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BinghiNya:
Ahmed musa should cost united 70milla pounds with the way di maria is playing like a fc of manchester player, the purchase of these guys should probed. Why was the world class mata withdrawn(mata was shyte) just like the coach and the team in general. Thanks to Rooney to Valencia and fellaini, we would have droPped points again. Dimaria has no business starting for united with his amateurish game play in the past couple of games. If we concede na rooney, if evans slips up na rooney, if the goal post denies united na rooney yet LVG dare not bench him, can we see the pass rates of other players to compare.

Gbam!

Don't mind them. I got to realize they many post with sentiments, hence no need to bother again. They don't know ball.

This was a match the entire team had concluded that it was going to be difficult due to the size of the pitch (according to Mata, Gaal, and co) and the fact that the Harry Redknap needed to start fighting for his job.

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* Players with highest key passes: Di Maria 3, Rooney 2

* Highest passes attempted, Rooney 86, Rojo, 69, Carrick 65. (Mata 31 and Fellaini 31 combined= 62), only 5 players had above 42 passes.

* Unsuccessful touches. Di Maria 5, Falcao 2, Rooney 0. (seven players had unsuccessful touches)

* Number of touches. Rooney 100 (no unsuccessful touch), Rojo 89, Jones 82, Val 79, Carrick 72, Marai 64, Blind 55.

* Dispossession: Di Maria 4, Falcao 2, Mata 1, Rooney 1, Evans 1, Blind 1.

* Highest whoscored rating: Rojo 8.3, Jones 8.3, Val 7.9, Fellaini, 7.8, Rooney 7.7

Ibime:
I dey laugh British Press hailing Rooney as Manure's new midfield 'answer'.

That ninja is incompetent in midfield.

His percentage pass completion would make even Ramires weep.

Pass accuracy na food?

Even sef, that match is not to be used as a yard stick for any Man United player's overall's ability. A match Mata had 71% pass accuracy tells every other story.

If one considers 'a whole' Mata had 71% pass accuracy, then why the hullabaloo on Rooney's 77% pass accuracy?

As for the midfield role. I am sure even Rooney is getting tired of the role. Again, no Man United central midfielder has been consistent. Herrera has had very bad days that you would prefer he get sent to 3SC, Fellaini has had his own. Carrick and Blind are defensive midfielders. So they don't come in here.

dopeJemi:
I swear to God, na me go follow elampawa fight if he defend rooney today, coogar no just talk anything abeg, leave am to me if he raise any rooney issue

This man, so you wanted to start a fight you couldn't have won? The whole team was abysmal and Rooney was not even near the worst. If you blamed him for not providing the inspiration to lift the team, that could have been understood. How could you guys have blamed Rooney and over looked the woeful display served by Mata and Di Maria in that first half?

All these sentiments are what put me off.

Suicide watch for some tonight. Those elements who learnt their football via theory. ......Marking every error made by Rooney and Jones. 'Shaba! Ready for .....'.

Their case would be worse should I publish dispossess stat. Abeg some people no just know ball.

* Anyway, e be like say time don reach wey I go take small holiday for here. Make I rest for football talk small.

elampiro:
Rooney's inaccurate pass record is the best among our CMs.

Inaccurate short pass per min:
Anderson 10.1
Fellaini 12.6
Herrera 13.1
Rooney 13.5




Lest I forget, he is not near among the worst in inaccurate long passes.

