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With all the time in the world Lambert missed even though Foster had invited a chip.

More of that Lambert.

It was all about himself and not mocking anyone.

Messi refused to show mercy

The little magician dressed like a magician

Coogar, you did research on Messi, can we see the outcome? Verifiable evidence.


*Seriously, I don't believe that Messi's statement at all. The way Messi celebrates his goals when the tallies pushes him above CR7, goes to show he is so much alert to and conscious about the competition between them. Then when he was awarded Ballon d'or the last time, he was virtually mocking at CR7. But when CR7 won, he could hardly looked into Messi's face (direction). He was head bowed most of the time.

RuuDie:
What exactly does Welbeck do!? He hardly shoots... He doesn't play close to the goalkeeper... Bla, bla, bla...!

You sound so confused now. Welbecks rivals Chicharito in shot convertion rate. I thought you should be asking what Chicharito does because he sits in the box 247 while Welbeck goes to hunt and tackle.......

mikeapollo:
Who told you that the collapse of Synagogue building was due to poor building practice? And how do you know that the load on top was too much for the foundation?
The church has demonstrated that it had approval for a 12 storey building. LASG officials have gone to carry out tests on the foundation and they have seen that the foundation was cast for 12 floors, even though the building was only 6 floors
Just go and check......All the buildings in the SCOAN premises are solid in structure, design and construction, hence the collapsed building cannot be an exception.

Nobody wants to ask the critical questions about the strange military jet plane that hovered 4 times above the building at low altitude within a period of about 30 minutes. In saner countries, the directors of bodies NCAA, FAAN, SSS etc would be at work to unravel the identity and mission of the strange aircraft......but here in Nigeria, we want to crucify the pastor because we have hated the man long before now......this tragedy just provides an opportunity to the haters to call for his head and blame him for everything!

TB Joshua denied that report about having approval for 12 story building. Go to TB Joshua ministries official facebook page of Sept 30th.
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Our attention has been drawn to several articles circulating around the internet quoting Mr. Ken Emeakayi as an official representative of T.B. Joshua, The SCOAN and Emmanuel TV. The Vanguard Newspaper even called him ‘T.B. Joshua’s aide’ which is a misrepresentation.

While Mr Ken is a member of The SCOAN and an Emmanuel TV partner, he went to the media on his own personal level to air his views concerning the incident and not to officially represent the church.

Any official statement from The SCOAN will be published on our website and our official Facebook Page.

The Barca striker was asked, rather audaciously, if he is better than CR7.

More from the AP:

“I don’t compete with Cristiano at all. I just play my game and do my duty,” Messi said.

“And I am not interested in competing with him or anybody else. I’ve said many times that individual awards are the less important ones for me. I hope to be able to play a great season and help my team achieve the goals we have set at the beginning of the season. And in a club such as Barcelona those goals are winning titles.”
http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/02/lionel-messi-was-asked-whether-he-was-better-than-cristiano-ronaldo/



CR7 sees it as a serious competition but Messi doesn't. But I don't think Messi is sincere in his answer.

RuuDie:
Simple question and you dey write me bible chapter...

You have to bring out the number of goals scored when Henry played in the wing as a winger. That is, as a winger in a 4-4-2 not 4-3-3.

RuuDie:
We can criticize his finishing, we watch him all the time... He misses at a rate directly proportional to score rate of CR7.
4 goals in 5 games looks very pretty on paper... Maybe they should include how many shots or chances were spurned before the 4 went in!

Welbeck hardly shoots. So how do you mean he misses so much. How does someone who hardly shoots misses so much? Welbeck has the same conversion rate as Chicharito even though Chicha plays closer to the goalkeeper than Welbeck- Chicha was a striker throughout.

Last season:

Welbeck total shot= 46, goals 9
Chicharito total shots 21, goals 4
Rooney total shots = 101, goals 17
RVP total shots= 62, goals 12.

RuuDie: Arsenal legend TH14 that Welbeck is being likened to, played and scored most of his goals from where!?

Henry was a striker who loved drifting to the side for the kill. Just like Silva who drifts to the side even when played as a number 10.

I see nothing unique or special that Fletcher brings to the team. His workholic that he was known for is gone and doesn't count in our favour anymore. No aerial dominance anymore. No good tackling record. Except may be we would say he had conserved some energy in the last few weeks.

Our match is Sunday at noon.

SailorXY: Valencia has never been used in the middle @ United. in fact, i remember just once i saw him with the ball towards the left wing, i was like ?wetin this one dey find for that place?
i have forgotten that match now. we shouldn't forget that the diamond 4 interchange positions from time to time, i dont know how Valencia will cope or keep it compact cuz his brain is only wired to the white chalk on the right side

He has played there once for SAF. I think it was in 2011/12. I thought he did well because he did some fine forward runs. But that was Valencia of 2011/12.

coogar: jones is a goat!
if he plays he would injure himself again. i woulda wanted fellaini to complete the triumvirate in the midfield cos of the height factor.

valencia can also be useful in the middle. he plays there for his country. i see no reason van gaal can't try him in the middle. we need runners in that middle to nullify everton.

