A highly rated teenager we signed him at a time when Jackie McNamara thought that he had unlocked the secret to football and that he could identify every new top talent available. He had a couple of real purple patches in form whilst at Tannadice but he was always limited in his ability to maintain that and to take his play to the next level. He only played a handful of games, usually coming on for Bell when he was injured, but I don’t think anyone had any confidence in him based on how he performed the previous season. Dundee United Official Name: Dundee United Football Club Formed: 1909 Ground: Tannadice Park (14,223) Manager: Ray McKinnon [SCO] Required fields are marked *. He also gets in his team-mates way. And remember, I rate him higher than most. This squad was actually pretty close to getting us back up to the Premiership given the playoff final against Hamilton and things may have been different if we were awarded a penalty in the first leg and we didn’t run out of energy in the second. He was possibly the slowest player I’ve ever seen and was deluded as to how good he actually was, but it cannot be argued that when he played, the team played better. Sign up for the Latest DUFC News Direct to your inbox, Responsive website design, Development & Hosting proudly made in Dundee He’s a headless chicken who runs about a lot without doing anything useful with the ball. We then beat Falkirk after Paul Dixon’s late header which started an astoundingly bizarre on pitch celebration by Kuate in front of the supporters. On that day in that tie, that United side played like a team who would have finished comfortably in the top division. United began the season 2016/17 with a new manager, but a familiar face to Arabs. Another player who McNamara probably thought was going to develop into a megastar and make him a decent wedge. If the season had ended in August – roughly the time VDV decided to retire from football – he’s have got a 9. It had been a long season for the Tannadice side, and it had come down to missing out on promotion by just 1 goal. But here’s the thing; as much as Andreu scored some important goals, that was about all he did. He has almost no footballing intelligence. Initially it seemed like Telfer was going to be a great piece of business for United. This set up a semi-final play-off against second placed Falkirk. If he’s not, then he definitely knows where the bodies are buried. A hard fought encounter saw the Greenock side win 2-1 against United. He looked like a star in the making in the aforementioned drubbing of Partick Thistle. As you can see, there are only two forwards in the entire report card. When we signed him I remember that almost every other club in Scotland seemed to be very jealous. If footballers were judged on whether or not they could be described as ‘A Good Cunt’ then he’s your man. His performances during the play-offs summed that up. His biggest mistake was probably leaving United to join Huddersfield in 2012. Equally poor has been the young left back who managed to replace Dixon in many of the games this season. A few injury problems and then an ill-advised argument with some fans after the Hamilton playoff meant he left the club with a bit of a whimper. It felt like there were strange goings on late in the 2016/17 season and if I remember correctly there were rumours about the club saying Coote was injured bu the player declaring himself fit. In the Scottish Cup, United had an early exit after a disappointing 6-2 defeat away to Ross County in January. That being said, he was shown to be completely out of his depth against Hamilton and his meltdown was inexcusable. Paul Dixon version two, the one that moved back to United in 2015, was a very different player. The last post about the 2017/18 squad went down well (and thank you to everyone who contacted me to tell me that Harry Lewis was still alive). United did lift silverware this season as they won the Scottish Challenge Cup. Despite some early flashes of talent the frustrating winger soon fell away and apparently had some big issues with the management as they felt that he basically wasn’t pulling his weight. So here are my ratings for the Dundee United players in season 2016/17. I’ll always remember the opening game of the 2015/16 season when Jackie started with a defensive pairing of Durnan and Donaldson with Zwick in the goal. Murdoch was signed as the central midfield partner to Willo Flood, but despite a decent start, injury meant he lost his place there and any time he was thrown back in he was poor. And hey, that’s fair enough because that’s the nature of footballing rivalry in the eyes of some…. We signed Johnson from FC United of Manchester and he made a number of cameo appearances over a two-year spell at the club. Poor Cammy Smith. Not that I have anything against Zwick, he just wasn’t good enough and he was very young at the time and should never have been put in that situation. But then we signed Tony Andreu for his position and it all went downhill from there. But I stand by that remark based on the evidence that was there before me at the time. Telfer epitomises the sort of blah player loads of Scottish sides seem to be developing at the moment. As is common in teams that are relegated, United’s playing squad was drastically cut as a total of 30 players left Tannadice and 11 arriving. A hard fought 0-0 draw at Tannadice was followed up by a 1-0 victory to Hamilton in the second leg. There isn’t a huge amount to say about the Dutchman who arrived hoping to improve our defence. Since leaving Tannadice he has actually been at some pretty big clubs but has never quite made the grade. […] For anyone reading a post like this for the first time please have a read of the 2016/17 version (here) and the 2017/18 version […]. People feel empathy towards him because he’s a fellow fan, and it’s been clear over the last few games that the play-off ties have meant a lot to him, but still…it’s time to go. Having guided Raith Rovers to the previous season’s Championship play-offs, McKinnon was given the task of overseeing United’s promotion challenge. Kuate played in Israel before moving to Finland where his contract was terminated due to his behaviour and ego. He is still there but has yet to make a first team appearance. Highly rated with a good pedigree after coming through the ranks at Rangers but he never really performed to a level that we all hoped he would. But his recruitment has been imbalanced in the extreme, with far too many number 10 style players signed rather than wide men or strikers. Smith’s loan spell from Aberdeen was cut short in the January and he then moved to St.Mirren and almost immediately became one of the best players in the league. Donaldson is currently playing quite well for Inverness Caledonian Thistle and maybe he has now realised that mucking about for a few years at United probably wasn’t helping him. But he’d also dive a lot and break up play by committing foul after foul. The final, and most memorable chapter of Kuate’s United career came at Tannadice against Hamilton. The squad had no balance to it, the bench was so poor that when players were out on their feet, the manager still wouldn’t make substitutions and the quality just wasn’t there. Initially with Hansa Rostock he was sent out on loan to Hertha Berlin’s second side but was unsuccessful during this short spell. He kicks and headers the ball away from goal when he needs to. The last post about the 2017/18 squad went down well (and thank you to everyone who contacted me to tell me that Harry Lewis was still alive). Played at Fir Park, United won 2-1 thanks to goals from Tony Andreu and Thomas Mikkelsen. It wasn’t wrong for him to try to test himself at a higher level but the move down to England was pretty disastrous for a number of reasons and it set Dixon back and some would argue he never recovered. You can’t help but appreciate him. It made such a difference. The freakishly tall younger brother of John Souttar and someone who United had huge hopes for. As he left the field he made several gestures to the fans and unsurprisingly he was met with a torrent of abuse. Unfortunately when we needed him most he seemed to fade really badly and his form was really poor in the last couple of months of the campaign. The Scottish Championship had become one of the most difficult leagues to get out of in recent years with the likes of Rangers, Hearts and Hibernian all vying for that one elusive automatic promotion place. A 2-2 draw at Tannadice gave the Bairns the advantage, but United rallied in the 2nd leg to earn a valuable 2-1 victory. But that’s a very simple way of looking at it. In August of this year he joined 4th division side FSV Optik Rathenow. A site dedicated to Dundee United and Scottish football. I’m not even sure where he’s supposed to play on the park. I believe he’d already left the club before the play-offs ended. I actually watched the footage back whilst writing this and I remember at the time just how angry I was that someone so arrogant could jeopardise such a huge game for the club.

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