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

you've already failed in some fundamental way when you have to resort to that option is the thing

this match is one that makes me glad I quit gambling. can't imagine how many things I would have destroyed had I had money on Japan straight up.

I had a small bet on Japan to win, bet365 actually awarded it after they'd gone 2-0 up the suckerz

not a player you'd ever want to see near a starting lineup but i don't get ppl who act like he is utterly worthless, he's obviously a fantastic option to have with 10 mins to play

should only put Fellaini in with 8 1/2 minutes to play, imo

Ba-dump-tiiii

kind of looking forward to fellaini v brazil willian frodown tbh

tbf to Fellaini he is good enough to make 25 appearances for West Brom next season.

you think witsel is pissed that fellaini steals all the fro-tention?

obv feel sorry for japan but that was the sort of amazing knock out game they've deserved for a while. still buzzing from that

Woman I work with fancies the shorts off Fellaini. Phew, not half.

you've already failed in some fundamental way when you have to resort to that option is the thing

spoken like a true utd fan

you don't ever want to see a guy like Fellaini become a starting player for your team, i get that, but acting like you're above lumping it long in the last tens mins when your original plan isnt working (especially when the change actually works, as it did tonight) is such bullshit

Open mutiny against Martinez? FFS Matt

Not to tempt fate but quite a drop-off of VAR madness since the knockout stage began no?

i made such an insane noise when inui scored. lads, i love football

so how many spurs goals is that now?

I count 14 from past and present players.

spoken like a true utd fan

you don't ever want to see a guy like Fellaini become a starting player for your team, i get that, but acting like you're above lumping it long in the last tens mins when your original plan isnt working (especially when the change actually works, as it did tonight) is such bullshit

there are levels to this thing. Obviously going long to the big lad is not a mortal sin in and of itself, it's when it's your only Plan B that it becomes a problem. And that's been the case with three consecutive underperforming Utd managers

sapporo beer commercial by the way if anyone hasn't seen it yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4wPEw4Ug0M

Maybe the three consecutive underperforming United managers are to blame then.

no shit

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

https://i.imgflip.com/2damo3.gif

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.