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2014-15 Performances

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Credit where it's due, I thought he was very good today. He finally started to use his strength and height in the right way, he put himself about but not in a snide way. He provides us with a much needed goal threat from set pieces too.

Still a long way to go but in the last week he's produced two very encouraging performances. Hope it continues.
 
Fellaini did well today and has been steadily improving for a while.
I think the slap he got of Gerrard last season hurt him psychologically and really knocked his confidence. He was just starting to find his feet and fit in a little and then for that... ABH to be brushed under the carpet like it was... was an extra kick in the teeth, excuse the pun. I think he, or anyone would be sickened by that. I am really glad for the lad. I am not his biggest fan but i might be his biggest backer.
On another board i posted... I can see no logic in slagging him off on here or jeering him in the stands. Love him or hate him. He is here for the foreseeable future so its imperative we back him up so he can improve. I argued(reply after reply) that he may grow into a position for us and do a job. Judging by today's performance it seems this may just be the case.
I hope he helps us win loads more games. He deserves that bit of backing and good fortune at least.
 
BigDunc9 said:
He played well today but he has still got another level he is capable of, i hope he can turn it round at United or at the very least stops becoming a laughing stock.
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Where do you think he played best for you? As the advanced attacking midfielder in his final season or elsewhere?
 
Dumat12 said:
I think he is a good palyer, but only when he is used the right way. He is a n10 guy that should be played to his strength - where he can use his size, strength and heading ability to be a danger to the opponent. He just doesn't work as a central midfielder or holding midfielder because he lacks the creativity and the positional awareness to be successful there. Moyes brought him to play as a CM and that will never work.
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He controlled Fabregas today, in central midfield.
 
Lets hope this confidence boost will spur him on. Theres a good player there, versatile in quite a few roles, if he can play like that consistently theres a place for him here after all.
 
DWelbz19 said:
Where do you think he played best for you? As the advanced attacking midfielder in his final season or elsewhere?
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He was excellent in his last season in the advanced role but for the 2 seasons before that he was just as good in the deeper role. I have seen him dominate the best teams in the league from that position so i know he is capable of it. Blind is the perfect type of partner for him also i feel.
 
Looks as if a big weight has been removed from his shoulders.

He's not carrying Moyes, the burden of being the clubs sole signing, our only hope for the midfield...

Instead he's got his goal, a bit of confidence, finally looks fit and he's being used in a way that plays to his strengths.
 
I've given him a lot of stick, but credit where credits due he's been good for us these last 2 games and deserves to start at City.

The one thing I'm most pleased with is he seems to go out there knowing he's fighting for a spot and he seems up for the challenge and ready to give his all.
 
Question for you all....Especially @shamans ....

This is the 2nd game in a row where he has played very well. Particularly today...He was excellent.
LVG has quite clearly giving him instructions on what he wanted him to do and he implemented them instructions brilliantly...

Now, I still have a lot of doubts, but it begs the questions, what the hell was Moyes doing last season with him? Especially considering he knew the guy inside out

And not one elbow either!!
 
.Rossi said:
Question for you all....Especially @shamans ....

This is the 2nd game in a row where he has played very well. Particularly today...He was excellent.
LVG has quite clearly giving him instructions on what he wanted him to do and he implemented them instructions brilliantly...

Now, I still have a lot of doubts, but it begs the questions, what the hell was Moyes doing last season with him? Especially considering he knew the guy inside out

And not one elbow either!!
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What the hell is LVG doing with Mata? What the hell was he doing with RVP before his goal today? Players have bad seasons and Fellaini was having a terrible season last year. I mentioned on here he is a confidence player. He was low on confidence last year and it really hampered his game.
 
He is finally doing what we all thought we were buying him for. Bullying the opposition, disrupting their flow and forcing mistakes.

Maybe his future role for us is as Ji-Sung Park Mk. 2 to generally annoy the opponent's best players and keep them from settling into a rhythm.

Either way, I'm happy for us because we finally have a player who can rough the opposition up, happy for him to be getting his career back on track.
 
Untied said:
He controlled Fabregas today, in central midfield.
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Yep plus for Belgium he has played many a game like this. Said all along the big fella will prove to be a good signing albeit overly expensive.
 
.Rossi said:
Question for you all....Especially @shamans ....

This is the 2nd game in a row where he has played very well. Particularly today...He was excellent.
LVG has quite clearly giving him instructions on what he wanted him to do and he implemented them instructions brilliantly...

