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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 7:52pm On Feb 10, 2016
airmark:
Ok barca fans like coded01, dmcdad and mum, bykebyke, barcablood will also be waiting for you. Europe best 11 so far this season. It's going to be interesting



Do you think dayo knows anything apart from his burnthisleaguedown? He will still come and tell you that it was ozil german fans that protested not true real madrid fans
Goals
[b]Ibrahimovic = 78.2 minutes per giak
Bale = 89. 5 minutes per goal
Suarez = 94.5 minutes per goal

Minutes per Assist
Bale = 145.5 mins
Ibrahimovic = 205.4
Suarez = 315

Minutes per chances created
Bale = 30.6
Ibrahimovic = 58.7
Sharez = 72.7

Minutes per dribble
Bale = 44.8
Suarez = 78.8
Ibrahimovic = 91.3

Accurate passes per game
Ibrahimovic 37 Accurate /46 total passes
Bale 23/29
Suarez 18/25

* Suarez makes only 18 accurate passes per game, 25 total despite playing in a possession obsessed team.

* Suarez unsuccessful touches and dispossessed per game almost twice of that of Bale.

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I looked at Suarez's stats recently, I think it was in December, I saw that he was being fed in Barcelona. When I went back to his Liverpool stat, there was so much difference. Whoscored look at all these factors.

Messi takes the ball and goes past two men before before scoring or Assisting a goal, whoscored will record every effort put into that goal; the distance covered, the two succesful dribbling, the solo effort, etc. But when another gets a tap-in goal, he gets only credit for the goal.

On Gomez, whoscored also looks at a number of important stats.
Saves vs number of shots, Saves vs point bank Shots, Saves on one vs one situations. Errors leading to goal. I must mention too that the solidity of the defence also determines a goalkeeper's exposure.


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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Offical Bayern Munich Fan Thread: 6x Champions Of Europe by elampiro(m): 6:39pm On Feb 10, 2016
airmark:
Since raumdeuter trusts www.whoscored.com's ratings as very credible and flaunted them on this forum. It's my pleasure to bring the ratings to his notice and seek for his opinion on ikedia's last season rating, alago not making burnthisleaguedown best 11 in 2014/2015 and busquets not making la liga best 11 last season too.


cc elampiro
Hazard was the best player in EPL last season. They started calling him Ikedia because you guys hyped him beyond his capability. Then Coogar cast a spell on him this season.

I praised Hazard so much last season, but I was shocked to run into some Chelsea fans who thought he was better than Neymar. And they were ready to kill for that. Then I knew I had to stop promoting him too.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 6:35pm On Feb 10, 2016
airmark:
Gugurakpa ratings cheesy Then post your pizzakpa ratings where rooney was the motm ahead of de gea , courtois, damian and costa. Most uk media that are known for hyping rooney's performances rated him lowly as i posted. How do you explain gomes as the best keeper on whoscored rating's best 11 so far this season as below or how Suarez could nt make the list. Leave trash for whoscored .
I will respond to you properly later. I must tell you first that Suarez doesn't deserve to be there. I will tell you why when I get home.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:30am On Feb 10, 2016
Airmark: This is the comprehensive ratings from your gugurakpa rating website. When I saw the way they rated some players, I laf in pigin. Ukwu!!! The ratings of Blind and William are highly ridiculous. Blind that invited pressure on us with his lack of speed and unnecessary fouls. Not able to make simple aerial clearances.
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Chelsea
Thibaut Courtois - 7 Ensure Chelsea stayed in the game early on thanks to saves from Carrick and Martial
Branislav Ivanovic - 6 Didn’t appreciate the dual threat of Martial and Borthwick-Jackson against him.
Kurt Zouma - 7 Suffered what seemed to be a bad injury after a solid game at the back.
John Terry - 7 Usual committed self, buoyed by a crowd permanently showing their support for the club captain
Cesar Azpilicueta - 6 Solid performance from Chelsea's consistent full-back.
Nemanja Matic - 5 Subbed off for Pedro and rightly so due to anonymous performance in the middle.
Jon Obi Mikel - 6 Broke up play when needed, keeping things tight despite Chelsea looking flawed in other parts of the pitch.
Cesc Fabregas – 5 Not able to influence anything in the final third as he flitted in and out of the game.
Willian - 5 Not too threatening considering the age of his opponent at left-back, should have made him work harder.
Oscar - 5 Doesn’t enjoy it as much out on the left and was hooked early on for Hazard.
Diego Costa - 7 Struggled to get in the game early on but kept battling on to score the late equaliser and could have had more.
Subs
Eden Hazard - 6 Little influence.
Gary Cahill – 6 Slotted in fine.
Pedro - 6 Spread the play
John Terry has said he will leave Chelsea at the end of the season. Credit: PA

