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Dadehmola: Playing a winger upfront at the expense of a CF who hasn't really been assessed by the manager is the issue here, I think.

well he is no longer a winger. at least as long as he is in united. we dont have wingers anymore, even nani is a striker in this team(van gaal said as much)
chicharito is the poorest footballer out of our strikers and that is his major problem.ferguson,moyes and van gaal don't have any personal beef against chicharito or his family.
or you think moyes who is scottish by the way would have been thinking of nationality of his players when he was fighting for his coaching life last year?
van gaal too who every tom dik and harry knows is a stubborn nonsending man is suddenly playing zaha ahead of chicharito because of nationality?
in the immortal words of balotelli "why always chicharito'?
HE HAS TO IMPROVE HIS PLAY.....how many big teams do u see using poachers these days of possession football?

SailorXY: @afrodoc, Hernandez will always be a better forward than Welbeck.

it is a very simple fact

i hear you, and that might be true.
BUT that was not the debate. the guy was questioning van gaal's rational of giving more minutes to zaha than chicharito.
van gaal will always give minutes to the relatively unknown young player rather than the senior squad member ESPECIALLY in preseason.
who gets to stay and who has to go will be decided later.

Odunharry: I must confess Evans has been impressive..,...

very impressive.

coogar: it's about man utd!
you think bayern would command this kinda crowd? or man city?

u have a point..its about man utd AND real madrid. bayern is not the brand these 2 clubs are.
but the world cup final of 1950 had close to 200k people because the stadium had that capacity.
if there was such a stadium now, people would still fill it for a world cup final

coogar: fantastic header.....
i cannot believe 109,000 fans came to see this game. not even the world cup final pulled this kinda crowd.

its all about stadium size and of course ticket price LOL

coded01: You didn't reply me... But Henandez did reply you...

well you think van gaal cares about all that?
herrera and fletcher are starting in midfield.....cleverley who is english is on the bench.
chicharito is a known quantity u know what he will give you...players like zaha, blackett etc are relatively unknown to van gaal.HE WILL GIVE THEM MORE OPPORTUNITIES than most people expect

coded01: What do you think now?

about?

Odunharry: kagawa is a genius

lol.
we can be sure we have enough options behind the striker.
we need defenders though....these keane,blackett people are not ready just yet

igbsam: You have made your point, now Run along........

Everyone in the team are trying hard to show what quality they have to Van Gaal, but Zaha would rather use this moment playing against a big team to make blunders and you think Van Gaal would be impressed ? As a matter of fact, LVG is looking for ways to drop some players and if he failed to impress, then he is a gunner. Isn't Chica young ? Why didn't he give him time to show himself. Abeg wake up from your slumber dude.

thank God u said i have made my point, you on the other hand have made no point.
one is 21 and has played less than a full season with United
the other is 26 and has played FOUR FULL SEASONS with United, and has not really improved significantly from when he was bought.
Now as you are awake and Van Gaal is sleeping which of these 2 needs more opportunities to prove himself.

like i said stick to table tennis and ludo

honestly speaking herrera has done 3 or 4 fecal things today.....hope its just a glitch in the matrix that can be fixed

meanwhile michael keane should be taken off for his own peace of mind.....

igbsam: Give some time ke. Van Gaal does not believe in giving time, he wants the result Now Now, if Zaha go ahead with such wrong and senseless play, van gaal wont even think twice than to ship his A55 on load to some other clubs.

About Chica, its because he aint English. The guy has great skills and he's a prospective footballer, but they just didn't give him enough play time.

obviously you don't follow football, you should stick to table tennis or whatever game you really watch.
van gaal is known in the world for giving young players opportunity to prove themselves, that is he is known everywhere in the world except inside your house

chrisley024: Improvement on finishing is a whole new big thing. You don't have it, u shouldn't be a striker.

na today? check out henry's finishing at monaco and juve, then compare to when he had settled at arsenal.
if a player is young and has certain qualities he should be given a chance...not everybody is born with great finishing, many have to work on it.
even closer to home check cristiano ronaldo's finishing until 2007 and compare to now.

coded01: You are very right! But it seems he is transfer-bound! --- Moreso, Van Gaal does have him in his plans @ all...


Zaha is just one those players that never seem to grow up! Haba! You either pass to Rooney or shoot but my friend dey try impress himself...

