Good one.
Memphis £5,5m
Schneiderlin £4m
That would be decent to me.
Yes. If Phil Neville could be a squad player here for all those years. I see little problem with Fellaini being one. The only time one should piss and moan about 'United quality' is if a player is being treated as a starter. Not a mere squad/fringe player. It shouldn't be hard to grasp that any player of superior quality to Fellaini would not be happy to be on our bench and only called on to do odd jobs. Fletcher who was way superior to him left for that reason.
Defend them from what? Being useful squad players?
I bet he earned up to 50k a week. Besides I doubt Fellaini is on humongous wages. And in this age of inflation, I dont care if he is. For I bet he is earning the equivalent of what the Neville's earned when they were at United a decade ago....
So what if he was a better DM than Fellaini? the point is he wasnt superior to any of our starters at the time. Just like Fellaini. Fellaini can fill in a number of positions. At times very well at times not which is exactly the role of a squad player.
That's a lame excuse. The likes of Phil Neville were happy on our bench precisely because they were not good enough to start at a club like ours. When they developed well enough to be too good for our bench, or we found/developed superior squad players, they made way. No one sat about mourning as to why we didn't have superior player filling up their role. Sqaud player earn their places on the training pitch the hard way. I don't see how it is their problem that players with superior talents to them can't do it, so I find it arsinine for people to take it out on them.
Which is all irrelevant bs. He didn't set his own price so it matters little how much he cost and he is good enough to fill the role of a squad/fringe DM and AM at a top club. Because that is the job for players of his ilk. Superior players to him, except in special cases, never have such a role. They prefer rather to move on to pastures new rather than fill in for starters. That is why I find it inherently foolish for people to piss and moan that the likes of him, Lingard, Young or Rojo for example are still around. Superiors player to them would never accept our bench, and in the case of young players, actually have their development hurt by being mere squad players. Rather than having first team roles like a Rashford that can get in and out of the main 11 more regualarly
First, I could care less about winning any argument on here anymore. I have much better things to do. Second, I don't give a rats behind Neville was home grown. His quality as a player is hardly different to Fellaini's. feck the fee or the moron who paid 30m for that level of playet. He is squad player quality as is Fellaini and that is the bottom line. Better players than them dont fill squad roles. They leave. Just like Fletcher. Third, its quite fallacious for you to bring up Anderson. He was a super talented lad whose career was ruined by injury and iffy application of his talent. Never being shit. I don't see any relevance that has to me insisting no one should be pissing and moaning over the quality of a fringe squad player. Especially when those deemed superior in talent to him are simply not pulling their weight. The day they are pulling their weight and he miraculously is still ahead of them, people like you will would have grounds to hate Fellaini. But as of now, going by the direction you took your reply, you clearly prefer to be puerile and childish about it. So am done with this topic. If you can't see the lack of sense in hating on fringe squad players, who get picked ahead of talented folks not pulling their weight. It says more about you than anything they do.
What makes Fellaini a useful squad player for a team that aspires to win trophies? Out of the best teams in Europe right now, name any of them that have a player that excels at elbowing and fouling other players. Would he be a useful squad player for City or Liverpool right now? Would he be able to play quick, free flowing one touch football? Would he be able to dribble past a man? Would he be able to score goals by any means other than hoofing the ball in to the box? How about Atletico, would he be a good squad player for them? Would he be able to play the high tempo pressing game? Would he be able to contribute to a incisive counter attack?
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