MiceOnMeth
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You know the signings have been shit and the season awful when we're lamenting the loss of Fred
Same. He’s definitely the midfielder who put in the highest number of impressive big game performances since Fergie left. Although that’s balanced out by a similarly impressive number of incredibly bad performances. That’s just the way he rolls.
Absolutely, you at least know what you’re getting from him, energy and misplaced passessYou know the signings have been shit and the season awful when we're lamenting the loss of Fred
Yeah, sad timesYou know the signings have been shit and the season awful when we're lamenting the loss of Fred
He wasn't worth much with a year left on his contractYeah, and we sold him for peanuts in peak of his form as he was really good last season. But the manager didn't fancy him for whatever reason.
There's your mistake, taking anything seriously in the matchday threadsCasemiro comparison was obvious hyperbole. Or at least I thought so. But he still had noticeably poor acceleration off the mark, and would be frequently beaten to a ball that he was closer to, which was a common matchday thread complaint.
He worked hard, but he was slow whilst doing so. I'd still rather we had him over McT, but it's a low bar.
Always the case on the Caf when we sell a shit player only to replace him with an even worse player. The solution is better recruitment, not a willingness to hang onto dross.Genuinely forgot about Fred entirely until I saw this thread
Wasn't a mistake. Calm tf down
Rose-tinted glasses at their finest. Fred used to get dog walked in midfield every week for us.Genuinely forgot about Fred entirely until I saw this thread
Wasn't a mistake. Calm tf down
Of course he did, he was playing with McT as a partner, this season he would have been a useful player to have around, far more useful than Amrabat, in hindsight it would have been better to have kept him and let his contract expire at the end of the seasonRose-tinted glasses at their finest. Fred used to get dog walked in midfield every week for us.
That doesn’t make any sense regarding his contract and playing with mctominay or anyone else makes no difference. He wouldn’t make the way we play better in any way. Blame shifting to McTominay doesn’t change that.Of course he did, he was playing with McT as a partner, this season he would have been a useful player to have around, far more useful than Amrabat, in hindsight it would have been better to have kept him and let his contract expire at the end of the season
United sold Fred for less than the cost of the loan for Amrabat, Fred would have made us less porous in midfield this season, he doesn't jog around like some, he isn't the answer but his energy would have been useful this season, the less said about McT as a CM the betterThat doesn’t make any sense regarding his contract and playing with mctominay or anyone else makes no difference. He wouldn’t make the way we play better in any way. Blame shifting to McTominay doesn’t change that.
We are paying 2M more to loan Amrabat, who comfortably looks a level or two below Fred than we made out of selling Fred. If that ain’t an indictment of the ass clowns running our transfer business, I don’t know what else could be.
Just said this, spot on. Did anyone think our recruitment was good last summer? It was a shambles as usual.Selling Fred was not a mistake. Selling Fred and filling the space in our squad with Mount and Amrabat was the mistake. Imagine spending the £60m+ we have wasted on another unneeded #10 and immobile centre midfielder on a dynamic box to box player instead? Typical of our recruitment to sell in a position and downgrade with the replacement. Same story since Fergie retired.