Should have been sent off, again. Needs to go.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
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You seem to be a having a psychotic break thinking I was referring to your post about the elbow. I wasn't. Plenty of other posts about Fellaini being the reason we lost, nothing to do with the elbow.
I'm willing to be sympathetic as United have just lost, but you should really get a grip.
Are people really trying to blame Fellaini here?
He was instructed to swap with Mata, he tried to get forward to y'know, actually score/provide a goal and win the game. He won a few headers but our attack was completely toothless.
And the "elbow" was a joke, he was getting fouled and raised his arm in the air in frustration, happening to catch Ki on the way up. No chance.
Not our worst performer today by a mile.
He was instructed to swap with Mata, he tried to get forward to y'know, actually score/provide a goal and win the game. He won a few headers but our attack was completely toothless.
And the "elbow" was a joke, he was getting fouled and raised his arm in the air in frustration, happening to catch Ki on the way up. No chance.
Not our worst performer today by a mile.
He won some headers when we resorted to pumping it up but eventually Swansea started just letting him win them and closing off the second ball, other than that he offered nothing, was useless on the Sigurdsson goal as he was like a headless chicken in our box and also could have been sent off.
I don't blame him per se. But I was pissed with his man marking for their second goal where he left Gylfi all free near our 12 yard box. And then we resorted to long balls with Mata dropping deep and Fellaini going forward. It was dull and boring and awful with no end result. Really feel if he leaves this will stop us from using this strategy which never worked even last season. Plus he was lucky not to have been sent off.
I wish he.could stop kicking and.fouling other players
I cant remember the last United player I dislike as much as Fellaini. Didn't like him at Everton, and don't like him much more now. He's a thug, and he doesnt even have any redeeming qualities like Keane had and players like Suarez and Costa have.
There was no elbow, it was a fecking palm he touched his face with, reacted with aggression and probably could've been off, yes.
Couldn't give two shits though, Voldemort was running around kicking the shit out of players who later on shat themselves like Lineker when they saw him. He should've been off but refereeing ( including that fecking penalty ) was a joke today.
But yea, it wasn't Fellaini's, Voldemort's or ref's fault, we looked like shit as a collective.
Couldn't give two shits though, Voldemort was running around kicking the shit out of players who later on shat themselves like Lineker when they saw him. He should've been off but refereeing ( including that fecking penalty ) was a joke today.
But yea, it wasn't Fellaini's, Voldemort's or ref's fault, we looked like shit as a collective.
Intercepted the ball a few times and looked handy at first, but one I don't care for us resorting to hoofing it up to him, hoping for it to break luckily. Otherwise, there just wasn't much meaningful dynamic interaction between the people in the front. Danny Welbeck would make this look a lot better... Not to mention RVP. Curious to see how he juggles those three, Rooney seems mainly nailed on, having become captain.
For the love of god ship him out now.
His contribution to the game was slapping and kneeing a couple of players, winning a couple of headers which went nowhere and ball-watching in the box for their goal. Who cares whether he was the worst? He was useless.
In terms of the Fellaini sub, there's only one way I can redeem the disappointment of today: I hope van Gaal was using it as a final chance for some of the 'endangered' players in the team. If so, it might work out quite well because it means Young, Fellaini and Hernandez will be sold. Nani was the only one who gave a decent account of himself.
Player about 4 foot tall -> Elbows cant reach, knee him
Player about 6 foot tall -> Elbow. See if you can catch him with your hand afterwards in the same movement
Ball about to be crossed in -> Stand still, there's no way the opponents will move and play you offside
Player about 6 foot tall -> Elbow. See if you can catch him with your hand afterwards in the same movement
Ball about to be crossed in -> Stand still, there's no way the opponents will move and play you offside
usual reaction from the usual dickheads every time we lose and fellaini plays... it s getting boring now...
Elbow aside he wasn't to bad. Far superior to Fletcher today and probably on par with Herreras contribution.
Spot on. I genuinely hate him. So, so much.
Did very well. Played in a position where he's very effective. Looked by far most likely to win the game. LVG brave enough to play hoofball at home vs swansea, pretty sure as much as I liked moyes he simply wasn't ever brave enough to try that
I can't believe felli insisted on us playing long balls when LVG was on the side line shouting 'NO.. WE PLAY MODERN FOOTBALL.. NOT LIKE MOYES.... MODERN, ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL... STOP HITTING IT LONG TO FELLAINI'
Was shite, again. We lost any control we had when he came on, not sure what he was covering on their goal but I wouldn't blame him, Young should have got the header. He did nothing though, aside the usual elbows.
He actually played forward passes and tried to win the game, showed more urgency than most of the team.
He won heads in advanced positions and headed into good areas, but we had nobody anticipating them and moving.
Actually I've come around on Fellaini. I think he should stay, and Cleverley should go.
What can Cleverley do that Fellaini can't? Fellaini is only a year older than "the young and learning" Cleverley.
But Fellaini does get knock downs when thrown forward. It worked at Valencia and came close to working here.
We are never going to get our money back if we sell him now. He could be a useful squad/utility player in the future.
It isn't his fault that he isn't Arturo Vidal, and he has that height and power which few other players possess.
