What is that even ? He is perfectly adept at playing CM, CDM, LB and LCB. Just because De Boer plays him a certain way doesn't imply he'll play there under Van Gaal. Infact all the better Frank further trained him in 2 positions. That's the kind of versatile player we've been missing since O'Shea left. Rather Blind handle multiple roles and Jones concentrate on being a pure CB.
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What is that even ? He is perfectly adept at playing CM, CDM, LB and LCB. Just because De Boer plays him a certain way doesn't imply he'll play there under Van Gaal. Infact all the better Frank further trained him in 2 positions. That's the kind of versatile player we've been missing since O'Shea left. Rather Blind handle multiple roles and Jones concentrate on being a pure CB.
I never suggested he should be signing superstars, but I don't want him to be signing players that are, arguably, average. Our midfield especially is in dire need of a great player to step in and take the wheel. Blind won't do that!
I'm happy with this signing if it happens, though. Just a slightly underwhelming one given he's not a world beater and doesn't seem to have bags of potential.#
Regarding you suggesting I think LvG doesn't know what he's doing, I think having a crop of players that he understands and he knows fit his philosophy will improve the team over time, hence the signing of Blind. He's certainly improved the squad over this window.
Well our midfield might not be spectacular this season but it'll be drastically better than previous seasons at least.
So, you are saying he will play predominately as leftback? So we are paying £15m for a left back when we have Shaw and Rojo who can play as LB.
Ah right, well still. Not like Van Gaal has admired him for a while. It sounds quite bad if he's bought a player based on watching a few videos :lol
He'd be a very good signing for us, and in our current state he'd walk into our midfield.
Long term i think he'll just be a versatile squad player and we need that, let's not forget that even our squad players are mostly terrible, players like him are important in any squad, i bet anderson has a higher salary than him.
Long term i think he'll just be a versatile squad player and we need that, let's not forget that even our squad players are mostly terrible, players like him are important in any squad, i bet anderson has a higher salary than him.
Why are we try to sign more average players? he's a defender by nature and even at that he's average at best so I can't imagine his slow self would be much better in CM/CDM yet alone United quality. For the same money we'd get De Jong or Sandro from Spurs who are nothing special but could do a much better job in MF considering they are actual midfielders.
I don't get why he has to throws his arms in people's face every game! When you see it on the reply it really is worrying.
Yeah I agree. A certain Cristiano wasn't a name when we signed him either and now look at him. Not saying Blind's going to get that good but the point stands. It's not all about buying the best players, it's about buying the right players. And he looks like the right player for the right price so I think it's a great deal and a great signing.
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Except he's more than likely being signed as more than a squad player, thats peoples problem...we have more than enough squad players as it is anyway..
Interesting read posted earlier. Weird they boo him given this....
Now an elder statesman, albeit only 23-years-old, it will be surprising if he doesn’t follow in his father’s footsteps and captain the club he joined as an eight-year-old on a full-time basis. He recently wore the armband, decorated in Amsterdam’s coat of arms, away to ADO Den Haag describing it as “a special moment.”
Now an elder statesman, albeit only 23-years-old, it will be surprising if he doesn’t follow in his father’s footsteps and captain the club he joined as an eight-year-old on a full-time basis. He recently wore the armband, decorated in Amsterdam’s coat of arms, away to ADO Den Haag describing it as “a special moment.”
While that doesn't mean anything Blind was as good as Strootman when they were both in Eredivisie, and Blind was most instrumental last season than Strootman was in his last season with PSV.
Some people want us to have a team of galacticos. Players like O'Shea, Park and Brown have just been as vital to us in winning trophies.
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O'Shea is better than any of our current CB's.
I've got a good feeling that Rojo and Blind are going to be laughing in the faces of some of the people on here in a year or so's time.
I think you are looking at this from the wrong angle.
You can either think A) United have lost all their main targets so are moving late for Blind or B) United have managed to move a few players on (Cleverley/Kagawa) so are now looking to fill the gaps made available.
I personally don't think it is a coincidence that there have been bids accepted for some of our players and we have now sorted a deal out for Blind. It doesn't mean we won't get any other players nor does it mean Blind is moving here as a regular starter. We are trimming the squad.
Please scroll up and go through the posts again for further clarification on that. I specifically mentioned that he is a versatile player can fill in at multiple positions - LB, LCB, CM, CDM at a good level.
Stop fixating on that. As I said before we have injury probe CBs so Rojo has his hands full being a central defender without worrying about playing out wide. And no we didn't pay 15 million for a backup to Shaw/ Rojo. We paid that for a versatile member of the squad that can ably play in 4 different positions of weakness.
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I suppose I'm just waiting for the central midfielder that will transform our team and make the core United strong again... not a jack of all trades master of none in Blind. Happy with the signing, though.
Also, can anyone explain why this news has broken at 1am?
It did sound a bit odd. Presumably we had our own dossier on him though given that we watched Sporting on a weekly basis for Carvalho.
Have to disagree. Short-term he might be playing more than people will like, but he's an improvement on Fletcher, Cleverley, Anderson and Fellaini. So far is injury record has been good, which cannot be said about those aforementioned. Next summer or even in January we could be looking at someone better.
Blind is nowhere near as good as any of those players mentioned. Plus those three players were all potentially world class but, failed to reach that level so they turned into squad players for us.
I like Rojo, think he has the potential to be a beast of a defender.
If B's the case, he'd be a great squad player due to his versatility.
I doubt this is going to be our last signing anyway to all the people saying he's average which I completely disagree with. LVG has hinted this week that we could well be doing business right up until the deadline.
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Me too.
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? Why aren't we moving for him then? He'd be a good buy too.Bollocks. O'Shea and Park never had world-class talent.
I loved all 3. None had chance to be WC. Brown had the highest ceiling, but he never reached the importance of o'shea and park due to injuries.
None were ever world class potentials though
They contributed to the team more than most world class players.
That is indisputable but to go over the top like most have done here is ridiculous imo. Yes it's possible that he wasn't our first choice but then this is football and that ball is round meaning that there are countless examples of back ups or second choice players who have gone on to outperform the marquee signings, not declaring that it will happen but it has happened before. We've seen Kaka upstage the superstar signing that was Rivaldo at AC, very few people thought that would have happened when both were signed considering their reputations.
He has a few advantages coming here in that he knows the manager's systems, he will add some defensive stability and possessional stability. Let's see how he does for us first because for all we know next summer we could be clamouring for a CM to partner him.
I think this is a fair comment
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