He actually hasn’t. Just heard the commentator say he has started just six league games this season. For the reported salary he is on our fans would have gone mad and would have been baying for his blood long before tonight.
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He's been injured too much for us to regret our decision.
Better, but it’s much of a muchness. I definitely wouldn’t say he’s “miles better” at passing, either. Corkers tonight notwithstanding.
Like Jonathan greening, treble winner.
Got player of the season for us, then was replaced from the starting 11 with an inferior and older player (Matic) then replaced from the squad for an inferior player who we paid 50m for. Can't blame him for leaving, took too long for someone to value him properly.
Herrera has always had a nice pass in the final third, but most of his best attributes suggest he should play deeper, and he is generally awful under pressure in his own third. Just a very odd player.
Fred apparently as good, at least according to the Caf.
Living up to your tag line it seems if you think Herrera is better than Bruno.
P.S: It’s still a toss up between Fred and Herrera which Fred just about wins imo.
What we did to Chris Smalling was criminal.
It’s this kind of arrogance that makes our fan base a laughing stock
His talking about Fred.
It's 7 or 8 of the other players we need, not Herrera on 300k a week.
Care to elaborate on that nothing post?
Has this been reported or is it just speculation?
We have regularly overpaid for shit over the last few years, i find it surprising that we suddenly baulked at Herrera, unless he was asking a ridiculous amount.
People want to have their cake and eat it by not overpaying for players but at the same time giving into others. You'll never be 100% successful when moving players on.
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Yeah realized that the instant i clicked the post reply button. Edited my original post.
Someone at the club clearly thought Fred was younger and better and there was no need to secure Herrera. Its clear the senior management never expected the likes of PSG to come in for him.
The only piss taken is the highlighted bit, as the french league makes the SPL look competitive for crying out loud.
PSG wouldnt have been in the equation if he was renewed with 1/2 years left on his contract
Hence why I said we fecked up. That is what you call squad miss-management
PSG dropping off massively here... Probably looking for to catch them on the break instead of winning it high up.
I'd rather take the player who's available than one who isn't.
How on earth did you get Bruno from that??
Talking about Matic. Herrera as the holding mid in 16/17 was our player of the season in our best post Fergie season (all around, not necessarily league finish). Then we spent 45m on a 29 year old Matic (or however old he was), who didn't play as well as Herrera did, and then we spent 50m on Fred who hasn't been close to Herreras level every though he has improved.
Really nice goal
This is when we see if Herrera is good enough or not
100%
I thought same, plus Bruno came after Herrera had left.Not giving Herrera a new contract and buying Fred instead of a defender was classic clueless Woodward.
Herrera was perfect for midfield battles in cagey games and was a great nullified and good progressive passer for us but the wages he was demanding (or his agent) I can understand us moving him on.
I genuinely don’t see Herrera in our best XI now and I’m not convinced how he is now any better than Fred. Right decision to move him on not something I thought at first (he was one of the most likeable characters at the time)
I genuinely don’t see Herrera in our best XI now and I’m not convinced how he is now any better than Fred. Right decision to move him on not something I thought at first (he was one of the most likeable characters at the time)
Your in the wrong thread Annihilate
No one would have been in the fecking equation at £300k a week, it's madness
8 appearances this season in the league. 21 across all competitions. Missed 21 games through injuries
I loved him when he was here but this is classic Herrera and classic captain hindsight. Amazing in the big games but doesnt offer enough in the others. If he was still here people would be in the performance thread taking the piss out of his contract and his reliabilty.
I loved him when he was here but this is classic Herrera and classic captain hindsight. Amazing in the big games but doesnt offer enough in the others. If he was still here people would be in the performance thread taking the piss out of his contract and his reliabilty.
He's obviously not!!
So Woodward is the DOF and decides who stays, signs and go's now? This is a new one
He's so good he got subbed off, that's what £300k a week gets you these days
He started and played OK but he's not the man to get you a goal or spark a come back. No surprises he's been sacrificed for a more attacking option.
Clearly missing the point. He said himself he would have signed for a lot less had he been approached earlier. We shouldnt have let his contract run down in the first place
And the fact he was arguably psgs best player tonight
Then why didn't he if the offer was there? If you want to believe that bollocks then fine but his agent was asking for £350k a week and he's now on £300k a week. If you believe him when he says he'd have signed for less, now that he's sitting on that £300k a week and only played 8 games all season then I think you need to ask yourself what agenda/narrative you're trying to push here.
Do you sub your best players off after 70 minutes?
Blame Jose.
Herrera was the player of the season during the Europa &EFL win, then for some reason he decided to gradually stop playing him and buy Fred and then proceeded never to play him either.....
Herrera was the best and most important player during Solskjær unbeaten run while caretaker, imo, things then went to sh!t when he got injuried.
Herrera was the player of the season during the Europa &EFL win, then for some reason he decided to gradually stop playing him and buy Fred and then proceeded never to play him either.....
Herrera was the best and most important player during Solskjær unbeaten run while caretaker, imo, things then went to sh!t when he got injuried.