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Originally Posted by Count Duckula
Well I can't speak for Sam, but I know that whilst there hasn't been too much wanking over Anderson in this particular thread, this forum as a whole over the past season has been guilty of overrating him. Pogue even started a very sensible thread about it, and I didn't see you in there Top charging in and calling people childish.
Fact is, Anderson has great potential, but as of yet has done nothing of considerable note. He's played very well in a few games, but only a few. He drops off in the middle of most performances, hasn't scored a goal and probably doesn't have anything like as many assists as people would like to think he does.
He is one for the future but there are people on here who were shocked he didn't win Young Player of the Year, which is ludicrous. He's got a lot of potential, but, at the moment, that's all it is. As GB said, there's some who want him to actually start in Moscow; a huge gamble and one I would be shocked if SAF took.
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Exactly, not that we expect lot's end product from any young player, look at Ronaldo and Rooney 3 years ago they werent exactly setting the world on fire like they are doing now. On the other hand Anderson has gave us very little to shout about when referring to end product, he hasnt scored and only has 1 assist to his name in around 16 starts and 8 sub appearances. This alone shows he's not good enough to hold a starting place yet and most definitely not a Champion's League final start.
I also dont lay down to the claim that no-one expected anything from him. I think the reported £18 million transfer fee and the dub of the "New Ronaldinho" (not my word's) put's quite a significant amout of expectation on him. To which he has lived up to when considering the difficulty's of a young Brazilian like Anderson must encounter when moving to the best league in the world and to Manchester United, where even the most establishhed players have come and failed.
It's clear from moments during performances that he should be a top player and future star baring a crisis. But he is still far from a finished article and down the pecking order for games of magnitude where experiance is invaluable.
If it's meant to be I hope he get's some playing time in the final, it would be tremendous experiance for one so young. Hopefully he grabs the winning goal right at the death.