Bros se, hope all is well?



Gaal said Jones is not fit.

Welbeck just challenged Costa, Benzenma, Aguero, Balotelli, etc, to play from the wing and see how many goals they can score. May be including Ibrahimovic. Hazard too would soon join Welbeck in this campaign.

mcfarlin: *before the current spain squad spain have had good players in the past.

Easier to say now because they won something recently now. If England should win the next Euro cup, we will be told how great Beckham was, Roy Kean, Paul Scholes, Lampard, Gerald, Rooney, Terry, Lineker, Gerald, Shearer, Cole. Then the whole world would want to play like Sterling, Sturridge, Jones, Herderson, and more.

mcfarlin: *#fact:if xavi,iniesta were english/british stars they would have being deified by the media...

Paul Scholes, Lampard, Beckham, Kean and the media did not burn..

mcfarlin: *truth is those nigerian players you mentioned are very good..but unlike their european contemporaries they were not discovered at the right age hence they faded away easily[bar iheanacho..he's still active]

It doesnt matter. They were still praised to high heavens as if they would soon win the CAF best player award.




It's everywhere my guy.

Danny Welbeck: Arsenal striker hits back at his critics

"Obviously people can say I have not scored enough goals, but you stick the best strikers on the wing in a four-man midfield and see if they score," said Welbeck, who hit a Champions League hat-trick against Galatasaray on Wednesday.
"Nobody can really criticise my finishing because they don't really see me playing in a forward position too often.
"But now I am getting into these positions I want to be sticking the ball in the back of the net. I am sure it's the same with every other striker."
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29473438



lol

chrisley024: My problem with him is saying how our back will look like. Blackett is back while some thought Jones is fit. Would have kept his opponent guessing.

You are correct. He even went as far as saying McNair is the only defender available who can play on the right CB. However, I can't know more than Gaal.

mcfarlin: *they are comparing in the sense that they compared welbecks progress with henry's own earlier on in his career

*players get compared all the time and almost more often than not fail to live up to expectations.

*i follow all the major european leagues with almost the same enthusiasm..true I might follow the premier league more cause of my team...but the british press overdo it in the sense that talents of british youngsters[b] pale in comparison to their european counterparts[/b].

A drowning man will hang on to a straw the england national team hasn't won major tournament since 1966! these people are starved of success...any sign of the extraordinary is always blown out of prorportions...danny welbeck scores a hatrick against a team outside the top five major leagues in europe...everyone sees him as the next big team.

*welbeck doesn't play as a main striker/out and out striker yet can only manage just 11 assists in over 200 fixtures

*forget the hype danny welbeck is highly overrated.

Before the current team, Spain had not won anything and nobody said their press overhypped their players. More so you don't understand Spanish so you wouldn't know what their press write about.

What about Nigeria hyping Opabunmi, Chrisantus, Iheanacho, Phillip Osondu, Ogbeche, Oruma.

SailorXY: well the team I hope to see against Everton

--------------deGea-------------

Rafael---McNair-----Rojo---Shaw

----------------Blind-------------

Anderson-----------------diMaria

----------------Mata--------------

-----vanPersie--------Falcao-----

Anderson is the odd man out. If he can run and tackle, then we can hope for a good game. The ball will be played on the ground, Blind, Rafael, Di Maria and Mata should have a field day. I am not too sure about Anderson, but it's left to Gaal to know what he is bringing from the training.

SIRcumalot: Let's not
My hope is Mata puts up strong performance to challenge for the role

Exactly what I he should have said.

* Mata has 8 goals from his last 11 EPL matches.
* RVP has 4 goals from his last 11 EPL matches.
* Wayne Rooney has 9 goals from his last 11 EPL matches. ( Among these matches were Man City and Everton)

Starboard, tell me what you have against Wayne Rooney? Sometimes you guys write as if Wayne Rooney is not a Manchester United player. I don't get it at all. RVP is your sacred cow.

StarBoard: Please check your facts before you rush to type.

and where did I pick Rooney to start?

Or are you already in holiday mode?

*picked on* I said.


* Lest I forget, one thing you keep repeating since morning is Mata's 8 goals in his last 11 EPL matches. How about RVP's goals in his last a11 EPL matches? Lol

StarBoard: Rooney?
The one who was mediocre in the hole and as a striker?
he Rooney who eliminated us vs Bayern and was generally shyting all over the season but pulling the wool over our eyes with the goal at Upton park?
Please.
Let's not recycle this argument.

This is why I said you are biased. RVP eliminated us against Madrid. He also did against Everton in FA cup. Why not mention those?

Another worry is the fact that Rooney is not playing this weekend and you picked on him ahead of our match. I don't get you at all. I though you should be discussing the team shape against Everton.

StarBoard: Again I'm tired of this churlishness you tend to exhibit.You deliberately mis-align arguments for the sake of your points of view.

Rooney held us to ransom (i.e. huge pay-rises ) each time he threatened to walk. I still wonder how Ronaldo figures into this argument.