I would still give Zaha some time to get used to playing as a striker and improve his finishing. there is still hope for him.
seems van gaal has not been impressed with chicharito and he is going to offload him.....NOW chicharito is the one who has not significantly improved his game over the years

chrisley024: Abeg, where u dey watch ur own?

LOL. he is listening to brila fm....."yes,yes,yes, a wonderful goal by wayne rooney....so wonderful we didnt see any contact"

and herrera is trying to do too much, making some unnecessary errors

michael keane is a penalty donor sha.....2nd time
and this was like his 3rd error in this match. i would have prefered blackett to start rather than him

chrisley024: Hate seeing Young play LWB

shaw's fitness is obviously still not optimal.......would prefer rafael,valencia and young to fight for right wing back when the season starts.

chrisley024: C'mon, Carrick is better than Cleverly n Fletcher.

Only that mobility will be his problem with this new formatn n likewise the coach

I agree...but he is much older and is already on the decline. PLUS u mentioned his lack of mobility hampering his performance in this formation.
THE POINT however is that if we have Vidal, Herrera and Strootman then Carrick would no longer be 1st choice or even 1st sub off the bench.
I have nothing against him personally but looking forward to next season or 2 seasons down the line i would rather have cleverley or fletcher on the bench than carrick

elampiro: If we signed Vidal, Gaal would have a problem sorting out his midfielders. It would have been easier if we were in the UCL and had to rotate players often. We will have four midfielders on the bench (add Fellaini) it's five.

no it would improve the quality of the midfield. we would have vidal and herrera starting until midseason when we could probably get strootman.
those 3 could fight for the 2 spots with cleverley and fletcher on the bench.
WITH THOSE 3 BY NEXT SEASON I EXPECT CARRICK TO BE PLAYING FOR BURNLEY.....E DON TRY

Mata is 1st choice in the hole, kagawa 2ns choice.
Herrera in central midfield but with licence to move into attacking positions, seems cleverley is 2nd choice there.

fletcher appears to be 1st choice in d more defensive midfield position for now.

raumdeuter: Prophetic words

lol, fabville should be flogged.
sometimes i wonder if we all watch the same football. it is only in the ugandan league that fellaini is better than martinez.
i find it hard to understand what people see in him. he can not be an integral member of any team playing fluid football......he has the finesse of a street urchin and the intelligence of a tadpole. when u consider the fact that he needs as much space as a jeep grand cherokee to turn on the pitch you wonder what he is doing at United

raumdeuter: One even told us Faillaini was better than Martinez

Fish that person out....that was and still is blasphemy.

SailorXY: Silvestre & Wesley Brown actually had very good spells in a Man United shirt, alongside Johnny O' Shea.
no United fan can ever call them flops, even tho they were not so talented

especially brown and oshea.
silvestre had pace and could hit a great cross field pass, APART FROM THAT i dont know what business he had as a defender.
if you need any evidence that life is unfair look no further than silvestre's CV which includes clubs like Inter, United and Arsenal

Una try....having an argument over who is the better winger between young and valencia is such a waste of our time. Both of them are otu oshi wingers fit for wrexham and plymouth.
I am sure one reason apart from the surplus of quality no 10s that van gaal mentioned for him changing our formation is the dearth of a single quality winger.

people should stop pulling stats from 3yrs ago to support nani, young or valencia.
THEY ARE ALL OTU OSHI ALAKORI WINGERS.
Young and Valencia might reinvent themselves as wingbacks at Old Trafford. Nani by virtue of his sloth and selfishness can only b a striker in this formation #e don b for am.
as far back as his first season when guys here were rating valencia i warned that once people found out his left leg was as useless as a waterproof teabag he would find things difficult.
Nani and Young at least have some dribbling and crossing ability though while Nani is physically lazy Young is mentally lazy.

Summary of d epistle NONE OF THESE OGEDE PLAYERS IS PRESENTLY GOOD ENOUGH TO BE A WINGER FOR UNITED

5 excellent penalties. 2 points picked up

MAYBE Nani picked up an injury or MAYBE..........

PENARITY!!!

elampiro: Nani came on at half time and got substituted again at 76th minute.

Zaha is having a good game.

Yes Zaha is having a good game, Nani and Chicharito should watch out

Nani off after just 30 minutes! Hmmmm

yup firstrow is cool

very fluid play....still goalless though