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Didn't Castles say the exact same thing a few weeks ago about United during the transfer window?

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I can't remember any follow up to it though.
 
Shane88 said:
Didn't Castles say the exact same thing a few weeks ago about United during the transfer window?

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I can't remember any follow up to it though.
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The follow up was the 'Five More Matas' story in the Sunday Times the next day.
 
Nickosaur said:
Tweet initially didn't load for me and your comment was about was about United :nervous:

Oh Fulham.
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:lol: An understandable mistake to make this season sadly :(

How long was Wilkins at Fulham then? 5 weeks? Less?
 
Talksport just said that Duncan Castles story on The Sunday Times is about Evra getting a one year contract extension. Can't check it because I think you have to be subscribed.
 
Thats what he just tweeted too. Not really sure how I feel about it if true, if he's just there as back up and happy to do so then thats all good. If its to keep playing him as first choice and get nobody in then I'm not so happy about it.
 
Shane88 said:
Talksport just said that Duncan Castles story on The Sunday Times is about Evra getting a one year contract extension. Can't check it because I think you have to be subscribed.
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i read the same thing in an Italian football gossip site earlier this week. Tuttomercatoweb or calciomercato.
 
Well he says that Evra has played enough games this season to trigger the extension clause in his contract. It is still seemingly up to Evra if he wants to go on a free or stay. I would not be surprised to see him leave.
 
LARulz said:
Thats what he just tweeted too. Not really sure how I feel about it if true, if he's just there as back up and happy to do so then thats all good. If its to keep playing him as first choice and get nobody in then I'm not so happy about it.
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I'd love him to stay on as back-up. I think his performances would improve a lot if he was well rested.

I don't think he's the type to be happy with that though. Probably better he heads back to France and we get in a new first choice LB.
 
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Ideally 1 of Evra, Rio and Vidic would stay on to ensure we don't lose too much experience from the back in at the same time. None of the 3 have done a particularly good job of convincing anyone they should be the 1 though.
 
Sixpence said:
It's been long established that Castles knows nothing.
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:lol:

He reported Mourinho would listen to offers for Mata as early as July last year, which he got major abuse for. Like wise first to report he wanted to bring Matic back to Chelsea. He reported Baines' new contract at Everton weeks before it was announced, like he did in the summer with Nani. Was also first to report City's approach of pellegrini, Ronaldo's new Madrid contract, Madrid being prepared to break the world record fee for Bale. So on and so forth.

scorgasm said:
He often writes for Goal which tells you as much as you need to know about the guy and his reliability.
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http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892...6/nani-set-for-manchester-united-stay?ICID=OP

So, weeks before the contract was announced, he reports on goal.com that Moyes has sanctioned a new contract for Nani. Must've been a lucky guess since it's goal.com

He posts his articles to whoever pays him for them. All his goal articles could just as easily be in the Sunday Times, who he also writes for. Doesn't effect the reliability of the content.

LR7 said:
He seems like such a WUM who posts something uninteresting behind a Sulia link every now and again, pretending its big news.
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A wum employed by the Sunday Times. Seems legit.

Who gives a shit if he uses Sulia. Follow the link to the Times website and read the article from there if you're that arsed.
 
Evra's still good going forward, he's definitely a big character for us and you get the feeling that he is actually still happy at the club and is behind Moyes somewhat.

Ferdinand and Vidic you don't get the same impression.
 
If he's alright with being back up, better than Buttner I suppose.

Still like to see Coentrao brought in as first choice in the summer.

Edit: Just seen it's still up to him to decide. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he opts to leave.
 
Alock1 said:
Evra's still good going forward, he's definitely a big character for us and you get the feeling that he is actually still happy at the club and is behind Moyes somewhat.

Ferdinand and Vidic you don't get the same impression.
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I remember Moyes specifically praising Evra's character and leadership skills earlier in the season. He hasn't been great on the pitch, but frankly I'd rather he was at the club next season than Buttner, and I don't see us buying 2 left backs in the summer.
 
Infra-red said:
I remember Moyes specifically praising Evra's character and leadership skills earlier in the season. He hasn't been great on the pitch, but frankly I'd rather he was at the club next season than Buttner, and I don't see us buying 2 left backs in the summer.
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This pretty much.

