On paper it looks great, but in reality, Falcao was fecked when he came here. He needed a season or so in France to get himself back up to speed after his injury. Bastian was shot. His knees were done. Herrera, has so much spirit, but he was never actually that good. Probably a solid 7 in most categories, but no really stand out qualities.
Di María was at his peak though. And was fecking brilliant when he first came. But he was misused and untrusted by LVG. He’d have been fantastic on our right wing for the last two years. And quite honestly, I feel Ole would’ve made a McTominay, Fred, Di Maria midfield work really well. But it wasn’t meant to be, and you have to say that El Fideo was mentally suspect.
He’s one of those players, along with Veron, that I wish had been a huge success here. Incidentally, Veron is still my all time favourite “flop”. I actually think he was really good for us, especially in Europe, but he disrupted the perfect midfield, and for that he was never going to fit. Absolutely magnificent player though, and one who would’ve walked into our team at any time in the last 7 years.
It’s funny to think that under Fergie we had seasons where we had players like Brown, Butt, Berbatov, Giggs, Nani, Saha, Veron, Forlán, Evans, Park, Fletcher etc., that spent as much - or more - time on the bench as they did on the field, and any and all of whom would be massive players for us today, and in many cases automatic starters. He really was the king of building a competitive squad for constant rotation.
I feel that Ole is really working well to get us back to that. To having that depth. He’s cleared so much dead wood, and you’ll see him clear more this summer. And his signings are just on point. Excited to see who he adds this summer.
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