Sparky Rhiwabon
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Another question - how many of those 20 players have we improved? Which ones played better for us than they did at their previous club/s?
We haven't improved anyone we've bought since Hernandez or Smalling or somethingAnother question - how many of those 20 players have we improved? Which ones played better for us than they did at their previous club/s?
Classic negativity, we've signed players who have won us games against rivals and trophies, but it's still not good enough for some..Best - Matic, Bailly and Lukaku
Worst - Everyone else
I would put Schweistiger and Schneiderlin as 2nd and 3rd worst deal. Hardly play them, practically write off on investment.Best transfer - De Gea, well he was basically a RM player
Worst transfer - Depay
None of the players bought since SAF has been an absolute success, kind of depressing. Even Matic is looking very poor lately.
I fully agree with this, to put these players in hit and miss boxes is to easy. All those players were scouted at some time or another and bought to strengthen our team, nearly all were exciting prospects (the names we knew) when they joined and everyone was happy they were a Red.Best and worst is too simplistic, in my opinion. I really can't think of any that have lived up to expectations.
We didn't get the Mata of 11/12
We didn't get the Schneirderlin of 12-14
We didn't get the di Maria of 13/14
Neither the Depay of 14/15
The Mkhi of 15/16
The same applies to a lot of our players. Maybe we've failed them or they've failed us. The last time we got the best out of a player we signed was RvP 12/13.
Best - players that were bought for a purpose and fit that purpose excellently
Matic, Zlatan, Romero
Good - players that improve the team but haven't reached expectations (yet?)
Pogba, Lukaku, Mata, Martial, Bailly, Herrera
Average - not bad, but not that good either
Fellaini, Blind, Rojo
Poor - players that had some promise but ultimately haven't offered as much as we hoped
Di Maria, Mkhitaryan, Shaw, Lindelof
Terrible - players that offered nothing
Schneiderlin, Darmian, Schweinsteiger, Falcao, Valdes, Depay
Best: LukakuOur transfers in:
Lukaku: 80 million
Matic: 40 million
Lindelof: 32 million
Pogba: 95 million
Mkhitaryan: 40 million
Bailly: 38 million
Zlatan: Free
Martial: 55 million
Depay: 30 milllion
Schniderlin: 30 million
Darmian: 16 million
Romero: Free
Schweinstiger: 8 million
Di Maria: 67 million
Shaw: 30 million
Herrera: 30 million
Rojo: 16 million
Blind: 16 million
Mata: 40 milion
Fellaini: 30 million
Angel Di Maria sums up everything
Brilliant coup, signing the man who got the Motm in the CL for Real Madrid just months earlier, and we make him look like a League one player.
I don't understand how you can dismiss them already since they are still at the club. Haven't set the world alight but hopefully they have a long future aheadDi Maria, Lukaku and Pogba would have been great signings if we had a cohesive team with a set idea of play. We could sign anyone and they’d look worse here..
Game of opinions..here's my take added abioveOur transfers in:
Lukaku: 80 million - Good - but we know we haven't got the best out of him yet
Matic: 40 million - Good
Lindelof: 32 million - Very poor Looks a scandalously poor choice so far
Pogba: 95 million Good - but we're frustrated as we know he should be dominating ever week
Mkhitaryan: 40 million Decent in patches, but two major spells of having to just be left out made it an all in poor signing
Bailly: 38 million Good - yet doubts in the latter half about injuries and whether he can even keep Smalling-Jones out
Zlatan: Free Good - and even then he seemed to miss loads
Martial: 55 million Fairly good - but difficult last 6 months to see if he has a role
Depay: 30 million Very poor - aside from bullying a couple of dutch teams, pure mediocrity. For a free kick expert couldn't keep one on the pitch
Schniderlin: 30 million Average - just didn't provide much
Darmian: 16 million Average - strong first month, then just pure average since. Probably not completed 90mins without a booking more than 5 times
Romero: Free Good - for the role planned, very good
Schweinstiger: 8 million Average - not the superstar of old, but particularly bad, just average
Di Maria: 67 million Poor - excellent first month, then attitude and form fell to pieces
Shaw: 30 million Average - so much expected, and the good form has been long forgotten. Just average to date
Herrera: 30 million Good - has been decently good so far. Suspect he hasn't quite got enough in the locker to be a league winning team starter
Rojo: 16 million Average. One great spell, but otherwise poor to average usually.
Blind: 16 million Average - Decent squad fill
Mata: 40 million Fairly good - but has never quite fir the bill for us, through some less than flowing attacking teams
Fellaini: 30 million Average - some good goals, and has his perks, but generally average
Our transfers in:
Lukaku: 80 million A-
Matic: 40 million A
Lindelof: 32 million C+
Pogba: 95 million B+
Mkhitaryan: 40 million D-
Bailly: 38 million B-
Zlatan: Free A+
Martial: 55 million B-
Depay: 30 milllion E
Schniderlin: 30 million F
Darmian: 16 million D-
Romero: Free A
Schweinstiger: 8 million D
Di Maria: 67 million F
Shaw: 30 million E
Herrera: 30 million A-
Rojo: 16 million C-
Blind: 16 million C-
Mata: 40 milion B
Fellaini: 30 million C+