Rooney is better than these prominent EPL players in short passes:

Player/ minutes before a short pass is misplaced.
Andy Carrol 7.8
Pienaar 8.1
Crouch 8.2
Drogba 8.3
Giroud 8.7
Anichebe 8.9
Benteke 9.0
Wilshere 9.2
Sanchez 9.4
David Silva 9.5
Jovetic 9.5
Paulinho 9.6
Rosicky 9.8
Wlaker 9.8
Lampard 9.8
Ramsey 10
Jedinak 10
Alex Song 10.1
Lambert 10.3
Barton 10.4
Tiote 10.4
Fabregas 10.6
Etoo 10.7
Schurlle 10.7
Milner 10.8
Welbeck 11
Coutinho 11.2
Oscar 11.3
Soldado 11.3
Ozil 11.9
Herdenson 11.9
Sissoko 12
Toure Yaya Toure 12.1
Eriksen 12.3
Lamela 12.7
Kane 12.8
Matic 12.9
Wanyama 13
Bony 13
Nasri 13.1
Dembele 13.2
Rangel 13.4
Tadic 13.4
Gibbs 13.5

* Wayne Rooney is number 132. Yet they said Rooney cannot make a short pass. Ukwu!!![b][/b]

* Marcelo and Ronaldo have the highest number of inaccurate short passes for Real Madrid.

* Lionel Messi has the highest inaccuate passes for Barcelona,165 inaccurate short passes and total inaccurate passes of 177. Neymar has 121 inaccurate short passes, the next to Messi.

Neymar has an inaccurate short pass every 8.6 minutes while Messi has every 9.5 mins. Both are the worst for Barca. Suarez 12.3, Iniester 12.7.

TreQuartista:
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Rooney's inaccurate pass record is the best among our CMs.

Inaccurate short pass per min:
Anderson 10.1
Fellaini 12.6
Herrera 13.1
Rooney 13.5




Lest I forget, he is not near among the worst in inaccurate long passes.

Manchester United: Boss Van Gaal says Falcao must prove himself

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal says striker Radamel Falcao still needs to justify his place at Old Trafford.

Falcao, 28, has scored three goals since joining United in a £6m loan move from AS Monaco in the summer.

Van Gaal said: "If a player costs £95m or £5,000, it doesn't make any difference. You have to prove yourself."

The Colombia international was left out of United's squad for their 1-0 home loss to Southampton last Sunday.

He has started just seven Premier League games for United and his agent Jorge Mendes suggested that Falcao may not extend his stay beyond the end of the season .

United have an option to activate a £40m buy-out clause for the striker, who earns £265,000 a week.

Van Gaal added: "He has to prove himself, that we have agreed. We have made this deal and everything is clear and it is not the end of the year [the duration of his loan spell] so he has the chance for that.

"For the manager it is the quality of the training sessions, the quality in his performances and matches and he has to compare [favourably].

"A player of £95m has to prove himself also. Maybe he has less motivation so I have to be like that."

Van Gaal would not confirm whether Falcao would be involved in United's game at Queens Park Rangers on Saturday or whether striker Robin van Persie would be fit to play following an ankle injury.

However, the Dutchman did quell speculation of a major move into the transfer market during the January transfer window.

He said: "I don't think that we shall be very active as not many players of a certain level are available.

"When we buy a player he has to be better than the players that are playing now and that is a difficult job."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30849719

Main quotes from Fridays press conference:

On Falcao:
"If a player costs £95million or £5,000, it doesn't make any difference. You have to prove yourself. Falcao has to prove himself. We have made a deal and everything is clear. It's not the end of the year so he has a chance.

On top 4 finish:
"We have to fight for it - a lot of other teams have the same goal. Of course I think we can do it, but that's football, we lost against Southampton and we were the better team. That's football.”

On January transfers:
"They have to be better than the players we already have. I don't think that we shall be very active."

On RVP:
"We have to wait and see. I have read in the Netherlands that he [Van Persie] is already unavailable. Ok...we'll wait and see."

PietroRico:
that's why they are poachers.
They depend largely on created chances.
U cannot expect them to suddenly turn into complete forwards, especially at this stage of their careers.
They WILL struggle badly if u assign the role of complete forwards to them.
Infact that's the reason falcao's struggle is very obvious.
He has been asked too get himself involved in the team's play
That's not who he is.

That's like expecting a pirlo or a xavi to suddenly become a box to box midfielder to suit a team's need.
It'll be easier to get a box to box midfielder from the market.


