xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Matic played 2694 mins in the PL last season, we've sold him to a direct rival, and absolutely nobody cares. That speaks volumes. YorkshireBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted July 31, 2017 Popular Post! Share Posted July 31, 2017 Mancs getting excited over this lol. Truth is his first season here was very good, but he's declined so much after that, instead of raising his game. Good player to have against lesser sides, but looking forward to seeing United play the big dogs in PL and Champions League nights with that midfield. Pogba can't track back and tackle for his life. Pressure is going to be on Matic and Herrera to do the dirty work and frankly this is the only thing they are good at. Any decent midfield will run this United team over. Matic was good for Chelsea against lesser sides, but I can't remember any big game past his 1st season here where he was of any use. Every single decent midfield pair we've faced with Matic in the middle of the park was a shit show. He even looked like a crippled Lee Cattermole against a Ramsey - Xhaka pair in the FA Cup Final. Bottom line is Matic will provide the protection they need in some games, but against the big teams a midfield pair of Matic and Herrera is going to be fun to watch. I'd have tried hard for Spurs' Dembele if I was Mourinho and ready to spend silly money on 30 year olds. At least Dembele is different class from Matic. Already 30 but who cares. Matic will be 30 in a year too. And certainly not going to get better. Great money for a 29 yo going into his final year of his contract next summer. We've already brought his replacement in a better player, Bakayoko. Now time to bring in at least two back-up central midfielders of decent quality. oldportblue, Tomo, Beigl and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 31, 2017 Popular Post! Share Posted July 31, 2017 It's great money, but it's only great money if we spend it in the right area and player. kellzfresh, MichaelDance, Johnnyeye and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldportblue 547 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 says it all really. unless he has a miraculous upturn of form, we made the right decision to sell him... (still would have much preferred that we sell him abroad, as opposed to helping the annoying mourinho but what can you do) stats from BBC, reposted on reddit  mccg and TheIceMan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Good move if we spend the money to sign another CM. What a bad move, if we don't sign any other CM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 1 hour ago, xPetrCechx said: Matic played 2694 mins in the PL last season, we've sold him to a direct rival, and absolutely nobody cares. That speaks volumes. Are you trolling? At least half of the posters in this thread have complained about the transfer. MichaelDance, The Skipper and Johnnyeye 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStorm1003 539 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Sad days for the forum, this means Red Cafe have just signed TheWiz as well.  Now, on a serious note, I just hope the club already have a replacement in line. Thanks for the service Matic! I would wish you well but, you know, Mancs... the wes, The Skipper and OhForAGreavsie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Fulham Broadway 17,313 Posted July 31, 2017 Popular Post! Share Posted July 31, 2017 Mixed for me -would have preferred if he'd gone abroad. But 40m for a 30 year old who has the turning circle of an oil tanker aint too bad. Just him going to the redshite has induced a little bit of sick in my mouth... MichaelDance, The Skipper, kellzfresh and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tautvix 1,321 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 25 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said: Good move if we spend the money to sign another CM. What a bad move, if we don't sign any other CM. Still good move if we spend the money to get CM who is Drinkwater? xPetrCechx and the wes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Chuck some of it at Drinkwater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo7 3,496 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Luckily we got that 14 day cooling off period...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 IMO far more valuable player than at first sight. But for that money at this age and he is clearly declining...probably good business. However we need to spend that money now on quality experienced midfielder, because we realy need one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 1 hour ago, BlueStorm1003 said: Sad days for the forum, this means Red Cafe have just signed TheWiz as well. Â Â I'm going to miss TheWiz fella his head was lit lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! guddy6969 201 Posted July 31, 2017 Popular Post! Share Posted July 31, 2017 Â zakhov, Tautvix, kellzfresh and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDance 552 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 1 hour ago, guddy6969 said: Â and he won't win another premier league trophy Poor him. the wes and Fulham Broadway 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 5 hours ago, Tautvix said: Still good move if we spend the money to get CM who is Drinkwater? Yes, any top CM who drink water will do. Tautvix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Don't like selling to title rival but it make sense financially. We probably set 40 m as the price. Juve only want to pay 20 m. There is no other party willing to go to at that price except united similar to k. Walker transfer. As long as we spend the money for a good player, this can be a brilliant transfer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 40m for a player who has declined so much he is only average at best and this only a few games per year so yeah, this is really decent business. I don't mind having him at Utd where Mourinho is once again assembling squad of twiggy beanpoles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 If only this money could be passed on to Spurs for Dembele... Don't care about the money. Chels have been making a lot of money lately but it's not like it's being spent on securing top class additions. But those are just my views as a fan who only cares about the happenings on the pitch. Maybe the club actually needs this money. Blue-in-me-Veins, The Skipper and Fernando 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccg 1,528 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Don't know why the board didn't wait until at least we had a player lined up , ohh thats right that would to sensible for the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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