In an ideal scenario, Evra would stay on for another year, we'd bring in Shaw, and ease him into the first team, with the two of them sharing the LB spot next season.
 
Infra-red said:
I remember Moyes specifically praising Evra's character and leadership skills earlier in the season. He hasn't been great on the pitch, but frankly I'd rather he was at the club next season than Buttner, and I don't see us buying 2 left backs in the summer.
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He's had a decent season I think. His errors have been costly, and an unfortunate habit of his game - but he's still offered a lot.

He's been MOTM 3/4 times, had a number of assists, and I believe he is only behind Mata and Rooney for things like 'key passes' and all that shiz.

He started the season very well I thought, but has gradually been more and more error prone. Probably the ridiculous amount of games he's played catching up with him.

I'm more than happy for him to share the role with another player. He's still more than good enough - I'm not sure the other 'top' teams in the premier league have particularly better left backs.
 
Nickosaur said:
This pretty much.

In an ideal scenario, Evra would stay on for another year, we'd bring in Shaw, and ease him into the first team, with the two of them sharing the LB spot next season.
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..except that Shaw isn't coming...
 
By the way, on whoscored and also the 'official' (EA Sports mind) premier league 'player performance' charts, Evra is second only to Rooney this season.
 
Alock1 said:
He's had a decent season I think. His errors have been costly, and an unfortunate habit of his game - but he's still offered a lot.

He's been MOTM 3/4 times, had a number of assists, and I believe he is only behind Mata and Rooney for things like 'key passes' and all that shiz.

He started the season very well I thought, but has gradually been more and more error prone. Probably the ridiculous amount of games he's played catching up with him.

I'm more than happy for him to share the role with another player. He's still more than good enough - I'm not sure the other 'top' teams in the premier league have particularly better left backs.
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What? Yeah he's been decent coming forward, but he hasn't started to defend this season. He still thinks he's playing left wing
 
Despite his obvious decline in the last two/three years, he is still far, far better than Buttner, so in that respect, I'm more than happy for him to stay on for a year. Sufficient competition in the form of a Shaw or Coentrao will actually result in better performances due to a lessened work-load. It's just a question of whether Evra is happy to potentially b second choice, I would not blame him if he wanted continual first team football.
 
Ekeke said:
What? Yeah he's been decent coming forward, but he hasn't started to defend this season. He still thinks he's playing left wing
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Just to add on to the last note, I know that they won't always take his positional mistakes into account, and that they're not the best way of judging a players performance - but they shouldn't be completely ignored.

He has been prone to the same lapses of concentration that he has for a few seasons now. This is nothing new.

You have to ask whether or not he stills brings enough to the team though? I think he probably does just enough. I'm not saying I'm happy with it, or that we shouldn't be looking for better, but it's far from being bad. And when(IF) we are playing our 'usual' football, confident and winning - it's far less noticable and he/we can get away with it more,
 
Top 4 first choice left-backs - Gibbs, Azpilicueta, Enrique, Clichy.

Ignoring age, I'm not sure I'd swap Evra for any. Ignoring that he's a legend and a United player, completely based on match performance/influence.
 
I'd take Azpilicueta over Evra, probably Clichy as well
 
Alock1 said:
Just to add on to the last note, I know that they won't always take his positional mistakes into account, and that they're not the best way of judging a players performance - but they shouldn't be completely ignored.

He has been prone to the same lapses of concentration that he has for a few seasons now. This is nothing new.

You have to ask whether or not he stills brings enough to the team though? I think he probably does just enough. I'm not saying I'm happy with it, or that we shouldn't be looking for better, but it's far from being bad. And when(IF) we are playing our 'usual' football, confident and winning - it's far less noticable and he/we can get away with it more,
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A couple of seasons ago I agree it was lapses during doing plenty of defending. But now he doesn't even try and defend. He casually walks back towards his position and has no urgency whatsoever to defend his flank from dangerous balls or crosses or close anybody down. Somewhere along the line he's got the impression that he has no responsibility to do this stuff.

