FreakyJim
90% of teams play better football than us
It's the name Woodward pulled out of his arse. That's how we sign players it seems.
Yeah, Woody would buy a midfielder for 50m, just like that It is more a case of him getting recommended to Jose from scouts/club if he wasnt a Jose suggestion per se. Woody pulls the trigger, but i doubt he is the one bringing up players.It's the name Woodward pulled out of his arse. That's how we sign players it seems.
I imagine it went more like this. What City want to sign Fred? We will sign him instead he much be great. Same thing happened with Sanchez.It's the name Woodward pulled out of his arse. That's how we sign players it seems.
I’d agree with that. Maybe we’ll see in the next few weeks/months whether he’s worth keeping. His early contribution today was to give away possession in midfield. We’ve all seen players look poor early (e.g. Evra) but improve quickly to become dominant. Jury’s still out.I've gone past caring who starts and who doesn't as we serve up the same dross no matter what, but Fred is the exception to this. Give the man some games to get into his groove and see for real if he can perform at the level he needs to or not, otherwise there's no point in buying him in the first place.
His early contribution was losing the ball but he tracked back and won the possession back. After that he played very well I thought.I’d agree with that. Maybe we’ll see in the next few weeks/months whether he’s worth keeping. His early contribution today was to give away possession in midfield. We’ve all seen players look poor early (e.g. Evra) but improve quickly to become dominant. Jury’s still out.
Pure joy hopefully. Trust in Ole and Phelan, Carrick and McKenna.He's similar to Pogba in the sense that he always looks for forward & fancy passes. Both of them in the same line up would either be disaster or joy.
Hope Ole can work it out.
they started pumping balls into the box and you wanted ole to put on fred ?Ole preferred a 19 y.o. Dalot and 22 y.o. McTominay to kill off the game against Spurs. The message is as clear as watching on OLED Tv.
Doesn't explain 19 y.o. Dalot sub. And it's not like he and McTominay were staying at the back, clearing up crosses.they started pumping balls into the box and you wanted ole to put on fred ?
He played on the 'right wing' and was mostly there to track Tottenham's leftback.Doesn't explain 19 y.o. Dalot sub.
If Ole rated him, Fred'd still in. You could see our midfield was a mess and run out of steam.He played on the 'right wing' and was mostly there to track Tottenham's leftback.
Precisely, was defensive cover for Young. We were being overrun in the middle, Ive seen nothing to suggest Fred would have helped.He played on the 'right wing' and was mostly there to track Tottenham's leftback.
dalot came on to play on as a defensive winger, Not sure what fred would have done there. Mata would have been the only other choice. Spurs went route 1. I dont think fred is very good, or atleast good for us, but the argument made makes no sense as other players attributes were needed. Poch took off winks and brought on llorente. There is no need for fred after that even if he was in the form of his life. we also brought on lukaku does that also need explaing as to why he came on instead of fred to play striker?Doesn't explain 19 y.o. Dalot sub. And it's not like he and McTominay were staying at the back, clearing up crosses.
That's BS. If we had a shortie Hazard or David Silva or even Scott Parker on the bench, he'd be in. That midfield need someone who can be a good outlet and provide some energy.dalot came on to play on as a defensive winger, Not sure what fred would have done there. Mata would have been the only other choice. Spurs went route 1. I dont think fred is very good, or atleast good for us, but the argument made makes no sense as other players attributes were needed. Poch took off winks and brought on llorente. There is no need for fred after that even if he was in the form of his life.
To be fair, one specializes playing on the flank, the other is a central midfielder. Fred has drifted out wide before, but since he can be positionally suspect, I can understand putting Dalot on over him.If Ole rated him, Fred'd still in. You could see our midfield was a mess and run out of steam.
Killing off the game in big game, you don't subbed in 19 and 22 y.o. of relatively nobodies, instead of a 25 y.o. pro, if you rate the later.
Mourinho wanting them to irritate Pep, and Woodward thinking that if we get the players City want we will beat them?I do think we buy some players under Woodward so City don’t get them.
I have an image of Woodward in his office playing Football Manager, scrolling down transfer gossip icon seeing who city are linked with and going out and buying them
Exactly. Ole doesn't rate him in any of those positions. The McTominay's height excuse doesn't really match reality, when he's in on the 90+ min replacing Pogba who barely there for his height. Spurs had been crossing like Moyes managing them since the 2nd half start.To be fair, one specializes playing on the flank, the other is a central midfielder. Fred has drifted out wide before, but since he can be positionally suspect, I can understand putting Dalot on over him.
TBF, we were starved of possession so putting on another midfielder with technical quality made sense too.they started pumping balls into the box and you wanted ole to put on fred ?
We were starving of possession so let's put a midfielder who loses every ball and gets dispossessed easily, make sense yeah ?TBF, we were starved of possession so putting on another midfielder with technical quality made sense too.