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chrisley024:
Our forward players gave Newcastle defenders space, especially Colocini, to move the ball while they gave us none. I thought LvG was going to solve that in the 2nd half but he resorted to hoofing to Fellaini.

We use two makeshift defenders when we've 3 taking home free money while on the sick bed

Get in a RW and loan out Lingard, dude is average, while Martial should be on the left or CF. He's less effective on the right.

I saw that too, and it's not the first time. Rooney was always some yards from Newcastle last men when they had the ball making it easier for them to comfortably start a build up, then I wonder if LVG is now too old to read the game. And whether his assistance have any experience.

I don't think I will support Giggs to take over. He should learn from one more experienced coach like Mourinho.

That draw was so painful. I am beginning to get nervous on how we will end the season.

A40:
Elampiro right now

It would have been sweet if we won. It's painful to get a draw when we should be climbing the table.

Conceded 3 goals against a team thst hasn't scored in 7 hours.



I just saw the above.

tess1:
What about other games he has played for us? Or is it that if we don`t have him in our team, we wouldn`t be able to defend aerial threat?

The problem is we had only one defender who could defend aerial threat. We should have at least three. The two centre backs and one full back. It was always hard scoring against us from crossing when we had Brown (RB) and Rio+Vidic.

We need to find solution to Blind. I blame Jones and Rojo who keep going on long term injuries.

Should we appoint a coach like Mourinho, Blind wouldn't be a central defender. He will be a back up left back.

tess1:
I don`t know what LVG sees in him. This is an opportunity for us to sell him since Milan are interested in him. If you are not playing in crosses, he is useless. He can`t play as a defensive midfielder. Team are even no longer giving him the chance for headers in their box any longer. He`s too rash in his tackles as well.
We have only won 10pts with out of 11games this season.

He was the center defender pair with Smalling for set plays against us and crosses. Without him, Smalling will be over labored and we would concede more. That's the only thing I saw him do.

But those who said Herrera should have stayed missed it. Herrera was poor most part in the second half. He was deservedly pulled out.

He used to wear expensive black coloured suit trouser on corporate shoes, crisp white shirt and bowed tie that made him looked like a high profile pastor before he changed to this new dress style.

Dani Alves is still world best number 2. I wished we bought him last season (January).

Pep Guardiola should prepare himself for "football, football, football" ahead of his move to the Premier League, according to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

The Bayern Munich coach has already announced he will leave the German giants at the end of the season with the intention of testing himself in the Premier League.

There is no shortage of interest in Guardiola's services, with Manchester City favourites to hire the Spaniard, while Manchester United are also rumoured to be in the hunt, with manager Louis van Gaal's future the subject of considerable speculation.

Klopp made the move to the Premier League in October - just in time for the Premier League's famously busy winter schedule - and feels Guardiola needs to brace himself for something of a culture shock.

The German has learned the hard way just how hectic the fixture list can be in England, with Liverpool still fighting in the FA Cup and Capital One Cup, as well as the Europa League and Premier League.

Klopp's Liverpool narrowly avoided an embarrassing defeat against lowly Exeter City in the FA Cup third round on Friday, with a 2-2 draw forcing a replay and yet another match for his injury-ravaged team to cope with.

"In Germany, when you tell people about the FA Cup that if you draw you play again they say: 'What?'" Klopp said.

"Here you have penalties and extra-time, but only after the second game. That's the thing, the number of games – football, football, football,"

"With a perfect pre-season you are prepared for a long, long journey. We knew about it, but to feel it is different.

"Pep is so experienced, for sure. I'm sure he will buy a few players and have a good team, have 35 players or whatever!

"What I can say about here is very positive. It's a great country, great people, the food is much better than everybody said and the weather is not great, like everyone said."

Goal.com
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Klopp knows already that one needs 35 players to run an EPL season, but Gaal trimmed our team to 22.

chrisley024:
Spurs vs Leicester. Ended 2-2 with a controversial pen for Spurs at the 89th min.

I think it was a clear penalty. The guy had beaten the defender. Without the outstretched hand which removed the ball from the way, the Spurs player was surly bursting into an empty space forward inside of the box.

Scholes admits he would be left “depressed” if he played for Manchester United in their 1-0 win against Sheffield United in the FA Cup third round.

Wayne Rooney’s penalty in injury time spared United’s blushes but Louis van Gaal side struggled once again to create clear-cut chances, while Memphis Depay was sarcastically cheered by the Old Trafford crowd after having a shot at goal.

“As players, you have to lift the crowd - we saw Memphis lift the crowd in the 70th minute with a shot, okay it wasn’t on target, but it gets you going, you need to make something happen as a footballer at this club,” Scholes told BT Sport.

“People need digging out sometimes, there seems to be an acceptance of bad performance.

“I’d have my head in my hands, I’d be depressed, it’d take me two or three days to get over that performance.

“What inspires them now? You’ve just seen 90 minutes of boring, defensive. I tried to defend this team for the last two or three weeks, it’s getting more and more difficult to do, every time you come to Old Trafford this is what you see - negative football. You talk about 31 shots in the last two games, they’ve only scored two goals.”
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A shot off target is now what lift fans.

Dadehmola:
What exactly is great in jumping up and yelping in pain just to win a Penalty in injury time against lowly Sheffield at Old Trafford??

Hope you aren't insinuating he dived? He did well to recover the ball that wasn't his in the first place. Then he won a deserved penalty. At least let's praise him. He did something out of nothing. We are short of such players.

Finally, Memphis produced something great. That's what a player like Nani or Young could have produced.

