GledTheRed
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Be a fantastic signing
Best as a 10, he will cut inside much like Mata does as a RWThanks Cheekiey. So he's pretty consistent/good across most attacking positions, especially as a 10/RW?
Watched him since the hype started about Lacazette around 3years ago, soon realized Fekir was pulling the strings making him look the player he was. I just like to think how good could he make a Striker scoring 27 goals with little service look.Fair enough, you sound quite convinced. Hope you're right if we get him but I can't say I've been overwhelmed when I saw him but I've been wrong before. I thought De Gea was shite when we bought him haha
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Legitimate links are worth discussing. Rumors based on rumors based on Sun and Mirror articles, not so much.Raoul in the TF being a grouch and telling everyone that a rumour isn’t worth discussing - check.
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Dirty Fekir and Dirty Sanchez tag teamDirty Fekir.
Liverpool are not certain to be in the CL next season anyway.I think he just wants to leave to play in the CL.
Maybe a deal with Pool is already agreed but it seems like he would take a better offer if one comes along
Lyon are going to be in the UCL anyway as long as they don't mess up badly in the last 2 games. And Lyon is his boyhood club. He's leaving for money and more chance of success, i'm guessingI think he just wants to leave to play in the CL.
Maybe a deal with Pool is already agreed but it seems like he would take a better offer if one comes along
They’d have to implode against an already safe Brighton team, though, which I doubt they will. Annoyingly we did them a massive favour.Liverpool are not certain to be in the CL next season anyway.
Who called him a defensive beast? I recall saying he was equally as adept defensively in a 3 man midfield as Milinkovic-Savic, but that is all.I made the exact point in the twitter thread and was told that Fekir and Pogba can co-exist in a midfield 3 and Fekir is a defensive "beast".
I thought Chelseas draw with Huddersfield made sure of that?Liverpool are not certain to be in the CL next season anyway.
Liverpool just have to make sure they don't lose at home to Brighton to be certain.I thought Chelseas draw with Huddersfield made sure of that?
Please expand on this comment, I’m eager to hear what you have to sayNot something we need at United especially with Mourinho at the helm.
How does 12 MOTM's, 17 goals and 7 assists in 28 appearances in the league sound? I watch him and he's Lyons main man.I have seen some clips, and I understand the Caf loves a technical number 10, but is he really consistent enough? No way for me to know as i don't follow him, anyone know? I remember he had a big injury, but he has been consistently good after his return, or?
That makes no sense. I'm not Mourinho's biggest fan but he will make us better if he's good enough.Not something we need at United especially with Mourinho at the helm.
Sounds good. I'll take your word for it then. I'm a bit sceptic of the 10's as we have acquired for that position and failed at it for years now, but we certainly do lack that bit of edge and playmaking in the final third. Too many times we get static when attacking. If he can turn, run and pass then Lukaku would be a happy man and so would we. So he would be an upgrade on Lingard then i guess. We would still need a right-winger too.How does 12 MOTM's, 17 goals and 7 assists in 28 appearances in the league sound? I watch him and he's Lyons main man.
Here you goWhen we get linked with players like Fekir and Milinkovic-Savic all I see is people worrying about how they'd fit with Pogba, where all it makes me think at this juncture is that they'll repalce Pogba and he'll go to PSG.
Who called him a defensive beast? I recall saying he was equally as adept defensively in a 3 man midfield as Milinkovic-Savic, but that is all.
Fekir is a beast defensively. I've said it for ages - he'd make a world class CM.
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The only thing that's changed are the stats as I made this post in October.He's my favourite player in the world and my number 1 signing this summer.
He's the perfect 10 for me. He can come deep and create and also loves getting in the box to score. Unlike Mkhi and Mata he's very good at shielding the ball so isn't prone to drifting out of games when the team isn't playing well. He's the one to step up when the going gets tough. Also, even though he's a good dribbler, he isn't the Messi/Neymar type who are constantly running at players - it's more that he's just very good at getting past players when needing to.
Another huge plus is that he works incredibly hard defensively. He's constantly pressing the opposition and, since Lyon play a two man midfield meaning they're sometimes outnumbered, he's also very good at reading runs into open space and closing them down/tracking back. As far as #10s go, he's 3rd in tackles with 17 (compared to Mkhi's 8 who's known for his hard work, too) and is 2nd in total attempted tackles with 28 - 8 more than Mkhi. He's joint 4th in interceptions made (same as Mkhi) as well.
Looking at his attacking stats compared to other #10s, he's 4th in key passes, 4th in assists, and 1st in goals scored - these stats are based on players playing purely in the #10 role so, for example, Dybala's stats aren't complete here. In comparison to another highly rated 10 in Dybala who has 13 goals and 2 assists in total, Fekir has 11 goals and 4 assists.
He reminds me of a mix of Tevez (a hard working supporting forward) and David Silva (a creator who you just can't dispossess 90% of the time).
You mean full back replacements, right? You want to go into another season with Young and Valencia? and then its these same people who complain we aren't good enough.Not a chance this is going to happen. Only signings are another midfielder and full back cover. Martial replacement if he leaves, we bought in Jan....
In the system we play, what would other full backs offer than Young and Tony? Have we lost games because defensively we aren't good enough? Isn't our defensive record not one of the best in the league? Yes we have the best GK, but that's like saying Liverpool are only doing well cause of Saiahs goals....that's their jobs.You mean full back replacements, right? You want to go into another season with Young and Valencia? and then its these same people who complain we aren't good enough.
Fullbacks are also attacking outlets.In the system we play, what would other full backs offer than Young and Tony? Have we lost games because defensively we aren't good enough? Isn't our defensive record not one of the best in the league? Yes we have the best GK, but that's like saying Liverpool are only doing well cause of Saiahs goals....that's their jobs.
I agree we aren't good enough but that's not cause of the defence or fullbacks and if the midfield and attack were as coherent as our defence , things might be better. For example, wouldn't it be great if we could say our attacking record was one of the best in the league?
Like I said...in the current system. It's not coincidence that that we seen more of Tony as an attacking force given the change of system on Thursday.Fullbacks are also attacking outlets.
Yeah but @JPRouve is bang on with full backs. A bit like having a car with flat wheels. You are not going to give your engine much of a show if your tires are flat. My point being (it’s early in the morning) the midfield need the full backs bombing forward nowadays as most teams flood the midfield space to give themselves space and also have the option of passing. We currently have neither and it allows teams to condense certain areas that we look to attack in. Mostly midfield and left wing as teams know Valencia won’t do much damage going forward and Mata has to keep cutting back.Like I said...in the current system. It's not coincidence that that we seen more of Tony as an attacking force given the change of system on Thursday.
or maybe we just renew Fellaini's contractSounds like he's going to Liverpool. Think it's more likely we'll get SMS.
Oh course he is, the two are incomparable because one used to play for us and wore crazy clothes (therefore rubbish) the other didn't.Is he better than Memphis?
How deep did he play? as a CM or CAM? I watched some of his compilations and in fact he reminds me M. Dembele with his dribbling and ball covering, with a bit of Sanchez in him too. Probably too good attackingly to be playing deeper but 4 tackles won is not a bad record for predominantly an attacking playerTweet
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This was him vs the league champions in central midfield. He was, as expected, great there - including defensively.
I've already posted loads about him in his thread but I'll copy and paste this post because it's still my opinion now:
The only thing that's changed are the stats as I made this post in October.