Nemanja Matic| BBC says deal agreed
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very mildly
Sort of agree, but last year we had a better set of giants, with Ibra,Fellaini and Smalling, and scored about 2 from set pieces all season.
Lindelof doesn't seem particularly good in the air, and do you remember Matic scoring many headers? Or Bailly?
Agreed.
And since when did we ever get a good sell on value for a player who was any good?
Ronaldo. Di Maria, Memphis.
The rest of our sales have always been when the players were "done" and we sold for low values.
Buying a player with sell on value in mind, is not something with MUFC need to worry about.
To describe Matic Herrera and Pogba as dour is ridiculous. Pogba is one of the most exciting and creative players in the world.
At Carrick's best he doesn't but Carrick is way past it these days.
Just for the shits and giggles , I'd have preferred we signed cockdecker myself.
Younger doesn't however, necessarily indicate better either. Matic is easily better than both Krychowiak and Carvalho, while Fabinho is also relatively unproven over a few seasons.
Mixed feelings about this signing. He's strong defensively but very limited on the ball and lacks mobility. Anyway, hopefully he has a cracking season.
I suppose there is this hope he can get back to that level, where for a period of time, he was the best CM in the league. I don't know if he will, we'll see.
I can't begin to fathom how some people are anything other than overjoyed at this possible transfer. The guy is a beast, every team needs a Matic!
Matic is a proven winner too. 2 PL champions medals in the past 3 seasons. Started 30+ league games in both winning seasons too. It is good to get another player of that winning pedigree in as we have too few at the moment.
Get the sarcasm, but are you one of those fans that would whine for ages if they put ticket prices up £1 a game?
We definitely should have done better from set pieces last season (ranked 17th place in goals from corners!).
Arial play in general has been good for us though, we seem to bully the opposition when the ball is in the air and it helps a lot. I'm expecting more corner fun this year compared to last.
Last season we had one of the tallest teams in the league.
We were absolutely terrible for corners. It was so bad, that there were times when I felt it would be better to just give the GK the ball, so we didn't waste time on taking a corner and allowing the opposing team to hit us on the counter.
This season, I don't see this changing. Our players could be surrounded by midgets and we still wouldn't do anything from a corner.
Overjoyed is ridiculously over the top, but cautiously pleased for sure.
Let's see how he plays first!
When did I even state that? i was replying to signing someone younger close to Matic for less than 40m. And i disagree with Matic being "easily" better than Krychowiak
Only if you take an incredibly pessimistic view on it. The alternative, and one far more likely is they sign a second player in the same player we've passed on and instead signed a Chelsea player and their top target.
The delivery needs to be better. Maybe signing number 4 will help that!
He's a good sub for Herrera when Herrera is tired or over used. You may win two trophies again with him (not the CL) but with negligible improvement to your 6th place.
I'm happy with this signing. Perisic next please.
Brilliant
Perhaps you'll be even happier if Juve turns their attention to Emre Can now that they've missed out on Matic.He's a good sub for Herrera when Herrera is tired or over used. You may win two trophies again with him (not the CL) but with negligible improvement to your 6th place.
I'm happy with this signing. Perisic next please.
You always pretend to be happy about things that you aren't really happy about, such as when Liverpool get knocked out of a cup, or we buy a good player.He's a good sub for Herrera when Herrera is tired or over used. You may win two trophies again with him (not the CL) but with negligible improvement to your 6th place.
I'm happy with this signing. Perisic next please.
Somebody on /r/reddevils posted this:
@Luzhniki2008 it's been posted several times here too.
That's a good photoshop if it's not real.Somebody on /r/reddevils posted this:
Cant wait for Perišić to score at Anfield after an assist from Matić. Bet Dumbstar will be happy.
Paying that sort of money shouldn't be resting on hope they will return to their best form at 29, that's why i would have prefered signing someone younger
Somebody on /r/reddevils posted this:
Groundbreaking, where in God's name have they gotten hold of that fresh image?
Ah, did not realize it was.
Agreed. I can't see us playing Herrera-Matic-Pogba against Burnley at Old Trafford.
Likewise I can't see enough goals in the team, let alone creativity. Martial, Mata & Lukaku might score you 45 goals in the PL if they played every game with maybe 15 coming from the 3 behind.
That's still 15 odd goals short of a title winning team. However you swap another attacker with Herrera or Matic and you start to look like you're getting there.
So is this really happening? I'm stoked.Paddy just said CM midfielder that's been talked about in the press is NOT coming.
Clearly Matic failed medical.
Clearly Matic failed medical.
Nemanja woah!
Nemanja woah!
He comes from Serbia!
He'll feckin murder ya!
Nemanja woah!
He comes from Serbia!
He'll feckin murder ya!
the fact Liverpool fans are coming here saying how happy they are all the more means it's a good signing.
He's a good sub for Herrera when Herrera is tired or over used. You may win two trophies again with him (not the CL) but with negligible improvement to your 6th place.
I'm happy with this signing. Perisic next please.
A Liverpool fan mocking us for signing a starter from the champions. Wow.
Surely rival fans recognise that we have an excellent couple of mids in Pogba and Herrera who will perform better with a defensive guy behind them, rather than either sacrificing Herrera a bit, or relying on a now 36 year old Carrick?
It's about forming a team structure, not just putting fancy players in there. You look at Liverpool, haven't resolved their two main weaknesses still, weak defense, and lack of squad strength.
Instead, they've added another fancy winger!
I definitely understand your concern just as I can understand those happy about it. I'm personally on the fence, wasn't particularly excited nor put off by the rumors and now will just hope for the best.
Somebody on /r/reddevils posted this:
That's been proven to be shopped. It's BFS under that face.
Chelsea reject, too, I believe.
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