Cabaye?
Fellaini is a superior footballer to Cabaye, and is far more versatile, too.
Fellaini is a superior footballer to Cabaye, and is far more versatile, too.
Fellaini
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Its amazing how Fellaini's reputation as a DM or CM improves as each month goes by without him playing in central midfield. Nobody was here saying we should sign him last summer or before when he was playing in Everton's midfield. But play him as a number 10 for a season and now he's flavour of the summer as the man who will fix our midfield.
Every time I view this thread I see you complaining about Fellaini. Not a fan eh? What would you do if we actually sign him..
Wouldn't say flavour of the summer, just better than Cabaye. Would much prefer:
Fab
Thiago
Modric
Gundongen
But if couldn't get them...Could do worse than Fellaini
Cheer that there was finally something to link us to the player
That's bollocks, mate. Fellaini was earning deserved praise for his performances in a defensive midfield role long before this summer. I remember he gave a masterclass performance against Chelsea in the FA Cup at Stamford Brudge (when Everton knocked them out on penalties). He was the best player on the pitch by a country mile, and this an era when Chelsea's midfield was apparently untouchable.
So just please stop with the melodramatics. Fellaini is a very accomplished player and I think he'll be terrific beside Carrick - with Kagawa in front of them - should we decide to sign him. I'd obviously prefer others like Fabregas and Modric, but Fellaini is far from a bad option.
Don't want him or baines, they are not in the bracket of world class players! Baines is too old, and sideshow bob isn't good enough
This thread has many calling for his signing from 2010
What does that even mean, a United type player?
At the end of the day signing Fellaini does not mean we will never sign another midfielder.
We have space for ATLEAST 1 more player. We used to have Scholes / Carrick / Anderson / Fletcher / Hargreaves all capable.
Now we have Anderson / Carrick / Cleverley / Giggs. Considering Giggs will only be a bit part this year its really 2 short on players in that area.
I think Fellaini is worth signing, but we still need to be out for 1 more top class CM.
We have space for ATLEAST 1 more player. We used to have Scholes / Carrick / Anderson / Fletcher / Hargreaves all capable.
Now we have Anderson / Carrick / Cleverley / Giggs. Considering Giggs will only be a bit part this year its really 2 short on players in that area.
I think Fellaini is worth signing, but we still need to be out for 1 more top class CM.
To be fair, most of the people slating Fellaini are judging his performances in pre season.....
exactly.
its not fellaini or fab, its both. Problem Moyes has is if we only get fellaini it looks as if it was one or the other. We only have 1 first team Midfielder. Cleverley is going to be a great midfielder, i really do think that but hes a season or so off being first name on the team sheet. Ando is a good squad player bu will never be anything more unfortunately. We have no other midfielders. Giggs is a coach now more than a player, we have to move away from relying on him. It pains me to say we have to assume Fletcher will never be back. We need two midfielders easily.
Baines would be a great addition due to the fact he can actually cross the ball.
As hard as poor Fletch will try it's going to be near impossible to reach that level he once had. Battling that type of illness to reach a top level sportsman just is too hard while fighting your body too.
Is there a category of people who both think Phil Jones isn't good enough to play in midfield and also want us to sign Fellaini? That would be enjoyably paradoxical.
Can we set up camp here for a few days?
I could liive with his signing if we bring in another class midfielder. But as a single midfield signing I'd be massively dissapionted
To be fair, most of the people slating Fellaini are judging his performances in pre season.....
Only 2 or 3 people have bothered to watch him in pre-season. Which incidently makes them, most likely, the only posters to have seen him play central midfield in the last year other than our Everton fan poster
And so, we find ourselves back where it all began.
How can you be a fan and not know the answer to that question? We have a tradition, we play a certain way. We play to win, but with flair. Managers come and go, as do players, but they all understand what it is to where the shirt. Not everyone can be George Best, but they know what it means, they all have a certain caliber. I look at Fellaini and not only dont I see a shred of that, it physically scares me to think of that kind of player donning a United shirt
You can lad, but beware of the bulls.
Im here...Oh God this is what the muppet season has reduced me to
Wanting Fellaini, its like scraping the bottom of the barrel now.
Wanting Fellaini, its like scraping the bottom of the barrel now.
We went after all the shallow good looking birds.
It's time to settle for the ugly one with the pleasant and comforting personality.
Im here...Oh God this is what the muppet season has reduced me to
Wanting Fellaini, its like scraping the bottom of the barrel now.
I'm here with you sparks, but unlike you, I feel rather more optimistic.
I understand people wanting an elite midfielder/player to sign for us, but I don't understand the people who say they don't want Fellaini because he isn't 'world class.' Since when do we only sign world class players? We all know from the last 2 decades that the club is about far more than bringing in ready-made top drawer players. When was the last time we even signed an already world class level player other than van Persie?