Man United
David De Gea - 7 Not at his busiest but was alert to all danger, producing a great save from Ivanovic.
Matteo Darmian - 8 Progressive down the right flank but his crossing never reached a colleague in red.
Chris Smalling - 7 Solid and composed against a lethargic Diego Costa.
Daley Blind - 8 Read the game well throughout and was able to start United coming out from the back.
Cameron Borthwick-Jackson - 8 Not phased by the occasion nor Chelsea’s only player offering pace going forward in Willian.
Michael Carrick - 7 The metronome of the team throughout as he instigated attacks and kept things ticking off.
Marouane Fellaini - 7 Often found up the field trying to cause havoc with his physical nature but rarely did.
Juan Mata - 7 Calmed down proceedings when he needed to on his return to Stamford Bridge, without being a creative threat.
Anthony Martial - 6 Dangerous on the ball but needed to find space more often, as he drifted in and out.
Jesse Lingard - 7 Took his goal with aplomb thanks to a great first touch and ruthless finish.
Wayne Rooney - 6 Struggled to find his place in the game despite supposedly being in form.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:16am On Feb 10, 2016
raumdeuter:
I understand you perfectly too. Do you care about the type of football your team plays or you just want to win. Having said that, I know not winning for like 3yrs would want even the purist to just try anything that would just bring victory

Well not my business. I am not a Man utd fan, actually I hate Man utd. But I prefer playing clubs with history like Man utd in Europe than just these newbie.
Thanks for the concern. I still believe we will finish top four.

I prefer attacking football, but I don't want us to go the way of Arsenal or Liverpool. I want anything to return us to EPL title immediately. After then we can consider the rest things.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:11am On Feb 10, 2016
airmark:
I watched rooney recently and that was what brought out my opinion of his improvement. Now where do you stand, cos i could see you referring to whoscored rooney's rating. Don't tell me that they were right by naming rooney as man of the match again cos you made the statement below,


Dont lemme think you dont have a mind of your own. We all watched the match and we know how it went down. Your manchester evening newspaper rated de gea and damian above your rooney. His early season performances made his performance looked superb to you.



Continue deceiving yourself only whoscored rated rooney as man of the match, even you initially rated de gea and dissociated from rooney motm nonsense before you started your macabre dance with dayo raumdeuter lately. Most known sources rated costa above rooney. So stop unneccessary rants.
Whoscored is the most objective rating, although there could be plus and minus. Whoscored sees what the ordinary eye cannot see. Rooney rated 7.8. When a striker or a goalkeeper rates 7.5 and above, it means he had a good game, particularly if the striker didn't record a goal to boost his rating.

You brought gugurakpa ratings from nowhere. I could do the same to suggest Rooney was the MOTM. I decided to stick to established and renowned rating sites.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 11:28pm On Feb 09, 2016
raumdeuter:
Elamps, You dey yarn like say you no know Mourinho. Which Lingaard and Jackson? If Mourinho comes to man utd his first priority is to fight Pep at City and all those Lingaard and jackson straight out of the door, for more experienced mercenary that can guarantee some trophy immediately. For example with Mourinho as coach Jackson would be sitting permanently from today because of the offside line vs Chelsea



How many of Mou recruits in the past 5yrs have been anything to write home about? From madrid to Chelsea.



I would say if you want instant success Mou has the best chance of it but given the recent happenings in Chelsea thats not guaranteed and you must be ready to spend another 150M over the next few windows for that to happen

All those English boys in your team would be sent out, All those young players too. Any player thats to opinionated too would be sent out

I actually want Mourinho to come to Man utd sef to show ppl his Chelsea and Madrid debacle was not a mistake
You have solid points, but I desperately want that instant success. Success here also means we are never below top 3, plus one trophy. I would really enjoy such build up to United vs City with further hype of Mourinho and Guardiola rivalry.

Poch, AVB, Giggs could mean we will be contesting position with Everton, Spurs and West Ham in the next three seasons.

