is it me or Evra looks like Terrence Howard in this picture?
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I think it's Evra, unless you also hang around with Park and Ando?
No mention of Anderson in that.
Previous page on the link, Pogue.
I'm starting to lose patience in Anderson, he's basically been the same since we bought him, no real progress shown. And he manages to get a serious injury every season as well. I know he's still young, but I'm just not as certain as I was before that he'll ever truly make it here.
The Mirror says Anderson is back in training with the first team squad and should be available for the new year programme.
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While he's very stop start form wise, in form you can see the vast improvements he's made to his game. He's got a good eye but it just needs to be honed in. Remember that Xavi didn't start hitting his stride as the best midfielder in the world until 2007-8. He was always good, but not the beast he is today.
Hope he's back to his best very quickly and doesnt need until April to find form or get in shape
Good to have him back, looked thinner and played smart football today, he gave us some direction.
Was good. Should have started if he was fit enough. Good time to have him back.
Nice to see him back, should have started if fit enough. Will be relied upon heavily during the second half of the season
I thought he really brought something when he came on, you could see and apologies for using the phrase, but when he got the ball he looked to attack the space and drive past their midfield with the ball
And he definitely looked thinner, his face, not sure if it's the hair, but he definitely appeared to be looking thinner
And he definitely looked thinner, his face, not sure if it's the hair, but he definitely appeared to be looking thinner
Should have started and come off rather than the other way round
One of the only positives today. Added some organization in our midfield.
In hindsight that's exactly what we needed. But at least he's fit now and he should be getting immediate action in midfield. We need to start putting players back where they belong.
Glad he is back
Looked slimmer too
Looked slimmer too
Is he slimmer
Back looked glad too
Back looked glad too
It was a surprisingly good return to the team. His inclusion definitely brought shape and balance to the side. If he was fit enough to play 45 minutes I'm not sure why he didn't start rather than playing Rafael in center midfield though. Very odd decision by Sir Alex.
He was a real plus point today. Bristled with intent, looked fit and showed good authority by trying to organise us as soon as he came on.
Please please God, let him stay fit!
Please please God, let him stay fit!
Some haircut i must say.
36/38 passing today, hope he stays fit and consistent.
I for one like his haircut... half hoped he'd shaved an 'A' into the side of his head. Maybe for when he becomes as good as Nani :thup:
big bonus to have Ando back, if we just keep in touching distance to city untill our injury list improves then BANG we'l hit the cnuts hard!
Slimmer, back, good.
in foresight too. which is far more important. or feck it play a fullback again at st james. that'll work.
Joke, 1st, funny, not, time, was, the.
And what a terrifying thought that is! (half joking)
No. You really think it would be wise to start Anderson, of all people, on his first appearance back after a month and a half out injured without even having turned out for the reserves?
no stick a fecking rb - also just back from another injury , there instead that worked a fecking treat didn't it. fergie figured it out at halftime that he'd fecked it up.
Rafael had turned out for the Reserves and had been back in training far longer than Anderson. Anderson wasn't yet ready to start a Premier League game. That much is clear to anyone with a modicum of common sense. Unsurprisingly, with four of our other five central midfield options also unavailable to start the game and with our only fully fit centre midfielder required to play at centre-back, due to four of our five centre-backs being out ill/injured, we had to improvise a little bit with our midfield selection!
then play him at rb. anyone with a modicum of common sense wouldn't play a 21 yr old injury prone rb at cmf unless they did then saw they fecked it up and then changed it at halftime. like i posted fergie knew he fecked it up and sorted it out. credit to him for that.
So who would you have started with in central midfield?
It was odd that he went with the CM pairing he did. Not necessarily that he left Anderson out. I would've rather seen Fryers start and have Carrick in center mid than what Sir Alex went with today. We started the game with 4 players out of position, 5 if you count Park, with either Carrick or Anderson starting in CM we could have had only player out of position, possibly two. That's all I was saying.
anderson and park no doubts. park has a good engine a can cover the ground needed with anderson running (or trying to run) the middle of the park. not only does it put a rb at rb but valencia to the right and one of the strikers on the bench not welbeck playing wide left. cheech coming off the bench with berba and welbeck up top. 4-4-2 and a goal scorer coming off the bench.
two players forced to play out of position in carrick and park. but ffs play the guys in their positions even if that means bringing in the youth. because in the end fergie was forced to bring on one of the least experienced kids in keane.
i just feel he got it wrong. so when we praise him for the genius moves - like giggs and fletcher v chelsea a few yrs back , this line up wasn't as inspired.
Fryers with Jones at centre-back?
Sorry, but I think that's just complete and utter fecking madness (only slightly less so btw if you'd have partnered Jones with Evra and played Fryers at left-back)! To suggest that Fergie made a very odd decision with his selection and then offer either of those as an alternative is just, well, infuriating and odd itself in equal measure.
Blackburn, despite having their own injury problems, crucially had Samba back there holding everything together.
The reality is that our team selection was going to look very odd no matter how you lined up the available players AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF INJURIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD.
Why can't people just accept that?
because you're defending the silliest of all those options based on wait for it ... your opinion.
as posted before - fergie fecked it up then corrected it. he corrected the selection you're defending -give it up you're alone. the fecking manager changed the fecking line up after he saw he fecked up. watch the game at the half he makes the change that you're not willing to.
He changed it because, yes, it wasn't working well, and because he was able to use Anderson for 45 minutes. Not 90 minutes, otherwise he'd have started with Anderson. Not too difficult to understand really.
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