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chrisley024: Well, unto da next.
Everton like wing football. LvG must try and counter it.

Hope Jones and another CB return. Herrera should take Rooney's place while either Carrick/Fellaini/Fletcher goes into that midfield against Everton and Chelsea.

smalling, jones, fellaini & carrick would be back next week. the defence looks ok with those & any of fellaini/carrick can replace herrera.

we should be able to destroy everton with our attack.

MrTA: Cant believe Chelsea have double the points we do.

the leicester result screwed us up. we should be above city by now(3rd/4th) but it's not too bad. we could be in liverpool's position. we must win the next 2 games before chelsea.

knowing what jose is like, he would be happy with a draw at OT.

chrisley024: My own na make Herrera dey fit for next game

rooney will miss

everton(h)
west brom(a)
chelsea(h)

time for mata to step up.

jennykadry: @Coogar

Scandal is back

so i heard - i have not watched it yet though. too many shows on my tab & football is always getting in the way.

igbsam: Walahai, u just took the words out of my mouth. Those Injury loving players should be shipped out to Enyimba or Kazar Chiefs of south africa. They don't deserve to play for a big club like man utd with their long history of injuries. We need to keep it low in our spendings.

ship all those liabilities out of the team. they don't have what it takes to wear the red shirt. if it means we have to play 11 foreign players, so be it. let's groom blackett & paddy for the future while learning from world class defenders we would buy in january

igbsam: Why won't he.......when nobody dey wan pass give falcao make him score.

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rooney's only pass to falcao while playing in the hole.

MrTA: Next 3 matches? or is it just one?
Our next 3 matches are Everton,WBA and Chelsea

red for dangerous play = 3 game
red for stopping goal opportunity = 1 game
red from 2 yellow cards = 1 game

MaziOmenuko: We played better without Rooney! Hopefully, FA will review the tape and give him a 9 match suspension.

i am thinking 15 game ban - being the england captain. surely, he must see himself as a role model for the kids out there. he should be made an example of.

igbsam: Patrick McNair............This guy has a future with the senior team
Elampiro, No more arguments about rooney in this thread. Your super star has let everyone down. Make i no hear phem! from your mouth about rooney. He is a shithead and his temper is rather doing more damages to his career. He ain't worth dat amount he is being paid. And i want to ask, why does he always refuse to pass to falcao ?

i thought blackett was the best we have got in that academy. mcnair was outstanding - and this is why it's frustrating we don't have enough experienced defenders that can guide these kids.

players like blackett & mcnair would have developed quicker with vidic/rio still in the team. we must sign 6 defenders in january. evans, jones & smalling should be shipped. they have fitness issues.

finally, we are 7th on the table.

afrodoc2: Rooney is a waste product. He lacks the control,intelligence,leadership and selflessness to be captain.
At the beginning of next season i hope we have jettisoned these people draining our resources i.e Rooney,RVP and Mata.

cheiiiii, take it easy.
even if you don't respect rooney, he's a husband & a dad. what if his son is reading this comment?

Odunharry: the guy impressed me

i just hope we have a stronger side next week when we face everton. thank feck, rooney would be out for 3 games.

that must surely improve our football in the attacking side of things. smalling & jones should be back by then.

victory!!!!

united win.

raumdeuter: That was a good West Ham goal to me

the line assistant flagged before he scored na. haba, we should get a breather. we must frog-leap liverpool today by hook or crook.

igbsam: Crystal palace beating a team we could not beat last weekend..............

the team we couldn't beat last week are now away from home.....they wouldn't have gotten that penalty decision at OT!

it's not possible....

lampard scores again...

jose must be cursing his luck....

what a header by mcnair

where did we get this defender? that's some vidicesque defensive header to put the ball to corner.

what coulda been a comfy win was made into a slugfest by the man child.

PietroRico: its just my way of prepping my heart for disappointment.

Herrera injured oh lord!

this is rooney's distribution of passes....

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montelik: I know he has scored again today, but it's clear RVP is not there yet. Unless Falcao is not able to complete 90 mind he should have stayed on and RVP gone off.

did he get the service required?

yet again, in the 59 minutes spent on the pitch, rooney didn't make a single pass to RVP and only one pass to falcao.

fletcher in, falcao out.

4-3-1-2 should change to 4-3-2 abeg.

BinghiNya: Rooney is a fool, captain for that matter, LVG is cursed

unbelievable!!!!!

