Jack Grealish - for life?

[LukeJames]

I'm a bit drunk but I think we are agreeing on the same point now 😂

[Luke8]

I'm a bit drunk but I think we are agreeing on the same point now 😂

Ha, quite possibly - all good in that case!

[ChicagoLion]

The strain of trying to carry this team really showed yesterday, there was a point when he went to the bench arms out in a what the fuck is going on? Gesture.
What a shame that his last season with us will be like this.

[The_ads]

Buying wank like Reina, Baston and Drinkwater in January when the side needed a proper kick up the arse and some pace and power injected is what will we to us losing Jack and having to watch shite like Jota playing against Reading next season.

Reina has been pretty good overall and Baston has played a grand total of 18 minutes, but yeah, ‘wank’.

He’s right though isn’t he because, let’s face it, Whilst Reina has been decent it’s been shots in, in most games since Xmas and playing fucking two goalkeepers at once wouldn’t have prevented the elementary mistakes were making at the back leading to gilt edge chances for the opposition in every game we play.

Baston maybe deserves benefit of doubt but let’s face it here, based on his performances in England since he arrived he looks crap and Drinkwater is gone at the game so I’d say recruitment in Jan, given our position, was horrific.

[David_Nab]

The strain of trying to carry this team really showed yesterday, there was a point when he went to the bench arms out in a what the fuck is going on? Gesture.
What a shame that his last season with us will be like this.

I noticed as well he going ape shit when Conner didn't play him in ..It's a wonder its taken him this long to start to be effected could do with SJM back just to have someone on same wave length on pitch

[Luke8]

Buying wank like Reina, Baston and Drinkwater in January when the side needed a proper kick up the arse and some pace and power injected is what will we to us losing Jack and having to watch shite like Jota playing against Reading next season.

Reina has been pretty good overall and Baston has played a grand total of 18 minutes, but yeah, ‘wank’.

He’s right though isn’t he because, let’s face it, Whilst Reina has been decent it’s been shots in, in most games since Xmas and playing fucking two goalkeepers at once wouldn’t have prevented the elementary mistakes were making at the back leading to gilt edge chances for the opposition in every game we play.

Baston maybe deserves benefit of doubt but let’s face it here, based on his performances in England since he arrived he looks crap and Drinkwater is gone at the game so I’d say recruitment in Jan, given our position, was horrific.

I’m not sure I’ve understood your logic re Reina. He is a good player but because our defending has been poor he is a bad signing?

Baston is a third/fourth choice centre forward for us, it was hardly a signing to set the world alight but I would be staggered if many people had watch him at all closely before he signed for us.

Drinkwater hasn’t been great, but has been getting better in my opinion and it’s not like our other options are putting in incredible performance either - Nakamba was very poor yesterday for one

He’s not been mentioned but Samatta looks a decent signing so far..

I’m not saying the recruitment was great, but given the unpredictable injuries and that it is a difficult window anyway, I don’t think the club did that badly. Certainly there wasn’t loads of other realistic transfers that took place where I think we should have been making those signings instead - even if it was that simple.

[GarTomas]

Buying wank like Reina, Baston and Drinkwater in January when the side needed a proper kick up the arse and some pace and power injected is what will we to us losing Jack and having to watch shite like Jota playing against Reading next season.

Agreed, our recruitment has been desperate. With the likes of Grealish, and to a lesser extent McGinn and Mings, I thought we would give it a real go this season. Sheffield United have shown up the supposed quality in the division for what it is.

Name the club and name the player that was signed in January that we should of been in for.

[hilts_coolerking]

Name the club and name the player that was signed in January that we should of been in for.

Why is that limited to players that were signed in January?  They weren't the only ones available.

[GarTomas]

Name the club and name the player that was signed in January that we should of been in for.

Why is that limited to players that were signed in January?  They weren't the only ones available.

It was a response to the players we had signed in January being called out.

[hilts_coolerking]

Name the club and name the player that was signed in January that we should of been in for.

Why is that limited to players that were signed in January?  They weren't the only ones available.

It was a response to the players we had signed in January being called out.

If you're saying there's no-one better we could have signed you have to consider everyone who was or might have been available, not just the ones who moved.  I defy anyone to say there was no better player than Drinkwater available. 

[Brassneck]

Name the club and name the player that was signed in January that we should of been in for.

Why is that limited to players that were signed in January?  They weren't the only ones available.

It was a response to the players we had signed in January being called out.

If you're saying there's no-one better we could have signed you have to consider everyone who was or might have been available, not just the ones who moved.  I defy anyone to say there was no better player than Drinkwater available.

How about if someone says that there was no better than Drinkwater available on loan?

It is widely being reported that we are perilously close to FFP limits.

I personally think that we had no choice other than to scrape the barrel in January with the New years Day injuries impacting our activity as well.

[GarTomas]

Name the club and name the player that was signed in January that we should of been in for.

Why is that limited to players that were signed in January?  They weren't the only ones available.

It was a response to the players we had signed in January being called out.

If you're saying there's no-one better we could have signed you have to consider everyone who was or might have been available, not just the ones who moved.  I defy anyone to say there was no better player than Drinkwater available.

But logic dictates we would of signed them then? Or they didn’t want to join or we were restricted by FFP.

Clearly Drinkwater was a gamble but it was a tough window.  Although that Bruno Fernandes Man United signed looks good so I’m clearly disgruntled we didn’t break our transfer record for him.

[Monty]

At the risk of actually talking about Jack on this thread, much is made of our own FFP troubles when discussing selling him, but not enough of those of others. Could Man United really afford him, for instance? They've just spen the best part of £50m on Bruno Fernandes which Christ knows how that's paid for, maybe they'll make some back on Pogba but how much (and is that meant to pay for Fernandes anyway), and especially if they don't make the Champions League this year.

All this prompted by the news today of their 20% revenue drop and the more than fivefold increase in their net debt: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/25/manchester-uniteds-net-debt-rises-736m-to-3913m-in-three-months-solskjaer-woodward

[PeterWithesShin]

It's risen £73.6m to £391.3m, not from 73 to 391. Still eye-watering amounts mind.

[Monty]

It's risen £73.6m to £391.3m, not from 73 to 391. Still eye-watering amounts mind.

Ha, yeah that's a misread! Still, 20% loss of revenue is significant.