Suarez is a perfect example of a complete forward.
And its someone in that mould that we should be looking out for.

Having that in addition to ONE of RVP/falcao will be much more ideal than having a front two of falcao and RVP.

Okay, I get you now. Your are correct. It will be far more beneficial to play a lone poacher. Two poachers is a burden/liability to the team. The other 9 players have too much to do.

1.

* In 2012/13 Suarez created a chance every 32 minutes. Liverpool's highest. Followed by Donwing 2nd , Gerald 3rd, Sturridge 4th, all less than 40 minutes. Courtinho and Sterling were even above 40 minutes.

* In 2012/14 Suarez created a chance every 33 minutes. The highest in the team.

2.

* Our strikers vs other strikers this season:

Falcao......... 60 mins to make a key pass
Van Persie.... 82 mins
Costa........... 50 mins
Aguero......... Aguero 71
Drogba........ 29 mins
Welbeck....... Welbeck 52 mins.
Giroud......... 88 mins
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3.

* This is Man United today. Di Maria- 29 mins, Januzaj 48 mins, Herrera 50 mins, Mata 52 mins, Falcao 60, Rooney 64, RVP 82, Young 96. Val 100

* Man United under Moyes. Mata 36 mins. Rooney 43 mins, Nani 50, Januazaj 52, Giggs 56, Young 64, Chicha 64, Kagawa 68, Val 71, Evra 75, Rafael 83, Carrick 86, RVP 93.

* Under SAF: Young 39, Rooney 41, RVP 43, Giggs 46, Val 52, Nani 57, Welbeck 58, Anderson 63, Chicha 67, Kagawa 69, Cleverley 76, Carrick 82, Rafael 92, Scholes 96.

Only regular players doing below key pass less than or equal to 100 mins selected.

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Looking at the above, Mata and Rooney create fewer chances than they used to do for us because of the withdrawn role they have been assigned. Perhaps, the need to be conscious of protecting the three men at the back has come at a cost.

Key pass and shots per game have to do with a teams general style of play.

2014/15
Man United Key passes per game = 9.8 position 9th
Man United shot per game = 12.5 11th position

2013/14
Man United Key passes per game = 10.3 position 9th on the log of key pass
Man United shot per game = 13.8 8th position

2012/13
Man United Key passes per game = 11.7 position 7th
Man United shot per game = 12.5 11th position

In 2011/2012, we had a very good stats of key pass, finishing 3rd on key pass log behind City and Spurs. Yet we did not win the league.

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One Important stat: Aerial duels won.

We are last (kposh[/b]), 20th on aerial duels won. I have seen where our problem is coming from.

PietroRico:
Rvp and falcao are too expensive to have as poachers.
We should be thinking of how to discard at least one of them, if not two sef and get at least one complete forward.


And yes we need a good winger, even more that we need a central midfielder.

They are not too expensive if they deliver the goods. But for now things are not working in the whole team. Falcao and Van Persie should be part of chances creation in the team. Suarez was creating the most chances for Liverpool as well as being their top scorer for two seasons.

parrotibaba:
We don't need strikers ,we need a midfielder, 2 central defenders n a right back ,end of story ...any other bid for players u hear about ,is rumors

Little at a time please. We need only a CM and a CD.

A central midfielder who can do better than Fellaini. A world class centre back.

If after awhile there is still a gap then we fix it. That's because I am not yet sure we have the kind of DM we should have.

The club should manage Falcao's issue well.

By season end we will know who should be retained and whether any more player should leave. The other time we thought Mata and Fellaini would be gone this January. Now they are proving to be so invaluable to the team. May be same can be said of Valencia and Young.

