Marouane Fellaini | 2013/14 Performances

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I know a lot of fans questioning the signing but Moyes said we need two midfielders. And Fellaini being the defensive one for me is a great signing.
 
Ekeke said:
Not a 7 apparently.

He's whatever shirt he's picked in and having paid £27 million for him, we should have every confidence he could be our number 7
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I've got him in number 31 on my FIFA career mode and I've got to say he's certainly a number 31.

Scored a screamer against Chelsea after going past Ramires and Lampard like cones. Bodes well for tomorrow.
 
Ekeke said:
Not a 7 apparently.

He's whatever shirt he's picked in and having paid £27 million for him, we should have every confidence he could be our number 7
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My post was tongue in cheek. That said I traditionally see a number 7 at United as a tricky forward or a winger given that's what we've had for the last 20 odd years. A number 9 is a striker so he's not that.

Personally I wouldn't give a shit if they gave him No1 and DeGea the 9 shirt.
 
Fellaini: I want to be the next Roy Keane
"Roy Keane was an aggressive player who could win every ball," said Fellaini. "Maybe I can do this as well. I can win the ball. I can clear the ball. I can play clean.

The manager must decide where I play but I want to play defensive midfield. In the past they have had (Eric) Cantona, Keane, (David) Beckham. I hope (I can do it too). I will work hard for this."
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I think there is a good chance he's gonna play as a defensive midfielder, but as for being our next Keane, well... We can only hope.
 
jeston said:
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:lol:
 
Kid Cunto said:
Is he our tallest ever player or what? What height was Edwin?
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i think he is around 6"3' to 6"4'. you add his hair then he is probably 6"7'. :lol:
edwin is 6"6'

on the other hand imagine the meltdown and havoc here had he got the number 7. :lol:

31 should be fine for him. he can get his job done quietly without any weight on his back.
 
Hang on, first he said he wants to be the new Roy Keane, then seconds later he said "I can win the ball. I can clear the ball. I can play clean."

Make your mind up boy.
 
Lynk said:
Greatest midfielder I've seen play for United. Sorry Scholesy...
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Actually, Keane v Scholes goes right back to why I think Fellaini was the more important player to get than any of the more technical options. There's no doubt that Scholes was the better player in so many ways, but due to excelling in certain crucial aspects that we needed Roy was just the most important player in the team by a country mile.
 
Sir A1ex said:
Actually, Keane v Scholes goes right back to why I think Fellaini was the more important player to get than any of the more technical options. There's no doubt that Scholes was the better player in so many ways, but due to excelling in certain crucial aspects that we needed Roy was just the most important player in the team by a country mile.
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Keano's greatest asset: Not letting anyone drop their performance lever for a single second. His mentality towards winning was unrivalled by anyone I've seen in a United-shirt.
 
Rio Ferdinand will always remember his first day at Manchester Unitedand the childlike excitement of pulling on the strip. "I was thinking to myself: 'These are Man United socks, this is how they feel. This is how the shirt feels, these are their shorts.'" Then he went out for his first training session and, bang, Roy Keane was screaming in his face.
Ferdinand had made the mistake of taking the safe option, playing a nice, easy pass to his nearest team-mate. He remembers Keane "went mental and barked: 'Pass the fecking ball forward.' I looked at him, his face all contorted, and he goes: 'It's fecking easy going sideways, pass it forward.'"
Keane was always good at cutting down to size those he suspected did not fully understand what it meant to play for the club. Dwight Yorke experienced something similar, also in his first training game, when Keane booted the ball at him, deliberately too hard, and the new signing miscontrolled it. "Welcome to United," Keane hissed with that Tommy DeVito stare. "Cantona used to kill them."
For Yorke, the lesson was to understand his new surroundings. For Ferdinand, there was a message about what was expected of players at Old Trafford. "You have to try to affect the game rather than wait for others to do it," is how Ferdinand remembers it. "I learned from Roy that you cannot develop from being a good player to a top player if you play safe all the time. You've got to take chances. At United everyone takes responsibility."
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Lynk said:
Greatest midfielder I've seen play for United. Sorry Scholesy...
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I'm still torn between him and Robson. I know I'd give my right arm for someone to even remotely resemble one of them, as Cleverley certainly isn't it". This is why even though I've been totally underwhelmed with our transfer activities, I have this feeling Felliani might just do the job. He's certainly always shone when he's played us
 

Really shows what Keane was all about. Just a shame his style could not really translate into modern football with all the prima-donnas around nowadays.

Hopefully Giggsy and the rest are similar, in perhaps they're own style though.
 
Adam-Utd said:
Really shows what Keane was all about. Just a shame his style could not really translate into modern football with all the prima-donnas around nowadays.

Hopefully Giggsy and the rest are similar, in perhaps they're own style though.
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Nonsense, we just need a few more around with his attitude and anyway, as a club we pride ourselves on buying players with the right mentality. Even players like Nani who people assume would be like that, Ferguson has described as an excellent professional, hard trainer and actually very shy and modest.
 
