Baines' left foot
Player Valuation: £90m
I hate to say this but I disagree.
Cech, Reina, Vorm, Szczesny, Given, Hart are all at least better than Howard.
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I hate to say this but I disagree.
Cech, Reina, Vorm, Szczesny, Given, Hart are all at least better than Howard.
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I have no idea why people rate Szczesny. He's turd.
Replace him with Friedel and I'll give you that list (though Cech has been meh this year). Still have no interest in replacing Tim.
Deathspike
Player Valuation: £1m
Oh, come on! Howard might of cost us two points today, but there are MANY MANY games where he wins us points. Sure he makes a few mistakes, but overall he is a quality keeper. Van Der Sar, Cech, Friedel, Buffon, and a lot of top keepers all have their bad days.
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We forget that apparently. Sigh. I fully expect to see the Neiler rant later.
Howard deserves it today. Over the course of the season, no.
Baines' left foot
Player Valuation: £90m
Szczesny is good, very young for a goalkeeper too. I wouldn't really want to replace Howard either, although in an ideal world I would like to, there's other areas that need addressing first. Howard is about 7th or 8th best goalkeeper in the league at best really, and we are about the 7th or 8th best team.
ToxtethBlue
Player Valuation: £50m
I thought Gibson improved in the second half, and was the one starting off most of the good spells we had in the game. He looks a decent passer when he's given time and space, but when he's pressed and put under pressure he plays the way he's facing and releases the ball early. He doesn't make himself available enough for my liking either. A mixed bag so far but I'm sure he'll improve the more he develops an understanding with his teammates. Not sure he'll ever be the answer to that position, but at half a million you can't complain, he's at a good age and will be a useful player to have in and around the squad.
Great to see Pienaar again and he looked like he'd never been away. Constant movement, excellent awareness and intelligent distribution. He's a quality player and massively improves our football. It wasn't a case of him just going through Baines either, as the myth goes. He's a reliable playmaker and that's what we need.
Great to see Pienaar again and he looked like he'd never been away. Constant movement, excellent awareness and intelligent distribution. He's a quality player and massively improves our football. It wasn't a case of him just going through Baines either, as the myth goes. He's a reliable playmaker and that's what we need.
you have much more common sense than that idiot we have a manager.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Fellaini's midfield partnerships have been pretty hit and miss since Arteta came back from the injury he suffered at Newcastle. When Arteta was out Fellaini hit a purple patch when he had either Osman or Pienaar partnering him in the middle of the park. Week in week out he dominated. The Fellaini/Rodwell pairing has never come close to it.
Moyes has the option to turn to Pienaar again I suppose but I suspect he brought him back to pacify Baines and shore up the left hand side. We need to see how Gibson pans out. Rodwell/Felli is not the magic bullet.
fozzy
Player Valuation: £60m
DANM YOU AZZA!!
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This year I think that's fair (I would argue with "at best" of course) - it's an opinion that can be argued and has some validity.
The folks telling me Howard's just athletic, is rubbish, etc....tunnel vision.
Szczesny needs to put some years together before I give him anything. He's had way too many clangers and bad decisions to be considered consistent in my book. He could develop into something, but until he does, no idea how people put him in the top of anything. Potential is nothing until realized.
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