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Would Fellaini fit at Chelsea?


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I dont believe there is a single post about Fellaini in this section, when we already have a topic about him in the transfers section. Dont get me wrong, but it seems its a way to get noticed easier, because a post in transfer section dont get the same amount of view you have when you creat your own topic to your post.

No it's way to get something interesting on the home page to make the site more appealing. We asked Seb ta write this article.

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Firstly when I remarked on peoples use of statistics I wasn't attacking your article personally. I rate most of your writings very highly and find myself nodding in agreement to most of what you have to say. I just don't feel that to disect a players conttibution to the game, you need numbers to do so. That was all. Secondly, yes you do make a very good point that most of the time we have the ball but what you fail to mention is against what calibre of opposition. Against the top teams in all competitions we are very often overpowered in midfield and therefore see less of the ball. You being th great observer of the game should know this. To address this situation I PERSONALLY feel that we need a powerfull midfielder and striker to win the ball whn we don't have it in order for us to dominate.

Don't get me wrong, I don't disagree with the fact we need impact and a ball winner against certain oppositions.

My point here is that I think Fellaini isn't the player we would need because he's not able to make that good pass forward after recovering the ball. (No point to compare him to Fabrice Muamba but you surely got my point ?)

That's a bit similar to Mousa Dembele and Ramires actually, both are box to box, can get past the first opponent... But Dembele's last services are poor, wasteful, predictable, disappointing whereas Ramires has proved numerous times how good he is at it.

Chelsea don't only need ability, we need the very best in each position like in the past. I'm not broadly against signing Fellaini for a broken price to be a squad player. But we all know it won't happen like that, he'll end up at Anzhi where he'll run the show.

Feel free to disagree, discuss, debate (that's also the point of the article, I express my view so I can discuss about it)... I do feel he's not good enough to be a starter at Chelsea

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I do feel he's not good enough to be a starter at Chelsea

But Mikel and Ramires are?

There's a distinct lack of soul in your writing. Maybe it's the language but it reads like a collection of statistics with very little interpretation except to support you pre-existing biases. There's no talk about heart, effort and personality in the article, presumably because there's not a statistical measurement for that.

Statistics have their place, but there's also something called the 'eye test'. It's what football fans develop over time, seeing players and learning about the intangibles, the X-Factor.....IT. I know the statistics for Mikel are good. I know he has a wanktastic pass completion percentage but the guy has played over 200 games and there's still question marks.

What's the statistical measurement for body language? What's the statistical measurement for giving a fuck and getting stuck in?

When I see Fellaini play, I see a guy prepared to put his heart into the game and work for the team, carrying it on his back if he needs to. That's something I don't think you can measure, but it's something every team needs.

Statistics and numbers have their place, but footballers are people at the end of the day. The first thing you need to do is watch them, otherwise you just become a weird guy analysing passes completed like AVB. Is that really how you want to turn out?

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But Mikel and Ramires are?

There's a distinct lack of soul in your writing. Maybe it's the language but it reads like a collection of statistics with very little interpretation except to support you pre-existing biases. There's no talk about heart, effort and personality in the article, presumably because there's not a statistical measurement for that.

Statistics have their place, but there's also something called the 'eye test'. It's what football fans develop over time, seeing players and learning about the intangibles, the X-Factor.....IT. I know the statistics for Mikel are good. I know he has a wanktastic pass completion percentage but the guy has played over 200 games and there's still question marks.

What's the statistical measurement for body language? What's the statistical measurement for giving a fuck and getting stuck in?

When I see Fellaini play, I see a guy prepared to put his heart into the game and work for the team, carrying it on his back if he needs to. That's something I don't think you can measure, but it's something every team needs.

Statistics and numbers have their place, but footballers are people at the end of the day. The first thing you need to do is watch them, otherwise you just become a weird guy analysing passes completed like AVB. Is that really how you want to turn out?

I think Mikel and Ramires are good enough to start at Chelsea.

The whole "soul" thing is overrated. I mean you don't win football games with enthusiasm & aggressiveness, let alone on a full season. The most pragmatic team will most of the time eventually win it.

The key is organisation, shape... Enthusiasm, team spirit etc is what allow your patterns and your players to gel together. But you can't do without organisation.

I watched 114 Premier League games last season, I play football myself and I coach youths, is that enough for your "eye test" ? Just asking.

About Fellaini, I made my point in the article: what's the point to recover the ball if you can't use it (because I think his passing is not good enough) ?

There's a scheme about the different phasis of a football game, a sort of circle with the different options starting from "losing the ball"

Losing the ball => teams recovers his shape => ball is recovered => ball is retained => attacking penetration => finishing

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I do feel that Fellaini can win the ball but can't contribute to retain it, I don't say that based on figures, I say that based on the games I saw. Feel free to think he's the best passer in Premier League

Why when there's a chart with figures, people are forced to throw out the same crap about "stats don't make the whole football blabla...".

I don't mention the charts in the article, that's not: chart 1: Mikel is better than Fellaini. Chart two: Mikel is better than Fellaini, Chart 3 blabla so conclusion Mikel is better

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