It's amazing how many players talk about Keane from that era, he was as important off the pitch as he was on it
 
Darren Fletcher's quotes. Christ I miss Keano.

Fletcher paid tribute to Keane for instilling in him the high standards and disciplined approach which has seen him fulfil his potential.
"I think I'm the professional I am now because of Roy," said Fletcher. "He made clear the standards expected of a Manchester United player.
"He drilled that into you and I think that's the thing that stayed with me. If you didn't do something right, Roy would criticize you. Iif you did, he'd praise you.
"People never saw the praise side of things because it came quietly – a word in your ear."
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‘When I won my first medal, for the FA Cup, I was still staying in one room, in digs. That was where I went after the game. It kept you grounded. We didn’t have to clean boots but we had jobs. Mine was to pump up the first-team footballs to the right size. If you didn’t get it right, you got told in no uncertain terms.’
By whom?
‘Roy Keane and Gary Neville. That was enough.’
According to Fletcher, Keane is the unsung hero behind Manchester United’s present dominance.

The playing squad still adheres to his rules, his discipline, still remembers the monsterings he would give players who failed to conform to his exacting standards. Fletcher was a favourite target, apparently, although he bears no grudges, or nervous ticks, as a result.

‘Roy was probably the biggest influence on my career,’ he says. ‘He would come down hard on me if I ever did anything wrong but he made me realise what it meant to be a Manchester United player.
‘I can remember coming in from training one day and checking my mobile phone for text messages. Well, that was it. He absolutely hammered me, all the way into the gym.
‘He was a great influence, really. If Roy had a go at you, he did it because he cared. He was the best captain you could wish for. He would tear you to shreds on the pitch if you gave away the ball, “get your effing touch right, effing this, effing that” but, as soon as you got into the dressing room, it was over. He was a winner. I’ve met dedicated professionals but he had something else.

‘The first time was scary, you thought, “Oh, I can’t make a mistake here”, but it was actually the best schooling you could get.
‘It was a shame the way it ended for him here. It’s hard to talk about the criticism and what he said, because we all looked up to him so much, he was respected by everybody.

‘‘We all just wish it hadn’t happened. He was our captain, he was our leader and he left a mark: where we are now is down to him, our dedication comes from the standards he set. The rules about time-keeping, about getting in a half-hour early, they were his instructions back in the day and those traditions continue.
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Adam-Utd said:
Really shows what Keane was all about. Just a shame his style could not really translate into modern football with all the prima-donnas around nowadays.

Hopefully Giggsy and the rest are similar, in perhaps they're own style though.
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Back in 1970 I remember people complaining about modern footballers being prima-donnas
 
Pexbo said:
Nonsense, we just need a few more around with his attitude and anyway, as a club we pride ourselves on buying players with the right mentality. Even players like Nani who people assume would be like that, Ferguson has described as an excellent professional, hard trainer and actually very shy and modest.
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Stack said:
Back in 1970 I remember people complaining about modern footballers being prima-donnas
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I meant more for Keane's coaching career than actually playing wise.

Clearly players these days do not take kindly to being shouted at every 2 minutes, which is exactly why SAF calmed down and adapted. Could you Imagine Suarez / Ronaldo / Messi staying at your club in the long term if they were getting hairdryed everytime they made a misplaced pass? God no.
 
shaggy said:
It's a miracle him and SAF didn't fall out sooner...
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i'm sure they had disagreements through out the years. the thing about Sir Alex is that he knows when to hold on to a player, and when not to.

when keano made those comments on MUTV he was already in his mid 30s and was injured. Sir Alex knew that was the perfect time to let him go.

things could have been different had a 27 year old keano was in that situation.
 
Adam-Utd said:
I meant more for Keane's coaching career than actually playing wise.

Clearly players these days do not take kindly to being shouted at every 2 minutes, which is exactly why SAF calmed down and adapted. Could you Imagine Suarez / Ronaldo / Messi staying at your club in the long term if they were getting hairdryed everytime they made a misplaced pass? God no.
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Ronaldo was actually here when Keane was at the club.



If you read the quotes from Fletcher, Keane was capable of providing praise too. But you had to earn it.
 
Lynk said:
Ronaldo was actually here when Keane was at the club.
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For slightly more than two years (I think) when Ronaldo was still a kid without that much confidence. He's a completely different player and a person now.
 
Sarni said:
For slightly more than two years (I think) when Ronaldo was still a kid without that much confidence. He's a completely different player and a person now.
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Wrong. Andy Mitten interviewed Quintin Fortune this week, and he said Ronaldo had huge self belief even at that age. He used to go up to people like Keane and say "I'll be the best player in the world."
 
All that money and he's not even good enough to start? Moyes out!
 
Aporkalypse said:
He's on the bench. #FreeMarouane #SaveFellaini etc. etc.
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#freethefro


Reminds me of the Arsenal fans who genuinely posted "flop" when Van Persie didn't score on his debut.
 
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