One club man he said. I expect he’ll stick that. His best years may be behind him, but he’s not suddenly rubbish, so I doubt we’d entertain offers. Still has plenty to offer for us. If United do want an experienced centre back I’d think they’d try to find a player with trophy winning or European...
I remember a game a few seasons back, maybe 18 months, against Newcastle where the opposition were marking Dunk when we were trying to play out from the back in order to force possession & passing onto Van Hecke because he looked pretty nervous & unsure what to do with the ball. They were happy...
is that accurate?
Based on reported fees we paid;
Wieffer £25m
Minteh £30-33m
Yalcouye £6m
Osman £16m (but that’s in last years account I would assume)
ACD free
Kadioglu £25-30m
Gruda £25m
O’Riley £25-30m
Rutter £40m
And then sold
Undav £25-30m
Gross £8-10m
Gilmour £10-15m
& a few youngsters...
Not every player is going to start games, we need a few that are happy to largely be bench players & then fill in where needed. He’ll do nicely in that role, & will be better player for it being amongst the first team for a full season.
Rice knew exactly what he was doing. He was looking right at Veltman & where the ball was, casually walking in front of the free kick & nudging the ball away. He may not have booted the ball away in an obvious way, but he was very much delaying the free kick in a way he thought would go...
Maybe soft to second yellow Rice but absolutely zero sympathy for him. He was rolling around on the floor in “agony” trying to get Veltman sent off. So karma really..
Our biggest strength this year will be the ability to play those 4, and then sub on some/all of Welbeck, Minteh, Rutter, March, or Enciso. Not many clubs have that. We can overpower teams in those final 10/20 minutes.
Would have loved him to stay, but having Wieffer, Milner, Baleba, Moder, and Ayari as options for those 2 positions is fine. Then in january it looks like we'll have Gomez, and maybe even O'Riley back.