Now, I still have a lot of doubts, but it begs the questions, what the hell was Moyes doing last season with him? Especially considering he knew the guy inside out

And not one elbow either!!
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I think this is key. Some games Fellaini looks lost and not really sure what to do but it seems that when LvG gives him a task that he can focus on he executes quite well. Maybe that is what he needed and Moyes was just vague in his instructions (since Fellaini wasn't playing in the #10 role and floating around CM)
 
nokillingmoths said:
Tell yourself that mate. I was gutted to see him start but he played very well. Not outstanding but very well. I would say an 8 out of 10. Was one of our best players today.
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He was one of better players but the point I was making is he wasn't great or outstanding, just as he wasnt useless in every game last year but for someone who cost 27.5m and is playing at one of the biggest clubs in the world there was nothing special about what he did yesterday, big improvement and I hope it continues but he stil has quite a way to go.
 
I don't like the style of play his presence will promote, and I'd much rather have Herrera in the team than Fellaini. But if he plays well, I guess I will curve my distain for the big mop head.
 
Well done Marouane - glad for the fellah. I hope all this "he is not a good footballer" or "he is not United quality" nonesense won`t appear again if he has 1 or 2 not so great performances.
 
Roboc7 said:
He was one of better players but the point I was making is he wasn't great or outstanding, just as he wasnt useless in every game last year but for someone who cost 27.5m and is playing at one of the biggest clubs in the world there was nothing special about what he did yesterday, big improvement and I hope it continues but he stil has quite a way to go.
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There it is, the price! Was wondering when you'd bring it up, look everyone agrees that he was overpriced but he is now fighting for his place and it is beginning to look like he will prove to be a useful player to have around. No one is saying he is Vieira incarnate but if he can play his part in our revival then he deserves praise.
 
He did his job well yesterday and he could grow exactly into that role for us and play his part if we need that. What he needs to improve is his build up play though
 
I actually think he was brilliant in the first half, he played in a inside left position, and combined well with Shaw and Janujaz, in the second half however, i felt the reason we looked so lethargic, and easy to play against was partially down to him and then LVG subbing in Wilson. In the first half the formation was working brilliantly, we had Janujaz and Di Maria on the wings and Fellani and Mata dropping deeper in channels to receive the ball and play dangerous passes into Rvp which got us into very threatening positions. eg would be the Di Maria chance or the Rvp chance before the one on one in which Janujaz played him through.

In the second half he moved on top far too much and we never had anybody in the Middle of the pitch for the out ball, it was Janujaz and Rafael on one wings, then Shaw and Di maria on the other, then Blind closely playing with two Cb's and then it felt like Wilson, Rvp and Fellani were all on top, there is nobody dropping deep dictating the pace and receiving the ball in the middle, the Rvp chance in the second half came because Shaw went on the inside and played a good through ball and Rvp made a brilliant run. it made us very predictable that we were always gona go the wings route, if we had somebody in the middle coming deep then not only he would be in plenty of space, he could play quickly on the other wing, and try getting a one on one with the winger and their FB, or try a through ball, or a chip ball in the box just to mix it up. So overall pleased with his display but the other part of his job that is to dictate the play went missing for me.
 
Barney Ronay's take on his role is... interesting.

"Here Van Gaal used Fellaini like a man very deliberately placing a platoon of traffic cones in the middle of the road to slow the rush-hour traffic, drawing from the Belgian a dogged and astute performance as a kind of left-sided midfield obstacle-cum-distributional hub. "

I guess it makes a change from "box to box", "pivot" or "trequartista".
 
Roboc7 said:
He was one of better players but the point I was making is he wasn't great or outstanding, just as he wasnt useless in every game last year but for someone who cost 27.5m and is playing at one of the biggest clubs in the world there was nothing special about what he did yesterday, big improvement and I hope it continues but he stil has quite a way to go.
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He was the best player on the pitch yesterday, and that’s saying something given the talent both sides have. Fabregas had his worst game in a Chelsea shirt and that was thanks to Fellaini, he was also box to box the entire game, he didnt stop and came up trumps at the end with an assist.
I hate the way some bring up his fee all the time, he wasn’t the one who demanded it, don’t blame the player blame the Club.
 
Can we replace Anderson's name in the chant to Marouane's as the one who 'shits on Fabregas'? He deserved it after yesterday's performance. Fabregas really struggled with his physicality in the first half.
 
Really happy for him. Nothing better than someone proving everyone wrong. Hope he keeps it up.
 
