Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 26.09.24

I'd argue he's still a major loss to the team. His ability to bring the ball forward has been key in the last few weeks. I thought he'd been looking a bit better.

I can see the arguments to improve on him, but he was still the best option we had.

Unless arsenal were hiding heaven for contract reasons I'd be weary of throwing him in. Then it's Shaw?

Poor by INEOS I have to say, crying out for a forward, they must be hoping Dorgu is magic and unlocks the whole team 🙄

Strap is boys its gonna be rough.

11 draws incoming 😅

Weren't you adamant yesterday that somebody would be signed today?

And I'm sure you were confident about that because the team so clearly, obviously, absolutely needs some additions as soon as possible, so an incoming transfer should have been a given.

Why wouldn't INEOS take criticism for not doing what is so obviously needed?

It's 2027 with the option of an extra year? That's what was reported from the time anyway.

I think this could be a watershed actually. Precisely because it has been so bloody obvious that players were needed.

The only mitigation I hear people giving to Amorim for the poor performance is that he needs new players. Worst squad in history and he can't do anything without new players. Well, here we are, they had opportunity to address that and all they did was sign a 20 year old full back.

If he can't do anything with the squad he has, then why didn't they sign anybody? Why not some loan signings?

They keep conceding goals, they can't score goals, they decided not to do much in the transfer window. So now its on the coach to do some coaching and find some performances.

He is contracted until 2027. The optional year is 2028.

Lack of ignorance and knowledge on my part but is it the knee that's completely gone when you say double rupture or is it the leg either side of the knee?

It's difficult to say. VVD did his ACL when he was a couple of years older than Martinez but has come back pretty strong, so it's possible.

I think the team will get enough points to stay clear of danger. But there is a fear, given the sheer lack of backbone in the team and how flaky they are, that if they did sink a bit lower towards the bottom three, that they'd just crumble with the pressure. And when you look what's happening today. Or more to the point, what's not happens. Goals can cover up a lot of cracks. And unfortunately, there's no goals in this team.

Disappointed not to have strengthened the front line today. But as others have said, we can't moan about blowing €10m on Amrabat for a loan last year and then spend whatever it was for Tel this year, especially since it would be a stretch to see how he's any more likely to solve our scoring issues than Hojlund or Zirkzee.

At the end of the day, we're not really much weaker than we were a week ago. Rashford gone if anything strengthens us because we've got rid of that ghost looking over our shoulder.

Antony offered absolutely nothing. Malacia was second choice behind Dalot and would have been 3rd choice behind Dorgu & Dalot.

Martinez is a loss, but given how late it happened we can understand why there wasn't a replacement planned.

The powers that be have decided against expensive panic buys or loans and decided to wing it til the summer. Nothing we can do but strap in and pray. For the league, that was the best option. Why overspend in January to maybe finish 10th instead of 14th?

In the cup comps, we're underdogs anyway despite our good Europa League stage finish (I don't hold to the alleged favourites tag). Plus if we do get to the later stages who knows, the Liverpool and Arsenal results show that we can pull the odd rabbit out of the hat on occasion.

This talk of relegation is pretty annoying as it's not happening. Don't see the need to feed the trolls who go on about it.

Not aimed at anyone here but just in general.