Who else have we got?
My point stands though, we need quality cover for our starting 3 of Sandro, Paulinho and Dembele.
Ha, i wish! He's not as quick a thinker as Modric and doesn't have anywhere near his ability to get out of tight spots, but he'd offer much more defensively. He reminds me a bit of Alonso, though no where near as good, but with the ability to get forward a bit more.Sounds like you're describing Rat-boy!
I think Anderson would suit a 3 system midfield. Lot of people don't rate him but he always puts a shift in and if anything, it will mean the fucker can't score past us as he usually tends to.
I know we need a striker but surely Benni Mcarthy is past his best. We can't afford both him and Hudd in the canteen!
As long as we've got Benteke and Chadli lined up then McCarthy would be a decent signing. Overrated IMHO and not as good as McArthur but definitely has a higher ceiling and is capable at defending as well as attacking. Around £10m would be a fair price.
Agree but united don't have a lot of cover for cm, carrick aside there was just ten games each for the othersHoltby and Carroll - quality cover. You so not need £15m, £60k p/w players to back up every other player in the first 11. And you don't need cover for every single individual player - those two could easily cover the three players you mention.
We are not Man United, we do not have infinite resources an we cannot keep top quality players happy by sitting them on the bench.
Above all else, I don't want Carroll's chances stunted as he's a diamond.
As long as we've got Benteke and Chadli lined up then McCarthy would be a decent signing. Overrated IMHO and not as good as McArthur but definitely has a higher ceiling and is capable at defending as well as attacking. Around £10m would be a fair price.
Agree but united don't have a lot of cover for cm, carrick aside there was just ten games each for the others
But people forget that siggy is a CM in a 433
So we have Paulinho, Sandro, Dembele, Holtby, Siggy and Carroll for 3 spots
A move for McCarthy would probably suggest Carroll would be sent out on loan to a Premier League team for the season eh? That might be no bad thing.
As Swansea are fairly well established with plenty of money of their own and less need to loan players these days, perhaps Crystal Palace would be a good shout? He could play plenty of games there and Holloway's attacking football would suit his style. The boy needs to play somewhere if he's to reach his full potential with us.
I think we should be selling a Gareth Bale futures contract to Real Madrid. The price? Coentrao.
It's a therapy of sorts
McCarthy would be a shrewd buy if we can manage to offload Scotty, Ploddermore and Ploddlestone.
Paulinho/Sandro/Dembele/McCarthy/Carroll gives good options for a midfield 3. Possibly throw Holtby into that mix as well.