Marouane Fellaini | 2013/14 Performances
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That's actually a very good point.
What the hell? I thought he was awful again, offered nothing, just lumbered about not really being in the game except the occasional weak 5 yard sideways pass 1 yard behind the reciever. He's terrible.
I thought he was supposed to be a destroyer. He's not, he's a kitten, a lazy one. Our worst flop in the PL era, Veron and Berba were world beaters compared to this joker.
Ah well, it's still early days. Or so I'm told.
I thought he was supposed to be a destroyer. He's not, he's a kitten, a lazy one. Our worst flop in the PL era, Veron and Berba were world beaters compared to this joker.
Ah well, it's still early days. Or so I'm told.
Fellaini will probably never be good enough but the heat would not be on him so much if Man Utd had a top playmaker in front of him that was able to play lots of defence splitting passes......It remains to be seen if Moyes can get a team that doesn't play hoofbal even if he finds a world class playmaker somewhere in january
Thought he was OK overall. Good first, bad second. Looked like a future squad player today at least.
He doesn't move things quick enough. He breaks up play and passes the ball to someone else, he can't run, can't turn, fouls a lot. He's not shown anything to convince me he is good enough to be a regular at United.
There's still be some heat I reckon cause he just looks like he can't last a whole game which seems bizzare given it's not a new league for him and of course us burning 27m on him. Always going to add pressure but year probably more so given no ones around to cover him, although on a side note that's why I've always thought people should have cut Carrick more slack, Fletcher aside he had no one really to cover him in a dry patch, even Scholes needed Carricks protection defensively. Not Fellaini's fault of course though, so far Moyes has had a clanger with this one.
He really just doesn't seem to have enough variety in his skills to be a success here. He isn't good enough offensively to partner Carrick and he isn't good enough defensively to play instead of Carrick. He could be useful in a 3 man midfield but with both Rooney and RvP here that will almost never happen.
In all honesty, even as a squad player I'd only want him to play if we were atleast two goals up.
Not blaming him at all, who would turn down a move to United? He didn't play terribly today either but still looked so unlike a Manchester United player it's ridiculous.
He just isn't good enough, him being hugely effective for Everton is akin to Heskey being hugely effective for England. IE, he might've done a great job for a half decent team (Everton, England) but despite that he should be nowhere near a top team (Man Utd, Brazil). Brazil would never have considered Heskey and we should've seen Fellaini with the same disdain, the fact that David Moyes couldn't see this is worrying.
Didn't see anything today that was particularly better than his previous games, looks completely out of his depth.
Perhaps (and this could be a touchy subject) it's David Moyes who should never have been tasked with the takeover. Obviously that'll answer itself over the coming seasons...but we could potentially be talking about possibly the least successful takeover at a huge club in a long long time.
Plenty of threads to discuss that.
Seriously, if you're disappointed by that performance by him then you'll never ever be impressed by him as that's as good as he gets. Though he had a great game, was basically the only player contributing defensively from the middle of the park. Disrupted and stopped loads of Everton attacks and his passing was accurate and he retained the ball well. If he's the future of our midfield as his price suggests then we need to find him a partner better than what giggs provided in this game, but in a similar mould.
I've just come back from the game. I must have watched a different game. He was inept, slow, and he certainly is not a player who suits United style we have become accustomed to over the years. He'd fit in well at Stoke or West ham.
He played ok in fairness. But it's light years away from the standard needed at this club. And he's never going to improve his movement or technique. £27m.
I'd take fecking £10m for him in a heart beat. He'd be great at Stoke.
Not United quality IMO.
Not United quality IMO.
He done OK tonight in terms of defending.
But we could have got a player for 10-15mil to do a similar job.
But we could have got a player for 10-15mil to do a similar job.
Dipped in the second half along with the rest of the team, but it was a good game from him. Won the ball more than any other player by a clear distance which is primarily what he was there for. Some of his passes were actually quite progressive at times, but too often they were conservative which he needs to try and work on
I'm shocked at the how many posters have voted him MOM in the thread.
Me too. He was shocking and produced feck all.
Thought he did well in the first half. 2nd half was just a nightmare though. Seemed so one-paced and and afraid to get stuck in. On a different wavelength to those around him too.
His thought process is slow, and has a turning cycle of a super tanker.
United's midfield made Gareth Barry look World class.
United's midfield made Gareth Barry look World class.
He really is a mediocrity.
I would genuinely give Fellaini, Young and Valencia away for free, at a massive loss, just to take the potential temptation to pick them away from the manager.
