houston_bud Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 13 minutes ago, Pull My Strings said: Were there stories of impending doom? We cut the budget by £2.6m last season and have since released 20 odd players this summer. There should be plenty of scope to bring in a few guys on decent wages. The fact we can offer more than St Mirren is not really remarkable given the relative size of the two clubs. Maybe I'm over egging it. Pretty sure earlier in the year there was reports of huge losses and big problems if you didn't come straight back up. You're right that it shouldn't be remarkable, it shows that United are prepared to spend a few quid though. There's no way a right back with fitness issues is going to be your marquee signing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcginns Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said: You should be more worried about why it's happened, tbh. A couple of red flags with him once you go past his ability. The worry here for Utd is that they've spunked an absolute shed load on someone with well documented fitness issues. He's usually blowing out of his arse after 60mins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Just now, houston_bud said: Maybe I'm over egging it. Pretty sure earlier in the year there was reports of huge losses and big problems if you didn't come straight back up. You're right that it shouldn't be remarkable, it shows that United are prepared to spend a few quid though. There's no way a right back with fitness issues is going to be your marquee signing. Aye, it's been a painful period for the owner, but that's on him. Strain looks to be on par with the other outfield signings thus far and probably less of a coup than Will Ferry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 1 minute ago, mcginns said: The worry here for Utd is that they've spunked an absolute shed load on someone with well documented fitness issues. He's usually blowing out of his arse after 60mins. Couple of points: 1. A "shed load" refers to something which has fallen off a lorry; 2. Neither you nor I have the faintest idea how much United are paying to this free transfer signing and you've just pulled this entirely out of your arse. He was probably on about £1,500 a week at St Mirren and may be getting a little bump in his wages moving to a bigger club, say an extra couple of hundred quid. I've just pulled that out of my arse though, tbf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabianKnight Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 1 minute ago, Pull My Strings said: Couple of points: 1. A "shed load" refers to something which has fallen off a lorry; 2. Neither you nor I have the faintest idea how much United are paying to this free transfer signing and you've just pulled this entirely out of your arse. He was probably on about £1,500 a week at St Mirren and may be getting a little bump in his wages moving to a bigger club, say an extra couple of hundred quid. I've just pulled that out of my arse though, tbf. I'd say it's probably over 2k if he's been on 1500 at St Mirren 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loemba90 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 1 hour ago, Fife Arab said: Was always confident on strain That’s a big signing. Well done United! any more imminent?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 7 minutes ago, ArabianKnight said: I'd say it's probably over 2k if he's been on 1500 at St Mirren Yeah, quite possibly. An entirely unremarkable sum for a player in the Scottish top flight. Maybe he's jumped from £1,500 to £2,000. A touch more than Logan Chalmers has been getting for not playing for United for the last FOUR seasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Arab Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 11 minutes ago, Loemba90 said: any more imminent?? Not that I have heard buddy. They are really trying to keep things hush in the background and moving about business nicely. For example I had no clue about the Croatian name and that’s rare. Strain I knew was close before he went for international but many were in for him. do think that might see Grimshaw moving on. Confident the club will get the other signings right. Would like a good striker and defensive mid 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatDayIsIt Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 1 minute ago, Fife Arab said: Not that I have heard buddy. They are really trying to keep things hush in the background and moving about business nicely. For example I had no clue about the Croatian name and that’s rare. Strain I knew was close before he went for international but many were in for him. do think that might see Grimshaw moving on. Confident the club will get the other signings right. Would like a good striker and defensive mid Oh no. That is such a shame. How will we survive? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardy83 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 In other signing news. We've just hired a new physio, from over the road 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starryfish Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said: You should be more worried about why it's happened, tbh. A couple of red flags with him once you go past his ability. What are the red flags? Injury prone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW saint Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Good signing for you guys. Strain is quality no doubt about it. However he does have fitness issues. If Goodwin can manage his fitness then you have a player 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 32 minutes ago, wardy83 said: In other signing news. We've just hired a new physio, from over the road Kevin Milne. We signed him from Arbroath the season before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 7 minutes ago, AW saint said: Good signing for you guys. Strain is quality no doubt about it. However he does have fitness issues. If Goodwin can manage his fitness then you have a player It may be an entirely different issue but for the whole of Sibbald's first season at United he looked absolutely shattered after 60 minutes. That seems to be completely fixed and last season he was a machine. Still going strong every week, right to the last minute. Sometimes it's an illness thing, sometimes it's just about getting the right fitness regime. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 1 minute ago, Ludo*1 said: Kevin Milne. We signed him from Arbroath the season before. A meteoric rise for the guy. Next season Barcelona. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeArab Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Happy with Ryan Strain. Massive upgrade on what we have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcginns Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 (edited) 6 hours ago, Pull My Strings said: Couple of points: 1. A "shed load" refers to something which has fallen off a lorry; 2. Neither you nor I have the faintest idea how much United are paying to this free transfer signing and you've just pulled this entirely out of your arse. He was probably on about £1,500 a week at St Mirren and may be getting a little bump in his wages moving to a bigger club, say an extra couple of hundred quid. I've just pulled that out of my arse though, tbf. He urgently needs to pull a new agent out of someone's arse if that's the case. The narrative coming out of Utd would suggest more than a coupla hundred quid a week bump up but I understand why you're playing it down. "Bringing Ryan to Tannadice represents an exciting and forward-thinking piece of business" Edited June 22 by mcginns 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 I had missed us making a signing, only for Boredomguy and the Dees to immediately tell us it's a waste of money* *I hadn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 5 hours ago, mcginns said: He urgently needs to pull a new agent out of someone's arse if that's the case. The narrative coming out of Utd would suggest more than a coupla hundred quid a week bump up but I understand why you're playing it down. "Bringing Ryan to Tannadice represents an exciting and forward-thinking piece of business" Ah, I see what you're saying. Most signings are announced with a heavy emphasis on how dull and regressive the move is but this time they've gone the other way, which is code for "expensive". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groot Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 (edited) This window is going pretty well I must say. Getting Trapanovski in this coming week apparently. And Walton is still a live option. Would like him in pronto. Another 2 or 3 in, including another decent striker would be ideal. Edited June 22 by Groot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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