13 Oct 2026 12:00:10
What is everyone's thoughts now on the summer window buys, I'm really asking those who didn't want to pay over the odds for players? I was one of them and I was wrong. I thought we were right to walk away from the Fernandes lad at West Ham. I thought we were right to not go in for Alex Scott at 80 mill as quoted by media or 65 mill for Adam Wharton but I was so so wrong.
Same with Hall as Newcastle the old United would have pushed and pushed, the lad wanted to come and the old United would have found the money - going down the cheap route for Santos and Tielmans will backfire if it hasn't already we should have thrown the money at a better midfielder alongside Baleba - Tielmans would be good on the bench at Liverpool or Chelsea not as first choice with us.
Going to be a long horrible season with Carrick gone in next 6 weeks. God only knows where we go next but don't be surprised if it get worse than it is today.
13 Oct 2026 12:44:11
The only player there are regrets its Eliot Anderson. But even we would go as high as the price was, he would probably chooce City.
I always wanted Eliot and Baleba plus one more, i was of the thinking that Baleba Anderson and Mainoo is potentially title winning center.
Then there are Fernandez or Tonali that although good players with some good attributes, not worth overpaying and better wait for better options to be available.
13 Oct 2026 13:33:46
I said from day one Tielemans and Santos terrible buys, I rather buy one elite player than 2 or 3 low rent players
I honestly don't think even last summer was good buys in Cunha Mbuemo or Lammens
None of these are the required level that United need, but of course if we're happy mid table then they are fine.
13 Oct 2026 13:41:44
I thought that way for a while but not now- heard transfer guy on talksport yesterday saying Alex scott won't move in January but Bournmouth will let him go in summer for 100 million- whatever your opinion of him that's the price they want today - trouble is everyone want s minimum 85 mill now - we paid 50 mill for Santos who was never worth it, and even if we paid 15 mill he has hardly played so we would have still wasted 15 million.
I think we should have gone in harder for top targets including Hall. Anderson had apparently told city in April he was joining them so he was a non starter.
13 Oct 2026 13:44:08
I think we bought one potential starter in Baleba, and two squad players.
Tielemans is unsuited to a midfield two. He needs players to cover for his lack of athleticism, and has been a liability for us. The type of player that looks a bargain on paper, but is simply not what we needed.
Santos is a conundrum. Theoretically a player that has everything required to be a complete midfielder, but struggles to bring it together on the pitch. It's a bit of red flag that Chelsea were looking to get rid despite knowing that Enzo was pushing for a transfer. Tells me that they didn't think he could make the jump required. Plus the fee was far too high.
Anderson would have been ideal, but nobody could compete with City's dodgy money.
I rate Tonali, but he was overpriced, and works best as the anchor in a midfield 3.
Fernandes has massive potential. However, there are huge questions with his attitude. The fact that he has already fallen out with the manager at Spurs speaks volumes.
The biggest mistakes in the transfer window were not addressing lb and striker. We are inexcusably short there.
Overall, I'd say that we did the transfer business of a club content with challenging for Champions League qualification. A club that is playing the odds with investing just enough to get the big meal ticket, but nowhere near enough to win things. The owners want to keep the salary bill down, while gambling that we have just enough to secure champions league revenues. That's the level of ambition.
13 Oct 2026 15:17:10
Players we bought are not even on level of champions league requirements we will struggle with top 4 with this set up.
13 Oct 2026 17:14:16
@ Je suis unite, I don't agree on Lammens and Mbuemo, I think both of them are very good buys, not convinced by Cunha though.
13 Oct 2026 18:27:27
I think all the players we bought have the potential to bring us nearer to the title but they are all let down by a) rubbish defence b) not being played correctly and coached into a system that plays to their strengths c) like the rest of the squad have clearly not had a serious physically hard pre season training.
13 Oct 2026 18:22:51
I'm not saying Mbeumo is a bad player, but he's not amazing. He gives the ball away a lot and needs multiple chances to get a goal. Top defenders wouldn't be scared if you saw him running at you.
I said on another post, Lammens is not a great keeper. He should be nothing more than a backup. He gets away without any focus on him as he's not a complete idiot like Onana before him.
I like Cunha, but mainly because he actually puts a shift in. But he doesn't suit the system anymore. You need someone with pace to play on the left of a 3. Especially a United team completely void of any pace.
But if the goal is to challenge at the top end of the league, the signings last summer and this summer were poor and will likely prove to be a waste of money.
13 Oct 2026 23:54:03
Some people struggle to understand that we needed numbers this summer. Anderson, Fernandes and Baleba would have costed us almost 300m. I'm not defending the club, I'm actually pointing out their incompetence. Years of bad business have put us in a situation where we needed a lot of new players and didn't have enough money for top quality additions.
That's why they went for the cheaper alternatives in hope they can sign a few midfielders, plus LB and ST. But being so incompetent, they failed to do it all.
14 Oct 2026 01:39:42
Padding the squad out with players who aren't good enough to drive us forward is not the answer, H94. I'd much rather have signed a proper Cas replacement and then given the other two spots in the squad to youth players.
All that said, I think it's a little too early to be writing off our summer signings. Baleba has barely played. Tielemans is a good squad player, but I don't think we'll ever see the best of him playing alongside Bruno and Mainoo.
Santos confuses me. Carrick clearly doesn't rate him, which for a £50m signing is a little worrying. Then again, he doesn't seem to fancy Yoro either, and he cost even more. Maybe both will come good in the future, but we need players who are ready to step up now, or enough quality in the squad to be able to ease these players in without team performances taking a nosedive (kind of like we did with the Class of 92).
14 Oct 2026 07:36:50
I wanted Scott, but frankly, that ship has sailed now.
14 Oct 2026 14:34:36
No point filling the squad with inferior players, that's just total waste of money and time.
Might as well just promote the youths up if your going to say just fill squad with bodies!
Menemo is not a bad player and put him in a decent team he may do OK, but he ain't the star of the show that's for sure
Cunha look at his stats this season awful
Lammens not recovered from WC we only think he good because measured against Onana, he should be a number 2 pushing for a place, that his level atm.
Tielemans runs in treacle
Santos 5 clubs by 21 not pulled up trees at any
We spent hundreds of millions on this lot and not a great amongst them, couple of average players that's all
Put a low level manager and coaches into mix an inexperienced pair above them into the mix and Current United comes out!