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[Chips1889]

I don't care a jot about them or their owner except that some on here are demanding we follow suit re wages and transfers.
That way is madness I tell you!
UTB

[Carpe_diem]

I don't care a jot about them or their owner except that some on here are demanding we follow suit re wages and transfers.
That way is madness I tell you!
UTB

Literally no one is demanding that. No one at all. Jesus, it's like banging your head against a brick wall sometimes...

[Chips1889]

Literally no one is demanding that. No one at all. Jesus, it's like banging your head against a brick wall sometimes...

Just answer me a couple of questions.....do you want United to spend more on fees and wages.....and to what limit? (or no limit?).
Perhaps it's not you who is demanding some action in the transfer market or it is and you have not been specific?

All 'm saying is don't follow Wendy's path.

[Carpe_diem]

Just answer me a couple of questions.....do you want United to spend more on fees and wages.....and to what limit? (or no limit?).
Perhaps it's not you who is demanding some action in the transfer market or it is and you have not been specific?

All 'm saying is don't follow Wendy's path.

It's not as simple as that.

IF we can find good players that fit in with our transfer budget and wage structure, that's fine. However, we might have to cast our net wider to achieve this, as it's an ever diminishing pool in the UK and Ireland.

IF we can't, then we need to revisit our transfer budget and wage structure. Neither I, nor anyone else on here as far as I'm aware, is advocating the old 'throw as much money at the problem in the hope that it will work' approach, as it's clearly not worked for the Pigs (and many other clubs). Suggesting that we need to pay the going rate is not equal to suggesting that we 'follow Wendy's path'. It's incredibly frustrating that certain people can't see anything other than black and white when it comes to debate.

[JJBlade]

Literally no one is demanding that. No one at all. Jesus, it's like banging your head against a brick wall sometimes...

Absolutely
Nobody is demanding we spend beyond our means

The term "Beyond our means" is what we seem to disagree on

The traditional United supporter (The majority) wants somebody that turns up in a flat cap with a fag in his gob who's just done a shift darn't pit

And the 21st Century fans want players capable of excelling in the Division we are playing in

[FatherKnowsBest]

The traditional United supporter (The majority) wants somebody that turns up in a flat cap with a fag in his gob who's just done a shift darn't pit

And the 21st Century fans want players capable of excelling in the Division we are playing in

Sorry JJ, I'm not going to let that pass. I've defended your right to be a miserable b'stard several times, but I won't have these gross and misleading characterisations of why you are right and everyone else is wrong.

I've not found any Unitedite who doesn't want the best for the club, or for us to progress as a team or as a club, or to have the best players we can afford. However, most people seem to understand that it has to be in a sustainable for us and our resources, that's to say regardless of what any other club is doing or spending. I haven't seen anyone who is advocating us spending more either a. quantify how much more we ought to be spending , or b. say where the money comes from.

The Blades way, Same owd United and the rest of the owd ballacks that gets trotted out. Tha's stuck in the past, shackled to everything you ever thought the club ever did wrong. Maybe its you that should wipe thi' grimy face, put away the whippet and the flat hat and get with the future. UTB

[bulmer1889]

The bottom line on this is we have expenditure only the club really knows how much that is they also know how much is coming into the club and so they can work a budget out which keeps us sustainable which they have done now just as an example take waghorn he was asking more than we were prepared to pay so it's not just a case of pay him a bit more or what he wants he's exceeding the budget we have set with the figures available it's not just a case of pushing the boat out chris and the board want us to be sustainable going above the budget doesn't allow for this so we keep within the budget set

I hope this has helped clear things up

[Carpe_diem]

The bottom line on this is we have expenditure only the club really knows how much that is they also know how much is coming into the club and so they can work a budget out which keeps us sustainable which they have done now just as an example take waghorn he was asking more than we were prepared to pay so it's not just a case of pay him a bit more or what he wants he's exceeding the budget we have set with the figures available it's not just a case of pushing the boat out chris and the board want us to be sustainable going above the budget doesn't allow for this so we keep within the budget set

I hope this has helped clear things up

Which is fine as long as the manager, the board and the fans are all in agreement that we're happy to be a mid-table (at best) second-tier club, and that we've absolutely no ambition to rise beyond this.

[Holden_C]

I've never met a bunch of people more accepting of the ordinary as the majority of Unitedites.
They are conditioned to accept failure and gleefully accept it with both hands because the alternative is far too revolutionary and risky.

There isn't an ounce of gumption in them to demand better because it's ingrained in them to accept that we can't possibly be as good as Derby, Forest, Leeds, Wendy...…...or even f@cking Brentford

This bu11sh1t is on a par with McNultys "body language" comments.

[rodcurrie]

This bu11sh1t is on a par with McNultys "body language" comments.

Only the serial moaners have passion for our club dint ya know Marvin? When i was walkin back to mi sons car on satdi i was thinkin thank goodness we lost cos i don't wanna see us anywhere the top 6,not really but if ya not here or other forums constantly roorin abart this that and tother you're a F**kwit or some other derogatory term the slashers like to use,oh well each to their own i spose. UTCB