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Nihilist:
United have won just three of their 11 matches this season, and only two clubs (Real Madrid and Manchester City) have ever spent more in a single transfer window than United did this summer. The average current league position of United's league opponents is 10.7. Aston Villa, the new crisis club, are three points behind them having faced opposition with an average current league position of 8.0
There is also an odd sense of self-created pluckiness to United, alien under Alex Ferguson. 'We're playing well, so don't worry' seems to be the message, as if playing well is enough. Performances are secondary to results, and the whole 'hard luck, chaps' idea is baffling. This is Manchester effing United. United don't get lucky, they get better.

That air of assumed negativity was epitomised in a recent quote from Chris Smalling "[size=18pt]How we played against the league leaders showed that we can go to any team and cause problems[/size]," was Smalling's message. West Brom aim to cause problems - United should only be aiming to win.

Smalling already seems to be adjusting well to life in Mid Table Mediocrity

elampiro:
“Louis van Gaal talks about progress. I expected United to have a better record by this stage of the season,” Scholes wrote in his column for The Independent.

“It is difficult to figure out what Van Gaal is thinking during games. His demeanour doesn’t change throughout. He looks a bit subdued.

“Certainly, he appears very different to the man you saw on the touchline at the World Cup.”

dmcdad:
Mehn bros... Sickness dey do me strong thing oooooo. But God pass am sha. How your side na?

elampiro:
This is why I said you should believe me when I said they were battle fatigued. They played like 45 years old men. Looking tired and immobile. When Nasri came on and they attempted to play better, then the red card came. But they didn't give up..... then the referee started frustrating them.

With fair officiating, they would be 7 points now.

IYANGBALI:
I pray so o, so that I can start wearing our jersey proudly in my area again,I can't remember when last I wore it ,no thanks to our boys

IYANGBALI:
yaya asked for the red card and he got,he behaved like a tout to get it

mcdreeezy:
Hehe....why are u so eager to see the bloke leave na? Time go soon reach when e go pack e load waka, relax.

Besides, I thought we're serving a transfer ban? Can he still leave?

raumdeuter:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1x3EyrCIAA5mxm.jpg

dmcdad:

Danhumprey:
That one is possible nau!

elampiro:
Now I know you didnt see the match.

Aguero was booked the first time which was rightly a dive. The second was a penalty.

coogar:
la liga is the only league better than EPL at this moment. i decided to keep mum about the debate cos it has been over-flogged.



chop what?
is it unexpected for city to win on their home ground after playing against 10 men for more than 60 mins?

are you sure a centipede didn't crawled up your rectum or why are you spewing nonsense this beautiful evening?

elampiro:
We wouldnt be 10th if Ashley Young had not been robbed of obvious penalties. We dropped points in 4 matches due to poor officiating. That's about 7-8 points lost. We should be on 21 points now.

elampiro:
Other league are shytes.



Why didn't the ref send off CSK player for an obvious second bookable offence? It was 11 vs 10 and the player kept pulling Aguero shirt all the way until he pulled him down from entering the 18 box. The ref went to give another player a yellow card. Ridiculous!

Aguero won a last minute penalty. The first time he dived, but the second was a clear penalty. He was pushed off the ball in the very last move of the game.

elampiro:
Bayern knows they can afford to relax because the whole world knows how the league will end. The news is not Bayern winning the league but when they lost it. So they can afford to conserve energy for the UCL.

Dortmund is also not putting commensurate effort to the league. So they have extra power to play the UCL.

elampiro:
Pellergrini is new in EPL. Macini would have by now known how much the league is tough, pacing and physical. You can afford to play every day in Burndisleaguedown and Laliga and still post a good UCL outing. But not EPL. If you saw the game you would know City were battle fatigued from the Manchester derby. They were secodn to 50-50 balls.

elampiro:
EPL teams get robbed every time. City were robbed last night. It was so obvious. Despite their poor play, they actually lost tot the referee.

DJDOLA:
Ho plss God help...have been in LUTH for 2weeks now all d test they did they said they do not find anything...we have spent more than 100thousand naira for test scan and medicine...still yet my stomach as not reduce..my family as give up on me..that's why they bring me back 2 house am laying on bed now thinking of committing suicide my mom don't eat anymore my dad now drinking garri my little sister can not take money 2 school no food...pls am still caling on TEHNS coded01 and every nairalander that I forget 2 mention should pls come 2 my rescure....my mom house adderss were I am is NO 12 YISA OROKI STREET COKER AGUDA...if anyone want 2 confirm

liljboy:
but its the truth na

pickabeau1:
Bros..no vex


Leave Arsene fans
They even say his name rhymes with Arsenal

Karleb:

pickabeau1:
Tunnel vision...

Tunnel vision


Pray.. are u female or male?

