He said or did something total disrespectful aI can't quite remember last time we played them so feck him.
The re-signing of Ander Herrera
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Not sure why we have 6 pages following a Guardian rumour mill written by Barry Glendenning, who doesn’t to even seem to like football.
Exactly. This thread should have been closed a while back, but until there's anything official, I guess this will keep going.
No thanks
That was after Martial had literally dragged us back into the game as well, and the entire rest of the team just showed absolutely no fight - this was the absolute epitomy of that (and it's also why I've got no time for people criticising Martial's attitude)
For getting Stevie Me sent off at Juanfield, absolute legend 
For getting Stevie Me sent off at Juanfield, absolute legend
A legend for being stamped on. Awesome
Feck him, runs around alot, shows pashun.
In reality, absolute dogshit.
In reality, absolute dogshit.
I might be underrating him a little bit but I don’t think he’s any better than McTominay or Fred.. so I’ll pass! Especially when seemingly there’s so many other better midfielders we could go for.
However if he gets the best out of De Gea again I’m all for it
However if he gets the best out of De Gea again I’m all for it
Feck no.
Are you feeling OK? I made no comment either way. I simply saw someone using a Herrera quote saying he didn't do it for money, and found it curious because not many players come out and say they did it for money. Stop jumping to conclusions, you're not my girlfriend.
Nobody is or will be
Yes I agree that he's too old now as I said earlier in the thread. I never said I wanted him back.
A player that offers pretty much the same as McTominay, heart, stamina, attitude and thats about it. No thanks.
This.
A PSG reject?
Why do we want him? He offers nothing we need.
Why do we want him? He offers nothing we need.
We presumably have a desired midfield target, and it's not him.
Perhaps instead of chasing dollars, he should have stayed.
Still cannot believe fans buy into his bullshit. Bloke purposely ran down his contract to try and get us to pay up.
Still cannot believe fans buy into his bullshit. Bloke purposely ran down his contract to try and get us to pay up.
Its crazy that nobody wants him back including me but he is far better than Mctominay which says a lot about the state of our midfield. We need to do better as a club.
Had we handed him an extension with about a year of his contract left, he would have accepted it probably. But we didn't, we gave him a late offer and that should tell you something, maybe he wasn't seen as an integral part of the team anymore and he wasn't exactly young. One of the reasons why I think we wouldn't even try to bring him back. His journey at United was simply finished.
I'm going to go against the flow on this one. He'd be cheap and a very low risk signing. He's got a lot more energy than Matic and he's better on the ball than van de Beek. Obviously he'd be second choice but he'd be an obvious sub for either of Fred or McTominay.
Edit: anything over 10m wouldnt be worth it obviously.
Edit: anything over 10m wouldnt be worth it obviously.
He is not an upgrade to our current midfielders, so why on earth should we get him back.
McTominay with Pogba next to him, is different from Herrera with Carrick/Blind behind him. McTominay is absolutely there to protect the house so the speak.
You may think that McTominay is better suited to being an 8 than a 6, but that doesn't change the fact that he plays much more reserved for us than Herrera did when he scored his goals.
LVG almost always plays with 1 holding MF, 1 box-to-box, 1 no 10. Under LVG, Herrera was always an 8. With Carrick or Blind behind him.
Herrera had 8 goals, 5 assists in his first season. 5G 5A in his 2nd season and when he started player deeper he wasn't scoring as often, because he wasn't at the edge of the box or in the box as often. Some assists in his 3rd and then his goal contributions dropped off.
McTominay is very careful with choosing his moments to go forward. Remember the EL final or the extra time shot against West Ham? He doesn't get in those positions often from open play. McTominay is a worse passer than Herrera, that's why he has less assists, but the difference in goals is a result of different tactics.
Blind barely got a game in midfield. He spent most of his time at CB and LB. Pogba and Ander was the first Pogba season, and Pogba, Ander and Matic in a 3 was his last season which were Ander's best seasons.
nope, that’s not what my post said.
I explained Herrera's goals contributions came mostly in his first 2 seasons (under LVG). He had Carrick behind him (Blind was Carrick's stand in early on). Herrera did not score shit under Mourinho.
Now why would Herrera's goals take a nosedive if not for a change of tactics? You even said you thought he was better under Mourinho, so it can't be down to form according to you. Herrera also played in the pivot plenty under Mourinho (when we had Mkihi) and OGS.
Check the heatmaps. He had more touches in the final 3rd earlier on under LVG.
Because we need depth in midfield? Don´t think it will happen but it is not an outrageous thought
Might as well call Donny a flop and send him back to Ajax for 20m and/or write off Matic.
The bar is low these days. Anyone that wants him back is only fond of him because he spat on a City badge and man marked Hazard out of a game once. Besides those two things he was pretty meh
Big fan of Herrera, but no thanks.
He had his chance, not good enough.
He'll go to Spain surely....?
He'll go to Spain surely....?
I would love for them to step up and show that they can play in our midfield coming season. But that feels like a gamble imo.
I like him as a player and we should never have got rid, however, his time has passed now. We don't really need a player of his type in the squad unless he's willing to accept very low wages and perhaps takes the place of Matic as the senior midfielder. I do think he was underrated by many fans during his time here because he played under our worst managers. Under Ole in this current team, prime Herrera would have been exceptional.
Hated it when Mourinho changed his game from tidy two touch midfielder to a play acting hatchet man.
Just found his behaviour on the field a real cringe at times, I also thought he was as average as they come as well.
Just found his behaviour on the field a real cringe at times, I also thought he was as average as they come as well.
I loved his passion, he clearly has a soft spot for United but he's just not the quality we need right now (or then, to be honest). I hope he gets a good move and he might make a good coach in the future (again, not for us)
I don’t want him back but only Bruno (who is an attacker) and Pogba are better midfielders than him.
That transformation was horrible to watch. Feck Mourinho.
I'd love him for no fee.
No thanks, We've got McFred !!
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