Tek wrote:

Illustrated here is just how disastrous our transfer dealings were in January.

1st February.

United sit 3rd
St.Mirren 9th

We should have strengthened the side strongly and went all in for our best finish in 15 years.

Instead it's absolutely killed us.

 
Frightening. We brought in players for positions we didn't need and didn't sign players for areas we did need.

Ogren's penny pinching hurts us too.

Always_United wrote:

It has been pretty bad, but specifically on St Mirren they've only actually gained 5 points on us since February. When the league is so tight that can happen very quickly and mid table teams can shoot up and down the league at a rate of knots.

There is no getting away from the fact that the January transfer window wasn't a success though. For all the talk of fatigue, there are a host of fresh players signed this season who rarely play or have been put out on loan - you don't need me to name them. Because they aren't good enough, the same players get wheeled out every week.

It's really been a disappointing last few months, bar the three wins in quick succession.

 
They've gained 7 points on us in the last three games, it's pointless talking about February. It comes down to them having the fucking minerals and us......not so much.

Shakey Isles Arab wrote:

Arabdownsouth wrote:

Always_United wrote:

It has been pretty bad, but specifically on St Mirren they've only actually gained 5 points on us since February. When the league is so tight that can happen very quickly and mid table teams can shoot up and down the league at a rate of knots.

There is no getting away from the fact that the January transfer window wasn't a success though. For all the talk of fatigue, there are a host of fresh players signed this season who rarely play or have been put out on loan - you don't need me to name them. Because they aren't good enough, the same players get wheeled out every week.

It's really been a disappointing last few months, bar the three wins in quick succession.

 
They've gained 7 points on us in the last three games, it's pointless talking about February. It comes down to them having the fucking minerals and us......not so much.

Mind ae ADS replying to a post saying:  ----- When have we ever had a good transfer window ? ------
- Can't say more.

 
And it’s even more pathetic that we aren’t able to call on any academy players to step up.

Arab99 wrote:

BMT wrote:

 
And it’s even more pathetic that we aren’t able to call on any academy players to step up.

Am assuming you mean the players who have come through the 'Academy'. I'm sure players like Thompson, Stirton Adams and perhaps O'Donnell and Dewar are good enough to be involved. I'm not sure now their loans are over they're back to being United players. Even allowing for this the gaffer's got to want them involved regardless.
 

They can't play for United this season under SPFL rules, but hopefully next season we'll see more of them.
 

United Arab Emarite wrote:

We were screaming for fresh faces in January and when they were announced we were all pretty chuffed remember.
But if we hadn't signed anyone we'd still be screaming yet.
You cannae win.

 
There is a middle way where we signed better players in the positions that were needed. That's the job of the manager and recruitment team. No signing is guaranteed to be a success but this one went particularly badly. Fiorini, for example, was a very strange signing as that's the one area we are quite well covered.