MikeO Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Current Player of the Year standings.... Fellaini 112 Saha 107 Pienaar 103 Rodwell 94 Heitinga 81 Bilyaletdinov 77 Hibbert 70 Coleman 70 Howard 61 Baines 49 Distin 38 Osman 24 Yakubu 23 Cahill 23 Duffy 23 Yobo 20 Neill 14 João Alves Jô 10 Gosling 6 Nash 3 Baxter 3 Agard 2 Neville 2 Forshaw 1 Akpan 1 MOTM winners.... Birmingham (A) Leighton Baines BATE Boresov (H)...Shane Duffy Chelsea (A)...Johnny Heitinga Tottenham (H)...Seamus Coleman AEK Athens (A)...Steven Pienaar Liverpool (H)...Marouane Fellaini Hull City (A)...Johnny Heitinga Manchester United (A)...Johnny Heitinga West Ham (A)...Johnny Heitinga Benfica (H)...Marouane Fellaini Aston Villa (H)...Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Tottenham (A)...Tony Hibbert Bolton (A)...Louis Saha Benfica (A)...Sylvain Distin Wolves (H)...Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Stoke City (H)...Johnny Heitinga BATE Borisov (A)...Tony Hibbert Portsmouth (A)...Tim Howard Hull City (A)...Leon Osman Blackburn (H)...Louis Saha AEK Athens (H)...Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Fulham (A)...Sylvain Distin Wigan...(H)...Jack Rodwell Sigma Olomouc (A)...Steven Pienaar Burnley...(A)...Tony Hibbert Sigma Olomouc (H)...Jack Rodwell Arsenal (H)...Steven Pienaar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcrawfor Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 had to be felli for me. he controlled the middle of the park well, won the majority stuff in the air, had some great service to saha and of course saved us a point. pienaar was a close second, but I felt Fellaini really did more in keeping pressure off the back 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonKey Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Easy choice for me... Heitinga and Neill played really well, and we may well have come across our best CB pairing by default. Pienaar worked tirelessly again. Bily, some decent touches but I think coming to the end of the Russian season is afecting his work rate maybe. Saha had a frustrating time today, but could've still slotted. MOM easy though was Felli. Always wanting the ball, driving us forward, breaking up their attacks, some delicious through balls, dominated Jones in the air, and then to cap it all off with the equaliser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Was thinking Neill at half time, great game by him .. but Fellaini's performance and goal in the second made me give it to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Fellaini. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Fellaini is running away with it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 DM.... "I think in Marouane Fellaini is probably the best midfielder in the country at the moment. He was exceptional today and his goal was reward for the way he played today." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 who did you vote for Bill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 He looks a bit pleased... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutmegwolf203 Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 No doubt about the big man's passion for this squad...gave it to him today. Bily needs a little of that in his locker. Saha is not fit, perhaps Yak/Vaughan should be starting with him to help in attack. Great to see Nev on the bench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeyblue Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 felli all day for me i had a chuckle on another site nsno someone says distan should be back next game and either felli or osman should be on the bench felli has been most consistant for weeks and osman is doing ok after a while out my concern is what cahill is not doing at the moment and although billys comments last week about how we play are a correct to a point he needs to get more involved with the game like others have said welcome back phil neville we have missed his leadership as much as anything in my opinion when he returns you will se him tighten the ship a little with his captains talk and aggression Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everton Foxy Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 He looks a bit pleased... Is Da Silva celebrating the goal too?? lol!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inertia8 Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Nup, he's is a throwing of the hands in frustration. Felli is giving us a clue as to how big he intends to grow the fro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everton Foxy Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Nup, he's is a throwing of the hands in frustration. Felli is giving us a clue as to how big he intends to grow the fro. Or are they both bragging over whose is bigger?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBoy1980 Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Fallaini no contest. Hopefully he can keep this up and he will live up to that price tag no problem. Has been immense last 2 games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 DM.... "I think in Marouane Fellaini is probably the best midfielder in the country at the moment. He was exceptional today and his goal was reward for the way he played today." He's been playing well but is Moyes on crack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 who's playin better than him atm then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogs Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Felli starting to look like a £15m player huh? Amazing what happens when you play someone in their right position... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 (edited) Yeh without doubt it had to be Fellaini. I thought there were parts of the first half where he was a little sloppy but as the game went on, he got better and better and by the end of it he was running the show. At one point he challenged a ball in their penalty area only for it to break straight up the other end of the pitch and he was one of the first ones back. I also thought Heitinga dominated the defence against 2 strikers that are bigger and at least as quick as him. Neill and Baines did well. I dont know whether I like Neill at the back or not, I fear he may be a little small for a CB. Id prefer to see him on the right if we can get one of the other CB's fit and playing well. Hibbert was half and half for me. 1st 45 he looked a bit nervous with a couple of appalling clearances and he very rarely ventured to far into the opposition half. As the 2nd half went on he attacked more and more and put some real quality balls into the box. He actually played like an attacking fullback with confidence and I just wish he would do that more often. Osman and Pienaar did well again and when Billy got on the ball he looked good, but I just dont see enough of him. He likes to cut inside a lot from the right and I think maybe he should play a little wider and cut in later. Cahill was completely anonymous. The only thing I remember him doing was getting booked. Maybe him and Saha dont work that well together, (or maybe that should be he does work well with Saha) as you would normally see Cahill flicking it on for the striker but ATM Saha is winning the headers and Cahill is playing off the last defender. Maybe its time for a 442 with Saha and JV? Saha will drop deep and Vaughan will run his arse off and win headers probably more than Cahill will. Give Tim a rest for a couple of weeks and see if it helps him. Saha did well in terms of effort but he could probably have scored a hat trick today. Its a shame but Im sure/hope he will start banging them in again soon. I also though Yakubu looked sharp and I hope it continues. Edited December 27, 2009 by Bailey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Fellaini by a country mile. He was everywhere yesterday, strong in the air and tackle, shielded the back four and got forward to and thouroughly deserved his goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 who's playin better than him atm then? Based on watching Arsenal today, Diaby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Based on watching Arsenal today, Diaby. He may have been awesome today but he is very inconsistent. Having said that he seems to be getting better and better and with a regular place in the team Im sure he will kick on. He certainly has bags of talent. The same can be said of Felli though really IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 It was a close one for me Neill and Heitanga looked a bit better And Pienaar was his usually busy self starting most of our attacks, but i gave it to Fellaini. I dont go as far as Moyes and say he's one of the best midfielders in the country, but he had one of his best games for us so he got my Vote. I just wish he would do it more often. PS..... See what happens when i slag him off, he plays out of his skin, and everybody gives him a sympathy vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 PS..... See what happens when i slag him off, he plays out of his skin, and everybody gives him a sympathy vote. I think its about time you slagged Cahill off then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoblue Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Fellaini was great, but sadly a number of players were very poor today. Thought Billy was next to useless as was Baines. His delivery has been very poor of late. Also thought Pienaar had a very poor game, way too many wayward passes from him. Really, though we dominated the midfield we really didn't create too many presentable chances, and were lucky in the end to earn the point. The last couple of draws were decent results, this one though we not what we needed. Got to have wins against this kind of opposition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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