He's one of those players that Van gaal doesn't naturally like, but he's one of the very few players that have really proved themselves with the limited opportunity given to you. That is exactly the mentality you want as a United player.
Would Fellaini improve under a new manager?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
I'm not sure if you mean historically LVG doesn't like players like Fellaini but if you're not then I think it's quite the contrary, Herrera is a prime example of a player LVG doesn't like/seem to fancy for god knows what reason whereas Fellaini when fit has been a regular starter this season and now he's over his illness and helped turn the game at the weekend will surely be a starter again against Leicester
That was the issue Moyes faced when trying to integrate him into the side. He imagined Fellaini to be part of a deep lying midfield 2 with Carrick, which backfired spectacularly. Van Gaal is doing what Belgium do with him, play him closer to the box and he looks an entirely different player. You could argue he has rescued more points for us this season in that role than Mata did and showed much better composure and finishing on his chances. I see absolutely no reason why he should not be in our squad, he offers something none of the other midfielders do and he's quite content being a squad player rescuing valuable points in short run outs.
What this thread needs is more afro 
In the league, we won like 6 in a row before Fellaini got injured. Then we only won 1 in 4 games when he's out. It could be 1 in 5 games if he didn't play in the last one. Maybe it's the other midfielders that need to be upgraded.
absolutely want him to start for us now...great for him to turn things around.
I think the Carrick improving us thing may well be a myth as he's not been good at all recently.
Carrick definitely stabilize our team, in defense at least. No more a hectic last 15 minutes we used to suffer. His ability to move between CB and DM is a great asset.
Not really. (The CB in a 3 man defense doesn't really count).
Why? we played more than half the games with 3 at the back.
...and it's not really helped us now, is it?
Yes it does. We do have 2nd best defence in the league. It's the other end of the field that we are awful.
Yes but then Fellaini got sick and all the while we still had Carrick in the team we hardly won any games and lost to Soton. So it then became apparent that while Carrick is also essential to our success, for the moment, so is Afroman!
The credit for 2nd best defense in the League goes to Dave. The defense has hardly been responsible for that.
He hasn't improved, we have deteriorated into a team that hoofs the ball a lot; winning those balls was always his strength and the reason he was so successful for Everton in the big games.
He is the same player we bought from Everton.
He is the same player we bought from Everton.
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Did you hear Sir Alex's praise a few weeks backs?
He is a seriously good player, and his work is exemplary both on and off the ball. Sadly a lot of his work is missed by TV cameras following the ball.
I'm a Carrick fan and I agree with SAFs assessment. My point is that his contribution this particular season has been a tad overstated. Especially since the turn of the year, he really hasn't been good.
Midfielders rely on forwards to make runs and be in a position to receive passes. Likewise, forwards need a good supply to be successful. There definitely seems a problem, I'm not sure where the blame lies.
He has quite clearly improved from last season, which is what this thread was about.
In retrospect, this is turning out to be my most important Thread. Who woulda thunk it?