Dembele

And the goals argument.

I would guess that his goals record is on par with Kroos, Alonso, Pirlo, Xavi and Fabregas (Chelsea version).

Does that mean that you don't want them either?

comment by SouthLondonManc (U12028)
posted 5 minutes ago
At the time we had the Modric debates, you will recall our argument was about getting someone better than him because his goal and assist return was on par with Anderson
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But you rate Anderson very highly so what was the issue?
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Our argument was that we should get better than what we had. So signing a player with the same stats as Anderson was silly.

You were the one using stats, remember?

comment by SouthLondonManc (U12028)
posted 4 minutes ago
And the goals argument.

I would guess that his goals record is on par with Kroos, Alonso, Pirlo, Xavi and Fabregas (Chelsea version).

Does that mean that you don't want them either?
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So are you debating the Modric of Spurs (which our debate was about) or the Modric of Madrid which is a brand new debate.

I still do not want him

Our argument was that we should get better than what we had. So signing a player with the same stats as Anderson was silly.

You were the one using stats, remember?
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And if I remember correctly he had the 3rd highest chance created stats in the PL.

You were the one using stats.

Modric is a WORLD CLASS player. End of.

MUDD..... SLM discovered Modric at this little club in north London. He was the only poster to ever mention him, EVER

comment by SouthLondonManc (U12028)
posted 3 minutes ago
Our argument was that we should get better than what we had. So signing a player with the same stats as Anderson was silly.

You were the one using stats, remember?
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And if I remember correctly he had the 3rd highest chance created stats in the PL.

You were the one using stats.

Modric is a WORLD CLASS player. End of.
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You used chances created and said he was this chance creator extraordinaire and I said what are the goals and assists?

He was not doing better than Anderson and in the prem in the big games he never turned up.

Those were the arguments. He is not a world class player, he is a very good one. World class, no chance.

comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - Fellaini can be our Yaya (U2958)
posted 20 minutes ago
Redastomatoes- Feels very Moyesian...cleverson forever!If he is good enough he is ready! (U12026)
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Spoken by someone who doesn't watch many Spurs games.

No one is claiming Fellaini is world class here, but he is performing far better than Dembele at this moment in time. To suggest other is to hold your hand up to not watching any football outside of UTD games.
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I bet the limited amount of money I have I have watched more matches than you have this year especially in the epl. What's more, I have watched more matches in which dembele has featured mostly in the EL. Still the same player as he was in fulham, just not favored by his manager. Pochettino prefers his youth players and I admire him for it. That does not make it obvious to anyone watching that his skill set is not more useful to us than whatever fellaini is meant to be offering. Pace skill and tenacity in midfield. 3 things we lack dearly in midfield and should be the first things we look for in any player we buy in that position

On Modric, id love to see him in a Utd shirt, brilliant little player, will actually try passes from centre midfield rather than constantly pass back and side to side.

Herrera and Blind do that already, no need to waste money

Do you really want a Spurs reject in your side? Not really. I don't think he would be a good buy personally, although might be useful.