Memphis is either pushing the ball too far beyond his reach or running into traffic.

Smalling should not leave Blind alone in the defence.

What are we doing on the touchline? Is the goal post or 18 box in the touchline?

There was a time some guys in my area tagged Arsenal 'pass pass' or they will call it 'Arsenal football'. During the time Arsenal played that way passing the ball round opposition eighteen box, I don't think they ever did it this slowly or were ever this terrible.

Please we need some speed and directness.

We waste so much time passing the ball left and right. The opposition regroup before we pass our way into the final third. Shefield United defend deep but attack emass, such that we regain possession we could finish them with direct forward passes. But what do we see, only one man or two forward, the rest passing slowly. Martial made a run but our midfieders were still passing. We have to be more direct.

Secondly, without Ashley Young we lack force going forward. We will need Shaw, Val, Young and Rojo before this system can even work. Guys who can carry the ball forward fast.

chinchum:
12 years low at the moment. year 2004 as at midaday, it is now 32 usd.

You're current, and correct.

raumdeuter:
You remember Marko Arnautovic, Shaqiri,
Or Ayew and Martial from the French league making immediate impact

Has any of these won back to back player of the month?

raumdeuter:
Why should I? Whats there to respect from a sporting perspective.

I respect the amount of money they pay for players

But sporting, I see a team coached by serial losers like Ranieri and Wenger at the top of the pile

I see the current EPL table toppers chopping 5-1 from my hand just 2months ago

I am not here for an argument. I remember sometime you said players who leave EPL hardly make impact. Here we have a squad player ruling Bundesliga.

raumdeuter:
Yes it is true.

So you can at least respect the EPL now.

raumdeuter:
Some league emphasize technicalities while some depend on physical strenght

La Liga wont like a Player with more strenght than sense while EPL na 95% strenght 5% sense you need

The most technical players in EPL currently are mostly La liga imports

Is it true that Chicharito has won back to back player of the month in Bundesliga?

So it's the league one plays in that makes one technical not individual attributes?

So what do you say about Paul Scholes, David Beckham who played in Agidigba EPL. And we have Negredo, Yaya Toure, Ballack from Laliga and Bundesliga.

codedguy1:
Elamps, why would people not misunderstand you when you make statements like V Persie is a hyena and can't travel with the ball when he has an outstanding strength to his game where he knows how to put the ball in the net, a talent in itself. So because someone cannot travel with the ball means what exactly? I can't travel with the ball but I have an instinct of positioning myself in vantage positions to score makes me a bad player?

But you will defend Rooney no matter what, claim you have won an argument in the face of damning evidences against your observation and also claim that "we nor know ball"

Do you want to start another argument? Shift to one side. Don't join two unrelated issues.

codedguy1:
Elampiros answer to everything was pace and power which is not the solution. Didn't we have strong players like keane, ince, Tevez, Ronaldo and even Rooney when he was Rooney.

You guys misunderstood my call to include a pace and power playing player in our midfield and wings. I always called for the right blend between pace+power and technique+dribbling.

The misunderstanding was deliberately caused by Coogar and may be too Dadehmola, to make it look like I wanted a team to look like Cameroun national team.

lekkie073:
No b d same January transfer we bought d two of them?

Its not compulsory to look for a known brand name.

January transfer but they didn't do well the first season despite going into a team better than we have now, and playing under Sir Alex Ferguson.

We need players to help finish strong this season, and EPL players are most guaranteed to immediately fit in.

Chrisley024

You can see some of the key stats, there are hundreds more like this used in the algorithm by whoscored.

Rooney:
8 shots
3 shots on target
4 blocked shots (those blocked shots were on target)
3 key passes
1 dribble
0 dispossessed (despite playing in the heat zone)
1 dribble
4th best in pass accuracy
3/3 accurate long balls.
3/4 Duels won.

chrisley024:
then, they got it very wrong this time. Our formation yesterday was closer to 3-4-3 than that thing they posted. Even their ratings was a joke. Reason I don't cling to stats.

It's 3-4-3

Their rating is still the most credible somewhat. Sometimes it's a bit screwed. For instance Rooney rated above Martial. That's because it's done on standard metrics. There are at least 200 items/activities of players it measures based on the set metrics. Goals, Assists, shots, shots on target, dribblings, tackles, Clearances, Duels won, key passes etc.

Rooney had 8 shots, three on target. Four were going on target before they were blocked, only 1 off target. He had 3 key passes. He gave another laid pass that didn't lead to a shot due to no fault of his. His accurate passes in the final third were high. Despite playing in a heat zone, only thee players had more accurate passes than Rooney

Blind also recorder high rating. This was due to his vision, not necessarily strong at his primary job. He completed 5 long balls. Perhaps most of them went to the final 3rd. Competed 2 dribbles and had one key pass.

patrickmuf:
Just wondering what y'all said when we signed a certain Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra...
At this point in time, i'd say English league players are gonna be quite expensive compared to the bargains we can get out there...
I really don't know what our scouts are doing at this point...

So where do we find a Vidic or an Evra kind of players this January? Remember too it took Vidic and Evra six months to adapt. But Carrick adapted straight away. Same way we think Mane should adapt if bought.

chrisley024:
This site should be shut down. How come you even know this shitty site?

You mean you don't recognized the websites? The websites Coogar and Tess1 used to argue against me many times in the past? And you people were clicking likes on his posts.

The first one is Whoscored.com which uses info directly from opta. The second chart is also a direct lift from opta.

So opta should be shut down?