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Perhaps his strongest performance for us in quite some time. I'm glad
And; next time we play against a long-ball team on a rock hard, barely grassed surface I would gladly have him play:
Otherwise, not so much. I'm just sayin'
Non-league games. His level!
This.
One swallow does not, a summer make.
He gets so much faux praise on here for 'knowing he isn't a starter', 'giving 100%', 'knuckling down', 'doing a job'... all things that any one of us on here would do given a chance! Bottom line is, if we want to be contenders for CL, we need much much better than a tall Everton player.
He was slightly less ineffective than usual lastnite to his credit, but let's not go crazy.
Usual Fellaini slayers are quick to come as always.
Glad to see that there are still some in here that appreciate his contribution. Nice post!
Actually easily explained - he's consistent. You know what you get when he plays. The other players have a lot of ups and downs. I like players like Fellaini, hard workers, but players like him are never really appreciated. Good to have one or two players that may not have the extraordinary skill but a specific skill that's sometimes required to change the style of play.
I'd prefer to have players like that who can push to be regular starters for spurts in the season. We've had players in the past like Fletcher and Park who had great work ethic, but those players also became key starters for us in parts of some seasons, and always played to a high level in the big games. Fellaini hasn't had that kind of impact at United in four years.
My comment related to him being the perfect "squad" player mate.
He's nowhere near good enough to be a starter at a club like this, but he's a great bench option imo.
And once again I disagree. I have 2 issues with Fellaini
a- He's been bought as a 30m rated player. Don't take me wrong, the fee is not his fault and that's money lost anyway. What does annoy me is that he's also being paid as a 30m rated panic buy. Do we really want our squad players to be paid that much? Which leads us to B
b- He is being played out of position. Fellaini is not as shit as many makes him to be. He's actually a decent no 10 for a team playing direct football. Unfortunately we don't play hoof ball which means we have to play Fellaini in a deeper role, something which is far from ideal. Even his mate Leon Osman said that Fellaini is a ticking bomb in that role
He will definitely start today I reckon.
Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I think we should start him up front tonight.
Chelsea's one weakness has been in the air in the box, as seen against Spuds.
Something like this would do me...
--------------------DDG-----------------
Val---------Jones-------Rojo-------Blind
-----Herrera----------------Carrick------
Mkhi--------------Mata-------------Pogba
--------------Fellaini----------------------
Actually, I reckon that looks like a pretty nice line up!
Chelsea's one weakness has been in the air in the box, as seen against Spuds.
Something like this would do me...
--------------------DDG-----------------
Val---------Jones-------Rojo-------Blind
-----Herrera----------------Carrick------
Mkhi--------------Mata-------------Pogba
--------------Fellaini----------------------
Actually, I reckon that looks like a pretty nice line up!
I also hope to see Fellaini up top. Also hope he is not put in midfield. Up top would better. Could also improve Pogba's game because Fellaini will lay the ball off nicely for him and because of Fellaini's discipline Pogba won't have anyone occupying his space.
See I don't think he is consistent. Well maybe his attitude and application is but the rest of his game is quite up and down. His touch, finishing, passing, it can be a real mixed bag.
Either way if he's playing get him up and around the penalty area, back to goal. Three years in and we still rarely use him in his best position.
I hope he does... and scores the winner
Would love to see him bully Luiz/Cahill/Apez..
Chelsea 1:0 Man Utd
This guy offers NOTHING whatsoever, playing with 9 men away at Chelsea here. Absolute joke that this guy gets minutes at this club.
If Pogba is getting slated for not running around, Fellaini has been world class tonight.
Did he play?
Are you talking about Pogba? Wrong thread then...
Offered nothing, no idea why he was brought on. Him and pogba were both useless, worst players on the pitch.
Allowed to play horrible because he's horrible. Same old nonsense.
He did ok. Not good enough to be a one man centre midfield but better than Pogba and better disciplined than Hererra.
Agreed. Was the only winning balls towards the end.
Yeah, not really our midfielder.
Our midfielders get sent off for fecking idiotic fouls after 30 minutes of the game or go disappearing.
Our midfielders get sent off for fecking idiotic fouls after 30 minutes of the game or go disappearing.