As for the Dybala guy, I learnt a lot of clubs are after him. If he actually plays like Aguero (with dribbling abilities) I will like him, and the summer will be the best time to re-evalute if he would be really needed. After all, we are not sure of Wilson.

chrisley024:
Who be that

Click on link:


Palermo claim to have rejected Manchester United bid for Paulo Dybala

• ‘Dybala is worth over €40m [£31m] but I won’t sell him until June’
• Striker has been dubbed ‘the new Sergio Agüero’

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/14/palermo-manchester-united-paulo-dybala

BREAKING NEWS
Palermo have rejected a €40m bid from Man Utd for striker Dybala

[via Sky Sports news]

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I saw the above in facebook fans corner.

Angel di Maria has enjoyed some fantastic performances since singing for Manchester United but his good form hasn’t been consistent yet, which can largely be attributed to his injuries and adapting to the league.

Di Maria, who Lionel Messi voted as the best player in 2014 for the Ballon d’Or, has explained his performances so far, whilst also claiming he is still targeting the title.

"I come from another league and the Premier League is more intense. I am yet to get used to this change. Lately I am playing in a more advanced role and I am felling comfortable.

"I hope things go well in the future I had a bad run of injuries and spent some time off the field. Now I’m back, game by game things are going better. You will feel more comfortable and get to know your teammates better. I hope I can continue on this path.

"I returned the other day. I scored a goal and that gives confidence. We are a new group, many new players and a new coach…it will take a while to get victories. What would not be normal is that overnight we were to win it all. I think we’re normal, starting to put together a group and a great team.

"Gradually, the matches give us confidence and help us to get better. We can fight for the title. In the Premier League if you win two or three games in a row you are up. I hope things start to go better. In English football, until the referee blows the game over you can come back.

"Here you do not win because you’re Manchester United or Chelsea, here any team can win. We were beating Leicester 3-1 and we lost 5-3. Anything can happen in English football."
[Source: Republik Of Mancunia]

Angel Di Maria has told Manchester United fans to get over the departure from the club's traditional style of play, telling them there is a new one at Old Trafford.

Di Maria has defended the revolution taking place under the club's Dutch manager and urged supporters to let go of the old ways.

"From the start of the season to now, you can see that we've grown, we weren't so great at the beginning but we've started getting a few victories under our belts.

"There are some people saying that we're not playing in a particularly good style or that it's not the old Manchester United - but it's not.

"We're beginning something new here. We've got a new style, we've got a new manager and we're all working hard to make sure we're putting Manchester United back where it belongs.

"We're focusing on growing as a team, working hard and getting as many points as we can. We all know the Premier League is difficult, but all we're focusing on now is meeting our objectives and our targets for the year.

"So whether it's qualifying for the Champions League, making sure that we do well in the FA Cup or getting as high in the league as possible, these are things we are going for now."

[Source: MUTV]

* Anyway see above charts. Rooney had no missing pass. He accounted for all his 50 passes received. Eto cannot account for his 30 passes received.

Rooney's 9 inaccurate passes from 50 received are among the 13 red lines above.

*Inaccurate passes are not same as dispossession, Coolie-guy Tortoise.

When Rooney had 94% pass accuracy the other time, you didn't bring argument. He scored 2 assisted 1 you didn't start argument.

coogar:
you are a disgrace to homo sapiens.
did you not tell us missing passes are always included in inaccurate passes? i brought etoo up and now you are saying etoo had a deficit. who's even concerned about etoo's deficit?

the koko of the matter is - you lied rooney's 9 missing passes were in his 13 inaccurate passes and i have been able to prove that your theory is retardëd. rooney's missing passes were dispossession & mis-controlled passes.


rooney lost plenty of possession & thus was poor on sunday. it's easy to pick your brain apart. you know nothing about statistics. a player can have 100% pass accuracy and still lose possession in a truckloads.

if a player receives 100 passes.....he can lose 90 of them to dispossession and still make 100% pass accuracy. there's a difference between retaining the ball & making accurate passes. if all the passes he decides to give out are all accurate passes, he would get 100% even though he lost 90 while in possession of the ball.

#footballtutorial

Rooney didn't have any missing pass. How did Rooney have a missing pass when you accounted for all the 13 passes in your chat?

