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In the recent past, Blind stands out for me.
He hardly ever plays, and when he did he had a decent partnership with jones for that short period when they were both fit. Don’t understand why people have such a problem with the guy.Rojo shouldnt have been sold........
To united
That was due to Van Gaal’s obsession with pointless possession football. He needed to offload forwards and spend big on midfielders. Chicharito’s poaching style and his lack of quality in build-up play didn’t fit the “philosophy”. Then his missed penalty in a friendly and the famous Van Gaal “look” to Ryan Giggs was his death knell.Chicharito (never understood the rush to get rid of this guy)
It was a little bit more complicated than that.This Evans stuff needs to stop. Do people forget how bad he was in his last couple of years with us? That last season was absolutely diabolical. The entire stadium would groan or gasp every time the ball went near him. Credit to him for rebuilding his career but he is at his level now. Don't want.
This is a majorly inaccurate summary. He actually got injured in the fifth game of the season (we were 2-1 up at the time, see if you can guess which match it was) and didn't come back until we thumped Liverpool just before Christmas. When he played for the rest of the season he was mostly fine, and then, yeah, that 'spitting' nonsense happened and noted brain-genius Louis Van Gaal decided Paddy McNair was a better bet and sold him, cheered on by the typically astute fans we find on the caf. He's certainly a much better defender than anyone we've had at the back since we sold him, with the possible exception of Maguire.LvG gave him a decent chance at the start of his first season but he was absolutely diabolical, both in the experimental back five (which quite a lot of posters on here thought he’d prosper in) and a back four after the five was abandoned. The MK Dons debacle was probably his nadir, after which he was dropped.
Later on in that season our usual centre back injury crisis resulted in him being forced back into the side. He actually had a decent run of form, but it all ended when he received a lengthy ban for spitting “at” a Newcastle player. That incident exhausted LvG’s patience and he was unceremoniously sold. I don’t remember anyone on here crying over the decision at the time.
Well Anderson and Kagawa had many admirers on here! It was a collective failure and why Evans should escape criticism is beyond me.This is a majorly inaccurate summary. He actually got injured in the fifth game of the season (we were 2-1 up at the time, see if you can guess which match it was) and didn't come back until we thumped Liverpool just before Christmas. When he played for the rest of the season he was mostly fine, and then, yeah, that 'spitting' nonsense happened and noted brain-genius Louis Van Gaal decided Paddy McNair was a better bet and sold him, cheered on by the typically astute fans we find on the caf. He's certainly a much better defender than anyone we've had at the back since we sold him, with the possible exception of Maguire.
Also, holding that semi-legendary MK dons result against any one other the manager who put out a midfield pair of Anderson and Kagawa is ridiculous.
Evans could work if he had one of the all time Prem greats like Ferdinand or Vidic next to him, but otherwise never cut it for me, and loads of others.It was a little bit more complicated than that.
He was terrible in Moyes’ season. LvG gave him a decent chance at the start of his first season but he was absolutely diabolical, both in the experimental back five (which quite a lot of posters on here thought he’d prosper in) and a back four after the five was abandoned. The MK Dons debacle was probably his nadir, after which he was dropped.
Later on in that season our usual centre back injury crisis resulted in him being forced back into the side. He actually had a decent run of form, but it all ended when he received a lengthy ban for spitting “at” a Newcastle player. That incident exhausted LvG’s patience and he was unceremoniously sold. I don’t remember anyone on here crying over the decision at the time.
It was that uncomfortable realisation that he's a one trick pony.Memphis is still just as inconsistent from what I've seen and heard. Highlights player.
I don't have any 'proof' beyond how incredibly mediocre the United careers of every fecking CB we've had in recent years except maybe Smalling has been, but that argument about nobody wanting him at West Brom seems odd when Pep bid for him more than once.Can you provide any statistical (or other) proof that the bolded bit is true? He didn’t exactly have clubs queuing up to sign him from lowly West Brom.
Oh did he? I don’t remember that. He also bid for Sanchez and FredI don't have any 'proof' beyond how incredibly mediocre the United careers of every fecking CB we've had in recent years except maybe Smalling has been, but that argument about nobody wanting him at West Brom seems odd when Pep bid for him more than once.