Rubbish. They were already coming at us. I was glad to see him come off.
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Had a good game against Chelsea. Still a joke of a footballer to some.
He looks tired, needs a rest I think.
Should have scored that header. He's missed too many chances this season.
They may of came at us still, at least we would of had a target to aim at rather than giving the ball straight back. Bringing Morgs on lost us another point of attack, allowed them to come on us more.
Thought he was very meh and passive after the first 10 minutes up until half time. Second half was dominant. Looks knackered.
Couldn't understand why he came off when Chelsea were starting to throw everything at us and launch it into the box with Terry up front. Lost our outball too. Could've taken Mata/Lingard off and moved Fellaini forward a bit or stuck him right up top. LVG is clueless. Thought he played alright really.
Was he injured? If not, the decision to bring him off - when he was having his best game of the season for us - was completely bemusing.
He was average today, not hopeless on the ball but just ran past way too often in midfield when he doesn't have it, the sub was the right one IMO as he was looking tired and Schneiderlin was the correct replacement.
Not great on the ball, but his best contributions were defensive ones. He was good in the physical battles. We lost a lot of that when he went off.
He was good today, didn't give the ball away too much and provided much needed energy.
Didn't even commit a ton of fouls today, which was welcome. Still wish he'd play the ball forward more than 1/10 times and attack the crosses in the box more but until we come up with a better solution, he's decent.
Today he was average for me. The game just went past him after 20 mins. Spent a lot of time ball watching which really annoyed me. I was really surprised how easily he lost possession a couple of times when he held it up.
Good game
Hope he plays well for the rest of the season so we can sell him in the summer.
Thought he played quite well today. Not sure why LVG keeps him on all game when he's useless and subs him off when he's decent
So true
He's not my cup of tea but I think we'd have seen the game out with him on the pitch. Not much of note attacking from the big man but defensively he was a rock and we wouldn't have had to sit 10 yards deeper knowing the out ball is on.
He faded towards the end of first half and then in the second half, played a lot recently, should be given a rest.
Played well, especially in the second half. Was tidy in possession as well and controlled De Gea's passed very well on the right.
Love him or loathe him like me, one has to accept he is playing with each passing game. Seem to cutting out the reckless challenges and playing to impose himself in game, again.
His partnership with Carrick has looked productive so far. Him being substituted allowed Obi to push up.
His partnership with Carrick has looked productive so far. Him being substituted allowed Obi to push up.
Honestly I ripped him to shreds at times but today he looked good. I guess it's games like this where Fellaini's strengths can really be useful.
Why doesnt he jump? Is he afraid what happened to Zouma will happen to him?
As in the Southampton game, once he went out, it felt like we have no physical presence at all and Chelsea was able to get easier to our box. Granted, Chelsea started to push before he went off, but once he was substituted it felt that their control of the game became official.
The good thing about Fellaini is that he can be useful in the closing stages of a game whether we are leading or need a goal. If leading, he can help defending, especially set pieces. If we need a goal, he can be the target man. Either way, LVG sees in him a starter (at least for now) and I think rightly so.
The good thing about Fellaini is that he can be useful in the closing stages of a game whether we are leading or need a goal. If leading, he can help defending, especially set pieces. If we need a goal, he can be the target man. Either way, LVG sees in him a starter (at least for now) and I think rightly so.
Agreed
I am pleased to see him do well, he gets a lot of undeserved shit.
I thought he was poor and I can't remember the exact moment, but when Terry nearly scored because Fellaini wasn't smart enough to position himself to clear it summed him up for me.
Lacks the intelligence and can't be relied on to play in the pivot in midfield. Further forward or preferably not at all.
Lacks the intelligence and can't be relied on to play in the pivot in midfield. Further forward or preferably not at all.
Oh, c'mon. No player in our team today was poor.
His vertical leap has to be 4 inches, max. No one expects him to be a Michael Jordan but if he could at least 16 inches off the ground and fought for the ball he'd be undefendable on crosses.
Why are people SOO confused with Fellaini and the substitution? It is so simple. LvG thinks that of all our CMs, the least defensive one is Fellaini. If he wants to score/win a game, the CM pairing will always be Fellaini + 1. After we went 1-0 up, he took him off to defend the lead and brought on the most defensive DM we have, Schneiderlin.
If we were going to aimlessly pump the ball long at 1-0 we would have been better off moving Fellaini further forward and having Mata go off for Schneiderlin. Hit the balls to his chest and try to get possession that way. We had absolutely no outlet for that last 20 minutes or so.
He played well.
played well I thought. Surprised to see him taken off.
Should have moved him to CF instead of taking him off.
Not in squad today. Van Gaal said he's 'more or less injured'. Not sure what that's supposed to mean, but we could miss him today, especially as Sunderland are pretty direct. That said, Defoe up top shouldn't give us too many problems aerially.
Conceded on a set piece straight away.
He wouldn't have helped
Ffs.
Were you just waiting for something like that to happen?It wasn't a particularly highly driven shot or anything, since it had bounced by the time it reached the box, but sure Fellaini would've helped with that.
We missed his aerial presence from that ball along the ground.
Settle down now, I'm not saying Fellainis afro holds the cure to cancer, just that like it or not, he is a big defensive presence for us on set pieces.
With Blind as one of our CBS we really don't have much strength or height in the team without Fellaini.
With Blind as one of our CBS we really don't have much strength or height in the team without Fellaini.
We're too soft without him.
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