Strootman or Fellaini?
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Name and shame those who preferred Fellaini at the time 
You da man.
Haha to be honest many didn't rate Strootman before he went to Roma, an awful lot of people thought he would be a decent signing but didn't think he was anything special
Gareth Bale or Matt Jarvis?
Feck sake. Reading these comments make me feel better . We, football fans are all clueless
Strootman. He has a better, steelier midfielder name.
Everyone's a genius with hindsight..
I wasn't completely wrong, was I?
People slagging off the potential purchases of Blind might do well to look at how people were wary of Strootman last Summer based on him only having performed in Holland.
We don't and can't attract world stars to United or we get quoted massive fees for them when they've already been snapped up. We need to be going for these guys when they're sub £20m purchases and not already viewed as big name stars. It has served us well in the last and we shouldn't veer away from that policy.
We don't and can't attract world stars to United or we get quoted massive fees for them when they've already been snapped up. We need to be going for these guys when they're sub £20m purchases and not already viewed as big name stars. It has served us well in the last and we shouldn't veer away from that policy.
Reading back through the posts it's pretty obvious that we should have just signed Ronaldo.
Well the difference is Strootman is much, much better.
I know, right?
Strootman can play in midfield
Nah thats bollocks I'm sorry.
Strootman currently is sure, but everyone thought he was fecking shite last year hence why most people posted things like 'I'm glad he's gone to Roma' when he didn't sign.
This thread bump is almost enough to make you hope we sign Strootman and he turns out to be even worse than Fellaini...
The obvious point I was making is that you know that NOW, when he's already gone elsewhere and has a massive price tag on his head.
In my case there is not a case pf hindsight. I thought Strootman would be a good signing for us last summer. Just comparing Strootman and Blind as players Blind does not come close to Strootman in terms of quality.
Look at the bright side, our legend and star pundit Paddy has just mixed Kroos with Strootman.
Fellaini all day great player.. Silky smooth and ruthless at the same time!
The hindsight on here through last season has been delicious.
The first page
Hindsight is priceless
Hindsight is priceless
If ever there was a thread to make you be a bit more open-minded about your quick analysis of players.
No. Its was worth 27 mil pounds for Woodward and Glazers.The first page
Hindsight is priceless
Just goes to show how clueless the average fan is. I remember lerking on redcafe while we were heavily linked with Fellaini. The general consensus then was that he was the powerhouse box to box midfielder we desperately needed. I also remember many Utd fans on here claiming he would be "Our Yaya Toure" I sat infront of my PC in complete disbelief at what i was reading. That summer was dark times for me as a fan. I was totally against replacing Ferguson with Moyes and the signing of the lump of lard Fellaini broke my spirits. I written that season off from the start while the average fan was strangely optimistic.
I sat infront of my PC in complete disbelief at what i was reading. That summer was dark times for me as a fan. I was totally against replacing Ferguson with Moyes and the signing of the lump of lard Fellaini broke my spirits. I written that season off from the start while the average fan was strangely optimistic.Wow what a negative person!
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I don't even think we know that now as surely as we think we do.
There's a reasonable chance that if we'd signed Strootman and he'd had an injury hit first season, he'd have failed to perform, given how bad the whole team was doing.
And equally, had Fellaini stayed at Everton, he may well have kept on doing what he had been doing for them, and we'd all be sat here now claiming we'd signed the wrong guy.
Fekk me, but I thought there was a lot of interest in Strootman here on the caf before Moyes went on vacation last summer, during which time Strootman was off the table -- probably never even on Moyesey's radar. Even a bit of panic over the fact that we lost out on him.
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Posted in May 2013.
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I don't see why it's so funny posters rated a player they'd seen much more of and who had done well in the Premier League over Strootman last year.
I know, I was just reading back to the start of the thread and found it funny.
Thread title: Fellaini or Strootman? Solution: Ronaldo.
Especially as Strootman was an Eredivisie player. It's always very difficult to estimate a players quality from playing in that league.