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2014-15 Performances

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5.9 Season Average Rating
Appearances
31
Goals
7
Assists
2
Yellow cards
7
Red cards
1
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Before LVG arrived, I honestly thought Fellaini would be ostracised and eventually sold 6 months later.
I remember reading before LVG arrived that Fellaini was worried about playing under LVG and was already considering his options (at other clubs).
I absolutely did not expect him to become so integral to our setup and LVG placing him in such a central role of our attack.

In early Sept, we had: Rooney, RVP, Falcao, Mata, Di Maria to fill 3-4 places.
6 months months later: Fellaini is ahead of most of those names. Who would have believed it?
 
sunama said:
Before LVG arrived, I honestly thought Fellaini would be ostracised and eventually sold 6 months later.
I remember reading before LVG arrived that Fellaini was worried about playing under LVG and was already considering his options (at other clubs).
I absolutely did not expect him to become so integral to our setup and LVG placing him in such a central role of our attack.

In early Sept, we had: Rooney, RVP, Falcao, Mata, Di Maria to fill 3-4 places.
6 months months later: Fellaini is ahead of most of those names. Who would have believed it?
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Me, I believed it

I stuck by him last season too convinced he could become an important player
 
Acole9 said:
His height when defending corners is so undervalued, I think he cleared every single one, it was almost like watching Sol Campbell.
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He was dominant in our goal area that last 20 minutes or so. Every corner and freekick was headed away with total confidence.
 
sunama said:
Before LVG arrived, I honestly thought Fellaini would be ostracised and eventually sold 6 months later.
I remember reading before LVG arrived that Fellaini was worried about playing under LVG and was already considering his options (at other clubs).
I absolutely did not expect him to become so integral to our setup and LVG placing him in such a central role of our attack.

In early Sept, we had: Rooney, RVP, Falcao, Mata, Di Maria to fill 3-4 places.
6 months months later: Fellaini is ahead of most of those names. Who would have believed it?
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Randall Flagg said:
Me, I believed it

I stuck by him last season too convinced he could become an important player
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I expected him to come good this season, but I actually thought he would be playing a deeper, Box to box role alongside a Carrick, Blind or Herrera (and be rotated amongst those players). I didn't expect him to become quite so important for us in an advanced role I have to admit.
 
Massive praise to the best man, we're using him to perfection at the moment.

Not relying on him in a 2man mid, and not expecting Mata-esque magic as a number 10.
Love it.

Probably the best player in the league in terms of aerial ability.
 
R'hllor said:
He is not my type of player but he is really good in few things,those things look important in our games at the moment. Wish those who praise him remember that,because if those things dont come good,people will have a go at him again just like in first season.
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don't forget though, those that slagged him off are idiots since he was injured for much of it and those around him played like strangers.
 
Honestly I'm happy to see him stay and have been very impressed with him but I think he needs to be a squad option next season and not an integral part of our game plan if we want to progress this style further. That said I'm sure he can get a fair amount of appearances anyway and he would be a great option to have in games where we need to alter our style.

Fair play to the lad though, he's been excellent recently and not just as a battering ram, his footballing abilities and touch has impressed me. Who knows maybe under the tutelage of LVG he can bring them aspects of his game to a whole new level.
 
roykeane19 said:
He intercepted so many of their passes in the 1st half, and in 2nd half his aerial presence in our box was invaluable
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Yep, he seems to have regenerated his intimidating aerial presence to the point where defenders concede one on one chances to him.
 
Striker10 said:
don't forget though, those that slagged him off are idiots since he was injured for much of it and those around him played like strangers.
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Yea i know and agree,not having a go at anyone just a bit annoyed when i see how some posters throw players/manager under the bus like they are garbage just because they not doing good IN THAT VERY MOMENT,thats all.
 
Raoul said:
Yep, he seems to have regenerated his intimidating aerial presence to the point where defenders concede one on one chances to him.
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It was funny though one time seeing Sterling win a header, that both of them were going for, but at least the ball was in their box
 
I want to see a video of all his touches today. Same with Herrera and Mata. Thought Fellaini was good, but got a feeling his video might be more impressive than what I initially thought of him after the game.
 
