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nani is having his medical at sporting lisbon, he's to be confirmed in the next 3 hours for a season-long loan deal.

woodward is yet to send a plane to lisbon and fetch rojo for his medical. they said ed woodward forgot his cellphone at home to make the necessary arrangement.

elampiro: You are even quoting from 2009 when you had many memebers from what I have seen. But when I got here, this thread was trailing far behind that of Chelsea. But before Moyes kicked a ball in the premier league, it has reached the same number of pages with Chelsea, even though you opened this thread before Chelsea's. See below:

i can't see anything below....
besides that, you talk a lot of nonsense to be taken seriously. there has never been a time united threads lag behind chelsea. it's the cut off point that varies & the sudden change of mind that seun had to stop cutting off threads at 100 pages. nobody posts on chelsea threads - historically, only arsenal threads have stayed above united's until their fans could no longer bear the shame of losing emirates cup.

Before Moyes lost a match, Man United thread had overtaken Chelsea.
August 18th, Chelsea page 350.
August 18th, Man United page 350.

are you factoring SAF's retirement, the hullabaloo of who should be hired, the frenzy of winning our 21st league title, the increase in the number of the united fans that must have joined that period?

Within a short time I arrived, Man United thread had double its number of pages.
I joined March 8th and it was on page 169. I got angry with Coogar's insults and left the thread on Mar 15. From when joined to when I decided to leave temporary, it was 7 days. The thread ran 10 pages that period ( page 169 to 179)

this has nothing to do with you - more like the lack of meaningful activities around united that time. no one knew who you were or what part of nigeria you came from.

April 18th I returned. I had been absent for a period of 35 days, Page ran only 9 days in my absence. (Page 179 to 188)

From April 18th to August 17th which is the day Moyes played and won his first league game, Man United thread added 170 pages and caught up with Chelsea at 350 pages. This means in 14 months without elampiro, this thread added 180 pages. The next four months with elampiro it added 170 pages.

you are a troglodyte. the following reasons were responsible for the surge:

•SAF's retirement
•SAF's supposed predecessor
•rooney's transfer request
•united's champions league exit
•united's 21st league title against all odds
•more united members joining NL

There were many pages of argument on performance between Rooney and Berba/RVP, etc. Owen Hargreaves in the UCL matches. Owen Hargeaves style vs Scholes+Carrick, within that four months period.

all these arguments had occurred even before i joined. there's nothing special about rooney/berba argument. the best debate on this thread till date was nani/valencia argument between me & starboard. it even attracted other fans like debosky, dayokanu, etc and that was when facebook was still your sanctum!

Without Moyes losing a match, the thread had caught up with Chelsea's.
Band boys don't take more than a page.
Bang boys ko bad boys ni
Moyes results ko moyes losses ni

the appointment of moyes alone turned many pages. he didn't have to lose the league to make fingers jab on the keyboard. his preseason failure was a big talking point. the fact that he was chosen ahead of several managers was a talking point. rooney's rumours departure to chelsea was another talking point!

elampiro, you have no single bearing on the number of pages that has been amassed here over the years. we can run an experiment. deactivate your account now and come back in december. let's see how many pages would amass by the time you get back.

elampiro: Dec 31 2013 we were on page 700.
This thread got to about page 1,300 before. This meant minimum average of 140 pages per month for the first 5 or 6 months this year. Except you get a previous similar stat to evidence your case, give up already.

shut up & stop lying to us.....
which 1,300 pages are you talking about?? so elampiro who no one knows outside this thread is responsible for the surge? you are starting to embarrass yourself in public. why not just say you are the reason NL has 1 million members.

edo tout feeling funky!

elampiro: 100 pages in 57days, that is small na. I guess that was your highest before I arrived, unlike when we generated 100 pages in less than month this year.

where's the proof you generated 100 pages in one month this year. what event led to such surge? how many posters were involved? how many posts did you make in those 100 pages?

look at this baba suwe claiming to be lebron james. why not go ahead and claim there was no man utd thread at all before you arrived. fact is more united fans have joined NL, strange things like finishing 7th was also a factor. it's got nothing to do with elampiro & it's variants.

elampiro: Must everything ascribed to me be countered? Did I claim anything on my own? I didn't even think it to mean anything until someone said this thread had more pages before I joined. .... And it turned out to be a lie. Just to disprove any claims given to me.

I am not talking about quality or intelligent debate. But why do they have to lie just to discredit things awarded to me. It's not today I start hearing such comments as elampiro and coogar debates alone account for half of the pages here.