As for recruit, I don't think Costa, Zouma and Matic are below average. At least Matic was a key figure when the won the league.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m):
raumdeuter:
If Giggs can take over and start developing and building the team philosophy from now or you can get one of those Bilic Pocchetino or if you want to go to the continent

Its just my opinion or what do you think?
I see Mourinho as someone who can get short term success, start a fight and just walk out to the next money(PSG)
We are capable of holding Mourinho down for at least 5 years. If he is not put under serious pressure with huge target on his neck, he might help develop some players. He will be more patient with such players like Lingard and Borthwith - Jackson.

But we can be sure his recruits will lift the team better than the players Moyes and Gaal brought. Bringing Porch is a 50-50 chance for success, we might just end up going round circles.

In a nutshell we desperately need to prove we are as big as we claim by winning trophies within the next two seasons, and only Mourinho can guarantee that. After that we can be patient a little while to find another coach to continue should Mourinho quit. Ancelotti replaced him in Madrid, we can get an experienced coach to take over from him again.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:57pm On Feb 09, 2016
raumdeuter:
How sustainable is Mourinho tactics in the long run. Check all the clubs he has coached and even when he wins within his 3 yr stint, what happens after those 3 yrs

Man Utd mgt needs to decide if they want to play attacking football and always get a coach with attacking philosophy or if na defensive football and get a coach like that

You cant go from Van gaal to Mourinho then to attacking
In this case, I would rather keep Van Gaal. We need a tested coach to take over. Ancelotti is taken. Guardiola is taken. Who else is available?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:46pm On Feb 09, 2016
raumdeuter:
Dont you think Mourinho's pattern would sharply contrast Van Gaals pattern

Next yr with Mourinho you have to start playing defensive would the fans not complain and how would the players adjust
That's my fear, particularly with the players on ground. Half of the players will have to give way.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:14pm On Feb 09, 2016
raumdeuter:
He is among the people other chelsea fans call Shekpe fans on their thread, aka people with low football IQ

Elamps Do you support Man utd firing Van gaal and if they fire LvG who do you want to replace him with?
I get confused about Van Gaal. Today I am tired of him, tomorrow I like him again.

Mourinho should replace him in case he is sacked. It's too bad a coach of his calibre couldn't prove himself here. This is suppose to be his last job, and he is going to end his career on a low. I wish he could turn it around.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:44pm On Feb 09, 2016
raumdeuter:
Elamps you no suppose dey argue with airmark. he no sabi anything for football aside posting gifs
No wonder, e no even sabi argue.

Make I leave am.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:41pm On Feb 09, 2016
airmark:
Lol, rooney gave an assist that was as a result of his poor first touch which Lingard fed on. only robots and dayo will rate Rooney's performance ahead of Costa's. despite utd having a better possession especially in the first half. Instead of Rooney staying in pole position for better chances he would fall deep playing like an attacking midfielder . Technically he was supposed to be substituted. He caused serious problem for real attacking midfielders as he choked up space. Lvg must have cautioned him after the break, but no matter how you turn letter o it can't change its value, he started making silly solo decisions. His performance still remains a far cry from what a great CF should give . Rooney of Ferguson era would have scored a brace before half time. Well, enjoy your captain fantastica's recovery.
Whoscored rated Rooney the Man of the Match. It uses opta stat as its base for Rating. Rooney did more right things in attacking zone than Costa, that was why he had that rating. Rooney doesnt have to stay in the box always. Manchester United is not set up to play like that. Martial doesnt stay in the box while playing as number 9 for us. Our number 9 also involves in build up just like Madrid set up their 9 since Ancelotti's era.

Secondly, Rooney's touch for Lingard was a perfect touch. It was intended. Masterstroke! You have not been watching Rooney recently, his touches have been classical. His back hill goal, his back hill flick pass exchange with Martial. All these were deliberate. You are a joke.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 7:19pm On Feb 09, 2016
airmark:
Costa scored , Rooney did not. Costa forced a great dying minute save from de gea, I can't remember Rooney's good attempt. Still Costa is not yet there , so why would I hail the opposing cf who was mostly looking for who to give the pass to or when he wanted to do it alone was making silly overhead kick.
Rooney gave an Assist, and the game ended 1-1.

Rooney's shot on target caused Courtois to dive full length to push the ball into corner kick.

