McCarthy to replace Fellaini?

[Goat]

Can we change the thread title to 'bid not made' please?

#VIMTO

 

[Tubey]

Can we change the thread title to 'bid not made' please?

It'd make you feel better wouldn't it mate? I bet every time you read this thread title you die a little inside ^^

 

[chicoazul]

It'd make you feel better wouldn't it mate? I bet every time you read this thread title you die a little inside ^^

Can you change it please Tubey, the title thread does need changing mate defo.

 

[Eggs]

Can you change it please Tubey, the title thread does need changing mate defo.

...agree, but wonder why its not included on the transfer thread.

 

[bol-uk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCxji7TyAQU

Watching this, he is what we need. Quicker than Gibbo and more aggressive (better) than ossie.

He could fill both rolls when required.

 

[Moomin]

::sigh:: ... he's clearly wrong ... we all know he's wrong ... why do I have to show my work? Fine ... hold on. (Also I didn't provide "nothing" there was a quote from Bong.)

Go here: http://www.whoscored.com/Regions/25...erStatistics/England-Premier-League-2012-2013 ... sort by pass accuracy ... McCarthy 36th ... Fellaini 156th. More to follow.

Why go for number 36 in pass accuracy, lets talk Jamie Carragher out of retirement.

 

[Moomin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCxji7TyAQU

Watching this, he is what we need. Quicker than Gibbo and more aggressive (better) than ossie.

He could fill both rolls when required.

I watched that and felt disappointed, like Iron Man 2.

 

[chicoazul]

...agree, but wonder why its not included on the transfer thread.

Aye that's a fair point. Please merge modZ.

 

[njligernj]

The overall rating had him 123 places ahead of him like, but probably not a fair comparison anyway seeing as Fellaini was playing off the front man for the vast majority of last season. So far this season - with them both playing CM - Fellaini has by far the better stats so far. However, I suppose those pushing him on here, would put the difference down to the managers changing seats.

Nobody in their right mind would spend even a second arguing about anything with a sample size of two games (for Felli). (I do agree that some of Fellaini's stats we spoke about would improve with a whole season at CM but it's way too early to lock in wherever they stand now.)

Anyway as for overall rating and positional changes that's all well and good but the original point was "Fellaini's stats are vastly superior to McCarthy in every respect. His passing accuracy, his number of total passes ... pick anyone you like & Fellaini smashes him into the dust."

That simple wasn't true (unless you meant from the first two games this year -- in which case you can see the confusion because that's kind of silly).

Regardless just because people say something positive about McCarthy does not mean we think he's better than Fellaini. The only point some of us are trying to make is that McCarthy is not by any stretch a bad player and he does some things better than Fellaini.

Fellaini is a better all-round player -- don't think anyone has argued otherwise -- but just because we don't want to replace Fellaini with McCarthy doesn't mean we have to make stuff up and act like McCarthy does nothing but trip over the touch-line and lie face-down on the pitch motionless for 90 minutes.

 

[bol-uk]

I watched that and felt disappointed, like Iron Man 2.

rEALLY, i WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.

Tough taackling, always available, tracking back, making forward passes.

Just what we lack imo

 

[Moomin]

rEALLY, i WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.

Tough taackling, always available, tracking back, making forward passes.

Just what we lack imo

[video=youtube;Lbrrk9vbU_Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbrrk9vbU_Q[/video]

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Regardless just because people say something positive about McCarthy does not mean we think he's better than Fellaini. The only point some of us are trying to make is that McCarthy is not by any stretch a bad player and he does some things better than Fellaini.

What are they like?

 

[Eggs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCxji7TyAQU

Watching this, he is what we need. Quicker than Gibbo and more aggressive (better) than ossie.

He could fill both rolls when required.

...not inspiring, but I wasn't convinced about Barklay until 2 weeks ago.

 

[FTY]

Gibson next to McCarthy just isn't creative enough IMO. At least Fellaini breaks forward even in a DM role. Do like McCarthy but definitely not a replacement for Felli and anything over 9m would be criminal.

 

[Jags..class]

Gibson next to McCarthy just isn't creative enough IMO. At least Fellaini breaks forward even in a DM role. Do like McCarthy but definitely not a replacement for Felli and anything over 9m would be criminal.

James is a replacement for Gibson as he is always injured, if we sell fellaini then we need two more cm.