Fellaini wants to leave Everton?

[HighFlyer]

Sell Fellaini, buy Moutinho.

/shrugs.

I would be very happy with this, although it would leave us with a very small midfield

 

[Username]

I will be very sad if he goes.

 

[Goat]

I would be very happy with this, although it would leave us with a very small midfield

Moutinho could grow an afro mate.

 

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[Abraders]

You really won't give this up, will you?

One great ACM performance against Man U doesn't make that his better role. His previous stormers all came in deeper roles, chiefly the one against Man City which I think was his best performance. He dominated their players and turned possession over to us -- that's what I think he's best at. Not an orthodox, deep-lying DM, no. But a ball winner in the centre and perhaps a box-to-box guy, which is a term I hate admittedly but it suits Fellaini's myriad of skills.

I can't be arsed getting the stats but when you argued this point last someone copied the thing off an EB report which showed he was a cut above all the other highly rated defensive midfielders. He is great in that role. He doesn't have the shooting ability or vision to be a top class ACM.

I agree. I'm sick of opposition fans calling him an attacking midfielder when clearly he's somewhat a defensive midfielder/ball winner at first, he's shown how good he can be in that position countless times but often ended up with a lengthy injury whilst hitting top form.

He's been playing attacking mid, and playing it well. So he can do more than one job, and he's had bad games in both positions surprisingly enough... but show us one player who doesn't have a bad game at times.

He will be extremely difficult to replace when he does eventually leave (I don't believe he's going to be leaving soon), but fortunately for us he's under a good contract and he won't go unless it's big money.

 

[Kurt.]

Gonna stick my neck out and say 40 million may be a bit ambitious of us to expect.

 

[bullybeef]

Not suprised by this.
Im sure it was probably all agreed prior to him signing his new contract.

Its time to realise that we are a buy low to sell high club. Fellaini wont be the last to go in coming seasons.

It must be frustrating in a way for David Moyes, he finds all these players and then has to sell them before he gets chance to build a team around them.

 

[ToffeeDan]

If this has any legs then Moyes will know how to spend the money properly to get the right players in - plus he'll have time to sort it out (so it won't be a Carroll-like panic buy).

 

[Animal Farm]

Giving away fouls isn't so much a bad thing though, as it's a by-product of his pressing. As for being dispossessed I'm not sure as I don't have the stats. If anyone can unearth them that would be great. All I can recall is him having the best percentages in numerous key areas.

As for tracking runners that is subjective and an opinion you have that is cast iron. You won't change it -- I don't agree with it. I don't think he's immense at it but you definitely exaggerate the problem.

And no his poor games in that position don't outweigh the good ones. That would mean most of his games for us since his first season have been poor games, which is a flat out lie. It's actually a laughable assertion.

Moyes isn't really an expert on players' best positions as Coleman isn't a right mid, Lescott was a LB for ages, Cahill has been used as a striker often willingly, Osman has spent his entire career in every position but his best one... etc. Moyes has used Fellaini mostly in the deeper role as well, so the fact that he's using him further up 3 games into this season doesn't exactly mean Moyes believes that's his best position -- you're making a massive leap there. Personally I think it he played him there to exploit a weak United defence and a weak Villa defence -- which he did. He was pretty crap against a well-organised West Brom defence though. It was possibly his most ineffective performance since he became a key player for us.

And Gibson isn't the same type of player. Although I would personally put Fellaini in there alongside maybe Osman, that's irrelevant as the worry from the fans hasn't been because of what options Moyes now has, but the choices Moyes will now make. I'm fearful because it pretty much guarantees Neville's spot in CM, and I don't like Neville as a midfielder in 2012. He really is a completely different player to Gibson though, and your last few sentences are confusing because of that. Do you not see that Fellaini in a deeper role plays a completely different role than Gibson?

What a surprise that you have conveniently forgotten that he was the most dispossessed player on the chart. All opinions, including your own, are subjective. But I really don't need to exaggerate his inability to track runners, he did it last week against West Brom and they scored their second goal from it, putting the possibility of a draw way beyond us. He also looked really assured against Villa once he dropped deep, he didn't shit out at all, and he was in no way at fault for Villa's goal.

It's not a laughable assertion. If he was so great then there would have been a que of clubs trying to sign him before his last contract extension, or when every Tom, Dick and Harry knew that the banks were banging down on our door! As it happened not a single bid came in for him, not one single bid!

Oh yeah, that moron David Moyes doesn't have a clue about putting players in their correct position. Didn't Lescott get about 9 goals in a season (Cahill territory) whilst playing left back? Coleman will get raped if we ever have the misfortune of playing him at right back!

Fellaini was fine against West Brom until Gibson went off, and we had Neville and Osman 'running' the midfield. Fellaini then dropped back, and the midfield remained as equally inept as when Osman and Neville were 'running' it!

Boy does he play differently in midfield to Gibson. Gibson can protect his defence AND create attacks going forward. Gibson is very much the orthodox central midfielder whilst Fellaini isn't. He doesn't protect his defence well enough, and his attributes are far more suited to a forward.

 

[ToffeeMike]

Sky Sports are onto it now http://www1.skysports.com/football/...says-this-could-be-his-last-season-at-Everton

 

[TheFinnFan]

Lets wait and see what the man him self says about this.
You know, reporters.

 

[SchoolOfScience]

Fellaini saying it's his last season is no massive deal, we'll end up stronger out of it as we always do! Selling players for big fee's & then strengthening is how Everton have evolved over the last 10 years.

When Moyes say's it's his last season then we need to worry!

 

[Andriy.EFC]

If this has any legs then Moyes will know how to spend the money properly to get the right players in - plus he'll have time to sort it out (so it won't be a Carroll-like panic buy).

Assuming this isn't Moyes' last season here, too.

 

[Mogsy_Efc]

Shouts for Moutinho really appeal to me. Not wanting to put a downer on it but would he really want come to us though?

 

[Goat]

Fair play to him signing a new contract knowing he was off.

Thanks Big man.