hopefully we keep this good run going, then when he's back, he can come into a team playing well, rather than the struggle at the start of the season. That should make a good difference.
Marouane Fellaini | 2013/14 Performances
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I hope he rots on the bench. See no reason to play him instead Carrick, Fletcher (if fit),Jones, Clev or Giggs..
unfortunately for fellaini, i have to agree with you on this. signing fellaini was a big mistake. he was never going to be the solution to our midfield problem. he is not the best passer of the ball, he is slow, not agile, far from being creative, and in a simple sentence looked lost in our midfield.
at everton he was the number 10 with the mission of winning headers and causing problem inside the penalty box with his height and aggression. he is never going to be playing in that role at united. in fact since he joined united he has suddenly lost his aggression and even look lost when attacking from corners or freekicks.
some people might say give him more time to adapt and so on, but i just cannot see him turning things around honestly. if he does manage to do it, then i am glad to be wrong.
btw is he playing as a central midfielder for belgium? and if so how well he perform in that position for his country?
Which hints at a mental problem, which is not uncommon. Unfortunately, even if he overcomes it I don't see him being good enough for the role we bought him for.
I've gotta tell you
I might as well do
About a boy who can do anything
He comes from Belgium
His name is Marouane
Felliaini, Felliani, Felliani.
I might as well do
About a boy who can do anything
He comes from Belgium
His name is Marouane
Felliaini, Felliani, Felliani.
That's a bit strong for a player who's still finding his way at a new club. Why don't some give it till the end of the season to make a fair assessment of what he can bring to the side?
Awful piece of business. My only gripe with Moyes so far really.
It appears we have a decent amount of money, maybe £100m net to invest which is desperately needed. That's enough to get two top players. If we blow it on three Fellaini type signings it could really, really put us back. We have to spend every pound of that well as we have fell far behind the top CL pack and they spend that every effing season.
It appears we have a decent amount of money, maybe £100m net to invest which is desperately needed. That's enough to get two top players. If we blow it on three Fellaini type signings it could really, really put us back. We have to spend every pound of that well as we have fell far behind the top CL pack and they spend that every effing season.
Because Jim will come before the fecking match starts, moan about Fellaini, wait untill 30th minute till he does something wrong and go all out on him.
Evra was, Vidic wasn't. Where does this myth come from? Just because of the fact they were both bought in January?
Yeah, I've noticed people doing this before. OK, it probably took a year or so to realise just how much of a beast he was, but he certainly wasn't bad right from the start.
they came from different leagues ffs. The Afroman has been here since 2008 or 2007. that's plenty of time to get used to living in this country.
if you want to have apt comparison look at Young or Berbatov. They were much better at their respective starts to United careers than Fellaini.
What are you talking about... did you mean to quote somebody else?
Fellaini hasn't played enough yet to say he's had a bad start anyway. He's barely had a genuine start to his United career yet.
I knew from very early on that vidic had something special about him. Even though he looked a bit sloppy, his dominant style of defending wad evident and it was something we had lacked for years anyway.
Lolwut?
I think you can read. That's my opinion.
TBF, this is pretty true. He's started 4 league matches, none of them back-to-back.
So if someone asks you how Fellaini has started his united career you response saying "yeah, I don't think he's started yet to be fair".
Come on mate, he's started piss poorly. What is a "genuine start"? Only reason he's played less is because he's been terrible when he has.
That's because he's been awful.
True, but it does keep the possibility open that he'll improve once settled in and playing more regularly.That's more or less what I would answer. Maybe it's wrong, maybe right - that's my take on it. That said, I sometimes feel a bit perplexed in the footballing world we are facing nowadays where your form/ability is as good as your last couple of games were.
Of course he will. Fellaini is a good player. He can be a very good one, like he was at Everton. Hopefully, Moyes is actually doing something worthwhile on the training field so that we can improve out on the pitch - we're getting there - and Fellaini will be able to come back in and settle a little.
I'm with Tomus. We've barely seen him, but when we have we've seen glimpses of the good and bad. Let him settle into the club and after he's had a run of games we can get a better idea of where he's at.
My worry isn't that what we've seen of him so far is his level - we know he's a better footballer. The worry is how he fits our system, and whether we'll be able to properly utilise him.
Fair enough if that's your take. But I have to clarify that I'm not talking about ability. But I think almost half a season at your new club is enough to be considered a start. Like I said, if he had played great he would have racked up plenty of games already.
Absolutely. I don't think he's a great footballer but I expected him to do well for us, and I think if he gets over his nerves and improves in a few key areas he still should contribute fairly well for us. Like someone said above, hopefully were a more settled and compact and also confident team when he gets his next few opportunities, which should help him.
