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His reactions when the ball drops in the box seem to vary from first touch of a rapist to being filmed by John Woo. I don't get when we bring him on why we don't loft in more angel passes, he's a nightmare aerially as you can be 6'2 and still need to jump like Jordan to get level with him once he attacks a cross.,
He was useless and that combined with our decision to just lump everything forward once he came on effectively ended the game.
Because that's clearly what they are told to do once he comes on.
Fwiw, I thought we were half arsed with him tonight. Played him deeper than I would have liked. Stick him right up there on one FB and play balls to him.
He seemed so lethargic in his manner. He was played 2-3 really good passes. He should have done more. No excuses.
Fellaini and football don't correlate, if we want to have a plan B with a target man, then a proper target man who's good with his feet will do, not this garbage that we see with Fellaini.
Sad (because we paid 27m for this) but true.
I almost want us to start him in games, so he doesn't have to come into them and disrupt our flow so heavily.
Bringing Fellaini on seemingly only really works if a) We're already winning or b) It's early enough (say stroke of half-time) that everyone dosen't immediately resort to hoof ball.
Bringing Fellaini on seemingly only really works if a) We're already winning or b) It's early enough (say stroke of half-time) that everyone dosen't immediately resort to hoof ball.
Over the last 2 matches we haven't played to his strengths, not many high balls played to him which was strange to say the least. Lets hope he can pick up on his form last year.
I don't even know why we aim for his head, he's not even THAT good in the air/at knocking the ball down... especially not from a standing start.
Aim for the fecker's chest... thats where the money is.
Aim for the fecker's chest... thats where the money is.
Man Utd 3:0 Ipswich
He was really bad tonight. He's got his qualities, but none of them were seen here tonight.
We don't need him, not a ST, #10, CM or DM.
Get rid.
Get rid.
Probably our best player in the first half to be fair but alright 
Probably our best player in the first half to be fair but alright
I missed the first half.
Certainly didn't have a great second half. Nothing came off for him.
I'm struggling to see where he really fits into things. I like the big man, but I'm starting to think he's on borrowed time.
It's likely his final season. I think the team will have outgrown him by the end, but he'll keep doing a job in various positions. When he finds his form again he'll come handy.
He was awful tonight and I like him. He just didn't look like he belonged on the pitch.
If we are going to play the long ball to Fellaini, we really need a second player close to him to receive the ball from him. This match, he won plenty of headers but was completely isolated.
He wasn't great, but he wasn't as bad as some people are making out.
I don't think he's a actual number 10. I liked it when he played as a 8/10 in a 433 - similar to where he plays for Belgium.
I don't think he's a actual number 10. I liked it when he played as a 8/10 in a 433 - similar to where he plays for Belgium.
Thats by far his best position. When he get get into the box from midfield, not the way we use him now.
He was very poor and it's going to be tough for him to get back into the starting eleven, which is a good thing because we should have better options up front and in midfield.
He offers something different and will play a role over the course of the season but the team has moved on and that red card at the end of last season has been costly, he is well down the pecking order now.
He offers something different and will play a role over the course of the season but the team has moved on and that red card at the end of last season has been costly, he is well down the pecking order now.
2nd touch was always a tackle. Still hope we keep him.
He's not a #9 or a #10, his best football for us came in the formation we used last season, both him and Herrera have struggled with the change IMO.
Hasn't been good this season to be honest. Scored v Brugge but that's it.
Thought he was okay in the 1st half and went off the boil in the 2nd. Looking a bit excess to needs ATM.
He's the final player LVG needs to get rid of. The man has done some good things recently but he just doesn't fit into this team if we're to be honest with ourselves.
We've undone all of the good work which made him shake off the stereotypical caveman responses about hoofball and plan b with how we've been using him this season. Disappointing really.
I don't get this post. Hoofball legitimately describes how we brought the best out of him last season. You can't blame 'how he's being used' on how poor he looks on the ball even with the basics. His first touch is atrocious for example
Well you wouldn't, if you in fact believe;
Because that is not how we used him at all in the starting lineup last season, especially his starts at 6 and 8 as well as his extended spell at wide 10. I don't think he played one single full game up front where we used hoofing it to him as a legitimate strategy. There were a few times where he came on late while we chased the game last season but to relatively poor effect, but mainly off the bench at half time he was brought on as another peice in the general puzzle without the need to resort to hoofing it to him as a strategy.
We've brought him on twice this season with a view to doing that as well as starting him at striker in which we did that exclusively. It's not the way to play him and he does not work well in a hoofball system as a striker. We've undone all of the good work of last year by placing him back into a low percentage role which doesn't suit him as a player.
Indeed, dreadful.
To me we won't see the best out of Fellaini just like we won't see the best out of Herrera unless we revert to that 4-1-4-1 we've played last season with double #8s. And to be fair I don't have a hard on for that 4141 because I'd say that Schneiderlin and Schweinsteiger are doing just as good job as Carrick/Herrera/Fellaini did last season. Not in terms of goals obviously but in terms of creating and controlling the game. It's the attackers that simply need to take the scoring stuff on themselves and kick off finally. (that probably means that Rooney needs to stop playing like a pleb and Depay has to pick it up)
Both Fellaini and Herrera have been mediocre this season, playing either double pivot, #10 or Fellaini with his #9.
Both Fellaini and Herrera have been mediocre this season, playing either double pivot, #10 or Fellaini with his #9.
Yeah, unless BFS and Carrick get injured (fecking hope not) we probably won't be going back to 4-3-3 which is a huge blow for Fellaini.
Poor yesterday, not even able to hold up the ball and lay it off when we played a long ball up to him. Ipswich always had a man sticking close to him and nullified him pretty easily. A far cry from last season where I remember only Zouma getting the better of him aerially.
I'm running out words to describe how bad Fellaini is. The fecker couldn't even be trusted to complete a 3 yard pass. Rooney was on the move, and if only the ball managed to reach him, we'd of been through for a counter. But no, the useless sack of shite had to ruin it with a display of the most garbage passing ability. 
Dont why we waste our time with him tbf. Whatever minutes Fellaini's got this season, could have been used to develop Wilson, Pereira or our other upcoming youngsters.
Dont why we waste our time with him tbf. Whatever minutes Fellaini's got this season, could have been used to develop Wilson, Pereira or our other upcoming youngsters.
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I've watched that video three times now and can't figure out what you're getting at. How is this proof of anything?
You know it's all gone to shit for Fellaini when even @Walrus won't poke his oblong head in here to defend him.
Dunno about world class, but that first touch looked fine to me.
He was merely dispelling the lazy argument that his first touch is shit?
Nothing wrong with having Fellaini on the bench for the rest of the season. There'll be certain situations or games where a big presence is needed & he fits the bill perfectly. We've already seen that he can score goals & we probably could have done with bringing him on for the last 10/15 minutes against Southampton at the weekend when we were under the kosh.
We're allowed to have 7 subs. We'd be mad not to have as many different options as possible.
We're allowed to have 7 subs. We'd be mad not to have as many different options as possible.
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