Fred | Fenerbahçe player
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Hopefully he will win lots of trophies at his new club.
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Blame Elon.
Good luck.
Best of luck Fred. Had some really good games here but ultimately, he wasn't good enough.
Beer ‘ o clock.
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Probably don't get good signal out in the bush.
Yep. Lets be honest here, although he did have the odd good game, when he first signed for us he looked like he'd won a competition to play for Man Utd for a game. And that sort of summed up the majority of his footballing career here. Strangely world class in certain matches, and scored one or two ridiculously good goals, which implies that there's a great player in there - well hidden, but there - but his weight of pass considering he is a midfielder was amateurish, he made our whole team look worse because his passing was just slow, predictable, and often put whoever he was passing to in trouble.
Good Luck Fred!
His 20/21 season was really good and we ended up 2nd that season. I really appreciated him that season as he was fantastic. Overall, I thought he was disappointing and a bit strange we never tried to replace either him or McTominay for so long. I was looking up a compilation of him last night, and he did have some absolute world class passes and assists in him, and some incredible ball manipulation moves, but it's a shame he just didn't show it more.
Sad times. Just seemed like a great guy and always played with a smile on his face.
X's now right?
I swear the fee gets lower every time I read it
Any news on why Fulham didn’t end up getting him? Can’t have been the price.
Good luck to Fred. Gave it his all for us every game.
10m euro upfront fee is a disgrace in this market though. He's easily worth 25m.
We should have just kept him.
A much better player than McTominay and VDB. Probably more useful than an aging Eriksen also.
10m euro upfront fee is a disgrace in this market though. He's easily worth 25m.
We should have just kept him.
A much better player than McTominay and VDB. Probably more useful than an aging Eriksen also.
He wouldn’t accept their wage offer.
Let me indulge one final time.
Fred...
Fred...
Love him! Can’t remember a more divisive player although some people seem to think McT is a good player which is crazy to me so what do i know?
Same. On both counts. Fred is so much better than McT. Even with all his flaws. We badly need to replace him, that’s for sure.
Good luck to him. Right choice all around was to move on. Likeable enough though so all the best to him.
Can't believe we actually sold a player. Now on to the next 5.
Dare I say if, it felt like we missed him last night. I’m glad he’s gone but his energy was what we needed in that second half.
Plenty of games last season where subbing off a visibly tired Eriksen for Fred turned the game in our favour. On Monday night we subbed on a visibly tired Eriksen and the game swung in Wolves favour.
Not sure the game suddenly swung to Wolves because of Eriksen. They were better than us all game. Stands to reason they'd get more dominant towards the end of the game.
But getting legs on is only a reaction to the initial problem. That being a lack of control in the game.
Better to get it right from the off, have players on the pitch with a first touch and ability to look after the ball.
Which obviously isn't Fred. Slinging a Fred type player on means something was wrong in the first place.
That's called squad building, he have Mainoo for that role now. And it's unfortunate he is injured, but he will be back soon enough to not let Fred sit out his last year of contract in case of getting 10 mins.
We should not have sold him. With McTominay staying and Maguire refusing to go we can't buy in and as a result we are very light in midfield, reliant on players nowhere near good enough (McTominay, Eriksen) or unproven (the kids).
Had we kept Fred, people on here would have been moaning that he was taking Mainoos minutes
Fred was never good enough. Another awful signing and the fac that he has ended up in Turkey says it all.Had we kept Fred, people on here would have been moaning that he was taking Mainoos minutes
It was the right move to sell Fred. I always had a soft spot for him despite all of his erratic showings. However, keeping McTominay will bite us harder. He came on to win the ball and chase the opposition. He tried what looked like a run, only to be outpaced instantly. He lost just about every aerial duel he went into, and after a brief energetic first two minutes disappeared as he normally does.
Such a strange player.
He was either one of our best players or the opponent's best player. It couldn't even be described as inconsistent really.
He was either one of our best players or the opponent's best player. It couldn't even be described as inconsistent really.
Baby come back
Hated. Adored. Never ignored.
Fred>Eriksen
Must have fell out with ten Hag. Was dropped last season at a point when he was close to being our best performer.
Sold for absolute peanuts and we're left a weaker team because of it. No way do we get torn to shreds yesterday with him alongside Casemiro.
He may not have been world class but he was a damn decent squad option and never hid from a battle.
Energy and stamina in abundance which we lack so badly. We actually need more players like him.
Sold for absolute peanuts and we're left a weaker team because of it. No way do we get torn to shreds yesterday with him alongside Casemiro.
He may not have been world class but he was a damn decent squad option and never hid from a battle.
Energy and stamina in abundance which we lack so badly. We actually need more players like him.
How have we gone into this season letting him go for small change, and turning down £30M for McT.
His absence is going to be felt badly unless we get a new midfielder with his energy.
His absence is going to be felt badly unless we get a new midfielder with his energy.
I think he wanted first team football and he wasn't getting it with us. I liked him but we 100% overpaid.