[De Selby]

The ironic cheers every time he touched the ball were fuc*ing embarrassing. I'm sure it started with only a handful of dickheads, but then the rest of the sheep joined in.

Anyway, glad he scored. I can't see how he fits into Van Gaal's way of playing, though.

 

[Y2A]

I would rather keep Felliani than Cleverley.

 

[arthurka]

The ironic cheers every time he touched the ball were fuc*ing embarrassing. I'm sure it started with only a handful of dickheads, but then the rest of the sheep joined in.

Anyway, glad he scored. I can't see how he fits into Van Gaal's way of playing, though.

Well yesterday kind of answered this for you.. He fits perfectly when you are trying to score the winning goal.
I thought he did very well yesterday we won back the midfield area and he added steel and presence, the winning goal was very cleverly done. As always perfect with his chest control! Not saying he will be a starter for us but selling him now for half of what we bought him for is plainly bad business!

 

[nevillestache]

I wouldn't be surprised if LVG gets some half decent performances out of Fellaini if he stays with us.

He'll always be a lump but if the coaches can hone some of his other attributes then why not?

 

[Pogue Mahone]

The ironic cheers every time he touched the ball were fuc*ing embarrassing. I'm sure it started with only a handful of dickheads, but then the rest of the sheep joined in.

Anyway, glad he scored. I can't see how he fits into Van Gaal's way of playing, though.

It's a little difficult to work out exactly what happened but I think it's slightly less depressing than it first seemed. My take on it is that the handful of dickheads were actually booing him, not cheering him. The cheering started in an attempt to drown them out and caught on, in a generally good-humoured kind of way. It definitely got louder and louder the better he played. If everyone cheering was doing it to slag him off you'd think it would die down as he started to boss the game. Instead, the opposite happened.

Re Van Gaal's role for him, I reckon we saw it last night. One of two deep-lying midfielders. The same role Martinez was using him at the beginning of his final season with Everton. Didn't look to have the chops for it in a United shirt last season but it's a position he's apparently done well in before, so it's possible that the heavy touches and general cluelessness we saw last season were the temporary effects of a player in really poor form, struggling with the pressure of being the poster boy for a dead duck manager.

Either that or he's just a bit shit. Can't rule that out...

 

[De Selby]

It's a little difficult to work out exactly what happened but I think it's slightly less depressing than it first seemed. My take on it is that the handful of dickheads were actually booing him, not cheering him. The cheering started in an attempt to drown them out and caught on, in a generally good-humoured kind of way. It definitely got louder and louder the better he played. If everyone cheering was doing it to slag him off you'd think it would die down as he started to boss the game. Instead, the opposite happened.

I watched it on a shitty steam so the sound wasn't the best, but all I heard was the ironic cheering. Perhaps these started off as boos but I can't tell.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I watched it on a shitty steam so the sound wasn't the best, but all I heard was the ironic cheering. Perhaps these started off as boos but I can't tell.

Like I said, it's almost impossible to work out exactly what happened. Probably a mixed bag too. Some booing, some cheering to drown out boos, some cheering ironically, others trying to support him. I think it ended up as one of those things that can happen at a game, where a silly bit of "banter" takes on a life of it's own and everyone starts joining in, often for very different reasons.

 

[JackXX]

He had all time in the world to score. FFS the defender knocked the goalkeeper out.

He's probably squad player standard however

a) we've got too many of those in CM
b) no one keeps a 27m rated midfielder (with probably a huge salary) as a reserve

I wasn't debating that was just stating facts. That's what he's always been good at to my eye. Making himself a problem to deal with when you launch a ball up top.
I agree with what you are saying but what are you going to do? I was saying these exact things before we signed him. If we can find someone to take him off our hands great but the reality is in desperation we have splashed 27 million and given a large contract to a squad player. It's going to be very difficult to find a club willing to pay a reasonable amount for him and offer him wages anywhere near the level he's on at the moment. Why is he going to want to move?

 

[Ole90+3]

I think he's actually alright and got a bit to offer going forward. It's just when we don't have the ball he looks so clueless. He has no idea where to be or what to do.

Most of the time it actually looks like he chases down players, with no intention to actually getting to them, just so he looks like he is doing something. I really hope LvG and his coaches and teach him some defensive fundamentals.

