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Community poll: Transfer window conundrum

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Manchester United are currently enjoying what looks like a reasonably successful pre-season. Well, it’s been as successful as pre-seasons can be. Pre-season, unfortunately, also exists alongside silly season and it is only fitting that we get a sense of how all of you have viewed it so far with a silly series of polls.

In our last big community poll piece, we highlighted tweets posted by the cheerful figures of the Athletic’s Adam Crafton and the Independent’s Miguel Delaney, who laid bare the hypocrisy surrounding Erik ten Hag’s depiction as a young up-and-comer in European football’s managerial tree.

Our chirpy friends are back once again to humour us.

However, suppose you are capable of brushing aside the snarkiness for a second. In that case, there are what many would consider some valid concerns around how United are operating in this summer transfer window.

There’s also the exasperating and everlasting Frenkie de Jong saga.

Anyhow, now that we’ve got a sense of what the discourse is like, here are a bunch of yes and no questions that’ll probably confound you at first but hopefully give you a sense of clarity around this summer transfer window by the end.

As always, answer all the questions truthfully.

Poll

Have you found this transfer window concerning?

This poll is closed

  • 25%
    Yes, very alarming.
    (150 votes)
  • 42%
    Yes but not highly alarming.
    (245 votes)
  • 24%
    No, not very alarming.
    (141 votes)
  • 6%
    Not at all. Very exciting.
    (35 votes)
  • 1%
    Might be the best window ever.
    (10 votes)
581 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Are the people listed below important in a football club? Manager, Director of football, CEO and Owner

This poll is closed

  • 77%
    All of them are
    (415 votes)
  • 21%
    Some of them are
    (113 votes)
  • 1%
    None of them are
    (6 votes)
534 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Who is the most important person at a football club?

This poll is closed

  • 42%
    Manager
    (232 votes)
  • 31%
    Director of football/Sporting director
    (170 votes)
  • 5%
    CEO/Chairman
    (31 votes)
  • 19%
    Owner
    (108 votes)
541 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Do you trust the current Manchester United manager?

This poll is closed

  • 93%
    Yes
    (507 votes)
  • 6%
    No
    (34 votes)
541 votes total Vote Now

Poll

What should a manager be responsible for at a football club?

This poll is closed

  • 4%
    Tactics and team selection
    (26 votes)
  • 0%
    Culture and team spirit
    (1 vote)
  • 0%
    Recruitment
    (0 votes)
  • 43%
    Only some of the above
    (231 votes)
  • 51%
    All of this and more
    (275 votes)
533 votes total Vote Now

Poll

So a manager should have a say in who comes in and goes out of a club?

This poll is closed

  • 98%
    Yes
    (520 votes)
  • 1%
    No
    (10 votes)
530 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Then the manager should get players he wants and sell those he doesn’t?

This poll is closed

  • 79%
    Yes
    (413 votes)
  • 20%
    No
    (107 votes)
520 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Should the other important people at the club be allowed to deny a manager the players he wants at the club and those he wants to sell?

This poll is closed

  • 75%
    Yes
    (388 votes)
  • 24%
    No
    (124 votes)
512 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Did David Moyes get all the players he wanted at the club and sell those he didn’t want at the club?

This poll is closed

  • 0%
    Yes
    (2 votes)
  • 10%
    Most of them
    (47 votes)
  • 56%
    Few of them
    (265 votes)
  • 32%
    None of them
    (152 votes)
466 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Did Louis van Gaal get all the players he wanted at the club and sell those he didn’t want at the club?

This poll is closed

  • 3%
    Yes
    (16 votes)
  • 31%
    Most of them
    (149 votes)
  • 58%
    Few of them
    (273 votes)
  • 6%
    None of them
    (31 votes)
469 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Did Jose Mourinho get all the players he wanted at the club and sell those he didn’t want at the club?

This poll is closed

  • 3%
    Yes
    (15 votes)
  • 30%
    Most of them
    (145 votes)
  • 59%
    Few of them
    (282 votes)
  • 6%
    None of them
    (29 votes)
471 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Did Ole Gunnar Solskjaer get all the players he wanted at the club and sell those he didn’t want at the club?

This poll is closed

  • 5%
    Yes
    (24 votes)
  • 37%
    Most of them
    (174 votes)
  • 51%
    Few of them
    (239 votes)
  • 6%
    None of them
    (29 votes)
466 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Which manager post-SAF got most of the players he wanted through the door and those he didn’t out of it?

