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On a serious note. That Oshoala girl na compete package footballer. Did you not see how she covered the number 5 position when the defender went out for treatment,in same match she scored 4 assisted 2. I beg she too try.

The captain of the team called her he leader of the team 'cos she could do many things for the whole team in various departments.

PietroRico: I swear elampiro has on crush on this oshoala girl

Yori yori.

I am not shaken. With time, Man United will be a delight to watch again. What Gaal should do first is make the team hard to beat. But his philosophy is to control the game and attack. It will work with time.

Report: In an interesting development Edwin van der Star has arrived at Carrington. And some reports that an Ajax board member will meet United officials. Daley Blind could be next.

‘If Sir Alex were here this year it would be difficult for him as well and I’m sure he’d agree.'

‘People are aware there’s a squad that is ageing, so it would have been a tough season for whoever was in charge of United this year. It could have been the case no matter what.’

- Moyes.

In eleven years, Moyes was EPL manager of the season 3 times. Our boys rubbished all that.

ujchief: Moyes was right afterall. Gaal is just echoing what moyes had been saying all along: we need a total overhaul!
The players signed had been moyes' target, the result are same, if not worse than moyes'. So, why did we sack moyes if Gaal is stil asking of the same time moyes needed?

JUST SAYING

Man United can ruin somebody's CV.


We just made Gaal looked like a mediocre. Moyes would have by now steadied the ship. At a higher round we beat Norwich 4-0 last season. Yesterday performance was so lackaidasical that I kept asking if there was a second leg. Gaal underrated our opponents and overrated his boys.

elampiro: When has shot on target being of any yardstick in football?

Anderson should be sold to Rivers Angels so that he can learn from Sunday. Chicha to to Rivers Angels to learn from Oshoala.


* Falconets has ball sense more than United that played tonight. Gosh! Donkeys. Oshoala would have applied intelligence to score those chances Chicha missed.

Anderson should retire to ball boy already.

I 4got to add;






Ayagayagayagayo

Louis van Gaal, speaking to Sky Sports:
"It's a matter of making errors at wrong moments. When you see the goals against us, I believe they were big errors that you cannot make. Then it was 0-2 and it was very difficult to come back into the game. In the second half we created a lot of chances and didn't have the luck to score. Then two more errors and it's 0-3 and 0-4."

When asked if he regretted making so many changes van Gaal said:
"No, you have to analyse the problem and I've done that. We have nine injuries and had a very young team. I have seen them trying to do their utmost best so you cannot expect more from players. Fans have to believe in our philosophy, we are building a team which we cannot make in one month or even one year. It's very disappointing but I hope they maintain their confidence in our club."

When asked if the club would be signing any more players:
"No. This is same question your other colleagues have put. We know exactly what we are doing. We have lost in the Capital One Cup, and so tonight has cost us the chance of a trophy, and that is disappointing."

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Gaal needs one year or more to build his team?

26/08/2014 19:05, Report by Communications Dept.

United sign Angel Di Maria for record fee

• Argentina international midfielder joins on five-year contract.

Manchester United is delighted to announce that Angel Di Maria has completed his transfer for a British record fee of £59.7million. Angel joins on a five-year contract.

Di Maria, 26, began his career at one of the most prolific youth academies in Argentinian football, Rosario Central. In 2007, he moved to Europe to play for Portuguese club Benfica, before signing for Real Madrid in 2010. The Argentina international has 52 caps for his national team, scoring 10 goals.

Angel Di Maria said: "I am absolutely delighted to be joining Manchester United. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Spain and there were a lot of clubs interested in me, but United is the only club that I would have left Real Madrid for.

"Louis van Gaal is a fantastic coach with a proven track record of success and I am impressed by the vision and determination everyone has to get this club back to the top – where it belongs. I now just cannot wait to get started."

Louis van Gaal said: "Angel is a world-class midfielder but most importantly he is a team player. There is no doubting his immense natural talent.

"He is a tremendously fast and incisive left-footed player who puts fear into the most accomplished defence. His dribbling skills and his ability to take on and beat opponents are a joy to watch. He is an excellent addition to the team."

Source: Mufc
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Gaal summed up what I admire in Di Maria's game.

coogar: both played more than rooney did over the weekend at the stadium of light. rooney is the only striker earning £300k/week that fails to register a shot on target in 90 minutes.

When has shot on target being of any yardstick in football?

Anderson should be sold to Rivers Angels so that he can learn from Sunday. Chicha to to Rivers Angels to learn from Oshoala.


* Falconets has ball sense more than United that played tonight. Gosh! Donkeys. Oshoala would have applied intelligence to score those chances Chicha missed.

Anderson should retire to ball boy already.

coogar: you also told us rooney was the best number 10 in the world & he would light up the world cup.......until he disgraced england & himself at the mundial. it got so bad that half of britain want him out of the starting team. they believed sterling -aged 19 is a surer bet than rooney in the number 10 position.

as per the things we said about moyes - haven't we been vindicated? moyes took all your advice and we ended in the 7th position. ever since anderson has joined man utd, we have never finished lower than second - moyes loaned him out & we failed to qualify for ordinary europa

that alone tells me you & moyes are lunatics!

How was your Anderson tonight? Chicharito?

Your favourite players are now about the worst in the world.

coogar: we had nothing to prove?
after signing hargreaves, nani, anderson & tevez. we had nothing to prove? elampawa - how old were you in 07/08?

You are not talking.