Without our slip, Costa would not have scored or contributed to any goal. Awoof goal.

According to whoscored, Rooney recorded more key attacking events than Costa.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 3:25pm On Feb 09, 2016
airmark:
Have made my point that he has improved from irritating forms of the past especially his poor first touch. But still needs to do more as a CF. If Suarez is not scoring at least you'll see him forcing saves from inside the box. Not making senseless lob . Lingard n martial made the best attempts not Rooney .
Even Suarez too sometimes makes senseless lobs. And a striker doesn't have to make the best attempts in every match. Ivanovic made the best attempt for Chelsea.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 3:21pm On Feb 09, 2016
Spy360:
Lame excuse, if he isn't playing make him play that is why you are his coach.
Which coach are you referring to?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 3:19pm On Feb 09, 2016
Spy360:
He is better because his teams play better football than Mou's teams.

Besides, Man United's squad need an overhaul, which LvG couldn't achieve after spending £300m. Mou would require a similar amount, Poch wouldn't need an overhaul.

Mourinho does not do kids, Poch knows how to develop kids which is an integral part of United's philosophy as a club.

Mourinho has won titles, he is still basking in the euphoria of past glory, Poch is young and hungry, he would die to win titles at United.

Finally, looking at what both have achieved recently, with Tottenham showing remarkable consistency despite having lesser quality compared to Mou's Chelsea, it can be argued that with better materials Poch will achieve more.

Thanks.
What Poch is doing at Tottenham is what David Moyes was doing at Everton. Everything you said about him could be said about Moyes at Everton, except Moyes had a leaner budget.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 12:04pm On Feb 09, 2016
airmark:
Go figure, i have nt been impressed by costa's performances despite scoring for us. So also rooney as CF. May be you are one of those who thought rooney was man of the match against chelsea.
And you refused to see where I mentioned DeGea and Courtois as men of the match. You started an argument over nothing. From a striker must always score, to bla bla bla......
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:28am On Feb 09, 2016
Ajax youth coach Ronald de Boer says Juan Mata isn't good enough for Manchester United.

He speaks to Van Gaal on a regular basis – but that has not stopped him casting a critical eye over United.

He said: “Louis has very few players who can make the difference at United. When I look at Bayern Munich, for example, they have a player in almost every position who really stands out.

"Juan Mata is just not good enough to carry the team when it comes to attacking. He is more the type who has to work for the real big players."

[Source: Tribal Football] #MUFC #Mata
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:16am On Feb 09, 2016
Manchester United have been dealt another blow as both Adnan Januzaj and Guillermo Varela suffered injuries while playing for the U21s in a 7-0 win over Norwich.

Januzaj suffered what appeared to be a hamstring injury, and although he initially attempted to carry on, the 21-year-old was eventually substituted with 33 minutes gone.

And right-back Varela, who has made four appearances for the senior side this term, followed the Belgium international down the tunnel after suffering a muscular injury.

Memphis Depay started for United as Louis van Gaal and Ryan Giggs were both in attendance for the match at Old Trafford.

Uniteds scorers were W.Keane (5), Pereira, and Fosu-Mensah. Depay made 3 assists.

[Source: M.E.N] #MUFC #U21
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Too bad.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:05am On Feb 09, 2016
Spy360:
If the Pochentino rumours arew true then United has got a real deal.

He is better than Mourinho, cool headed, young, hungry and can use young players.

I hope Woodward would't see this. cheesy
How is he better than Mourinho? We will be doing 'try your lucky with him' . Going round circles while someone who can guarantee success is waiting.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 8:57am On Feb 09, 2016
patrickmuf:
Hello guys, check out the highlights of our U21 team vs Norwich, Depay, Pereira, Fosu Mensah and Will Keane were very impressive...
Will Keane sco9red a Cantona esque goal and Depay did all we've been waiting for him to do with the first team...
Where is the link to the highlight?

Meanwhile, Mephis torn to pieces by fans. Rooney coming to his defence saying other things happened from when Mephis gave the ball away to when we conceded.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m):
airmark:
A CF, who plays most of his balls outside of box 18 should not be taken serious. Martial and lingard were more ruthless in front of our goal than rooney yesterday. It is not about kicking balls to no where.
So how come Rooney has contributed to 9 of our last 11 goals?

He had 2 shots on target yesterday. It doesnt matter where he took them. His goals this season are mostly from inside the box.

