He isn't working, he's being marked out the game and wont make those runs we need him too
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It's almost like he isn't a striker.
he couldn't trap one of the fritzl kids.
Van Gaal will be stubborn and keep him on I think. More likely to take Herrera off, drop Fellaini back and put Martial up front.
He isn't a striker, plain and simple. The best position for him is the one which he played in at the World Cup for Belgium. He starts in midfield but is given license to make surges into the opponents half depending on the momentum of the game but is expected to track back and press due to his height and physicality. When he's played as purely a striker teams are able to either two man mark/man mark him out of the game and his actual 'striker' ability isn't that good as his finishing and attacking instincts aren't the same due to playing as a DM for most of his career.
Not his fault. LVG again screwing around.
He's never been a striker.
He's never been a striker.
His first touch was Liverpool's best defender.
Absurd. His ball retention was great. Far better than Benteke's in this match or Rooney's all season. Some people just love to criticise.
For me, he's doing his best but there's not much going on beyond our full-backs making runs.
Agreed. I'd be taking Mata off, and risking Martial up front. Fellaini aloud to drift where he likes when we're attacking.
If he was playing in behind a striker it would be grand
But I just don't see how him up top alone is going to work
But I just don't see how him up top alone is going to work
That's hardly a compliment. He was fine with the ball once he had retained it, but his first touch was woeful at times.
Last season his best games were in midfield with a license to go forward
his biggest strength is plying in the hole really, where he is a bit less predictable than as lone striker where two strikers wait to challenge him everytime he makes run. Also it's quite hard to suddenly change the tactics, when you play such striker up front for the first time.. our biggest strength is rigid midfield and transition to attack..
You've got it in one. Fellaini is a decent player and LVG is trying to find a spot for him. United should never have ended up playing him as a starting striker in any game. Blame Moyes
Probably our two best 'chances' in the game broke down because the ball literally bounced off him in the 6 yard box.
I don't care about his ball retention, it's an undeniable fact that is first touch was dreadful.
He seems to have no first touch (with his feet). With Fellaini it's simply a matter of how fast the ball is moving when it bounces off him, if it's a fast ball it'll just bounce right off him and away, if he gets lucky and it's a slow ball in, it'll just bounce a short way and he might be able to get it and do something (a short pass) if an opposition player isn't around to get there first....
Cant really blame him. He, in his role as the target man, is effective just behind the striker. Pushing him all the way up top means he really is not in the game at all..
He's not a striker FFS.
Rather Have Wilson starting there.
He might bully and score some but rest of his game there is off. LVG having another bad call here.
Rather Have Wilson starting there.
He might bully and score some but rest of his game there is off. LVG having another bad call here.
I do not see the point playing him upfront when we do not play long ball or put in more crosses
He is not a DM,CM or ST. He can only offer us anything as an AM.
The problem is that he's not even really been doing this at all. I was concerned at the start that Fellaini up front would result in us being really one-dimensional and hoofing it up the field too often, but that's not really happening. We're not even particularly getting the aerial threat that he can offer.
Can't really blame him for anything his hold up play has been good but without any creativity what so ever behind him he was always going to struggle.
What's undeniable is that judging a player's touch based on 2 of his 22 touches is just a teeny bit silly.
Tbf that's the most important touch for a striker.
It's depressing and funny in equal measures. Rooney (as bad as hes been) gets injured and we are stuck with Fellaini as a fecking striker.
It's also the most difficult touch and the kind that Rooney has been messing up on a more frequent basis this season.
Here there and nowhere from the big guy and today. I'm glad Louis kept him on as a case of man management because we'll need him going forward.
Much better in the 2nd especially when martial came one
Not a particularly good game from Fellaini, although I feel it is somewhat mitigated by the fact that we didnt really play to his (or anyones) strengths at all in the first half.
In the second half he improved like most of the team, and did look a lot more comfortable when he was able to drop into space after Martial had come on.
In the second half he improved like most of the team, and did look a lot more comfortable when he was able to drop into space after Martial had come on.
Defo not a #9, needs somebody around him and played a lot better with Martial on.
Should have played more crosses into him in the first half. Better in the second half, especially when Martial came on.
He was poor upfront and his first touch isn't influenced by the position he plays. Got a bit better when he had Martial in-front of him
Excatly. He can hold the ball and play it to Martial. Does not work as a CF.
Not a striker. Only works if he has someone else beside/infront of him. He's a number 10/8 or a second striker at a stretch.
He's not a striker. Did what everyone expected of him. Good hold up, win duels, retain the ball. Standard stuff for him but when up front you have to occupy the two CBs but he was often dropping too deep and being behind the ball.
Struggled as #9, his first touch was as shit as Rooney's has been when the ball came into feet most of the time and he hasn't got the mobility to turn a defender or the pace to make runs in behind. Was much better when Martial came on and he went to his more familiar second striker role.
Him as a striker, Memphis as the left winger having a stinker and Mata on the right meant we had no threat or pace in behind. Didn't work out. Not a striker to be fair, his best position will always be a as a supporting striker/attacking midfielder hybrid.
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