Only Eto had 9 on his chart you pasted. Meaning Eto bhad 4 missing passes which were likely from ball miscontrol.

* I never said missing passes are always included in inaccurate passes. Pls stop changing my statements.

* Attempted passes > received passes. The player won duels. -Rooney.

* Attempted passes < received passes. The player had miscontrols. -Eto.

* I reiterate, Rooney had no missing passes. He made 9 inaccurate passes from 50 received and 4 from his duels and interceptions won = 13 inaccurate passes. Whereas Eto has 4 missing passes from passes received due to miscontrols.

See charts for more understanding.

coogar:
you are incredibly stüpid.
rooney's 9 missing passes were in his 13 inaccurate passes(according to your logic) but etoo's 13 missing passes are in his 9 inaccurate passes?

can 13 be in 9?

cheiii - elampawa.
it's now painfully apparent that you are a charlatan when it comes to statistics. when you are clueless about something that is way out of your intellectual league, keep quiet and learn.

you are a disgrace to all man utd fans on this planet. go to bed, please. the objective was to humiliate you & the mission has been accomplished.

I am ashamed of you right now. You are disappointing and a disgrace.

Rooney had savings/surplus to draw from to over shoot his received passes.

Eto had no savings/surplus. He is in debt. So he undershot his received passes.

* When Rooney exhausted his inaccurate passes from what he received, he went further to make 4 more inaccurate passes from his duels won, and interceptions. Hence 54 attempted passes >50 passes received. Rooney 54/50.

Eto 26/30. ... 26 attempted passes < 30 passes received.
Eto received 30 passes from his team mates and he attempted 26. Deficit of 4. The deficit are not attempted passes.



Bottom line: Eto cannot have 13 inaccurate passes because he did not attempt all his passes. Some passes received were miscontrolled, hence he couldn't attempt to re-pass them.

coogar:
i never said etoo had 13 inaccurate passes, i said he had 13 missing passes. is it possible you are the monkey that is yet to see obama @ the white house?

so we have 13 missing passes for etoo just like rooney's 9 missing passes. so how come rooney's 9 missing passes are included in his 13 inaccurate passes and the same formular didn't work for samuel etoo?

elampiro, you are a disgrace to edo state.

Your hate for Rooney has screwed your brain 180 degree upside down.


* Rooney 9 missing passes are included in his inaccurate passes because Rooney had surplus passes than he received. The missing 4 passes are inaccurate passes.

* On the other hand, Eto made 'shortage' of passes than he received. This 4 passes cannot be inaccurate passes. Eto did not attempt to pass them all.

coogar:
you still dey talk like an illiterate. which stupïd 5 more passes? rooney received 50, he attempted 54 passes. he passed 41 accurately. 13 were inaccurate. you claim the 13 inaccurate passes also included the missing 9.

etoo received 30. he attempted 26 passes, 17 were accurate. 9 were inaccurate. if we go by your idïotic logic, 9 inaccurate passes included missing 13.

if 13 is greater than 9.....how can 13 passes be in 9?

elampiro, you are finished.




your credibility just got torn faster than a pròstitute rips a packet of condom.

Na wao! Rooney had surplus from 50 passes received while Eto had deficit from 30 passes received. Do I speak in Igbo or Yoruba?

* Rooney had one dispossession from the 50 passes he received.
* 9 of his passes were inaccurate from the remaining 49 he received .
* He made 5 passes from the duels and interceptions he won.
* 4 inaccurate passes from the duels and interception he won.

Total 54 passes, 13 inaccurate passes.

Rooney accounted for his 50 passes received and even added 4 from personal hustle. But Eto cannot account for his 30 passes received.

coogar:
samuel etoo last season against everton.

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samuel etoo received 30 passes from his team mates. he completed only 17 passes out of 26 he attempted. according to elampigoat's theory, the missing 13 passes are amongst the 9 inaccurate passes etoo made cos rooney's missing 9 passes are among the 13 inaccurate passes he made.

can 13 passes be in 9? dear oh dear.

this is why every mother of a newborn must ensure buying baby food that has meaningful nutrients in them. it's now clear that elampiro reasons with the sole of his feet. while in a standing position, elampawa's IQ is slightly below the IQ of a praying mantis.

