He's looked incredibly slow and clumsy tonight at times. He's arguably still a decent outlet because Di Maria's crossing has often been on point, but he really has looked like more of a long ball outlet than anything else tonight since his general play has been lacking at times.
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Having a proper box to box midfielder like Schneiderlin instead with Hererra playing as the attacking midfielder would suit us a lot more than Fellaini.
Been a very Fellainish performance alright.
Yep.
He's good at what he does (apart from the stupid needless fouls) but his presence stifles us as a team. We need pace and intelligent movement instead of him.
It's also been high tempo game which isn't helping him at all, hopefully we bring Mata very soon.
He had a decent first half, but should be sold or kept as a Plan C. He just isnt the guy for this type of football we want to play. He is too slow and commits too much fouls. He occcasionally has his moments when we cross or long ball to him, but otherwise with the ball at his feet just not good enough. He has to improve if he wants to be a starter.
Think he's doing well, done more for our cause than herrera by a mile. This is exactly the type of player that causes arsenal problems, not point switching to mata just to prove a point that we're not a long ball side or whatever
Weare never going to play good football with this guy in the team. There is too much temptation to lump it up to him.
He's been involved in all our best passing moves. But I guess you done even need to watch the game to post that boilerplate.
I'm sick to the back teeth of watching him wave his hands around like a fecking clown when he loses a header.
Don't have a clue why he's in the team. Utter shite.
Edit. Should add don't know why he's starting. I get it as a plan b but not from the start.
Don't have a clue why he's in the team. Utter shite.
Edit. Should add don't know why he's starting. I get it as a plan b but not from the start.
He's absolutely terrible. Foul after foul. So slow in possession. Literally all he offers is a route 1 option and it's pathetic for a club like United. Shouldn't be anywhere near the team. He's such a whingey prick too having a go after he's pulled up for elbowing somebody for the 90th time this season. Absolutely infuriating.
It's embarrassing he start's for us. Even though he's big, his heading is awful. Most them are just back passes to the keeper.
Think he's a decent player and I'm impressed with how he's turned it around but the way we play with him on the pitch is absolutely shocking
Shouldn't be playing for United, much less starting in the hole. We should have cut our losses last season.
As each game progresses, we seem to be just turning him into more and more of a long ball player. Which he is, I suppose. Sometimes it can prove useful, but we really shouldn't be playing that way in the long-term. His technical play is often very poor and his touch was sometimes terrible.
Despite being an absolute oaf, slow in possession, constant fouling machine waiting to get a red card (
), being poor technically, not being able to play on the ground and so on and so on, he probably contributed the most to our attacks yet again.
), being poor technically, not being able to play on the ground and so on and so on, he probably contributed the most to our attacks yet again.Pretty much this. We won't win big games with him upfront
Fellaini is not the problem, he's actually holding up the ball well and creating chances / keeping possession. The problem is a lack of pace up front and a defence that has carthorses like Smalling.
I think he was okay aside from the usual, way too many stupid fouls.
You'd ideally want more from one of your attackers, but I would have been content with his performance if he just didnt keep bringing players down all the time
You'd ideally want more from one of your attackers, but I would have been content with his performance if he just didnt keep bringing players down all the time
He's much better when we aren't just lumping the ball up to him.
The amount of fouls this fecking guy commits. Was decent at best, but that's all you're going to get from him really. He should never be starting for us, or very sparingly. A sub when it's necessary sure, but not a starter.
As Danny Murphy said on commentary, he comes alive when we're in the final third. Those back to front balls do nothing. He'll bring it down and lay it off but is that any different from just building your way up. First half was great as we played with the ball well. Second half was dead.
The problem is that he is playing as more of an AM than any of our other CM's and he's just so limited. There were several times the ball came to him in midfield to orchestrate a break but he has neither the passing range or the ability to drive with the ball at the opposition, so we just stop dead.
He's great as a Plan B impact sub with ten minutes to go when passing it into the net isn't working. He's atrocious as a starting number 10 expected to create. It's not like we played the long ball game well, either. Sure, he knocked it down a few times, but never to any of our players. His second touch after chesting it down was usually a tackle or him fouling someone.
Yep, played a nice ball over the top for Di Maria, and one earlier in the match too
He is absolutely diabolical!!
lack of pace? We had Rooney, Young, Di Maria. You mean lack of quality
Atrocious tonight. Managed to mess up at the pivotal moment every single time he threatened. The fouling was incessant and although it isn't his fault, contributed towards a horribly one dimensional final ten minutes.
He has this hard man image but in reality he's a snidey little fanny with shit control who is supposed to be a target man who can't even hold up the ball. I have never hated a United player but I hate this bastard with a passion. Not United and never will be, how is this utter cnut getting a game!
He is what he is. The problem is the manager who constantly uses him and make the team compete for the "Find Fellaini" contest.
He's a good back-up player but LVG seems keen to play him in every game.
Are you just going around posting this in every thread on the forum?
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/pla...ta-in-the-10-role.401933/page-2#post-17207333
Rooney has slowed down massively, the rest are wingers. We need someone like Sanchez to lead the line and stretch the defence.
to lead the line? He plays as a winger for Arsenal too. We are just slow in posession and for our counter attacks. In other words, our players think to much, hesitate, and pass back or give the ball away.
I think overall his performances have shown that there should be a place for him in the team more often than not
The problem is that to play him in any of the positions he can play, he needs a lot of balancing out by other teammates
If you have him in a front position, you'd want someone fast and alert to get onto his holdup play and provide a contrasting threat so the team arent predictable
If you have him in central midfield, you need other players like Ander looking to move the ball more positively and faster to make up for his willingness to go backwards with negative play
His own performances have been worthy of getting starts, but we've struggled to play well in midfield or as a team even when he's played well because of his skillset not really fitting the positions he plays.
Ideally you'd want your tall, physical player in the Matic or Wanyama position in front of the defence, but he doesn't have the concentration and positioning for it
I'm honestly sick of watching him play. I don't like his style, so even when he does have a decent game I don't enjoy watching him. The chance he had in the first half summed him up for me - didn't realise there was space to run into and because of that he wasn't quick enough when the pass came in and the chance went away. I simply don't understand why he's seemingly a better option than Mata.
Ironic that his role in the team is to provide balance
His control (chest control aside) is poor, his passes are always ever so slightly off their mark and his overall play is too slow. I don't think he offers anything defensively either when it's not a set piece. He has shown he has some uses but I would much rather see Mata.
He's a massive square peg, in a tiny round hole.
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