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Last season the team was.
Pogba, DDG, Young, Valencia, Darmian, Smalling, Lingard, Rojo, Jones, Fellaini, Sanchez, Perriera, Mata, Rashford, Dalot, Martial, Fred, Mctomminay Romero, Herrera, Matic,, Shaw, Bailly and Lindelof.

We may be having for next season:
DDG, Romero, Henderson (on loan), Rashford, James, Martial, Greenwood, Marguire, Shaw, Lindelof, Fred, mata, Mctomminay, Fernandez, AWB, Williams, Bailly, Shaw, Matic, Dalot, Tuanzebe, Fosu-Mensah, SANCHO, GREALISH, (Plus one more AM or striker Signing).

THE DIFFERENCE.
1. The team ethics and professionalism will be massively improved, as unserious players whose priorities are misplaced and infects the team, would have been sold or put in their place. Eg: Pogba and Lingard.

2. Winning mentality will be back, with strong professionals like Maguire, Fernandez, Fred and Mctomminay will take charge of the dressing room.

1. Fred, Mctomminay, Shaw and Rashford are clearly not the players they were , as at last season, these guys have massively improved.

3.There will competition for places which bring about urgency in our game, this is acutely lacking since Fergie retired. DDG and Martial might finally turn a corner again with Henderson waiting to swoop on the number 1 shirt, and more attacking players coming in, who knows Ighalo deal might be made permanent.

4. We will have experience players who will play games sparingly as back up, this is very huge. Please Ole should Give Mata and Matic one more year contracts each and we move like that, we need them, they are perfect professionals.

5. BRUNO FERNANDEZ. this man oozes quality.
6. Please Ole should give us Sancho, Bruno has shown what an impact a quality signing will be.

Finally with the success of Greenwood and Williams this season, We might do with One or two youngsters graduating from our academy.

The first 2 points are underrated but that has been the cause of 60% of our problem since fergie retired. The rest is the dire poor quality we parade.

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raumdeuter:
These are ratings by sport analysts and ex footballers

One of them is Rio Ferdinand, I think he should know some things about being a defender

Alright

raumdeuter:
People who watched those finals acknowledged that fact.

Jérôme Boateng 9

Made a vital clearance after a surging run from Messi and was always quick to snuff out danger. Quick, calm and authoritative, his displays in Brazil have been a revelation and he was man of the match
Jérôme Boateng was man of the match, Lionel Messi menaced the German defence and Philipp Lahm ran riot
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/13/germany-argentina-brazil-2014-worlds-cup-final-player-ratings

for Germany there was Jérôme Boateng and Philipp Lahm – as they thwarted attack after attack
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10964539/World-Cup-2014-Bastian-Schweinsteiger-drives-Germany-to-victory-in-enthralling-final.html

Jerome Boateng (Defender) - 9

Jerome Boateng
Got better as the match progressed. Made a number of important tackles and clearances after initially being troubled by the pace of the Argentine counter-attacks. The Bayern centre-back was dominant and was Germany's star performer. Man of the match.

Rio Ferdinand's view: "Boateng was immense today."
http://www.bbc.com.b.tldw.me/sport/football/28286068

This is how to boss a world cup final
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These are just sports papers, not officially from FIFA. These papers that rate nonsense and people have to complain about some of their ratings, most times their ratings are click bait. FIFA did not nominate boateng as the best defender but some bias newspapers

raumdeuter:
Does winning a world cup as the best defender in the final mean anything? Does winning the CL as one of the best defenders on the field mean anything?

Does being a starting defender for one of Europe top clubs for almost a decade mean anything?

No it doesn't only your opinion means something

Who gave him the bolded award? I dont think he deserve it

raumdeuter:
You told us When the Liverpool front 3 met him last season, he was disgraced

How did someone who didn't play get disgraced? Can we also say Bayern disgraced Kepa yesterday? not the players on the field but those who didnt play

Soon we will expand it to even players who were at home

Ok you win, but playing Abraham and Mount still does not add anything to his rating. He is still a rubbish defender

raumdeuter:
Can you provide evidence of this?

He didnt start the both legs but was on the bench for the 2nd leg, meaning he was not good enough to start. Still liverpool ran rings over his superiors

raumdeuter:
I was willing to stake $200 on the same Boatank you spend day and night dissing why cant you stake on your own defenders too

Playing Abraham and Mount are not the kind of opponents you will use to rate boateng. When the Liverpool front 3 met him last season, he was disgraced

Victornezzar:
Who be Bishop abeg

Lol you dey very observant

afrodoc2:
Vidić came in mid-season and had a tough 5 months . By the next season after his first pre-season he was very good.