Roboc7 said:
He was one of better players but the point I was making is he wasn't great or outstanding, just as he wasnt useless in every game last year but for someone who cost 27.5m and is playing at one of the biggest clubs in the world there was nothing special about what he did yesterday, big improvement and I hope it continues but he stil has quite a way to go.
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If he played like that against that calibre of opposition on a regular basis I'd be happy.
 
within his abilities he had a good game, still didn't dominate midfield and he won't be the passer we are looking for but playing like this he can do job for us. Happy to see him on a bit of form. His attitiude is 100%, so no complaint, he gives us what we signed him for / what you can expect from him. Wheter we should have signed those qualties is a different question and he is not to blame if we answer that with no.
 
itso 7 said:
There it is, the price! Was wondering when you'd bring it up, look everyone agrees that he was overpriced but he is now fighting for his place and it is beginning to look like he will prove to be a useful player to have around. No one is saying he is Vieira incarnate but if he can play his part in our revival then he deserves praise.
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Like it or not the price is relevant to how a player is judged, we did overpay so he will never live up to it but overall he hasn’t even come close and fighting for his place and being useful are pretty much the minimum requirement. Yesterday he was one of our best players in what was a decent team performance, he wasn’t the best player on the pitch, he wasn’t great but he did well and is improving. I just commented that people have got a bit carried away because he still has a long way to go and he needs to contribute more in other areas which is a fair point. I don’t see why everyone has to be brilliant or terrible all the time, there are other ways to criticise or compliment players in between that and because he dropped off in the second half I don’t see the need to get carried away.
 
Did his job very well indeed. Getting the goal last week and then hearing the fans singing his name has clearly given him a huge confidence boost. Good on him!
 
Despite last weeks performance I was disappointed to see Herrera benched. I don't know if Fellaini earned it with his goal or if he got a shot because of Chelsea physical presence. Either way I was made up with his performance and hope it continues. It gives us another dimension. I'm not sure how much of a say he will get in the team when we play with Rooney & RVP or even Rooney RVP and Falcao but if he can put in a shift like that when called upon we will be fine.
 
Fahad Jawaid said:
I actually think he was brilliant in the first half, he played in a inside left position, and combined well with Shaw and Janujaz, in the second half however, i felt the reason we looked so lethargic, and easy to play against was partially down to him and then LVG subbing in Wilson. In the first half the formation was working brilliantly, we had Janujaz and Di Maria on the wings and Fellani and Mata dropping deeper in channels to receive the ball and play dangerous passes into Rvp which got us into very threatening positions. eg would be the Di Maria chance or the Rvp chance before the one on one in which Janujaz played him through.

In the second half he moved on top far too much and we never had anybody in the Middle of the pitch for the out ball, it was Janujaz and Rafael on one wings, then Shaw and Di maria on the other, then Blind closely playing with two Cb's and then it felt like Wilson, Rvp and Fellani were all on top, there is nobody dropping deep dictating the pace and receiving the ball in the middle, the Rvp chance in the second half came because Shaw went on the inside and played a good through ball and Rvp made a brilliant run. it made us very predictable that we were always gona go the wings route, if we had somebody in the middle coming deep then not only he would be in plenty of space, he could play quickly on the other wing, and try getting a one on one with the winger and their FB, or try a through ball, or a chip ball in the box just to mix it up. So overall pleased with his display but the other part of his job that is to dictate the play went missing for me.
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We weren't as effective in the second half because Chelsea got the goal and parked the bus. In the first half Chelsea were actually playing football and trying to score which allowed us to exploit gaps in their midfield and defence. Once the famous Chelsea double decker is parked it's very difficult to find space and break them down.
 
Ady87 said:
Despite last weeks performance I was disappointed to see Herrera benched. I don't know if Fellaini earned it with his goal or if he got a shot because of Chelsea physical presence. Either way I was made up with his performance and hope it continues. It gives us another dimension. I'm not sure how much of a say he will get in the team when we play with Rooney & RVP or even Rooney RVP and Falcao but if he can put in a shift like that when called upon we will be fine.
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I think size does have a lot to do with it, physically we are a pretty light weight team and you can't get away with that in the PL. Was nervous every time they got a corner or free kick, which eventually they did score from.
 
Who's laughing or booing now? Only a couple of games but the best teams are a some of all it's parts. There's no difference in Fellaini play, only difference is like when he played for Belgium, better quality players this year around him than Cleverley, Fletch et al. In the box, he creates really panic for the opposition. Also yesterday he was playing against currently the best midfield in the Prem. Interesting to see how we line up next week?
 
At the moment having a player with some fight in him is what we seem short of. I'm as surprised as anyone that it's the boy Fellaini, but it's good to see. Perhaps more importantly, he's a big fella & that's precisely what we're definitely short of, especially against physically powerful sides like Chelsea.

Good luck to him - I'd never have signed him and would have sold him by now if it was up to me. But I'll be chuffed to bits to be proved wrong on that.
 
Happy for the lad and he could have an important role while we're still in transition however I wouldn't like to see us play that many long balls in future.
 
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