Changes in the squad have to be balanced against the financially insecure background created by the health situation. All clubs have been in a situation new to them, and our position was compounded by the two Hearts related issues, manager departing and not having certainty of our league status until 5 days before the season started.

Of the players signed, a goalkeeper like Newman was a requirement as cover, he's 18 and has been in the last 4 Scotland squads for his age group, U16 through to the present U19s. He was on the bench on Friday.

Bolton can play all positions down the right and has looked competent.

Edwards, can't say I'm happy with him so far, but he's yet to play in a settled position or line up. He's been right central defender in a five, right central defender in a four, left central defender in a four, and had a mixture of Connolly, Reynolds and Neilson partnering him. 

Hoti, cannae judge him yet.

Fuchs sounds and looks like a player we need.

McNulty: pleased with this signing, but every player is a gamble 
He's played a few times as a winger I note, and perhaps he'll be used there by MM at times. 

 

In Edwards defence, when he played right cb in a back 4 alongside Reynolds he looked competent. In a back 3 and as a left cb on his weaker foot he's looked poor.

Bolton's best games came as an actual right winger. His crossing has been piss poor though. No better than McMullan tbh. The simple fact is not one person at the entire club can cross the ball.  That is a monumental failure of scouting and in successive managers. Tbh it has been the case for years.

Jack Newman -  back up keeper needed - back up keeper got.

Luke Bolton -  boy doesn't really know what position anyone wants him to play.  Looks more of a forward player as his defending is average.  Although has the McMullan's about him when it comes to crossing.  Upgrade on McMullan though so fairly good acquisition if it wasn't just a loan

Ryan Edwards - Clearly a MM purchase.  Has looked questionable but think he'll come good enough with more game time.

Florent Hoti - Clearly a TA purchase - agree with comment above that Glass staying would have made more sense - give the boy a chance and we'll see though.  If the rumours are true that he wouldn't go out on loan when requested then it will be another one of those Kuates I fear

Jeando Fuchs - Fuchs knows - boy clearly didn't impress enough in Israel (although I suspect at a team better than us) and didn't make it Alaves (a team much better than us).  Suspect he'll be an improvement assuming all the non-footballing side is OK.

Marc McNulty - you have to assume the match fixing stuff isn't going to stick otherwise why hold out til deadline day for someone that might be out for a chunk of the season on a ban.  If that is correct - and I hope someone has done their homework - then he seems a good option.  Certainly impressed at Hibs, but its all about service.

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"Czech striker Pavol Safranko was really close to rejoining Dundee United before the close of Mondays transfer window"

According to the Sun, can't even get his nationality right the fucking muppets.

He really wants to come back though it seems and hopes the move can be revived in January.

The more I read about fat McNulty and Jeando Fuchs being nowhere near fit enough to be considered, the more pissed off I am that we waited until the last day of the transfer window to bring in guys who can't even play yet.

Other teams on lower budgets managed to bring in players that are fit and ready to play, why couldn't we?

Of course Covid is a problem, and the managerial change didn't help, but still think we could have been a bit more savvy.

bowers wrote:

Arabdownsouth wrote:

The more I read about fat McNulty and Jeando Fuchs being nowhere near fit enough to be considered, the more pissed off I am that we waited until the last day of the transfer window to bring in guys who can't even play yet.

Other teams on lower budgets managed to bring in players that are fit and ready to play, why couldn't we?

Of course Covid is a problem, and the managerial change didn't help, but still think we could have been a bit more savvy.

It seems a strange one with McNulty especially unless he got injured in 1 of the 2 games he played for Reading in September or in training for them. Surely both of them had been in full time training with their teams before we signed them?

 
You'd certainly like to think that's the case. I'm not expecting Fuchs to feature this week obviously due to him being in isolation but I'd certainly hope he's fit enough to play some part next weekend. As for McNulty, as someone said elsewhere, how fucking unfit does he need to be not to get half an hour against non league opposition ffs?

McNulty gets injured in one of those three games, and you guys would be slaughtering the management for putting him in the side when he didn't need to be.

Not sure why there is such a lack of communication coming from the club at the moment, but it seems to be leaving a vacuum that is getting filled with negativity (not wholly unwarranted tbf even if I don't share it)

Safranko, Nisbet, Paatalainen's countryman, Gogic . ..... ??? 
The list goes on Mr O.

The more depth, the better return for your outlay.
Last year LOA.

This year, a full quarter of a season in, we're weeping points all over the place due to bad/total lack of summer signings/ poor (bizarre in the case of Connolly) contract extensions etc..

As of this moment Mr O you seem to be playing the long game under advisement that the midterm will sort itself out, or in football terms you seem to be aiming mid/low table midterm.

Some news for you Mr O, our football works on points on the board at the end of the season - investment has to be made to put points on board. The more points lost the more the jitters set in.      Unlike North America (or Southern Hemisphere Union/League ... ramble, ramble)where there's no promotion / relegation as such -solely investment, sound balance sheet.

Mr O, you are the man at the top, notwithstanding you're in the predicament of acting under advisement from Tannadice.

But from who Ashgar ? Micky ?   Who ?   
It's up to you to tell them to tell us wtf is going on.
Failing which you walk the tightrope of losing our faith and whispers become a clamour which will find its way back to the dressing room. You only need to look at how Micky has tempered his we are United talk.

Alternatively if summer transfer activity produces results, I'll be singing your praises.

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