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Not a starter yet still, needs to improve and force his way into the team this year.
We have no midfielders. We already need 2, but sure sell him as well..Sell ASAP! He still has some value now, but if we don't get rid immediately he'll just sit through his contract on the bench like all of our deadwood.
Obviously, everyone knows we need to buy midfielders. But there's absolutely no point holding on to this flop, kids from academy can contribute more than him while getting paid junior wages.We have no midfielders. We already need 2, but sure sell him as well..
Right, sell him as well then? Glad we don't have trigger happy people like you in charge of our transfer policy. Selling Fred is so far down on our priority list right now.Obviously, everyone knows we need to buy midfielders. But there's absolutely no point holding on to this flop, kids from academy can contribute more than him while getting paid junior wages.
We can't, we are so ridiculously light in midfield that we've been playing Pereira/Lingard in CM. Fred will stay even if its just to make up the body count.Sell ASAP! He still has some value now, but if we don't get rid immediately he'll just sit through his contract on the bench like all of our deadwood.
Tenacity, he can move the ball quickly on the turn, has a decent passing range but he's almost worse when he has time though which is concerning.I'm not sure if it's hyperbole, bias or just pure selective memory, but this guy is making the Bebe transfer look like a good signing. 50m pounds and I'm still unable to figure out just exactly it is he is good at.
I'm hoping it was just first season/settling in nerves, but he does look way out of his depth. Even the kids in the academy playing in midfield are outshining him.
So you're happy with the fact that majority of our squad isn't good enough for top 10, let alone top 4? There's no other team in the world holding on to useless players as long as we do.Right, sell him as well then? Glad we don't have trigger happy people like you in charge of our transfer policy. Selling Fred is so far down on our priority list right now.
Yeah man, i am hopeful he turns it around, but from my POV, he just looks like he doesn't belong in this league at all. Not suited to it 1 bit.Tenacity, he can move the ball quickly on the turn, has a decent passing range but he's almost worse when he has time though which is concerning.
Aren't we buying anyone? It's ridiculous that a club so rich and so (formerly) prestigious is forced to keep players like this simply because there's no one else.We can't, we are so ridiculously light in midfield that we've been playing Pereira/Lingard in CM. Fred will stay even if its just to make up the body count.
I have no idea why we haven't bought a replacement for Fellaini and Herrera yet.
Our club is utterly clueless so don’t be surprised if we don’t.Yeah I'm starting to lose hope.
We're really really short in midfield if we don't sign anyone.
Matic looks finished too so leaves us with Mctominay as our only reasonable option in a defensive midfield role.
Get a grip you bloody numpty.So you're happy with the fact that majority of our squad isn't good enough for top 10, let alone top 4? There's no other team in the world holding on to useless players as long as we do.
Fred seems more like a Championship player than PL quality.
Why would I be happy with that? Is your suggestion that we sell the likes of Fred, Jones, Young, Darmian, Rojo, Matic, Sanchez lukaku (all not necessarily good enough) even though we have a thin squad and wont be able to replace even half of them?So you're happy with the fact that majority of our squad isn't good enough for top 10, let alone top 4? There's no other team in the world holding on to useless players as long as we do.
Fred seems more like a Championship player than PL quality.
He played with McTominay against Inter. He was always good last season when they played together. He does not fit playing next to a player like Matic, he needs somebody who moves around him and can do the one and two touch quick football he likes.He was quite good against Inter, but not good today. Weird player.
This has been an he case with us for as long as I can remember, even under SAF. Modric was available after Scholes retired but what do we do, bring him back from retirement instead of doing the obvious.Aren't we buying anyone? It's ridiculous that a club so rich and so (formerly) prestigious is forced to keep players like this simply because there's no one else.
Agreed, but it's still a massive drop off in performance. I quite like the idea of seeing a McTominay, Fred, Pogba midfield with Martial, Rashford and Gomes/Greenwood ahead of them. Think they could play really nice football.He played with McTominay against Inter. He was always good last season when they played together. He does not fit playing next to a player like Matic, he needs somebody who moves around him and can do the one and two touch quick football he likes.
Agreed. Matic sticks out like a sore thumb and some players can make it work with him, but Fred doesn't seem to be one of them. If we are to play him it needs to be in a system that suits him or we're better off without. Thankfully the system he fits happens to be the one that's winning everything in football at the moment and hopefully that's what we're aiming for.Agreed, but it's still a massive drop off in performance. I quite like the idea of seeing a McTominay, Fred, Pogba midfield with Martial, Rashford and Gomes/Greenwood ahead of them. Think they could play really nice football.
he was very good against PSG and Barcelona in the CL, yet poor against the likes of Brighton. He has the level in him I believe, and selling him right now simply isn't an option.Fred faded very, very badly today. I hope and pray that its simply because he started preseason late and ran out of puff. However, there's not much from last season to give me confidence that his level is higher than what we just saw. Incredible to have spent over £50m on this fella. He's a trier but he just isn't good enough.
A sensible post, in this instant gratification age it's hardly surprising to see people calling for his head already though.Fred is behind in terms of fitness and preseason games. Let's just give him a chance to pick up his fitness.
Why would it?Nothing changed from last season. Absolutely nothing.
Maybe they're doing it cos his wedding ordeal is the reason he's behind.A sensible post, in this instant gratification age it's hardly surprising to see people calling for his head already though.
We were mad that signed him. I wonder what basis he was signed on? Wanted by City? We need some Brazilian followers? Surely it could not have been for his performances as a footballer?So fecking slack. We'd be mad to rely on him next season.
We were desperate for Modric. As were Chelsea. Spurs refused to sell him in the EPL. I remember it clearly. Nothing the club could do.This has been an he case with us for as long as I can remember, even under SAF. Modric was available after Scholes retired but what do we do, bring him back from retirement instead of doing the obvious.