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2015-16 Performances

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5.1 Season Average Rating
Appearances
33
Goals
4
Assists
1
Yellow cards
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My memory might fool me here, but i seem to remember at the start of last season, he had a more advanced position and occupied this awkward space between the opposing fullback and CB and caused all sorts of problems.

Hes just to slow and static to play as a CM and its just plain stupid to play him there.
 
Fellaini got stuck in against an opponent who had reason to be confident and needed to be intimidated. His header off the crossbar was actually a season highlight for him as he's generally poor, strangely, on headers inside the box. I'd like to see a bit more polish in his passing in the last third, however. The man was a primordial beast with his knockdown balls at Everton, a quality a really haven't seen much of since his arrival at Old Trafford.
 
I thought he was terrible. Lost the ball countless times, gave away loads of fouls, no composure, fair play with the header but apart from that he isn't a positive influence especially attacking wise. Him and Morgan in midfield means we won't be able to pass through midfield.
 
I'm one of his biggest critics and after a terrible first half, he stepped up and had a really good second half IMO. He actually looked like a good midfielder on and off the ball.

Credit where its due, we would not have won the game without him.
 
One of our best players. A shame his header didn't go in as it was a pretty good one. Why are people having a go over his aggression? He didn't even do anything wrong. He got clattered by Lucas early and then in their next little meeting he just sort of ran into him. Lucas kept going on about an imaginary kick that never happened. At least he showed some fight. If Herrera had done it I guarantee people would be fawning over him.
 
I wish his passing was a bit more crispier but he did his job today. Luckily they didn't have someone running at him and forcing him to make tackles.
 
ZDwyr said:
One of our best players. A shame his header didn't go in as it was a pretty good one. Why are people having a go over his aggression? He didn't even do anything wrong. He got clattered by Lucas early and then in their next little meeting he just sort of ran into him. Lucas kept going on about an imaginary kick that never happened. At least he showed some fight. If Herrera had done it I guarantee people would be fawning over him.
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People don't like him because he cant dribble or shoot from 30 yards, but the fact is sometimes you need gritty players like him. He can certainly be better but without him we wouldn't have won today.
 
He was definitely our best player. Broke up their play so many times and was generally a rock in midfield. I was left frustrated by his lack of quality on the ball but thats the trade off if he could chest control those long balls for us.
 
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ZDwyr said:
One of our best players. A shame his header didn't go in as it was a pretty good one. Why are people having a go over his aggression? He didn't even do anything wrong. He got clattered by Lucas early and then in their next little meeting he just sort of ran into him. Lucas kept going on about an imaginary kick that never happened. At least he showed some fight. If Herrera had done it I guarantee people would be fawning over him.
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dichinero said:
It;s nothing to do with players I like or don't like. I don't think football should be played which such barbaric attitude whether he plays for United or not. It seems very English to define aggression as getting stuck to let your opponent know you are around. This is wrong football. Football should be played from your brain to your legs not just heart to legs. For this reason I did not like Rooney when he had his supposedly "red mist" or "fire in the belly" moments. It is a poor excuse for a footballer not to control their aggression on the pitch. You would hardly see players more passionate than Maldini for Milan but he wasn't an animal, was he? I do a bit of coaching for young people and I will not be asking them to be physical on a player. What are we going to teach them next? How to use your elbows efficiently? This is why Rooney can not stand with the likes of Iniesta, Lahm and other top players. Fire in your belly is not the licence to be physical but to creative.

So whether it is Fellaini or Joey Barton or Pepe or Costa or Cattermole it should not be celebrated. We pay to watch intelligent footballers not animals.
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You must of hated Roy Keane
 
Sometimes you need a player to be a bit "thuggish". Lucas and the new Stevie-Me were being proper twats yesterday, I loved that Fellaini stood up to them
 
Wednesday at Stoke said:
I wish his passing was a bit more crispier but he did his job today. Luckily they didn't have someone running at him and forcing him to make tackles.
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De Gea had a better pass percentage in the first half than Fellaini. Speaks volumes.
 
iKeano said:
De Gea had a better pass percentage in the first half than Fellaini. Speaks volumes.
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Given that de Gea completed 9 out of 21 passes I'm pretty sure he didn't. Why are you so hell bent on making up shit statistics? You know that it makes you look incredibly stupid, right?
 
I've heard people talking about some blatant stamp from yesterday. I can't recall it. Liverpool fan at work seems convinced he'll get a retrospective ban. Who did he stamp?
 
I thought he was awful, and his positioning in midfield always leads to us getting overrun. I don't think Schneiderlin had a good game to any extent, but I think he was tactically disciplined and tried to cover the holes left by Fellaini who kept getting lost in no man's land. His passing is really poor as well and he often breaks up attacks. I didn't have a problem with the grit he brought to the game, I agree it was probably needed, but I just think he was the main reason we were so poor with dealing with Liverpool in the first half, and he didn't bring much when we had the ball.
 
MThomas said:
You were also confused when you described the situation.
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How so? The video shows Fellaini running into Lucas, which I said, and then Lucas kicking his leg out to tell Clattenburg he got kicked, which didn't happen.
 
Kostur said:
Given that de Gea completed 9 out of 21 passes I'm pretty sure he didn't. Why are you so hell bent on making up shit statistics? You know that it makes you look incredibly stupid, right?
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How about you read a report that doesn't drip from your own turd-filled gob?! Its not my job to spoon feed you links to articles to enlighten you.
Sky sports, squaka... Do some research yourself. Fellaini had the third lowest passing percentage of the outfield starting 10 behind Young & Smalling. At half time De Gea's pass rate was better, not at full time. Still signifies how shit he is given that much of Smalling and Young's were defensive clearances.

