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Danhumprey:
Rooney playing alongside RVP in attack was a terrible mistake! Those two have never forged a real,lasting chemistry in their play. Mtcheeeewww!

Rooney and RVP did not pair. Abi na live commentary u dey follow?

I would have been okay with a draw. It was a tricky match and we needed to carry on with little adjustments. I didn't like it when I saw Blackett coming in for Shaw. My thought was that we retained an experienced left back. Although it looks like it was Carrick who gave the ball away for the goal, I would say with experienced men we could have defended better.

I think Shaw and Blind should have just swapped positions. Then Rooney to striking position while Di Maria drops to midfield. At least he would have been protected by Blind and Shaw.

I think Gaal wants Shaw to fight for only LWB. The left back might just have been reserved for Rojo and Blind.

We lost in a bid to play better than we were doing. Herrera and Blackett were to help us string passes better, but I didn't think they helped our game.

I don't have much to say. A draw would have been okay.

If there is anyone going to produce a moment of magic, it's going to be Di Maria.

Luke Shaw is not a wing back.

Rooney and Di Maria should change positions. Although we might get bullied in midfield.

Hope Falcao is not injured?

Key returns excite Louis van Gaal

Louis van Gaal is confident Manchester United will discover more rhythm and consistency in the second half of the season, particularly when players such as Angel Di Maria, Daley Blind and Marcos Rojo are available for selection.

The Reds have been plagued by injuries this term but have still managed to impress in the Barclays Premier League, moving up to third place while enjoying an 10-match unbeaten league run that could be extended when Southampton visit Old Trafford this weekend.

When speaking to reporters on Friday, van Gaal was asked if his rejuvenated squad will produce more consistent performances in the coming weeks. 

“I hope so because now the players are coming back and I will have a full selection of players within three weeks, I think,” the boss explained at the Aon Training Complex. 

“Normally, we should then play better because a lot of players who were also fixed in my line-up - Daley Blind and Di Maria, for example - are now coming back.

“Marcos Rojo, for example, was also fixed in my line-up. I didn’t have the chance to build up with the same players. I hope that I can do that now, but you never know.”

Van Gaal was also quizzed on the prospect of catching joint-leaders Chelsea and Manchester City and spoke optimistically

about United’s chances, but also remained typically realistic on the subject.

“No one club in the Premier League shall win every game, but maybe Manchester United can,” he said. “That’s always our goal, but it also the goal of Jose Mourinho and also the goal of other managers – Manuel Pellegrini or Ronald Koeman, or Arsene Wenger, for example.” 
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2015/Jan/Van-Gaal-expects-consistency-when-key-players-return.aspx?pageNo=1

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal seeks top-quality recruits

Last Updated: 11/01/15 8:28am

Louis van Gaal: Prepared to only sign the right players

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he will only make a move in the January transfer window if he can find a top-quality player to bring into his squad.

Van Gaal, who brought Victor Valdes into his squad on Thursday, is prepared to be patient because he does not believe there is a long list of world-class talent available during the current window.

The United boss was busy during the summer as he splashed out to bring Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Daley Blind, Angel Di Maria, Marcos Rojo and Radamel Falcao to Old Trafford.

"When I cannot improve my selection, then I wait," he told the club's website. 

"And then I maybe have to wait a year more. Maybe you think that there are so many fantastic players, but it is not like that.

"However, I don’t (necessarily) prefer to wait until the summer when I can improve my selections. That I have showed with Valdes.

"When we can buy a player who can improve my selection, the club shall buy. Money is not interesting. It is always quality of the players in comparison with the other players that I have. I have to compare. I have to decide. Money doesn’t play any role."

"Now that I coach Manchester United, I expect more attacking quality," he added. "If it is not this year, then next season or the season after that. We shall improve and you shall see it."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11667/9640826/manchester-united-boss-van-gaal-seeks-top-quality-recruits

I forgot to include Di Maria. This is how large this squad is. I think he will start.

5pm pls.

My probable line up:

DDG
Jones- Smalling- Rojo
Valencia- carrick-Rooney-Shaw
Mata
RVP-Falcao.

* Fellaini starting might send Rooney out of midfield.

capricornian:
As much as I don't really rate Valdes that much, I think I support LVG buying him. Our Anders seems to be satisfied with being Number 2. I believe he just wanna stay on the bench and earn his salary even if he isn't used forever and I think LVG saw through him which made him to buy Valdes. LVG has shown to be a Manager who likes competition amongst his players.

I noticed he doesn't really believe in Anders when we played our last FA Cup match and he fielded De Gea. I thought he would allow David to rest for that match but he didn't. I also think I read about Anders willing to leave sometimes ago.

I pray he buys a solid defender (even if na ONE) and just one rugged CA Midfielder or DM who can allow Mata and co to roam freely and be able to express themselves better.

