25 Jun 2019 00:05:31
I can't help but feel really disappointed by how we handled Vlasic. Was it signing Rooney that held him back? Or was it more likely playing him out on the wing? .

Watching him for CSKA and Croatia playing as a 10/ cm he's such an elegant player. Great goal scoring ability too.

He wanted to move on so there wasn't anything we could do really but I feel he will become some player in the next 2 years or so

Just makes you think of we didn't sign Rooney we could have this guy established in are team doing bits : (.


1.) 25 Jun 2019
25 Jun 2019 07:08:02
I trust Marco and Marcel to know who are our our best players mate, he didn’t fit in the team.


2.) 25 Jun 2019
25 Jun 2019 07:31:22
There is a point to Sir_Loin’s post. Ultimately we don’t know if he was going to be good enough. But with hind site I think I’d have kept him instead of Walcott. There is a very real thought though that the Russian league tends to make a lot of players look better than they would be in the EPL.


3.) 25 Jun 2019
25 Jun 2019 11:40:34
Agree there Toffee Ace about the Russian league.


4.) 25 Jun 2019
25 Jun 2019 17:18:39
Rooney was our top scorer and doing a decent job, until a certain manager who came in played him further back and the goals dried up, still think he would have netted a good 20 odd goals, had we left him further in attack, so I can justify Rooney being picked ahead of vlasic.

To me Vlasic and Lookman seem to be the modern Day Mirallas, rather than fight for their place, they prefer to sulk.


5.) 25 Jun 2019
25 Jun 2019 20:31:04
I get what your saying Nev but Rooney was on his last legs and only here for 1 season. Vlasic has his whole career ahead of him.

I was pretty much just saying it would be a shame if he develops into a top player and we let him go without ever giving him a chance.