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Sorry, was talking about players. Good shout with Morgan and Jesse though.
When are we stopping rating people based on their name? Schweini hasnt even been our best midfielder, never mind best in the league.
Yeah but Rooney is still named Rooney as well, doesnt mean he's as good as he once was. On his day Schweini still shows laods of class, but things have to be optimal to him and until now against quite weak opposition. Dont think he's that much better than Carrick in that role btw.But, But he is BFS?
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He's easily been our best midfielder not sure why you have to think I am going on his name? I couldn't care if he was called Djemba Djemba but fact being when I watch United (every game either at the game or on TV) he sticks out a mile. I can't think of a better midfielder in the Premiership? Who do you think is our best and who is better than him in the premiership?
He hasnt been better than Schneiderlin, Cazorla, Coquelin, Fernandinho on top of my head, he hasnt done anything significant, playing it far too safe on consistent basis in the PL. On par with Carrick for me who plays it even less safe and more deep.
BBC are about a year behind when it comes to football stuff tbf. I'm more shocked they haven't asked where Lescott is these days.
We should really take this to the Bastian thread but you're having a laugh saying he's not been better than any of the above. He's certainly been better than Schneiderlin, Coquelin and Fernandinho, Cazorla has played well but I know who I'd have in my team. For me Bastian is the best midfielder in the league and I'd have that opinion if he was playing for City, Liverpool whoever and playing this way. The way he controls matches is a joy to watch, yes he's not hit top gear but he's still way ahead of anything in the league imo.
fecking hell where have they been for the past year? Maybe it's someone who just writes about International football and doesn't watch club football.. that's the only excuse I can think of.
Lets agree to disagree then, dont think controlling the game makes you the best midfielder in the keague while that's the main reason we're so poor in attack. Lack of pace, urgency and depth in passing. Has got run ragged a few times as well.
On current form there isn't a defender anywhere I'd take ahead of him.
DDG ? It would be some feat to win it for a keeper.
DDG won it last two years. And to be fair as great as De Gea is, he missed the first 4 games of the season while he was fecking about and we still kept 3 cleansheets. Only Smalling has been the one constant in our impressive defense so far this season - with Blind, Shaw, Darmian, Schneiderlin all missing various games for one reason or another.
I forgot the word "again" obviously. DDG has impressed me more than Smalling because after his contract issues, he just came back and showed everyone he was the best in England again.
This. There is no centre back in world football I'd swap Smalling for now.
It was their chief football writer. They're woefully inadequate nowadays.
Don't think he was as dominant as usual at the back tbh.
In the air it was pretty 50/50 between he and Deeney, but he wasn't really troubled at any point. As mentioned above he made a brilliant challenge just before that fantastic #DaveSave. Wasn't 'dominant', sure, but good enough in a very forgetable game.
I'm probably being quite harsh, but that's the standard he's set for himself (IMO) on the back of the last last year and especially the last few months.
I don't think he's really improved too much defensively. He's managed to say fit and piece all of the raw materials together, but all of the good things he does are things he was always capable of.
