Only player in the squad who doesn't shit it when pressed. Manages to get his pass away even when under pressure. His technique with the ball on the ground is generally underrated.
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He was the only United player who turned up. If there was a block it was him. If there was a tackle it was him and if there was a clearing header needed it was him. No one can expect Fellaini to win or play all on his own against a City side let alone any side when no one else bothered.
I don’t mind him. Not perfect but offers something.
Fellaini > Matic. Give him the role Matic has right now and Matic the one Fellaini has right now.
Could mop up the midfield when playing upside down.
He was our best player today. Credit where credits due.
Still offered absolutely feck all in terms of quality and impact. City ran that midfield easily. Thats United these days I guess. How the mighty have fallen!
The fact people are praising him shows how far standards have fallen
He has good game what is wrong when giving credit where is due?
How many times does he have to do this because he figures it out. Fellaini is not and never will be a central midfielder. He's an impact striker from the bench. What must Fred make of this crap?
He had a 'good game' by virtue of Matic and Herrera having poor ones. Best of a bad bunch in that midfield and still several levels below the performance required. Outside of defensive headers in our box he didn't offer much and that isn't enough for a United midfielder.
Of course we need better players than him but he was the best out of the lot. If there was a block it was him. If there was a tackle it was him and he defended well. The fact the rest were shite does not mean that he was not the best of the lot.
If you expecting him to do Silva type game then he is disappointing for sure, but if you see how awful we play and somehow he do some good work should be appreciated.
I would rather have him then Matic at this point.
To be fair Herrera did the defensive side decently well, he won the ball back a few times particularly in the first half. He was just atrocious on the ball.
He was not MOTM but he was easily Man Utd best player. Especially the first half bossed others a lot, interception after interception, clearance after clearance.
Stats on whoscored.com confirm: Fellaini solid 7.0, next is only Martial 6.6. City only having 4 players scoring over 7.
He was the only player keeping the team together in the first half. If it wasn't for him City would have completely destroyed Man Utd by the break.
Mourinho said he should'nt have played the full 90 minutes because of his injury.
Stats on whoscored.com confirm: Fellaini solid 7.0, next is only Martial 6.6. City only having 4 players scoring over 7.
He was the only player keeping the team together in the first half. If it wasn't for him City would have completely destroyed Man Utd by the break.
Mourinho said he should'nt have played the full 90 minutes because of his injury.
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Fellaini hasn't suddenly improved to the level of being a great Manchester United player, it's a case of Manchester United have dropped down to his level. However he's not the only player who that applies to.
Not good enough and never Manchester United quality ever.
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Exactly. He was a key reason for us finishing the first half down only one goal. The guy was every where. He had a good game not just compared to others, but really a good game. The 7/10 in whoscored reflects that.
He did okay.
True, he's the poster child for our mediocrity since Sir Alex left.
Our best player on the pitch today, by far.
It is the fault of Sir Alex that he bought in David Moyes. It was Moyes who signed Fellaini. Blame SAF for this fiasco.
He was alright today maybe our best player though thats not saying much, worked hard got himself about and helped out with defending. And if thats what you're looking for in your main attacking midfielder thats great. But sadly Manchester United shouldn't be going away to a team like City with Fellaini being played in a position that should be occupied by our main creative force and someone who can link the midfield and attack.
The fact he played today and we regularly play him in games like this highlights why we are so far off the top sides. Fellaini is an honest hard working player, a good player who can be effective. But using him as your attacking midfielder away to a team like City isn't even like bringing a knife to a gun fight, it's like bringing a spoon.
The fact he played today and we regularly play him in games like this highlights why we are so far off the top sides. Fellaini is an honest hard working player, a good player who can be effective. But using him as your attacking midfielder away to a team like City isn't even like bringing a knife to a gun fight, it's like bringing a spoon.
He's effective but anyone who loves the game of the football despite their allegiance has to admit that he is just a nuisance for the opposition. He's helped us win games and also won us games and big ones at that but he is just a physical nightmare for the opposition.
I like him but we can't seriously depend on him to pull us out the shit because he is 6 foot 5 and will beat anyone aerially.
I like him but we can't seriously depend on him to pull us out the shit because he is 6 foot 5 and will beat anyone aerially.
Bollocks. He’s one of the only players who actually performs for us.
Sick of hearing this. Smalling, Shaw and Young are more responsible for our disastrous performances than he is. Look at all the goals we’ve let in and who’s in defence every game? Those guys! We’ll never be any better until we sign improvements.
Nope, he's mediocre at best.
