NEEJ Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 He's s****, man. Based on what? I've seen him a few times for Man United. But in all fairness to him, getting more football could do good things for him. He was highly rated in France was he not? Was indeed. Underwhelming to say the least but I dont think anyone can judge him based on the limited opportunity he's had over the past year or so. Wish I had faith in the idea he's Routledge's replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Would rather gamble on someone like him than go for someone like SWP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Utter s*** whenever I've seen him. A young Pancrate. Unreal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Wonder what the fee is? Signed for Man Utd for £3 million so probably around that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Would rather gamble on someone like him than go for someone like SWP. This, basically. Got to say I've never been impressed when seeing him play though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Utter s*** whenever I've seen him. A young Pancrate. Unreal. Why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Call me a cynic, but if we sign Obertan, I can realistically see Jonas being on the way out. So we've gone from whinging about no new signings, to complaining about the signigns being rubbish, to exclaiming that it will mean players leaving. Don't you guys get tired of worrying. Give yourself a break. Wow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Would rather gamble on someone like him than go for someone like SWP. This, basically. Got to say I've never been impressed when seeing him play though. He was impressive on the one occasion i have seen him, my mates are Ma Utd fans, and reckon he needs an arm around him and regular first team football, a little like Taraabt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 From what I've seen him, he's got decent pace and very good feet. He just seems to very inconsistent in general play and with his final ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Fast as fuck, pretty much the only good point I've seen from him from his Man United career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 routledge v2 Routledge is better. Routledge b1 then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 If he does sign, I'll give him a chance like. Adds to squad depth at least...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Resale value. If he doesn't make it like Routledge we can easy sell him to someone. Think he's better than Routledge, but can see us playing him beside Ba with our current lineup. Rather him than Gibson, still would have preferred Manu's diouff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Wonder what the fee is? £35million Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Lads. I've seen him every time he's played including this years pre-season. He's been impressive about twice in competitive play. Once in the league cup and the other in the CL against Wolfsburg (a game where Owen scored a hat trick). His debut consisted of him missing from 4 yards out, shooting when he should be squaring and running straight out of play with the ball when under no pressure. It hasn't got much better since then. He's not a good player. We'd snap your hand off to recoup the money for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 At the very least, he's fast and tricky and will give us a decent option off the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Definitely fast as fuck. I just found he had little idea what to do with the ball when he had a hold of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 so people complaining about no signings now complaining about a possible signing? give the guy a chance (if its true) What kind of logic is that? Of course we want new players, but that doesn't meen we want shit. thing is how does anyone know for certain he's shit? Not getting regular games for Man U (especially with Nani and Valencia as competition) does not mean he's utter shit. It would be a gamble but why not give him a go, a regular run of games could be exactly what he needs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 He's made for 4-3-3 like. Either side of the striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Definitely fast as f***. I just found he had little idea what to do with the ball when he had a hold of it. A French Walcott? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I'm not that negative...He's born in 89, although he looks not less than 30 years old. http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSkNHQGueOyl637FIjCC_XgGE4Gp2KZ6FaDKAjGjC9C_XaMf_Yk On the other hand, the wiki report about his career in France is not that impressive. After spending only a year in the reserves, in 2006–07 Obertan signed his first professional contract where he was given the number 26 shirt for the senior squad, signing a three-year contract.[6] On 30 September 2006, at the age of 17 he made his professional debut, playing the last 15 minutes of a 2–0 defeat to Valenciennes.[7] He scored his first goal on 22 April 2007 against Saint-Étienne in a 2–0 away league victory, netting during injury time to seal the win.[8] He made 17 league appearances and a total of 23 matches scoring one goal during his debut season.[9] The following season, he signed a contract extension[10] and his playing time increased to 37 matches and three goals, though he was still limited to mostly substitute appearances.[11] For the first half of the 2008–09 season, his play was limited again, though he impressed as he scored a brace in Bordeaux's 4–2 win over Guingamp in the Coupe de la Ligue on 11 November 2008.[12] With Bordeaux contending for a title and Obertan not likely to receive playing time, Blanc decided to loan him out to fellow Ligue 1 side Lorient for the rest of the season, where Blanc believed the player would receive more playing time.[13] Obertan scored his first goal for Lorient on 24 January 2009, netting the first in a 2–1 home win over Tours in the Coupe de France campaign.[14] Obertan netted his only league goal for Lorient in a 3–1 away win over Grenoble on 4 April.[15] During his loan spell at Lorient, Obertan made a total of 17 appearances scoring two goals.[16] In other words: he's never been a regular starter..But if he comes cheap, I have no objections. Although he should not be given a 5 year contract.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 When you're getting no games at all, having nani, park, giggs, etc in front of you then I bet your confidence takes a severe hit. Especially when he's pretty young. He has pace, talent and skill, it's just he's had no real opportunity to get his foot in the door at arguably the best team in the world. We can offer him the chance he needs and even if he doesn't work out, the fee doesn't seem to be big anyway. Win win situation, in my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I've no issue with this. Doesn't stop us needing a striker though. He's definitely an improvement on Routledge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pedro_de_geordieo Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 He sounds like a good player judging by their forums, they'd prefer him to go away on loan so obviously don't want to loose him. At the end of the day our squad is thin and i'm sure this lad has got a few things to prove. good opportunity in my view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Problem with any bigger signing under Ashley is that, they really need to be quality. Who know's if more players are signing. Also, this certainly will keep us from signing Barnetta. Horrible buy imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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