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A midfield pivot of Fernando and fernandinho is definitely elampiro's dream combo. That's about 500000horsepower at the centre of the park for city!!!

afrodoc: Bros i think you need to calm down.
Practically everybody here has disagreed with Coogar at one point or the other. There is only one regular here who agrees with everything Coogar says, so you are very mistaken in your view that people just blindly follow opinions here.
The only difference is you appear to take the football debates too personal maybe because you are the only one here who equals Coogar in NL stamina and determination to win an argument.

Dadehmola,Ruudie,Chamotex,Montelik,MrTA,Nihilist,Dayokanu,Ibime e.t.c have had several arguments with Coogar over the years and some of them bloody.........THERE IS NO ILLUMINATI here , it is a figment of your imagination

I think elampiro's frustration stems from the fact that he always appears to be a one-man-mopol during those arguments with coogar.

Elampiro, Could this be an indirect way of you soliciting support??

elampiro: You are the one who is immature. How did my post affect you? Can't you just ignore? Can't you see you guys derail post match analysis with your biased condemnation of Rooney? What is the essence of the thread if post match analysis aren't allowed to flow but stalled with senseless Rooney blame? Scapegoat of certain players at the expense of real culprits. Jones who rescued us from humiliation yesterday was again scapegoat, while Ashley Young was praised.

You guys should carry on. Run a million page on Wayne Rooney. Nobody in Old Trafford cares about these biased views.


Keep it up, keep it up.

Bros, if you feel there won't be bias on threads like this, think again. There will always be People with different mindsets who will always see things from different perspectives- hence the arguments even on issues that seem crystal clear to the majority.

The fact that you constantly hype Valencia and jones as our best players, further buttresses my point.

elampiro: Meanwhile, Moyes has started talking..... .

He had this to say about Rooney....

‘Because of where he’s at now as a player. I think in time he may develop into a midfield player. He’s a great centre-forward but in the coming years I can see that happening."

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2726774/DAVID-MOYES-EXCLUSIVE-Manchester-United-never-gave-time-succeed-fail.html

SailorXY: who da hell is Young?
how can anyone suggest a loan deal for Januzaj in the same team that has Valencia, Nani & Young as starters? that's blasphemy!

I don notice say the mere mention of young dey always do you one kind. Why na?

SailorXY: once in a while featuring for what? Januzaj should be the third name on the list behind de Gea & van Persie every other match day bros; leave matter for mathias

What of young?

Romanciella: yea so have been told for like a thousand times that i look hausa......... .others say fulani.....





fellow NAIRALANDERS wat do u think

elampiro: Lai lai. I have never for once saw Mata that way. May be I don't like his type of football. in his hey days, I will take JS Park over Mata.

Elampiro, This your obsession with pace, power, endurance and "agidi" is a cause for concern.

I know you would gladly pick Kevin Nolan over David silva anyways..

RuuDie: No. He should watch and emulate what the likes of Ronaldo and Messi do almost week in week out every season; then and only then, will he have justified the massive investment and trust UTD have put on him!

True, but me thinks the dude should be spared in times like this. He might not have been able to bail us out but aside the fact that he scored, one can't say he had a bad game.

sublimes: That is why we need Di Maria, Di Maria will be to United what Robben was to Holland under LVG. Give us De jong/Vidal, Blind, Varane and Di Maria.

The problem is that Rooney or Rvp will have to drop to the bench, unless di Maria will play as no 10

RuuDie: After just one game; bros calm down na...
Anyway na LVG get fvck up. If Mata wasn't performing, he had the option to replace him with Kagawa or Januzaj; or replace him with Welbeck so that Rooney drops back into the hole and Welbeck and Chicha can pair upfront.

Mata's performance today was shocking. This was a player who could arguably bench iniesta some 2-3 seasons ago. Even at his worst, I didn't expect such a lethargic performance from him today, considering the fact that he played in his favorite position. Na my fear gangan be that..

RuuDie: Like I said before, if to sey na Moyes - thread for don enter 1000 again!

Make I no lie, I saw no difference between today's performance and the ones against those rubbish teams wey dey flog us for oldtrafford last season.

I just hope "it's still too early to judge"

elampiro: I have never felt Mata would be great for us. I might be wrong at the end. What value did the £37m add to us last season? How can a team spend £37m on an established player who already was used to the EPL and got rubbished by City and Liverpool at OT? Our position didn't change on the log, instead we lost all hope of catching the top teams.

He has a great ability to bring the ball under control, but he's not a force of his own. We already had Kagawa who plays nearly same style as Mata.

