Macbonzo wrote:

Stillliving wrote:

This is always my favourite time of year when transfer panic sets in.
When the speculation turns to anger.
Why did we no sign him.
WTF is Goodwin playing at
Ogrens got to put more into the budget
Why have we signed him he's shite
It keeps me entertained through the summer
Just sit back and see what happens

 
The reality is everything is a risk and by definition inherently uncertain. You can have the best recruitment guy on the planet but if the funds are not available he can only sign dross. Compounding the problem we will never know how much money the Chairman makes available.

You then have the luck variable. You sign a great player (Docherty) and he is injured for half the season or the converse, you sign an injury prone player (Andy Webster) who has an immense season.

The one thing I like about United right now is the flat organisation structure - no Sporting Director, no DOF, no consultants. Hang on, do we need a set piece coach? Lol

Maybe it’s why football is the greatest sport.

Exacto to all of the above but most especially last sentence.

You gotta love it football - on the one hand the half dozen wise axioms of football schoolars like Shankly/Stein/JYM/Ferguson ,   on the other a thousand and one intangibles along the way to getting the ball in the back of the net of your opposition more times than the reverse.


Back to transfers, you never really know until final hour on final day of silly season.

Credit where credits due last Summer silly season Jim pretty much got it spot on.
The manager has to pull more rabbits out of the hat than lemons, while twisting the chairmans arm and judicious shopping found of loan / out of contract players / blend of carefully nurtured Academy laddies within budget and get them signed in ample time to bed them in before this final hour on final day nonsense.  

Bottom lines
- Rabbit vs Lemon ratio of 70%/30% is good - any more a bonus.
- Positi

Stillliving wrote:

This is always my favourite time of year when transfer panic sets in.
When the speculation turns to anger.
Why did we no sign him.
WTF is Goodwin playing at
Ogrens got to put more into the budget
Why have we signed him he's shite
It keeps me entertained through the summer
Just sit back and see what happens

 
The reality is everything is a risk and by definition inherently uncertain. You can have the best recruitment guy on the planet but if the funds are not available he can only sign dross. Compounding the problem we will never know how much money the Chairman makes available.

You then have the luck variable. You sign a great player (Docherty) and he is injured for half the season or the converse, you sign an injury prone player (Andy Webster) who has an immense season.

The one thing I like about United right now is the flat organisation structure - no Sporting Director, no DOF, no consultants. Hang on, do we need a set piece coach? Lol

Maybe it’s why football is the greatest sport.

This is always my favourite time of year when transfer panic sets in.
When the speculation turns to anger.
Why did we no sign him.
WTF is Goodwin playing at
Ogrens got to put more into the budget
Why have we signed him he's shite
It keeps me entertained through the summer
Just sit back and see what happens

Getting Luca back would be a good start.  Strengthen middle of the park and cover for Strain as well.

Currently we’d be something like

Richards

Strain Harding Graham Ferry

Thomson Sevelj Sibbald

Fotheringham VDS Trapanovski

Subs:
Adams
Constable
Odada
Meshack
Stirton

Morphman wrote:

I have a feeling we'll announce maybe 2 or 3 faces over the next week as June comes round and contracts come to an end across Europe.

Really hoping we've done at least a bit of business early. Especially with our complete lack of central defenders and starting GK.

 
Yeah it would be good to have 6-7 faces in by the end of June so we’re looking like half a squad for the pre season friendlies.