If not that Blind slipped Costa would have ended the match with one shot on target. It meant Ivanovic was more of a goal threat than Costa. Before the slip, Costa took 5 Shots and only 1 on target. So he was even worse shooting to nowhere.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 3:11pm On Feb 08, 2016
airmark:
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Technically speaking YES. But rooney has improved from his past wack performances.
So which centre forward scores in every match?

William tried there. He borrowed that from Nani.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 2:25pm On Feb 08, 2016
chrisley024:
NO! He should leave in the summer. He lacks motivation and guidance for his team. Though not his proponent, but a Jose's team would have come out of the game with 3 points.
Yes, Mourinho cannot spend £250 million and not be contesting for the league or winning trophies in the second season.

My only fear is whether he can use these players to play his kind of game. These guys have started playing attractive football. But no be attractive football we go eat.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 1:19pm On Feb 08, 2016

As Rooney played yesterday people still dey complain. What would he have done? Must centre forward always score?

Rooney CF
Assist 1
Chances created 2
Shots 5
Shots on target 2
Dribbles 4

Defensive
Clearances 2
He was the one marking Terry in set plays. Terry as we know has a good aerial ability.



European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m):
chrisley024:
As a CF what did he do yesterday and you're here writing epistle. He passed Ivanovic, which everyone now does, and was trying a chip in the box and before that was trying an overhead kick instead of giving Fellaini a through pass; things you'd caution kids like Lingard if they do. He and Mata were not pressing from front which allowed chelshit defenders to run with the ball to our half and the midfield getting outnumbered. Both are not leading the team.
He had the back to the goal in his overhead kick. I have not seen the action a second time, but sometimes in football your body tells you what to do in a fast situation.

Rooney did not only beat Ivanovic yesterday, he also dribble other players. At one point he he had gone past Terry and Cahil before Cahil last ditch tackle took away the ball. So don't rubbish his dribbling. Only William (5) had more dribbling than Rooney (4). No other United player had more than 1 dribbling. Martial had only 1 dribbling as recorded by Opta. You will have to completely displace your marker to have a successful dribble.

Yes he had another option to have picked Herrera who was coming at the edge of the box, but that can't count as a negative to his game yesterday. We have seen Martial done that selfish play over and over again, yet we forgive him. Even yesterday he had an option of picking Fellaini in the penalty spot area but he aimed for the near post. Even a short to far post could have seen Fellaini or Rooney having a tap in should it be going wide.

As for pressing for the ball, we didnt have that issue yesterday. Anyone who pressed for the ball yesterday would have been wasting time and energy. And I dont know how one or two players not pressing for the ball against three or four defenders makes us outnumbered in midfield. Instead we should outnumbere then.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 12:05pm On Feb 08, 2016
olabode89:
I mentioned it immediately after the match. It would have been an easy interception or he would have shadowed Costa away from the goal.
It was so pianful. If only Smalling was the one there. Also at that point I wondered what separated the two centre backs. We need to learn how to organize defence in different situations. In difficult situations, the two centre backs usually stick together while others go for tackles in wide areas. The defence was not kept water tight with right arrangement of men across our own third.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m):
3. On individual performance.

Considering how he has stayed fit, it's hard to tell Blind to go to the bench as a third cover for Jones and Rojo. But at this time we have to do the right things to ensure a strong finish. We need someone who can read and jump to head aerial balls away. Yesterday, Costa stretched to head a corner that fell on Blind. His lack of speed has also meant he puts us under threat every time he runs to contest a long ball to an opposing player. Yesterday he had to resort to foul to save himself against a ball that was originally his. But Blind has a great vision. His passing from defence is second to none. However, that doesn't compensate for his defensive weaknesses which puts us under pressure.

Jackson has done very well. His pace has covered so much for Blind on the left side. His combination with Martial makes me think Rojo should not be rushed back to the left back when he returns. He looks up to pick a pass whenever he has the ball. He runs when he is suppose to run, he opens up for a return pass. Most of his forward passes between two defenders wont be seen by Rojo.

Darmian is good. He is growing into the games. But his forward play is a great worry. He gets gifted with plenty of space to burst forward into the final third, but he doesn't have the speed.

Smalling has been consistent this season and thank God he has been fit. We are so lucky there because he used to go on and off with injuries in the course of a season.