I know his writing isn't everyone's cup of tea, but this is priceless from Barney Ronay:

The Fellaini chest remains one of the mini-marvels of the modern game, an adhesive, velvety-soft cradle, like an ancient baseball catcher’s mitt, into which the ball just seems to nestle from any angle. Arsenal had countered Fellaini’s influence at Old Trafford by putting Francis Coquelin in his pocket of space, a defensive midfielder with the discipline to do little more than hoover up the fruits of his knockdowns.

Here at times it was almost painful to see Fellaini drift malevolently towards Can, who must have found himself wondering if, all things considered, this was really what he signed up for; a player schooled in pass and move and engineered to German academy standards being battered under the high ball by an angular Belgian repeatedly snaffling the ball into that marsupial pouch he appears to keep somewhere below his chin.
 
5 goals this season. None last season.

Mata has 8
Herrera has 5
Di Maria 4
Blind has chipped in with a couple too.

We're starting to see goals from midfield again!
 
Striker10 said:
don't forget though, those that slagged him off are idiots since he was injured for much of it and those around him played like strangers.
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His form is more him playing in his proper position than anything. He's never going to be able to do what Blind, Carrick and Herrera do in CM, he looks awful at it. But can he menace from further up the pitch, bring others into play with his back to goal, turn and take up dangerous positions? Yes he can. But does that mean that the naysayers (including me) were wrong about his ability in a deeper role? I don't think so
 
Excellent performance from him today, played his,role to perfection
 
R'hllor said:
Yea i know and agree,not having a go at anyone just a bit annoyed when i see how some posters throw players/manager under the bus like they are garbage just because they not doing good IN THAT VERY MOMENT,thats all.
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I tell you what. Moyes, shit manager but got us Mata and Fellaini :)
 
Can't fault him for his effort. Was good today and used his physique very well in challenges and tussles. Defended well in the air from set pieces.
 
I look forward to unleashing him in Europe, he's been utilised brilliantly by van Gaal and is best suited to a box-to-box role in a midfield three. He's genuinely impossible to defend against on his day, we saw a more defensive minded performance from him against Liverpool and it was excellent.
 
The swift passing and moving mixed with long balls to Fellaini destroyed Roger's tactics and bamboozled their midfield and defense.

Long balls to a big man who is mobile and can play football is something you can't really prepare for.
 
He was a beast. So glad I supported him from the start and he is turning it around. He was crucial for the end of the match with all their set-pieces, he cleared so many crosses with his head. Just bullied their midfield and defence.
 
He was always a big game player for Everton. Used to play well against us, City, Arsenal and Chelsea.

He's doing what we should have had him do in the first place. He is bullying the opposition.

And we not playing hopeless long balls to him.
 
One of my favourite players at United now. There is so much to learn from the big man

He was castracized last season as a symbol of our failures. He received abuse from commentators and fans alike.

He was booed at OT by our own fans. I have never seen that for any other player in United colours. We are not fecking Madrid.

He was nearly shipped off to Napoli.

He chose to stay. And fight for his place. And fight he did. Like a tough-as-nails man which he is. To the point that he is our best outfield player this season.

Hair-raising stuff. Salutes. I wish I could learn from Fellaini.
 
He's well and truly cemented himself as a very important player in the squad. It wont be long before all the pundits who were writing him off jump on board the Fellaini train. Well done to the big man. He deserves to be here.
 
Can't say I always felt love for him, but nowdays he's welcome to stay at my house at any time. I think some fans should have a good look at themselves in the mirror and come clean in this thread.
 
Great performance, very close to the level that he produced against us at Goodison couple of years back by single handedly destroying us.
 
Has made lots of people in here (me included) look like right plonkers for the way we criticized him last season. As many have mentioned, his physical presence and aerial ability is just fan-fecking-tastic. Also, hes shown hes not just elbows and hair either, the big man is actually quite technically gifted
 
Great performance from him, again. His link up play is good too. Now, he's winning all the headers.

I think that only Mata and Herrera were better than him yesterday.
 
Mali_Zeus said:
He loves it out there right now. :)

Giving his 100 percent every game, great to see.
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He's playing with confidence on his best position. Last year he didn't had confidence and was playing as CM, which isn't the position where he is at his best.
 
Big credit also to LVG for bringing the best out of him and Young as well and of course to the players who fought back. I would have never thought that'd be possible but fair play to them
 
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