This poll is closed

  • 2%
    David Moyes
    (12 votes)
  • 22%
    Louis van Gaal
    (107 votes)
  • 29%
    Jose Mourinho
    (140 votes)
  • 44%
    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    (208 votes)
467 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Which manager post-SAF got the fewest number of the players he wanted through the door and those he wanted out of it?

This poll is closed

  • 67%
    David Moyes
    (304 votes)
  • 11%
    Louis van Gaal
    (51 votes)
  • 16%
    Jose Mourinho
    (74 votes)
  • 5%
    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    (24 votes)
453 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Were any of the managers post-SAF successful at United?

This poll is closed

  • 0%
    All of them
    (2 votes)
  • 0%
    David Moyes
    (0 votes)
  • 2%
    Louis van Gaal
    (11 votes)
  • 14%
    Jose Mourinho
    (66 votes)
  • 7%
    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    (34 votes)
  • 0%
    David Moyes and Louis van Gaal
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    David Moyes and Jose Mourinho
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    David Moyes and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    David Moyes. Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho
    (1 vote)
  • 0%
    David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    (0 votes)
  • 0%
    David Moyes, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    (0 votes)
  • 11%
    Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho
    (53 votes)
  • 4%
    Louis van Gaal and Ole Gunnar Solskajer
    (19 votes)
  • 4%
    Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    (23 votes)
  • 15%
    Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    (73 votes)
  • 38%
    None of them
    (180 votes)
462 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Who was relatively the most succesful?

This poll is closed

  • 0%
    David Moyes
    (0 votes)
  • 7%
    Louis van Gaal
    (36 votes)
  • 58%
    Jose Mourinho
    (279 votes)
  • 33%
    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    (158 votes)
473 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Who was relatively the least successful?

This poll is closed

  • 86%
    David Moyes
    (409 votes)
  • 6%
    Louis van Gaal
    (30 votes)
  • 1%
    Jose Mourinho
    (7 votes)
  • 5%
    Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    (28 votes)
474 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Can we now establish that there’s a link between the incomings/outgoings that a manager desires and the chances of success at a club?

This poll is closed

  • 91%
    Yes
    (420 votes)
  • 8%
    No
    (38 votes)
458 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Do you trust the other important people at the club that were listed earlier in the poll?

This poll is closed

  • 22%
    Yes
    (98 votes)
  • 77%
    No
    (343 votes)
441 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Once again. Should the other important people at the club be allowed to deny a manager the players he wants to get into the club or sell?

This poll is closed

  • 35%
    Yes
    (152 votes)
  • 60%
    Only in an advisory sense
    (259 votes)
  • 4%
    No
    (18 votes)
429 votes total Vote Now

Poll

If the manager refutes the advise provided by the other important people at the club, who should have the final say?

This poll is closed

  • 35%
    The other important people
    (141 votes)
  • 64%
    The manager
    (257 votes)
398 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Does it look like the current manager is getting most of the players he wants into the club and those he wants out of it?

This poll is closed

  • 9%
    All of them
    (39 votes)
  • 59%
    Most of them
    (244 votes)
  • 30%
    Few of them
    (124 votes)
  • 0%
    None of them
    (2 votes)
409 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Does the answer you picked in the last poll suggest there’s a greater chance of success going forward or is it worrying?

This poll is closed

  • 73%
    Greater chance of success
    (287 votes)
  • 26%
    Worrying
    (105 votes)
392 votes total Vote Now

Poll

Once again. Do you trust the manager?

This poll is closed

  • 95%
    Yes
    (384 votes)
  • 4%
    No
    (18 votes)
402 votes total Vote Now

Poll

What’s causing all the concern in the window?

This poll is closed

  • 1%
    I don’t trust the manager.
    (6 votes)
  • 16%
    I don’t think the manager’s getting any advice.
    (67 votes)
  • 1%
    I trust the advisors more than the manager and he’s not taking any.
    (4 votes)
  • 3%
    I trust the manager reluctantly.
    (15 votes)
  • 24%
    I trust him for the most part. Not that concerning.
    (98 votes)
  • 22%
    I trust him over the advisors. That’s good enough for me.
    (89 votes)
  • 18%
    I have great confidence in his judgement. We’ll be fine.
    (73 votes)
  • 11%
    21 is coming.
    (44 votes)
396 votes total Vote Now

Thanks for voting.