I was surprised they let Butt go. As was I surprised Sven dropped Butt when

although he was hardly world class, he was still the most natural and experienced we had in that position.

But yes, if it improves everyone around him, it's well worth 15m.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on July 28th 2006 at 09:20:48

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How to waste 10m of your English pounds (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 28, 09:08:22
- Without having seen him to often (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Jul 28, 09:13:26
  - Different players but yeah Kezman was also over-rated while still (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 28, 09:18:22
  - yep. scoring golas in the Dutch league is obviously akin to doing likewise in France (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 28, 09:15:31
    - Much easier (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 28, 09:18:53
- and he's prob still better value at ?10m than Carrick is at ?15m (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 28, 09:12:37
  - Imagine if the money was spread around more fairly... (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jul 28, 09:34:15
  - I think Carrick is overrated (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Jul 28, 09:24:40
    - Players improve over time... (Other Football) - Brom, Jul 28, 09:30:52
      - Is he better or has he got better players around him? (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Jul 28, 09:33:06
      - Try telling that to Ian Henderson. (Other Football) - Honolulu Wednesday, Jul 28, 09:31:33
        
        Have you got a pet dog? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jul 28, 09:32:45
        
        You know I haven't...... (Other Football) - Honolulu Wednesday, Jul 28, 09:36:42
        
        That's what I thought. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jul 28, 09:37:51
        
        We were thinking about it. (Other Football) - Honolulu Wednesday, Jul 28, 09:42:05
    - Hargreaves showed he was much better in the holding role than Carrick (n/m) (Other Football) - Kings Lynn Canary, Jul 28, 09:27:28
  - Not at all. Carrick may not be amazing on his own, but he will improve an area which will (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 28, 09:15:26
    - for ?15m?? - they might as well have kept Nicky Butt (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jul 28, 09:16:36
      - I was surprised they let Butt go. As was I surprised Sven dropped Butt when (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 28, 09:20:48
- Isn't Kuyt supposed to be a bit of an ole arsehole too? (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jul 28, 09:11:25
  - As far as I was aware Kuyt was a bit of a model professional. Zlatan, on (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jul 28, 09:16:29
    - I must be thinking of someone else. Didn't know Newcastle were in for Ibrahimovic though (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jul 28, 09:27:11

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