Maybe but Mata doesn't exactly inspire much confidence does he? Why not try something that might work rather than something that's clearly not working?
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I think Fellaini should start. He has done well every time he has played this season and his physicality can offer a threat to Chelsea.
Mata has been in very poor form, and I just cant see him doing anything against Chelsea - he will get muscled off the ball too easily by Matic and the defenders, and doesnt really offer much if the entire team isnt playing well.
Mata has been in very poor form, and I just cant see him doing anything against Chelsea - he will get muscled off the ball too easily by Matic and the defenders, and doesnt really offer much if the entire team isnt playing well.
I think he will start instead of Mata. He deserves it too, to be honest.
Has he? He did well to get his goal on Monday, but apart from that I can't think of one very good game he's had.
He's barely featured. He did well last week and the last time I remember him being brought on was in preseason when he scored as well.
I think he deserves a chance and will be more effective against Chelsea than Mata.
What are you talking about? He had a good appearance, I hope he does well against Chelsea if given the chance, but he is not a long term solution for any of our issues.
I hope he does well today. Its a big chance for him, he has an important role especially at set pieces and he has a little bit of momentum from last week.
Not going to lie if he doesnt do well though.
Not going to lie if he doesnt do well though.
Hope he does well but he's utterly shit playing in midfield. But if Herrera is not fit then I don't think Van Gaal had any other choice.
Man Utd 1:1 Chelsea
He has been very good for me so far. Thoughts?
Think he's done brilliant.
Very happy with his first half performance. Needs to keep his arms down, but that wasnt the usual elbow in the face just a stray arm. He's had a very visible effect with his physicality and he's moved the ball on at a good speed
Excellent game so far. More of the same in the second half please. He's getting himself about.
A very good, solid performance so far.
Mostly man-marking Fabregas, keeping him out of the game well. Other than that a couple of clearances or tackling, nothing groundbreaking. Tidy like other midfielders.
Not really. He has been used as some kind of support for Januzaj but they aren't combining very well, altough Januzaj is having a good game. We are using him as our target man at times, van Gaal figured out quite easily he isn't really a cm, because Mata was probably more defensive than him through the game. Give me Herrera and we'll be much better.
Probably our best player so far, interesting. Van Gaal really is a genius
Not very good attacking-wise though
Not very good attacking-wise though
Take away any defensive responsibility and he looks, I don't want to say good, but a lot less shit?
He's playing with more confidence, but not sure whether he's meant to be ahead of Mata so regularly. Has made a fair few tackles and headers defensively so fair play.
This might be the key. We dont want him in Blind's position as we saw last season when we tried to use him in front of the defence. I recall he played a couple of times with Carrick but he still didnt play as well as he has done in that 45 minutes.
Maybe Blind's very slightly different style, and the confidence of scoring last week have combined to see a different Fellaini
It's deceptive that he's playing ahead, he's following Fabregas who's trying to pick the ball off CBs.
Been a competent midfield display, no more,but even that stands out at United these days. Blind has been a bit lax at times.
Surprisingly doing well and keeping possession. Big asset on defending set pieces and you can tell his confidence is up. Impressed that he is able to hold up the ball and play it to the wings. Might turn out to be the matchwinner for us if we actually can put in a dangerous cross/freekick/corner!
Playing very well if he can keep building and take his game a couple of steps higher i can see him being a very useful squad player who will get a fair few games.
Solid game so far. He needs to keep his arms down though.
He's done great to cut off the link between Matic and Fabregas. Showed a lot of desire and hunger, as well. Needs to move even higher up the pitch as the game progresses.
Doing a great job for us. Hopefully he can keep up the tempo in the second.
Can't fault him today, done really well for all his limitations, if other players showed as much desire as he did today we might well have won.
Probably been our best player tbf. Or one of.
I still have no idea what position he's playing at any given time, but he's done all that could be asked of him.
I still have no idea what position he's playing at any given time, but he's done all that could be asked of him.
Most of the team were below a 7/10 for me today. Fellaini was a solid 7/10
However his moment came in injury time and made sure to win a decent header and make Courtois work leading to the goal. So I'll bump him to 7.5/10 imo behind only De Gea
I hope he keeps this momentum and goal threat up
However his moment came in injury time and made sure to win a decent header and make Courtois work leading to the goal. So I'll bump him to 7.5/10 imo behind only De Gea
I hope he keeps this momentum and goal threat up
Good game from him, his height at last came in handy at the best time possible.
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Brilliant performance today. Completely vindicated LVG's decision to start him and hopefully the gave doubters something to think about.
Fellaini is going to win our MOTM award against Chelsea.
Who'da thunk it?
Who'da thunk it?
He's like one of those kids who you play because he's big, strong and a bully, position be damned!
Superb game from the mighty elbow.
Pleasant surprised to see him do amazingly well in a B2B role, the kind we all wanted him to play as.
There is still hope.
There is still hope.
Looked like a United player today. His strength allowed us to match up to Matic in midfield
Just keep him anywhere else but our 1/3 of the pitch and he looks decent.
He's been getting stick but today he was our standout player and did not disappoint LVG when given the chance to prove himself.
He is so, so poor defensively and off the ball.
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