Comments on: Alan Smith’s First Year Away – Did Fergie Ruin Him? http://therepublikofmancunia.com/alan-smiths-first-year-away-did-fergie-ruin-him/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alan-smiths-first-year-away-did-fergie-ruin-him a Manchester United blog Thu, 24 May 2012 04:48:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Anant http://therepublikofmancunia.com/alan-smiths-first-year-away-did-fergie-ruin-him/#comment-11654 Anant Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:54:27 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=1227#comment-11654 6 months before he played his first game for us in midfield i had predicted he could make a good defensive midfielder . today i predict wazza will be scholesys natural successor n ando , if he stays , will be the next keano. having said that , that young chap , possebon also looks like he could fill scholesys boots . 6 months before he played his first game for us in midfield i had predicted he could make a good defensive midfielder . today i predict wazza will be scholesys natural successor n ando , if he stays , will be the next keano.

having said that , that young chap , possebon also looks like he could fill scholesys boots .

]]> By: IVOR http://therepublikofmancunia.com/alan-smiths-first-year-away-did-fergie-ruin-him/#comment-11629 IVOR Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:44:42 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=1227#comment-11629 Nice job, Scott. Smudger is a lovely lad: Dedicated to his career and teetotal. The real trouble is that he's a carthorse. He loved setting the table for Viduka at Leeds and I think that's what Big Sam was aiming for with the Toon when he brought himin. The problem is that there's no Harry Kewell-type of tricky winger who can pull defences out of shape and give Smudge time to set up positionally, either. Simply put, he's too slow to ever do consistently well in the EPL, especially since that horrible double fracture. I believe he's still got the quality to succeed in Scotland or the Championship division, however, and would excel with Sheffield United or back with Leeds. Walter Smith or Craig Levein could well find he's just what the doctor ordered across the border, too. Nice job, Scott. Smudger is a lovely lad: Dedicated to his career and teetotal. The real trouble is that he’s a carthorse. He loved setting the table for Viduka at Leeds and I think that’s what Big Sam was aiming for with the Toon when he brought himin. The problem is that there’s no Harry Kewell-type of tricky winger who can pull defences out of shape and give Smudge time to set up positionally, either. Simply put, he’s too slow to ever do consistently well in the EPL, especially since that horrible double fracture. I believe he’s still got the quality to succeed in Scotland or the Championship division, however, and would excel with Sheffield United or back with Leeds. Walter Smith or Craig Levein could well find he’s just what the doctor ordered across the border, too.

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