The number of pages went up astronomically as soon as I arrived.

no, it didn't
the number of pages have always been very high long before you found NL. i just showed you an example in a link in my previous post. 100 pages in less than 2 calendar months was the going rate before you came.

how can you lay claims to what you are not?

SailorXY: so what do u make of this particular signing? is it a panic-buy?
do you think if we had wallop Swansea 5-0, this guy would have been signed today?

i think so - luke shaw's injury made sure of that. yes, young could fill in every now & then in that position but it's just to help out, not to become the default.

van gaal loves to play his players where they want to play. this is why i cannot blame him for the loss on saturday. he must name a team whether we have injury problems or not.

if we had everyone fit like man city, i doubt blackett, young, lingard, etc would be playing the roles they played on saturday. i never wanted luke shaw. he's too expensive for whatever potential he's got. even if he turns out to become roberto carlos in 5 years time, £28m was too expensive!

Nihilist: Why you no kuku ma buy the 30 points for market?

Me and you no be mates...

I am Dbanj...You are Wande Coal

actually, he's wande cole, and you are dr sid!

2 very dark-skinned niggaz trying to convince us one is lighter than the other.

codedguy1: I wish this transfer season will just end already, let's know who we are going into the season with.

Its getting tiring waiting to see if anyone would come in or not.

rojo has signed for us na.
he's flying in this evening to complete his medicals at bridgewater hospital.

elampiro: Mooyes losing matches had little to do with traffic here. How many pages do band boys occupy after each game? I abegi, they always must discredit anything ascribed to the so much hated elampiro. To the extent that they will ban me when I say the truth.
If I sat for one our, I should completely refute the claim that it has nothing to do with Moyes losing matches.
Moyes lost matches ko band boys ni.

so elampiro is claiming to be the reason united thread has more traffic? lololololol - you are the most hilarious human being on the planet. this thread has been buzzing long before you knew about the internet.

there have been intelligent debates. guests like ibime, dayokanu, ritchboy, debosky, etc come here to drop insightful posts every now and then to drive traffic.....

this is a classic example
https://www.nairaland.com/226259/manchester-united-fan-thread-forever

100 pages between january 16 & march 14. that's 100 football pages in 57 days & you were nowhere near any internet service in those days. elampawa, stop claiming what you are not.

TV01: ...if anything newlywed 2backbeastin' should get progressively better - for a time...

it must get better till the end of time o!

...point! But it's still no guarantee and frigidity can be dealt with...

frigidity can be dealt with? how? where's the time to start taking housewife for sex therapy sessions?

...for most women, sex is first and foremost a means to an end. For most men, it is an end in itself. Many women go about their ways instinctively and often are not consciously aware why. It's why you have the "just follow your heart" mantra and it's variants. Seemingly all about feelings , but in truth it's the FI kicking in.

women should shape up then! so what's a man to do then? no wonder marital infidelity is almost inevitable.

The feminine imperative is largely about getting a man to invest in them and their children. Nesting basically. For the most part sex is secondary, or something to help them secure what they want.

Once a woman has got the man and the children, it takes a lot of desire and effort to keep the urge (and the figure) for sex. In fact where there are competing interests on her time, sex will typically take a back seat.

Ask any of the married women here if sex got more vigourous or frequent after the advent of a child, talkless children. Don't get me wrong, it can still hit the heights and there can still be frenzied bouts.

time to start investing in potent aphrodisiacs to slip in my wife's dinner plate. sex taking a back seat is a no-no! what's the essence of marriage then if what is meant to be freely enjoyed is being rationed?

But it's not like a plane on a 10'000 mile journey, taking off, climbing to 38'000 feet, and then crusing at the altitude until just before landing. Any man that thinks that's how his sex life will play out over the course of his marriage needs an ice dousing and a slap with a wet fish to sharply reset his expectations.

Lots of things can help sha!

TV

that's my expectation and we men should start demanding our expectation from our partners. why should we accept the status quo. women can't continue to frown at polygyny & marital infidelity and still deny their husbands at home.

if a woman feels she can no longer meet her husband's needs then she should be a sarah. she should get extra hands like a maiden for her husband. men are being shortchanged with this arrangement & it's now clear why many men in our generation are shunning marriage.

chrisley024: How to address it is the problem. They're not self inflicted, so...?

they might be self-inflicted....in terms of training regime, diet, the training pitch, the physios, etc.

