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raumdeuter:
When I reported the bid some hours ago many of you doubted me

And we still doubt you.
Anybody can lift questionable info from several dubious publications ranging from your German dailies to Ikebe Super and print in as news.

These are just rumors. Neither club has confirmed it and the Manchester Evening News just denied the reports

Also i just got to watch our preseason game. We appeared to have played a 4-4-2 throughout the match, i hope its not a case of LVG getting his formations wrong until mid March like last season

The truth is Di Maria is not suited to LVG's system. He is too careless and impatient with the ball to be a cornerstone of the possession based team that LVG is building.
Having said that his quality is undeniable. I am happy for him to stay but i'm also fine with leaving if we get quality replacements like Pedro + Lewandowski/Muller/Cavani

chic2pimp:
And the most important trait any defender worth his salt should have GOOD POSITIONING.

definitely.
reading the game, positioning an awareness would lead to interceptions and clearances.....low risk moves.
a tackle is a high risk move usually needed to cover for poor awareness or positioning.

UniqueGem:
I think you guys have been watching the wrong Rojo or probably have mistaken him for another player. The Rojo i know is a majestic defender and a tough tackler. Pacey, energetic, and strong. The arsenal game for example, He single handedly held the whole Arsenal attack to ransom, evidence to the Goal we conceded after he was substituted.

In that match he was substituted because he was one more wrong tackle away from a red card. He had been conceding fouls and making last ditch tackles all day long......and you know that those tackles are usually due to poor positioning. IMO LVG was forced to bring on the unprepared Blackett in that match cos Rojo had become a liability.

I am not as impressed by tackling as i am by interceptions, organizational and leadership ability ,aerial dominance, pace.

I really hope he comes good, i have nothing against the guy. But those kamikaze tackles remind me of Gabby Heinze and not in a good way.

StarBoard:
I only wish van Gaal coulda handled it better.
Other than that, Valdes is out of line.

That his nonsense tweet does nothing for me.

Yeah but this is Aloysius we are talking about, thank heaven he has not showed his b.a.l.l.s to anybody in England.

The mistake would be to keep him in the squad after the public spat. But if he is being kicked out i really do not care what LVG said about him.

When players start disobeying managers' basic instructions you are encouraging an atmosphere of chaos and indiscipline.
And when it is squad/rotation players that are doing this then you know there is serious gobe on the horizon.

MrTA:
Well, regardless of that. LvG had no need to publicly blast him like that. Totally unnecessary.

If he is getting kicked out i do not care how much LVG blasted him because he deserved it.
He has no loyalty, and mind you this is the 2nd time he is doing it to van gaal ( he did exact same thing in 2002/2003 season when LVG was manager at barca)

Valdes is st.u.p.i.d!
Is it by sitting n the 1st team bench that he will gain match fitness?
Or did he want LVG to bench DDG for him when we were struggling with results and fighting to ensure top 4 position?

This tweet has just confirmed my impression that he is exactly the kind of player we should flush out. Substitute keeper feeling funky, he believes cos of his Barca resume he is bigger than Manchester United. Abeg flush the garbage guy out

StarBoard:
@parrotibaba?
why are you late today?

His memory card was full, just got new one

SailorXY:
you believe tabloids too much.

in Woody's shoes, you would sell di Maria & sign Cavani? what are we, Bolton Wanderers??

I think its more about what PSG want.
If we can get Lwandowski we would keep di maria. but if all other options are out and woodward/lvg see cavani as the only way to go it is very likely psg would sell to us only if we can give them di maria.

chrisley024:
He specifically said he would get a chance or that he will join the squad on 25th June?

Well he said he was coming back after a preamble explaining he was loaned out cos of RVP and Falcao who have bought now left.
However it goes i am certain we are not starting the season with only rooney and wilson ( chicharito would leave only if we got a top notch striker in)

leggo:
Rojo is 95% liable to be fooled by a simple dummy/feint

I tell you, i can only assume people were hyping him because of frustration with jones and smalling.
IMO he is more easily fooled and also makes a number of questionable tackles in and around the box., most coming off now but when he starts getting unlucky with them he might be a red card magnet.

chrisley024:
How sure are we Chicha is staying? Did LvG say so?

He said he would get a chance. At the least i think VanG would assess him over this pre-season and give him a 2nd look and a decent opportunity to shine, he should seize his chance like Ashley Young.

SailorXY:
I still dey suspect say Rojo chance you for woman matter sometime ago

LOL i no dey die on top woman matter, options plenty. I just see certain elements of carelessness in his game, especially his tackling and positioning.
He is not good enough defensively in the air to be a starting CB in my opinion and he is not quick or technically sound enough to be a starting LB. He is at best a squad player.

coogar:
wazza is the captain....he must play!

is this our strongest team?

