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Seen him a few times this season, been average tbh. Would be decent back up though and least he can stay fit.
The money quoted around is ridiculous though... 30-40mil.
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Filipe Anderson is just another nani...he isn't that good...
He'd have like 8 good games in 25 games total
And his first touch is as good and rooney's
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This is just hilarious
The problem is that with Real's superclub status, that's the bare minimum expected. He should be ploughing through the smaller clubs like they aren't there, what any Madrid manager will ultimately be judged on is the big games. He managed to lose or draw to Sevilla, Barca, Valencia, Villareal and Atletico. The only bigger team he has beaten in his tenure is PSG, and that was a very tight 1-0 that they easily could have drawn.
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Was trying to think of a player earlier to compare him to and you hit the nail on the head with that one!
Nani on his day was awesome but so inconsistent, I'd put Anderson on the same level, just not as awesome when he is playing well. Wouldn't spend over 15 million on him to be honest
Maybe we just have to accept that we no longer have a genius like SAF who can get average players performing out of their skin so has exposed our squad to the quality it really is under Moyes and LVG?
Lets be honest here, even now does anyone consider this anything like the calibre of a United team that would win major competitions? Even people said in the last season Fergie won the title with the squad he has was a miracle in itself. We're short at the moment of a United team with the quality to still win big competitions. Why? Because the club hasn't been ran well from a footballing perspective since SAF left, maybe during his final few seasons as well.
Majority of our transfer business (incomings and outgoings) over last few seasons just screams out lack of planning or less reliance on the scouting system like we used to when we bought players under the radar who were already performing at a good level but we could get them to their best, rather than buying the very best 'or the current big thing' at a premium price which our current transfer policy seems to involve moreso doing.
Lets be honest here, even now does anyone consider this anything like the calibre of a United team that would win major competitions? Even people said in the last season Fergie won the title with the squad he has was a miracle in itself. We're short at the moment of a United team with the quality to still win big competitions. Why? Because the club hasn't been ran well from a footballing perspective since SAF left, maybe during his final few seasons as well.
Majority of our transfer business (incomings and outgoings) over last few seasons just screams out lack of planning or less reliance on the scouting system like we used to when we bought players under the radar who were already performing at a good level but we could get them to their best, rather than buying the very best 'or the current big thing' at a premium price which our current transfer policy seems to involve moreso doing.
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Generally speaking, most Spanish clubs' operations revolve around the president. It's not structured like others where roles are interspersed among departments in moderately shared responsibilities. The manager controls the staff, players, and training; the president with effectively everything else.
However, because Real Madrid endlessly propagates this self-fulfilling prophecy, it leads to as much euphoria and grandiose expectations as it does mini-crises and derision. Thus, either one or the other has to go.
It's the same thing every season: a run of games where they look unstoppable (8-0 Malmo, 10-2 Rayo), blemished by less than convincing results (0-4 Barcelona, 0-1 Villarreal). Then, the following two games are do-or-die, someone gets the guillotine (the manager) in May or sooner, and it starts over again.
No one in the world - let alone Europe - engineers its own publicity and self-image as they do. All there was is, and ever will be is Real Madrid. The only club you will ever want to be associated with. Why in the world would you want to play for anyone else?
It's because of turbulent presidents such as Pérez and Calderón before him that make it impossible to see sustainable progress. Or even feel sympathetic as Scouse pointed out.
However, because Real Madrid endlessly propagates this self-fulfilling prophecy, it leads to as much euphoria and grandiose expectations as it does mini-crises and derision. Thus, either one or the other has to go.
It's the same thing every season: a run of games where they look unstoppable (8-0 Malmo, 10-2 Rayo), blemished by less than convincing results (0-4 Barcelona, 0-1 Villarreal). Then, the following two games are do-or-die, someone gets the guillotine (the manager) in May or sooner, and it starts over again.
No one in the world - let alone Europe - engineers its own publicity and self-image as they do. All there was is, and ever will be is Real Madrid. The only club you will ever want to be associated with. Why in the world would you want to play for anyone else?
It's because of turbulent presidents such as Pérez and Calderón before him that make it impossible to see sustainable progress. Or even feel sympathetic as Scouse pointed out.
Haha, that's comical considering the abuse he gets.
Don't see how I'm doomsday at all lately, I'm just offering my personal opinion, if that's too much to handle for you perhaps forums aren't for you.
Plus is there really much to be totally optimistic lately being a United fan? Well there is only two words that can be:
Anthony Martial.
He feeds of depression and despair.
Idk wtf that loan was going to achieve in the first place, good to have him back but Idk if he solves much, if anything.
No player alone will solve anything. Problem is with tactics.
Hopefully it achieved Januzaj pulling his head out of his ***, and realizing he's not actually a second coming. Complete failure of that loan was all down to his ego. He could've spend a year in Championship being a guaranteed starter, but he insisted on Dortmund, evidently thinking he will simply walk into first squad of one of best teams in Bundesliga.
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More fool Utd for allowing it when a further education in English football would of been far more beneficial regardless.