Signing Cavani on big money as a last minute panic buy to save face, what a joke.
Him sitting on the bench will really help us.
Him sitting on the bench will really help us.
Ed Woodward | Groundhog Day Edition
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I have not seen a director of a football club who is worse at transfers and I've seen Peter Kenyon. It's so bad it's unreal.
Oh my life Ed. I can deal with fecking Fellaini on Year 1 but now it's been 7 fecking years you've had on the job training.
Oh my life Ed. I can deal with fecking Fellaini on Year 1 but now it's been 7 fecking years you've had on the job training.
So haggling over few millions to sign Telles but pays 10m to agents to sign Cavani.
The briefing about Cavani’s availability being the reason we’ve been calm throughout the transfer window has seriously pissed me off. What a crock of fecking shit.
We need to coordinate fellow fans. Sorry but virtually all threads are irrelevant apart from glazers & woody & co.
If u want to get rid of the parasite regime this has to be the hiatus moment!!!!
If u want to get rid of the parasite regime this has to be the hiatus moment!!!!
I fecking loathe him
To be honest, after Fergie retired and us having an inexperienced manager at the top level, signing only Fellaini at the last minute is unforgivable even for an intern.
Shocking. Moyes should have been backed with at least three top players.
Woodward is to certainly to blame but I assume on big decisions ,like spending 100m on a player, the Glazers have the final say.
The Glazers should fire their crony.
He'll start costing the club money very soon if we continue underperforming on the field.
He'll start costing the club money very soon if we continue underperforming on the field.
Nothing about Woodward makes sense.
That's why I feel he needs to be sacked.
He's the kind of guy who would go shopping at Tesco and end up paying double than what the cashier asks for.
Many fans have been predicting this for 7 years.
The truth is that as long as we get 4th place or higher, that's all the Glazers want.
Overpaying on wages, for players and agents - not sure about that one.
Maybe the Glazers aren't the problem.
Just imagine if they had hired Marina Granovskaia at Chelsea, or Daniel Levy or Edwards from Liverpool, or even Van der Saar, the huge investments of past 6 years would have yielded something fundamentally different to where we are now.
Just imagine if they had hired Marina Granovskaia at Chelsea, or Daniel Levy or Edwards from Liverpool, or even Van der Saar, the huge investments of past 6 years would have yielded something fundamentally different to where we are now.
He was but they never wanted to come to United and strung along Moyes and the club. Then when Thiago was lined up Moyes refused saying that he has not seen Thiago play.
I know what was written about and said by Moyes but we have tonnes of evidence now to show that Woodward, judge and glazers are the real ditherers. Moyes was probably naive (no chance he hadn’t seen Thiago play) but what he needed was solid recruitment behind him. He still wouldn’t have been the right coach but that’s irrelevant, if you get the recruitment right, at least you can narrow down the problem/solution.
Dear Fans,
Please don't let them know they don't need me. As soon as they realize they don't need me, and that they can have their dividends while also winning on the pitch, I'm a goner (at least from my position of total power, relegated to having nothing to do with the glamourous side of the business).
Your most bestest good friend, (hi Wazza)
Not Red Doodward
Have we published our accounts yet? I think I heard we were waiting until the market closed before we published
if they show our current state isn’t as bad as he’s making out there will be blood. Like most I’m done with his leadership. He keeps going on about how we’ve learnt from our mistakes yet they keep happening. There’s no plan here and we’re run by ex bankers who haven’t got a clue how to do business. The way we approach deals has this air of arrogance which I’m sure is why clubs up their price when they see us coming
if they show our current state isn’t as bad as he’s making out there will be blood. Like most I’m done with his leadership. He keeps going on about how we’ve learnt from our mistakes yet they keep happening. There’s no plan here and we’re run by ex bankers who haven’t got a clue how to do business. The way we approach deals has this air of arrogance which I’m sure is why clubs up their price when they see us coming
Don’t disagree with any of this. I’d include SAF as another unsupported manager, he was running on empty at the end. It’s certainly a toxic place now for managers. Look at the face of Ed Woodward in the stands. He doesn’t give a toss for the club, the stadium or the supporters.
The Glazer thing is slowly suffocating Manchester United; or at least the idea of MU. Ole is a throwback and a link to older values and aspirations. But his expectation, and his learning curve, even his career ambitions demands a level of structural support that is just way beyond Ed Woodward, and beyond the Glazers.With them he will do well to get top six this year.
But the bolded bit is key. Anti-Glazers, Unite!
Glazers are the problem because they somehow think Ed is doing so well that we don't need a replacement for him.
Plot twist: The mob turns up at the Glazers Manor.
I've defended him in the past but this summer he/Judge/Glazers have left themsleves with none whatsoever. Pathetic summer for us, an elite club that just saw its bitter rivals win their 1st league title in three decades and look set to match us in 2021. We've responded by signing DVB, aged Cavani and an 18 year old kid. Unacceptable for Manchester United to hate this sort of rubbish response to finishing 33 points behind Liverpool. Heads should roll. But they won't of course.
