2 Goals in 7 games.
Nah.
It's Alexis Sanchez.
In terms of expectations, nobody really expected much from him and he's delivered.
He at least tries. That's about it.
Bellion, Dong, Taibi, Manucho, just to name a few. Plenty of other examples if you trawl through the years.
Have you and some others forgotten his crossing?
Dong made one PL appearance in 4 years at the club.
Taibi was a Goalkeeper and only played 4 PL games.
I haven't no, it was much like Dalot's high and straight over the opposition penalty area every time.
Carved out a much better career for himself than ever looked possible back then.I haven't no, it was much like Dalot's high and straight over the opposition penalty area every time.
Exactly. They were so poor that they didn't even make more appearances than that. So they are clearly worse PL players than WW. Would Dong or Taibi have made 21 appearances for the Dutch national team if they were Dutch? Doubt it.
But we were a top side back then, players of Weghorst's level would only get one PL game.
Care to name any more if there are so many?
Bellion 8 goals and 2 assists in 40 appearances, yeah he was a better player for us.
Dong made one PL appearance in 4 years at the club.
Taibi was a Goalkeeper and only played 4 PL games.
Manucho 1 PL appearance and got an assist.
If 2 guys who only made one appearance and a GK who made 4 are all you can come up with mate. Then I'd say Weghorst is very fecking close to being our worst player in the PL era by anyone's metric.
Sanchez got a winner in the FA Cup semi. And player a part in the come back win at the Etihad. I know its not much for a 300k a week guy but its something…
Unless Wout scores in the final, he will leave here with zero memories.
I'm sorry what did Bebe contribute?
Now there’s a name I’ve not heard for years! Ferguson really did sign some turkeys!Alexander Buttner
If they were in their prime today, do you think they'd make the Dutch national team? If it was only about the quality of the United team then, why did Dong move back to China instead of a decent league in Europe?
Anyway I'll play along. Do you think the following were better players than WW is?
Eckerley, O'Kane, Blackett, Fryers, Pat McGibbon, Michael Clegg, Chadwick, Liam Miller, Ricardo, Darren Ferguson.
Remember Scott Wootons insane performance against Chelsea in that league cup 5-4 loss in 2012?
I do. But apparently only players who played a particular amount in a particular era are included. Adjust the criteria for as long as you need to until you've nailed it down to a current United player so you can call him the worst.
He's just as bad as any of them tbh, he's in the "completely useless" category and I wouldn't split hairs over who is the worst of that lot
Taibi, I was at that Southampton game and he was hilarious.
Care to name any more if there are so many?
Bellion 8 goals and 2 assists in 40 appearances, yeah he was a better player for us.
Dong made one PL appearance in 4 years at the club.
Taibi was a Goalkeeper and only played 4 PL games.
Manucho 1 PL appearance and got an assist.
If 2 guys who only made one appearance and a GK who made 4 are all you can come up with mate. Then I'd say Weghorst is very fecking close to being our worst player in the PL era by anyone's metric.
If they were in their prime today, do you think they'd make the Dutch national team? If it was only about the quality of the United team then, why did Dong move back to China instead of a decent league in Europe? Why didn't he move to the Bundesliga and score 59 and assist 20 in 118 games (7 in 9 in the German Cup), or to Eredivisie to score 51 and assist 17 in 124 matches? Or to the SüperLig to score 8 and assist 4 in 16 games?
Anyway I'll play along. Do you think the following were better players than WW is?
Eckerley, O'Kane, Blackett, Fryers, Pat McGibbon, Michael Clegg, Chadwick, Liam Miller, Ricardo, Darren Ferguson.
Cant be many worse players than Wieghorst that have played for us in the premier league...
Ive seen players like Bebe, Prunier, Obertan, Djemba x2, Kleberson,Cruyff, Manucho, but they all had something about them, they all had an attribute that you would say was useful..they all contributed even if it didnt work out or they werent consistent.
However ability wise Wieghorst offers nothing, he is so ineffective and slow, trying hard and jogging about shouldnt warrant being a Man utd player. ETH far more qualified than me to see what he brings but despite my best efforts to support WW, i find myself sympathising with the guy.
No because they aren't Dutch.
This thread is asking if Weghorst is the worst player for United in the PL era. No one is talking about their entire careers, so it's irrelevant what he's done at other clubs or at international level.
If all people can come up with is players who made 0-5 PL appearances for the club then he's certainly down there.
Eckersley 0 PL appearances.
O'kane 1 substitute PL appearance.
Fryers 0 PL appearances
McGibbon 0 PL appearances
Clegg 4 PL appearances mostly as sub
Chadwick 25 PL appearances
Miller 9 PL appearances
Ricardo 1 PL appearance
Ferguson 3 Pl appearances
Of those you can only really compare him to Chadwick and Miller (even though half of his games were as sub) as none of the rest have a decent sample size of appearances to compare to. Of those two I'd say Chadwick was a better player in the PL for us and Miller even or worse.
The one thing that surprises me with him is how bad he is at winning headers. The man is like 7 foot and doesn't win anything in the air.
Doubt he's the worst, but he isn't great. He was brought in as a cheap option to make up the numbers. He's a body and done a job. He's going back to Burnley, so it isn't an issue.
Okay so we can't say whether Messi would've made the Swedish national team because he's not Swedish.
It's not irrelevant because what they've done in their careers show their quality.
Eckersley 2 PL appearances
Fryers 2 PL appearances, 1 CL
The question was whether WW is the worst PL player to have played for United, no?
So why are the ones who have played less than him (Chadwick has even played more) not included in the discussion?
I think he actually played about a dozen games so he qualifies even if we're excluding those with one or two appearances. He'd be well up there, was really bad. Was on the bench for Reading a couple of years after leaving.Blackett
Someone else has already mentioned him but I'd add Donald Love to that list.If they were in their prime today, do you think they'd make the Dutch national team? If it was only about the quality of the United team then, why did Dong move back to China instead of a decent league in Europe? Why didn't he move to the Bundesliga and score 59 and assist 20 in 118 games (7 in 9 in the German Cup), or to Eredivisie to score 51 and assist 17 in 124 matches? Or to the SüperLig to score 8 and assist 4 in 16 games?
Anyway I'll play along. Do you think the following were better players than WW is?
Eckerley, O'Kane, Blackett, Fryers, Pat McGibbon, Michael Clegg, Chadwick, Liam Miller, Ricardo, Darren Ferguson.