You won't see it from a fullback at any other top club. Even the much criticized Dani Alves does more defending.

Of the 4 you listed Evra is the worst defender by a stretch. Even Clichy has done a decent job this season.
 
I didn't ask who the better defender was. Do they have a greater influence on the team in their general play.

These days, I'm not interested too much in 'who is better at this or this' - it's just whether or not the team is better for it. Would we have been any better this season had we had those players? Perhaps saved a couple of points, but I doubt enough to negate his general play for us.

Would having another left back to contend with, and more time to rest between games be enough to motivate him to defend more (not that he should need motivating, admittedly). But yeah, I'd like to think so.
 
Alock1 said:
I didn't ask who the better defender was. Do they have a greater influence on the team in their general play.

These days, I'm not interested too much in 'who is better at this or this' - it's just whether or not the team is better for it. Would we have been any better this season had we had those players? Perhaps saved a couple of points, but I doubt enough to negate his general play for us.

Would having another left back to contend with, and more time to rest between games be enough to motivate him to defend more (not that he should need motivating, admittedly). But yeah, I'd like to think so.
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Does it matter when they do a good job doing the main thing from fullback, defending?

Evra could be scoring a goal a game and it wouldnt matter if he's responsible for one at the back each time as well. He doesn't fulful the basic requirements of a fullback. He's a midfielder.
 
Ramshock said:
Are we that short of left back targets that we re sign Patrice?
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I bet we waste all summer trying to outbid Chelsea for Shaw which will end up at 25m+, end up missing out and find out the boat has sailed on Coentrao (again) when we should've just signed him at the beginning of last summer.
 
I think it's probably a prudent move. Secure Pat just incase we can't sign any of our left back targets, if we get our targets then great we can get a little bit of cash for Evra or keep him on as good cover.

It makes sense for us to try and get him to stay if we're going after Shaw though. Shaw is great, has huge potential but he's still young, still learning, keeping a bit of experience around will only help him and us.
 
Realistically anyone we sign for left back needs some competition because Alex Buttner isnt it. Imagine we let Evra go, sign someone else and then the new player gets injured and we're stuck with Buttner at left back every week for the first half of next season. There's no problem at all in having him in the squad and using him when we need to or if hes putting in amazing performances out of the blue. The problem is when we're relying on him as first choice.
 
Rather he stays!!

This is a time we need a character and a leader.

Granted, Evra can be a knob (See the WC) but he's always spoke of our values and talked the talk about this club
 
Isn't this simply a case of Evra activating an appearance-based clause in his deal as opposed to Evra/United acting upon it?

I can't see the Twitter stuff on my work computer...
 
.Rossi said:
Rather he stays!!

This is a time we need a character and a leader.

Granted, Evra can be a knob (See the WC) but he's always spoke of our values and talked the talk about this club
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Thing is that, even for his great character and leadership, he's been so bloody lazy in defence it hurts. Allows too much space, walks back from attacking positions, doesn't seem to care weather he stops the wingers from crossing or not. I mean, Odemwingie just walked past him at Stoke and he just looked at him, didn't even try to stop him from shooting once he had gone past him, INSIDE the 6-yard box.

Now, he is very likable, a great servant of the club, but we do need either some competition or bringing 2 new LBs.
 
MUFC07 said:
Thing is that, even for his great character and leadership, he's been so bloody lazy in defence it hurts. Allows too much space, walks back from attacking positions, doesn't seem to care weather he stops the wingers from crossing or not. I mean, Odemwingie just walked past him at Stoke and he just looked at him, didn't even try to stop him from shooting once he had gone past him, INSIDE the 6-yard box.

Now, he is very likable, a great servant of the club, but we do need either some competition or bringing 2 new LBs.
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Sorry...Should have said, it'll be great to have him around if we have another left back
 
Alock1 said:
Top 4 first choice left-backs - Gibbs, Azpilicueta, Enrique, Clichy.

Ignoring age, I'm not sure I'd swap Evra for any. Ignoring that he's a legend and a United player, completely based on match performance/influence.
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Being impartial, I'd probably have Gibbs and azpilicueta over evra. Your point stands though, he's still a competent left back. Sort of.
 
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