I'm done with discussing him with you at any rate. Anyone that thinks he's Utd quality really isn't worth debating with.
 

Echoes my feeling. We never have control of a game when he plays CM and the way he wonders off leaves his partner exposed. All his CM partners this season have had poor games and been completely run over. Play him higher up or don't play him at all.
 
He was our weakest link again. He generally runs around like a headless chicken and a half decent team can have him going in circles off the ball, and it doesn't take much pressing to expose his poor technique on it. If we insist on playing him he should be man marking someone or further forward as a target man.
 
Some are overrating his performance yesterday i feel. Thought he was poor and frustrating in the first half, better in the second though to be fair. But left Schneiderlin isolated and overran again for much of the match it must be said.

For such a big guy it's infuriating how many headers he doesn't win though. If you are that tall and you jump 95% of other players shouldn't be able to get to the ball before you.
 
stevoc said:
Some are overrating his performance yesterday i feel. Thought he was poor and frustrating in the first half, better in the second though to be fair. But left Schneiderlin isolated and overran again for much of the match it must be said.

For such a big guy it's infuriating how many headers he doesn't win though. If you are that tall and you jump 95% of other players shouldn't be able to get to the ball before you.
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He was the least worst of a really bad bunch. Not really over rating.
 
The whole "abandons the midfield" (and similar) argument is just ridiculous. Its quite obvious (to me at least) that he is being asked to play in more of a box-to-box capacity rather than in a holding role, and get up and down the pitch - which is something Fellaini does well.

Surely if he was meant to be playing a holding role similar to a Schneiderlin or Carrick, and was running around like this, we would see LVG berating him, dropping him...not continuing to pick him etc.
 
Walrus said:
The whole "abandons the midfield" (and similar) argument is just ridiculous. Its quite obvious (to me at least) that he is being asked to play in more of a box-to-box capacity rather than in a holding role, and get up and down the pitch - which is something Fellaini does well.

Surely if he was meant to be playing a holding role similar to a Schneiderlin or Carrick, and was running around like this, we would see LVG berating him, dropping him...not continuing to pick him etc.
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But he doesn't have the dynamism to play box to box. Is that not the point.
 
Adisa said:
But he doesn't have the dynamism to play box to box. Is that not the point.
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Define what you mean by dynamism? That he isnt dynamic, doesnt move enough? Because if so then I entirely disagree. Fellaini pops up all over the pitch regularly, yesterday he was often defending in and around our penalty area, and also making runs into the opponents box regularly to try to get on the end of crosses (something clearly instructed by LVG). This goes back to what I was previously saying in this thread that even if he (or the team) is having a bad game (and this isnt me saying that was the case yesterday), he will still keep working, running, contributing and trying to make a (positive) contribution, which is what happened yesterday.
 
thepolice123 said:
He was definitely our best player..
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Christ, if he was our best player, then there's something wrong...

I thought he was, again, a pointless waste of space...lumbering around, not winning headers in midfield, and shitting out of challenges...

Yes, he won the header which led to the goal, but other than that, he's just a strain on the team...he can't pass effectively, he can't really bring anything to the team, other than being someone who hey can twat the ball up to every now and then...

He doesn't have a footballing brain...last few minutes of yesterdays match, he has a chance to head into the corner and take the sting out of the game, instead, he gives it away and they get a chance out of it...
 
Di Maria's angel said:
He was the least worst of a really bad bunch. Not really over rating.
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Yeah saying he was the least worst is a bit of a stretch. Theres people saying he was our best player, very good and there might have even been 1 or 2 who said he was excellent can't remember exactly.

Yeah so that's overrating his contribution yesterday in my opinion.

Awful first half, decent second half and that's about it.
 
In regards to his dynamism, the problem with Fellaini (like in various aspects of his game) is that it's vastly inconsistent. Sometimes he'll bust a gut to get back and provide some much needed cover, but then sometimes he'll be robbed of possession and kind of slowly turn around and vaguely chase whoever dispossessed him as if he can't be arsed. He's certainly not got enough to be a proper, consistent box to box player.
 
He was so patchy yesterday. Sometime he'd send a great ball forward or stop an attack, and then a few seconds later he'd lose his man and Liverpool would counter very easily.
He can't track midfield runners for shit, his passing game is hit and miss, and he was a liability at times. He's a decent player, but he shouldn't be playing in a midfield 2.
 
K2K said:
First thing I thought of when I read that ridiculous statement.

He'll have his haters, but Fellaini seems thick skinned and it doesnt seem to bother him.

Lets hope he continues to improve.
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You would kind of hope a professional footballer wouldn't really give a toss what people think about him.
 
Crackers said:
He was so patchy yesterday. Sometime he'd send a great ball forward or stop an attack, and then a few seconds later he'd lose his man and Liverpool would counter very easily.
He can't track midfield runners for shit, his passing game is hit and miss, and he was a liability at times. He's a decent player, but he shouldn't be playing in a midfield 2.
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None of our midfielders should be playing in a midfield as we dont really have a great box to box that can both attack and defend(a Keane of sorts)

A midfield 3 with Schneiderlin, Herrera and Fellaini(as the one furthest foward)

Or Schneiderlin, Bastian and Herrera (furthest foward) . Although Herrera has not been playing well in that position.

That would work for me.

I may be in the minority , but I still believe in all Four of them, and feel they can all do better.
 
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