No Irish, No Yanks, No Clogs - FIFA World Cup 2018

jfc

Lots of anger regarding a football player to deal with.

it's when it's your only Plan B that it becomes a problem

how many plans do you imagine the average manager has

hes great
football is great
cant wait for the 48 team fifa world cups

xp one plan and a solid backup option seems like pretty good going to me

fellaini player manager knocking out spain in the round of 32 2k22

problem with utd is not that Fellaini = a rubbish plan b, it's that your plan A is so shit to begin with

I feel like I'm talking to a wall here

Don't you get it WD, despite the fact that Belgium is a country of 10 millions and with limited ressources they shouldn't play ever Fellaini ever because he represents the long post-Fergie decline of United.

you are genuinely quite dense aren't you

Perhaps yes, but I have the humility to face the fact that some more brillant football minds than you and I have used Fellaini in some high leverage footballing situations.

FFS take this to an ILF thread

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The cutrently highest-performing (male) American in world football will be center stage tomorrow for England-Colombia… your referee, Mark Geiger! Lolololol this could be fantastic.

oh God, UEFA and CONMEBOL will learn how it feels to be CONCACAFed

Look it's not that Fellaini isn't legal it's just that his use speaks to the moral character of the user

Talking point of that game should not be about Manchester United imo.

idk NN i would quite like examples of these versatile teams that have two or more ways of breaking the opposition down

Fellaini is not good and you wouldnt ever want him to be your primary outlet, but i think when youre struggling to come up with ideas of how to win a game w/ 10 mins to go you could do worse than stick him on and kick it long to him. it isn't pretty but it obviously works, at least up to a point

repeating myself now but the problem with utd under their three consecutive underperforming managers is not Fellanini, it's there's been so little idea of how to win games by playing "properly" that you end up being reliant on a guy like Fellanini which apparently is beneath you

wow two consec mispellings i should probably check myself out

is this a 'play the game the right way' argument?

whole convo reminds me of:

https://youtu.be/g_wc9JvTXGc?t=1m45s

On another note, every time Clattenberg offers an opinion I immediately believe the opposite

repeating myself now but the problem with utd under their three consecutive underperforming managers is not Fellanini

Was thinking it would be weird to have six European teams and only two South American teams in the QF but it happened at the last WC in Europe too. So that's nice for England maybe.

yeah alright that seems fair i am more than done

xp i don't really understand clattenberg's role in proceedings anyway, they never actually ask him what he thinks until after the decision has been made

The Clattenburg reservoir of correct opinion has been drip draining for many years. He called in some drainage experts a couple of years ago but it looks like they sold him a pup.

Was thinking it would be weird to have six European teams and only two South American teams in the QF but it happened at the last WC in Europe too. So that's nice for England maybe.

<3 Clattenburg's accent if not a lot else

I agree with most of your points Windsor, hence my frustration. Utd fans know that the team has been dysfunctional on a number of levels for some time now. Fellaini is just a symptom of that dysfunction - if a rather large and obvious one

I'm happy to leave it there, but the thread policing is super lame

Sorry Number None I have been harsh, I just have some frustration myself when good not great players get swallowed by larger more powerful clubs and are misused there, a dude like Fellaini would probably fit better in my hometown-across-the-ocean club Bordeaux.

Usually European teams do better in European hosted tournaments is my knee jerk pub go to but I might be statistically limp. So to say.

Sometimes knees jerk correctly.

LOL. Feel free to clog up the thread with a load of guff about whether Fellaini is guff or not guff.

Yeah it happened in 1998 also. So if England lose they fail science too.

We are discussing a player who scored a crucial goal in today's world cup fixture, give us a break.

Good news for non-european teams (and so for the sake of football imo) is that we ain't seeing a WC in Europe until at least 2030.

Fair do's. Hugs all round.

agreed that Fellaini chat at this stage is always gonna be guff but gtf pretending that there's some higher level of discourse taking place itt that has been interrupted

Good news for non-european teams (and so for the sake of football imo) is that we ain't seeing a WC in Europe until at least 2030.

agreed that Fellaini chat at this stage is always gonna be guff but gtf pretending that there's some higher level of discourse taking place itt that has been interrupted

thing is

i remember fellaini was good and effective as a central mid when utd bought him

admittedly that everton team had one trick themselves

other thing is

hes a filthy cunt that gets away with murder, which adds another lvl of hatred from yr neutral

hes a filthy cunt that gets away with murder, which adds another lvl of hatred from yr neutral

― the last famous poster you were surprised to discover was actually (darraghmac), Monday, July 2, 2018 6:13 PM (twenty-five seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seems like we have found the Zúñiga of the 2018 edition we were looking for.

Look it's not that Fellaini isn't legal it's just that his use speaks to the moral character of the user

― Meunier tear has to fall (Noodle Vague), Monday, July 2, 2018 11:47 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes, just like the use of any other football player in the world speaks of the moral character of the user...

Come now. Fellaini is a quality player. No matter how horrible his manager is. Or rather DESPITE how horrible his manager is. Lest we forget: this dude shone under both Moyes and Mou, it takes a really strong man to be able to do that etc. Moyes and Mou as bosses and still play ok. We're not worthy, lads.

Look it's not that Fellaini isn't legal it's just that his use speaks to the moral character of the user

― Meunier tear has to fall (Noodle Vague), Monday, July 2, 2018 11:47 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes, just like the use of any other football player in the world speaks of the moral character of the user...

Come now. Fellaini is a quality player. No matter how horrible his manager is. Or rather DESPITE how horrible his manager is. Lest we forget: this dude shone under both Moyes and Mou, it takes a really strong man to be able to do that etc. Moyes and Mou as bosses and still play ok. We're not worthy, lads.

love 2too double post unintentionally

was it unintentional? let's check the VAR

https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/2018/05/17/soccer-world-cup-var/97f7b9c0c71def8f71d8bfbd83154f717f766db0/var-square.gif

red card for LBI, misses next match

"shone" was an inexplicably strong word LBI :)

https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/2018/05/17/soccer-world-cup-var/97f7b9c0c71def8f71d8bfbd83154f717f766db0/var-square.gif

is it a painting?