PietroRico: Another 3 points lost.
Smh.

we are still winning - rooney is just stüpid. we said it already that he doesn't have the charisma of a leader.

elfenomeno.....come & kiss my feet!

suxxman: Wat's this Refs mission today?

you want to defend rooney's tackle? that was a horrendous football brain. what was he thinking?

LVG better bring fletcher & valencia in.

raumdeuter: Why would German FA care about overseas fans at the Expense of local fans. Like coogar told you many English people are already complainingbut No problem as long as the fan in Isolo and Abule Egba is happy.
I read about a man who drives every weekend from England to germany to watch football because he prefers the atmosphere there.
He said in EPL e.g gArsenal most people who watch in stadium are tourist fans who are just there to take pictures and even have a problem cheering the team, more interested in pictures and selfies while in Germany its a fan heaven
In Germany football is for the FAN. Check the top 20 stadium attendance and see how many German clubs there
No. Club Stadium Attendance
1 Borussia Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 80,521
2 FC Barcelona Camp Nou 75,844
3 Manchester United Old Trafford 75,387
4 Real Madrid Santiago Bernabeu 74,564
5 Bayern Monachium Allianz Arena 69,000
6 FC Schalke 04 Veltins Arena 61,218
7 Arsenal FC Emirates Stadium 60,000
8 VfB Stuttgart Mercedes Benz Arena 55,090
9 Hamburger SV Imtech Arena 53,465
10 Hertha BSC Olympiastadion Berlin 53,449
11 Borussia M-gladbach Borussia Park 51,847
12 Celtic FC Celtic Park 50,904
13 Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam ArenA 50,147
14 Newcastle United St. James Park 49,936
15 AC Milan San Siro 49,020
16 1. FC Köln RheinEnergie Stadion 47,482
17 Manchester City Etihad Stadium 47,035
18 Rangers FC Ibrox Stadium 46,362
19 Hannover 96 AWD Arena 44,826
20 FC Inter San Siro 44,806

dayo, e don do - stop rubbing it in our faces.


rooney has ruined us - straight red card!!!

costa scores!!!!

The best

barackohandso: Your excuses are always structured for conveniency. A player as good as Mandzukic is one Bayern wanted to keep, you should really consider comedy

they never wanted to keep mandzukic - they bought lewandowski about 6 months before the transfer window. that's proof that mandzukic was dispensable.

So you expect them to have the same run in the UCL as they had last season? Seriously?
It's a fact teams would watch them well and take them more serious given their fairy tale run last season, or why didn't Dortmund reach the semi final last season after they reached the final in 2013?

this guy loves arguing.
every man & his dog hail the german model. the 2006 world cup helped them a lot & they kept the tradition of standing areas in their stadiums so the matchday tickets are very affordable.

Tvegas: Why is LVG never standing up to cheer the guys? A little showmanship can help put the guys on their toe,This is the premiership for Christ sake,that demeanor needs to be worked on.

how many times did fergie stand up to cheer the guys? a manager who's done his homework does not need to stand to get his points across.

moyes stood & stood and turned england champions into a mid-table side. if anything, giggs should be the one standing up to speak the language the players understand.

barackohandso: You'd think
How many times do you watch the BuLi?
I don't see fans going to a viewing center exclusively for German football. The fan base is low compared to the EPL
You spend money to make money

i watch bundesliga every week....same as french & portugese league. i am a football fanatic. we are not arguing the popularity of both brands. we are just saying the german model is the best!

•the matches are shown live
•their stadiums are always packed
•their clubs are well-managed.
•their fans have more options

barackohandso: They've always sold their best players and still did well (forlan, aguero, costa) so I'm sure they'll fare well, compared to BuLi teams and if Pep said man utd couldn't afford bayern stars, I wonder how a 'poor' club like atleti can afford mandzukic.

guardiola was talking nonsense.....
united got di maria for £60m. who in their current squad is worth that amount? kroos was £20m. that's almost thrice the amount we paid for angel.

Odunharry: What do u guys think abt McCAIN?
for me he has been compose so far

blackett looked like that for many games until he was shouted at.....

west ham scores!!!

PietroRico: Herrera is such a smart player.
His mobility and off ball movements make life easy for everyone around him.

2 nil and I'm still not at rest.
Sigh.

If only we had a dependable backline, we would have just sat back and allow them throw futile tantrums then hit them on the break.

