Agenda driven posters in the Fellaini thread? Good grief! 
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Arsenal 3:0 Man Utd
Was tidy and worked hard enough but offered nothing to the attack.
He's fine as a plan b but I do wish he wasn't our only plan b. We had very few options when we needed to get back in the game. Fellaini would have needed to be absolutely outstanding to make any real difference today.
He was fine when he came on. Mostly kept the ball, didn't pussy out of things or make crap decisions.
Did well.
would have rather had him playing in le arse's baox looking for knock downs etc. not played further from goal. not his fault
Did well when he come on today, and these are the type of games he should be starting. He played a lot deeper than I thought when he come on, but he give us the grit and strength we were missing in the first half. Sure, he may have made a few fouls, but that's what we needed - someone who disrupted Arsenal's flow.
He did alright but it's difficult to judge, Arsenal were playing at 50% in the second half and we were always going to get a lot of the ball. He showed some good signs though.
Don't know why he came on today as we didn't utilize him correctly, he was out wide, in midfield but not in the box.
Did more in his short cameo than Rooney did all match. At least he can receive the ball without giving it away and starting a counter. His passing was tidy as well, even made a couple of dribbles. Slightly underrated as an actual footballer.
If he ready to shoot from distance I would rather play him over Rooney.
One game where I was hoping that we would bring him in and then hoof it to him to put Arsenal's soft defense under pressure.....and he plays in the midfield.
I don't think we can read too much into his midfield performance as at that point Arsenal were happy to sit back and watch us pass it around slowly without ever threatening much.
I don't think we can read too much into his midfield performance as at that point Arsenal were happy to sit back and watch us pass it around slowly without ever threatening much.
Would be nice if he learnt how to tackle instead of fouling all the time
One game where I was hoping that we would bring him in and then hoof it to him to put Arsenal's soft defense under pressure.....and he plays in the midfield.
I don't think we can read too much into his midfield performance as at that point Arsenal were happy to sit back and watch us pass it around slowly without ever threatening much.
Yet Carrick was still terrible in the second half. Point being that Fellaini deserves credit for playing well rather than "meh.. the opposition went easy"
We would have been better starting him, we were improved with him on the pitch.
Stats:
35/37 passes
94.6% completion
7 ball recoveries
1 chance created
0 shots
1 tackle
Need to account for the context in which he performed, essentially a lost match after 45 minutes and a testimonial pace, but that still represents good stats.
35/37 passes
94.6% completion
7 ball recoveries
1 chance created
0 shots
1 tackle
Need to account for the context in which he performed, essentially a lost match after 45 minutes and a testimonial pace, but that still represents good stats.
He's a fighter. I like him.
Those are still good stats in the context of the half
I'm not his biggest fan but he did very little wrong in that half and offered us a presence further up the pitch and that seemed to give us more composure overall.
Him, Herera and Bastian should be the type of midfield we use for these tough away matches.
Get in their face, disrupt the flow of their game, frustrate them. The way Arsenal just waltzed through our midfield in the first half, especially the first 15 min, was shameful
Get in their face, disrupt the flow of their game, frustrate them. The way Arsenal just waltzed through our midfield in the first half, especially the first 15 min, was shameful
He's better then Rooney thesedays.
I like that he gave it his all even with his starting spot gone this season. Hope that attitude rubs off to some of our other players, that fight I quite appreciate.
He played decent and it shows that he's more than a capable central midfielder but his good showing in the 2nd half shouldn't actually tell us 'oh he can do a job in midfield', it's the other obvious one, WE FECKING NEED TO PLAY A PROPER 3 MAN MIDFIELD ffs. Rooney can feck off to the wing because we know he's not getting dropped.
I just look back at when he tore arsenal a new one last year, and wonder why we aren't using him the same way this time in the same formation. Then I remember,its because Rooney has to play
He was pretty tidy I thought. Obviously context of the match must be taken into account but still, he was decent. A shame he couldn't really get forward and cause any concern for the Arsenal defence.
also schneiderlin. baffled why we didn't start him and go with a slow CM pairing in carrick-schweini, was asking for trouble with that starting lineup.
thought fellaini did okay today, especially given how poor most of the starting xi has been.
I love Fellaini, never makes problems and is happy to be here. Sure he is just a squad player, but i think we used him well last season, this year not so much.
Me too. If it was up to me, I'd still be playing the midfield three we played at the back end of last season, with Carrick, Herrera and Fellaini. Had a good blend of everything, and we produced some really good football.
I am a huge fan of him and also believe he is more or less a squad player but I feel like people don't see how important the "squad player" role is at a club like Man United. He (and all good squad players) adds to us that extra layer of depth for having a successful season.
Everton 0:3 Man Utd
Looked sprightly getting down that right wing!
Got a good reception. I thought Everton hates anyone that tries to leave.
He hardly left on bad terms. And they got a massive fee.
They obviously appreciate what he did for them.
Anyway, thought he did well in the little time he was on. Went on a few Martial runs.
Anyway, thought he did well in the little time he was on. Went on a few Martial runs.
Moscow 1:1 Man Utd
Wins the ball back so much through simply scaring the opposition from bothering to meet him in a 50/50.
His chest control is the best I've ever seen in the sport. It's almost like Berbas first touch.
I've just noticed how terrifying he looks in his photo next to his profile at the top of the page. That would make any player shit a brick or two.
He's certainly one of a kind.
He didn't really do much or have a particularly good game but just fact he was something different for them to deal with helped change the game.
I don't understand how he does it. Whenever I try to chest a ball that's pinged at me, it goes bouncing off miles away. It just drops perfectly to his feet when he does it.
Pointless.
Why he was subbed on ahead of Mata is baffling
Why he was subbed on ahead of Mata is baffling
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