Fellaini: Deeper or behind the striker?

swisso · June 18, 2013

In front of the back 4.

Already seen that whilst he can thrive up front, it's often to the detriment of others, such as Jelavic.

Goat · June 18, 2013

swisso said:
In front of the back 4.

Already seen that whilst he can thrive up front, it's often to the detriment of others, such as Jelavic.

LOL

Ah, the old Fellaini ruined Jela arguement, which kinda fell apart for the games Fellaini missed and Jela was still god damn awful.

blue61 · June 18, 2013

I prefer him to receive balls deep, and then thrust through the middle, spraying it about everywhere.
Writes above comment in the voice of Kenneth Williams

Michael Tsui · June 18, 2013

he is more as a runner, but that means Gibson will be definitely too lightweight for the holder role.

Bluenose1995 · June 18, 2013

Gibson

Felliani Fer

MAKE IT HAPPEN

mawders · June 18, 2013

Deeper. Playing him further forward basically killed Jelavic. Have him deep alongside Gibbo and either push Osman forward or bring someone else in

Baines' left foot · June 18, 2013

I cannot fathom why anyone wouldn't pick Fellaini in our starting XI.

F*cking unreal.

Brennan · June 18, 2013

Baines' left foot said:
I cannot fathom why anyone wouldn't pick Fellaini in our starting XI.

F*cking unreal.

RBJ clearly knows nothing about football. No big deal.

Christiffa25 · June 18, 2013

100% deeper.

I think it was a masterstroke playing him off the striker start of last season and his performance's and goals eluded to that. We were also playing very boss football but mixing it up at times with some direct balls to Fellaini. It was very affective!

Problem was teams cottoned on to it and targeted Fellaini which made him less affective. Mirallas also got injured, and as our form dipped a little we went more and more direct. Moyes eventually changed it and dropped him deeper towards the tail end of season but a little late for me, should of been done earlier.

Has to start next season deeper. Nothing wrong with using him up there as a plan b towards the end of a game at times tho. Un-planned for by the opposition he can be quite a weapon up there!

Christiffa25 · June 18, 2013

MoutsGoat said:
LOL

Ah, the old Fellaini ruined Jela arguement, which kinda fell apart for the games Fellaini missed and Jela was still god damn awful.

And the fact pretty sure Fellaini doesn't play for Croatia where jelavic was also poor or a sub!

quasi modo · June 18, 2013

Deeper for me. I think it was the West Ham game at home, I know it was poor opposition, but he totally dominated the midfield.

When he is up top, it just encouraged our back line to try and hit him at the earliest opportunity.

tim cahill · June 18, 2013

Fellaini playing up front is a decent option to fall back on odd occasions. He's so dominant playing deeper that it's daft for that not to be where he plays the majority of the time. I fully expect Martinez to take that view as well as I don't think the long punt up field is really his style.

Rugby Toffee · June 18, 2013

I voted Deeper , could influence the game more from there IMO. But it might not be Martinez's problem unfortunatly

Tree13 · June 18, 2013

Brownie said:
I think Fellaini's gifts are most suited to centre mid. Probably the most important thing in modern football these days is winning midfield. Particularly in the Premier League, you need a certain amount of physicality to be able to do that. How many players are there in the world that are massive, dominant in the air, good technically, not slow and have the stamina of an ancient desert wanderer. Not many. He sorts out midfield, it's just the way it is.

This. A thousand times this.

The only counter argument is "he can play as a 10 because he's boss at chesting down a forty-yard hoof", and I'll take the criticism for saying this but I'm NOT convinced by that counter argument.

Having Felli alongside him makes Gibbo a FAR more effective player: look at the West Ham game last month for the proof.