James McCarthy

[Petit]

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James McCarthy signed for 13 mil.

Reasonable price?

Do you rate him? - strenghts and weaknesses?

 

[tim cahill]

Apologies if already posted. Mods feel Free to delete/merge (obviously).

James McCarthy signed for 13 mil.

Reasonable price?

Do you rate him? - strenghts and weaknesses?

Manu paid for the inflated price anyway, so I'm not bothered about that.
We'll find out how good he is against Chelsea. Got a good feeling about that game now!

 

[harry]

At first glance you would say it is high but i hace watched mcarthy quite a few times and will stick my neck out and say he is going to be a very good player for us and his value will increase over the next couple of years.

 

[Blackwell Livermore]

8 million pound player. Will become a 20 million pound player in a coupla seasons. We did alright methinks. The lot across the park think he's the bees knees.

 

[Petit]

8 million pound player. Will become a 20 million pound player in a coupla seasons. We did alright methinks. The lot across the park think he's the bees knees.

Haven´t watched him much, but for me he seems to be in the deep lying playmaker mould, i.e. spreads passes around from the middle of the park a la Carrick, Gibson. Is that a fair assessment?

 

[fandjango]

At first glance you would say it is high but i hace watched mcarthy quite a few times and will stick my neck out and say he is going to be a very good player for us and his value will increase over the next couple of years.

I entirely agree.....remember we paid £15 million for unknown fellaini.....

 

[Jags..class]

He turned down the rs when he was 18 so that a bonus point. I'm happy with him.

 

[andybaker]

If he adds some attitude and arrogance to his game he will be a top player.

RM has been moulding him into his perfect midfielder for the past 3 years so theres no excuses.

 

[Timak]

Manu paid for the inflated price anyway, so I'm not bothered about that.
We'll find out how good he is against Chelsea. Got a good feeling about that game now!

Dangerously close to "Carroll was -£15m" talk there.

We paid well over the odds for McCarthy.

He might turn out to be a good long term signing but he was a rip off compared to Chadli/Holtby/Capoue/Eriksen all of whom have been signed in the last 12 months.

 

[ijjysmith]

Look.

We all know my feelings.

However, yes we paid over the odds, BUT United did for Fellaini so it all works out that he cost about £8m. Which is much more reasonable.

Really hope he does well for us.

 

[Petit]

Dangerously close to "Carroll was -£15m" talk there.

We paid well over the odds for McCarthy.

He might turn out to be a good long term signing but he was a rip off compared to Chadli/Holtby/Capoue/Eriksen all of whom have been signed in the last 12 months.

Three of which have never played in the premiership. Foreign names aren´t the same as guaranteed quality.

 

[Timak]

Look.

We all know my feelings.

However, yes we paid over the odds, BUT United did for Fellaini so it all works out that he cost about £8m. Which is much more reasonable.

Really hope he does well for us.

"Yeah but Porsmouth owed us £10m so Glen Johnson was only £8m"

I will not accept Kopitenomics on this forum.

We paid £13m for McCarthy however you dress it up.

 

[Yobo20]

I seriously think everbody on this forum will be eating humble pie by the end of this season. McCarthy is going to be a fantastic player. He is not a deep lying midfielder hence we got Barry in as he and Gibson will do that job. McCarthy is a box to box midfielder who can grab the game by the scuff of the neck and has a exceptional engine and will put a shift in. He will be the one running our midfield and will be a massive step up from Ossie.

 

[Blue Cheese]

You can't judge somebody on what they transferred for, judge him on the pitch. I haven't seen him play enough to say but he's 22 and fairly well rated by most so i'm happy to have him.

 

[ijjysmith]

"Yeah but Porsmouth owed us £10m so Glen Johnson was only £8m"

I will not accept Kopitenomics on this forum.

We paid £13m for McCarthy however you dress it up.

Did you just call me a Kopite mate? I'M TRYING TO BE NICE FFS