1. You fail to understand that by Rooney's antics, he does not deeeserve to be captain.
2. Ronaldo returning is not the issue here. It's Rooney's frequent demands to leave that is the crux of the matter. So you have an irrelevant point, as usual.
3.Oga stop this na. What does Neymar have to do with United?
Barcelona won the league the season before Neymar was signed. That could have been seen as strengthening for an assault on Europe.
We lost the title race after placing the scoring burden on baldy Rooney.
spot the difference.

You have nothing against Rooney other than hatred. All your posts have given your biased view away.

I see nothing meaningful you contest about Rooney's captaincy.

ElFenomeno1: Lol.

Elamps so you want to tell me you didnt catch a whiff or sniffed Blind to United a few weeks before it happened?!

Some media outlets were already reporting that van Der Saar was helping to broker a deal .... and some other sources long reported that LVG wanted him!

But there was no bid reported.

StarBoard: 1. Fact is Rooney asked for a transfer twice. After getting a hike and criticising the club. Ronaldo was never in the running for club captain so this comparison doesn't hold water.

2. You still validate the position that Rooney after all his antics. How can someone whose loyalty to the club with whom he has become England's highest earner be in the running to be the captain of England's biggest club?

3. Rooney was lost in the shuffle when it came to the lead striker's role in 2012/13. It was an indictment on him that Fergie had to buy a 29 year old Robin van Persie to ensure we won the title.

Yeah I was out to kind of try to reflect on certain things. The lunacy that ran rampant at the time of my departure doesn't fit into my system anymore.
Pardon my amnesia about the captaincy issue. I only brought it up because it appears van Gaal has actually gone soft. Rooney as a leader leaves a lot to be desired in my view. It's only symptomatic of the present United squad where we keep bumbling from one uncertainty into the other.

1. Was Rooney going for club captain in 2010 and 2013 summers? So defence ur of Ronaldo is flawed. Ronaldo did not give us an option, but Rooney did.

2. If Ronaldo should return now, would you be angry if he is made captain? I doubt.

3. Is the purchase of Neymar an indictment on Iniester? Before 2012/13, Rooney scored more goals than RVP on per minutes played the previous season. SAF only bought RVP because he wanted an experienced 9, not relying on Chicha and Welbeck who played on top the previous season.

mcfarlin: That's your opinion

Truth is on sunday the 2 main attractions/main men for either side will be welbeck and costa.

Although the british press with its characteristic penchant for overhyping british players have started comparing welbeck to henry which is outrageous to say the least.

A player like welbeck with the balance of a baby giraffe scores a rare hatrick and everyone goes gaga..I just don't get it.

They are not comparing, they are telling Wenger to train Welbeck to be like Henry. Secondly, it's not because he is English, it's done to all the players. Januzaj compared to CR7, Neymar. Fabio and Rafael got all the accolades, Mecheida, Ba, Moses, Yakubu, Amokachie, and many more. Even Spannish press and Italian press do it too. Just that we follow English fooball.

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"I think it's consistency for Danny, consistency in a number of areas," Neville said on Sky Sports. "One, just playing,  he said it himself, playing as a centre-forward regularly, he was in and out of United's team and he was in and out of playing centre-forward, he was playing left and right wing.

"And then obviously the biggest thing, his centre-forward play for outside the box is sensational, his work-rate, his touch, it's just that consistency of finishing and I think that will come from confidence and belief. It's making sure that when he gets in that left channel he has a finish, when he gets one-on-one with the goalkeeper in a central area he has a finish.

"He's unplayable at times, he's a nightmare. He plays against John Terry and Gary Cahill on Sunday - they will not want to play against him. He's quick, he's strong, it's just the last bit has got to be delivered more consistently.

"It was top centre-forward play tonight and if he can get goals more consistently to his game you have got a real top-class centre-forward there.

"What Arsene Wenger did when Thierry Henry came to Arsenal, people forget at Monaco... I played against him as a 17-year-old, he was very raw, he played as a left winger... in fact his control was poor, he wasn't a goalscorer in those early years, however when he went to Arsenal it just completely took off for him.

"They were Thierry Henry goals and I'm not going to compare him to Thierry Henry because he's one of the best players in the world and one of the best players we ever had in the Premier League. But if Arsene Wenger can work with Danny Welbeck in the same way he did with Thierry Henry he will get an absolute bagful of goals."
https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/terry-cahill-wont-fancy-unplayable-welbeck-says-gary-061000511--spt.html

ElFenomeno1: Blind was all over the tabloids weeks before he finally signed.

I can only relate with you on Falcao but mba nu on Daley Blind.

All over the tabloids like the one below which was published a day or two before he was signed?

No Manchester United bid for Ajax’s Daley Blind, says agent

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/26/daley-blind-agent-no-contact-from-manchester-united


Lol.


Good u admitted Falcao's.....

[quote author=SailorXY post=/post/26830301]hopefully, this Rooney debate won't stretch beyond this page tho[/quote]There is no debate. As for now, Rooney is not in the team. We have to discuss Mata and the team. Let's hope Mata gives us cause to smile and no injuries to any of the three forwards. Should Mata fail, Coogar will have to answer to me in at least a full page.