Comments on: Is Possebon Ready To Replace Hargreaves?

By: Zalee

Zalee — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:33:42 +0000

For me Possebon isn’t ready yet to replace Hargreaves but it doesn’t meant he do not have the quality to succeed Hargreaves.It would be great if Possebon is tutored by Hargreaves.That is why Sir Alex like to mix experience player with the youngster.Possebon ex-Internacional team mates, Alexandre Pato have been played quite regularly at AC Milan (correct me if I made a mistake) but Possebon have the upper hand in learning from one of the great defensive midfielder in the world.We should support Possebon as we are Man Utd fan & we would like to see him be a part of Man Utd future. Forgive me if there something that all of you doesn’t like to hear. And I agree what Giles Oakley said.

Glory Glory Man Utd!

By: Giles Oakley

Giles Oakley — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:50:00 +0000

Hargreaves’ injury is a terrible blow for him and for United. His fighting spirit and energy were greatly missed against Arsenal, for example, where no-one took midfield by the scruff of the neck. I don’t see Possebon replacing him in that respect. What I do like about Possebon, from what I’ve seen, is his ability to make space and hence time for himself, with his graceful first touch as he wheels away from opponents, which makes him more Scholes-like. I hope he gets more opportunities than just League Cup appearances , as well as the other kids. United missed out on Aaron Ramsey to Arsenal despite him being a United fan, because he thought kids don’t get much of a look in at United these days, which is a bit of an indictment at a club with such a proud history of giving youth its head. There’s speculation that Guissepe Rossi – another one who never got a chance- is about to go to Juve for 24M. Let’s see Wellbeck, Gibson, Drinkwater , Foster and the Brazilians given a real break.

By: Oneabe

Oneabe — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:11:26 +0000

He certainly looks like an exciting prospect, taking account his silky ball-keeping move, passing, as well as control. Sir SAF should rotate him more often in the EPL. Bt i think he should buff up a lil for his height. Then, he might be up to the task against bigger n badder opponents in the likes of Chelski and etc.

By: OTRed

OTRed — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:17:00 +0000

I don’t know yet, Hargreaves has two sides to him, the classy creative Carrick side, and the energetic, put-in-the-rough-tackle-side like Keane. So far I’ve seen the Carrick side a lot in Possebon and he’s been good, but I’ve only seen the Keane side against Boro and Newcastle(i think) when he lost the ball tracked back and put in some good tackles to recover it. I haven’t heard or seen him do that a lot in the reserves so i don’t know if its PART of his game or if it was just a one- off thing. We’ll see though, but so far with his passing and shooting, he’s looking more like the Scholes in his early years that scores goals.

By: NickOGS20

NickOGS20 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:39:17 +0000

As has been said, Rodrigo is much more like Carrick than Hargreaves. He’s ready but he’s not going to be a like-for-like replacement for Hargreaves at all so in essence he’s no higher up the pecking order than he was.

By: suhayl

suhayl — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:44:57 +0000

bloody fuckin BIG TIME SHAME HARGO HAS RECEIVED THIS BAD NEWS.

THE guy can run, great stamina, great fitness, great crosser, set piece taker, free kicks ( fulham arsenal), versatile left side right side, centre mid, right back left back, cruncher, tackler AND great great pen taker..champs lge final and england 06 where he was the only scorer. So all in all A VERY VERY VERY BIG LOSS. Possebons the closest we have got….but sorry…for me he doesnt cut as yet.

One last thing…we knew of hargos tendifuckinitis and were managing it for 10 months. Why bloody not at the back end of last season send him to DOC steadman and have it diagnosed and done then. Which could have meant he may have been back by xmas. Think we procastinated toooooooooo much with his injury.

Hope youre back soonish hargo

By: badger

badger — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:38:15 +0000

not if last nights display was anything to go by…

By: Hakan

Hakan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:33:54 +0000

I definitely think Possebon is ready for the first team. In fact, I rate him even higher than Rafael. But I think his style is similar to Carrick rather than Hargreaves.
Even with Scholes and Hargreaves injured we now have fierce competion for places in central midfield with Anderson, Carrick, Giggs, Fletcher and Possebon. Both Fletcher and Giggs have been more influentiaI than I expected them to this season.

By: james f

james f — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:20:46 +0000

Possebon and Anderson would make a fantastic midfield duo, but not against Stoke. They’ll be physical, so we need someone more aggressive. Not even Carrick. Maybe Fletcher, if he’s ok.

By: gotta hate tiny tears

gotta hate tiny tears — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:51:25 +0000

Rodrigo+Anderson = midfield youth