Lindelof is 2.5yrs into his United career already. 2.5yrs into Vida’s United career he was a multiple league winner, a champions league winner, and accepted as one of the best defenders in the world.

Finally i never said Lindelof was not good or not improving. I just said he would never be the level of defender Vidić was, especially in the air.

Whenever you talk about players that are not good enough, folks will remind you of Players like Vidic and Evra. For God's sake, Vidic didnt even struggle the whole of the 2nd half of the second half of 2005/2006 season, It was just 1 or 2 games that he was not outstanding. 2.5 years after vidic came to man u, he was nominated for the the world Fifpro XI, ahead of world class defenders like Cannavaro, Nesta, Carvalho, Terry, Ferdinand, Lucio, walter Samuel, Puyol, Thuram and Sergio Ramos. So the Vidic example is rubbish, he actually hit the ground running. Evra was already beasting europe with Monaco before comming to united, had a couple of tough game before easily displacing Heinze, who at that was one of the first names on the team sheet.
Without exaggerating, i dont think most of our first team defenders now are even better than Mikeal Sylvestre and Wes Brown. Having said that, we are not writing anyone off yet, but they have to improve

elampiro:
He is not the only one. There is lot of impatience. We have had times where the song here was sell Fred. Mourinho is signing nonsense. Even Rashford was written off at the beginning of this season despite we knew he started his senior career on a high note. Sell sell sell. When a player is having a great moment, he is as good as Salah, Messi, Ronaldo. When he is having a bad time, he is eating free wages, not good for Watford and should be offloaded. You can criticize a player when there is inconsistency but to totally write off and say offload immediately shows guys didn't play football.

Oga i didnt say offload lindelof, i said DROP. Fred was dropped before, now he is untouchable, Shaw has been dropped several times now he is showing signs of good things, Martial, Rashford has all been dropped, they didn't die. Rooney was dropped by Fergusson on occasions. Benzema was dropped severally by managers before Mourinho came, Modric was initially dropped at Madrid, last year he won ballon dor.

We all know the players i was canvassing for to be offloaded, Lindelof, Rashford, Martial and Fred are not among, and OGS has done that. Players needed to be dropped/offloaded for the team to improve.
Do you know Ruud van Nistelrooy He is a goal machine, and scores like mad, Fergie Dropped him and subsequently offloaded him immediately, United won the league the following season and UCL followed the next. Who is Lindelof and DDG that they cannot be dropped or offloaded? Go and watch Pope of Burnley, Henderson of Sheffield, Heaton of Villa, Allison and Fabianski to see the jaw dropping saves they make, how many times this season have Your keeper made a match-winning save? Like the one Allison made vs Napoli, yet he earns more than everyone else in the world. Watch our games virtually every accurate shot on our goal is most likely a goal, where are the one on one saves? How has he commanded his area? How many ridiculous howlers has he committed? Thats how i judge a 375k/week GK. We all have praised him when he was superb, now he must be criticized for letting us down. I was not the Spanish coach who dropped him for Kepa of all people. Who said he cant redeem himself and make a comeback?

nitrogen:
Na everytime you dey see something, you always have issues with our players. Martial, De Gea, Pogba, Herrera(when he was here), Lindelof, etc. OGS should drop him for Bailly, someone that has a parmanent sick bed at OT.

Abeg, we need to continue to play Lindelof and Maguire, I am so sure the partnership will work.

And I have been vindicated in all.
Martial has been blowing hot and cold , even in the last 3 games he scored, obviously he has quality and should be in the team.

DDG has cost us points, he is no longer world class. Allison, Henderson, Pope, leno, Fabianski and Heaton has been better than him. I havent doubted his class, i have hailed him to high heavens before, but then his errors are becoming too much, like i said even if he goes to another team and blow its still justifiable.

We made a mistake not selling pogba in the summer and getting Fernandez, we would have been in the top 4 by now.

Herrera is a puffing and puffing no real quality, even Idrissa Gueye formally of Everton is ahead of him in PSG, he has to be shunted to RB in dead rubber games and cup games, yet he is asking for 300k/week, when we are looking at reducing our wage bill to accommodate quality players.

I am clearly correct about Lindelof.
Your ETC i should think means people like Jones, Lingard, Pereira, Smalling, Darmian, Rojo young and Felliani. I called on Ole to Offload 80% of our last year squad and he is doing just that. And that has been the best thing he has done as our manager.

