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The Giggs substitution/situation
Last 5 games
League: Chelsea 0-0 - Came on for a striker at 0-0 to shore things up League: Liverpool 0-1 - Started Cup: Liverpool 1-0 - Started CL: Shakhtar 1-1 - Came on for a midfielder at 1-0 to shore things up League: Southampton 1-1 Came on for a winger at 1-0 to shore things up Not Giggs' fault, he's past it. It has to be said it's a remarkably strange substitution for a manager with Moyes' experience. |
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Not that replacements are any better. evans is probably the most consistent CB but always has a mistake in him. Not sure what fergie saw in buttner to sign him (unless there was some money involved) |
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Very awkward situation. Giggs is a legend, new boss coming in knows this only too well and probably still sees him as he once was. Added complication is that he's part of the coaching staff now. As was said, Moyes has been able to spot how ineffectual Young, Valencia, and lately Rio have been. Fear Giggs is his blind spot.
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Unreal tbn to lay the blame on moyes. Ferie was bringin giggs on for game the last 2 or 3 years consistantly but don't let that get in the way of an anti moyes thread. Rio imho has gone maybe he will come back but I'm not sure. Vidic has looked slow especially this season. Have no issues wiv evra tbh and would love utd to bring in luke shaw for that position. Think jones and evans with 15 to 20 games on the trot will become a great partnership. But modern day football fans can't see beyond the last result and you can't reason with them. What's happening atm is a result of mismanagement well before moyes took the helm. Winning the league last year was a miracle tbh and a lot of players playing over and above there current levels. There is a lot of waste hanging aroung utd on bumper wages and all these bar fellaine have nothing to do with moyes. But feries legacy can't be tarnished .
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Bring on Giggs if Utd are chasing a game or badly need a goal, his creativity will always be worth a gamble in those type of situations. Bringing him on to close out a game is a different matter, he is not going to turn into Scholes and become a metronomic passer, he will always go for the risky and make attacking runs. Yesterday as soon as he moved into CM he, within 15 secs, made a great run and just missed connecting with a Rooney cross to make it 2-0.
The composition of the bench was a problem, no Cleverley/Anderson to replace Fellaini. However Giggs has not shown any consistency since the end of the 10/11 season. Last year outside of the Chelsea league Cup tie, West Ham replay in the FA Cup and Madrid at home he struggled badly, bar the odd moment of brilliance. |
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People like to bang on about Mourinho being new in the job and Pellegrini being new in the job but not doing as bad - but then they took over squads which have had about £200m+ invested in them over the last 2 summers. Compare that to Fergie who was scratching about in the bargain basement signing the likes of £#%&!ing Buttner and Nick Powell. And let's not forget his parting gifts of spending £15m on some @#%&! from Crystal Palace and some other cheapo foreign left back Varela. |
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