25: Marouane Fellaini - Short, Back, in Side

Gravy & Chips wrote:Once again I thought his booking was a piss take by Bennett, usual story, "Oh look that's the guy with the fucked up hair, he's a very naughty boy him, I best book him or the bosses at the FA will have a go at me"

Their number 22 was booting us all over the field and wasn't once spoken to, Felliani jumps in for a header and gets booked, the same thing happed to Cahill not 5 minutes later, he was clattered from behind but not booked.

The lad is clearly still injured and I will for one withold my judgment until e has played injury free for a while, whereas Castillo can kiss my reasonably sized arse, what a bag of wank he is!

Is that a new girl's size? HUGE and FAT are such negative words, we prefer, REASONABLY SIZED???

I thought he was excellent when I watched in 'live' against Sunderland. His touch, control, awareness and His weight of passing was fantasic. Yesterday, he was awful. He may still be injured, but players just skipped away from him with ease yesterday. This is a player who was supposed to be dominant in midfield and a player who'd win a lot of battles. Didn't see that yesterday.

I'm prepared to give him time, I hope Moyes does too. He's only 21 and I know there's a big fee attached but that's gone now. If he was an academy player, he might get more time from us. My major worry is that he's very sluggish (even when fully fit) and we'll need to get some athleticism in next to him.

MagicMike wrote:I thought he was excellent when I watched in 'live' against Sunderland. His touch, control, awareness and His weight of passing was fantasic. Yesterday, he was awful. He may still be injured, but players just skipped away from him with ease yesterday. This is a player who was supposed to be dominant in midfield and a player who'd win a lot of battles. Didn't see that yesterday.

I'm prepared to give him time, I hope Moyes does too. He's only 21 and I know there's a big fee attached but that's gone now. If he was an academy player, he might get more time from us. My major worry is that he's very sluggish (even when fully fit) and we'll need to get some athleticism in next to him.

He's gone back to the form we saw when he first arrived - slow and clumsy. He did look really good before he got injured though - so maybe we just need to be patient.

Jo was pretty bad as well. Id no way sign him for £10m!

Bryan wrote:serious non agressive question, have either of you actually been to see the lad play?

live at the ground? about 5 or 6 times. what about yourself?

My B'inlaw was over for Friday night and he is well unconvinced about fellaini. I asked him to watch Fellaini how he traps and moves a ball to a player in a blue shirt. This he did, but he was poor Saturday. You can't disguise it. Ossy played ok, despite no training. I just think we are carrying too many knocks at the moment and this season's bogey team up next.

TBH I think we stumbled on a position that made him look effective. When he's gone back into a more central role he's been fuckin shite again. I wasn't overly impressed with his contribution from a playing point of view when he was in that second striker role but at least he was looking dangerous from crosses and throw ins, causing a problem to the opposition. Now the only problem he causes are to hos own team. If he's injured then don't fuckin play him, simple. He wouldn't be missed on current form. Castillo is a bag of shite, agreed.

I'm to stick my neck out and say that I think Big Mo will come good. He's going to be collosal over the next 4 (and hopefully more) years.

I remember the season that Vidic and Evra signed for Man Utd and there was a lot of talk about how they just weren't good enough / dodgy signings etc. The next season Vidic was immense (and still is) and Evra has cemented his place as Man Utd's first choice left back. I also remeber Alan Hansen and various other MOTD pundits saying that Drogba was shit after his first season at Chelsea (like they'd never even seen him play for Marseille - fucking ill-informed cock rings).

The thing about Fellaini is that he has been injured for part of the season, played up front for a good part of the season and is adjusting to life in a different league where he can barely speak the language (and don't give me the bollocks about how we all speak one language on the pitch).

In the two games against Liverpool I saw enough quality in Fellaini to make me think we'd secured a real quality signing (admittedly at a high price).

And a final thought, if he doesn't make it here that still doesn't mean he's a shit player. Plenty of brilliant players don't make it in British football. Some brilliant british players don't / didn't make it in other countries. It doesn't make them shit either.

Blue_Monkey wrote:I'm to stick my neck out and say that I think Big Mo will come good. He's going to be collosal over the next 4 (and hopefully more) years.

I remember the season that Vidic and Evra signed for Man Utd and there was a lot of talk about how they just weren't good enough / dodgy signings etc. The next season Vidic was immense (and still is) and Evra has cemented his place as Man Utd's first choice left back. I also remeber Alan Hansen and various other MOTD pundits saying that Drogba was shit after his first season at Chelsea (like they'd never even seen him play for Marseille - fucking ill-informed cock rings).

The thing about Fellaini is that he has been injured for part of the season, played up front for a good part of the season and is adjusting to life in a different league where he can barely speak the language (and don't give me the bollocks about how we all speak one language on the pitch).

In the two games against Liverpool I saw enough quality in Fellaini to make me think we'd secured a real quality signing (admittedly at a high price).

And a final thought, if he doesn't make it here that still doesn't mean he's a shit player. Plenty of brilliant players don't make it in British football. Some brilliant british players don't / didn't make it in other countries. It doesn't make them shit either.

He's shit!

callmebubbles wrote:

Blue_Monkey wrote:I'm to stick my neck out and say that I think Big Mo will come good. He's going to be collosal over the next 4 (and hopefully more) years.

I remember the season that Vidic and Evra signed for Man Utd and there was a lot of talk about how they just weren't good enough / dodgy signings etc. The next season Vidic was immense (and still is) and Evra has cemented his place as Man Utd's first choice left back. I also remeber Alan Hansen and various other MOTD pundits saying that Drogba was shit after his first season at Chelsea (like they'd never even seen him play for Marseille - fucking ill-informed cock rings).

The thing about Fellaini is that he has been injured for part of the season, played up front for a good part of the season and is adjusting to life in a different league where he can barely speak the language (and don't give me the bollocks about how we all speak one language on the pitch).

In the two games against Liverpool I saw enough quality in Fellaini to make me think we'd secured a real quality signing (admittedly at a high price).

And a final thought, if he doesn't make it here that still doesn't mean he's a shit player. Plenty of brilliant players don't make it in British football. Some brilliant british players don't / didn't make it in other countries. It doesn't make them shit either.

He's shit!

You just can't argue with that sort of considered logic. I should know. I applied the same argument to Big Vic. Who, for the record, is fucking shit.

OK if he's struggling with the language can someone just teach him what "fuckin run you lazy twat" means, oh and "cut your fuckin hair"

Top Balcony Blue wrote:OK if he's struggling with the language can someone just teach him what "fuckin run you lazy twat" means, oh and "cut your fuckin hair"

Brummie No Mates wrote:

Synth_fg® wrote:He's playing with a cracked vertebrate FFS,
3 of our midfielders today were playing with injuries,
If we had anyone Bar Castillo and Shandy left

I was just about to post this!

Give the lad a break!

No pun intended.