 

[Sunny Jim]

Any idiot would've scored that goal. It was a gift. He was hardly a beast last season. Im very skeptical.

I am skeptical too...no I am not. I gave up on him already. That doenst change the fact he took his chance well enough.

 

[Red Phoenix Rising]

Good performance though. Loved the block tackle he won when a Valencia player steamed into the challenge on the deck. Interesting that Van Gaal obviously sees him as proper CM.

He's played more time at a proper (or deeper) CM than in any other position. I don't agree with anyone saying he should be dishing off and rushing into the box if he plays in midfield but he can certainly play a deeper role, contrary to what people will try to convince you of.

 

[Loublaze]

Shut up spoiled idiot!

Classy. I won't apologize for not accepting rubbish. I've been watching United my entire life. Im hardly spoiled.

 

[Y2A]

Classy. I won't apologize for not accepting rubbish. I've been watching United my entire life. Im hardly spoiled.

I was being sarcastic.

 

[kopviolator]

I don't think I've ever wanted him to stay more than now.

Go Fella !

 

[Loublaze]

I was being sarcastic.

It hardly came off as sarcastic to be honest

 

[Lowkey]

That fist pump after he scored. He released a few demons with that one! Well done Marouane. He has skeptics and rightly so after last season. When we signed him i thought he was the enforcer we needed. Obviously, it did not turn out that way. All he can do is keep trying to prove the doubters wrong by playing well week in and out. Fletcher will probably be ahead of him but LvG can get the best out of him i feel.

 

[Adam-Utd]

Delighted for the guy.

I was at the game and personally didnt hear any boos, but maybe the mics picked up a small pocket of fans.

Yes the ironic cheers were silly really, but I felt people did it in a lighthearted way. They started after he did something well, a hard tackle or an interception of some sort. After that everybody just carried it on with some of his neat passing and it spiralled from there. I personally don't think it was too take the piss, but purely in good jest that he's showing he can actually play.

The crowning glory was the goal. The stretty exploded, and chants of "oh Marouane Fellaini" went on for the next few minutes.

As he walked off the pitch he got an excellent reception, he looked so happy.

It's obviously too late in some fans eyes, but if he keeps those type of performances up when it counts, he will earn himself a spot in the squad.

 

[Shark]

During this entire summer you'd swear he was a championship standard midfielder on here and Cleverly was streets above him. Funny what opinions fly about when there's no football being played.

 

[Red Shorts]

I will admit to being one of his few supporters from last season, as I spent the whole season seeing some ridiculous OTT statements about him, even when he managed to do some things right. Yes his price tag was at least £4 million over on top of less than what we needed to spend, but he is a type of player that we don't have elsewhere: a threat in the box. He's not a player I want starting for us every game of the season, but when we are struggling against the physical teams that are shutting up shop and our plan A/B isn't working, then bringing on a 6ft 3in Fellaini can shake things up with his height. I'm talking about a 15 minute cameo like yesterday where we can add a bit of height in the box. If he can cut out his elbow actions, which pretty much ruin any attack if caught, and puts as much energy into his games as he did into yesterday's, then he can be a useful asset for us. Not the future of our midfield, but a useful squad player at least.

 

[ZDwyr]

The worst thing about him copping the boos is that he is actually a decent guy away from the pitch (from what I have read). He's usually very nice to fans and so it's a shame that he copped it because there would be far worse people that are in the United squad.

 

[MoneyMay]

 

[Gannicus]

Marouane has got incredible potential as a specialist target man when we're desperate for an equalizer for a match-winner. And there will be times when we'll be desperate.

Still, if he can find a club who will take him all the better for all parties.

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

The ironic cheers every time he touched the ball were fuc*ing embarrassing. I'm sure it started with only a handful of dickheads, but then the rest of the sheep joined in.

Anyway, glad he scored. I can't see how he fits into Van Gaal's way of playing, though.

By playing how he played yesterday. As strang as it might sound, the tempo of our game quickened when Fellaini come on.

 

[Red Phoenix Rising]

Marouane has got incredible potential as a specialist target man when we're desperate for an equalizer for a match-winner. And there will be times when we'll be desperate.

