Shokran Mustafi

[deipnosophist]

decent enough international debut

that dog's?

 

[deipnosophist]

...it certainly showed good movement off the ball lol

 

[Toffe3m4n]

didnt make the final cut for the 23 man squad

 

[ijjysmith]

He's back in the Germany squad after Marco Reus did himself in.

KOFF MOIST

 

[gaino92]

He's back in the Germany squad after Marco Reus did himself in.

KOFF MOIST

A defender for an attacker?! That doesn't make sense I'm sure germany have other good attackers to replace him Kevin volland to name but 1

 

[Neiler]

Just called up to the fatherlands world cup squad as a replacement for Reus - another 10 mill down the swany.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

I don't get it, he clearly proved himself not good enough in all those chances he got at Everton.

Hah.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

In related news, I see Eric Dier has made 30 appearances for Sporting since he left us without getting close to our first team.

 

[TippEverton]

In related news, I see Eric Dier has made 30 appearances for Sporting since he left us without getting close to our first team.

And Sporting have just enjoyed their best season in years too.

 

[i'm blue da be dabu die]

Moyes should be a scout for defenders he obviously has an eye for them.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Moyes should be a scout for defenders he obviously has an eye for them.

That was one of the things he was actually praised for at United wasn't it? I regularly see it written how he did a good job of modernizing their scouting systems.

 

[toffeejack]

kevin volland must be pretty depressed right now

 

[chriswho]

Moyes should be a scout for defenders he obviously has an eye for them.

Given the thread, I assume you are kidding, and if that is true, that is insane.

Our defense was great last year, and alcaraz was theonly player NOT scouted and brought in by Moyes. He actually did very well with defensive players, either by shrewd business moves (distin, jags, baines) or unearthing some gems/steals of young players (lescott, rodwell, Coleman, Stones) and most believe Browning, Garbutt, and Duffy are all ready or close to making the jump.

Now if you want to say that Moyes may not have given the the chance or proper coaching to get the most out of them, that may be fair, but as a scout of talent, few managers can match his body of work... Even if he missed on mustafi. I don't remember a huge outcry over him at the time. Maybe that was just a scenario where someone needed a new venue to thrive.

 

[i'm blue da be dabu die]

Given the thread, I assume you are kidding, and if that is true, that is insane.

Our defense was great last year, and alcaraz was theonly player NOT scouted and brought in by Moyes. He actually did very well with defensive players, either by shrewd business moves (distin, jags, baines) or unearthing some gems/steals of young players (lescott, rodwell, Coleman, Stones) and most believe Browning, Garbutt, and Duffy are all ready or close to making the jump.

Now if you want to say that Moyes may not have given the the chance or proper coaching to get the most out of them, that may be fair, but as a scout of talent, few managers can match his body of work... Even if he missed on mustafi. I don't remember a huge outcry over him at the time. Maybe that was just a scenario where someone needed a new venue to thrive.

I wasn't being a twit I was being genuine he seems to pick defenders out. He was a former defender himself he must see it in them. That's why when he was at united and their defence was in shambles I couldn't believe it.

 

[Goat]

I dont see what the problem is, we have always had good defenders, its not like he was Baresi back in the day, what should Moyes have done, played a kid at the back when the defenders we had were doing a job?

Fair play to the kid for going elsewhere and doing well for himself.