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Same, never wanted him since dithering Dave waited until his buy out Claus ran over and paid £5m over the odds for this immobile, ineffective, tall person.
Oh yea... And the glorious 0-0 draw at An field is now the benchmark of Man Utd performances?!
No, and I never said it was. I was merely saying that Fellaini performed quite well in that game. I was not painting them as 'heroes' either. Again, just saying he played a solid game. So Herrera and the others who drew praise from that game are also not worthy because the score was 0-0?
Modern day Fletcher ? have you lost it completely, Fletcher in his prime was fecking miles above anything Fellaini has ever shown.
Fletcher was better for us but that wasnt my point if you wish to read it again. Fletcher for years was treated with the same distain on here that Fellaini now finds himself subjected to.
I was never a big fan of Fletcher but no that's too much.
Couldn't disagree with that more, Fletcher was a hard worker and put a shift in but never Miles above Fellaini at all..
At his best he was certainly miles ahead of Fellaini
Definitely. Thanks to that Fabregas dive we would never know what might have been in that CL final if Fletcher was available. We were in serious form and Fletcher was immense that season.
He was part of a better team and looking back people always remember things fondly. Fellaini at Everton looked a better player individually than Fletcher for us, bear in mind Fletcher had SAF whereas Fellaini has gone Moyes>Moyes>LVG, now Mourinho (Even include Wilmots in that), I think player vs player, Fellani has shown more, Fletcher was in a better team and it made it all easier for him.
A fair assessment but in that season when Fletcher came to the fore front, he played out of his skin,like a man possessed. Even though he played in a better team, the level of opposition and completion ahead and in front was relatively better, far better imo. There were many periods in that season that with all the big names we had in the United squad, we were very reliant on Fletcher that season. The very fact that one of our own went from getting so much stick to getting high praises in the space of one season is testament to how good he was at his peak. I would have a peak Fletcher over a peak Fellaini any day of the week!
Thats very fair. Both had one great season where their style became accepted because of the level of their performances. Id chuck Valencia in when he was first a winger here as another limited player who served a tactical purpose, again got a hard time of it. You need these players as they do a job.My lasting impression of Fellaini's time at Everton was that he mainly played at 10 or well, produced his best displays at 10.
At 8 or 6, he's never really been on Fletchers (best) level. And Fletcher hardly ever played as a 10 for us.
So it's very difficult to compare Fellaini's (best) time at Everton, with Fletchers at United.
But yeah, I'm a big Fletcher fan.
Valencia was a beast during his best years on the wing though - especially when it came to productivity. Welbeck/Park could, overall, get away with their lack of end product because other players (Rooney, Ronaldo, Tevez, Berbatov, RvP etc.) were producing at that point.
Standard performance, neat and tidy, applies himself but at the end of the day, lacks any real quality
Decent shot just wide early on from Darmian's cross. Passing safe, dull but seemed to find a red shirt. One careless foul in our half that I noticed. Didn't really stand out too much, either in a good way or a bad way.
Which is what Jose likes.
He was painfully average. He missed 2 good opportunities. Looks like a tired dog tied to a pole, unable to move in certain directions and slow. The classic needless foul from behind and zero movement. Completed his passing but with no zip or intensity. Kept on the 90 for his height. He did have one for the reel moment in the first half. I think it was Pogba who lifted a great ball over the top to him into the box. I was expecting that best chest in world football we come to know from him, instead he fell in a hilariously bad moment of control.
I think that too. This place slated the Fellaini sub against Burnley, but he is incredibly helpful when we need to win the ball back.
What a load of dogshit.
If your going to quote me, have a fecking point.
Pogba.
Think they're very different..