Still, if he can find a club who will take him all the better for all parties.

Your posts in his threads seem to be the same 'he's good at one thing and one thing only.. Can we sell?? I hope so it will be good.' I find that a bit strange..

 

[Walrus]

I was in the pro-Fellaini camp last year when we signed him. Obviously he has a poor season (who didnt?) but look at the circumstances;

1) last minute signing. Season had already begun and if memory serves he was carrying an injury. Remember Berbatov? He also struggled to fit straight in having been bought in similar circumstances. He has had a limited preseason due to the World Cup, but enough to make a difference.

2) rumour was that Fellaini was carrying an injury for a fair bit of last season (wrist, I think?)

3) again, the entire team had a collective 'mare last season


Fellaini may still be sold and he still has a lot to prove, but those writing him off after last season are likely the same people writing the entire squad off before the season has even begun.

He showed what he is capable of against Valencia. Only 20 odd minutes but he was our best player and changed the game when he came on (and won it for us). Playing in a new system, with a good player like Herrera next to him, I reckon he could well come good this year.

If you think the above is so outlandish I invite you to consider Ashley Young - most of us (myself included) wanted him straight out the door this summer. LVG found a role for him in the new system however, and he has looked like a different player.

 

[Rood]

2) rumour was that Fellaini was carrying an injury for a fair bit of last season (wrist, I think?)

it is not even a rumour, it is a fact!

 

[Zoo]

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[ZDwyr]

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Good on him. I'd love him to fight and stay. If he can turn it around it would be brilliant.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

Of course I'd like him to prove me and many others wrong, but I just don't see it.

 

[Shark]

If he can prove to be a squad player with a effective role, I don't have a problem with keeping him. I'd like to see him get another chance. It's not his fault that Moyes was so clueless as to think he'd suit the team.

 

[ravi2]

Good on him. I'd love him to fight and stay. If he can turn it around it would be brilliant.

Past evidence shows that the chances of him turning it around are minimal.
I wouldnt ever boo the guy while he is wearing a MUFC shirt but we really should be selling him.

I'd much rather someone from the youth squad play and develop in his position.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

I wasn't even overly impressed with him at the World Cup, and I was looking forward to see how he'd perform.

 

[ZDwyr]

Past evidence shows that the chances of him turning it around are minimal.
I wouldnt ever boo the guy while he is wearing a MUFC shirt but we really should be selling him.

I'd much rather someone from the youth squad play and develop in his position.

What is the past evidence?

On the bolded part; I would apply that statement to Cleverley.

 

[ravi2]

What is the past evidence?

On the bolded part; I would apply that statement to Cleverley.

Id take Clev over Fellaini anyday.
Fellaini would probably do ok at Stoke or West Ham.

PS: The past evidence is whenever I saw him play for Everton, never once did he strike me as a Manchester United player.

 

[Hamadovich86]

Napoli-Manchester United, first official contact for Fellaini

Benitez considers Marouane Fellaini the right player to reinforce the midfield. Van Gaal ponders, yesterday there was the first official contact between the clubs. Manchester United reflect, they will communicate to Napoli within 48 hours if and how Fellaini could possibly leave Red Devils. A small opening, Benitez is waiting. Napoli pursue Fellaini.

http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/calc...r-united-first-official-contact-for-fellaini/

 

[Someone]

I'd like him to stay, he deserves a second chance.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

I'd like him to go.

 

[Jagga7]

I'd like him to stay, he deserves a second chance.

He's not good enough, a 2nd chance will not change anything. He can't run or pass, he excels when he's a target man. One of the most inappropriate and worst signings we have ever made.

 

[Someone]

He's not good enough, a 2nd chance will not change anything. He can't run or pass, he excels when he's a target man. One of the most inappropriate and worst signings we have ever made.

Last season was bad for everyone, he did a good job for everton, plenty of people here were happy he signed for us.

God knows i've made my share of jokes on Fellaini, but he fully deserves a second chance.

 

[Jagga7]

Last season was bad for everyone, he did a good job for everton, plenty of people here were happy he signed for us.

God know i've made my share of jokes on Fellaini, but he fully deserves a second chance.

I don't understand what you expect from him with a 2nd chance. He hasn't got the quality required.