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Leyqute:
that doesn't look like cr7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxdPw-eW89o

or
Cristiano Ronaldo dresses up as a beggar… and proves he will do ANYTHING for his fans
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/cristiano-ronaldo-dresses-up-beggar-5028225

Deiok:
hehehe. he was sent off vs cordoba.

Yes

Deiok:
Is that David beckham ?.

The world footballer of the year.

Our own con better pass.

English talents aren't useless after all. They have been forced to play for the lower teams and they are leaving up.

Guess who?

SailorXY:
Elamps: wanking to Oshoala's pix since 2012

Ukwu!!!

Picture ke. When there is an option to chase the real human being. But I no be that kind person.

Asisat Oshoala: Liverpool Ladies sign Nigerian prospect

New Liverpool signing Asisat Oshoala is "one of the best young players in the world", says Reds boss Matt Beard.
Oshoala won both the Golden Boot and Golden Ball - as Player of the Tournament - at last year's Under-20 World Cup Finals, and becomes the first player from Africa to compete in the Women's Super League.
"We beat a number of top American and European clubs to Asisat's signature," said Beard as he welcomed the 20-year-old striker. "Asisat is one of the best young players in the world."
In addition to her star performances in the U20 World Cup, Oshoala also collected the Golden Ball award as the senior Nigeria team qualified for the 2015 World Cup by winning the African Women's Championship.

And she was named 2014's African Women's Player of the Year and Youth Player of the Year after helping her club side Rivers Angels become Nigerian champions.
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Beard added: "She's not the finished article yet but she's got pace, power and she certainly knows where the goal is.
"I watched her at the Under-20 World Cup, where she was sensational, and we had early dialogue with her about coming to Liverpool.
"There's been plenty of other interest in her in the last few months, but she chose to join us and I'm absolutely delighted."
Oshoala, nicknamed 'Seedorf' after Dutch legend Clarence, said: "To be able to join the reigning Super League champions is absolutely fantastic.

"Liverpool Ladies are a massive club with some fantastic players who I believe can help me to develop my game to the next level.
"It was also a big incentive to be able to play in the Women's Champions League, which is a huge competition that I'm confident we can do well in."
Oshoala is Beard's fourth signing of the window after he also added Satara Murray, Ingrid Ryland and Line Krogedal Smorsgard to his squad.
Key players Lucy Bronze and Amanda da Costa have departed, to Manchester City and Washington Spirit respectively.
But the manager reckoned: "With the addition of these four new players I believe this is the best squad I've ever put together.
"We've won the league for the last two years and we'll aim to do it again, although next season is going to be the most competitive ever.
"Clubs like Manchester City and Notts County have recruited really well and I can see four or five teams battling it out for the title.
"We can be one of them, especially if we can avoid the dreadful injury problems we had early on last season."

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30948874



..... We no get ladies? AnyWAY, Oshoala, I dey with you. You will never walk alone. ..... I like that part where they said she got pace and power. Ukwu!!! These guys dey read my articles for here.

There is an odd and ugly tactics teams use against us. They just bully our big players with kicks in their legs, knowing fully well that Falcao, Di Maria, Rooney, Van Persie will not want to be caught in kongful football that might send them to injury bed. Di Maria and Falcao are mostly targeted.

The referess should start looking into this and protect the players.

BinghiNya:
Ia top coach shouldn't be gving excuses day and night, for now LVG is a moyes. To win away na big deal, qpr will beat cambridge with ease.

Those excuses are ridiculous, particularly the blame of referee. The ref was fair. Only a certain free kick awarded against Carrick he mis read. Gaal should be careful not to incur the wrath of the refs. It can be too bad. Ask Moyes.

Why are we now poor generally? It's unimaginable the bottom we have hit.

BinghiNya:
Common cambridge, thank God Rooney won't be blamed. How much was dimaria bought for, clubs keep scamming man u even LVG is clueless

Exactly. If he had played, the blame would be on him. If he didn't play and we managed to win, it would mean he was the problem all these while.

I feel you my guy.

Cambridge to earn £1.6m for the replay at OT, which is their usual annual earnings.

