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Fellaini wasn’t our problem last season. Played like 830 mins total that’s like **** all! Our FBs and getting a tune out of our wide players is a far bigger issue now that Fred has signed in CM!
 
Theatre of Dreams83 said:
Fellaini wasn’t our problem last season. Played like 830 mins total that’s like **** all! Our FBs and getting a tune out of our wide players is a far bigger issue now that Fred has signed in CM!
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This. While i understand Zzezzy's reservations, he barely played. the issue was the full backs/widemen, and not having another option instead of Fellaini, which we do now
 
Mike. said:
This. While i understand Zzezzy's reservations, he barely played. the issue was the full backs/widemen, and not having another option instead of Fellaini, which we do now
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Apart from getting a LB now and a CB. I would be delighted keeping Martial beyond this summer if it meant no RW signing. I just can’t see him leaving or the club willing to let him. Will be interesting to see if Ed’s obsession with Bale continues this summer. And who our other targets will be in the bedlam after the WC. I really don’t think we are far off tbh just those flanks!
 
I think giving a mediocre player a contract extension is an issue, especially when he's coming off an injury prone season. Hopefully the news isn't true.
 
Munroe said:
I think giving a mediocre player a contract extension is an issue, especially when he's coming off an injury prone season. Hopefully the news isn't true.
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Looks like it’s true. BBC reporting it. Don’t mind tbf won’t feature much and will cost a bomb to replace.
 
Theatre of Dreams83 said:
Looks like it’s true. BBC reporting it. Don’t mind tbf won’t feature much and will cost a bomb to replace.
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I didn't think we'd need to replace him if he left. We've got Pogba, Matic, Fred, Herrera, McTominay and Pereira. Then there's Blind, Lindelof, Tuanzebe and Fosu-Mensah who are all capable of playing in defensive midfield at least, should we need them.
 
Munroe said:
I didn't think we'd need to replace him if he left. We've got Pogba, Matic, Fred, Herrera, McTominay and Pereira. Then there's Blind, Lindelof, Tuanzebe and Fosu-Mensah who are all capable of playing in defensive midfield at least, should we need them.
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Blind won’t be here. Lindelöf won’t play at DM or Tuanzebe under Mourinho. TFM hasn’t played CM in 2/3 seasons and never at this level and was dropped by Palace. Periera can play CM but hasn’t. Herrera and Pogba form last season was inconsistent and McTominey is still learning after a breakthrough season. We are in no position to risk going into a new season relying on untested youngsters. And they don’t offer the height and physicality Fellaini does. There’s a reason we have been looking at Mandzukic, Savic etc as replacements.
 
Theatre of Dreams83 said:
And they don’t offer the height and physicality Fellaini does.
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Can you trust his physicality? Will he use that physicality in the best physical manner, or will that physicality slip into thuggery?
Physicality is great when physically under control, but once the physicality turns into physicality for the sake of physicality, then it's a problem.
 
Theatre of Dreams83 said:
Blind won’t be here. Lindelöf won’t play at DM or Tuanzebe under Mourinho. TFM hasn’t played CM in 2/3 seasons and never at this level and was dropped by Palace. Periera can play CM but hasn’t. Herrera and Pogba form last season was inconsistent and McTominey is still learning after a breakthrough season. We are in no position to risk going into a new season relying on untested youngsters. And they don’t offer the height and physicality Fellaini does. There’s a reason we have been looking at Mandzukic, Savic etc as replacements.
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The exit rumours around Blind have died down, so I wouldn't be so sure that he will go. I recall Daley and Lindelof both having substitute appearances in midfield last season, Tuanzebe definitely has at least a couple of midfield appearances under Jose hence why I mentioned him as an option. We're not talking about relying on youngsters here, we're talking about alternative choices to Fellaini, who we certainly didn't rely on last season.

Fellaini's physicality is overrated. He's clumsy, not as good in the air as he should be and doesn't win enough tackles. I don't think we should be resorting to hoofball tactics, but if we continue to do it then Smalling offers as much of a threat as Fellaini. We have plenty of tall, strong players and I haven't seen anything concrete to suggest we are after more. I doubt Mandzukic will be joining us, and I think the potential £90m+ signing of Sergej is more to do with his all-round game rather than his height...
 
Munroe said:
The exit rumours around Blind have died down, so I wouldn't be so sure that he will go. I recall Daley and Lindelof both having substitute appearances in midfield last season, Tuanzebe definitely has at least a couple of midfield appearances under Jose hence why I mentioned him as an option. We're not talking about relying on youngsters here, we're talking about alternative choices to Fellaini, who we certainly didn't rely on last season.

Fellaini's physicality is overrated. He's clumsy, not as good in the air as he should be and doesn't win enough tackles. I don't think we should be resorting to hoofball tactics, but if we continue to do it then Smalling offers as much of a threat as Fellaini. We have plenty of tall, strong players and I haven't seen anything concrete to suggest we are after more. I doubt Mandzukic will be joining us, and I think the potential £90m+ signing of Sergej is more to do with his all-round game rather than his height...
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Linderlöf didn’t play CM last season. Blind made one cameo there as a sub and Amoyal podcast says clubs in Italy and Spain still interested. Tuanzebe played there for a cup game. Hardly experienced enough to play a major role there if we have a bad injury which is the norm these days. There’s nothing wrong with hoof ball in games especially against teams that sit deep and just defend. Pool and Spurs dropped points last year because they had no other plan other than to pass pass pass and get no where. Didn’t say Mandzukic would be joining us but was linked with him from very reliable media. And offers the same physicality that Fellaini offers. Same for Savic, Talisca etc. They really is no downside to keeping him on imo.
 
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