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Thought he was outstanding yesterday against us, and as been very impressive on many occasions for the scousers.

Not sure if we need him in our squad, but it would piss Gollum up bigtime if we started sniffing around

Agree he was class, but as I've said in another thread we gave him acres in which to play and at this level if you give a decent player the stage on which to perform he's going to hurt you.

I'm not sure we need him, but I said before the match that if we wanted to win we needed to keep both him and Pienaar quiet, and we didn't. Result, we deservedly lost.

I don't think we should have the mentality of buying any player who plays well against us.

He's an above average player nothing more. Not what we need now in our team as we have a few ourselves it's just a shame they decided to take a nap yesterday.

he played very well and controlled the midfield yesterday, he also did exactly the same last season. He is a good player, but we knew this before yesterdays game and should have countered it.

Barry was shit scared of him and gave him the space to play, and he took full advantage of it!

I top class player but doesn't do it often enough for my liking.

De Jong and Barry did sweet fuck all to try and harass him though. He had all the time in the world to do his thing. This is exactly why I thought Vieira signing was good. There's no way Paddy would've let this skinny afro-weirdo boss HIS midfield.

Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:De Jong and Barry did sweet fuck all to try and harass him though. He had all the time in the world to do his thing. This is exactly why I thought Vieira signing was good. There's no way Paddy would've let this skinny afro-weirdo boss HIS midfield.

Maybe you're right mate. Maybe the boss saw deficiencies in our midfield that most of us has missed.

Barry would be the player to miss out when Vieira is fit

I think he's an excellent player and very difficult to match up against.

Having said that, with all the players on the planet if he was our big signing I'd be a bit disappointed.

King Kev wrote:

Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:De Jong and Barry did sweet fuck all to try and harass him though. He had all the time in the world to do his thing. This is exactly why I thought Vieira signing was good. There's no way Paddy would've let this skinny afro-weirdo boss HIS midfield.

Maybe you're right mate. Maybe the boss saw deficiencies in our midfield that most of us has missed.

Both points are valid here.

I think Mancini and Kidd had de Jong down to mark Fellaini. Unfortunately Fellaini spent most of his time in deep midfield in his own half and at times de jong appeared to have nothing to do.

I watched the game with a very canny Everton fan , who's a fair supporter and his take on Fellaini is that this season he's been knuckling down and concentrating on football, whereas last season he was a guaranteed yellow card player, always giving away niggly fouls with his elbows, or shoving , or just plain kicking players instead of going for the ball. He thinks that now that he's got one season under his belt and that the refs now know him, that he's been told by Moyes to go easy on the rough play.

I think that it's just a matter of time before Fellaini gets exposed as an average player. One things for sure , both de Jong and Barry gave him way too much respect yesterday.

However, in general City's play was poor yesterday. I think they had one eye on Tuesday's game and were quietly hoping for a draw yesterday.

He was excellent yesterday, that said he was helped a great deal by a lenient ref who let him get away with a lot (as for other Toffee players). They were very phsical and I cannot remember the last time city did well against a physical team

i think de jong and barry pussied out and were scared to make a challenge whenever he had the ball and therefore made him look better then he is, he had the game of his life yesterday and will never play that well again. he is an everton player and that says it all.

ashton287 wrote:i think de jong and barry pussied out and were scared to make a challenge whenever he had the ball and therefore made him look better then he is, he had the game of his life yesterday and will never play that well again. he is an everton player and that says it all.

Barry tried to compete but had a bad game. Fellaini was excellent as has been mentioned.

De Jong showed his limitations. Pass it anywhichway but forwards. Away from home De Jong isnt the player he is at home. Which makes him this seasons Wayne Bridge.

Grob wrote:

ashton287 wrote:i think de jong and barry pussied out and were scared to make a challenge whenever he had the ball and therefore made him look better then he is, he had the game of his life yesterday and will never play that well again. he is an everton player and that says it all.

Barry tried to compete but had a bad game. Fellaini was excellent as has been mentioned.

De Jong showed his limitations. Pass it anywhichway but forwards. Away from home De Jong isnt the player he is at home. Which makes him this seasons Wayne Bridge.

Robson doesn't get a shout in that honors list from last season?

we're lacking bite...but it's strange that against Chelsea's midfield at home we held our own really really well, and away to Everton we looked like crap. I'm going to have to go look at that Chelsea team sheet again...

DoomMerchant wrote:

Grob wrote:

ashton287 wrote:i think de jong and barry pussied out and were scared to make a challenge whenever he had the ball and therefore made him look better then he is, he had the game of his life yesterday and will never play that well again. he is an everton player and that says it all.

Barry tried to compete but had a bad game. Fellaini was excellent as has been mentioned.

De Jong showed his limitations. Pass it anywhichway but forwards. Away from home De Jong isnt the player he is at home. Which makes him this seasons Wayne Bridge.

Robson doesn't get a shout in that honors list from last season?

He's had his fair share of stick, i dont need to put the boot in here too

What I have not seen mentioned about Fellaini is he was only that good because Cahill is a terrific midfield partner. I would have loved Cahill at City 4 years ago, one of the best midfielders in the prem IMO

Right we should not think to buy every player that looks good against us we should buy a player who has the ability and energy to stop them playing. Maybe that is why he has brought in vieira although it is a younger version we need long term.