JayKayMaybachz:
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Shut up. We lost that match in the dying minutes if not for Jones timely last man clearance to prevent two strikers. Without him we could have conceded two.

If not for Phil Jones we probably would lose that match. He was also great in taking the ball forward and in good build up play. Deadly corner kicks. Our best player on the night.

Now we can see that Herrera still can't get into the team without Rooney in midfield. This is what I meant by feather weight.

Now United played zeros with Cambridge (university) lol. Which is better now? 0-0 vs Cambridge or 2-0 vs Yeovil?


As for our play. Our performance... Hmmm, I don't know what to say again. What is really the philosophy? Will it ever work in England?

Work permits kept Angel Di Maria from joining Arsenal at 17 - Arsene Wenger
http://www.espnfc.us/arsenal/story/2259591/work-permits-kept-angel-di-maria-from-joining-arsenal-at-17says-arsene-wenger


Wenger again.

Possibly the worst player to pull on a United shirt during the Sir Alex Ferguson reign, Bebe, thought the club was "joking" when they offered £7.4m to sign him.
Agent Jorge Mendes reportedly pocketed €3m from the €9m deal after one-time vagrant Bebe joined United in 2010 from Vitoria de Guimaraes.
Bebe played seven times for The Reds, scoring twice, but despite that reasonable return he is remembered for a tragicomic crossing show against Wolves and his pitiful performance in the dismal FA Cup win against non-league Crawley Town.
Bebe finally left United in the summer for Benfica but joined Cordoba on loan this month.
"I had a contract with a termination clause of €9m and within two days there was a team that wanted to pay it. And I went to Manchester. I thought they were joking,
"I learned a lot with Ferguson. What went wrong? Well, I was alone. I needed more experience to deal with that. In Manchester I was a child and was alone. I've grown and I am a better person, very different."
Queiroz, though, said the transfer had nothing to do with him.
"Bebe was not even part of our scouting files for the national team of Portugal, he didn't exist in a system where nothing escaped us. So Bebe going to Man United took me by surprise.
"I called my coaches and asked them what was going on, why he didn't exist."
[Source: M.E.N]

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Anderson is in danger of becoming European football’s most unwanted man after it emerged there has not been a single official enquiry for him during the current transfer window.
The 26-year-old – who cost in the region of £20m when United bought him in 2007 – has not played a game for the club since he was given a 20 minute run out by Louis van Gaal against Burnley.
The former Brazilian international is officially for sale, just as he has been virtually since David Moyes took over.
However it is understood that – with three weeks of the January transfer window already gone – United have not had a single serious enquiry for a player who the club hoped would be the mainstay of the midfield at Old Trafford when he arrived from Porto seven-and-half years ago.
While many clubs would understandably wish to wait until the summer when Anderson will be a free agent, he is available for a knock-down fee now and would certainly be allowed to go on loan.
One option for United is to let Anderson buyout his contract and let him walk free from Old Trafford.
[Source: Daily Mail]

If it were another coach who took over Dortmund this season, no amount of defense would have made sense for their Ekwe Sample results this season.
Infact, the return of Kagawa would have been argued as a positive net in comparison to the departures. Thank goodness say nay Klopp take him head carry. And his head is actually big enough to carry the wahala.

Main quotes from Van Gaals pre-match press conference:

LVG on the FA Cup game with Cambridge:
"it is always tough to play against opponents that you perceive to be weaker than you mentally. For example, on Wednesday, PSV Eindhoven, the team on top of the table in the Dutch league lost to a team that is third in the second division. It shall happen in the FA Cup also, When you see analyse Cambridge’s style of play, they play very direct with long balls, they have 5 or 6 players above 1 metre 90, so it will be difficult for us to defend. That’s why we have to prepare very well. It shall not so easy to beat Cambridge United."

On Team selection:
"I have read in the media that he (Valdes) shall play. It is a little bit strange, because I decided my line-up yesterday, not on Wednesday. It’s strange and I cannot answer these questions because then I will be giving away my line up to you (media) and I don’t want to."

On Darren Fletcher:
"He is a player of Manchester United. That’s the update. He is the only player in my selection to have won the FA Cup. He is also one of the three captains. That’s the update I can give at the moment."

