What's funny is that you genuinely sound surprised by that result.. it was a typical United performance...
Signing Sancho (which was never going to happen) is not going to fix the fact that you have a pile of shit at the back.. you need another clear out and more importantly, a manager and board that are capable of doing that.
Cue some hilarious panic buying in the next week now
We're not a pile of shit at the back. We had one of the best defensive records in the Premier League last season. There's a need to improve it, and only ONE signing of a left-footed center back with pace will make a HUGE difference. I think the main problem yesterday is that due to Pogba having COVID-19, Maguire with his issues abroad, a couple of players having just come back from injury and only having one pre-season game United were off the pace and Palace had already played a couple of games.
I think you may be right about Sancho though, Woodward wrote in the programme yesterday not to expect any high value signings.
I don't think we'll have any panic buying, we'll buy players that we've scouted for a while. Probably Telles which could see Shaw playing at left back.
Gotta agree with Jman here, Harv.
Last nights result was nothing special for a neutral.
Man Utd has a board not willing to spend money, and a manager, who is I imagine too polite to try and persuade them to do so. Until that's resolved (which I doubt it will be anytime soon) I can see similar results following this season.
There have been reports of Ollie having a go at Woodward about not making signings and not making signings quick enough but what else can he do?
The worst thing about all of this is that we'll end up seeing some idiot fans calling for 'Ollie Out!', I've already seen a few online saying it. But the problem is going to be the same in a couple of years if he gets the push and a new manager comes in. He'll get a few quid to spend (but not nearly enough) and then won't get backed in his second season.
