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Please feel free to name the Scholes, Keane partnership we have available to play who are in their prime and performing on par with 1999 Juve game?
So has Fellaini, pretty much.
Just proves how clueless you are. Im even looking at your ratings and Fellaini is your lowest with 1 rating. Honestly stick to what im saying, stop watching football.
Yesm this is the inherent error with using "caf consensus ratings" as some sort of methodology for arguing a players ability.
Because you talk as if we have replaced Keane with Fellaini. There's no one in our squad like Keane at his prime so I suppose your solution is we just stop playing midfielders
Everytime I read this I just never understand the "pretty low standard" that you just mentioned below.
The very same thing can be said to someone who believe with that bold statement. Let's just face this, how often players like Keane, Scholes, Robson or even Carrick appear every year? How many out there are available every year?
All that shows is that he did well when he actually got close to the ball. There is more to holding the midfield than running around like a dog chasing a stick.
That's what she said about Jose and LVG before their first season started.
Common excuse from hater.
His passing is still far too slow, he couldn't get to grips with De Bruyne, but I do have abit of sympathy for him as Mourinho should have built a 3 man midfield to combat cities. I didn't think fellaini was the worst player but still isn't mobile enough to be our DM next to Pogba and Herrera could have done more. The stats really don't tell the full story in this game and again highlights to me how pointless they are when analysing a player.
But everyone knows he is no Carrick when it comes to passing, no one should expect him to dictate a game.
I accurately predicted that mourinho would love him.
So Jose plays him when under pressure or what?
I am not even talking about his work on the ball. He should be positioning himself to cut off the lines of passing, constrict the space. He goes where the ball is.
I don't know what do you mean his passing is still far too slow. During the game he also did one touch passing. He couldn't get to grips with De Bruyne? It looks to me that Bailly couldn't get to grips with De Bruyne. It's not about being mobile enough, but there are too many players on the field were ball watching and Fellaini was one of the player who gave feck at least. You can't expect a single player to stop 3 players by himself while the others were just ball watching in first half.
Do you honestly think he's good enough at DM to win us the title? If I'm being honest I don't think he is, he has his strengths and in certain games that makes him perfect but he also has some glaring weaknesses such as his lack of pace and mobility and poor passing ability and that was exploited against city. Herreras mobility would have been much more useful to combat cities midfield because honestly in that first half we lost all our 50/50s and couldn't get onto the second ball.
Christ...
Yeah whatever.
This is the full and true story of Fellaini vs City. Amusing how people don't realise this, even the stats back it up.
Pogba had a better first half in my opinion than fellaini who was just a bystander. Our problem first half was they we just got outcompeted. Every first and second ball was going to city players all over the pitch and too many of our players were losing the ball cheaply. Pogba was one of the few players first half that could hold his own physically and not give the ball away cheaply. Now fellaini also wasn't too bad at holding the ball but his passing was less progressive than Pogba and he made quite afew sloppy passes. We were crying out for more energy in the midfield which is why I still think Herrera would have been far better, just as he was in the second half when suddenly we started winning those first and second balls and the game reversed. Fellaini just wasn't the right player against city in a 2 man midfield, in a 3 he might have got away with it more with others covering his weaknesses.
Wouldn't it be more logical to buy a classical DM instead of trying to find a rare player. A DM who will protect the defense but will have 2 more midfielders who are assigned with passing. Of course its great to have a Modrić type of player but as you said those kind of players are rare.
No personally at the top level and for top clubs you can't get away with a Just a simple pure DM. All the best teams have got that player that can dictate the game be it Kroos-modric at Madrid, Alonso or Busquets at Bayern and Barca they start the attacks and shield the defence with intelligent play. Mourinho likes to play a 4-2-3-1 and that isn't going to change. I think next season we will get in someone like Griezman to play the number 10 role and then we will seriously need to look around for a high quality number 6. Just for an example let's say we got verratti (I know it's unrealistic but roll with it) our midfield would look like this
I think this is wasting too much of my time. Have a nice day.
I'd like to know how you think fellaini was better
Veratti.. If only.
Yeh I know verratti would be a dream but that's never going to happen, but then that's what we pay our scouting team for so let's hope they pull a gem out.
Try to read my post, I said he had a good game and one of the player who gave feck. Majority other players were just ball watching and lazy. Don't expect a single player try to win every single ball while the others were just ball watching. The stats back it up and even City was clearly dominate the game and had the possession because we were just ball watching when City had the possession. Never mind about being a good passer, Pep will always play possession football if majority players were ball watching, it will be difficult to take the ball from them. Herrera came in was so much helpful not because mainly he's mobile or better passer than Fellaini but because he gave feck like Fellaini, not ball watching, put pressure on City's players.
Wouldn't bother, he's a guy who was making up statistics about Fellaini last season to make him look bad, best thrown into your ignore list.
You don't get 7 interceptions 'running around like a dog chasing a stick'.
When players of the opposite team are allowed to run between the lines, noone can cut off the lines of passing on his own.
Was that the incident where he ran under his arm and fell over? Wasn't even a foul, in my opinion (only watched it during the game with no replay). But ref saw it as he gave a not warranted freekick.Fellaini potential ban
Marouane Fellaini will find out later if the FA are ready to charge him after Saturday’s elbow incident that left Kolarov missing a tooth.
Reports suggest he has been told they are examining the incident.
If found guilty it would be a three match ban, meaning he would miss Watford, Northampton and Leicester.
