SGMilne Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Agreed with the above posts. I don't think anyone could argue that there weren't a good number of quality players in the United side last season; it was the balance, lack of grit and the goalkeeper situation that did us in. Each of the signings we've made so far has looked to address those problems. Goodwin has said he believes that the attacking options are looking ok, and I would agree. Fletcher, Watt, Middleton, Chalmers, Glass, Mochrie, Cudjoe, Niskanen, Fotheringham, Macleod, Meekison are all forwards or forward thinking midfielders who other teams in the division would have in their squads. That's not bad at all. Behic too if he stays. So for me if he's making 3 more signings in, it has to be a goalkeeper, another centre back and maybe another anchor midfielder. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabianKnight Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Did I miss Brian Grant returning to the academy? Am I being totally stupid or had this flown under the radar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arabdelic Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 On 23/06/2023 at 12:41, captainkev said: This is the danger of being in thrall to statistics. Those numbers claim there were at least 3 keepers worse in the league than Birighitti, yet we know that simply is not the case. There's a reason Birighitti has the highlight video from last season accompanied by circus clown music. The post was less about defending Birighitti. I have no interest in doing so. It was rather to point out McGregor's save ratio which is poor. Some of the goals against Birighitti were less about shot stopping and just plain daft errors such as the Stevie May goal or the mix up with Ayina. When it comes to pure shot stopping Alan McGregor is one of the worst in the league now. But thankfully the rumours of him coming to United don't appear to be true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartyFears2 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Goodwin shot down the McGregor thing. there was a story kicking about last week of us looking to bring Carson back. I’ve saw the same story since but with Dundee attached, so god knows what’s going on there also, I think we might be bringing in the outgoing Ayr Utd GK coach 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaspianChris Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Well that's been kept very brief 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loemba90 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Hopefully Birighitti is next to go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabianKnight Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 22 minutes ago, PartyFears2 said: Goodwin shot down the McGregor thing. there was a story kicking about last week of us looking to bring Carson back. I’ve saw the same story since but with Dundee attached, so god knows what’s going on there also, I think we might be bringing in the outgoing Ayr Utd GK coach The Carson thing might happen, is he not very good pals with Goodwin? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loemba90 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Heard Fletcher may be leaving too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaspianChris Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Bye bye big wages at least. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoose Rice Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Loemba90 said: Heard Fletcher may be leaving too Motherwell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Arab Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 11 hours ago, Loemba90 said: Heard Fletcher may be leaving too 100% away correct. Can’t blame him, would have walked that championship 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 The issue with Fletcher, apparently, is that Motherwell are understandably not willing to pay him what he is earning at United but we are not willing to pay the shortfall if he leaves or give him a payoff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, Sarto Mutiny said: The issue with Fletcher, apparently, is that Motherwell are understandably not willing to pay him what he is earning at United but we are not willing to pay the shortfall if he leaves or give him a payoff. Well quite. If he wants to leave then he entitled to nothing from us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Just now, Alert Mongoose said: Well quite. If he wants to leave then he entitled to nothing from us. Agreed. He either stays or sucks up a wage cut for Premiership football. Seems fair to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 1 minute ago, Sarto Mutiny said: Agreed. He either stays or sucks up a wage cut for Premiership football. Seems fair to me. Unless we are quite keen to see him leave which makes it trickier. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Arab Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 27 minutes ago, Sarto Mutiny said: The issue with Fletcher, apparently, is that Motherwell are understandably not willing to pay him what he is earning at United but we are not willing to pay the shortfall if he leaves or give him a payoff. Unfortunately not true buddy, Fletcher is happy to walk away without any pay off from United. If United wanted to keep him and he’s chosen to leave which he has it’s no pay off plus I can’t imagine he will be short of £ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 35 minutes ago, Fife Arab said: Unfortunately not true buddy, Fletcher is happy to walk away without any pay off from United. If United wanted to keep him and he’s chosen to leave which he has it’s no pay off plus I can’t imagine he will be short of £ Fair enough. Just going by what I had heard. I will make sure my sources are suitably disciplined 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Happy enough if he stays but equally if he leaves. It would only stick in the craw if we're subsidising his wages elsewhere, which it sounds like we won't be so fair enough. He'd have been a stand-out in this division but even half his current wage is likely to be enough to get a very good replacement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 26 minutes ago, Pull My Strings said: Happy enough if he stays but equally if he leaves. Hard to disagree with this tbh. As good and effective as he can be, if we can get him off the wage bill and get a reasonable replacement in, that's a win. He's also 36, so he's not a long term option - is it worth paying him big wages in the Championship if he's possibly not going to be around after this season? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_G Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Sarto Mutiny said: The issue with Fletcher, apparently, is that Motherwell are understandably not willing to pay him what he is earning at United but we are not willing to pay the shortfall if he leaves or give him a payoff. what did he expect from: Quote Jim Goodwin insisted he is ready to rip up the contracts of any Dundee United who don't have the stomach for next season's Championship fight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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