U sound female....

elampiro:
Inexperience worrying Man City in Europe. They grossly underrate small teams and play nervously against big teams.

They are a good side but they don't know in Europe you have to put in extra work. They know nothing about resting players or team rotation ahead of crucial games. Common Capital 1 cup they played full strength team. In 2010, Ferguson even without Rooney for the match had to rest Nani and Carrick against Chelsea with Bayern Munich in sight.

dmcdad:
I've told you to direct that question to Lucho our guy.

pickabeau1:
The board is happy with Wenger

Come 4th.. play two matches..sellout crowd.hospitality packages..... qualify for champions league still collect 6m euros like everyone else

Move to a new stadium... debt almost gone

Why spend 60-70m pounds for a marginal increase in position from 4th to 2nd or 1st

The fans chant Arsene Knows

cramjones:
Please Lagos is no longer in Nigeria. President Jonathan and his weak army that only attack civilians on BRT and runs away from the Haramite should kiss Lagos Goodbye. Nigeria does not exist anymore!

Two years ago when Abubakar Shekau, the self-proclaimed leader of Boko Haram appeared in his first Youtube video, he said that the mission of Boko Haram was to take over Nigeria and establish an Islamic Caliphate that would be governed by the tenets of Sharia law. A lot of people laughed, including myself. Why won't we? How can an ill-trained army threaten one of the most powerful black nations on earth? Little did we know that Boko Haram rightly perceived incompetence of the president and the rot in the Nigerian military, and used its perception as a yardstick to predict an eventual success. Today Boko Haram has succeeded in controlling 26 local governments out of the 724 local governments in Nigeria. This is a staggaring 3.5% of Nigerian ruling units! Boko Haram now controls a region that contains a population of about 1.5million people. Out of the 174 countries in the United Nations, at least 24 of them have populations 1.5million and less. What is even striking is that Boko Haram has not only captured territories but, renamed cities!

Just yesterday, Mubi the second largest city in Adamawa state with a population of about 350,000 people was captured by the Haramites and renamed Madinatul Islam. The world have failed to admit that the Haramites have made Nigeria nonexistent, because essentially they have created another country. Nigeria cannot exist as Nigeria if part of its territory have been taken, it cannot exist, if the government no longer has control of 1.5 million of its population. It does not exist if the laws being enforced in territories are dictated by people unknown to either the government of Nigeria or the populace in which they effect those laws. It does not exist when we have a foreign army that have driven the Nigerian army and effectively occupies soverifgn territory. It does not exist when there is no Nigerian flag flying in those territories, rather a foreign flag flies there. It does not exist when the Nigerian police, the local government chairman, emirs, and village chiefs are no where to be found. What has essentially happened is that Boko Haram has carved out a country from Nigeria, and the original Nigeria no longer exists as we know it. Even the chief of Defence staff will need permission from Boko Haram to go to his village, which is now under the control of Boko Haram.

Will it remain like this? Certainly not! If we have a president keeps acting a fool to the reality that Nigeria is being taken, then we will certainly have a larger Boko Haram Caliphate in a matter of months. I recall that when the Igbos where persecuted, they attempted to have their own country - Biafra, righfully so after being battared in the country the called their own. The Igbos built tanks, had a large army, were supported by both the United States and Israel, yet the Nigerian Army headed by Yakubu Gowon crushed the rebellion. How Boko Haram has succeeded in making our Army look like frail men is what many do not still understand.

Irrespective of who wins the elections in 2015, Nigeria will be screwed (I will write on why later). However, suffice it to say, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan would not have a Nigeria to rule beyond 2015 if things continue at this rate. PDP and APC should keep playing politics while we loose our country to the Haramites. It is the turn of Mubi, Vintim, Uba and Ashaka today, but tomorrow it may just be you!

-CramJones

"There was a country" - Chinua Nkemakolam Achebe

pickabeau1:
i tend to agree

ddippset:
of course it had to be the coach's decision. a player cannot change his position all by himself. but the main point is that messi shifted willingly and played on the right with a smile on his face. when messi allegedly didnt pass to suarez in the first game, it made headlines, when messi took all the free kicks it made headline here, so his moving to the right to accommodate suarez should make a headline too. if they make bad press about him, make good press about him too. anyway as coded01 said, this shouldnt be an issue, let's celebrate the record and the win.

mcdreeezy:
I've not seen Douglas or Montoya play before, I dunno if they're a good replacement for Alves. But if they are, then they'll come in handy especially when Alves leaves.

I just want to see Bartra play more games for us, he didn't do badly last night.

Dyt:
Na wa u oooo
After abt 3hrs

dmcdad:
The worse be say, him no dey even dey bench sef. Na stand all the time or make him dey houz dey console himself.

Alves don do black man juju.

Dhellake:
100 wetin?? Messi wey don miss penalty for Laliga this season already