With the quality midfield maybe an in form Di Maria would be preferred to Mata but it has to be an in form Di Maria. D i maria has a higher ceiling than Mata but is inconsistent and has a much lower floor/bottom level.
I do not rate Rojo , i suspect he would be found out and exposed this season.

dyabman:
What ?? Are you mad again ?? which pata, e be like say you and coogar don dey craze abi.. Loobish

Yepa! Dyabman you wan deny?
Oya swear by Agbonniregun that you didn't pose in front of pata and use as your DP here.

Nihilist:
That gown wey be like Dumbledore's robes.

Then person con talk say the shoe be like Meatpie

Gen gen! Men are wicked here sha. Na make person no give them material to use against oneself.
That pic and Dyabman's iconic pose in front of pata nla are the 2 most indelible pics in this section of NL.....e no go beta for the meltdown that erased those records

Nihilist:
Dammit Nyabinghi of life.

No wonder the guy dey always vex when una dey tasi am anyhow.

LOL. Why is it then that Starboard and Bingzy are always at each other's throats? Me suspects there is some hard felt and heart felt beef from WAY BACK.
But that convocation gown pic,lmao..................should be in the museum of natural history ( its a specimen)

Very impressed with Woodward and his men. Now on to getting a CB, CF and a GK signed

saintwill:
you expect us to pay peanuts when we're not offering them European football....

There is a big gap between paying peanuts and overpaying. I never said we should pay peanuts but in the case of Fellaini and Herrera we overpaid.

dopeJemi:
Ahan, herrera is worth every penny we paid for him, hasn't he convinced you enough

Of course he is a very good player and probably going to be worth even more than that in the future but we fell into the bad habit of overpaying for players in the last 2 seasons.

Herrera a 24 yr old man, playing for Athletic Bilbao with ZERO Spanish caps was not worth (at that time) the 28m pounds or so we were bidding for him......nobody else would have paid that much for him.It made no sense that Fabregas and Herrera were going for roughly same amount of money

Fellaini's case is even more egregious, we were outbidding ourselves....nobody was in the pic with serious cash and intentions but we still allowed Everton to gba us.

Di Maria in my opinion was overpriced but there were extenuating circumstances in this case.

dopeJemi:
Herrera?

Herrera, Di Maria and especially Fellaini were not worth the bids we put in for them in my opinion.

Nihilist:
Really?

These are all decent acquisitions and all at reasonable fees unlike the bloated Fellaini/Herrera/Di Maria deals.
CF,CB and CDM in that order and we are good to go.

Based on what we have already.


...........Darmian.................Jones..............Smalling........................Shaw................


...............................................Carrick.............................................................

....................... Herrera...................................Schweinsteiger...................

...........Mata...........................................................................Depay................

..............................................Rooney...........................................................

There is still room for improvement at CB, CDM and CF and if Di Maria stays and plays at a high level great things can happen.

dopeJemi:


Your own worse

You know say we go everly help our brothers for here.
E get plenty synonyms: Polymath, , Versatile, Gbogbonise, Intellectual ginga, Dorobucci e.t.c
They are ALL correct

dopeJemi:
No no.. the word i'm looking for is very common and popular

Gbogbonise

saintwill:
its cost us because we didn't use the right players.......you can't use a winger like young and expect him to track back(which he dosen't do) when the opponent are with the ball....and that was valencia's flaw last season.............defenders who also attack are very suitable for that role.......shaw was a good example last season he use his pace to his advantage and also track back because he was a natural lb...alves is also an example....

i prefer d 4-man back line doh buh when the 3-5-2 formation is used perfectly.... its also very good

There is no need wasting time and losing points while trying to acclimatize players to 3-5-2 like last season, these points are too crucial to be wasted.
Most footballers are not used to 3-5-2, 4 man defense is the natural system they are used to and we played better with that system than with 3 man defense.
Liverpool and Man City the 2 teams who have tried it in the EPL have struggled when employing that formation.
Keeping it simple (4-3-3,4-2-3-1) and mastering the basics and improving team chemistry, those are the ways to success this season.

coogar:
ronaldo is an adidas boy!
adidas makes madrid shirt - the placing of the players is not correct.

Ronaldo is a Nike boy but Real is Adidas

Messi is an Adidas boy but Barca is Nike

dopeJemi:
I'm telling you, it's going to be a walk in the park next season

Take am easy o, walk in the park ke? This is EPL o, all i can say is that if we get those players we need we will be ready to compete for the title.

A40:
I saw this somewhere. I didn't see Mueller on their list. I was so peeved I decided to do something about it.

Adidas vs Nike. Who you with?

Still can't believe you guys are about to land Schweinsteiger

Adidas. The team is more balanced and would most likely play with more fluidity, too many flow killers in the Nike team