Ok I see your point now. You're right, people should see this signing as purely a squad signing. If he proves us all wrong, brilliant. I'm pretty sure we'll see a big midfield and big defense signing over the next 2 windows.
Daley Blind - Deal Confirmed
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Meh. Hope he's not the last one. Good utility player but the man to lift our midfield to the required level? Hardly. Actually hope we'll use him more as a left-back to ease the pressure on Shaw.
At least he sounds reasonably priced at 14 million pounds.
At least he sounds reasonably priced at 14 million pounds.
He probably made that quote up the dick head.
I dont think anyone, anywhere, thinks he's the £30 million Fellaini of Everton
He's just a good CM like Carrick has been for us. And something Fellaini hasnt been
Danny have played under Van Gaal and now Daley will play under Van Gaal
Has this ever happened somewhere else in world football??
Has this ever happened somewhere else in world football??
I think in 2010 or 2011 - but it could also be in 2009 or at the start of 2012 - he played two or three poor matches, Ajax probably lost and from what I remember, the fans whistled at him and bood him. Not a myth, just a long, long time ago and pretty irrelevant since he went on to play really well for Ajax (hence the appreciation he got, from the fans and being voted best player of Ajax and then best player of Holland).
Think this is the one most people felt was always going to happen.
A signing on a Saturday morning. Mr Woodward, you are spoiling us rotten. I've not even had my croissant yet.
In before the lock
Welcome Daley Blind!
Welcome Daley Blind!
It's official. 
Although he sounds like a newspaper for dyslexic people, I'm glad he's here.
Although he sounds like a newspaper for dyslexic people, I'm glad he's here.
So this is probably expected...
Is he any good then?
It looks like this will definitely happen now hope he proves me wrong.
To be fair, that's just what we need.
Expected it. Happy for him and lets buy another player.
Is he a fanny like the rest of our team or has he got some aggression in his game?
Certainly. But when the window shuts on a Monday I bet all football clubs throw office hours out of the window.
That's why people aren't interested in this player, he is the opposite of a muppet target. I personnally always saw him as Xabi Alonso lite.
On the pitch he only uses his brain and his passing range, because he isslow, he isn't particularly physical, but he is great tactically he has a great tactical awareness and he is a leader, he organise the players around him.
I don't know, if he is going to be able to adapt to the prem because he is probably not vicious enough, and probably too weak physically, but he shall try.
As others have said, our problem is not trying to win the CL. It's trying to get back into the CL. I got sick of watching us being outplayed by teams last season, and if Blind makes us more solid defensively then that is one problem solved. If he is behind Carrick and Herrera in the pecking order, then he is a good third choice. If he is behind those two and Vidal/Carvalho or similar, all the better.
The problems in our squad run deeper than many had realised this time last season, so every upgrade we get is a problem solved.
Yeah, it was LVG's Fellaini. Hopefully turns out a lot better.
Michiel Jongsma @JongsmaJongsma · 16mAjax had agreed a fee of 1.5 million euros with FC Groningen 4 years ago. Now, they will receive 12 times that due to Blind's persistence.
Ok, so not a myth but surely a piss poor stick to beat him with? Cuz he was pretty young back then and young defenders do make mistakes. Anyways, I'm glad this is now done
So Ogden tweeted that Blind is likely to be played as a DM. Cover in that position until we sign Strootman in January?
But at half the cost.
Edit: and now that this thread is going to get locked I can recycle some of my Blind jokes.
Sounds like he could be our Carrick. Seem to recall a lack of excitement over that signing as well. Fingers crossed it works out and he goes on to become an important part of the LvG jigsaw.
You do realise that Carrick was our Carrick, right?
Daley is completely different to Strootman. Strootman is more box to box and Daley is more defensive. I see Daley as a replacement and back up for Carrick who had a poor last season always takes a long time to come into his stride after injury.
Ok, so not a myth but surely a piss poor stick to beat him with? Cuz he was pretty young back then and young defenders do make mistakes. Anyways, I'm glad this is now done
Exactly, and I also think the massive expectations because his dad Danny Blind captained the Ajax side that won the Champions League had something to do with the reactions from the Ajax fans.
He started out as a real fanny, then got a bit more hard and manly. He's still more of a fanny though, but a very intelligent fanny who always gets his foot in. Was pretty impressed with some (intelligent) tackles he made on David Silva when Holland played Spain.
Not really a tough tackler though, something I thought we could use looking at the game vs. Swansea. But then again, if we play better football and don't lose the ball as much, we don't need too much blunt tackling.
Comparing it to the Carrick we signed from Spurs.
LVG preferred De Jong, Wijnaldum and De Guzman as CMs during the World Cup. Was it because the Dutch didn't have a left back?
The full backs he had were awful or inexperienced.
I know. I'm just being facetious.
In fairness, Wijnaldum and De Guzman played #8 not #6. From what I've seen of Blind, De Jong is the better #6 but who knows he's only 24 and has time to mature in the role.
He had to play left back because the Dutch didn't bring a left back to the tournament.
i don't know how I feel about this, I like his versatility but he's not mobile and aggressive enough from what I've seen, which isn't much tbh, hopefully he proves me wrong.
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