Marouane Fellaini image 27

Marouane Fellaini Belgium flag

2015-16 Performances


View full 2015-16 profile

5.1 Season Average Rating
Appearances
33
Goals
4
Assists
1
Yellow cards
6
Status
Not open for further replies.
Swansea 2:1 Man Utd
He did more in 15 minutes as a striker than Rooney did all game.

At least he has a presence and occupies the centre-half.

Would be far more effective if the referees didn't penalise him everytime he goes near the ball and allow the opposition to do whatever they want, too.
 
He did more in 15 minutes as a striker than Rooney did all game.
Don't want either to be our main striker. Hate that our only option now is we either lump it up or cross it to Fellaini when we're chasing a goal. Fecking painful to watch. Felt like I was watching Moyes against Fullham with all the aimless crossing towards the end there. Can't believe it's come to this.
 
Talk about a complete 180 from me, but I want him to start every game.
 
Feel a bit bad for him. Anytime he comes on as a sub, we just give up playing our passing game and just lump it up to him, the tactic has become so predictable that the opposition has half the team around him to mark him out, not much he can do in such a case.
 
Feel a bit bad for him. Anytime he comes on as a sub, we just give up playing our passing game and just lump it up to him, the tactic has become so predictable that the opposition has half the team around him to mark him out, not much he can do in such a case.

I don't get it too. Just pass the ball to his feet and he'd hold it up rather than hoofing it constantly.

That six game run last season showed that.
 
I don't get it too. Just pass the ball to his feet and he'd hold it up rather than hoofing it constantly.

That six game run last season showed that.

It is obviously instructions from the manager , just do not understand why we don't mix it up more rather than being so predictable.
 
He's an effective option but my heart sinks whenever he comes on...it's like a death knell to the (albeit slim) hope of us playing some good, attractive football.
 
We didn't use him properly when he came on. Too often we tried finding him from deep. What we should have been doing is getting to advanced positions in wide areas more often before crossing into him.
 
He did as much as he could tbh. Some real shocking balls hit towards him even from our defenders. We just abandoned everything to hit it towards his head / sometimes over and all he can try and do is knock it down. And even then nobody ran close to him to pick up the second ball. Bonkers stuff.

He really should have come on for Rooney, left Mata on, and brought on Young for memphis.
 
Feel a bit bad for him. Anytime he comes on as a sub, we just give up playing our passing game and just lump it up to him, the tactic has become so predictable that the opposition has half the team around him to mark him out, not much he can do in such a case.

This is the awful part. We just need to move the ball well enough to produce a decent cross for him to attack, but because we can't consistently pin the other team's to within 25-30 yards of the other team's goal, we hit 50 yards ball at him.

We play possession football, which is fine, but then we need to be pinning the other team deep and close enough to produce something.
 
He's an effective option but my heart sinks whenever he comes on...it's like a death knell to the (albeit slim) hope of us playing some good, attractive football.

Aye, no matter how useful an option he could potentially be up front, I can't help but feel like it's going to be a dire season if we're regularly planning to use Fellaini as an option up front.
 
Hoofing balls onto Fellaini from a distance is too hit and miss. We're basically telegraphing a tactic for opposition teams to set-up to counter his game.
 
I hate it when he comes on and we just start to hoof it up everytime we have the ball, it is our panic button and is horrible and embarrasing to watch.

Start him instead in the no10 and make him an option, not the one and only answer.
 
Saw why he should t play every week, percentage football is easy to stop, worrying thing is it may be our best option given the lack of talent in the final third.
 
He seemed vaguely ineffective which was probably down to his marker being handcuffed to him the entire time.
 
We didn't use him properly when he came on. Too often we tried finding him from deep. What we should have been doing is getting to advanced positions in wide areas more often before crossing into him.

Agree completely.

I feel sorry for Fellaini because he'll cop the stick for the football we played at the end, but really it is the instructions to the team. The aimless punts from deep were just silly - they weren't even accurate! Should have kept working it out side and getting some crosses in.
 
Clearly he did what he was told and competed for the hit and hope balls lobbed in his vicinity the best he could as most of them lacked accuracy.
 
Had we kept Di Maria and played him, Fellaini could have scored for fun imo. But neither Memphis nor Mata are suited to him. I hope Chicharito gets anther shot, he is fits in better on paper.
 
He did more in 15 minutes as a striker than Rooney did all game.

At least he has a presence and occupies the centre-half.

Would be far more effective if the referees didn't penalise him everytime he goes near the ball and allow the opposition to do whatever they want, too.
Every player would be more effective if the ref would let their fouling go on unpunished. I don't know if there's a player out there that fouls as much as Fellaini.
 
Had we kept Di Maria and played him, Fellaini could have scored for fun imo. But neither Memphis nor Mata are suited to him. I hope Chicharito gets anther shot, he is fits in better on paper.
Somebody tell him.
 
Use him behind the striker, he can play with his back to goal. The striker up front should focus on making runs behind the defender together with Memphis. Mata can use him as a link up when moving central. Also, we would have an aerial threat which we have lacked.
 
I hope we can use him more often, he is an absolute beast at times. Scores goals for fun for Belgium.
 
I've got no issue with using him as long as we have technical, pacey attackers around him.
 
That is some hilarious defending, The 4 defenders who go for that ball get it woefully wrong.

Brave header though. Looked close to getting a boot in the mouth.
 
Star striker in the making. Get used to it folks. Beast!

10 in 16 now isn't it? If that was Rooney or Januzaj this place would be going crazy.
 
His opportunities probably got worse with the signing of Martial even taking into account the departures of Chicharito and Januzaj.
 
In his last 16 or just for Belgium? Some would argue why Rooney's the best striker in the world and why Januzaj is a better talent than Messi was.

Club and country mate
 
Genuinely would do a job up top with Rooney playing like he is. That control is absolutely top class.
 
I don't think so. Van Gaal doesn't seem to be one who cares about a player's price tag - we saw that with Di Maria last season.
I hear what you're saying, but LVG will be under tremendous pressure to play Martial because of circumstance in addition to his price tag. For better or worse, Martial was brought in to help immediately and not as a prospect. LVG hitched his horse to that wagon, and his tenure as United manager might very well depend on how he performs.
 
Star striker in the making. Get used to it folks. Beast!

10 in 16 now isn't it? If that was Rooney or Januzaj this place would be going crazy.
I concur.

He can't stop scoring when given the opportunity. Play him, Louis!
 
The problem atm is when we bring Fellani on, we just go route 1 every single time. Its so fecking stupid. Sure, mix it up when he's on the pitch, play it up high to him at times. But if you're going to do it every single time, it becomes so easy to defend against.

I actually think he could do a decent job upfront (better then Falcao did last season for example) but I don't want us going long ball the second he's on the pitch. Good to see him score again thought, he seems to have the magic touch for Belgium atm.
 
He is such a weird footballer. Looks absolutely shit at times, yet still delivers in scoring crucial goals.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.