Why I’m Beginning To Think United Should Buy Charlie Adam
Although Adam hasn’t scored from a free kick this season he has in the past least of all the Play-Off final and there’s no doubt he’d get a lot more opportunities to try his luck at United with them than he does at Blackpool.
Although it would be quite frankly crazy to buy a player just for his penalty taking expertise, five scored this season is not to be sniffed at and could be a useful asset if Rooney, or Giggs weren’t willing or available.
I’ve grown to admire Adam this season for more than just his dead ball ability, his conduct towards the United youngsters in the recent reserve game was above and beyond. More than that though is Adam’s ability to spread the play around and willingness to look for a killer ball, a trait that only Paul Scholes seems capable of at United.
There’s also the price tag, around £10 million is the most popular price being bandied about which if true could represent something of a bargain, after all, at a time when James Milner, David Luiz and Darren Bent all cost twice as much, I think it’s not the awe-inspiring price it fee it once was.
Adam’s lack of pace seems to be the main argument for his detractors- in fact you could say it’s his only failing but let me ask you: does Michael Carrick possess any real pace? No. That’s not needed if you have other attributes which Adam does.
Adam has the luxury of having players around him at Blackpool that are capable of doing the necessary running and that could be the case at United. I was disappointed Adam and Darren Fletcher didn’t get the chance to play together for Scotland in the recent win over Northern Ireland as it would be a chance to see how they work together- albeit against lesser opposition.
Adam may well not be the ‘marquee midfield signing’ everyone at United is hoping for, but if Sir Alex were to buy him, I’d actually be pretty chuffed.
A midfield trio of Fletcher Adam and Tom Cleverley for certain games doesn’t sound to bad to me.
Am I chatting rhubarb yet again or echoing your own thoughts? Feel free to comment below.
Adam is Liverpool-bound my friend but i’ve heard that M’Vila is United-bound so no worries..
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thats like saying c.ronaldo is chelsea bound
NO!. There are far better players out there then Charlie Adam.
Watched him recently against the reserves and he didn’t really stand out, yes he can deliver good corners and free kicks but to buy him just for that would be stupid. We do lack someone in that mould who can do that but we should look elsewhere in my opinion.
i agree that we need a set piece taker and one who might work the keeper with fk just outside the box, cos at the moment they are usually wasted.
although i dont think that adam should be a summer signing, at the end of this window i thought he would be a good pick up.
but now we can get someone better and younger.
Adam doesn’t strike me as a United prospect personally but I do take your point. Sir Alex said his corners were worth £10m alone after the Blackpool game.
I’m sure we all remember the corner against Chelsea a couple of years ago, where the kick was taken but the players pretended it hadn’t been and took the defence by surprise to score.
I also seem to remember that, in 2002/03, we didn’t score from a corner until about April. It could have been a Paul Scholes header at White Hart Lane.
Interesting point. I do think we lack a dead-ball specialist too but it’s not such a main concern.
When Sir Alex said Adam’s corners were worth £10m alone, he just wanted to help Blackpool and Holloway get a better transfer deal for the player (since Liverpool were interested in buying) and not actually a statement that SAF was interested in getting him himself.
Set pieces are not a big factor in United’s game this season. We get most of our goals from open play so i reckon a creative midfielder over a primarily dead ball specialist should be the priority this summer.
Charlie Adam is not good enough to play for Manchester United, I am sick of people going on that we need some midfielder than naming footballers such as Rodwell or Adam. Adam isnt even as good as our academy players and would struggle to make the sub bench for the academy/reserve squads let alone the first team. We should look for the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Javier Pastore, Douglas Costa, not crap like Charlie Adam.
I couldn’t agree more with a club like United not capitalising on chances we can get from corners and frees kick like we used to..
I think it is a disgrace we do not have a specialist corner taker and it pains me EVERY-TIME to see how we can not keep the ball away from the keeper or first man(which isn’t a United head) on the front post..
So yeah Charlie might be the answer but he’ll have to raise his fitness another level..
thats a good point…he is an excellent passer of the ball and will extremely suit united…
for:
1) free kick specialist
2) corner kick specialist
3) experience in the epl
4) can defend
5) can continously give scholes type passes to our wingers and a couple of hernandez runs too
6)extremely good vision
7) cheaper than others
8)can play wing too..
against:
1) not a fancy name like valencia but brilliant
2) not fast but can adjust it to what he gives in passing