We will get there tho.
GGMU

van gaal is slacking -
there must be top quality defenders in serbia. buy the top 2 centre halves in the 2 top teams for £5m each & bring them to england. there's 90% guarantee one of them would be better than vidic was for us.

raumdeuter: In Germany the stadium are fuller than anywhere in Europe and I have shown you the stat. The free TV also means more people watch on TV.

to be honest, your model is the best!
i dunno if it's because the brand is not as attractive as the premier league or the fact that your FA are not greedy bästards.

the gate fee is very very cheap! students pay close to peanuts to watch games and the games are live on TV. fans are starting to protest in england & several cases are in the EU courts concerning TV broadcast of live games.

i still think it's a disgrace that man utd fans cannot watch their team's 3pm game live on saturday in 2014. they keep lying to us that they are censoring it to preserve stadium attendance.

Payperview boosts the EPL earning significantly, Germany doesnt have payperview. Its free for everyone. If Germany uses payperview it would boost TV earning but reduce number of people able to watch since anyone who cant afford the subscription would be left out

errrrrrm, what can TV companies do?
SKY paid £2.8 billion in their last deal with the FA.

barackohandso: I get it bros. No one is claiming saint
Yeah the EPL has more fans and sponsors but you still can't throw out prestige and honor of giants like Barca and Real madrid, that's why the van nistelroy and CR7 can leave Man utd for Real madrid in their peak

van nistelrooy was finished when he left united. he wasn't at his peak at all - we sold him for £11m or was it £13m. i give you the ronaldo point.

but for every ronaldo deal, we can also point out ozil, aguero, costa, cazorla, etc.

I like your early afternoon matches (it's being done more this season) and they're garnering Asian and American fans by buying their best players

premier league has captured that continent o! this summer, they took it to the millions.....la liga is slacking.
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what a goal by RVP, nice assist from falcao.

ElFenomeno1: Di Maria.

I hope he delivers for FPL sake! lol

nice choice!!!
there's 75 mins left on the pitch - di maria would assist & score surely.

costa hasn't scored too.....loads of FPL are at the brink of committing suicide. chelsea scored & it's not costa scoring?

ElFenomeno1: Kai..... Coogar you see Wazza! LOL .. That FPL decision will be painful if Di Maria doesn't deliver

who did you captain?

MrTA: That Jagielka strike gave me a hardon

Also the result I was hoping for from those 2. We just need to get 3 points which admittedly is easier said than done.

that's soccergäsm!

the ball travelled like a missile. no goalie is saving that unless his name is lev yashin

Odunharry: u saw d goal....i will give it goal of d week

goal of the season!!!

•a defender
•what was at stake
•local derby
•timing of the goal
•the execution

what a goal by jaglieka!!!

barackohandso: And yet Atletico madrid won la liga last season and got to the UCL final
I bet you didn't see that happening given their finances and Barca and Real's advantages.
Private investment can do the magic, you don't get jealous of rich clubs cos they're rich, attractive or marketable
It's not as bad as the media make it look

come on, bro!
which private investor would waste their funds on all those 3rd-tier la liga sides? investors would rather put that money on stoke fc or burnley.

the money is in england - la liga is doing nothing to package their product. they need to start playing early afternoon games to capture the asian fans. they have done nothing in the US as well.

SailorXY: without proper cover in front of them moreso. we should have two sitting DMs for this kind of crisis @ the back. 4-2-3-1 with Fletcher. seems van Gaal favors the attack mode. hopefully, he puts more cover in midfield if we can race to a clear lead by halftime

as long as herrera & blind are told to defend, we should be fine. rooney would help with some defensive work too.

you are right though, i would have started fletcher too for at least one forward player. west ham would bombard us with aerials.

barackohandso: Do German clubs not owe their staffs and players? Oh please spare me

So it's Barca's fault that Racing santander couldn't pay their players? You must be a comedian

Spain's financial problem is economical, not just football alone, so your excuse is just not viable.

If you were heading the Spanish football federation and you had teams like Barca and Real madrid, you'll rather share peanuts knowing what they can bring to the table?

dayo is right!
real madrid & barcelona were allowed to negotiate their TV deals independently while the others are left with scraps. the top 2 teams got stronger & the bottom teams can't attract star players & their revenue is shyte.

if the same ish is done here in england, i am pretty sure teams like chelsea & arsënal would have been put out of business many moons ago. only £24m in prize money separates the champions of england & the 20th team on the table. this is to make the competition fairer.

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our defence is a worry!