident in old Rio and Vidic playing then at anytime with the current lot.
Evra was a liability at times but still good going forward and chipped in with a few goals.
I don't see Shaw excelling from the off due to his age and pressure and with no back up I'd say yes we are weaker for sure.
Herrera is quality but that is no surprise to anyone that watches La Liga so yes we now finally have a midfielder who could get into another top side unlike the other garbage at our disposal. However I still believe we need another midfielder equal to or even better than him along with maybe two new CBs if we are going to get close to winning the title.
I really hope LvG and Ed have a few surprises (good ones) for us muppets yet....
You know its bullshit yet you post it.
Van Gaal has said openly that he doesn't want to sign anyone else until he's seen the squad for a month. In general LVG seems like a straight talker so I'm inclined to believe him.
Totally agree. While Shaw will probably be better than what Evra was last season, it is very much a like for like replacement.
Herrera is a massive upgrade on our midfield, that is for sure, but its a very weak midfield that always needed two very good players coming in.
Then looking at the fact we have lost Rio and Vidic who have been the heart of United for quite some years, we have totally moved backwards quality wise.
Van Gaal is a better manager than Moyes, so that gives us a boost, but it doesn't excuse the fact that our team isn't up to standard
Herrera is a massive upgrade on our midfield, that is for sure, but its a very weak midfield that always needed two very good players coming in.
Then looking at the fact we have lost Rio and Vidic who have been the heart of United for quite some years, we have totally moved backwards quality wise.
Van Gaal is a better manager than Moyes, so that gives us a boost, but it doesn't excuse the fact that our team isn't up to standard
Rio barely played last year.
The headline on the paper le 10 Sport says "Cavani to leave otherwise nothing, the sale of Edinson Cavani is the key to the Parisian transfer window
Part of their articles from a couple of days ago:
UNE SITUATION INCERTAINE
Ovacion rappelle l’intérêt de Manchester United et l’obligation du PSG de vendre un joueur avec une forte valeur marchande s’il veut conclure l’arrivée d’Angel Di Maria. Comme l’a affirme Cavani, « le marché des transferts est imprévisible », mais du côté des dirigeants parisiens, il n’y aurait aucune intention de vendre l’Uruguyen.
An interview with Cavani by Ovacion: reminding of United's interest and the need for PSG to sell a player with a high market value if they want to conclude the arrival of Di Maria. As Cavani says " the transfer market is unpredictable" but from the parisian directors; there is no intention to sell the uruguayan
Check the Twitter blacklist mate
He's one of the many idiot tweeters who is now giving it the "twitter is obsessed with Vidal" type comments, when he's been peddling them for half the time!
This thread will be very slow for the next few days now that the Vidal dream is likely dead.
Exactly one of the reasons we were so crap defensively, could not get a settled back four. If fit we were still better with Rio and Vidic.
Actually did we even play the same 11 twice in succession last season?
Moyes was a clown.
People who say this, how does that work?
We've upgraded left back, and Rio, Vidic and Giggs weren't really regulars. They were either injury prone or on their very very last legs. Herrera is a starter. I'd say it's a fairly equal squad.
Obviously still needs some new arrivals! But we had enough squad players, so a few leaving isn't a thing.
Might perk up early next week
we both know it won't be any slower. It'll just have more "what's going on, there's 21 days left" type posts instead.
Vidic made the most starts apart from Evra in defence.
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