Do elaborate, Monsieur?
He's the sort of player who disappears when the going gets tough.
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He's the sort of player who disappears when the going gets tough.
Should have got him part of the Ronaldo deal tbh. Think unless we get him on a free or something, we would do better spending the money elsewhere.
With all due respect, I don't think I have ever had the mentality of I'll take whatever I can get my hands on. Sneijder irritated me a couple years back when we attempted to sign him. This 'I want to make even more ridiculous money' to join the club kinda had me in the state of 'you can feck right off'.
Goes without saying now though. We are using an extremely promising CB in midfield (albeit that I love Jones and I honestly think he could become an amazing defensive midfielder) because we have nobody else. This occurs directly in front of us and people decide to say a player like Sneijder is somebody who could not do a job for us? If a CB can play in midfield and make more of a contribution to attack/defence than Cleverley - why can a AM not push back a few feet and play as a CM/AM and do a job for us?
Are we really that special that signing somebody like Ilkay Gundogan is the only alternative? The type of player that we NEVER have bought and more than likely - never will? Get real now and assess the situation. We continuously make an arguement that an older AM can always transition backward into CM when the years roll up. He loses the pace and will primarily focus on pinging balls from deep. We saw Scholes do it and have argued that Rooney can do it in a few years. Why can Sneijder not? Is it really that bad that we get him and he do a serious job for us, as opposed to crying about the lack of control/creativity that we have in the middle of the park?
Too late Sneijder, the ship has sailed you cnut! I suspect you had the opportunity and thought better of it.I think LA Galaxy might be interested!
Not going to happen.Merry Christmas.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...-sneijder-dismisses-manchester-united-6444054
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...-sneijder-dismisses-manchester-united-6444054
it's years too late now, and he's not the type we need in a centre midfield 2.
And him and VP hate each other, just for another never gonna happen reason!
And him and VP hate each other, just for another never gonna happen reason!
Obligatory Sneijder link:
Not that I support this move now, but back in the day when I did it really annoyed me when people said "he's old". He was 28 and we could've had four good seasons out of him. At times he is really under-rated.
Don't think he'll come though.
Ah, the annual Sneijder rumors, I was worried we weren't going to hear anything.
I'm worried we might just sign him.
He's past it, and has been utter wank everytime he plays for oranje this World Cup. His loss he didn't go to United last time, he should either go back to Holland or rot away in Galatassary where he belongs.
We could do worse, better than anything we already have, last resort signing..
Yes Sneijder is the worst. He's been woeful.
He's past it though, and we have Mata who is a superior player.If he plays one forward pass all season hes already ahead of what we already have
We should just sign his misses then
He's not coming, confirmed by his agent he's staying in Turkey, no interest from LVG.
Could United be back in for him? release clause is set at £16 million.
Wouldn't be a transfer window without us being linked to him. But no, he's past it, wouldn't take him for half of that.
£16m for Sneijder plus his probably big wages would be very poor business.
I actually think he has done a very good job at the WC. I thought he was past it, but he has shown his quality.
Like many have said, if we are going to throw what ever money is necessary to get a star purchase (e.g. Di Maria) then we may be looking at this type of investment to educate the younger midfielders.
If Vidal is slowly dieing a death because of Pogba's probable sale and our other midfield targets not value for money, this may be an option.
He's not really a midfielder who plays deep though, he plays behind the striker for the most part and has played out wide for Galatasaray more than he is in a deeper midfield role. There's no point spending £16m on a 30 year old who would be on £100k+ p/w to play him in a position he doesn't play in. Think there's been 4 or 5 better than him for the Dutch in the WC too, he's not been that good at all aside from a few flashes here and there.
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He has been pretty poor this WC.
I assume you only watched him last game vs Costa Rica where he was playing deeper and did very well. Almost seemed rejuvanated in that role compared to playing as the AM earlier where he has been really poor.
Saw a interesting stat btw, that Sneijder so far in the WC has passed to RVP only 4 times.
I assume you only watched him last game vs Costa Rica where he was playing deeper and did very well. Almost seemed rejuvanated in that role compared to playing as the AM earlier where he has been really poor.
Saw a interesting stat btw, that Sneijder so far in the WC has passed to RVP only 4 times.
Seen all the games and would take a different view.
He seems composed on the ball, makes intelligent passes, plays to his strengths (i.e. doesn't try and take on the whole team). His movement has also been very good. Admittedly, he is no there to be a De Jong and may not have been in the team if Strootman was around, but I wouldn't say he has been poor. Also, always seems to be looking for the ball.
I can't say I have witnessed him going missing.
He seems composed on the ball, makes intelligent passes, plays to his strengths (i.e. doesn't try and take on the whole team). His movement has also been very good. Admittedly, he is no there to be a De Jong and may not have been in the team if Strootman was around, but I wouldn't say he has been poor. Also, always seems to be looking for the ball.
I can't say I have witnessed him going missing.
he has zero workrate!
I assumed he'd learnt his lesson when I unfollowed him on Twitter.
Agreed. But is that his role. I don't think Cantona had work rate
but we loved him. Not saying we should get him, but if we get Di Maria I would expect something lower than a Vidal.Christ, why has this even been bumped? We're not going in for this guy - Van Gaal is too clever for this shizzzle.
Firsty Kuyt and now Sneijder - who next, Van Der Saar?!
Firsty Kuyt and now Sneijder - who next, Van Der Saar?!
That's a misconception, he's actually been among the top players of the Dutch team for distance covered in each game this world cup, together with Kuyt and Robben.
patrick kluvert as cover for striker
Stam as back-up centre back?
seedorf as fourth choice MF
That's not how it works though, is it? We have coaches for that. I very much doubt any of our first teamers actively coach the younger players. They might mentor them from time to time, but as far as teaching them how to play on a training pitch goes, I'd say it doesn't.
And if it does, Sneijder wouldn't be the sort to do that.
Only noticed in the Costa Rica game but Robben and Kuyt werent exchanging to many passes to each other.
I think Scholes and Giggs might disagree. Many teams buy experienced players with a few years left to help bring the best out of younger players.
Well, fine, but if Scholes and Giggs have been doing this in recent years, why is Cleverley not very good?
Facetious, yes. Accurate, probably.
Oh, and Sneijder is 30, hardly old, and not the sort who would take responsibility for that sort of thing.
I've gone cold on him over the last few seasons, would have been a great signing 3 years ago, now not so much.
Yeah, he aint so sexy these days but we sell Fellaini and bring him in? He just turned 30. I worry about his attitude though. He doesnt really rely on pace or those sort of things that go with age.
Have we been linked with Vlaar yet?
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