Glad we missed out on these

[Jocks Y-Fronts]

Watched 10 minutes of the Rags game yesterday and I have to say that Bruno Fernandes comes across as a snide cheating little git and I'm glad he went to them instead on us. That got me thinking about their players who we were linked to recently and we dodged bullets with them all for various reasons.

• Wan-Bissaka
• Maguire
• Pogba
• Fernandes
• Sanches
• Fred

Any others ??

 

[decmancity]

All completely different players under Pep and in our team but they are rags now.

 

[PabloZabeleta]

Falcao, Schweinstieger

 

[A590 blues]

There is a decade full of them

 

[everythingchangesbutblue]

Pogba's the one. He has about 3 good games a season, gets praised for mediocrity . He gets adverts of the back off looking good when he was surrounded by far better players at Juventus 5 years ago. Social media player.

 

[Maccblue]

Berbatov

 

[Akira]

All completely different players under Pep and in our team but they are rags now.

Agree with this. With better coaching, they probably would've turned out way better than they look now. Only one I would feel is severely overrated (when they bought him) is Maguire.

 

[Semper aggressus]

If we’d signed Fernandes instead of them getting him we’d probably have wrapped up the title already. That would be about 10 penalties they wouldn’t have got this season. Were we even interested in him though?

The rest were bullets dodged for sure.

 

[decmancity]

If we’d signed Fernandes instead of them getting him we’d probably have wrapped up the title already. That would be about 10 penalties they wouldn’t have got this season. Were we even interested in him though?

The rest were bullets dodged for sure.

He doesnt get those pens if he plays for us though, however, any we do get he probably scores!

 

[LongsightM13]

Berbatov

I always thought that Berbatov would actually have done better had he signed for City and Robinho would have done better at united

 

[Barcon]

Danny Murphy.

 

[FantasyIreland]

I'd take Shaw and Fernandes from them,thats it.

 

[Mike N]

Bissaka is an excellent player IMO.

 

[jamesha]

Bissaka is an excellent player IMO.

He's a good defender but not sure he is better than Walker. Going forward he is pretty limited.

 

[jamesha]

I always thought that Berbatov would actually have done better had he signed for City and Robinho would have done better at united

Must admit that I admired Berbtov when he was at Spurs - a very intelligent player and also does entertaining interviews iirc

 

[Keeper!]

Bissaka is an excellent player IMO.

Until he has the ball at his feet then he is poor.

 

[Cellarite]

Pogba is fit again now that he has a new hairstyle to show off.

 

[Gundog’s Gundog]

I’d buy Pogba now just to humiliate them. Table a derisory offer of £30m or so and reinvent him as a holding midfielder - he’s got all the tools to excel in this role except the mindset. To that end give him one to one combat training and group sessions with the army as often as is possible to toughen him up - this allied to Pep’s coaching produces a top class mobile defensive midfielder

 

[FantasyIreland]

He's a good defender but not sure he is better than Walker. Going forward he is pretty limited.

Far better than Walker at defending,but hasn't got his athleticism.

He actually started out as a winger,which is surprising considering he usually shits a brick anywhere beyond the half way line.

 

[Gazza]

I’d buy Pogba now just to humiliate them. Table a derisory offer of £30m or so and reinvent him as a holding midfielder - he’s got all the tools to excel in this role except the mindset. To that end give him one to one combat training and group sessions with the army as often as is possible to toughen him up - this allied to Pep’s coaching produces a top class mobile defensive midfielder

They'd have to start by teaching him match awareness, when his team are out of possession he hasn't got a clue. I've always astounded by how someone could play at his level with no-idea how to play without the ball, something that is normally taught at schoolboy level - "When your team has the ball find some space, when it hasn't mark a man."