27
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 31
- Goals
- 7
- Assists
- 2
- Yellow cards
- 7
- Red cards
- 1
- Status
if Pereira cant get a game, why should Powell
Should have find the replacement for Carrick long time ago, I say this for couple of seasons, we mainly need defensive minded midfielder. Blind is decent but not world class, Carrick soon 34.. We should never depend on the two, hope we find someone in the transfer market in the summer. Strootman may be the option as van Gaal played him as no6 for some time and yeah we still have Ben Pearson waiting for his chance, actually he is the perfect type of player for the job but perhaps van Gaal doesnt think he is physically ready yet. Mentally looks ahead of anyone there
I feel the opposite, when Fellaini ain't playing I feel we will get bullied in midfield!
Broken rib? Our guys must be running an underground fight club in Carrington.
wtf ? Again another training injury ? Just imagining the kinda force needed to get a broken rib... Another coincidence ?
City hammered us till the red card
No. Just pointing out that selecting two matches which we lost to prove that a player played poorly can be used for any player. If you cannot read what I responded to, it's your issue and not mine
Really is a strange coincidence that Ander was out with a broken rob as well, although his injury happened during the game iirc.
Is Ander at-least back or he suffered something too.
It is just amazing. Our defenders come back but then 3 of our midfielders get injured (with Blind who got injured before, it is 4).
When they wil eventually return, well it is time for Rooney, RVP and Falcao to get injured.
It is just amazing. Our defenders come back but then 3 of our midfielders get injured (with Blind who got injured before, it is 4).
When they wil eventually return, well it is time for Rooney, RVP and Falcao to get injured.
LVG mentioned that he is ill. Really, how long can someone stay sick for?
It's amazing how people can't accept that footballers can get sick.
Since he's injured, 2 draws and 1 win against Newcastle, Villa, and Spurs.
We need some of the midfielders back especially Fellaini for the Stoke game. We clearly looked knackered in the 2nd half against Spurs.
Problem is, Fellaini is a foul machine. I'm all for toughness up and down the spine, but I don't like the idea of giving up free kicks in dangerous positions, as Fellaini is wont to do.
The man's best use is up front, marauding into the penalty box searching for well delivered crosses.
Yeah I thought he'd have been very useful for us in the second half against Spurs when their front three were really pressing our center backs and we adopted the hoof it strategy
There's no doubt we missed him against Spurs. Especially because he's a running machine and would have easily coped with the reduced recovery time
3 yellows in 11 apps isnt really the definition of a foul machine
I wrote "foul machine", not "yellow card machine".
Ah....my apologies, didnt interpret it properly
No worries. It was a reasonable interpretation.
3 bookings in 11 appearances is actually a bit much, anyway. And he gets away with elbows to the head that should be booked. Marouane is a bit of a dirty fekker, truth be told.
But now that we've got that out of the way, he has put in some very tidy shifts this season and created a bit of havoc for opponents. I put him down in the "important squad man" camp, right next to Valencia and Young. Too good to ignore, but not good enough to regularly start for a legitimate trophy winning side.
Seem to be getting injury updates about every player apart from Afroman. What's going on? Has he really got a broken rib?
This team badly need him.
This is his game of the season, and he's missing it. Bollocks.
With all those Stoke attackers constantly pressing our players? He would've been dispossessed too many times. Set-pieces would've been safer with him though.
We have been bullied off the ball. His strength would have been handy this game.
I don't think that Fellaini is a great physical player. He gets bullied off the ball way too easy for a guy of his size. He can bully Arsenal midgets, but when he comes up against the likes of Shawcross/Crouch he often gets bested. Also, with all the wind and it's changing the ball's trajectory, he would've been lost here - his positioning is awful. He would've been handy at set-pieces though, in a static game he is using his height very good.
He had a big problem with our distribution from the back - and Fellaini won't help there, he would only make it worse, in my opinion.
Each to their own I suppose. All I know is that you have a better chance of fellaini winning an aerial duel against these players than the likes of Shaw and Mata.
We miss him. Get well soon
I don't think it was the case that we missed him. I think it's a case of the team structure in this bloody 3-5-2. Carrick is sitting almost on top of the defence, with Rooney and Mata very advanced of the midfield. Away games at places like Stoke are cagey in the middle of the park and they had too much space and time to get out from the back. No urgency to press, and positionally all over the shop. Fellaini's presence and qualities may have helped in attack but Stoke would have just played around him like they did to the others today. How often did they have 3 against 1 in the middle? No combativeness, or fight to push them back.
Really needed him in these away games. Hopefully back soon.
Really missed his ball winning today.
This was certainly a game where his elbows would have come in quite handy.
If there's one game you want Fellaini for, it's this one. We're really shite at winning high balls, everyone apart from Smalling and Van Persie apparently so he would have helped.
I know he's not the best at sticking with his man when defending corners, but you never know, he could have stopped their goal if he'd been playing as I'm sure he'd have been on Crouch or Shawcross. In general he'd have been very useful today.
We really missed him today, he would've been a certainty to play if he was fit.
Agreed with the point made above. If there were ONE match all season you'd want Fellaini starting for, it would be v Stoke away.
Another uninspiring performance with Fellaini out. It is fair to say our best run of form by an absolute mile this season was when Fellaini was in the team.
The thing that Fellaini has done which I believe has been very under appreciated, is that he shows for the ball. Whether playing as a DM, CM or AM, he always tries to find space and be available for a pass. We have really lacked that in recent games, the likes of Rooney, Mata and even Herrera play too far up the pitch, which I believe is why we seem to end up playing hoofball a lot of the time. Ironically, hoofball would suit Fellaini equally well, for obvious reasons.
The thing that Fellaini has done which I believe has been very under appreciated, is that he shows for the ball. Whether playing as a DM, CM or AM, he always tries to find space and be available for a pass. We have really lacked that in recent games, the likes of Rooney, Mata and even Herrera play too far up the pitch, which I believe is why we seem to end up playing hoofball a lot of the time. Ironically, hoofball would suit Fellaini equally well, for obvious reasons.
Our midfield played its best football before Fellaini was even fit this season
- Status