Agreed - sometimes it works the other way and actually they aren't as good as people thought, they just looked good in an environment which suited them
Yeah, we'd never have signed Ndiaye if you based signing a player off a poor season
Similarly, two of Moyes's best signings for Everton in his first spell, Arteta and Pienaar came here off the back of poor form at the clubs they were at...
Saw an interview with Grealish the other year where he basically said exactly this - Pep doesn't like his players to lose the ball, so a lot of the risk is removed from their game. Ergo Grealish doesn't try and do stuff he would have done a few...
I just get the feeling Moyes doesn’t trust Beto. He is very inconsistent, he was excellent at Newcastle but look at him against Chelsea and Brentford? If we have aspirations of Europe however, we need better quality all over the pitch. We...
I went to Mainz vs Stuttgart in January.
Had never heard of this lad before, but within 10 mins me and my mate were looking at each other going "who the **** is this?"
Really, really unusual player - like if you crossed Peter Crouch with Iliman...
I believe I'm right in saying that he literally led European stats on ball recoveries this season - context required about level of opposition etc, but he's supposedly had a genuinely brilliant season
That's not them out of the running. They've had Delap and Cunha as their primary targets for a while and all the United journos have said they can do these two deals without selling anyone, but anything after that will require players out.
There was a point I was worried Moyes would try and keep him, but his lack of minutes over the last month or so have made it clear he was never staying.
The loan was fairly risk free, but it's not worked out and I think the lad is at a real...