You are woeful with statistics. Rooney made more passes than he received while Eto made less passes than he received. Where is the correlation? Apples and oranges.

1. Eto received 30 passes.
2. He attempted 26 passes.
3This already meant there were 4 of passes received that he didn't control to the extent of trying to pass them.
4. Eto made 26 attempted passes. 9 were inaccurate.


Summary: 9 inaccurate passes + 4 unattempted passes + 17 accurate passes = 30 passes received.

Eto did not have 13 inaccurate passes.

elampiro:
I can clearly count 13 red passes (failed) passes from Coogar's chart, yet he is counting nine of them as possession lost. Ukwu!!!

Common sense would tell he received 50 passes, he was dispossed 1 time. Then he was trying to make 5 more passes from duels won and balls he intercepted. Is this not simple enough?

See you at night jor.



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Coogar couldn't understand when I said '5 more passes'. Yet Coogar lives in UK.











If monkey go stay with Obama for White House or with Queen for Buckingham Palace come back, na monkey e still be. Baboon Coolie-guy Tortoise.

coogar:
you must be very stüpid....
after telling us rooney didn't receive up to 50 passes from his team mates & that some of them were from the passes he intercepted or duelled with southampton players, you are now talking nonsense.



you are a complete ïdiot!
rooney received 50 passes from his team mates, he attempted 54 passes but only 41 of them was accurate. 50-41 = 9.

rooney received 50 & only 41 found a team mate. that's the only important stat as far as keeping the ball is concerned. rooney didn't attempt any shot & he was only tackled once throughout the game. where are the remaining passes, dullard?



you are plumbing the depths of idïocy.
rooney received 50 passes from his team mates. they passed the ball to him 50 times....how come rooney only passed it back 41 times if he's not wasteful in possession?



after lying to us rooney retained possession better than mata & RVP, you are now back tracking that rooney had 13 poor passes?




nothing to do with pass accuracy.
pass accuracy hides loads of stuff. a player can receive 40 passes and only pass 15 of them to a team mate - it means most of the time he received the ball, the opponents bullied him & took the ball from him. his pass accuracy can be high.

i will look for an example cos this is starting to look beyond your IQ.




says the fool that lied that rooney's interception is part of the 50 passes received. you are a disgrace to football punditry. whoscored is the zenith of your football intelligence.

tortoise has endurance - it might make the trip from owo to australia. it's a creature that can live up to 300 years. in your own case, it's humanly impossible for you to grasp football stats. pete Edochie will become the president of USA before you understand the concept of passes received.

* Why are you telling lies against me. Where did I say Rooney's duels and interceptions won made up the 50 passes? Stop putting words in my mouth, my statements are constant.

* it is appalling you cannot differentiate inaccurate passes from dispossession. Shame on you!


The rest of your article is mere repetitions and beating about the bush.

Odunharry:
elampiro u know coogar before??

Mba.

coogar:
i think you have fluff in your brains.
rooney received 50 passes from his team mates. he didn't shoot on/off target. how come he was only able to give back 41 passes. rooney was fouled once in the game....rooney was fouled only one time in the game.....so what happened to the other passes he received? did he eat the ball?

The 9 passes here are part of his 13 inaccurate passes. The other four came from duels and interceptions he won.

coogar:
see how your lies have been exposed - you told us the interceptions & duels rooney had added up to the 50 passes - OPTA has broken down how he received all the 50 passes from united players. if you need the image of each passes; i can also provide them. you see, my source of info is larger than what whoscored gets from opta.

You lack English comprehension. I said his interceptions and duels added to his 50 passes he received to make his over 54 balls he received in the game, from which he made 54 passes.