On possible departures:
"No player. I don’t think anyone shall be leaving. However, it’s the transfer month, so you never know."

Louis van Gaal will create a winning team if Manchester United's players "keep the faith".

Complaints over Van Gaal's tactics are familiar to Blind, who was part of a Netherlands team that finished third at the World Cup despite criticism from some of the country's football greats.

He said: "(Van Gaal) makes players better and he makes teams better. I like that in a coach. That is his most important asset. It was the same when I was with him with Holland. He wanted to make the team better. As the team gets better, individuals started standing out as well.

"We didn't play very great football at the World Cup but we were a team and we were winning games, and we started playing better after winning. You change the system and you get better, you become a team and you start winning.

"If you have played another system for a long time, you have to get used to a new one but that isn't a problem. We knew it was going to be difficult in the Premier League but we have to keep our heads up. We have to keep faith."

Gary Neville, in his role as a Sky Sports analyst, has called on United to take more risks with the ball, and Blind has in the past been accused of being too conservative in his passing.

"I can take a bit of criticism. The people on television can say what they want, you hear it, but I think I have played some good games. Of course you can sometimes play the ball forward but sometimes it is good to keep the ball in possession and make your team-mates play better.

"I can make other players more important than myself. If I can do that by switching the play to the other side or wait for the right moment to do that then I will. If there is space forward then I will play that ball but sometimes I think it is better to keep possession.

"Of course, I listen to him (Gary Neville) but I try to play my own game and do what the trainer wants from me, and that is to keep possession."

[Source: Skysports, Daily Mail, Mirror]

Lol. Koeman is looking for a bigger job. More like 'here I am, come and get me to fix your team'. Same way Martinez sounded early last year.

Why is Suarez not flying yet at Barca? Got moved to the middle yet gave perhaps his worst performance. Missed two obvious chances.

elampiro:
This is your formation:

Defence RB.......CB........CB........LB

Midfield ...... Blind
........Val/Fellaini....Di Maria
..................AM
Attack ...FW1.....FW2


Where will Herrera, Mata, Falcao, Rooney, Van Persie play here?

Or did you mean this?

Defence RB.......CB........CB........LB

Midfield ...... Blind
........Val/Fellaini....Herrera
..................Di Maria
Attack ...FW1.....FW2

Mata is automatically out of the team while Rooney, Falcao and RVP take a rotation. Then Young has to go find another club. Or may be he fights with Herrera.

We should try to buy at least one centre back. But why is it that our targets are always too expensive. We were reported to have gotten our 27m pounds bid for Nicolas Otamendi rejected. Valencia said they will listen to offer from 60 million.

SailorXY, diamond midfield in front of a four man defence leaves us with two slots for Rooney, Falcao, RVP and Mata. Based on your setting above.

The other time we played diamond in front of three man defence, we scored two goals in first half of every match but we couldn't protect our defence. Di Maria got tired out after 60 mins of play.


This is your formation:

Defence RB.......CB........CB........LB

Midfield ...... Blind
........Val/Fellaini....Di Maria
..................AM
Attack ...FW1.....FW2


Where will Herrera, Mata, Falcao, Rooney, Van Persie play here?

SailorXY:
but Herrera was good enough playing with Blind & di Maria this same season, and United were dominating games.

if van Gaal is stupid enough to play di Maria as a no. 9 & Rooney a CM in the same game, what does that tell you?

Carrick should be on the bench for Blind to partner Herrera and Fellaini/Valencia in a three-man midfield which is the most potent set-up van Gaal has for now via 4-3-1-2. this is not exactly quantum physics.

why are we still in the market searching for wingbacks that don't exist when we have competent full backs in the squad?

van Gaal dey crase, as much as he started well but recently, the man dey smoke igbo. forget matter

Ok.

SailorXY:
you didn't answer my question

I have since answered you.

If he were better than Rooney, we wouldn't be all over Europe looking for a midfielder.

