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Talk about an extremely bad timing, that injury really comes at the worst time in the current context where we are trying to offload him for a while and then make way for better players.
 
Petr1 said:
Funny thing is that when Swansea got a free kick further out which led to the goal , Blackett played the ball to them when the referee gave them the free kick. A more experienced player would leave the ball alone at that point and maybe things wopuld have turned out differently. Such small details that affects the game
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It's called experience, some thing Blackett currently lacks but which his teammates have oodles of, one of which was Fletcher. However Blackett looked better than a lot of his teammates in the game.
 
According to a Belgian journalist, his injury probably won't keep him out for long.
New tests have not shown any ligament damage. Still not entirely certain though.
 
Superpolfcb said:
According to a Belgian journalist, his injury probably won't keep him out for long.
New tests have not shown any ligament damage. Still not entirely certain though.
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He was out for weeks last year with a wrist injury.
 
the only thing that makes Fellaini more useless is him not being able to play.
 
He was carrying a back injury too. I think that hampered him most, particularly his movement. I hope he isn't out for too long.
 
Red Phoenix Rising said:
They might, if you are prepared to give them a chance. What more can you do?
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A chance to do what? To prove what everyone knows, that they are not good enough? We're giving turds chances while our rivals are buying real quality players. This is why we keep falling behind. Fellaini is 27 in three months, Cleverley is 25. These players have shown nothing to suggest they'll ever drastically improve this team.
 
Loublaze said:
A chance to do what? To prove what everyone knows, that they are not good enough? We're giving turds chances while our rivals are buying real quality players. This is why we keep falling behind. Fellaini is 27 in three months, Cleverley is 25. These players have shown nothing to suggest they'll ever drastically improve this team.
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Well, dealing with absolutes won't get you very far. So, what if Vidal comes in and gets injured? Or performs poorly? Do we just spout the same rhetoric over and over until we sign a player who comes good? Players grow, adapt and change all the time. I see a clear fan disconnect when dealing with absolutes. You feel they have nothing to give or to prove but it isn't because they don't, it's because you desperately don't want to see it. You'd rather have your team play badly just so you can tell everyone how terrible the players are.

Grim.
 
Thank feck his injury is not serious. Just get him out of here so we can bring in someone.
 
Fellaini could come in very handy as a second striker in Carling cup games to give Rooney a rest etc...As a second Striker Fellaini is awesome for a long ball team and he would kick lumps out of the opposition in the Carling Cup games....but the best scenario for Fellaini and the club is for him to get a move as far away from the club as possible to some mid table long ball team where he will be worshiped again....he needs to get that loan move so that we can recuperate some of the astronomical dosh we spent on him next summer
 
Red Phoenix Rising said:
Well, dealing with absolutes won't get you very far. So, what if Vidal comes in and gets injured? Or performs poorly? Do we just spout the same rhetoric over and over until we sign a player who comes good? Players grow, adapt and change all the time. I see a clear fan disconnect when dealing with absolutes. You feel they have nothing to give or to prove but it isn't because they don't, it's because you desperately don't want to see it. You'd rather have your team play badly just so you can tell everyone how terrible the players are.

Grim.
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Nope. You're far from the truth. I was one of Cleverley's biggest advocates and now I know how to manage my expectations with him. Fellaini on the other hand i've never rated, and his performances have done nothing but vindicate my initial reservations about his signing. If these guys have something to give its very little, and not near good enough for what a club of this stature needs.
 
Loublaze said:
Nope. You're far from the truth. I was one of Cleverley's biggest advocates and now I know how to manage my expectations with him. Fellaini on the other hand i've never rated, and his performances have done nothing but vindicate my initial reservations about his signing. If these guys have something to give its very little, and not near good enough for what a club of this stature needs.
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Spot on. I've mentioned many times in the other Fellaini thread, look at the midfielders I've grown up watching - Robson, Ince, Scholes, Keane, Beckham. That's the level we need to strive for. Not "Ah sure, Fellaini might actually come good". No, we need players who simply are good enough. Fellaini can loiter around for a squad player (personally I'd rather we sold him for 12-15 million and re-invested that money) but he's not a good enough central midfielder to be a regular starter for a team that wishes to get back to glory days, as we supposedly do.
 