Mata is a player who can unlock the opponent's defence by taking up intelligent positions and threading passes. He can also score goals but the dude appears to be really struggling. I was expecting to see a rejuvenated mata under LVG but from even from the pre-season games, I still haven't seen the player who was virtually the chief creator in every Chelsea attacking move whilst he was there.

Like I said earlier, it's still early days sha. Here's hoping he discovers his form.

chrisley024: Very good question. But Rooney takes his position

Yeah, but we know Rooney will never be a robben who would pick the ball up from midfield and dribble his way into the opponents danger zone, in the process creating spaces for his team mates to run into.

elampiro: They won't post much threat. This is my fear when Rooney and RVP will pair.

Apart from Robben, they have other hard workers like Kuyt and Sneijder.

From the look of things, the defence might not be our only concern if our no10 isn't ontop of his game - We may actually find ourselves struggling to create chances. I can't remember Swansea'a keeper having any save to make that's worthy of mention. That we played at home even makes it worse.

I just hope LVG knows what he's doing..

elampiro: But they were trying to be creative by getting one man to run beside the ball first then the other comes to hit. It was done every time we had a free kick. And we had many.

I know it's too early to judge oo, but imagine the Netherlands playing 3-4-1-2 without a player like robben. What do you think ?

elampiro: What was that annoying style that Mata and Young were doing every time we were to take a free kick. It got so annoying that I became I ashamed of our creativity or lack of it from the free kicks.

Why on earth should freekicks serve as our means of creativity against Swansea at oldtrafford?

RuuDie: Mata was poor simple, no excuses.

Thanks for being truthful..

RuuDie: This is my reason - Rooney is close to or probably on the same plane as certain 'top performers' clearly viewed as the standard in these times. In this light, when hope is lost all but lost, I look to my 'talisman' to conjure up somethi‘ - sadly, he never does!

How exactly should he justify his salary in a match like this? By scoring(like he did), and then racing 100yards to take the place of young- the-m0r0n in the buildup to the 2nd goal we conceded?

Bimfo: Mata is good.. But the problem about Mata is, If you Cant get him a Strong Number 4 that doesn't go forward, Mata will Flop..

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What exactly did mata contribute in the attacking 3rd today? Are you telling me he spent the whole 90mins "helping out in midfield" like you want us to believe?

During our attacks, Mata couldn't influence the game with his major strength - threading those passes that usually open up defences, you dey talk about no 4.

No 4 ko, no 100 ni

The most painful aspect is that the performance is reminiscent of how we often played under moyes.

As for mata, I hope he doesn't vindicate mourihno's decision to sell him. To think we paid 37m only to be served with this kind of performance despite playing in his favorite position, is worrisome to say the least.

#next weekend#

RuuDie: About Rooney... I will say again and again and again! To whom much is given, much is expected!!!

If we have to place him on a pedestal with the very best, he has to play and earn it now . It is not by what you've done in the past (I get am before). Otherwise, he is no different from Valencia Young we berate every day!

Rooney should leave the hole for the specialists. Rooney isn't good enough for the hole. I agree.

Based on our lethargic performance in the final third, I need your analysis on the performance of the supposed "specialist in hole matters( our record signing)"

Mata deserves a looooooong spell on the bench!!

What a brilliant cross by young!!!!

PietroRico: I thought I saw a certain nani coming on a while ago.
Abi eyes dey deceive me?

E be like say na the camera man no wan dey show am

dopeJemi: Young is a bloody bastard

Have you forgotten It's rooney's fault?

afrodoc: OLOLOLO.
Did you see Young jumping like he was jumping into the lagoon?

capricornian: Young I still repeat is and has always done YAHOO on the Managers!!!!!!!!!!

Shhhhhhh....

Our current left back is better than angel di Maria

afrodoc: LOL

Ashely young the "world class winger" has been pushed to the .............side of defence. Help me complete am

4-2-3-1....

Let's go there

MicSmith: Januzaj should be our 10. Seriously mata can't dribble, has no pace and is the weakest player I know

With the piss-poor footie mata served in the 1st half, I'd rather have phil jones in his position!

Let's hope things change for the better in the 2nd half.

capricornian: What is this thing about Young performing decently during pre-season and absent during the season. Its like he does 'Yahoo' on managers just to stay.

I just hope its too early to say these.

The middle is packed but our wide men not offering enough really

It isn't just young. All the players have been wack so far. Maybe with the exception of herera sha...

So far, I don't think mata has played a worse game in a man utd shirt

Tooor....

E be like say moyes' spirit still hovers around oldtrafford!