Surely nobody says Sneijder over Modric now?
Sneijder or Modric?
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I can't believe anyone picked Sneijder in the first place tbh.
Overrated footballer, overrated celeb. Thinks he's the Dutch Beckham.
Needs to stay fit to do that and besides I don't think Ranieri really fancies him.
The real question is whether our own Fergie fancies him or not.... I m not convinced
Not a CM and wouldnt suit our system of playing with 2 strikers at all.
I'd still be delighted if we signed Sneijder despite last summer but it's all about Modric now. Gimme
you can't believe it?!
Sneijder who was a standout player for a dutch team when they reached a world cup final
Sneijder who a year earlier had been the main man for an inter team who won the CL
Sneijder clearly is a world class player who has achieved far more than modric has
he has done it at the very top level - modric has done it in the premier league - he didnt even shine for me in the CL when Spurs played decent opposition
fair enough Sneijder is older and has been injured for most of the season but its a but silly to suggest that people wouldnt have picked him when he has a far better profile and reputation in world football
I will always pick Sneidjer over Modric.
and play him in a midfield 2 with carrick with both rooney and welbeck ahead of them or do you intend to change the system?
The muppet/optimist in me says that if redknapp leaves spurs it may prompt modric to move
I'd stick the the same formation. Difference is I'd encourage Rooney to keep dropping deeper, Carrick to simply stay deep and Valencia to tuck in Beckham style when we lose the ball or when Sneijder raids the box. Allowing Sneijder to occupy the role Scholes occupied alongside Keane back in 1999. That of an auxiliary player operating between midfield and attack.
It should, especially if they don't get in an appropriate replacement. It would be interesing if they bagged Mourinho from Real.
It'd work against most teams in the league but would be far too open a system in europe and against quality sides in the league where we'd end up benching welbeck, pushing rooney up top on his own, playing sneijder in the hole with another CM to accompany carrick.
I'd rather we bought a proper CM instead.
If you play a midfield 2 of Giggs and Carrick, you might as well play a midfield 2 of Wes and Carrick. From what I've seen Sneijder is great at keeping possession.
Giggs's defensive work is underrated imo. he does his share of work every game. Sneijder does not, the lad moans when played at CM saying it limits him and doesnt suit his style.
Pretty strong statement to make about Sneijder. To say he cannot play in midfield is just being dismissive. He's got many traits of a top CM. Vision, technique, skill and work-rate is something which can always be worked on. You are just afraid he might not work for us Varun but regarding Sneijder it is a risk which I am very much willing to take.
Pretty strong statement to make about Sneijder. To say he cannot play in midfield is just being dismissive. He's got many traits of a top CM. Vision, technique, skill and work-rate is something which can always be worked on. You are just afraid he might not work for us Varun but regarding Sneijder it is a risk which I am very much willing to take.
Sneijder's words Art. I wasnt making it up.
Also, he'd cost atleast 30mil and ask for close to 200k a week, not worth it all imo. Not at his age when we cant really work on his game too much to try and mould him into a CM. the guy does NOT want to play CM.
Buzzkill
This should cheer you up
MODRIC
Giggs has signed a one year extension, so both won't happen
Fact is we have no business playing 2 strikers against quality sides in Europe. In the league though we'd get away with it against any one. Yet I also don't see how benching a Welbeck would be an issue. Especially when we can even use Welbeck wide.
In Europe it would be a Sneijder partnering Rooney with 2 battlers behind them and 2 wide attackers. That would give us control of the game vs most sides bar Barca.
Who's going to be other "battler" you're looking for? Another buy?
Why not simply buy a proper CM, play rooney where you want to play sneijder and play welbeck where you want to play rooney?
Every big game in the PL and tough matches in the CL we should be playing 1 up top anyway and having Sneijder in behind Rooney
Who's going to be other "battler" you're looking for? Another buy?
Why not simply buy a proper CM, play rooney where you want to play sneijder and play welbeck where you want to play rooney?