RuuDie: Hold it there just one minute, young man!
Last season, you 'cussed Moyes to the high heavens, blaming his choice of training methods... now, it is 'horrible' luck!?
*S M H*

yes!
as regards to van persie's training regime, that was moyes fault. to a point, fergie had worked out a way to keep van persie fit. fergie had worked out a balanced football schedule for rio, vidic, giggs, etc and everything was ticking fine until moyes brought his bad luck.


van persie had 38/38 league appearances for man utd in 12/13. that was why we blitzed many teams home & away. he scored at white hart lane, etihad, anfield, stamford bridge, etc. we cannot have our best player sitting on the bench for most parts of the season & expecting to win the league title.

dopeJemi: Really! What will satisfy you guys?

If chelsea buys him now and he performs very well, una go dey say why we no buy am.. Una don dey analyse wetin person go play before he touch ball

Abeggi

leave them make dem dey yarn french.
rojo is an utility player who can play as a left centre back in a back 3, he can play as a left full back and also as a left winger.

he made the world cup's team of the tournament and he's as of today 100 times better than the expensive luke shaw that is rotting away on a doctor's table.

nitlad: Ok. Make I dey ponder am. . .


Can Mata be trusted to come up with the goods at Sunderland? Ramsey dey tempt me.

ramsey is in the form of his life, mata isn't....
easy decision!

Krizzkutz: mikuz is not dead, his is in fb sharing nudes, n toasting ghost accts

evidence, please......

TV01: Coogar me old mucker, I'm afraid bro' Balaratie is pretty much spot on here. For the reasons as noted and the "female imperative"

haha!

Not much difference between pre-marital and newlywed shaggin'. Especially if it's before kids and the marriage dynamic proper sets in.

thought so too!

Evenif you discard a GF after determining the coupling is not up to scratch, it does not follow that if it is, it will continue to remain so after marriage.

but i would be in a much safer place knowing she was once good at it......rather than going ahead with a woman that has never been good at it & expecting miracles to happen after marriage. i would be a hypocrite if i complain about her performance after knowing she has never been up to scratch.

Shall we take this to the man cave? It's about time we touched on hypergamy and the feminine imperative in more detail. It's actually quite dangerous for men to marry without being fully aware of this.

TV

hypergamy is an interesting topic. women rarely accept it exists or they try to make you think it was never thought about during their selection process.

lalaboi: Dont make it look like its harder than it should be jare. I wish i had played sef, is it too late to register?

it's never too late to register. seeing that most managers averaged about 60 points, you can recoup all that within 5-6 gameweeks

Make am £100 so i can at least get a nice Nike/Adidas lol. I go dey root for you now. Team Coog!

ok, i will raise the stake to £99.99.

RuuDie: Nope. Not temper... this is exactly something we need; a 'fighter', 'warrior'... a "I-will-beat-the-living-day-light-out-of-your-b!tch-a$$-if-you-come-forming-papparazi-in-my-hood" type n!gga!!!

our biggest issue is our injury curse. we can sign the whole madrid players & barca players, of what use would they be if they cannot be fit to play. as we speak, we have 8 or 9 first team players injured & that has been the case for more than 7 seasons now.

according to injuryroom, this has been our record since 06/07. the importance of the player injured is put in the bracket

2007/08 - 8th worst (6th worst)
2008/09 - 7th worst (3rd worst)
2009/10 - 3rd worst (2nd worst)
2010/11 - 7th worst (5th worst)
2011/12 - 1st worst (1st worst)
2012/13 - 5th worst (5th worst)
2013/14 - 7th worst (2nd worst)

how can we compete with this kinda horrible luck? the season has barely started and we are 2nd worst already. we need to address this ish. we lost the league in 11/12 cos of injuries.

nitlad: Shoo!

Omo, Edumare save me o.

Citeh dey play Liverpool?

next monday, bro.
aguero is back too so pellegrini might go 4-2-3-1 and put yaya toure behind aguero for more defensive stability. fernandinho & fernando(2 grizzly beasts) to pivot with toure at the tip.

Wait o, Arsenal mah dey go Goodison o.
Chei, wetin man go do?

arsenal might go there and beat everton 6-1 dzeko's start is not guaranteed at the etihad in my opinion. it's a big game, managers tend to play safe on such occasion & the game would be a tight affair.

nitlad: Giroud <> Dzeko.

C'mon you Bosnian war criminal!

why panic?
giroud would then go ahead and score a hatrick while dzeko might not even start against the scousers.

too early to be tinkering - you be ranieri?

lalaboi: With 160m. You can buy a good 11 and 4 very good backups for each position then fill your team with cheap but good players. compared to 100million for 15.

there are rules to this - you must have a quota of home-grown players, under-21 and then mercenaries. you can't just go on a shopping spree like city.

100/15 is even more than 160/25.

