He played that badly all last season.
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He really didn't.
The guy has no future at United
That remains to be seen for me. I would just prefer him to Fletcher and Cleverley. Although Fellaini struggled against the top sides, he did look comfortable against the mid-lower teams in the EPL. The other two don't even look comfortable against them anymore.
hes pony. He couldn't lace the boots of most our former midfielders.
Well Napoli are in for him. For the right price he'll be gone sharpish. He was only sharp last season against Crystal Palace twice and against Leverkusen. When up against stand offish teams he looks decent, but against teams that apply pressure (which these days is every other EPL team) and deny him space we see him for what he truly is, a limited pretender.
Seems the Napoli rumours were just that and fizzled out. Looks like he's staying then?
he is injured, thats the problem apparently
They're out of the Champions League too, that can't have helped their cash situation.
Luckiest man alive right now, has an injury just before deadline day and saved from the chop
Still half an hour to go...
Seriously, though - he ain't lucky at all if he's as bad as people claim. Because if he is, then LVG won't play him. And then he'll be rotting in the reserves. Fellaini, everything else notwithstanding, doesn't strike me as the type who'd be happy stealing a living. I think he wants to play first team football and prove himself.
He probably pushed himself down the stairs.
This time last year 
Fellaini set for shock place in Manchester United team, Van Gaal relies on him
http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/...ck-place-in-manchester-united-team-van-gaal-r
http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/...ck-place-in-manchester-united-team-van-gaal-r
I hope he loses that reliance very quickly, as Fellaini simply isn't good enough.
Would be intriguing to see how Van Gaal would deploy him.
I suspect its bollocks but we'll have to wait and see.
I suspect its bollocks but we'll have to wait and see.
Probably nonsense. I hope it is true though, because I hold that opinion.
Off the bench at most.
Lets be real here
He couldn't play the 10 role before because we had Mata and Rooney who wanted to play there and RVP and other strikers to fit in too. We now still have Mata and Rooney, Ander who played the 10 last year and Falcao.
Fellaini is probably even further away from playing his best position now because we improved the quality of our front players even if we have less of them. He's not getting in front of any of them.
In midfield we have our record signing Di Maria, Ander who is better than Fellaini at everything bar heading and maybe tackling (both too rash) and Blind who will do a miles better job sitting in midfield and adding defensive cover.
Lets be real here
He couldn't play the 10 role before because we had Mata and Rooney who wanted to play there and RVP and other strikers to fit in too. We now still have Mata and Rooney, Ander who played the 10 last year and Falcao.
Fellaini is probably even further away from playing his best position now because we improved the quality of our front players even if we have less of them. He's not getting in front of any of them.
In midfield we have our record signing Di Maria, Ander who is better than Fellaini at everything bar heading and maybe tackling (both too rash) and Blind who will do a miles better job sitting in midfield and adding defensive cover.
Maybe its just a Belgian newspaper trying to sell copies to Belgians by talking-up a Belgian.
I can see Fellaini sticking around for quite a while, though not featuring that often. At the end of this season Carrick, Fletcher and Anderson are all out of contract; right now it looks far more likely that each will go rather than stay. While it is highly likely that a high profile midfielder will arrive, there would still be a need for a squad player in case of injuries. None of the reserve team midfielders are close to making a breakthrough at the moment.
Transfer window is shut now and there is no point in kicking him out of the squad when we're still paying him a wage and he still has transfer value. He was clearly told he could leave pre-injury and it meant that he survived the cull, now Van Gaal has to keep him sweet until the next transfer window opens. He'll be gone in January.
I can't really judge anyone based on last season alone. Everything at the club was a complete clusterfeck. If he's as bad this season as he was in the previous, he deserves all the shtick he's getting. Until then, I don't think it's fair to say anything conclusive about what happened under Moyes because everything was just utter chaos and upheaval. Imagine arriving and having to settle under those conditions. Even Mata, one of the very best players in the league, was far from brilliant.
Exactly, we'd be shot of him to Napoli now if he hadn't hurt his foot, once January hits I'm sure we'll finally be rid of him.
Is that you, Shteve?
I don't know what you're inshinuating.
Only reason he is still around is because of his injury and the difficulty in getting someone to take him off our hands but he is still here and it would be short sighted of LVG to dismiss him as we may need him at some point. Having said that I don’t think he will get many opportunities and given his lack of form and confidence the chances of him making an impact are pretty small unless we have lots of injuries. It might be harsh but his best chance to make it here was last season; he had a manager who rated him highly, limited competition and a style of play more suited to his game. He is in a similar position to Cleverley in that he has a lot to prove but will struggle to actually get many chances because he is well down the pecking order, we don’t have many games and from the players that have been brought in (and probably more to come) it is clear LVG doesn’t rate him that highly.
I would be amazed if he is still here this time next year and I think we could easily end up losing £20m when we do eventually manage to sell him.
I would be amazed if he is still here this time next year and I think we could easily end up losing £20m when we do eventually manage to sell him.
Well that's our midfield taken care of then.
Most likely we'll move Fellaini on at that point because why keep someone on high wages as a squad player? We'll get a squad player for that
He would be very difficult to replace as our human victory cigar were he to move on. Was made for the role, really...
I'd actually forgotten about him ha
But yeah, we'll need someone to take Welbeck's place on the bench. Vital role
But yeah, we'll need someone to take Welbeck's place on the bench. Vital role
He did okay, maybe even well against the lower ranked opposition. He didn't look out of place and looked quite good at times. Against the top sides, he got exposed, clearly not that level of player but I think he's decent enough cover to play against some of the weaker opposition from time to time. I certainly prefer him as an option to Fletcher and Anderson.
He wasnt even that shite, every time he makes a bad dribble/pass it gets 'vined' and go on about how he is shite, even though he hasnt played much for us, he was better than lets say Carrick last season, or Fletcher.
I'm willing to give him a chance. If LVG thinks he can use him, then great, but if he's still crap then I'm sure he'll be on his way. It's a win-win situation for us.
He's better than fletcher and cleverely. which makes him our 3rd best central midfielder. shocking as that is.
EDIT forgot blind feck.
EDIT forgot blind feck.
Yep he's never been awful and already there's been players this season who have put in performances way worst than anything Fellaini done at United.
Cough Darren Fletcher Cough .
You never know how things will work out in football but at the moment he's at the very least a plan b. A big and hairy plan but a plan none the less.
Can he play CB?
Cleverley plays for Aston Villa.
Herrera, Blind, Carrick, Di Maria, Fletcher =/= Fellaini,__________________________________________________________________________________Anderson
I have seen this question before and normally the first thought is penalty.
Seems like a bad idea to play someone who has no idea about marking, tracking or positioning as a CB
He'd clear some crosses out though
He was poor last season, he did have three or four decent games but most of the time he looked completely lost and even when he was fit he wasn't first choice even for moyes. I don't think he was better than carrick or fletcher and they both had bad seasons as well but his problem now is carrick, blind, Herrera and di Maria are all ahead of him so it might be a while before he gets to start a game.
Impact sub is probably going to be his main role and then he will be loaned out or sold in January to make way for strootman unless he somehow manages to force his way into the team.
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