Because Rooney is better than Welbeck upfront and Sneijder is just as good, if not better, in that role as Rooney.
Yes. Carrick + the plus 1, or Carrick + Fletcher or Carrick + Anderson/Cleverely or Carrick plus Jones even.
Such player deep with Sneidjer supporting Rooney would best most team on the planet.
Because Sneijder is better than most of the available CM's out there. On top of the fact I don't believe in 4-4-2 in big games.Why not simply buy a proper CM, play rooney where you want to play sneijder and play welbeck where you want to play rooney?
I'd rather play 3 in midfield and Welbeck and Nani/Valencia wide in such games.
Sneijder's a bit like Kaka, actually. They both had one amazing season where they were arguably the best player in the world, but otherwise they haven't really been as good as you would think considering how highly they are rated.
I'm sure a lot of people will disagree with me over Kaka though.
I'm sure a lot of people will disagree with me over Kaka though.
I'd disagree about Sneijder. He has been under rated for eons. It was that wonder season of Inter that got him the respect he deserved. He didn't just start playing that well that year. He had been that good for while.
The year Kaka won the Ballon d'Or, he wasn't even the best player in Italy
This is mental. Now Sneijder is better than Kaká ever was?
And we are going to spunk 30-40M + 200k/week on wages for someone who can do as much as Rooney behind the striker so that Rooney can keep Welbeck on the bench? That's what, 70-80M for the difference between Rooney and Welbeck, stunting him in the process?
And in midfield we rely on Carrick + Anderson/Cleverley (perma-injured), Fletcher (as good as retired) or Jones (hopefully a bloody good defender!).
Mental. We need a central midfielder. Sneijder doesn't like playing central midfield. He can feck off then as far as I'm concerned.
Can't believe people are still banging on about this chap.
And we are going to spunk 30-40M + 200k/week on wages for someone who can do as much as Rooney behind the striker so that Rooney can keep Welbeck on the bench? That's what, 70-80M for the difference between Rooney and Welbeck, stunting him in the process?
And in midfield we rely on Carrick + Anderson/Cleverley (perma-injured), Fletcher (as good as retired) or Jones (hopefully a bloody good defender!).
Mental. We need a central midfielder. Sneijder doesn't like playing central midfield. He can feck off then as far as I'm concerned.
Can't believe people are still banging on about this chap.
No one said that.
I was a big fan of him before he moved to Real. I loved it if I managed to catch an Ajax game about 9 years ago. Him and VdV. It was one of the transfers that I've been most bummed about when he went to Inter. Should have bought him then.
Then oddly enough after he went to Inter I stopped paying attention to him and then with that treble winning season emerged this huge Sneijder bandwagon on here. And I'm not even part of it. I find that the moment has gone.
people are rejecting us and then crawling back to us. if any player does this they can feck off unless they are really good lol
Neither will happen.
From James Horncastle's Twitter:
Fair enough. I dont agree though. I see no point paying 30mil odd for sneijder. I have immense faith in welbeck and hernandez and would want them playing up top most games with rooney tucking in deep to help the midfield. Welbeck in particular has all the tools to become a top striker leading the line for us.
I see no reason why with games and experience and with them developing as footballers, a welbeck+rooney duo cannot be better than rooney+sneijder. Though i'd admit that has also to do with welbeck being from our own youth setup, seeing a player like that develop and become a star gives me a bigger thrill than a sneijder'esque signing.
I would have chosen Sneijder last summer, reading between all the hype I am assuming he was at least partly responsible for us not signing him. If he wasn't keen last summer, I don't want him now.
I only want players who want to play for us, Full stop. I do understand the need for hard negotiations, United will view the player contract negations as business so should he, and I know a lot of what we are told was "media crap" but if he had wanted to play for us I believe he would be a United player now.
I only want players who want to play for us, Full stop. I do understand the need for hard negotiations, United will view the player contract negations as business so should he, and I know a lot of what we are told was "media crap" but if he had wanted to play for us I believe he would be a United player now.
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