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Juan Cuadrado, exactly why did we sign him?

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We binned off André Schürrle who had a record of a goal every 4 games (11 in 44 appearances), who was playing for one of the best international sides and was only 24 and also Mohamed Salah who is flying at Fiorentina, both of whom have our team a more direct option and in Salah's case with bags of pace, for what exactly? A guy who has been given 6 appearances that have varied between anonymous and rubbish.

Does anybody know why on earth we'd do this?!?

 
Did this really need its own thread? There is already a Cuadrado thread...

 
May be because Jose expects Willian / Oscar will need to sit out some time due to injury

The same is with Dave / Luis

We are very fortunate this year to not have many injuries beside Costa hamstring and Remy.

 
What was your opinion of Salah BEFORE he went to fiorentina and decided to remember how to play?

 
Stim said:
What was your opinion of Salah BEFORE he went to fiorentina and decided to remember how to play?
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I know your not addressing me, but personally I thought he could do a job for us, just needed a chance to settle and feel confident

 
i personally thought salah was atrocious and still think he has a lot to proved

didn't mind andre but genuinely thought cuadrado was going to prove he's a superior player....been proved wrong on that end so far but i'm willing to wait till next season

some people have defended juan using the old, 'bought mid season, he needs time to settle' - you don't buy players for that kind of money mid-season unless you expect them to make an immediate impact....so on that front, i think jose would be disappointed with his performances so far.

still plenty of time for him to prove me wrong but i feel like perhaps this was a step up too much for him? time will tell

 
Andre had a difficult few months and was sold. An awful decision, especially after the World Cup.

Next season, he'll be top class again and we'll be regretting selling him.

 
You say 6 appearances yet i bet the total amount of minutes doesn't add up to half hour.

I was a fan of Schurlle, I liked his directness and as you say his scoring tally was half decent, We don't know if it was his decision to leave for more football either.

Jose has 13 players he fully trusts, Even back up players rarely get a decent amount of game time when we are winning by a 2-3 goal margin.

I didn't think the Cuadrado deal made sense but you know what, Give him a bit of time to at least gel with the team, He isn't going to achieve that getting 5 minutes every other game.

 
Because he's fast,has a high work rate and lots of energy. Can defend, track back and get you a goal we just haven't seen it much yet.Salah was useless for us and he didn't seem to trust Schurrle who was in bad form.

 
CFCDocker said:
You say 6 appearances yet i bet the total amount of minutes doesn't add up to half hour.
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213 minutes in all competitions, two games plus a half hour.

On the one hand, that clearly isn't enough time to fully judge a player. Seemingly he is going to be here next season so we should probably give him a proper chance.

On the other hand, I suppose the onus is on the player to actually earn a starting spot and earn more minutes than just coming on to secure a lead or to fill in for Willian when he gets knackered.

 
I never really wanted us to sign him in the first place, but now he is here i wish he would be given a few starts. Hopefully if we can get the title wrapped up soon he can get a few starts. At the moment, i can't see any reason why we signed him, we should have just stuck with Schurrle until the end of the season.

 
JoeyN said:
Next season, he'll be top class again and we'll be regretting selling him.
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i very much doubt that. i think we will regret selling KDB, he will end up at one of europes top teams. Schurrle, hell spend the best part of his career fighting for CL places in the buli

 
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