Similar situation with Lukaku. Can be decent players but you don't spend that kind of money on players with serious flaws.
€60m.
Wow. The fee is not his problem.But he certainly does not look like a bargain and needs to do a lot more to impress.
Similar situation with Lukaku. Can be decent players but you don't spend that kind of money on players with serious flaws.
€60m.
His competition is Herrera and Herrera for all his flaws displays far more poise than Fred has shown. You see glimpses of impressive play that could really help the team in an attacking sense but his flaws are more worrying than what he can bring offensively. I am just imagining the counter attacking opportunities we would give up with Pogba and Fred both tending to lose the ball overmuch in bad areas.
It's clear to see that he has some talent. He has very quick feet and good dribbling ability. His passing is adventurous, but when it comes off he can make some defence splitting ones. On the other hand, he is sloppy in possession and loses the ball far too frequently.
Jose's policy was giving the club a list and expecting us to fulfil it at any cost. What would he have said if we told him we wouldn't meet Shaktar's valuation of Fred?Similar situation with Lukaku. Can be decent players but you don't spend that kind of money on players with serious flaws.
€60m.
Our scouts have been pretty dire for a while now. Jorginho was available for a similar price, why did we ignore him ? Dalot hopefully will turn out to be a good signing, Lindelof is starting to look good so hopefully that's some positivity going forward.The scouts have something to answer for again because he looks nothing like a 50 million pound player at the moment.
He is not being picked by either manager and looks the same under both.
Jose's policy was giving the club a list and expecting us to fulfil it at any cost. What would he have said if we told him we wouldn't meet Shaktar's valuation of Fred?
Jose's policy was giving the club a list and expecting us to fulfil it at any cost. What would he have said if we told him we wouldn't meet Shaktar's valuation of Fred?
Our scouts have been pretty dire for a while now. Jorginho was available for a similar price, why did we ignore him ? Dalot hopefully will turn out to be a good signing, Lindelof is starting to look good so hopefully that's some positivity going forward.
Our scouts have been pretty dire for a while now. Jorginho was available for a similar price, why did we ignore him ? Dalot hopefully will turn out to be a good signing, Lindelof is starting to look good so hopefully that's some positivity going forward.
The comments in here sounds like things we heard about Lindelof from last season. And he's the best CB this season. Patience people. Patience.
I haven't got to watch the game yet but when I do I better see why people are moaning.
The comments in here sounds like things we heard about Lindelof from last season. And he's the best CB this season. Patience people. Patience.
I haven't got to watch the game yet but when I do I better see why people are moaning.
If he was as poor as I'm reading here I'll come back and say so but I'll have to see what the fuss is all about. The caf has history for blowing things out of proportion.To think Torreira cost half as much.
Are you going to come in here chastising motherfeckers if you don't? Patience is one thing, but Fred's issues with control, passing and lack of awareness are beyond what we saw with Lindelof, his basic fundamentals were sound, he just needed to get up to speed with the PL.
If he was as poor as I'm reading here I'll come back and say so but I'll have to see what the fuss is all about. The caf has history for blowing things out of proportion.
Fred's issues from what I've seen are also down to speed of the league and I don't expect to see him at his best until next season.
...needs to slow down a bit and know when to play the high risk passes, and when to keep things ticking. Too many times wants to play that killer ball even when it is not on. Hopefully gets settled and shows more in time.
He just looks very raw. He can be great one moment, and then shit the next. Also, needs to slow down a bit and know when to play the high risk passes, and when to keep things ticking. Too many times wants to play that killer ball even when it is not on. Hopefully gets settled and shows more in time.
Im beginning to think City just went on for Fred and Sanchez to make us go in for them. I still have slight hope for Sanchez. Fred is a donkey. I went and rewatched his games in Ukraine because I was sure there must be a better player in there. But there is not. He was ok to good. Nothing spectacular and in a terrible, terrible league. Have no idea what people see in him. One or two okayish forward pass a match. He tries. Ill give him that. If he becomes brilliant next year Ill be more suprised than if Trump says he is wrong and resigns.What did City see in him?
He looks like he has a lot of technique in the way he receives the ball and plays his passes, but he's so sloppy and easily dispossessed for a player who is supposedly defensive-minded. I don't really know what he's supposed to be good at, but that actually applies to all 3 of our central midfielders today.
We were saying the same thing about Anderson 3 years in and I think we might be doing the same with Fred...
At least he is not fat, or injured all the time. Progress.
At least he is not fat, or injured all the time. Progress.