Is it only from passes received one get balls? Your lack of intelligence here is shocking!

coogar:
tell us what rooney did to the missing 8 or 9 passes he received.

Rooney had 13 inaccurate passes. The 9 of them are from passes received.

coogar:
the passes of RVP & mata can be accounted for. RVP received 15 passes and gave back 14 to his team mates. mata received 52 passes and gave back 49 to his team mates.

This is because their pass accuracy was high. It has nothing to do with dispossession.



I am beginning to think it would be easier for a snail to travel from Owo to Australia than for you Coogar to comprehend football tactics and even the statistics your so much proud to be the custodian. Your lack football tactics analysis is appalling. Pua!

coogar:
you are a glorified simpleton!
so if rooney intercepts a pass meant for the opponent, it is counted as a pass received? why are you such a dullard? all the 50 passes received by rooney were from man utd players. not a single one of them was an interception or ground duels like you are shamelessly claiming.

the stats of all the players that passed to rooney is right there if you need it. unless you are telling us rooney is intercepting passes from his own team mates or duelling with his own team mates then you have failed woefully to defend why rooney lost 9 times while in possession of the ball. he attempted no shots throughout the game so what did he do with the ball?

•dispossession
•poor ball control
•idiotïc vision
•lack of awareness of time & space.

elampawa, try again.....

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someone should help elampiro count the number of passes united players fed to rooney before he lies again that rooney was intercepting passes from southampton players.

elampiro, lying since moses fled egypt.

You are confused:

Take for example
Passes received = 50
Interception = 2 (both resulting in attempted passes)
Duels won = 7,(4 shot into the open, 3 attempted passes.)

Total ball received = 59
Less Dispossessed = 1
Less Panic clearance = 4
59-1-4 = 54 balls for passing.
Less 13 inaccurate passes = 41 completed passes.



* The above has nothing to do with dispossession which is a separate event of its own. Rooney had 1, Mata 2. Chikena!

I can clearly count 13 red passes (failed) passes from Coogar's chart, yet he is counting nine of them as possession lost. Ukwu!!!

Common sense would tell he received 50 passes, he was dispossed 1 time. Then he was trying to make 5 more passes from duels won and balls he intercepted. Is this not simple enough?

See you at night jor.



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Manchester United are reportedly set to sign Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte according to spanish media.

Laporte is one of Europe’s most promising young defenders, and a host of leading clubs have been watching him closely.

But United now look set to grab with the player, with suggestions in Spain that the transfer is all but done.

The Frenchman is said to be packing up bags ahead of moving to Old Trafford, with only the final details of the fee left to be sorted before the switch happens.

United have offered £25million for Laporte, and while Athletic want more, a final agreement is expected shortly.

[Source: Fichajes.net, Metro]

coogar:
stop talking, bushman.
rooney received 50 passes & completed only 41 of the 54 passes he attempted. pass accuracy isn't what we are talking about here but the number of passes rooney received.

if rooney received 50 passes and only passed it along 41 times, what did he do with the other 9 passes when he made no shot on/off target? did rooney eat the ball like he eats his burgers?

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elampiro, come and argue with OPTA stats or call ibime to explain the difference between pass accuracy & passes received.

you have 15 mins to defend your idïocy....

Coolie-guy Tortoise, disposession has never been arrived at arithmetically. It's a separate stat of itself in OPTA.

1. Common sense tells you that a player doesn't only have to receive a pass to have the ball. A player also wins duels.

So where did you put Rooney's duels won and intercepted? Your charts says Rooney made 13 wrong passes from passes he received and the duels + interceptions he won.

2. Can we have Ashley Young and Falcao's charts in his last match to compare to this?

3. Can we have for DDG, Carrick and Smalling in this match?








You can only f.ool yourself into believing your made up lies.

Did anyone else see Manuel Neuer vs Algeria?

World cup winner
UCL Semi finalist
Bundesliga winner
Topping tables in this season league and UCL 2015.

Let's always have an overall view of things. Not sketches here and there.