Hi all.
I've just registered but have been reading this forum ever since Standard met Everton in the UEFA Cup.
I've watched most Everton matches since Marouane joined Goodison Park, and I 've read your opinions about him, and how he went from "
worst transfer in Everton history" to "
worldclass player in the making" to "
average player at best". And I've read Cal's opinion about him (
)
Clearly he's been [Poor language removed] today ( and you were very poor as a whole )
Still, there seems to be a lot of misperceptions about him.
If you were thinking you had sign the "belgian Gattuso", you were waaaayyyy off the line. I've understood it's how he's been introduced to the fans by the Everton management.
He is not your typical defensive midfielder. He's a special kind of player, if you expect him to tackle left and right and run the midfield from left to right , you're in for a big dissapointement, cause it's not gonna happen. And apparently, that's what you've been paying for.
From what I've seen today, your midfield was Osman-Fellaini-Cahill-Arteta . HELL, it's NEVER gonna work!!! If you can't use him properly, he's gonna look lost and useless on the field, as he did today.
As I said already, Marouane is a special kind of player, physically strong, a monster in the air ( well, not today ), can give a clean pass and bring his presence into the box; more importantly he has both defensive and attacking qualities, BUT you cannot rely on him for pure defending or pure attacking. He can run up and down, not left and right. He
absolutely needs another special brand of player next to him to allow him to perform as well as he can. Someone with creativity in his feet who can also tackle and win a lot of balls. Take someone like Iniesta or Pirlo.
At Standard he was playing central midfield with Steven Defour. Well he's that special kind of player : despite being labelled "attacking midfielder", most of the time he was playing behind Marouane, building the attack from low on the pitch, while Marouane would break the opponent's attacks from very high. Also, Marouane would benefit from the spaces Defour opened up ( attacking play ), and Defour would be as important as Marouane in the defensive play. Thats how the supposedly defensive midfielder ( Marouane ) used to score a lot more and be a lot more dangerous on the whole than the supposedly attacking midfielder ( Defour )
I've read that your manager Moyes said he had been scouting Marouane for a year. Well, he's either lying, or doesn't know [Poor language removed] about football, cause he should have seen that!!
Notice how Marouane best performances under a blue shirt came when Cahill wasn't playing, as he was allowed to go to the other box and not strickly stuck to a defensive role.
You may say part of the explanation come from the level difference between the Jupier League and the Premierleague, and you may be right, but seeing how he bossed the spanish midfield with belgium a month ago, I think your manager needs to redefine his tactics to give Marouane the opportunity to express his qualities.
Hope it helps!!
), he'll cause mayhem inside the box...