Once it was established in January 2013 that DDG was better than Lindegaard, it was necessary that the club started giving him regular and plenty game time to stabilize him. He needed to be given plenty and regular games to overcome his inexperience and fright in certain circumstances. Remember Moyes hardly used Lindegaard even in Carling cups.

This opinion may sound odd but I have strong conviction that Valldes came into the picture because Gaal was not initially convinced about some aspects of DDG's game and Lingaard wasn't even the answer either. Then there is a temptation to make big cash from DDG's sale should there be an alternative. However, I have the believe too that DDG's performances in recent matches might just have left Gaal at a cross road now.

Valdes on his part may have read the situation and saw some possibilities of he making some impressions that might force the club to accept any big offer for DDG. He would have known by now no keeper has the reflexes of DDG. He knows DDG doesn't vomit shots. But he also may have noticed DDG is very unlikely to leave his line to go punch a cross 5 yards away,even though DDG is far taller. And this is a big part of EPL games.

Unlike Lindegaard, Valdes is never going to be comfortable being number 2 season after season. If he failed to win the club's best keeper after a while of trying, he would settle for a lesser club as first choice. I don't expect Cech to settle for a number two keeper either. But Anders Lindegaard is a typical number 2 keeper for a big club.

coogar:
jones is wack!
this is the player SAF had so much hope for and said he would become another duncan edward. he has not lived up to that promise and he keeps deteriorating.

he's a pretender....
from the first look, you would think he's very busy and doing a lot but whe you take a second or a 3rd look, the flaws become very obvious. jones & evans are tii lightweight to protect de gea.

Defenders don't peak until they are 24- 25. And Jones has never been used as a steady centre back.

Three Lions defenders:
Jagielka 32
Cahil 29
Smalling 25
Jones 22 .... Going to 23 on Feb 21.

Except when injured, Jones virtually always started for SAF, Moyes, Gaal and Hodgson. During the holiday, I reviewed how Smalling and Jones came back from injuries in 2012/13 under SAF. Jones was always sent back into the starting team on return from injuries. I think the coaches have a high opinion of him. Whether he is deteriorating, that I don't know because in my eyes he is doing well for his age. I believe he needs games to get to that level SAF expected of him.

Sports Editor of the Manchester Evening News @PeterSpencerMEN has tweeted saying "BALE FOR UTD...its edging closer now valdes has signed."

-Yesterday

Thursday January 08 2015
Wayne voted by the fans as England Player of the year 2014

Wayne has been voted by the fans as the Vauxhall England Player of the Year for 2014.

The Three Lions skipper played in every game for Roy Hodgson’s side last year, top-scoring with eight goals and also reached his century of international caps.

The Manchester United forward was the clear winner, receiving the majority of votes from members of the England Supporters to be crowned Vauxhall England Player of the Year.

Wayne has now won the award three times - more than any other player - after he scooped the prize in 2008 and 2009.

Wayne said: “I’m both very happy and proud to be named the England fan’s Player of the Year.

“The fact that this award is chosen by the fans makes it even more special, so I would like to thank all those who voted.

“I would also like to thank all the England fans for their support throughout what was a mixed year.

“They have stuck by us since the World Cup, we have managed to win every game since and are in the best possible position for European qualification.

He continued: “Receiving an honour such as this from the fans is always something that fills you with personal pride.

“But it is important to point out that without the support of my team mates, coaching and backroom staff such an award would not be possible.

“I therefore accept this from the fans on behalf of every single member of the England team.”

Wayne was handed the England captaincy by boss Roy Hodgson in September, following the international retirement of Steven Gerrard.

He then went on to win his 100th cap for his country in their 3-1 victory over Slovenia in November.

But the 29-year-old says wearing the armband as England won six consecutive games is the thing he’ll remember most about 2014.

“The highlight of the year for me has to be being named captain.” said Rooney.

“It’s a huge honour just to play for your country so to be named England captain was a dream come true and something I take great pride in doing.

“Another highlight has to be walking out with my kids on my 100th cap, that was a special moment.”

He added: “For 2015 I just hope that we carry on the form we have shown in the last few games and secure qualification for the European Championship.”

Wayne will be presented with his award ahead of England’s next game against Lithuania, which is at Wembley on 27 March.
http://www.officialwaynerooney.com/news/article/wayne-voted-by-the-fans-as-england-player-of-the-year-2014




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This is how the fans speak. Not a few articles trying to influence the Managers of teams to favour other players they love. For instance, Liverpool fans always writing in favour of Sterling and Sturridge.

Daley Blind, Rafael and several other previously sidelined Manchester United players have been training with the first-team squad as preparations for Sunday’s clash with Southampton continue.

