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Re: Summer Transfer Thread 25/26
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
An element of anxiety and anticipation is reasonable given the sheer number of players we need to bring in.
It's a bit different when you have a settled squad and you're just looking at 2 or 3 in and 2 or 3 out.
We don't have that. For the second year in a row we're looking at a major transfusion of players and although we got it pretty much right last summer it would be easy to suddenly find we've got it wrong.
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Re: Summer Transfer Thread 25/26
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.
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Re: Summer Transfer Thread 25/26
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.
And Strikers.
We have just lost Dalby, Moult, Watt, Paton, and i sincerely hope VDS departs this window.
That leaves us with just Owen Stirton.
We need fifteen signings, i reckon.
I expect we might see the start of that next week.
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Re: Summer Transfer Thread 25/26
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.
- Position in table, last years No. 1 was staying up staying up. No. 2 comfortable No. 3 - a dream - Europe
100% so far Jim.
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Re: Summer Transfer Thread 25/26
Player contracts ending May '25 are up*. Hopefully we'll see a bit of activity in the coming week.
Stating the obvious there Redford 😀
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We are free once and for all, from Tony Watt.