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2015-16 Performances

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5.1 Season Average Rating
Appearances
33
Goals
4
Assists
1
Yellow cards
6
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He's been no worse than Schneiderlin, to be honest. He sticks out more because he actually actively participates in the game. Both been poor though.
 
Fellaini's actual foul for the yellow should've been an indirect free kick in the box for us.
Unless you're allowed to dive in front of the ball and obstruct play these days.
 
Walrus said:
So he won us a penalty, started a break from which Rooney should have scored, and could have had another penalty (but was booked instead bizarrely).

On their goal he can definitely do better, but he is doing the right thing by going back to defend and helping Blind against Mitrovic. The majority of the blame lies on Smalling for not tracking the runner (and I am a big Smalling fan).

Of course, once again this leads to the Fellaini thread being laden with insults and comments about how he is apparently stupid, the worst player ever to play for us, a disgrace, an embarrassment to the shirt and all the usual shite. If he scored a hattrick most people would still probably rate him a grudging 5/10.
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No he didn't, Mbemba's decision did
 
Cheesy said:
I agree with you on most of that (certainly don't blame him for the header because he was providing defensive cover), but most of the complaints about him are completely legit. I notice that you've completely ignored his disciplinary issues, because the booking was for a collection of offences, and I'm not sure where you're getting the idea that he should've been getting a penalty from. His hauling back a Newcastle player just after the half hour when he was on a yellow sums up his horrendous discipline. He's been okay; certainly had worse games, but there's a genuine risk that he's going to get sent off in the second half.
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He has had a few fouls yes. I don't think he should have been booked when he was, and the whole "pulling back" incident is just being overstated because it's Fellaini and on a yellow.
 
Walrus said:
He has had a few fouls yes. I don't think he should have been booked when he was, and the whole "pulling back" incident is just being overstated because it's Fellaini and on a yellow.
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How's it being overstated when had the ref called him on it we could've easily been down to 10 men with over 45 mins to go? It was inexplicably reckless.
 
Never has been and never will be a remotely good enough midfielder. He's incapable of the basics required to play there.
 
Just hit a great ball to Rooney that the latter should have scored from, then defended excellently in the box against Colback.


Cue lots of "he is shit" comments?
 
Walrus said:
Just hit a great ball to Rooney that the latter should have scored from, then defended excellently in the box against Colback.


Cue lots of "he is shit" comments?
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The tackle was very good, but the ball was just fine; decent, aye, but Rooney was in plenty of space and it'd have been a bit shit from him if he didn't get it to Rooney. And despite Rooney's pathetic attempt, it was hardly a clear-cut chance.
 
Cheesy said:
The tackle was very good, but the ball was just fine; decent, aye, but Rooney was in plenty of space and it'd have been a bit shit from him if he didn't get it to Rooney. And despite Rooney's pathetic attempt, it was hardly a clear-cut chance.
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If that wasn't a clear cut chance then our standards must definitely be slipping. A good striker would have scored from that.
 
Walrus said:
If that wasn't a clear cut chance then our standards must definitely be slipping. A good striker would have scored from that.
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He still had to take it past his man. Pathetic attempt, aye, but not a definite goal.

And besides, the pass from Fellaini, which was your main point I presume, was fine. It was decent, but nothing particularly special considering the amount of space Rooney was in.
 
Fellaini and Schneiderlin absolutely invisible at the minute. Midfield being walked through.
 
Cheesy said:
He still had to take it past his man. Pathetic attempt, aye, but not a definite goal.

And besides, the pass from Fellaini, which was your main point I presume, was fine. It was decent, but nothing particularly special considering the amount of space Rooney was in.
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Rock it wasn't a Paul Scholes 60 yarder, but better than you give credit for I think - you often see those sorts of passes overhit (keeper comes and collects) or underhit (intercepted or attack loses momentum). I imagine if Herrera or Mata had played it, it would be considered a good ball.
 
Walrus said:
Rock it wasn't a Paul Scholes 60 yarder, but better than you give credit for I think - you often see those sorts of passes overhit (keeper comes and collects) or underhit (intercepted or attack loses momentum). I imagine if Herrera or Mata had played it, it would be considered a good ball.
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It'd be considered for what it was: an okay, well weighted forward hit that any good midfielder should ideally be pulling off.
 
I'll be called a hater now for saying he should have scored there. For such a tall lummox he is dismal in the air.
 
Aye, needs to be scoring that, although not the only great chance wasted tonight.
 
how can someone as tall as he is be so bad at heading? (both defensively and offensively)
 
So bad today.
 
Robbie Boy said:
Since it's the Fellaini thread it will get mentioned in here, naturally enough.
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Of course, and rightly so. The only defence I will offer is that at least he is still making those forward runs into the box in the 85th or so minute, but needs to be scoring it.
 
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