Wishlist Wesley Sneijder

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Ok so you are stupid then. I am fully aware of how many games Oscar and hazard played! but you said who was Mata's backup and mentioned Benayoun so do you really think if Mata missed the last 3 months of the season for example that Benayoun would have been our number 10??? LOOOL of course not Hazard or Oscar would have played there instead with Moses/Marin/Benayoun/Torres playing out wide!

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See how fucking annoying that is? You Parrot.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Price is not the problem, how much will his wage be?

Tbf, I don't think his wages are that high. I remember something like 5m per year when he moved to Gala..

[cujo101 75]

Very good player but not that keen as the team has other priorities like a quality defensive midfielder, backup goalkeeper & of course striker.

[Leif 6,006]

I think his wages are currently around £95k a week.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

So how is an attacking midfielder in a system which doesn't use 2 strikers going to affect him?

No. No he can't. Unless you think Mata or De Bruyne etc. can also play as a striker.

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Not more than an in-prime Del Piero but the 38 year old version, sure.

deary me! this is getting very tedious! at the end of the day the main topic is Sneijder not Piazon! why dont you back up with some facts why he would be a good signing to rot on the bench for us and maybe get a few games in the Coc cup?

If his name wasn't sneijder and you looked at his performances since 2011 would you think he would be a good signing? or that he even deserves to be linked with any top club in Europe?

[fAnta 107]

So how is an attacking midfielder in a system which doesn't use 2 strikers going to affect him?

In all fairness sneijder's best position is also a second striker:

"I don't like playing in central midfield at all,I like to be further forward closer to goal … better a second striker than a central midfielder."

Under Mourinho it was almost the same dictating play in the more forward position creating chances galore for Milito,Pandev, eto'o etc. Having said that he has been on a remarkable decline since 2010 and that cant be understated after seeing the heights he was at in 2010. There's a reason all the big teams all of sudden changed their minds in buying him but under Mourinho, the man who always reveres him as instilling him with the condifence to play "against the rest of the world" his form could change but this is all hypothetically speaking very easy but as we know with Torres it really isn't. still if mou wants him for a few mill i wouldn't mind it but he will not be a starting player with mata,hazard and oscar all higher in the pecking order. honestly i'd wouldn;t mind a player like sneijder but he is not priority. Let's go and get a dm and a striker before we look to stock up in postitons we are quite blessed with already.infact i doubt the veracity of this info its easy to put this article together with mou joining a club but i doubt it.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

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See how fucking annoying that is? You Parrot.

not annoying at all!

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[nono 791]

I don't really think he'll come since we need a central midfielder more. This is just lazy journalism.

[Leif 6,006]

How did Sneijder play as a second-striker though when his current club has 2 strikers ahead of him and he was used to 2 strikers ahead of him in Milito and Eto'o?

Sneijder is a third-striker now

[Pacquiao 1,834]

"Like Everton or Swansea".

One of those teams is all about tackles, bullying the opposition, being physical, having less possession and hoping to score on the counter-attack.

The other team is a possession-based team who rarely lose the ball, rely on slick passing and flair, are more direct and almost try and walk the ball into the goal.

Neither of these teams utilise a #10 by the way.

What are you on about?

Haha having less possession yet Everton kept more possession than Chelsea at Stamford Bridge! you do realise they are getting a new manager dont you and will most likely play a more possession based game next season under possibly Martinez! and as for Swansea they would suit Sneijder well a mediocre team who can pass the ball well, they can stick him in the hole and be happy with his average performances.

[The Skipper 20,609]

I don't want Sneijder but to say he's overrated? What the hell? Is everyone overrated now? Blimey.

[Leif 6,006]

Haha having less possession yet Everton kept more possession than Chelsea at Stamford Bridge!

So you don't want me posting a video of one game Sneijder played in yet you're using one game as an example to try and tell me Everton are a possession team? We were a counter-attacking team last season who gave them possession.

you do realise they are getting a new manager dont you and will most likely play a more possession based game next season under possibly Martinez!

No. Not really. Martinez will play to their strengths. They don't have the players for the sort of style you're suggesting. Can you imagine Fellaini playing an Iniesta role while Gibson acts as Xavi or Pirlo dictating play?

and be happy with his average performances.

They knocked us out the cup last season in style. If they can accept his average performances why can't we?

You've also now admitted he'd suit a possession system. That's the system Roman has allegedly been wanted implemented here for a while now. Yet more fire as to why he'd be an understandable signing.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

I think his wages are currently around £95k a week.

If that's true then I think he'd be worth a bid. I would've imagined he was on more though (the whole Man. Utd saga springs to mind, although there were a lot of false stories about his demands at the time).

We've struggled with genuine quality on the bench this season so I wouldn't be against us signing Sneijder. Still don't think it'll happen though.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

I don't want Sneijder but to say he's overrated? What the hell? Is everyone overrated now? Blimey.

you do realise saying someone is overrated doesn't mean your saying they are crap. But yeah he is overrated, he has done nothing for years as he is in a sharp decline, he has been poor at Galatasaray, and yet people think he can come to one of the hardest leagues in the world to play for a team with ambition to win every trophy and think he will be successful! that is an overrated player in my book.

[The Skipper 20,609]

He didn't have his best season because he was playing in a more advanced role, he had his best season because everything he attempted to do seemed to be exactly like he wanted. For me he was the best player in the world that season.

He didn't play in the hole for Netherlands because they played 4-3-3 and he is not playing there for Galatasaray, in fact if you've watched his games there you'd clearly see that he is playing the deepest man in a 3-man midfield (which is why I compared him to Pirlo and Xavi; I meant his position, not necessarily his playing style).

We obviously have different definitions of what the number 10 role is, which is fine. For me this role is personified by Mata; someone is a creative midfielder and can find that killer assist but is also a second striker and can get in the box and finish very well. On any account, however you define the number 10 position is irrelevant to the point I was making the first post and that is: Sneijder cannot be Mata's replacement in our current system.

No. Holland implemented the 4-2-3-1 system with Sneijder as our number 10 in 2010, when he had Nigel De Jong and MVB behind him and had Robben and VDV/Kuyt flanking him (all interchanging to be honest) whilst also having RVP upfront.

Sneijder can easily be a Mata's substitute, his best years have come whilst playing as the player behind the striker. The thing with Sneijder is that he's quite versatile - he'll play decent ish on the flank or a bit deeper in midfield but his best position is as a number 10. If you think Sneijder isn't able to perform the role Mata is I think you need to go watch some old footage of him. I mean I've been following him since his Ajax days so I know exactly the type of player he is - he's actually quite similar to Mata attribute wise - both can provide that killer pass, both have exquisite technique and both have a good finish on them.

How anyone could say you can't compare Sneijder to Mata is bewildering.

Regardless I don't want him here because he's not going to sit and be a squad player and he's not going to cut his wages down.