Aye, I mean dont get me wrong, Fellaini is not atrociously bad or anything but I just feel that he lacks the creativity we are looking for, he is a great player for those teams that are always tethering on the verge of UEFA football and the likes but I dont think he is United quality as such, he has a good physical presence but is that really what we need in midfield? What we need is someone who can get on the ball and make things happen in the middle of the park.
I wonder what Paul Scholes' reaction would be if he was told that we'd like to replace him with Fellaini
We're not replacing him with Fellaini.
Some people are just too dramatic sometimes (not aimed at you Ekeke, different note entirely). If this deadl goes through we'll be signing a good midfielder who is always present physically, knows how to score a few goals here and there, and gives us another option to play next to Carrick, whilst occasionally lifting the burden off Carrick as well. I don't think he'll be our only midfield signing this summer, but he's still a very good signing. Just because he comes from Everton doesn't mean he's a Stoke City caliber player.
Well actually whoever comes in as a midfielder will be replacing Scholes in the squad, as its 1 out 1 in. Unless we sell Anderson or something.
We've lost Paul Scholes qualities from our squad, its no surprise we went straight to Fabregas who can replace most of them. I also think its wishful thinking that we'll sign more than 1 midfielder, we really dont need numbers and its taken so long to get 1 in, that the idea of signing 2 just seems cute.
wouldnt be my first choice but Moyes seems to rate him and thats good enough for me. If he does sign, Im sure that with better players around him, then im sure he will develop better
If anything Fellaini would be a replacement for Fletcher circa 2009, and a type of player that we've lacked for a while. I might be in the minority here, but my big issue with our midfield at present is that even the most average of opposition players can seemingly waltz through the middle of the park unchallenged, allowing opponents to put us under pressure in the final 3rd very quickly without much effort. Carrick is a phenomenal player, but defensively his strength lies in an incredible ability to read the game and make interceptions. Ando runs around harrying like a madman, but wastes energy doing so, and Cleverley has never impressed me defensively. It's been a while since we've had someone in the middle who can really get at opposition midfielders. Remember when Wenger came out complaining about Fletcher being a spoiler and in a sense exhibiting "anti-football"? If I recall correctly that game Fletcher did a near MOTM job of marking, harrying and essentially bullying the Arsenal midfield out of the game.
That's not to say Fellaini hasn't got good ability going forward, but I would welcome him as a signing to fill that particular gap for us.
That logic doesn't really work. He's not coming in as "Paul Scholes' replacement", he's coming in as a midfielder for Manchester United. I think we do need the numbers. I don't think Fellaini will be the only midfield signing this summer.
What has me confident about Fellaini is the fact that Moyes knows he's under pressure now that he's in one of the biggest jobs in world football. Following Fergie will be a monumental task and Moyes knows he has to be at the top of his own game to continue that success. If Moyes believes that Fellaini and Baines, or whomever else, are the players to bring in to ensure we continue being successful, then who are we to argue?
The man making the decisions is under more pressure than any of us can imagine. Let's trust him to do the right thing.
The man making the decisions is under more pressure than any of us can imagine. Let's trust him to do the right thing.
Correct. I never believed it was plausible that would sign both Fabregas and Ronaldo. In fact, some poster (a good guy, no hard feelings), even challenged me on that very point, resulting in a digression on the meaning of the word "plausible". To recap, I use the word "plausible" to mean "seeming reasonable or probable" and he, apparently, used the word to mean something like theoretically possible, which is not how the word is commonly understood. Yes, it was theoretically possible we could land both Fabregas and Ronaldo, but it really never was anything remotely close to being probable.
I'm afraid we will have to settle for Fellaini.
I like the idea of having a nuisance in our team. He's no Roy Keane or Gary Neville in terms of quality but he's the type of guy who can really piss someone off and get in their face.
He can play a bit of football too.
Skeptical about the money it'd take to bring him here if that is the direction we take, but if we're successful it's not an issue. Key word being if of course...I mean £18m for Carrick in 2006 was ridiculous but he's paid it off and some more.
He can play a bit of football too.
Skeptical about the money it'd take to bring him here if that is the direction we take, but if we're successful it's not an issue. Key word being if of course...I mean £18m for Carrick in 2006 was ridiculous but he's paid it off and some more.
replying to my own thread here (which is worry in its own right).....
Just watched a youtube of Fellaini, in an attempt to try and get "onside" with this possible signing (cos its depressing the life outta me so far).... Found myself thinking, hang on, maybe he's not as bad as I thought............
hahaha, now that means either
a) he actually isnt that bad
b) youtube highlights can make ANYONE look good or
c) I'm being extremely blinkered over this, and therefore talking bollox (surely not, man of my years and experience!?!)
(or maybe even... all of the above ?!?)
EDIT: That said, this article completely agrees with my rants so far:
http://www.givemesport.com/367084-manchester-united-should-resist-urge-to-sign-fellaini?
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