Red Phoenix Rising said:
It's not fact at all, merely hysterical fan myths in desperate attempts to justify their opinion on a player.
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So, you think fellaini is up there with the level of midfielder I mention above? Look at the midfield talent of recent championship winning sides. You won't find many playing players of his calibre.
 
dirkey said:
So, you think fellaini is up there with the level of midfielder I mention above? Look at the midfield talent of recent championship winning sides. You won't find many playing players of his calibre.
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Up there with past United legends? I suppose now every single player we have is supposed to be of that standard then?
 
Red Phoenix Rising said:
Up there with past United legends? I suppose now every single player we have is supposed to be of that standard then?
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Those players aren't earning £125,000 a week though (well apart from Ashley but the supporters' disenchantment with him is well documented). The performance to expenditure ratio is unjustifiable here.
 
Manucho the boss said:
Am I supposed to feel sorry for a useless thug who "earns" £120,000 a week and seems to try his best to get sent off every time he gets on the pitch? He's harming the club and the further we can keep him away the better.
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There is a big jump between feeling happy and sorry. You're not bipolar are you ?
 
.Rossi said:
You're a Scouser are you not?!
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No I am not...?
Invictus said:
Those players aren't earning £125,000 a week though (well apart from Ashley but the supporters' disenchantment with him is well documented). The performance to expenditure ratio is unjustifiable here.
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It makes no difference what he earns, unless the club is going under and needs to get his wage off the books for fear of bankruptcy (which they would, and/or would have) then I think it's a non point. Especially in a 'performance to wage' scenario which is in itself laughable garbage.
 
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As an aside, by selling Fellaini now United could probably recoup :

125 x 52.25 x 4yrs = £26 million in wages.
£15 million transfer fee.

So around £41 million in total.

Adding just £10 million to that we could sign Sami Khedira - a proven, world cup winning box-to-box midfielder :

150 (his wage demands) x 52.25 x 4yrs = £31 million in wages.
£20 million transfer fee - this is the upper estimate mind, could be significantly lower.

Or we could give De Gea a fresh contract on par with Neuer (he currently earns £52,000 while Neuer is on £105,000) ensuring he's at the club till 2024. Now that would be money well spent.
 
dirkey said:
So, you think fellaini is up there with the level of midfielder I mention above? Look at the midfield talent of recent championship winning sides. You won't find many playing players of his calibre.
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Exactly this. Some people need to get off their high horses about certain players who will never make it at this club or any other big club.

Red Phoenix Rising said:
It's not fact at all, merely hysterical fan myths in desperate attempts to justify their opinion on a player.
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Thats what you think. You can't lump all of us who criticize those players in the same group. The fact is Fellaini will never be good enough for United. He's 27 FFS. Don't you recognize a good/bad player when you see one? It slaps you in the face every time he puts on a red shirt but you refuse to see it. 'Give him more chances, he'll come good'. In the meantime he's one of the highest earners on the team and not measuring up on the pitch. This is the same mentality some have had towards Nani and Anderson even when it was painfully clear that they'd never live up to their price tags. People like you will persist with mediocrity for several seasons and continue to make silly attempts to belittle those who call a turd a fvcking turd. Fellaini is shit! He's on his way out.
 
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dirkey said:
So, you think fellaini is up there with the level of midfielder I mention above? Look at the midfield talent of recent championship winning sides. You won't find many playing players of his calibre.
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I think a fit Fellaini playing as a CM and not being given license to just run up-field for long balls would improve our midfield. Is he at the caliber of Vidal and the others? No. But neither are Fletcher, Cleverley or Anderson (who I think are further away from that level than Fellaini). So i'd get rid of those three before Fellaini.
 
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