Eckers99
Michael Corleone says hello
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Thought he was pretty shocking myself. Brainlessly over-committing defensively and needlessly wasteful going forward.
He's a worry isn't he?
Only if we keep picking him over better performers.
But your new 50m player not being good enough to start games is a worry itself. Worry about whether it was a good transfer or not.
But your new 50m player not being good enough to start games is a worry itself. Worry about whether it was a good transfer or not.
Get with the times. A 50m player buys you squad players nowerdays.
A squad player should still look good though. I didn't expect him to be a Modric level player and I don't think anyone did, but he's quite below par what you'd expect from an international Brazilian midfielder so far.
It's early days of course and I'm not writing him off at all, but I think being a bit worried is quite rational based on what we've seen.
No discredit to the player, but it's becoming more and more obvious he was the wrong signing this summer. We needed a deep lying playmaker type, not another box to box.
I’m not even sure he’s a box to box.No discredit to the player, but it's becoming more and more obvious he was the wrong signing this summer. We needed a deep lying playmaker type, not another box to box.
That was shambolic, I just sat there thinking, how did he manage to do that...I doubt he will take any more! He had 2 in quick succession, the 2nd one worse than the first! Can’t believe any pro who’s getting paid what they do and can’t float a ball beyond the first man. They should fine poor corner taking
In the long run yes definitely, there's no question he's a big strength to our squad. I just think a proper playmaker is the missing piece to that midfield and it won't click properly until there's one there, and as someone mentioned in a reply to my post, Fred feels like a square peg at the moment. For now I do think Pereira makes more sense in that position, our passing felt a lot smoother when he was on the park tonight.Why so? Matic and Fellaini (evidently) can play the DLP role, while Herrera's contract is expiring and I think we were looking for an upgrade with a view for next year. I think a good box-to-box was probably more important at this time.
In the long run yes definitely, there's no question he's a big strength to our squad. I just think a proper playmaker is the missing piece to that midfield and it won't click properly until there's one there, and as someone mentioned in a reply to my post, Fred feels like a square peg at the moment. For now I do think Pereira makes more sense in that position, our passing felt a lot smoother when he was on the park tonight.
Send like a willingness to give a player time to settle went out of the window when Fergie left. I actually think some posters have forgot that players generally need time, they're so fecking jacked up on writing our players off, probably as another stick to beat Jose with.
I've not seen anyone write him off yet, I thin keveryone is saying he needs more time. But being a bit worried from what we've seen is natural.
I have. I just saw a post saying he and Lindelof aren't good enough.
I'm going to say it, I think he'll be a superb player for us and people will be raving about him by the end of the season (probably a lot earlier).