PaulC Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 funny how Martinez was arrogant enough to hang onto get him on a free then again it sounded as though we could have paid to get his signature if we had wanted to, but rightly chose to wait. the issue is we are likely to lose Benteke, Cleverly and Vlaar Most of our experience and quality is leaving the club. Thats quite a hole that Sherwood has to fill. Nothing against Cleverley. I think he's a decent player who at his best gives the team energy in midfied but technically he's not as good as Delph and his passing is nowhere near as good as westwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 He could've been ours if we wanted to part with £8m in January. Doubt we'd have paid £1m back then though given his performances up to that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 He could've been ours if we wanted to part with £8m in January. Doubt we'd have paid £1m back then though given his performances up to that point. Doubt he would've signed in January either. He's gone, we remember his three goals and move on to better players that want to wear the club colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 It feels a missed opportunity as he was starting to bed in with the 3 in the center midfield but hey ho. Any replacement needs to be a goal scoring midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted June 6, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2015 Good luck tom, joining Martinez is a big risk with Everton being pretty poor last seasonseason. Everton fans will be looking for something that I don't think you offer We need a different type of player, a Gary Gardner type player 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 We are talking about a midfielder that scored 3 goals and got 0 assists in 37 games. that should not be difficult to replace. You would think so and taken in isolation you'd think you had a great point. But , he was at the run in one of our better players, how many midfielders have we had that have scored more than 5 in the last few seasons and what assist rate have they got? Simply it is a loss that we now have to fill and he was a good player to so more hard work for us to do with what little we have 3 goals and 0 assists isn't hard to beat in terms of output for a midfielder. Bacuna and Delph bettered that last season, N'Zogbia the year before that, Albrighton and Petrov the year before, Young, Downing, Albrighton the year before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Reminds me of that johnny Rotten line : " ever think you've been had ' . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isaid Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Not a fan. Surely theres lots of CMs around who are better and not happy at their clubs.Maybe sherwood can use his connections and get a cm from spurs, theyve had lots of decent cms who might be on their way out . Dembele, Paulinho, Capoue, Carroll, Bentaleb, Mason , Stambouli . Surely 6 arent going to be very happy. Daime from Hull City aint bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Dembele for me from spudzzz, could be a cracking acquisition. Diane is a crock now and would challenge Vlaar for the physios attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 There isn't much point pretending that all he did was bring us 3 goals. He brought us 3 vital goals, he worked his socks off and since Tim came in he honestly looked like the sort of player he was meant to become at United. I guess deep down he doesn't owe us anything, I bet United must be pretty miffed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 There isn't much point pretending that all he did was bring us 3 goals. He brought us 3 vital goals, he worked his socks off and since Tim came in he honestly looked like the sort of player he was meant to become at United. I guess deep down he doesn't owe us anything, I bet United must be pretty miffed though. I doubt it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanky Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I'm not as bothered as I thought I'd be about this. Had a good end to the season though bad last four games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 There isn't much point pretending that all he did was bring us 3 goals. He brought us 3 vital goals, he worked his socks off and since Tim came in he honestly looked like the sort of player he was meant to become at United. I guess deep down he doesn't owe us anything, I bet United must be pretty miffed though. 2 vital goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREAT_BEARD_OF_ZEUS Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I kept a watchful eye on him during the Burnley game, in which he played absolute gash! I know they all had a bad game that day but he was atrocious! He's got that in his locker sadly, in less fast paced games where his hustle and bustle isn't really needed, he almost gets frustrated with himself that he's not good enough to do much else. I'd have had him stay as i think there's games where he's vital, but there are plenty of hardworking athletic midfielders to be had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Maybe Sherwood didnt want him here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 in a small way, he done what was asked of him (probably) to help keep us up, job done, he was never going to stay here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Maybe, though he did say something to the tune of 'I've told him if he doesn't sign for us then he won't play in the FA Cup final.' I imagine we offered him a deal but Everton either equalled it, offered more or he just decided he'd rather go there than stay here. Can't really blame him considering the state the club is in at the moment and the fact that we're in flux re: ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted June 7, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted June 7, 2015 He was offered more at Everton that's the most likely answer to why he left imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 There isn't much point pretending that all he did was bring us 3 goals. He brought us 3 vital goals, he worked his socks off and since Tim came in he honestly looked like the sort of player he was meant to become at United. I guess deep down he doesn't owe us anything, I bet United must be pretty miffed though. I doubt it I don't, not for a minute. Everton cost them £7m last summer when the transfer to us messed up, and still they have managed to sign him without paying United a penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 He wanted to be at Everton in January its no surprise he ended up there tbh He contributed to us remaining in the prem league and i appreciate the professionalism he showed while he was here he fought for the cause and could have easily not bothered and joined Everton in the summer regardless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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