Luke Shaw, who was also substituted at Huish Park with an ankle problem, Marcos Rojo, Marouane Fellaini and Antonio Valencia were pictured, along with Spanish goalkeeper Victor Valdes, who has joined United on an 18-month contract.

[Source: manutd.com]

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Manchester United- official FB
There’s a lot of love between David De Gea and Víctor Valdés. Our new signing thinks our no.1 is “the best in the world”. And in turn, David says Victor “is a great keeper and a good person”.

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JayKayMaybachz:
No Sire.. I rarely criticize a player cos no be everyday pesin dhey do well for life, even Ronaldo & Messi sef... The best in the business dhey fvck up sometimes.... But when a player like Rooney who earns like that aforementioned can't do half of what those hoonchos do, It gets us feeling bad though..... But all the same, try as you can to avoid some Rooney's arguement here.... It doesn't change the fact that He's a good player though buh doesn't really offer what his pay check describes

No qualms. But guys forget Rooney only earns higher than RVP by a certain image right clause. Falcao's wage is no far off.

chrisley024:
I put the 'hyena' as he's fondly called here and that makes it unbelievable. I'm also surprised.

Okay. That's impressive. Although the distance covered stat is the most subjective of all stats.

JayKayMaybachz:
Nawa to Elampiro shaaaa...... Him too dhey like carry Rooney matter for head like sey na him papa nii.... we all luv Rooney, we only criticize him when he doesn't live up to expectations..... Mehn!! 300k per weak ain't shyte

You know for sure it's not all criticism that are ordinary. Have I have clashed with you on Rooney?

chrisley024:
Nawa for you o. All these your epistles should go to Dailymail.

Also know it's independent of the number of minutes played eg Flamini has the most for Arsenal.

I have not read the article. I doubt if dailymail will mention 'hyena'. That hyena stuff made it debatable.

I will try and read it later. Let me understand what they are saying.

^^^
I guess you know what it means to sprint 500m? Rooney is measure to be one of the fastest player in EPL while sprinting. You know what energy that is. Like he catching Yaya Toure when he chased him back to our edge of box.

chrisley024:
Unbelievable!

Robin van Persie (the hyena) has covered the most ground for Manchester United.
-Daily mail.

How does this not make him an hyena? You have much to learn about this distance covered stat.

1. RVP has played the most minutes, apart from DDG.

2. It doesn't mean he moves (walk, jog, run) across wide area of the pitch. Hit map shows even Falcao covers more area per match. RVP is an hyena because he doesn't hunt. His activities are around the meal table (opposition goal area). Although he has improved so much now.

3. A player can even cover most distance without using much energy and involving in play activities. After all even pot belly referees cover more distance than players.

4. You really need to dig deep to understand distance covered stat. Some analysts start by counting the number of spints, chasing an opponent back, etc. For instance, Sterling and Sanchez have the highest sprints in matches. I will find time to go into details.




For a more understanding, see below:

Wayne Rooney in a certain season as a striker:
He covers around 11.82km during a match. This is incredible.
4,000m Wayne is walking
4,800m jogging
1500m running
1,000m light sprinting
500m sprinting

When Coogar resort to fetching social comments from blog, know that his own his finished. Hohohoho

Bye Mr Coogar. Enjoy your new year.

Good news, Falcao personally put on his facebook wall he is happy at Manchester United.

coogar:
rooney is shyte....
with the number of setplays & the comfortable position he has been deployed to play, he should be doing way better than he's doing.

Rooney's goals are from open play. Last season you said he scores from set plays.

If Rooney were the striker, he should have scored 20 goals now, considering the number of clear cut chances RVP and Falcao have squandered in the box.

coogar:
assist is a useless stat. it doesn't give the passer any credit if a goal isn't scored. rooney got no assist for setting di maria free against arsënal at the emirates. the pass was perfect but di maria screwed up - so why should we even be discussing assist when it depends on what another player does with the ball?

you are an amateur!!



rooney is the lowest - don't lump them together in your senseless inequality. rooney is the worst amongst the three.



in which of these positions is a striker prevented from making a key pass? how can herrera be making more key passes than rooney? can't you see rooney is useless?



berbatov was a deep-lying forward. he received passes with his back to the goal & then hold it up to the wingers fly past him. he lays a pass to the wing and valencia crosses the ball for rooney to score.

our route to most of our goals that season was berbatov-valencia-rooney.




which legend?
rooney that was booed by the fans when he received his last premier league medal in 2013. legends don't get booed - rooney is mostly seen as a liability to the club.

1. Assist is now a useless stat. Ayagayagayagayo hei

If assist is useless, key pass is worthless. Someone got a key pass for Herrera's wayward attempt from 35 yards the other time.

* How can Rooney be lowest when you have Fellaini and Carrick at <1? Mata is a disgrace to number 10s for having 1 key pass per match or 2 in three games. Shame!

