He may not win us the champions league, but he is exactly what we need for the rough and tough games like tonight. It suited him perfectly and he really controlled the game IMO. He swept infront of Carrick beautifully, and really helped limit Carrolls threat. Great performance and so unlucky not to add a goal with the header, and the deserved pen at the end!
Marouane Fellaini | 2013/14 Performances
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Yeah agree with ya man. Wasnt expecting anything creative with tactics to be honest, but Moyes pulled a bittuva sly one on us. Maybe he has the nous to pull masterstrokes like Fergie regularly did - we most certainly need it thats for sure.
Was a great win today. Against, what became a bittuva bogey team for us over the years, especially the hostile crowd. feck they hate us with a passion but that goes back to The Read Army years i guess..
Starting to like him alot with each game. His first touch is wonderful, and for someone who is slated for being immobile, he really covers alot of ground. He was rarely out of position, and was a big presence in both attack and defence. I think he is more then capable of succeeding Carrick, as well as providing a little bit more to that particular role. Loved seeing him charge through them at the end. Maybe should have had a penalty, but would have loved to have seen him just smash it in himself.
Aye. WHU away can be a bastard of a fixture, especially under Big Sam, with his direct football. Haven't watched them much this season, but what struck me was how their entire game plan was geared towards bringing Carroll into play; no variation whatsoever. In those circumstances, this could have been a massacre if Carrick had been deployed at CB and left to his own devices.
The other thing is, Moyes could have stuck Fellaini in at CB to 'do a job' because of his aerial prowess, but that would've been disastrous in terms of our attempts to play out from the back.
When you think about it, with injuries, this could have been a horrible game - Moyes devised a game plan that made it a walk in the park defensively (we looked really organised and untroubled) and we played some nice football.
It was his first tactical victory as United manager, imo, and I'm really pleased, as my big concern has been about his lack of a game plan - we saw that today.
He did alright tonight. Well done sideshow Bob. He'll come in handy against the big Bayern lads in a couple of weeks
Yes....His record for Everton against the top half sides + his record so far with us certainly proves that....
Pretty good analysis man. Was thinkin the same during the game, but then havin that shit-a-brick moment that it wont pan out. Thats the story of our season tho, but i have to say - todays performance & set-up reminded me of away days with Fergie. You pick the right team for the game - not pick the best players all the time & Fergie was the general at that shizzle.
To think there was a period where Fergie was classed as all Gung-ho / cavalier etc, and then bringing Carlos in changed how we played away in Europe & that set-up was used on tough away days domestically too. Today was more of a turning point (please God) than Wednesday was in my opinion, all the players clicked & played some lovely football.
As i said, i had a flashback to the good old days today. That was only a year ago, but feels much longer to be honest...
Onwards & upwards to the City game on Tuesday. Its been a great few days, so lets feckin enjoy this evening & dream a little dream that things will pan out the way Fergie has faith in.
In that sense, its like Fergie is Morpheus & Moyes is Neo
Sorry for that
Hopefully he seems to be turning it around. Was involved all over the pitch today. Solid perforamnce and helped neutralise the big bombs that sams sides always throw into the pen area.
Very good today. Seemed to pop up everywhere. Strong defensive headers one minute, powering down on goal the next.
He's growing on me, although hopefully not his hair.
He's growing on me, although hopefully not his hair.
I thought he did well again as well, helped defensively and showed a willingess to break forward. I'd like to see him play more his expansive passes but its not his style so fair enough, then I'd like to see us not always try and hit him from the goal kick and play it short, when he doesn't win it we end up a bit exposed as he's quite high up the pitch so just one midifelder covering, also makes it hard to get control back, but not really his fault that.
He'll must prepare for the next season and start impressing. I reckon it's gonna get crowded in midfield after summer.
So far we all can see a progress... still the place in first 11 shouldn't be so easily guaranteed.
He's slowly getting on a right track, though.
So far we all can see a progress... still the place in first 11 shouldn't be so easily guaranteed.
He's slowly getting on a right track, though.
That can't be right. He cleared 3 of their corner kicks right at the end of the game alone.
Counted as clearance, plenty of those from him this match.
Aerial duels were counted when he went against Carroll, I suppose that Carroll would have most of them 'won' in the stats but those 'won' ones usually ended with him either moving backwards couple of yards or the balls bounced off him to our players.
Basically what I'm saying is, that even if stats say that Fellaini has lost the aerial duel, it doesn't mean that our team lost it too.
don't be a spoilsport by arguing against a stat that suits his agenda
Counts as clearance, 6 of those
He isn't one to play against the better teams.