In truth, I don't even know what it is. And ignoring the last couple of games, I don't think Moyes has done either. I think we're just going to have to wait and see. I suspect that Fellaini would do well alongside a mobile midfielder. A quality purchase to play alongside him could bring about success in the long-term future.
To be honest, as long as we play with a third central midfielder, or at least get Rooney to drop deeper in that kind of role, I see little chance of success for both player and team. It is of no coincidence that we've looked better now that we have an extra man in there. When Rooney, or Kagawa, or even Adnan when against Stoke in the cup, are actually in deeper towards the midfield, we play a lot better.
Expecting Carrick and Fellaini to play well in that horrific flat 442 Moyes was dead set on earlier in the season did them no favours at all. The Southampton game sticks out at me on this point.
On the contrary to what you'll hear from mugs, David Moyes hasn't Evertonize Man United. If he has done so, Fellaini would have been playing week in week out and fit in better. He's accommodating him atm, unless I'm too much of an optimist.
'Tis true. If the more paranoid among us had been right, Fellaini would've been elbowing his way to glory as our No 10.
Anyway, I do wonder whether his wrist injury has been more detrimental to his game than we - perhaps - think. He hasn't had a great start, has no doubt been rather low on confidence - and if you add to this that he may have been held back a bit by this injury, in terms of getting stuck in, you end up with a player who is far from his best
If his main function for us is going to be that of a harrier of sorts, we need to patient with the big fecker: Let him get back to full fitness. His allround game may not be of the highest standard, but it's certainly good enough for a harrier - and whether people like it or not, we can always use one of those as an alternative, against a certain kind of opposition.
Sources in Belgium seem to think he had his wrist op this weekend so out for up to 6 weeks.
http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/998/Vo...3/12/23/Fellaini-geopereerd-aan-de-pols.dhtml
http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/998/Vo...3/12/23/Fellaini-geopereerd-aan-de-pols.dhtml
Journalists in England confirm (or just copy...). Time to work on his hair then.
He's not a very good footballer. I doubt he'll suddenly become a very good footballer 'once he settles'. We need a very good footballer.
As someone else said, by far my biggest gripe with Moyes reign so far. Not only is he not very good, but the message it sends out is that he feels we need a long-ball option. Felli is not exactly going to zip it about on the floor. He was bought to win headers. Which in itself, questions where Moyes is going.
As someone else said, by far my biggest gripe with Moyes reign so far. Not only is he not very good, but the message it sends out is that he feels we need a long-ball option. Felli is not exactly going to zip it about on the floor. He was bought to win headers. Which in itself, questions where Moyes is going.
He'd look much better in the three we're currently playing.
He'd look better if he has more people helping do his job? I do hope he would, can you name a midfielder that wouldn't look better or find it easier in a 3?
He hasn't played Fellaini in that attacking role though so that hasn't been the issue. To be fair to Fellaini it's a nightmare playing CM with any injury, let alone one that is clearly painful enough to require surgery. He's not very good but he's definitely better than he's been showing so far.
He'd look better if he has more people helping do his job? I do hope he would, can you name a midfielder that wouldn't look better or find it easier in a 3?
The real question is who would look good in a two man midfield with out and out wingers and strikers like we were playing earlier in the season when we were, you know, shit. Cleverley certainly didn't, Carrick certainly didn't, Anderson certainly didn't, Fellaini certain...there's a theme emerging here, oh yeah, nobody did, that's why we were shit. Since Rooney has started playing deep again, like he should have done from the start, we've looked quite the team, and Cleverley has been outstanding. It's almost like tactics actually make a difference, but yeah, keep on laughing.
I will keep on laughing, your talking about a load of shit that has nothing to do with the point in hand. You claimed he would better in a 3 man midfield, what the feck does that have to do with the form of the rest of our team? I'll ignore it for your sake.
I'm simply asking you, can you name a midfielder that wouldn't look better or find it easier in a 3? as you suggested he'd look better in a 3, almost as if most midfielders wouldn't? The main difference between a 2 and 3 if you don't get bogged down in semantics is that in a 3, other people do some of the work to lessen your load, making it (usually) easier to play. Don't get upset and read what I have said because I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at the overuse of the whole 'he's more suited a 3 man midfield', which means, he's not really good enough to have only one partner"..
Well Cleverley and Anderson are much better than Fellaini has shown so far, and we even need better than them. So even if Fellaini is a bit better than this, he's still of little use.
It's terrible that we have cried out for a midfielder for years and we just bought one for £28m, yet I'm relieved he will be out of the team for a couple of months. The only flip side is that it will of course be the perfect excuse come the summer assessment of why he 'cannot be judged for this season'.
So long, Marouane...
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