Everton’s over-reliance on Fellaini bordered on ridiculous against United

[Del]

For Moyes and Everton, the first 10 minutes of the second half must have been spent wondering what to do next. Their tactics were fine first half, but they had nowhere near enough in the final third to threaten the scoreline. Now United were wise to their plan what could they do?

Unfortunately, and it’s rare for Moyes, he and his side offered very little. Jelavic replaced Anichebe, but even his presence wasn’t enough. United edged it in possession – thanks in part to the introduction of Carrick – had three times as many shots as Everton and were more than worthy of their lead.

Everton’s over-reliance on Fellaini bordered on ridiculous at times as they looked for the forward 51 times yet he had no shots on target during the game and completed just 75 per cent of his passes in the final third. That’s not a criticism of Fellaini, but more testament to the tireless job done by Jones.

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013...ered-on-ridiculous-against-manchester-united/

 

[Seamus Colemole]

I should think any manager with eyes can see how to neutralize Fellaini in an attacking role these days.

 

[tsubaki]

It was annoying, but its a credit to the club that we can go to Old Trafford and they set their entire game plan up around stopping Fellaini rag them all over the place.

 

[flo]

They learned their lesson after the defeat at Goodison.

 

[EFC Si]

no plan B
Failing to win important Games


typical Everton

 

[Huyton Layne]

no plan B
Failing to win important Games


typical Everton

Think the problem is no plan A. I hope to God that lumping to the big man is never considered a plan A.

 

[Blue Truth]

i was going to post the exact same thing but cba. fellaini behind the striker should be plan b not a. moyes needs to change its that simple

 

[D410]

We got beat by a better team, not much more to it than that really.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

i was going to post the exact same thing but cba. fellaini behind the striker should be plan b not a. moyes needs to change its that simple

Correct, and it is simple.

But this is the same guy who persisted with Cahill and Saha for over a season.

 

[Blue Truth]

We got beat by a better team, not much more to it than that really.

the game was lost tactically before it started

 

[Timak]

Of course we rely heavily on Fellaini, certainly compared to the options Manchester United have.

They had 8 players in their squad who cost more than Fellaini and the players on their bench alone cost more than our entire squad.



Manchester United team:
De Gea - £21m
Rafael - £3m
Vidic - £7m
Evans - Youth
Evra - £6m
Jones - £18m
Cleverley - Youth
Valencia - £17m
Rooney - £27m
Giggs - Youth
Van Persie - £24m


Manchester United's bench yesterday:
Anderson - £18m Brazil international
Smalling - £10m England international
Hernandez - £6m Mexican international
Carrick - £18m England international
Nani - £17m Portugal international
Welbeck - England international

 

[Timak]

the game was lost tactically before it started

Go on then, enlighten us as to what tactics Moyes should have deployed......

 

[D410]

the game was lost tactically before it started

was it? You can lay that accusation at the feet of every manager who took their team to Old Trafford this season and left with nothing.

They are miles in front of us and every other team before we kicked the ball.

 

[Blue Truth]

Of course we rely heavily on Fellaini, certainly compared to the options Manchester United have.

They had 8 players in their squad who cost more than Fellaini and the players on their bench alone cost more than our entire squad.



Manchester United team:
De Gea - £21m
Rafael - £3m
Vidic - £7m
Evans - Youth
Evra - £6m
Jones - £18m
Cleverley - Youth
Valencia - £17m
Rooney - £27m
Giggs - Youth
Van Persie - £24m


Manchester United's bench yesterday:
Anderson - £18m Brazil international
Smalling - £10m England international
Hernandez - £6m Mexican international
Carrick - £18m England international
Nani - £17m Portugal international
Welbeck - England international

we have other options but moyes wants a cahill

 

[Blue Truth]

was it? You can lay that accusation at the feet of every manager who took their team to Old Trafford this season and left with nothing.

They are miles in front of us and every other team before we kicked the ball.

our plan a is hoof to fellaini. they completely took him out of the game and we didnt know what to do. moyes is incapable of changing anything in the middle of the game so we had no chance