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Great deal at the price quoted, I still think he will need someone better than McFred next to him
I don't know if he is defensive enough to have say FDJ into Bruno and Eriksen or if he would be next to Bruno with a DM?
It seems to be a quality signing but I genuinely don't know enough to be hugely excited
I don't know if he is defensive enough to have say FDJ into Bruno and Eriksen or if he would be next to Bruno with a DM?
It seems to be a quality signing but I genuinely don't know enough to be hugely excited
anonymous said:
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He’s the Sergio Busquet we have been waiting for. My take is he’s the conduit between attack and defence. Capable of receiving the ball from our defence and moving it forward successfully with a pass or dribble without the 20 seconds of unnecessary frippery we’ve had from Pogba that slows our game. Gone a bit AMG said:
Ascayman said:
GTO-3R said:
£56 million plus add ons for De Jong by the looks of it finally. Great deal if you ask me 
For a guy that reportedly wants to stay at Barca, do you really want guys that don't want to come? isn't that what got you into this mess in the first place? None of what we read in the papers around transfers carries much weight with me. He’s got years left on his current deal so could just say no thanks not interested but he hasn’t. He was diplomatic when asked a few weeks back about the move and there’s been no actual quotes from him since. He’s an ideal replacement for Pogba for me.
Worked very successfully under ETH before and fingers crossed is about to do so again.
From an outsiders point of view ETH looks a breath of fresh air and the real deal, i do think you guys need players that want play for utd and are committed to getting utd back to the top again though rather than ones that appear not to be up for the challenge.
Gone a bit AMG said:
He’s the Sergio Busquet we have been waiting for. My take is he’s the conduit between attack and defence. Capable of receiving the ball from our defence and moving it forward successfully with a pass or dribble without the 20 seconds of unnecessary frippery we’ve had from Pogba that slows our game.
Busquets sits deep ,the little I do know is that why he hasn’t been a success at Barca is when he plays that busquets role the Barca defence are exposed ,Barca fans think his best games have come when he had had busquets patrolling behind him .franki68 said:
Gone a bit AMG said:
He’s the Sergio Busquet we have been waiting for. My take is he’s the conduit between attack and defence. Capable of receiving the ball from our defence and moving it forward successfully with a pass or dribble without the 20 seconds of unnecessary frippery we’ve had from Pogba that slows our game.
Busquets sits deep ,the little I do know is that why he hasn’t been a success at Barca is when he plays that busquets role the Barca defence are exposed ,Barca fans think his best games have come when he had had busquets patrolling behind him .I think ideally he would want to stay at Barca, but they have said he is a valuable asset and can raise the funds they need to offset the debts and allow some more players to be signed.
The LB could be a steal if we get the deal done.
I doubt we will get any centre half's in, mainly because we have 5 at the club already. Its doubtful we can shift Jones or Bailly in the window.
franki68 said:
Busquets sits deep ,the little I do know is that why he hasn’t been a success at Barca is when he plays that busquets role the Barca defence are exposed ,Barca fans think his best games have come when he had had busquets patrolling behind him .
See that's odd as the general consensus I have read is he hasn't performed at his best because Busquests is in his role, guess the truth is somewhere in the middleI'm still in shock weve bought a mid TBF, just a couple more needed
anonymous said:
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Busquets barely moves he patrols in front of the defence ,I really don’t know much about fdj but he does not play that role he likes to be more mobile from my understanding The consensus last year was that sancho would solve our right side issue ,which had me head scratching since he was always better on the left for dortmund.
We definitely need a proper holding player imo.
Edited by franki68 on Tuesday 28th June 18:22
franki68 said:
Busquets barely moves he patrols in front of the defence ,I really don’t know much about fdj but he does not play that role he likes to be more mobile from my understanding
The consensus last year was that sancho would solve our right side issue ,which had me head scratching since he was always better on the left for dortmund.
We definitely need a proper holding player imo.
With the money on FDJ, Malacia and still needing an attacker I'm not sure we'll see oneThe consensus last year was that sancho would solve our right side issue ,which had me head scratching since he was always better on the left for dortmund.
We definitely need a proper holding player imo.
Edited by franki68 on Tuesday 28th June 18:22
I suspect we'll play variations of McFred/FDJ into Bruno and FDJ into Bruno and Eriksen (should we get him)
Hopefully Garner comes in and nails that role and makes it his own is the other option
I realise I completely forgot we had DvB wonder where he'll fit, or if he'll fit
franki68 said:
GTO-3R said:
I have a sneaky suspicion that he could give McT a go at CDM.
He’s not mobile enough ,aside from the fact he’s mc crap .Mct
Fred
DVB
Hannibal
Pereira
Bruno
Make up the none wide attacking midfield options. ETH is going to have to work hard until we get some additions!
franki68 said:
GTO-3R said:
I have a sneaky suspicion that he could give McT a go at CDM.
He’s not mobile enough ,aside from the fact he’s mc crap .With Fred / McT you got the impression neither knew what the other one was doing, and they took it in turns to go forward and defend and thats why they always looked out of postion. Plus they both where asked to launch attacks be creative.
Might be a better player with a better system?
Garner looked good in that role for Forest last season.
I don't get writing McT off
ETH wasn't hired to carry on the spending and trying to buy success, he has a track record of improving players and getting them to work well in his system even if it's in a slightly different position
Fred had a pretty good improvement last season I think with coaching and training something we've been lacking we could see the same from not only McTom but others too
ETH wasn't hired to carry on the spending and trying to buy success, he has a track record of improving players and getting them to work well in his system even if it's in a slightly different position
Fred had a pretty good improvement last season I think with coaching and training something we've been lacking we could see the same from not only McTom but others too
I would be disappointed to see Fred get dropped. Was probably my favourite midfielder last year after Bruno annoyed me with all his shouting at refs etc. I just don’t like players that do that and don’t want them at the club.
Unpopular opinion but I would of rather got rid of Bruno and kept Pogba. The lad never really got a chance to play as a cam - his actual position.
Unpopular opinion but I would of rather got rid of Bruno and kept Pogba. The lad never really got a chance to play as a cam - his actual position.
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