* The position matters. Why is Carrick and Herrera lacking?

* I don't believe Berba was in deep lying forward in 2009/10. Where is the pass stat? I saw clips of 2011/12, Rooney was in deep supplying to wings.

* Booed abi? But made captain. He is a legend.



See you at night.

coogar:
why is rooney such a useless player to united?

Rooney >>> RVP, Mata in goals and assists from a deeper role.

What do you have to say? Huh!

coogar:
how many times has rooney played in the midfield? why are many of his passes backwards? i can bring out all rooney's passes when he's played in the midfield & you will find out more than half of his passes still go backwards.



rooney is the biggest underperformer.
mata & herrera have made more key passes per 90 mins than rooney. so whether rooney is in advanced position or deep-lying position, there's no excuse for his poor rate.




even if we agree that rooney's deep-lying position lately might have hampered his number of key passes, why does herrera make more key passes than rooney?

rooney's key passes are boosted by setplays. every time a shot is taken from rooney's corners or crossed freekicks, he gets an awoof
key pass. yet, herrera has been better than him.

why is rooney such a useless player to united?

* Everything you said revolves round key pass. Goals, Assists, nko?

* Do you realized that Mata, Herrera and Rooney all have >1<2 key passes per 90 minutes?

* Rooney has played CM 7 times, AM number 10 position 2 or 3 times, striker 5 times.

* I will like to know, what formation did we play in 2009/10.who made more passes between Rooney and Berbatov? I reviewed 2011/12 season recently, Rooney was the one passing to Nani, Giggs and Young and off he ran into the box for the kill.



Rooney is a legend for Man United. Who is Berbatov? Bobby Chalton has named Rooney Man United legend designate and urged him to break his goals haul.

Deleted post.

coogar:
yes he does.....
he used it to a devastating effect throughout his stay at old trafford. he holds up the play, wait for valencia or nani to run ahead and then lays the ball to them. valencia became the league's best winger in 09/10 because of berbatov. about 90% of valencia's assists that season were fed by berbatov.




he's not at any par!
the difference is clear - the stats pro-rated per 90 mins so it's wider than you think. rooney is our poorest player in the midfield this season. even fellaini makes more forward passes - what a shame!!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2007506_image_jpeg9f360c5ab7736510df54c882e9dbf188

in spite of rooney taking our set plays mostly, herrera has made more key passes than rooney. if rooney were to stop taking set plays, he would be worse than carrick. why does rooney even start for united when statistics show fellaini has been better than him this season?

I wanted to ignore until I saw you brought fresh things.

* Has Rooney played 1395 minutes in midfield? Did you expect Rooney to make forward passes as a number 9?

* Can't you see Mata is under performing? From the number 10 he has 1 key pass per match as Rooney. So Mata can't even make two passes per match?

* can we have the goals and assist stats?

* Can we have CCC created?


Forget that nonsense about set plays. Rooney's assists are mostly from open play.


On Berbatov having more long balls. You can't be serious. Which formation did we play in 2009/10?

coogar:
but this doesn't explicitly state which of the successful touches is the first touch. we are particular about the first touch. i will even go further and say it's not all the first touches that are difficult. we are specific about the first touch where a ball is received from a huge height or at a very high pace.

your stats cannot determine which of the passes is coming at a height, or at pace or if it's the first. how can you then present it an argument that says rooney has a poor first touch? use your brain for once and stop trolling.

Does Berbatov receive more of those pacing high flight balls than others? Although well said by you.

Bye!

coogar:
rooney is worthless.....
he's only in the team cos he's english - even SAF said rooney is a slow learner, a typical idïot.

he makes the most backward passes and he doesn't make enough forward passes. it means with rooney in the team, we suffer a lot in attacking play.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2007436_image_jpeg9f360c5ab7736510df54c882e9dbf188

the difference is clear.
rooney - jack of all trade, master of none.

Hahahahaha, Mata's control and forward play is overhyped. He is almost at par with Rooney in backward passes and forward passes. Rooney has more goals from deeper position.







My day is made again. See you at night. Ayagayagayago

coogar:
what has this gotta do with the first touch? you are the one who lacks education. let's assume a player makes 2 touches with the ball. excellent first touch & a poor second touch that puts the ball out of play, would this stat record the first touch?

you keep disgracing the people of edo state with your poor use of english language.

It is shocking you have not grabbed my lectures over four pages now.

The stat will record the two touches:
First touch controlled second micontrolled . 2 touch, 1 unsuccessful touch for the player.
First touch micontrolled: 1 touch, 1 unsuccessful touch for the player.
First touch miscontrolled and second controlled. 2 touches, one unsuccessful touch.

So at the end you will have number of touches vs number of unsuccessful touches to determine overall control of a player.

Note: Every touch of the ball (excluding missed duels), even from kick off is a touch.