We should try releasing him on a free to see if the board blocks it or not.
He was actually fairly decent in the first 30 minutes. Was getting stuck in and played some fairly neat stuff... but then you want him to move on from that base and actually do something... and he did nothing - whilst at the same time, also stopped doing the stuff he was doing fairly well in those first 30 minutes.
I'm astonished that people are suggesting he is improving every game. He absolutely is not. He's a fecking oil tanker.
He seems really really good at bumbling into the back of people with his arms waving about and knocking them over for a foul. We've been missing a player who's really good at that.
Same here. Alongside Cleverley and Welbeck
Sometimes, at night, I remember that we paid £27 million pounds for Fellaini. And I start to cry.
He is unable to jockey a player. He is programmed to run towards the ball and put a leg out, no matter who the opposition player is. He either runs towards players and sells himself, or he runs into them. He gets a bit of leeway because of his wrist injury which is apparently causing him a lot of grief.
I second this action. Fellaini completed 63 of 68 passes, but 62 of those passes were sideways, backwards, or less than 10 yards. What's the point in having that in your team?
http://www.fourfourtwo.com/statszon...er-stats/41184/OVERALL_02#tabs-wrapper-anchor
He also lost 2 of 3 attempted headers. As tall as he is.
I hope someone puts together a video of Fellaini with all his actions of today, because I can't believe what some are saying in here and I think some need to watch what he's done today again as they must have missed plenty of it. He's been well below par so far this season and I think most will agree with that. However today's game was quite obviously his best game so far for us. He found himself in good positions to recover the ball and was winning the ball most of the time in challenges. Of course if you pick out one lost challenge against Barkley and pretend that was how he played all night, then you're just looking for things to criticise him for. Today he did the job he was hired to do, and that is win the ball back in midfield, win challenges and distribute it to the creative players around him. If you expect him to be the creator in midfield, then you'll never be satisfied him because that's simply not his game and he was never signed to be that kind of player.
People need to get over the fact that we didn't sign a creative midfielder in the summer and stop focusing their disappointment of that fact on Fellaini. He was never going to be the solution of our midfield problems. Even if we had brought in players who are better at Fellaini's job in midfield, it still wouldn't have fixed our problems. Our problem lies in the fact that apparently our best creative CM is a 40 year old with nobody else in the squad that seems to be able to do better in his position. Cleverley who is supposed to be more creative is not doing anything with the ball other than passing it around without any awareness of what goes on around him. Jones, like Fellaini, is not the type of player who I expect the creativity to come from. Anderson doesn't get near the team it seems, so there must be a reason for that I guess. So that basically leaves Giggs for creativity and he's 40 years old and can't play every single game. It's that midfield role which is the main concern. We had Scholes and Giggs there as an option for years. Now it's 40yo Giggs, Anderson and Cleverley.
People need to get over the fact that we didn't sign a creative midfielder in the summer and stop focusing their disappointment of that fact on Fellaini. He was never going to be the solution of our midfield problems. Even if we had brought in players who are better at Fellaini's job in midfield, it still wouldn't have fixed our problems. Our problem lies in the fact that apparently our best creative CM is a 40 year old with nobody else in the squad that seems to be able to do better in his position. Cleverley who is supposed to be more creative is not doing anything with the ball other than passing it around without any awareness of what goes on around him. Jones, like Fellaini, is not the type of player who I expect the creativity to come from. Anderson doesn't get near the team it seems, so there must be a reason for that I guess. So that basically leaves Giggs for creativity and he's 40 years old and can't play every single game. It's that midfield role which is the main concern. We had Scholes and Giggs there as an option for years. Now it's 40yo Giggs, Anderson and Cleverley.
I was ridiculed by a couple of posters when i said he was saving an average game, nothing good. He is never going to be a top player for us.
Like people here said, he's done OK today, it was probably his best game for us. And it was still not good enough. He's intercepted some balls, and added nothing aside from that. He hasn't got enough to his game.
Cristiano_RAFC, if he's not a solution, a part solution, to our problems, what's the point of him? I'd say strength, a defensive minded player who can battle and win the ball, was something that we needed. It's what he can do, but he's not good enough which means we still need that sort of player, having already spent 27m... It's money wasted on a player who adds nothing really.
Cristiano_RAFC, if he's not a solution, a part solution, to our problems, what's the point of him? I'd say strength, a defensive minded player who can battle and win the ball, was something that we needed. It's what he can do, but he's not good enough which means we still need that sort of player, having already spent 27m... It's money wasted on a player who adds nothing really.
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