Elliot Anderson

As crap on dead balls as he ever was. I took better when I played Sunday League.

Still, I'll have him back at half price when Man City are forced to sell.
 
Yes, his free kicks are still kicks are still crap but he was outstanding again. Seems to be England’s best player most games.
 
Abdooonk said:
Yes, his free kicks are still kicks are still crap but he was outstanding again. Seems to be England’s best player most games.
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Hey you go on social media and it is full of United fans saying “Mainoo should play instead” and loads of others saying “Wharton should play instead as Anderson does nothing”. You honestly couldn’t make it up.

Anderson is still a relative rookie but they put a genuine kid next to him who hasn’t even properly nailed his place in his own club team in that position against the world champions who have an immense midfield and he still played well. Can you imagine either a wharton or a Mainoo partnership with Lewis Skelly?
 
GOBIAS said:
Hey you go on social media and it is full of United fans saying “Mainoo should play instead” and loads of others saying “Wharton should play instead as Anderson does nothing”. You honestly couldn’t make it up.

Anderson is still a relative rookie but they put a genuine kid next to him who hasn’t even properly nailed his place in his own club team in that position against the world champions who have an immense midfield and he still played well. Can you imagine either a wharton or a Mainoo partnership with Lewis Skelly?
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It actually amazes me that MLS is in the squad ahead of people like Wharton and indeed MGW. Likewise O'Reilly is not our best left back, Lewis Hall is much better.

Tuchel needs to play his best players.

Spot on though, Anderson is still relatively young, and has only really played 2 seasons of first team football in the PL, but that was enough to get him basically first choice CM for England and for fc114 to spend a record fee to get him, but even then, it doesn't guarantee readiness at the top level, quite a lot of the time here he made a lot of our other CMs look better than when he wasn't playing alongside them...
 
Anderson is already world class. There's bit's of his game that can improve, but whilst the ball is in play there isn't another midfielder currently playing who can receive the ball in the tight and dribble out of trouble, play on the turn, break up play, win his duels, break forward, carry the ball and pick the right pass for 90 minutes every game, like he does.

Anyone calling for Mainoo to play over him knows nothing.
 
Project Zeus said:
No sympathy for him, to be honest. He signed for them knowing full well that these charges were hanging over them.

I doubt the players will suffer from the consequences much, mind you.
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It also potentially opens-up the club to legal action from players who have signed such contracts though, does it not?
 
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Cloughie1975 said:
I thought it was a strange decision by Anderson to sign for City given the fairly high probability that these charges
would bite them on the a*se.
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Signing bonus of maybe 10% of the fee? Salary in excess of 100k a week?

I reckon he won't be out busking in the Old Market Square any time soon, put it that way.
 
Cloughie1975 said:
I reckon he could have got a similar deal at another cartel club who weren’t at imminent risk of serious sanctions.

A silly move in my view.
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Maybe he was promised a healthy salary and signing bonus, and then another contract on a lucrative consulting gig in Abu Dhabi, "tax free"? Who knows!
 
Cloughie1975 said:
I thought it was a strange decision by Anderson to sign for City given the fairly high probability that these charges
would bite them on the a*se.
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Considering City's deluded response since this broke, still denying everything, I wouldn't be surprised if he was reassured the charges were nonsense and the club would definitely be fine. And if that's the case, I wonder if he could claim signing the contract under false pretenses? I'm sure his contract is probably locked in but I'm sure all their players are talking to their agents right now.
 
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