Perhaps its not average and maybe what's expected but not to be compared with ordinary FPL league players. You can fill a host of big names in an 11, something you cannot try in fpl

FPL managers would get lost here. so many things to consider & too many decisions to ponder. there's no wildcard throughout the season - we only get to make changes in this transfer window & the one in january. after august 31, it's the same squad till january

WHen did Nihilist and Nateevs turn Vets? lol. Nateevs barely completes a season!

i thought they win big in the FPL. even if they don't, they have been playing the game for aeons now. abeg, don't rain on my parade. no worry, if i win £1,000 at the end of the month, i go send you £70 to buy a pair of puma trainers.

ipukulu marines need a change of manager. actually, the club owner should be jailed - even after their hiatus from the league & about 10 months rest, they still started the season with a loss.

what has the waridabo gotta say to this?

lalaboi: Ultimate Premier league!!

And your feeling high when you had 160million to buy as much quality!

93 points is average!

£160 million to buy 25 squad players. it's tighter than a nun's fanny. normal FPL is £100m to buy 15 squad players.

if 93 points is average, how am i ranked 26th globally then? why are seasoned vets like nihilist & nateevs copping 60 points if 93 is average?

lalaboi: Nor chop the Bread oh. . .

Coog nor get Bsc. talkless of Diploma for FPL. . Pictures or we dont believe it. .

AirborneLacer: Damn! I'm surprised.
Coog that has been shying away from this kinda contest for aeon to be doing 90Points in Matchday 1?

oh ye of little faith.....
do you believe me now?

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Nihilist: 66 points...

Coogar has 90?!

You be winch?

93 points & i had costa on the bench sef. didn't know he would hit the ground running quickly. weimann, sturridge were sufficient.

nateevs: Only 60 points so far mate. Two errors. Assuming Filipe will play and not following through and making Fab my captain.
What do you have?

Nihilist, how are you faring?

93 points excluding the bonus that is yet to be added.

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nothing motivates me more than awoof money. i must collect the monthly prize for august by fire by force.

uncle nateevs, how did you fare in your ultimate fantasy?

sephia: Mourinho likes Mikel. For whatever reason, I don't know. Mikel must be a loyal lap dog.

mikel does what the mourinho instructs: keep it ticking, retain possession, hold position, no risky business.

of course, a manager would like such a player. mikel rarely makes mistakes cos he doesn't take risks like the ramires or maloudas of this world.

see drogba's first touch for feck's sake. if this chelsea side fail to win anything this season, jose must be shot in the head.

it sucks that even a 56 year-old drogba has a better first touch than rooney.

nateevs: Oscar off. Dude's been anonymous.
Fab to hole, Mikel to DM.

i can picture ibime throwing up when he saw mikel's number was up. mikel must be very good to still be making this chelsea side.

MrTA: Jeez, it's so bad that I'm already dreading facing this lot. Not to talk of Chelsea

it's not about pace & power, it's about the heart! giggs/carrick used to obliterate the almighty chelsea midfield. they kicked chelsea out of europe sef by beating them home/away.

sephia: It's not too early. Benching Cech tells you this boy is mean.

he didn't bench cech on merit, he's benching cech cos mourinho is looking towards the future.

chic2pimp: Not making excuses for Torres btw. Just saying He probably wasn't best suited to Chelsea's style of footy at that time.

when he had good passers like fab feeding him quality passes, he won several golden boots for spain.

sephia: Courtois is going to be the best goalie this season.

begovic, de gea, szczesny would give him a run for his belgian money. too early to say sef, burnley are a newly promoted side.

chrisley024: Yeah. We've spent huge with no significant change.

it's not about the money......no big player wanted to play for moyes. fabregas was chased to the end of the planet but moyes was too unattractive.

if we had hired a world class manager from the outset, this wouldn't have been a problem. we couldn't land players when we were champions of england - how do we intend to get one when we finished 7th & out of europe?

AirborneLacer: They shouldn't have bought him in the first place if they never had plans on ground for him.

Their union was a match made in purgatory

well, it's more like cesc wanted to go back home. most of his classmates in la masia had won plenty of titles while arsenal were pissing about. i can't really blame cesc for going back.

nitlad: Edumare punish Torres!

the team torres joined in early 2010 weren't as good as this. abeg, this is the best chelsea side since 2005/6. torres was playing with yeye players like benayoun, kalou, disillusioned malouda, zhirkov, bosingwa & ferreira.

chrisley024: Just that he hasn't been doing it. Besides he can't be played as a CMF.

how many times has kagawa featured for us in the position he likes the most? kagawa crafted some telegraphic passes in our last european campaign that are as good as cesc's pass tonight.