Statement this morning

[villajk]

ahahah

The reporter just said, when asked what about O'Neill's future, that O'Neill doesn't appear to have a Plan B.

Nothing new there then.

You cow Pauline, I was just about to post that!

*sorry*

[Irish villain]

They reckon there's no timeframe in place for appointing the new boss now. Yesterday it seemed we would have him in place by the trip to Newcastle.

[Concrete John]

"Finally, there have been no changes in our approach to building the club, aiming always to be as competitive as possible given our size and resources."

Is this a white flag to trying to compete right at the top end of things?

[Chris Smith]

I think the media are still just tying it transfers. It's not. It's partly transfers, but it's the simple fact that we spent a lot of money on players that didn't contribute. I don't Randy is naive and is insisting on a smaller squad. What he'll have asked MON is why have you shelled out x million in transfers and wages on these players if you're never going to play them?

To put it crudely I imagine it goes something like - the wage bill target is now £x and we will not sanction any additions that threaten that target, therefore if you can't sell Sidwell and Luke Young sell somebody else if you want to sign Robbie Keane.

Very pleased with Lerner's statement, nothing to be gained by raking over the coals.

[Olneythelonely]

The last bit sounded very much like a surrender to me.

A very tedious statement.

[Chico Hamilton III]

that clears things up then.

[TheEgo]

The last bit sounded very much like a surrender to me.

A very tedious statement.

What did you expect him to say? "Mon's a twat and has left us in the shit and I hate him"

 Short and sweet. We disagreed, he left, life goes on and we have matches to win etc etc

[hilts_coolerking]

"Finally, there have been no changes in our approach to building the club, aiming always to be as competitive as possible given our size and resources."

Is this a white flag to trying to compete right at the top end of things?

Those are caveats, which I'm not sure we had four years ago.  I think they are trying to manage expectations now.

[Simon Ward]

"given our size and resources"?

Interesting last few words, perhaps we aren't as big a club as some on here like to believe!

[Olneythelonely]

The last bit sounded very much like a surrender to me.

A very tedious statement.

What did you expect him to say? "Mon's a twat and has left us in the shit and I hate him"

 Short and sweet. We disagreed, he left, life goes on and we have matches to win etc etc

Did it take him 48 hours to prepare it?

[oldMan]

MON told he didn't have complete control.

Threw toys out and left.

As we all thought.

[Irish villain]

I wouldn't read too much into the size and resources thing.

Old Trafford is almost twice the size of Villa Park and is full every week, they have global brand and have dominated English football for the past two decades. I won't take it as an insult if we haven't got the resources to yet match that but trust that Randy is trying to build something solid and lasting here so that we can compete at the top level.

[Concrete John]

MON told he didn't have complete control.

Threw toys out and left.

As we all thought.

You know, reading between the lines of the statement I can clearly see that message to.

I can also see a naked Isla Fisher everytime I look a a full moon through 3D specs and the face of Jesus in my morning cornflakes.

[Eckybloke]

I think the resources part is obviously in reference to the fact we're not bank-rolled by an oil-rich multi, multi, multi billionaire.

I'm not reading too much into that.

[Concrete John]

It's the part where he ties competitiveness to resources where I see a potential issue.