Froggy Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Hasn't Darmian been pretty average this past season? Seemed to be quite a lot of games he didn't start in I don't think Van Gaal fancied him. Had a couple of small injuries, played on the left a couple of times where he's dire. Under Mourinho he could be a really good player. Remains to be seen if Mourinho even likes him though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Eric Bailly to Man United. The Manc sides sure love spending heavily on defenders. I've always thought of defence as a collective unit which is more about collective organisation than talent, whereas big money gets spent on attacking individuals. Don't know if that's an archaic way to see things. To a point I agree, a collective organisation is more important for the defence than any individual. Can't hurt to have defenders who are good individually though, it's not enough by itself though obviously. Aye. Although not always a starter Savic looked excellent for Atleti when he couldn't get a game or seemingly perma-crocked for City. Alderweireld was used as a substitute FB for Atleti but is a star man at CB for Spurs because of the unit being so good. But it doesn't hurt to have a Juve BBC, Vidic & Ferdinand, Marquinhos and Silva Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Hasn't Darmian been pretty average this past season? Seemed to be quite a lot of games he didn't start in I don't think Van Gaal fancied him. Had a couple of small injuries, played on the left a couple of times where he's dire. Under Mourinho he could be a really good player. Remains to be seen if Mourinho even likes him though. He seems like the type of player who Mourinho would like for some reason. I can't believe he's 26, though. He looks 19-20. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Monchengladbach get Christoph Kramer from Leverkusen to replace Xhaka Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Monchengladbach get Christoph Kramer from Leverkusen to replace Xhaka He's an absolute fiend for a Leverkusen/BMG transfer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theregulars Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Yeah we desperately needed a CB. A back four of De Gea, Darmian, Smalling, Bailly and Shaw looks pretty good to me. That's a back five. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Should have just said a defence of those guys, but aye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theregulars Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Sorry that was really twatish pedantry. Arnold J. Rimmer himself would have approved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I would have done the same if you made the mistake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ndegwa Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Apparently Jose wants rid of Darmian...Juventus interested Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Pjanic off to Juve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlouismag Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Pjanic off to Juve. Pjanic! at the Siro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Pjanic off to Juve. Pjanic! at the Siro :clap: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 wat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 wat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Pjanic on the streets of Turin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Absolutely flabbergasted that somebody would pay €40m for Bailly... Bailly! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Thoughts on him VI? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Barca did pay 20m for Mathieu. Shouldn't really be flabbergasted with the money floating about these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 He's decent, but nowhere a €40m player. It's one of those cases where great coaching has made him look better than he actually is - Villarreal's defensive coaching is probably second best in the league after Atlético. He's a physical beast, very intense, so I can see why Mou would dig him, but he's prone to moments of madness and far from the finished article. Honestly I don't think he's shown anything to command that pricetag, but I guess ManU have way too much money. I will take solace on my Espanyol friends pulling out their hairs since they sold him for merely €5m last season, though (they'll be getting just €2.5m for this, it seems.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Barca did pay 20m for Mathieu. Shouldn't really be flabbergasted with the money floating about these days. But we suck in the transfer market. We only get right the "pay loads of money for obviously great player" buys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Could also be a case that if he's already a physical beast and has already looked great at the tender age of 22, that Mourinho thinks he can turn him into a great footballer. People laughed when we paid £12m for Smalling to be fair after he played one season for Fulham. He's now one of the best defenders in the league and England's first choice CB. I was expecting you to say he's shit. If he's been good and is an intense, physical beast at 22, this will probably be money well spent in a couple of years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Could also be a case that if he's already a physical beast and has already looked great at the tender age of 22, that Mourinho thinks he can turn him into a great footballer. People laughed when we paid £12m for Smalling to be fair after he played one season for Fulham. He's now one of the best defenders in the league and England's first choice CB. Nice cherry-picking. You've overpaid on a ton of players the last few years, plenty of them not even getting in your team. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-united/alletransfers/verein/985 Look at the fucking state of some of that, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Could also be a case that if he's already a physical beast and has already looked great at the tender age of 22, that Mourinho thinks he can turn him into a great footballer. People laughed when we paid £12m for Smalling to be fair after he played one season for Fulham. He's now one of the best defenders in the league and England's first choice CB. Nice cherry-picking. You've overpaid on a ton of players the last few years, plenty of them not even getting in your team. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-united/alletransfers/verein/985 Look at the fucking state of some of that, man. Who are you talking about exactly? Bebe, Falcao and maybe Jones but injury is at fault there. Suppose you could say Bastian as well but again, injury. A lot of people say about Depay but he's 22 and played over 40 times in his first season. So aye. What? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 OK they've all been raving successes, that's why you've spent hundreds of millions the last few years and finished 5th last season. Honestly man, every time you spunk a ton of money on a player you're in here saying how great a deal it is and it's tiresome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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