SailorXY:
in essence, Rooney is a better midfielder or Herrera made Carrick give away the ball for a goal against United?? which one exactly

Mention one thing Herrera did in that match. He mad 13 passes in 30 minutes. I don't think the guy will complement Carrick well, particularly against teams like Southampton, Leicester, Stoke, etc. He is a bit tough and fast, but he needs time to adjust to the EPL style.

parrotibaba:
On LVG;

We all know dat LVG ,despite fans n Media pressure ,won't change his formation so we will hope dat as with d QPR case,he tweaks his formation as at when due in order to eke out d desired result

On transfer affairs;

I think we really need one or two signings to complement d squad ,particularly in d defense department ,d likes of Evans n Jones should be relegated to playing fa n Carling cup matches or better still,sold out ...we may den go for pogba in d summer as his agent recently confirmed dat he could leave juve ... I read somewhere dat no club wants Anderson so he will see out his contract which ends this summer... still no news on ddg's contract ish

On the Rooney/elampiro affair;

@Elampiro welcome back from wherever u went but we currently do not need a Wayne Rooney defense attorney right now so please stow away ur stats for now, we all agree dat Rooney is shyte in midfield n he needs to sit out our next 3/4 games in order to rest n give ander Herrera chance to play


my opinions

In as much I have nothing against the use of Herrera in his natural position while Rooney pushes up to his position, I would like to point out that Herrera has not justified selection into the midfield ahead of Rooney. Let me refresh your memory.

Yes, Herrera came in on 60th minute mark to replace Rooney in midfield against Southampton. He contributed nothing. I mean NOTHING. Instead he was eaten for dinner by Wanyama. Carrick suddenly lost his ability and gave away three straight balls with one leading to the goal we conceded. Herrera has also had very bad days. And he has yet to have an excellent day like Rooney had against Liverpool. Rooney partnered carrick against Liverpool in a direct two-man centre midfield.


In a nutshell, I am yet to be convinced that a two man midfield of Carrick and Herrra can fly. Carrick+Rooney or Carrick+Fellaini are the ideal settings.

I would love to see Rooney get a rest this weekend while he returns to the front job in the next match. But Gaal knows these guys better in training and why he combines them that way.





But wait o. Stats are facts.

It is funny to read some delusive opinions that Rooney is given a deeper role because he can not meet up in the more advanced roles. The only reason that Rooney is in central midfield is because he is the only one in the team who can play there and reduce the burden on defence (defensive midfield and back three). The next person is Fellaini. The rest are feather weights.

If a world class CM arrived today, Rooney would be given his proper position. Captain or not.

Before I exit.

Man City is nothing without Yaya Toure. City has only won one match out of their last four matches. That was the only one Toure featured. If not he is African, he would be the 3rd person going for Ballon d'or.

Does any Rastafarian still think Ramsey is better? I mentioned Yaya and Fabgregas as my favourite before the start of the season. Some one even asked then, 'which Fabregas'? Ukwu!!!

More:
From midfield action:

.................... Rooney.. Carrick... Mata
Total duels......... 13.......4..........3
Total duels won.....9.......0..........1
Aerial duels won...2........0 .........0
Aerial duels lost....0........1.........0
Recoveries..........10........6.........2

More midfield:

.................... Fellaini.. Blind ... Valencia
Total duels......... 8.........8..........8
Total duels won....5........2...........5
Aerial duels won...1........2 .........0
Aerail duels lost....1.......,3.........1
Recoveries...........1........7.........8


More:

.................... Jones.. Rojo... Evans
Total duels......... 9......16..........6
Total duels won.....9.......10.........4
Aerial duels won...5........5 .........1
Aerail duels lost....0........4.........0
Recoveries..........3.........9........3

More:

.................... Falcao.. Di Maria...Wilson
Total duels......... 17.......14........4
Total duels won....10.......3..........1
Aerial duels won...4........0 .........0
Aerail duels lost....2........0.........1
Recoveries...........5........3.........1


* What else did did they want from Rooney again? He had 2 key passes and gave an intelligent pass to Valencia in the build up to the goal.
* Rooney did his job as a midfielder (in a poor day for the team). If una like, make una dey continue to dey write with bad belly. Na una know.

More stats

* Highest tackles: Rojo 5, Rooney 4, Val 3, Fellaini 2, The rest players 1 each, except Carrick and Blind who recorded zeros.