Unbelievable.Agree, the past few weeks he has become awesome again. He is still lacking that 100% though, he's not quite at it decision wise and there were times today when he was looking like he was split between playing the ball and keeping it and was put under pressure. Defensively he was a rock, as usual.
Compared to Fellaini Carrick is a fecking race car.
I'm a massive fan of Carrick but he is so slow and static and with Fellaini beside him it's more pronounced.
Arguably his best for years, (and he was bloody brilliant last season)
The only thing Fellaini is better at is having a shit haircut.
What did Giggs feck up exactly? His role was to help out Carrick/Fellaini in the middle AND help Buttner double up on Robben - which he did very effectively.
He did nothing effectively. He watched as a by-stander as the game went on around him. If Giggs was held to ANY kind of a standard as a footballer these days he'd be getting probably the most stick of the game behind Fellaini.
... so Robben doing next to nothing in the first half was just a random coincedence then? He only really had that one shot - and that was still from ditsance - and when he was up against Carrick funnily enough.
Did he look like a snail when he had a head to head race with Götze and came out on top?
Gotze is probably the slowest Bayern player so I don't see your point here? Yes he beat Gotze in a race but that doesn't change the fact he has next to no mobility and it shows in our midfield now with him and Fellaini. When the ginger prince played next to him both sat and it covered this deficiency to some degree. But Fellaini bombs forward and Carricks lack of mobility gets highlighted now. So it's an issue now.
I've been a massive Carrick fan but I'd like to see a more dynamic centre midfield now but with the signing of Fellaini unless we go to a 3 and get two mobile beside him with Fellaini being the defensive then I can't see it happening.
I definitely see where you are coming from, but all the best teams in the world have at least one player in the mould of Carrick. That role is very important in the modern game, I'd like to see us get two dynamic midfielder's in to compliment him, it also also us the option of 2 or 3 in midfield depending on who we are playing. Personally I don't rate Felliani so I want him as far away from the first team as possible, 4th choice.
Yeah agree mostly with what you say bar the Fellaini part I think he could be excellent for us.
I just don't see it. What kind of player do you envision him being.....
Hopefully an all action defensive midfielder with a bit bite and someone who offers us threats at set pieces for and against. He has actually been better on the ball than I thought and always looks to pass forward. I'm getting fed up with Carrick Cleverley not tackling and just jocking players its refreshing to have a bit devilment in our team in Fellaini IMO.
