Aye, a cult hero hero in the O'Shea, Brown mould. A youth team grad. who has had some good moments and has done very, very well from his career. He was useful for about 18 months, but generally, an extremely average midfielder who won't be missed on the pitch, good luck at WBA though.
comment by BruceandPally (U8201)
posted 30 minutes ago
Aye, a cult hero hero in the O'Shea, Brown mould. A youth team grad. who has had some good moments and has done very, very well from his career. He was useful for about 18 months, but generally, an extremely average midfielder who won't be missed on the pitch, good luck at WBA though.
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Perfectly summed up.
We certainly miss the before illness version of Fletcher on the pitch now.
We certainly miss the before illness version of Fletcher on the pitch now.
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Blind is a far superior player to that version of Fletch.
So is your mate Carrick.
If you made up your best ever United XI, then your second best, then your third etc. I don't think Fletch would get in the top ten teams. That's forty midfielders, and I might be being generous.
He was lucky to be around when we werent exactly blessed with talent in that area.
Blind has yet to prove himself a big game player like Fletcher was for us. Saf trusted him to chase down better players than him so many times against the likes of arsenal and Chelsea. That's what we miss now. The nearest we have had recently was what Fellaini did against Chelsea.
Blind has yet to prove himself a big game player like Fletcher was for us.
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Fletcher would have been regarded as a much better player if he could play at that level when it wasn't a big game.
Fletch was also s h it for a lot of big games. He wasn't brilliant in all of them.
Neither are a lot of players. But a pre illness Fletcher was a benefit to any squad. I'd love that option now. He was even good post illness in the game in Munich last year. We suffered when he had to come off.
Just to clarify, I don't think he was world class as he wasn't. But for safs system where he played lesser players to do a job, he was up there with any of his ilk at the time.
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posted on 3/2/15
Aye, a cult hero hero in the O'Shea, Brown mould. A youth team grad. who has had some good moments and has done very, very well from his career. He was useful for about 18 months, but generally, an extremely average midfielder who won't be missed on the pitch, good luck at WBA though.
posted on 3/2/15
comment by BruceandPally (U8201)
posted 30 minutes ago
Aye, a cult hero hero in the O'Shea, Brown mould. A youth team grad. who has had some good moments and has done very, very well from his career. He was useful for about 18 months, but generally, an extremely average midfielder who won't be missed on the pitch, good luck at WBA though.
................
Perfectly summed up.
posted on 3/2/15
We certainly miss the before illness version of Fletcher on the pitch now.
posted on 3/2/15
We certainly miss the before illness version of Fletcher on the pitch now.
............
Blind is a far superior player to that version of Fletch.
So is your mate Carrick.
posted on 3/2/15
If you made up your best ever United XI, then your second best, then your third etc. I don't think Fletch would get in the top ten teams. That's forty midfielders, and I might be being generous.
He was lucky to be around when we werent exactly blessed with talent in that area.
posted on 3/2/15
Blind has yet to prove himself a big game player like Fletcher was for us. Saf trusted him to chase down better players than him so many times against the likes of arsenal and Chelsea. That's what we miss now. The nearest we have had recently was what Fellaini did against Chelsea.
posted on 3/2/15
Blind has yet to prove himself a big game player like Fletcher was for us.
...........
Fletcher would have been regarded as a much better player if he could play at that level when it wasn't a big game.
Fletch was also s h it for a lot of big games. He wasn't brilliant in all of them.
posted on 3/2/15
Neither are a lot of players. But a pre illness Fletcher was a benefit to any squad. I'd love that option now. He was even good post illness in the game in Munich last year. We suffered when he had to come off.
Just to clarify, I don't think he was world class as he wasn't. But for safs system where he played lesser players to do a job, he was up there with any of his ilk at the time.
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