robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 31 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said: Mikel? Seriously? He played 10 years and almost 400 matches for the club, including many cup finals. Why would you consider him among the worst ones? There was Mineiro, Steve Sidwell, Maniche, Jarosik, Smertin.. Meireles was only here for a season but he was great and Mikel is a great player. Fair enough. I did not say mikel did not play his part. Same with Meireles, but it always baffles me why mikel stayed for so long considering how little playtime he got... always bit parts (consider the time he stayed at the club). Him getting more playtime coincided with our worst moments in that period. we might have developed 3 different younger players in that time. With likely different levels of success. However, the incredible thing is how limited mikel game was. I mean he could do only two very specific things: tackle and pass in very short distances. He had a lot of difficulties with long balls and pretty much every other aspect of the game. i mean we criticize drinkwater here but that guy is a lot more rounded than mikel (no pun :)). He can shoot score, hit a long ball. Mikel never did any of these things. still bakayoko can not even control the football, so it’s silly to go on and talk about other aspects of his game. nyikolajevics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1905didierblue 748 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 People surely did not watch milan this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Supermonkey92 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio8 736 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 On 25/6/2019 at 6:54 AM, the wes said: Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,185 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Antonio8 said: cheeky swap Alonso, Bakayoko, Drinkwater, Zappacosta, Bats plus £125m for Mbappe (and Mbappe can go back on loan until the bans end) clears a shedload of salary and deadweight, Bats would possibly thrive in Ligue 1, PSG needs fullbacks,, they need MFers, and they get Mbappe for one last try at the CL, hell I might even toss in Luiz (PSG wanted him back badly last year but we said no, so they bought Kehrer, who would have been perfect in Sarriball, and can play RB as well) with a little less cash and roll with our CB's being Rudiger (hopefully recovers quickly) AC Happy Ampadu Tomori or Jake Clarke-Salter Azpi can play CB as well if we wanted to loan out either Clarke-Salter or Tomori or Ampadu (if we had no bans I think all 3 would have been loaned out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio8 736 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 4 hours ago, Vesper said: cheeky swap Alonso, Bakayoko, Drinkwater, Zappacosta, Bats plus £125m for Mbappe (and Mbappe can go back on loan until the bans end) clears a shedload of salary and deadweight, Bats would possibly thrive in Ligue 1, PSG needs fullbacks,, they need MFers, and they get Mbappe for one last try at the CL, hell I might even toss in Luiz (PSG wanted him back badly last year but we said no, so they bought Kehrer, who would have been perfect in Sarriball, and can play RB as well) with a little less cash and roll with our CB's being Rudiger (hopefully recovers quickly) AC Happy Ampadu Tomori or Jake Clarke-Salter Azpi can play CB as well if we wanted to loan out either Clarke-Salter or Tomori or Ampadu (if we had no bans I think all 3 would have been loaned out) sorry can't resist the wes and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMabz 61 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 I wonder if Bakayoko could be a temporary stop-gap while RLC is recovering. Probably a really useful player early on in the season if the next manager can tap into his athleticism and physical attributes. Could he be a poor mans RLC? Bursting runs and using his strength to be a presence in the midfield? Maybe.... Maybe not....But I do think he could be a useful squad player next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 I'd rather give that to Mount. Johnnyeye, Alabama, BigMabz and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 The problem with having liabilities in the roster, in my book having a poor first touch qualifies, is that they eventually end up playing. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,185 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Robchels said: The problem with having liabilities in the roster, in my book having a poor first touch qualifies, is that they eventually end up playing. Unless it is Drinkwater, lol FFS can we just dump him, do not care what we get for fee as long as it it around £15m to £20m , and get his crazy wages off our books Bakayoko seems a luxury player as we already have seven potential (actually 10 if you go deep) MF'ers NOT counting Baka Jorginho Ampadu (if not loaned out) who can play DH DMF or straight DMF as well Kante Kovacic Mount (if not loaned out) RLC Barkley not to mention Marco van Ginkel (needs to be sold if finally healthy, plus he turns 27 in 5 months, so not like he has a decade of footie ahead) and the above-mentioned Donkeywater (turns 30yo in March, so REALLY needs to be sold NOW, what a fucking disastrous almsot £70m move by Marina the puppet), and also Lewis Baker (sell please, he turns 25 next April and is clearly not to Chels level) Just say NO to BakayoKO sell baby sell, IMHO (unless Lamps has some bizarre plan for him, which I cannot see, as he will NEVER be close to Essien level, let alone the god-like Makélélé) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,918 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I wouldn't mind giving Baka another chance to become a rotational option. Look at Sissoko for Spuds. Everyone laughed at him and thought he was a clown. He was labelled a massive bust of a signing by Spuds. Remember when Eric Dier was the next hot thing for both Spuds and England? Sissoko came in for the injured Dier if I recall correctly, was given massive incidence, and is now one of the first names on their team sheet. Dier was nearly irrelevant for them last season. Maybe if Baka feels the "love," gains confidence, and plays alongside players to mask his deficiencies he can be a valuable member of the squad. When we need a super physical team for a particular opponent a midfield 3 containing him may prove useful, who knows. 1905didierblue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,382 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Sissoko is a shambles. Cost Spurs the CL and the amount of sitters I've seen him miss is astounding. robsblubot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 43 minutes ago, Vesper said: Unless it is Drinkwater, lol FFS can we just dump him, do not care what we get for fee as long as it it around £15m to £20m , and get his crazy wages off our books Bakayoko seems a luxury player as we already have seven potential (actually 10 if you go deep) MF'ers NOT counting Baka Jorginho Ampadu (if not loaned out) who can play DH DMF or straight DMF as well Kante Kovacic Mount (if not loaned out) RLC Barkley not to mention Marco van Ginkel (needs to be sold if finally healthy, plus he turns 27 in 5 months, so not like he has a decade of footie ahead) and the above-mentioned Donkeywater (turns 30yo in March, so REALLY needs to be sold NOW, what a fucking disastrous almsot £70m move by Marina the puppet), and also Lewis Baker (sell please, he turns 25 next April and is clearly not to Chels level) Just say NO to BakayoKO sell baby sell, IMHO (unless Lamps has some bizarre plan for him, which I cannot see, as he will NEVER be close to Essien level, let alone the god-like Makélélé) Haha yeah I thought bout him when writing. we did a good job limiting his playing time... it’s a hard thing to do esp when a new manager comes along and asks, “what about that guy?” heh sissoko is a poor player and definitely one of the players holding them back. And still a lot better, skill wise, than bakayoko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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the wes 7,212 Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 22 minutes ago, Jason said: How many midfielders do psg want lol I'll be very suprise if utd try signing him fingers crossed we get back what we paid for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 And they have just signed that fraud Herrera. robsblubot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I'd say these were just rumours, but Utd did overpay for a past it Matic. They have money to burn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Hazard! 3,394 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 United keep buying overpriced players that can only barely play football. In that sense this buy would not be a surprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1905didierblue 748 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 If united actually buy him, we should sell them DD for free. As a good will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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