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McClair was really good in his younger years. He literally saved SAF from his job. Guess that's why Fergie love him.McClair and Phelan. Fergie loved them both bang average at best.
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McClair was really good in his younger years. He literally saved SAF from his job. Guess that's why Fergie love him.McClair and Phelan. Fergie loved them both bang average at best.
His first season he was brilliant. First player to score 30 goals since Best. After that though he seemed to be moved into a deeper position and his lack of pace and technique was severely highlighted. Fergie loved him though. I’m sure Red Issue used to call him the prodigal son or something similar.McClair was really good in his younger years. He literally saved SAF from his job. Guess that's why Fergie love him.
I think if you look historically, milner was never appreciated by a lot of fans other than liverpool ones (and even that's just recently given they appreciate his age and actually what he has brought to the club).Milner? Liverpool fans love Milner, or am I missing the point of the thread?
United fans loved him, but not sure other fans rated him as they rated players like Giggs for instanceEh? The fans loved him.
Read a stat somewhere the other day that Mount, at 2.5 years younger and taking less penalties and free kicks, is outperforming Lampard by about 50 minutes per goal/assist across their first 2.5 seasons at Chelsea. That was a bit of an eye opener for me.Mason Mount for England under Southgate
McClair was anything but "bang average".McClair and Phelan. Fergie loved them both bang average at best.
And in Redknapp’s bank account no doubt.Krancjar and Redknapp, a love affair made in the depths of the table.
He was, fergie loved him but he had no great qualities. The fans groaned that he played as often as he did. He used to score about six goals a season after his first season.McClair was anything but "bang average".
And in Redknapp’s bank account no doubt.
One of my favorites at the time. Really liked him as a right back too.Wasnt Antonio Valencia in this category for a long time. I think it was only near his end here where (and after leaving) where fans really started to value/rate him..
Probably in his middle years. 2012 to 2015. Was brilliant before and rediscovered as a RB and captain after.Wasnt Antonio Valencia in this category for a long time. I think it was only near his end here where (and after leaving) where fans really started to value/rate him..
How can you get close to 500 games for the greatest manager of all time if you are bang average? Beeing a reliable squad player who can play in multiple roles is a great quality to have. In fact, it’s one of those qualities that win you the league.He was, fergie loved him but he had no great qualities. The fans groaned that he played as often as he did. He used to score about six goals a season after his first season.
That’s a great question….one that many reds asked week in week out for years….listen this thread is what it is but McClair was never a player who won us the league….Robson, Keane, Scholes, Giggs, Beckham, Ince, kanchelskis, Sharpe, Bruce, Pallister, Schmeichel, Irwin, Hughes, Cole, Yorke, Rooney, Ronaldo, Vidic, Evra, Rio, VDS, RVN, RVP he was not.How can you get close to 500 games for the greatest manager of all time if you are bang average? Beeing a reliable squad player who can play in multiple roles is a great quality to have. In fact, it’s one of those qualities that win you the league.
Agreed. I’ve a season ticket in the stretford end….I’ve never seen so many players get into scoring positions by running off the back of a player.Scott McTominay, simply unbelievable how Jose, Ole, Ralf and even Fergie all love him. Such an average player in my opinion. Decent energy, not Premier League level technically and even defensively, which everyone heralds him for, all I see is the least positionally aware midfielder in the top half and a very weak player in the challenge.
Fans that read the official magazine did not want him to retire because of his brilliant diary that he published in said magazine. He scored 31 goals in his first season, then he didn't gel with Hughes (when Sir Alex bought him back), and that was the major reason why he scored so few goals. But he was still important because he lent his experience to Scholes and Butt especially. I remember Choccy time and time again intercepting a pass from the opposition and passing it to one of his teammates. He read the game well. McClair also scored the equalizer against West Ham (in the last match of the season) in 1995 in that trophy-less season.How can you get close to 500 games for the greatest manager of all time if you are bang average? Beeing a reliable squad player who can play in multiple roles is a great quality to have. In fact, it’s one of those qualities that win you the league.