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Trust me, he absolutely was. Read his thread from last season, he was average at best.
We agreed terms with vermaelen months ago, so you don't think he was on van gaals list? Give over. He clearly had a set of targets and we just haven't been able to get them in.Replacements the MANAGER WANTS who happens to have only finished his assessment about 2 weeks ago. I'm sure Woodward could have signed a CB or two willy nilly but what good is that if it is not the type of van Gaal wants? He's got a history of not playing players he didn't want signed. The only CB target we were in for that we know for sure is Vermaelen and to be fair, there wasn't much to be done there by Woody as Wenger played hardball by asking for Smalling in return. Such a move would have been counter productive.
If you thought Fellaini performed well last season you've an extremely low standard anyway, but all the power to you...Read almost any player thread on here, it seems 95% of our squad gets shit on by our own fans nowadays.
Read almost any player thread on here, it seems 95% of our squad gets shit on by our own fans nowadays.
Trust me, he absolutely was. Read his thread from last season, he was average at best.
Read almost any player thread on here, it seems 95% of our squad gets shit on by our own fans nowadays.
If you thought Fellaini performed well last season you've an extremely low standard anyway, but all the power to you...
Where did he mention a snap decision? The midfield has needed strengthening since SAF was in charge and we have also lost 3 of what has been our main back four over the last 7 years. He knows we need a centre back he stated this on tour and has subsequently bid for Vermaelen and now we are apparently after this Rojo.
Maybe he thought Carrick was good enough to to play alongside our one midfield addition but he is out for three months and despite this romanticizing about Fletcher, yes its great he is back after a long illness but has he ever been that good, he is very limited in what he can actually do on the pitch and is now also a lot slower than he was back in his one stand out season 08-09.
No one said managing is easy either Moyes proved that he could not get anything more out of this squad higher than a 7th place finish (this again highlights the genius of SAF).
LvG has proven a more successful manager but it is imperative he gets this club back into the CL, it has been widely reported that we can sustain one season without it but any more would have huge implications financially. (adidas deal has such a clause in it).
All this is not to say that the required signings will be made in time before the window closes but the fans especially on a forum are allowed to vent frustrations especially as we seem to have a saga every summer that rarely bears fruit and the faith in Woodward has never been high.
Ambitious by Fellaini, I like it.
He can't be worse than Cleverley this season.
We agreed terms with vermaelen months ago, so you don't think he was on van gaals list? Give over. He clearly had a set of targets and we just haven't been able to get them in.
Not having a go but how could you make that argument? He was poor in pretty much every appearance. I know the vast majority of our players disappointed last season, but I remember the likes of Cleverley performing well away to Arsenal.
Fellaini did have some good games. Usually against poor teams, like West Brom and Newcastle, but still...
I'd made my mind up regarding Fellaini in December of last year, so I allowed him game time before concluding he wasn't a Manchester United player. I still believe this and am frankly baffled that ten decent minutes during a pre-season game has swayed people with Fellaini and now many seem to rate him. It's absolutely mental, he's gone from the most criticized player to nearly a cult hero! I suspect many are sympathetic. Fellaini has been decent at best, yet some think he's good enough.Read first page from his thread, you'll see people who were throwing shit at him there already, then look at the post count from his 13/14 thread, most replies, etc. and you'll see the same people throwing shit at him every single day, matchday or not. I quit fighting those people because there's no point really. Some people have fixed opinion on him that he shouldn't be playing for us ( fair enough, not stopping anybody from it and to certain degree they're probably not away from truth ).
And yea, he's been nothing spectacular or so, bang average just like the rest of the squad.
Read almost any player thread on here, it seems 95% of our squad gets shit on by our own fans nowadays.
Like many of us, I'd love for Marouane to get his chance & prove his critics wrong but the club simply can't afford to be sentimental right now - there's a real danger of us being left behind domestically, let alone in Europe.
It's a bit weird Fellaini has suddenly become a good player to RedCafe, I'm confused.
Like many of us, I'd love for Marouane to get his chance & prove his critics wrong but the club simply can't afford to be sentimental right now - there's a real danger of us being left behind domestically, let alone in Europe.
I'd made my mind up regarding Fellaini in December of last year, so I allowed him game time before concluding he wasn't a Manchester United player. I still believe this and am frankly baffled that ten decent minutes during a pre-season game has swayed people with Fellaini and now many seem to rate him. It's absolutely mental, he's gone from the most criticized player to nearly a cult hero! I suspect many are sympathetic. Fellaini has been decent at best, yet some think he's good enough.
So the total price is in the region of about 85m euros?
I said he was poor in pretty much every performance, which is true in my opinion. Even his better performances were average. The West Ham game comes to mind as his best performance, and he was used as battering ram in that game, is this really the type of player we want to see playing for Manchester United?He wasn't great but you're overreacting claiming he was poor in every performance. I didn't want to sign Fellaini, never rated him what so ever. He wasn't as bad as some try to claim on here though and I don't see the massive issue with him wanting to fight for a place at the club. Won't be fussed if he leaves but if he decides to try to make it here, fair dues to the guy.
His best performance was West Brom away, he made some vital interceptions and bossed the midfield that day. He will never run the tempo of a match but in the gritty league games he can be a handy player.I said he was poor in pretty much every performance, which is true in my opinion. Even his better performances were average. The West Ham game comes to mind as his best performance, and he was used as battering ram in that game, is this really the type of player we want to see playing for Manchester United?
I agree that it in this type of game he can be useful, but so can Fletcher.His best performance was West Brom away, he made some vital interceptions and bossed the midfield that day. He will never run the tempo of a match but in the gritty league games he can be a handy player.
Is he any good? Chelsea fans?
Is that so bad though? We aren't in spain where every team has midget's wizzing around. We come up against teams who play route 1 football, and what's better to have than a giant who can actually play a bit too? It's horses for courses.I agree that it in this type of game he can be useful, but so can Fletcher.
And even Andy Carroll...
Chico Flores to Lekhwiya and Pablo Hernandez to Al-Arabi. Strange deals.
Yeah, it's not so bad. But we could easily sign a player of this ilk who can actually contribute more than brute force I suppose? I dunno, Fellaini is just such an underwhelming player.Is that so bad though? We aren't in spain where every team has midget's wizzing around. We come up against teams who play route 1 football, and what's better to have than a giant who can actually play a bit too? It's horses for courses.
Fellaini defending is the new thing? Ugh
Think Flores to Lekhwiya was always an option considering Laudrup's their manager. He's followed Laudrup at to his last 3 clubs now I think, surprised Hernandez has gone though.
More like €67m ish, which is just over £50m. Nani & Hernandez aren't worth €20m each.
You think their worth just under €10m (about £8m) each? They're both internationals. Lesser players have been sold for more.
You should work for United. They like to under-value players too.
Go back and read his thread pre-Christmas and circa. February/March last season. Plenty of posters were recognising his good performances.