Have u ever seen me talk down on Fred, Maguire, James, Mctomminay, AWB, shaw, Rashford(this season). ? I know you have your sacred cows which Lindelof is one, but i find it laughable that People think Maguire is not a fantastic signing, Lindelof is putting our defence in panic, I watch our 2 centre halves very closely every match, Maguire has been by far the better defender, Lindelof has to improve or else he must be dropped. For you the manager must be smoked even when he parades useless players. Just last year our starting eleven was.
DDG, Young, Smalling, Jones, Damian, Matic, perriera, Lingard, Pogba, Rashford, Martial. Among which is the virulent Pogba who will not play his heart out. Klopp dropped Moreno and Clyne to bring in TAA and Robertson, see those 2 today. If you are the Liverpool board, you would have sacked Klopp and bring in another manager to manage a squad of Karius, Mignolet, Moreno, Solanke, Lambert, Ings, Markovic, Benteke, Sakho, Milner, Henderson and Grujic

afrodoc2:
Lindelof is 25. We are not talking about a teenager. He will never be as good in the as Vidic or even Ferdinand.
He can work on decision making, reading the game etc but will always be relatively weak in the air. There are some things that you either have or you don’t.
His game is not ideally suited for EPL football. Same problem Christensen at Chelshit is having.

Thank God someone is seeing what am seeing. Lindelof has cost us huge points this season. Everton, Southampton, Palace, Sheffield United, Aston villa etc. Ole need to drop him asap and play Bailly. Our defence is usually very shaky with him

afrodoc2:
I am not convinced about Grealish. He always plays from the left rather than as a CAM, and he holds on to the ball/dribbles too much rather than passing the ball quickly.
I know KDB does not grow on trees, but someone who approximates his skill set is what i would prefer.

Doucoure as a sub would not be a bad idea. A loan deal for the youth team midfielders next year might be necessary.

Yeah, why i said grealish is that Villa might get relegated and he might come cheap, he can do few jobs when some of our players are out injured. For me a midfield trio of Mctomminay, Fred and Bruno is not bad. For me our main transfer target must be Sancho. A front 3 of Sancho, Rashford and Martial will be great.


Send Gomez and Chong on loan, even if its in the championship. Our GK Henderson should be prepared as the heir to DDG

afrodoc2:
Who will be the CDM? That "i never chop" Fred?

I would like to see is McTominay, Pogba, Bruno OR McTominay, Fred, Pogba OR McTominay, Fred, Bruno.

A formation change could lead to a 4-4-2 diamond with McTominay CDM, Fred LM, Pogba RM, Bruno CAM, with 2 strikers.

I like this your formation. If Pogba goes in the summer, we can use his money to buy Sancho, then get Grealish, which will be more easier if villa get relagated, we can add Abdulouye Dacoure from watford. Jones, Lingard and Perrera to go unfailingly.

DDG, Bailly, Maguire, AWB, Shaw; Mctoms, Fred, Bruno, Sancho, Rashford, Martial.

Subs: Grealish, Dacoure, Willaims, Matic, Greewood, Dalot, Tuanzebe, James, Romero, Lindelof, etc.

elampiro:
Martial has been the worst player. He is easily bullied off the ball and losses it on his own. Also making wrong passes. He killed a good counter

I have written off Martial completely, Its now clear that Rashford has both more talent and attitude than him.

Rubish:
Martial (As usual).
Pereira.
Lindelof and.
James.

Playing well.

Fernandez.
Maguire and
Fred.

The rest Average.

blackboy:
People are still voting APC? Hmm Even if you no like PDP why would anyone really vote APC except you are not a beneficiary of their largeese

Shu. t your mouth. Why would anyone vote PDP. What if the APC person. Is the right candidate? You guys are too hateful. Tufia

elampiro:
Rashford and Martial need each other.

True. But Rashford is clearly better than Martial. Stop the Martial love in and bias. The guy is a limited player

Lana1:
De Gea is another story entirely. Every shot on goal now na goal.
We should cash out while we can and use Romero and Dean Henderson as our goalies next season

For Degea any shot on target is a goal, I wonder why Ole didnt get this. Sell the guy since we no hear. See that Van dyke goal vs Liverpool, the ball was literally in front of him. I don tire

1. Its now clear that Rashford is a better footballer than Martial, we missed him today. In a serious team Martial is a squad player.

2. Pereira is a limited player. Very Useless.

3. Cant DDG make a fine save for one to save his life?, must any good ball that came to him result to a goal?.

4. Its clear Ole is just intent on provoking fans for his selfish desires to be able to keep his job. Is it not very clear that we need to bring in a sharp striker and a creative midfielder? Why is Ole behaving like this for God's sake? Oleidiot should GTFout of this club.

CapitalCee:
In play

Nottingham forest vs Luton town.

Tip: Home win.

Odd: 1.90

Boom

21void:
CS predict of the afternoon


Smyrnis vs Chania


1-0


responsible gambling!!!

Which league

In play

Nottingham forest vs Luton town.

Tip: Home win.

