It's the first scenario but he's no Fellaini that's for sure, Strootman in January/summer, and I for one am pleased about it.
The defence is where we need to strengthen tomorrow, but can't see it.
Daley Blind - Deal Confirmed
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The defence is where we need to strengthen tomorrow, but can't see it.
We may have a team with the best looking girlfriends in the world.
Carvalho has more potential imo, but could take months to settle and find his true form, Blind won't, and is well versed in the LvG ways, so he is the perfect signing for this at this time.
The truth is somewhere in the middle probably.
He definitely wasn’t first choice for us, as we would’ve gotten him much earlier.
On the other hand, I’m sure he was always a plan B (or even C) because he can cover multiple positions.
He is nothing like Fellaini though, because was bought to play in his preferred position, which is defensive central midfielder.
I think we will be fighting until the end for someone else (LVG’s comments suggest that also), but either way I’m sure Blind will be very useful for us.
How well did Blind do as a right back? He played the majority of his games for Groeningen there I believe. Hopefully he can be a poor man's Lahm, capable of covering both full-back positions in worst case scenarios. Something Carrick sometimes finds himself doing, without being especially good at.
Blind is a cracking signing whatever way you look at it.
He was definitely one of 4-5 players I hoped we would sign as soon as LVG was confirmed. We've actually got 3 of those so far, so not too shabby.
Anyone mentioning Fellaini needs his head checked. We know goals in the Dutch League mean jack, but a defender/midfielder as young as him getting Footballer of the Year there is something else, i.e. not a Fellaini.
He was definitely one of 4-5 players I hoped we would sign as soon as LVG was confirmed. We've actually got 3 of those so far, so not too shabby.
Anyone mentioning Fellaini needs his head checked. We know goals in the Dutch League mean jack, but a defender/midfielder as young as him getting Footballer of the Year there is something else, i.e. not a Fellaini.
I think Blind will be a brilliant signing for us as he's played LCB/LB/RB and he will be our best player for the deep lying playmaker/defensive midfielder. Not sure what label is correct with him really as he is either a DLP with great legs and defensive work rate or a defensive midfielder with world class passing.
At Ajax I would call him the latter and at Netherlands the former. We are very weirdly set up right now though with Di Maria here - I would almost have preferred Kagawa as an attacking LCM - ADM as an attacking RCM and Blind behind them. They'd have been comfortable at providing width and neither of them ever stops running.
Mata is too weak defensively to share the offensive and defensive duties with Di Maria. Hopefully Mata regains his Moyes form(defensively) where he was actually putting in work there as well.
Me too .... me too!
Stop mentioning Kagawa! It makes me sad
And yet if you read what I posted you would have seen I mentioned he said goodbye on his twitter page. If it's a news scoop by some Portuguese news website then so be it. I didn't say it was.
So... have we actually confirmed this yet?
@JuanMata8 has on twitter
It's done, but we will wait until we're done with all our transfer business to announce it big! American style!
I imagine he'll be presented alongside Falcao
And VidalI imagine he'll be presented alongside Falcao
So...Why havent we signed him yet?
Poor guy, he gets his dream move but no one will care about it
We should do a wwe style entrance for all our signings. First blind, then Falcao, then while they are doing the press conference stone cold music plays and Vidal turns up and gives stunners to every reporter!
Maybe we're waiting to announce Falcao, Blind and Vidal together.
If both go through, I'd definitely be looking forward to blind more than falcao.Poor guy, he gets his dream move but no one will care about it
And a defender...........please, just one defender too.
Might be a good thing. There's a lot of pressure on him being our DM.Poor guy, he gets his dream move but no one will care about it
There's nothing concrete suggesting that's even happening, right?
There wasnt anything concrete on Falcao too.
Pretty much every journalist reporting that he's ours subject to a medical is pretty concrete.
I meant before that. Nobody saw it coming.
Wouldn't even need football games after that, just take the Prem. Title in a 6-way dance inferno ladder match.
Maybe Blind is going to play in the middle of the back 3 as the one who brings the ball out and starts off our attacks, with Jones and Rojo like two pit bulls either side of him for protection, essentially how I imagine Hummels would have been used.
You see, that is exactly the problem. There has unfortunately been too much Vidal murmurings for it to happen now
Its the swift and masked negotiations that have actually happened for us.What's happening with this? Haven't heard anything since Saturday.
He has joined the Netherlands squad apparently, so it must be done pending announcement
With us needing a DM, I doubt he will be playing there.
I am so excited to see Herrera and blind together!
You have to remember that Carrick is coming back and the day is not over, we could yet add another CM.
This shit you're serious?
To be fair with the current state of our midfield, Blind is likely to have a far bigger effect on our team than Falcao will.
We aren't exactly scoring goals either though, he'll give us a fast, powerful striker to run in behind defenses.
Yeah but it's not like our current strikers are crap. They could do more but we're really struggling in our build up play and the lack of quality in our midfield and full back positions.
I think having someone who can take the ball from the centre backs and get it to our attackers effectively could really lift our game. Fletcher and co have been rubbish at it so far.
Maybe it's because I haven't seen much of falcao and a midfielder is currently far easier to get excited over even if it's not a top class one.
Rooney and Rvp naturally come deep, neither are pure #9's and it's why they don't fit well together, Falcao will be a much better pairing with one of them and offer us what Hernandez did but with better technique and link up play.
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