Absolute stupidity is marking him with a 4/10 when in the first 30 mins he cleared the ball or intercepted it at least 10 times
Finally a match that Pogba missed and we can go back to bashing Fellaini for a change. What on earth makes people come to this thread after a loss like yesterday to moan about him not being United quality.
Funnily enough you can be mediocre and still be one of very few players to 'perform for us'. Maybe if you hadn't been shitposting in his thread for years you'd have noticed that those two are not mutually exclusive.
Fellaini was our best midfielder (although that’s not saying much).
Covered his area well, got his tackles and interceptions in, and was able to keep the ball under pressure to get his passes away. However, his passing is unambitious and he should not have taken the place of Pogba. He should be our DM in the midfield three with Pereira/Fred/Herrera/Pogba either side of him, so that we can build on the good work he’s doing.
Matic has simply imploded and cannot be relied upon at all. Pairing two immobile, slow CMs with limited passing range is just asking for a quick, technical side to cut through you.
Covered his area well, got his tackles and interceptions in, and was able to keep the ball under pressure to get his passes away. However, his passing is unambitious and he should not have taken the place of Pogba. He should be our DM in the midfield three with Pereira/Fred/Herrera/Pogba either side of him, so that we can build on the good work he’s doing.
Matic has simply imploded and cannot be relied upon at all. Pairing two immobile, slow CMs with limited passing range is just asking for a quick, technical side to cut through you.
Warrior. He is always up for a battle.
He was better than most of the shite we had out there yesterday.
Cant put the blame on him. But management should know you cant have him and Matic as part of a 3 man midfield esp against the likes of City.
I don't mind it as Fellaini showed earlier in the season he has the tools to break up play and lay it off but it was madness playing him deep so this current incarnation of Matic could move up. Fellaini deep with Fred and Herrera (hopefully not on yesterday's dire form) is by no means perfect but would have served us better than what we got. Fellaini deep isn't the issue, it's unfortunately the fact Matic is getting on the pitch at all and that Herrera was terrible.
Not sure about that, the procrastination over signing a decent midfielder in the seasons before Moyes turned up left dithering Dave in a panic situation, we should of been more ruthless in out pursuit of Luca Modric for example.
Takes a proper idiot to come in here and moan about him after that performance. He did his job perfectly it's not his fault we didn't have a quality midfielder alongside him to provide the on the ball quality.
Yes and to make matters worse Jose took Herrera off and put Mata and dropped Fellaini into a deeper position. If only he has been put up front and the City box bombarded with high balls we may have made some use out of him. Blame Jose for all this disaster because it is Jose that is entirely responsible for this. Not Fellaini, who was our best player on the pitch.
Most people can see that he's doing the best he can in the role asked of him. Ultimately though the best teams in the world have water carriers that are capable of so much more, for whom the label seems almost unfair. The likes of Fernandinho, Casemiro, Kante can offer so much more to their teams than he can.
Fellaini did well last game? I don't think so! Maybe if you only consider the amount of headers or tackles he won but you have to keep in mind that he replaced Pogba in the team and was expected to be our midfielder creator. We failed to build any semblance of attack because he was supposed to be the one who provide that but did nothing. It's not his fault of course, Mourinho got his team selection wrong and I don't know what he expected by picking that midfielder trio, even average football fan in a pub could see that it was nowhere near good enough for this game. So instead of blaming Fellaini, we should point our fingers toward our clueless manager.
For me Mourinho should have stuck with Herrera as the DM and go for another b2b midfielder (we have Fred now, maybe try him in this role) instead of buying Matic last season; 2016-2017 Herrera is by far superior to what Matic and Fellaini can offer at that role.
It really pains me to see he's one of our best player now; as Dances_with_badgers said "Fellaini hasn't suddenly improved to the level of being a great Manchester United player, it's a case of Manchester United have dropped down to his level". He should be playing for Everton or West Ham, Mourinho should have been sacked for bringing the idea of renewing his contract.
For me Mourinho should have stuck with Herrera as the DM and go for another b2b midfielder (we have Fred now, maybe try him in this role) instead of buying Matic last season; 2016-2017 Herrera is by far superior to what Matic and Fellaini can offer at that role.
It really pains me to see he's one of our best player now; as Dances_with_badgers said "Fellaini hasn't suddenly improved to the level of being a great Manchester United player, it's a case of Manchester United have dropped down to his level". He should be playing for Everton or West Ham, Mourinho should have been sacked for bringing the idea of renewing his contract.
No problem with how he played yesterday, the problem is that we should have a good enough team that we're not starting him against City in such a big game. That's not his fault though.
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