Odd: 1.90

DancingSkeleton:
First 10 persons to quote me with their bet9ja I.d get 500 funding

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Yet again I have been proved correct again in Pogba's case. People like Pogba are just bad for any team irrespective of ability.

Owen left Liverpool in 2004 what happened next?
Vieira left Arsenal in 2005 what happened next?
Ruud Van nistelrooy left United in 2006 what happened next?
Coutinho left Liverpool in 2018, what happened next?
Falcao left Athletico in 2013, what happened next?
Etc.
These are players who are even fans favourites and did actually played well, but when they became too much of a baggage to the team they were let go allowing the team to have new lease of life. In the case of Pogba, he has been very Useless for the number of years he has been with us. Summer was the best time to sell him, but its not too late now. Let him go asap before he corrupt the upcoming players

raumdeuter:
Aubameyang Sokratis and Rosicky were signed by one club

Even Jens Lehhmann, but these are not the best players in Dortmund as at when they were signed, compared with Hummels, Lewandowski and Gotze

Please am I the only one seeing what Fred is doing in that Midfield?

Man dies during sex competition after finishing the seventh round
07/03/2019 | PULSE GHANA | ANDREAS KAMASAH
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A middle-aged Nigerian man has sadly died during a sex competition after endeavouring to finish the seventh round.

Man dies during sex competition after finishing the seventh round
Man dies during sex competition after finishing the seventh round
The deceased identified only as Davy reportedly died on his sex contender also identified as Loveth.

He reportedly took Loveth to a popular hotel located in Ikotun area of Lagos after a debate about which of the two would emerge victorious in a marathon sex.

While the deceased believed he has sufficient prowess to make Loveth run for her life, she also insisted that the deceased would not withstand her ability to accommodate many rounds of hot sex.

Davy trusted himself so much that he staked N50,000, gingering Loveth to rise up to the occasion.

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When the ‘competition’ got underway, Davy was on top of his game and was able to chalk six good rounds.

However, he could not survive the seventh round as he collapsed and died on the woman.

Loveth who became alarmed called for help and the hotel manager handed her over to the Ikotun Police Division for investigation, while the corpse of the deceased was deposited at an undisclosed hospital for autopsy, PM EXPRESS reports.

Loveth was later transferred to the SCIID Panti Yaba where she narrated the entire incident.

Sources say the autopsy report will determine what charges would be proffered against her, if there is any.


ANDREAS KAMASAH

https://www.pulse.com.gh/filla/man-dies-during-sex-competition-after-finishing-the-seventh-round/5vqpqcp

elampiro:
We would not have won. Those areas threats that Romero saved that year would have been in the net if DDG kept.

The match you are talking about is R16 match vs Rostov.

patrickmuf:
Martial is lazy and all that, what did Rashford do when he went up top? He even wasted a good chance from Pogba.

I will always take Martial over Rashford on that left wing. James even looks suspect against teams that defend deep, he should be benched.

Wan-Bissaka for all his defensive qualities isn't Manchester United standard, we are not Crystal Palace.

De Gea should be made to compete with Romero, he has been average for the past few seasons.

Finally, it looks like it's beyond Ole to find a way past deep lying teams.

De gea should be made to compete?? He has been Average

DE. GEA SHOULD BE DROPPED.

DE GEA HAS BEEN AWFUL FOR THE PAST FEW SEASONS

elampiro:
At the other end, Ben Foster was making saves that if it were DDG who made them he would be tagged world class.

DDG is a bone in the neck that it is hard whether to swallow or vomit. For me, I have always said he doesn't command his box and causes panic to the defenders when balls in flight are into our box. Just take a look, Romero made great saves on our way to winning the Europa under Mourinho. In one of the knockout games either Q/F or S/F he made a last minute saved from a free kick that should have been a goal if it were DDG or many other keepers. He didnt have to dive to save it, he just counted his steps towards the angle and punched away. Phew phew it was it was over with the missed goal from the opponent and we would have been out. It was not the first time he saved such.

This season, if I am not mistaken, Romero is yet to concede in the Europa. He doesn't have the reflex but he is in command and takes care of the area threats easily.

Honestly its baffles me how people condemn Lingard and Co, and fail to see the number of points DDG has cost us. Check out the calibre of keepers Fergie use in winning leagues. When we had Carrol, Howard and the rest, the team suffered lots of GK errors. Unknown Keepers like Ramsdale, Krul, Debraska, Foster, Pope, Tom Heaton even our own Henderson Keep dropping jaw dropping saves week in week out. But no we must keep the Daniel Akpeyi with spanish passport, my greatest shock this season, was how Ole managed to renew his contract. Please can anyone point to me 1 single save from degea throughout this year that warranted him keeping his place in the team, never mind contract renewal, we should have let him go, bring back Henderson, and then shop for a siutable world class keeper.