The game wasn't lost because of Fellaini, so you'd be better off looking elsewhere for someone to blame.
What can Cleverley do that Fellaini can't? Fellaini is only a year older than "the young and learning" Cleverley.
But Fellaini does get knock downs when thrown forward. It worked at Valencia and came close to working here.
We are never going to get our money back if we sell him now. He could be a useful squad/utility player in the future.
It isn't his fault that he isn't Arturo Vidal, and he has that height and power which few other players possess.
The game wasn't lost because of Fellaini, so you'd be better off looking elsewhere for someone to blame.
Just be happy in the knowledge that LVG is incredibly through in his post match analysis and nothing goes unnoticed.
Very well? are you joking? He bundled around as usual elbowing people and failing to win a header, he has been fecking crap for us in pretty much every single game. Unfortunately he's another 'squad player' that we probably can't afford to get rid of due to our lack of other options despite being woefully below the required standard of a United player.
The very average performance from the player and resorting long balls up to Fellaini were sort of to be expected.
The worrying part is that elbows, flailing hands and knees are pretty much to be expected as well
The worrying part is that elbows, flailing hands and knees are pretty much to be expected as well
Did I say it was Fellaini who did that? Stop acting like an ass and read before commenting. I said with him on the field we resorted to that crap. He was ball watching for the second goal. The sooner he leaves the better.
Watching him and Fletcher out there today makes the need for another quality CM a necessity. No he wasn't as bad as others but this isn't pre-season any more. We need midfielders to be performing at a higher level than this. The question is, do we persist in the hope that he will develop and show us more than we already know? There are some elements of his game that will never change e.g. the repeated fouls. Today we were crying out for ideas and speed of thought when in possession. He's got to be better at pass and move football, then attempting to feed penetrative passes forward. We also needed to be boss that middle of the pitch and be quicker to track and close down their attackers. Our inexperienced defenders aren't getting protected well enough by those in front.
With him in the team there's the temptation for us to play a certain way and I died a little inside when we resorted to that option towards the end. It may well be in our best interests to remove it.
With him in the team there's the temptation for us to play a certain way and I died a little inside when we resorted to that option towards the end. It may well be in our best interests to remove it.
he didn't catch one player with an elbow (altho his hand certainly brushed Ki's face, and gave him good excuse to run a minute down) and he won several headers. LVG put him on as the best way to win the game, and the most likely we looked to score was from his knock downs. I wish it weren't so but we don't have the ability to break down a team with 11 players behind the ball, not unlike last season
He plays simple passes and wins the odd tackle, granted, but he has woeful positioning; doesn't know what's going on half the time and just jogs about looking lost.
I've never seen a midfielder more prone to ball watching than he is. I don't know how some people can't see it either, it constantly annoys me during matches. Just watch him off the ball, clueless.
I've never seen a midfielder more prone to ball watching than he is. I don't know how some people can't see it either, it constantly annoys me during matches. Just watch him off the ball, clueless.
We lost all momentum after he came on. Don't know what game you were watching where he was effective.
I agree.
Personally i can take the physical aggression, lack of dribbling ability or passing range BUT his laziness goes beyond Berbatovs!
Once again, only one of us is throwing out ad hominems and acting in a manner that suggests they should 'get a grip.'
A player that goes around elbowing and kneeing opposing players in the back and face is a complete liability.
Did alright today.
Nah. He was bird shit.
just hilarious when people find a way to blame fellaini when we just weren't good enough. I don't know why you're trying to hide from that truth, but if everyone just accepted it quicker it would make for better conversation. We didn't do anything the whole game bar ten minutes when Januzaj just ran at people. We had a ton of free kicks and brought on our best headers of the ball, who won 3 or so knockdowns. Sometimes a quick transition is necessary when you're playing 11 men behind the ball. LVG not to mention mourinho are good managers that understand this. We should go back to moyes last season, trying to play little intricate passes until mata just gets pushed off the ball, it would be better to watch but just as ineffective as it was last season when every team got 1 up vs our awful defence and put 11 men on the edge of the box.
Felli's head created the only chances we had the last few minutes. I guess you're suggesting if he wasn't on the pitch we would have blitzed them with beautiful modern total football, which we just weren't bothered producing the first hour of the game
Its amazing we have posters who can come here and defend that performance. It was daylight thuggery.
It's a sad time when any of that can be considered praise for a positive contribution to the game.
Which chances are these which his head created? We created fck all with him on the pitch. The guy was pushed up top within 5 mins after their second goal. Mata so deep was even more useless than he was prior to that. We lumped ball upto him and he won a fee headers. That's the sum total of his total contribution apart from being a useless ball watcher in our own pen box and elbowing Kyi.
So funny how Van Gaal put Fellaini off Rooney in the last 10-15 mins. Would've been a meltdown if Moyes did that. Either way, I thought he did alright when he come on. Certainly wasn't any worse than anyone else. It was actually nice to have someone in the middle who actually put themselves about. Before that, Shelvey and others were making our players look like kids.
I never claimed he was brilliant, simply that he was far from our worst player, and those blaming him for today are just looking for a scapegoat.
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