I think he can be used effectively in a season long campaign. He was immense today, really played well.
He could be ideal for keeping Yaya quite after though.
Aye he is, who else would you play?
He was significantly better than Carrick against Pool. In general he's just getting better with every game and starting to replicate his Everton form. He'll be our first choice midfielder by the end of the season, if he isn't already.
He's ideal in games you have to battle against physical players like West Ham or Stoke and where you need a good aerial presence. It's nice to see one of our players giving as good as he gets in those games. I don't give a shit about him fouling that lot it's against the agile, fleet-footed, technical players where he just looks clumsy as f*ck. I hope he doesn't feature against Bayern. City, questionable. His game against them earlier in the season was his worst in a United shirt, but he has improved a bit since then.
Who is realistically going to do a better job at stifling Bayern's midfield than Fellaini? I'd say he has to play. The rest of our midfielders will just get swept aside.
He'd be ideal to get us up the pitch on a counter. Give him the ball, get him to whack a few guys and then release the ball down the wings.
@LR7 Unfair to claim he looks lost against technical sides. Schooled us, City and Arsenal last season off the top of my head.
@LR7 Unfair to claim he looks lost against technical sides. Schooled us, City and Arsenal last season off the top of my head.
What a lot of bollocks, Chelsea who are top of our league have 2 physical players in Luiz and Matic playing in there big games why would we not have Fellaini? He is well under rated in the cafe the big man is fast becoming our best and most reliable midfielder. Give him a mobile combatitive type next season and we will dominate most teams next season, what a change that will be for us and a massive boost to our centre backs.
You should buy someone in the summer who would slot in beside him, and then play them together with Mata at the top of a midfield 3. It would be excellent.
Matic is far better and I wouldn't want Luiz either tbh.
Matic has played 100 games in Portugal and 12 in England. Fellaini has been one of the best CM's in the PL for the past 3/4 years, prior to his arrival at United. I think it's a little premature to call Matic 'far better'.
West Ham created nothing and Carroll and Nolan didn't really get much joy. It don't matter if you're losing headers in a lot of ineffective areas of the pitch.
He was there basically to help out Jones and Carrick and I think we defended very well. It's not easy when you have teams floating the ball in from all angles.
He was there basically to help out Jones and Carrick and I think we defended very well. It's not easy when you have teams floating the ball in from all angles.
Both would walk into our midfield. Fellaini isn't easy on the eye he's no Modric Scholes or Fabregas but we have really needed this type of player since losing Fletcher (illness) and Hargreaves (injury). Not the flashiest type of player but one we needed IMO.
Yep but he's really not fashionable but who cares the big guy is far better on the ball than he gets credit for (he rarely passes backwards its mostly always neat little forward passes. The big man will be a cult hero by the January window IMO.
Couple of proper quality wide men, be quite a show.
I don't care about size, or who's flavour of the month. I said he was decent today. That's as far as I'll go because I think we needed and still need better.
I didn't think Fellaini was united quality when he was at Everton.
I think if you buy a RW and then play Kagawa/Januzaj on the left and Rooney up top it would be.
He was decent. The sort of game you can see why Moyes wanted him to add steel. For all those saying he's better on the ball than given credit for, Fletcher completely showed him up with his passing ability and keeping the ball under pressure.
Oh yeah, wasn't thinking there, with Mata in the middle, Kagawa and Januzaj would be plenty effective on the left. Like you say, a RW. Or if Valencia remembered how to be the lad he was a few years back....
Another good/decent display to go along with the Palace and WBA games. I would not say today was any better than those matches, he's been quite consistent in all of those games.
He's always going to carry a stigma because of the fee and being a Moyes signing from Everton but I am happy with his performances since getting over his long injury problems and think there is more to come from him.
He's come close to scoring in nearly all of these away games as well and think he will start contributing there if he stays in the side.
He's always going to carry a stigma because of the fee and being a Moyes signing from Everton but I am happy with his performances since getting over his long injury problems and think there is more to come from him.
He's come close to scoring in nearly all of these away games as well and think he will start contributing there if he stays in the side.
He's been useful but he hasn't looked close to being United quality yet.
For the fee we signed him for, I can't see him ever being a cult hero to be honest. He's always going to be associated as the big, hardworking player who's an Everton type of footballer and epitomises Moyes and his time here. He's improved lately, and will hopefully continue to do so, but he made a poor start and even if he avoids being a flop, I can't see him properly shaking off that label he's received.
Note: that's more a general view of the way I think he'll be seen as opposed to personal opinion, even though I'm not a huge fan of him myself.
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