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After watching Vidic ruthlessly scythe down opponents in the Manchester United vs Wolfsburg and Wolverhampton Wanderers (Carling Cup match), I was prompted to finally post this letter in support of Marouane Fellaini.
When Fellaini rose to head the equalising goal against Manchester United at home last season, he did so believing that he could be seriously maimed by the incoming Vidic, which he was probably aware was his nearest marker. Some believe that this was the catalyst for the change in Everton's fortune last season.
In my opinion Fellaini displayed the maximum amount of fearlessness and courage which I believe he does not receive enough credit for. Vidic is used by Manchester United to instil fear in to opposing players; one only has to watch his uncompromising style to understand that, when he challenges for the ball, he would have no hesitation in taking out the player also. It is because of this that I admire Fellaini and believe that despite his usual gate, his sheer presence, work rate and goal threat make him worthy of wearing the blue shirt for many years.
Whilst I accept that he is not the defensive midfield player many expected and it may be tricky to facilitate him in the same side as Cahill, it must be remembered that he is still only 21 and I believe that with Rodwell, Arteta, Pienaar, Bily the Kid and possibly Ross Barclay, he is the future of Everton's midfield.
Steven Jones, Posted 01/10/2009 at 14:56:05
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By the way, the gate in question is spelt gait.
And who is Ross Barclay????? The future of Evertons midfield???? Never heard of him!!!
Fellaini’s only problem is that he knows (and all Evertonians with at least half a footballing brain) know that he is even better than we see a lot of the time. Him an Rodwell in Midfield is a glorious future for EFC.
Anybody that does not agree with me needs to go and look in the mirror and ask ....... do i know anything at all about football? am i worthy of life if i think Fellaini is not top drawer.
Well, no and no. So there’s your answer.
And I love my ................
He is the future star of Everton, and he and Rodwell and Billy and Saha will be in the team that lifts the Premiership in a couple of years !
Who does the Fellaini play for that youv’e been watching, the one you describe certainly doesn’t play for Everton?
Now he’s playing a bit further back though, I can really see him becoming a ledgend in the true sense of the word!
See link:
http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/barkley-set-for-england-honours.html
I simply don’t buy the "lazy stroller" type criticism he gets. Put simply he’s huge with big long legs, so they don’t take quick steps, which doesn’t mean for one moment that those big long legs aren’t covering the ground at the same rate as othe more apparently nippy players. The obvious downside to this is he has does lack the quick feet of say an Osman type player, but to my mind his other attributes more than compensate for this.
His sheer physical presence worries the hell out of defenders in their area When he’s on song his passing is excellent and he rarely wastes the ball. He’s gradually leaving behind the more clumsy challenges that got him booked so often last year and if he’ll never be ball winning midfielder, he does close down a lot better now.
Add to the above a real eye for goal, and all in all I think he’s effective now, with some definite raw edges at times, but with tremendous potential to improve into a top, top player.
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1 Posted 01/10/2009 at 20:17:30
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That’s actually because of where he plays and he has a good positional sense, meaning he doesn’t have to bomb from point A to point B all the time.
But when he does take his foot off the gas, you notice it because he’s so feckin’ big - and he has the ridiculous haircut.
Rodwell, Arteta, Pienaar, Cahill and Bilyaletinov is our first choice midfield - I’m just wondering if we’ll see all of those in the same side anytime in the next five years, given our injury luck.
Is Ross Barclay an up-and-coming kid? Got to admit I haven’t heard of him.