Is this guy's best position actually a 10? Surely not? He's nowhere near fast nor technically gifted enough for that.
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At the base as a defensive 6 in a three-man midfield imo, but probably not our best option with the selections that we have available when everybody is fit. Playing him further up seems to be pretty pointless with the way Mourinho plays. Under Van Gaal we had the crippling rigidity which meant positionally we could stay out of his way in the attacking third when he was playing as an 8 but in this more fluid system he seems to get in the way and then dart for the back post when he plays in an attacking position for Jose. I think the 6 role is probably the safest option for his skill-set. Solid, transitions the ball on and can man up and defend.
Oh don't worry about that user, I wouldn't even read their posts. It is hyperbolic nonsense about Fellaini turned up to 11 at all times. Regardless of the context of a discussion that user just unloads a deluge of bile at Fellaini. Best to skip those posts or pop on ignore, not worth the time engaging.
Thanks for the heads up, mate. I'll still defend him, though, as I say I believe he has a part to play.
I don't want to be that guy but at this point maybe banning him from this thread would be a good move. There is criticism and saying he played bad and then there's the constant shitting on one of our own players that he does.
Man Utd 1:0 Rostov
Please get rid of this character, ASAP.
When did we sign Valderrama?!
Having a great game.
His YouTube compilation for this match is gonna be 
Once again he is called upon and delivers. Changed the game and controlled the midfield. Brilliant squad player.
What a cameo from the big man.
Few good moments tonight.
Played better than Pogba.
Thought he was great to be honest.
One of the few games this season he has come on and actually played pretty well, the game was slow and scrappy and it suited him.
Motm
Looks like him and carrick will probably start on the weekend. He had a good game, hopefully he plays well against Boro.
Very good game but I expect usual suspects to shit this place up.
Very good showing. Was worried when pogba went off but fellaini was solid.
*Insert Nick Young face pic.*
He kept it simple today and distributed well. Had a couple of really good touches, one of his better appearances.
Wow! His best performance in a United shirt by a mile imo.
Better skills and more effective than pogba tonight.
I think unfortunately for him, he'll always be associated with Moyes in the most negative way. Unless he stays for quite some time and wins the league or some European cup, he won't shake off the Moyes shadow during his time with us.
I'd trade a night with Scarlett Johansson to see him sold, the game was awful and then he came lumbering on to make it unbearable, yes he had that one moment of skill but I hate watching him play, it's mostly sideways lolloping, ugly.
One moment? He was brilliant every time on the ball - don't think he put a foot wrong today. I understand that he frustrates a lot of fans but give credit where it's due.
This is where I am with the guy. He came on against a tired Rostov team and put in an average performance. Notice that our entire team looked a bit more comfortable late in the game considering how tired they were. I won't take away from him that he works hard and does what he is asked, but I do not think that the supporters of this team are asking for him, or anyone of his skillset, to feature as much as he does. This is because he is everything that is wrong with the club over the last 3 years that Jose is trying to fix. We brought in less quality players and in Moyes' case far less quality managers.
The quality of player simply has to be increased by a lot if we are going to even compete for the league.
It's nothing to do with Moyes, four years of not being very good is what he needs to shake off, if he played well more often the crowd and fans (as they did tonight) would have a different opinion of him, he isn't highly thought of because he is so limited and inconsistent.
He had his dancing shoes on tonight, really good cameo from the big man.
Some twat on the guardian mbm proclaimed that if rostov could choose any united substitution it would be to swap Pogba for Fellaini. Made it all the more enjoyable when he came on and played well.
I never really got a chance to watch much of Zidane growing up but I imagine it was something like this cameo.
He wasn't Fellaini today. He was simply Felé.
Am I the only one who thinks he has a chest hair afro as well? I mean that would explain his sublime chest control.
Nice.
There you go.
Played a lot better than i thought he would have, few nice touches. Still no idea why he's coming on before Carrick though.
Fair do's to Felly today, massive performance from him really.That's about as well as the lad can play. Clearly demonstrates why we need a huge investment in another dominant midfielder though.
Although generally the case, I think that's a harsh assessment of tonight's game. He showed much more directness when he could, didn't give the ball away and drove forward in possession pretty well. His touch was surprisingly good, and though many are blinded by individual skill and can't consider the bigger picture, I do think he did pretty well considering his limitations.
Jones as a left wing back was painful to watch, though.
Afroman in midfield 3 with him being on left side,making that triangle with LB and LAM,sure,him in midfield two to build up play,no thanks,i rather put TFM or any other proper midfielder there.
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