Shitting on Pogba and Herrera dones't make Fellaini any less shit, he was basically playing the game on tape delay he was so far behind every passage of play and as usual offers nothing on the ball in midfield, Jose gave up any intention of winning the game when he brought him on, you can't tell me Blind couldn't have done the exact same role only with the ability to actually use the ball well, his size was irrelevant in there.
Utter, utter piss. Tonight and every night.
Bringing him on was a terrible move. Knee jerk by José, was never going to offer anything. Might as well have played with 9 men.
The lad is like a dog that gets onto the pitch, just running around aimlessly after the ball. Except a dog would be faster... and more technically gifted... and better in the air.
Bringing him on was a terrible move. Knee jerk by José, was never going to offer anything. Might as well have played with 9 men.
The lad is like a dog that gets onto the pitch, just running around aimlessly after the ball. Except a dog would be faster... and more technically gifted... and better in the air.
He ran and closed down a little more than Pogba, that's about it.
100% this. We have Bastian Schweinsteiger in the squad. Let that sink in.
Was surprised with about 10-15 minutes to go, we didnt push him forward and try and use him as a target man to bring Rashford into the game. Thought that was a chance to do it.
Chelsea aren't going to lump long balls into our box and unless that's what we were planning to do with him up front I don't really understand the substation. I'm sure we could have made more use of Carrick or Blind. He was just sort of there not really doing anything.
Can't say that I really noticed him either way last night.
I noticed him when he was standing offside from a floated cross from a free kick. How sloppy can you be?
What I'm still trying to sink in is that this guy is the most experienced PL player we have only behind Rooney and Carrick, yet it's a mission to know where he has improved in that time and what he offers
He's a better player against better teams than us when he gets to do a lot of defending and holding up play. Against worse sides he's not a great asset. I think he did well yesterday and kept Chelsea away from the center of the park.
Was poor last night, but as usual the very minute Fellaini has a bad game, we need to sell him or he's useless or he's this that and the other. Get a grip, Fellaini has a part to play so accept it.
Staggering. He's an absolute passenger & a clueless, lumbering, slow one at that.
Which is every minute. If you can seriously defend this 'part' he has to play, I'd love to hear it.
His inclusion means every other midfield player drops their performance by 50%. He encourages us playing non-league style long balls to his ineffective head. He cannot run, cannot take a running jump, doesnt get close defending, can't tackle, can't sprint, is positionally defunct... but yeah 'gives 100%' etc etc. 100% of turd, is still turd.
He was OK. I mean, short of transforming into Keane or Carrick, he did just what he usually does when called upon to perform a job in midfield. Thought he showed more urgency than the other big name midfielder.
I don't know, but does our quality drop that much after playing Fellaini. Because all his appearances have been sub appearances, and bar one or two matches, I feel that even without Fellaini we are not that great a spectacle to watch. We have started mostly all our matches without Fellaini and I feel that even without him, we still struggle big time in midfield. Yet, after reading some of the criticism he receives here, you would be led to believe that we play fast paced, free flowing attractive football which stops the moment Fellaini steps in.
He kept things tight, closed down players and provided an aerial threat while going forward. It was exactly what was asked of him and I think he did well. It was not his ideal position and he actually does contribute more when playing forward which is his normal position (as seen in the match against Rostov).
I don't know, but does our quality drop that much after playing Fellaini. Because all his appearances have been sub appearances, and bar one or two matches, I feel that even without Fellaini we are not that great a spectacle to watch. We have started mostly all our matches without Fellaini and I feel that even without him, we still struggle big time in midfield. Yet, after reading some of the criticism he receives here, you would be led to believe that we play fast paced, free flowing attractive football which stops the moment Fellaini steps in.
He kept things tight, closed down players and provided an aerial threat while going forward. It was exactly what was asked of him and I think he did well. It was not his ideal position and he actually does contribute more when playing forward which is his normal position (as seen in the match against Rostov).
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One of the more baffling quotes I've seen on here. Offers us a vital plan B. Is a good runner, regardless of what you say, better on the ball than people give him credit for and pops up with a goal here and there, along with giving 100%...
A vital plan B that rarely ever works.
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