Arabdownsouth wrote:

SuperMario wrote:

If we resign mcnulty I’ll explode

 
Make sure you have a tissue handy 😂

 
You have got to be on the wynd up.

CCX2 2010 wrote:

Danzaa wrote:

We really are slow in getting deals done and now I'm hearing murmurs of frustration from JR who wants to hit ground running but the best eleven at his disposal  looks unbalanced and soft. McGrath and Middleton talks have stalled, we are chasing around looking at loan deals, there was even talk a few weeks back of McNulty playing off Fletcher which changed to Clark. Now it looks like we will have target man Fletcher on his own supported by midfield runners.

We need to get deals done now otherwise, by the time any newbies are in and up to speed, we'll be out of Europe and league cup, and going to Motherwell sitting with 2 or 3 points in the league at best.
No joke come October we may well have Pawlett, Harkes, Watt, Fletcher and Clark as starters. God knows who will be in defence as enquiries made for Graham and Edwards.
Dont know about you lot but I'm getting the fear here.
Cue the stay calm and see what happens brigade all telling me to top up my half empty glass

 
Good post.

 
Is it? Not in my opinion, just a lot of speculation really.

Aberdeen just signed an attacking midfielder from Notts County, hopefully this improves our chances of landing McGrath?

At a time when rumours should be rife, there’s nothing. Absolutely nothing to talk about.

Someone make something up please

MockChop wrote:

At a time when rumours should be rife, there’s nothing. Absolutely nothing to talk about.

Someone make something up please

Apparently signing an Australian Left back.

Aziz Behich.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-united/3530230/dundee-united-set-to-sign-australian-international-left-back-aziz-behich/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
 

SuperMario wrote:

Looks a extremely solid signing

Please I beg for some attacking players next though

 
Think this lad looks a very decent attacking threat himself! But I agree, attacking reinforcements needed ASAP

Left Back doesn't seem like a priority position given that we have both Scott McMann and Flynn Duffy who can play that position. But i will welcome the signing and hope that he is an upgrade.

He certainly has a lot of experience and has played in Australia, Holland and Turkey.

Maybe slightly concerning that 3 Turkish teams have recycled him between each other in two seasons. Though he has kept his place in the Australian National Team and played in their two most recent matches in June including their Play-Off Final win against Peru which sent them to Qatar.

Assuming he goes to the World Cup in November, Utd will be in line for a couple of hundred thousand pounds minimum. So, looks like his wages over the next two years may be covered by that alone. Hopefully the same goes for Birighitti and Levitt.

Now please Utd, go and sign some players who will get goals for this team. Please.

Had two seasons of eye-bleeding, toothless fare from middle to front.

Canadian Arab wrote:

Just finished listening to a Dode Fox podcast episode - trying to catch up after being away. Question asked was "If there was one United player from any point in our past that you could have back in our team right now, who would it be?" Can't remember if Paul McNicol had an answer and Ronny Costello said Craig Brewster (because he would thrive on a really slow build-up involving no wingers that gets the ball near the opposition box once every 20 minutes). Thought to myself - has to be Ralphie Milne every day of the week. Width, blistering pace, goes past defenders like they're not there, scores from anywhere, puts them on a plate for everyone else. Everything we need right now.
Real pace terrifies defenders and for me, our number one focus right now should be on a quality wide player with fantastic pace.
Unfortunately it won't be Ralphie, or anyone like him. They broke the mould after George Best and Ralph Milne were made.

 
Yeah I guess that Messi fella has his own mould 😋

Canadian Arab wrote:

Just finished listening to a Dode Fox podcast episode - trying to catch up after being away. Question asked was "If there was one United player from any point in our past that you could have back in our team right now, who would it be?" Can't remember if Paul McNicol had an answer and Ronny Costello said Craig Brewster (because he would thrive on a really slow build-up involving no wingers that gets the ball near the opposition box once every 20 minutes). Thought to myself - has to be Ralphie Milne every day of the week. Width, blistering pace, goes past defenders like they're not there, scores from anywhere, puts them on a plate for everyone else. Everything we need right now.
Real pace terrifies defenders and for me, our number one focus right now should be on a quality wide player with fantastic pace.
Unfortunately it won't be Ralphie, or anyone like him. They broke the mould after George Best and Ralph Milne were made.

Funny I've not listened to this weeks podcast but I was thinking about what type of player we could do with given ideally we could do with a right winger and also a backup/alternative striker with real pace and the name that popped into my head was:

Kevin Gallacher

Because he could play both roles and when I was a kid I loved watching him tearing past defenders. Having someone who could get us up the park quickly would be great. Even if most of his crosses ended up in The Shed!
 

CCX2 2010 wrote:

Left back was well done the list of priorities but at least its another addition and hopefully helps the keeper settle in quicker with a fellow countryman in the side.

Plenty of experience and a proven pedigree.

Some new forward thinking players please and ones with pace.

 
You can’t help but think that our aim will to be stuffy at the back and launch ping balls to Fletcher.  When are we going to bring in some actual pacy players?  Just over a week until our first game in Europe and we are still missing the 3 or 4 players that Ross thinks we need. Presumably the same 3 or 4 that we’ve needed for about 7 or 8 years.

Finn Seemann wrote:

CCX2 2010 wrote:

Left back was well done the list of priorities but at least its another addition and hopefully helps the keeper settle in quicker with a fellow countryman in the side.

Plenty of experience and a proven pedigree.

Some new forward thinking players please and ones with pace.

 
You can’t help but think that our aim will to be stuffy at the back and launch ping balls to Fletcher.  When are we going to bring in some actual pacy players?  Just over a week until our first game in Europe and we are still missing the 3 or 4 players that Ross thinks we need. Presumably the same 3 or 4 that we’ve needed for about 7 or 8 years.

 
That's the way it's looking.

Our defence ain't the quickest so they certainly can't squeeze up the park so it's essential that whoever partners Fletcher is a speed machine otherwise with no pace we will end up camped in our own half.

Tangy wrote:

Adam Rooney is free...34yo now. Big battering ram from memory?

 
We are desperate for a bit of pace in the team

Ross now talking about a midfielder (presumably holding) and another striking option. Where is the pace?  Do we not do wingers any more?