Carrick and Fellaini. Except for their defensive liability, these two guys have been okay. Even though I would prefer Schneirdelin given a starting place, Fellaini has made some statements why he could also start.

Lingard, I will wait for Valencia to play behind him before I can judge his wing play. His eyes for goals justifies why he is starting. Plus Depay is not serious.

Mata, he is playing in his favourite number 10. With a run of games we will be able to see and say more about him. But so far so good. He is helping us in the passing and possession department.

Rooney is having a good time now. More shots, better ball retention and good overall play. His reactions are faster now. His league goals+assists in 2016 have equaled his figure for last year 2015. His dribbling is far far better. His ball control too. Let’s just say, he is sharper now.

Martial. He is now fully settled. More consistent in doing what he is known for. Could have had a great goal yesterday after dribbling his way through. Playing Jackson behind him appears to give him so much option too.

Martial is absolutely magnificent.

DDG = Tested and trusted.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 11:20am On Feb 08, 2016
2. However, the team is playing really well now. This makes me think Van Gaal could succeed if allowed a third season. Chelsea might be at the bottom part of the table, but it always a big game between the two.

We have to pray our injured players return quickly for the next games, while also praying that no new injuries, particularly to Smalling and Martial. My fear for the next games is our defence. Even when we play against Championship or league 1 teams they scare the hell out of our defence when they manage to get to our own third.

Let’s hope the players that will be returning from injuries would give us this stability at the back, because they also have to gain match rythm.

Except the injured players return, I would always suspect our ability to go on a winning streak. We need a solid centre back and a good bench.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m):
weedtaker:
Elampiro come give us match review na. Give us reasons nd key facts wey make us draw de game, nd give us ur review in our recent team nd individual performance. Also give us wetin we go expect in our upcoming games nd our top 4 chances. You know say na u be our only ogbonge analyzer we wey get now as mountain lion don disappear grin
1. Much has been said already on why we drew. The first is Van Gaal's poor choice of substitutes to see the game through. Mephis is a defensive liability, I said it to my friends when he came on. Lingard supports the defence better. Mephis is also poor in possession and passing. When marking, he doesn't provide shield to help the next person coming to mark. May be he was brought on to help with counter attacks as we were under pressure. Also, Fellaini was holding the ball for us high up the pitch and he was removed just when he was doing that. Chelsea were having many set plays, so why changed Fellaini? Mata should have been the first to go out, not that he was poor, but because we needed to defend. Schneirdelin for Mata, then change the formation to bkock the midifeld.

The coach has not thought our players how to see out a game. If you are the better team, you keep possession. If you are under pressure, you form a two line defence in front of your box. Four/five men in front of the box with another four men in their front. One or two waiting to contest cleared balls. If we did this, the amount of space William had on the left of our defence would have been covered. Instead what we had was pretending to park the bus whereas we were parking small cars which allowed space for penetration. We were not evenly distributed to defend, that was why DDG became MOTM.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:24am On Feb 08, 2016
Louis van Gaal was “proud” of Cameron Borthwick-Jackson’s performance during Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Sunday.

Borthwick-Jackson registered his 10th senior appearance for the club in the continued absence of injured left-backs Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Ashley Young.

Van Gaal admitted it was an "unfortunate" moment for Borthwick-Jackson but praised the youngster's display during his post-match interview with MUTV, when asked about any positives he can dissect.

"We continued with our good, attacking football, we have created a lot of chances here at Chelsea. It's a nasty away game, I think, and one that's not so easy. The last few years Manchester United haven't won here so it's not an easy match – and we took the lead with a fantastic goal. A fantastic cross also. Then you can control the game, but in the last quarter we gave it away.

"There are many details which are responsible for that. We had a lot of free-kicks around the penalty area against us and we survived. Chelsea have very good set-plays and they have scored a lot from set-plays, so we were well organised. But then we have a goal like that – Daley Blind slipping and Borthwick-Jackson not taking the line of the defence. Costa is not offside because of that.we

"It was such a pity because Borthwick-Jackson was playing fantastically and I was very proud of him. It was a superb performance until the last quarter. It’s sad for the fans also. This match you heard only the Manchester United fans and not the Chelsea fans."

[Source: manutd.com] #MUFC #LVG

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My opinion

In absence of Shaw, Jackson should continue our left back. I have fallen in love with his game. He combines well with Martial and has this wicked crossing.

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