Oh Steve, you’re slightly better than that. We’re the most passive fans and any militants that are left dwell in deep crevices, not in soho in London ffs.
His security guard is more likely to off him than any untied fan.
Is this news somehow meant to pacify people who would engage in such behaviour ?
People are selling shirts with Woodward out on them, make your own and send pictures to the papers, enough people do it I'm sure things will change
I think our brand has suffered an irreversible decline in the past 7 years - at least to football fans. Even the new fans find little reason to support us now. United's global popularity grew massively in the 90s and 00s thanks to SAF's successes coupled with the explosion of TV broadcasting around the world. The romance and lore of the United name has not grown much in the past 7 years. While we remain one of the strongest marketing platforms in global football, the lack of football success will hurt us in the long run relative to our rivals. Not that the Glazers would care - they could cash out by then. This whole business of aiming only for top 4 will only work if there are indeed only 3 teams better than us but this season promises to be a rough one with Everton on a roll and Arsenal in the mix again.
And the club just sits idly by and watches this shit happen? There's a reason Woodward would need extra security - it's because he's doing an absolute shite job. If they actually hired someone competent and able to do the job, there wouldn't be need for extra security around your CEO's house ffs. How have this family made billions of dollars? I am genuinely baffled by the choices they continue to make. I understand that United generate money, but surely hiring competent people would not just be good for the sporting side, but also maximize profits for the Glazers? Are they afraid competent people might actually demand they spend some of their dividends maybe?
The Glazers think Martial is our Pele and Woodward has a hard on for big name players from Japan 08 when he first pretended to watch football. We are fecked.
Pretty clear the old man was the ruthless genius. If the siblings who have no interest would just sell up (pretty essential their shares should be sold to people outside of the family)and replace Woodward with VdS I believe the future would be golden. We can afford the debt and dividends while spending cash. Wejust need someone who understands football and is willing to take a that risk. Woodward out altogether is the easiest way to appease the supporters right now. We maybe a poisoned chalice for managers and players right now but surely there is someone capable out there willing to sink their teeth in to this club. It's fecking perfect for Edwin.
He makes me fecking sick
I was of the opinion, like many others, that Woodward would be a pretty good option for the business side of things, because he's done some good work keeping us financially where we're at, however he is becoming more and more targeted as he should as CEO and I am starting to wonder if this is the only viable option. It seems pretty clear from the outside Woodward is not willing to budge on his authority in regards to getting a specialist like VdS in and therefore the only solution is to replace him all together. I don't know enough about VdS role at Ajax, is he their CEO or head of sports?
Doesn't make any sense. I just don't get it.
Looking at plebs like him gives me hope that I can make it at top level.
This. fecking joke.
My violion is palm sized. Has anyone got anything smaller?
Its a fecking joke isn't it. Now to be fair Cavani adds some much needed depth up top, but a 33 year old injury prone striker is not what we fecking need and just screams of panic buying and now we have this penny pinching over Telles
We could have spent the entire lockdown period to plan for this window. We could have made inquires to Dortmund about Sancho, we could have looked up other options, we could have done a lot more in terms of trying to find buyers for the deadwood . What the feck have we been doing? I think the period under LvG best illustrates the ineptitude of Ed and the board
- Between 14/15 and 15/16 we sold: Kagawa (8 million), Zaha (4 million), Evans (8 million), Nani (6 million), Rafael (3 million). That's below 30 million combined for 5 pretty decent players at the time
- In the same period we bought Fellaini (32 million) Schneiderlin (35 million), Depay (35 million), Rojo (20 million) and Darmian (18 million)
- Kagawa > Fellaini
- Zaha > Depay
- Evans > Rojo
- Rafael > Darmian
- Nani > Schneiderlin
- So in conclusion we spent about 110 million net and somehow ended up with worse players than we had originally. Now, this is not only Ed's fault and everyone makes some poor transfers from time to time, but this is just catastrophically bad
Exactly. Now the Glazers are obviously leeches, but no one can claim they have not put money on the table. Our transfer spending and wage expenditure have been among the highest the last 7 years or so, so its not like they have cut of the funds completely. The problem is that we have spent in like drunk sailors and even less forethought than a drunk sailor.
Woodward will never learn. He deserves every little bit of the relentless social media abuse that comes his way.
We needed a CB, DM and RW at the beginning of the window and what we will probably get is a washed up CF and a LB, while almost none of the deadwood have been sold. In fact we have to give a pay off to Sanchez to get lost.
We needed a CB, DM and RW at the beginning of the window and what we will probably get is a washed up CF and a LB, while almost none of the deadwood have been sold. In fact we have to give a pay off to Sanchez to get lost.
Hope he continues to boil their piss, all the renewed spotlight on their incompetence might be the one silver lining from this window
Hope he continues to boil their piss, all the renewed spotlight on their incompetence might be the one silver lining from this window
Here here. The more slamming of this guy's incompetence the better for everyone. Oust this rat faced turd
We are really a shit club nowadays. Waiting 2 months to sign Cavani for free.