Basically scored a really important goal in the last 3 trophies we won and a few assists as well. For 22m I don't think it was that bad a return.
Either way he scored very important goals that ensured CL qualification, his goal v Celta Vigo saved us fom a second year without CL football. Winner v Palace.Where did you get the 22m figure from? Pretty sure it was £27.5 million.
And you can't compare 2013 prices to today. Andy Carroll got mocked endlessly for costing £35m since it was a huge sum back then. It's what you paid for players you expected would make a big impact.
I'm not sure about the "model pro, gave it his all" stuff. A lot of the criticism early on was about his lack of discipline in a holding role - he would frequently lose runners and jog back when a sprint was needed - which is why he improved only when LvG and then Jose played him further forward.
I felt he could have been more conscientious defensively when asked to play in a two, especially for someone with such obvious talent limitations.
To be considered a good buy you need to perform consistently, 2 premier league assists and 12 goals for someone who is supposed to be such a big threat to the opposition is really poor over 5 and a half seasons.Either way he scored very important goals that ensured CL qualification, his goal v Celta Vigo saved us fom a second year without CL football. Winner v Palace.
He scored v City, v Spurs, v Arsenal. His efforts led to a last minute goal v Chelsea and Rooney's v Liverpool too. Doubt there has been a player involved in more important goals than Marouane in his time at the club. Snip.
I don't think you understand the point of this thread. It's not difficult.To be considered a good buy you need to perform consistently, 2 premier league assists and 12 goals for someone who is supposed to be such a big threat to the opposition is really poor over 5 and a half seasons.
A poor signing and limited player who did his best and did at least produce some highlights. But that 27.5m could have been much better spent and at the time was about 10m more than he was worth.
And that whole game in general. He bullied Ajax players that game. One of his better games for usAssist for Pogba in the Europa League final.
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Good Twitter thread on all the times Fellaini “saved us”. More than you’d think.
We did (Baines) and he got 12 in 36 games. I think with more cup appearances and him playing behind the striker in every game he could get very close to 20.I do recall a lot of those winners/last minute goals from him... him having hands built into his chest was very useful for a period too.
If you had the best crosser in the world in your team he'd score about 20 goals a season.
He looked a decent player at Everton who I thought may be able to step up. My recollection is probably coloured by that game vs. us where we made him look like prime Yaya, though.The definition of 'saving United' gets stretched to breaking point in that tweet with things like 'scored a goal against Preston North End'.
Ince made 206 league apps. You forgot to count games pre the premier league.First of all, I feel like I shouldn’t need to clarify this, but can we please keep ANY negative comments out of this thread. There’s lots of the forum for that.
Here's an old thread I did that I just enjoyed going back through.
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/rafaels-best-moments.407537/
I would like to do this for a few players who leave us. Just thinking of how they helped us.
I always liked this goal. It summed up our Marouane. It was surprisingly technical, but just looked awkward.
Fellaini made 106 full appearances, was a sub 71 times and scored 22 goals for United over his career here. He made more league appearances for the club than Rafael, Paul Ince and Berbatov. He is roughly twenty league appearances behind Evans and Park. He scored more Premier League goals for the club than Forlan, Bruce, O'Shea and is currently level with Herrera and Smalling.
What are your fondest memories?
He fit the system that Moyes wanted at Everton with a lot going through him. He dominated the latter stages of the 4-4 at Old Trafford which probably convinced the powers that be that he could do a similar job. However we never played the Everton way and it became trying to fit a square peg into a round hole IMOHe looked a decent player at Everton who I thought may be able to step up. My recollection is probably coloured by that game vs. us where we made him look like prime Yaya, though.
In reality he was at times static passenger, never really up to the level required.
He had a can-do attitude, but he was just as likely to use that pent-up energy elbowing someone in the face as he was to 'save us' with a vital goal.
Well that only highlights how shit we were at the time. But in the context of the result in that fixture it doesn’t make his goal any less important.The definition of 'saving United' gets stretched to breaking point in that tweet with things like 'scored a goal against Preston North End'.
Or a team sheet.It's nice to have that relief of seeing a Fellaini thread on RedCafe and it not being a performance thread anymore.
Don't know why he did abandon that formation. Herrera and Fellaini played really well in it with Carrick pulling the strings.Him and Mata were one of the few non-LvG purchases who looked consistently solid under him in his 4-1-4-1 system.
Nothing was built around him. He was a bad midfielder in a poor team that resorted to hoofing for the last 10 minutes because they couldn't break down defenses. You speak of him like he was here a couple of seasons like Lukaku or Sanchez. He was here for 5 and a half seasons and he had a handful of good games.Good thread. Its not his fault that for years managers essentially built a team around him! He was a good performer for us given his limitations. And he had a knack of scoring really important goals for us..
There's what, one winner there? A goal in a 4-2 win. A goal in a 3-1 win. A goal after 90 minutes in a 3-1 win against Club Brugge, a tie we won 7-1 in total. This twitter thread is clutching straws.I do recall a lot of those winners/last minute goals from him... him having hands built into his chest was very useful for a period too.
If you had the best crosser in the world in your team he'd score about 20 goals a season.