SAF had nothing to prove after winning the league the previous season. With the exit we had 3 big cups to pursue. Unlike now we needed to prove our 7th position was a big mistake and we are still a big club to b feared.

raumdeuter: Where was Man Utd when Juve played 3 finals in 3 yrs

We are talking about Pogba's era in United, 2011 when United were the 2nd best team in Europe. You are talking about the time of Methuselah.

ElFenomeno1: No way you can sugar coat this.. This is absolutely embarrassing!

It's a shame. A disgrace.

This is even a non league team, unlike Conventry.

coogar: why should that be? this is united for effing sake!!!

07/08 season
•got 2 points from the first 2 games
•lost 0-2 to coventry @OT in the carling cup

outcome - UCL/league title in the same season

biko, there's nothing new under the sun. this is united. what bearing does carling cup have on the destination of the title?

We didn't have anything to prove in 07/08. Unlike now the whole world is expecting us to prove we are still a big club. I wasn't disappointed when our reserve boys lost to Coventry.

People are laughing at me on fb. They are mocking 3-5-2 and Gaal. They said I boasted about him.

Rubbish!!!

All the players should be sacked.

Why did we play these yeye players when we don't even have tight fixture schedule.

We are out of Capital1 cup this morning. Why underrate an opponent?

raumdeuter: Wheres Man Utd in Europe recent history

Where was Juv when United played 3 finals in 4 years?

Pogba this, Pogba that:
........

See Januzaj

Adnan Januzaj



Two years ago United signed 16-year-old Adnan Januzaj from Anderlecht right under the nose of the interested Barcelona. The Kosovo-born Belgium-under-19′s international has shown great promise in pre-season after a fantastic year with the United Under-21s side that won the Barclays Elite Group final. Januzaj has also won personal accolades as the reserve team Player of the Year 2012/2013 and picking up the ‘Addidas Golden Ball’ – Player of the Tournament in the FIFA youth cup held in Switzerland.

The most telling sign on Januzaj’s progression is that Sir Alex Ferguson named him on the bench in his last ever game for United against West Bromwich Albion. This surely was a message that he should be part of the future of the first team for United. So far this pre-season he has picked up a goal and been one of the best performers in the squad, he capped this off with an assist and Man of the Match performance in Rio Ferdinands testimonial defeat to Sevilla. He has since made his first competitive appearance as a red in the Community Sheild.


http://oldtraffordfaithful.com/season-preview-united-players-to-watch/

Last season, these same guys said Fabio, Cleverley, Nani, Zaha, Chicharito, Anderson were the neglected messiahs who should have saved our season, and that Moyes was an idiot.

Anderson went Fiorentina to expose himself and shamed his promoters. Zaha and Fabio also failed.


This season they said Di Maria is worth less than £35m. And that Nani, Anderson, Young, Cleverley will be great under Gaal.



ITK people. Always know more than the manager. This is no video game.

raumdeuter: This is rich coming from a Man Utd fan

Where's Juve in Europe in recent history?

coogar: you are talking nonsense - it seems it's difficult for you to reason. there's no issue of benching anderson/cleverley. they weren't in any competition. the issue is why did SAF refuse to play pogba even when anderson/cleverley were out injured for months?

why is your logic so backwards?



his mistakes weren't costly too when he won the FA youth cup for united. when wilshere achieved the same feat - he became arsenal's rooney.

his mistakes weren't costly too when he guided france to under-20 world cup in turkey. that was france's first ever title in the competition so are they better balanced like juventus as well?

Why are you bringing junior or reserve achievement into a senior team argument? A player can be a champion in the reserve or junior under 20 but he will still be a mediocre in the senior. Januzaj was the best reserve and best in junior competition in English league, but you told us he wasn't ready. Januzaj single handedly won all junior cups for Man United.

Even Messi who was best in U-20 world cup was a mediocre in the senior at the time. Same with Aguero. Who is Pogba?

PietroRico: lol. Who is oghos1 that moniker is supposed to be dead. It was brought back to life by the tsunami and has refused to die. Abeg let it stay dead.

Smh.
Tha My opinion is very similar to coogar's own on this issue doesn't mean u should allude everything he says to me. Biko. Lahor

Be observant enuff to spot the fine lines.

Apart from u and bighinya, then apkan d fool at 40 and dk, no two people can have exactly the same opinion on everything.
so this was the magic that transformed him from 'not being ready' to displace fuckingg rafael from central midfield to being world class after 1 summer.
Cool story!!

* so you don't know Binghinya and I hold different opinion about Nani?

* Pogba was not ready for us in 2011/12. Simple as ABC. He was able to start in Juventus a year later because June had a balanced team that could accommodate his errors.

Secondly, a player might be a liability in team A and become an asset in team B. For example- Sturridge.

SetrakusRa: For those losers nagging about overspending.. ain't he worth it?

Tell them o. They don't know soccer.

We’re delighted to announce that Angel Di Maria has completed his transfer to Manchester United from Real Madrid for a British record fee of £59.7m, signing a five-year contract at Old Trafford. 

coogar: another daft analogy!
there was no world cup in 2012 to start with & the geriatric SAF didn't give pogba the kinda opportunity that moyes gave januzaj.

pogba played a total of 71 minutes for united in 11/12. how many minutes did januzaj play for united last season? almost 3 seasons on NL and you still argue like a witless apprentice

Oh! So he wasn't even good to represent his country in 2012? I thought there were many national team matches in 2012?



I beg just quit already.

coogar: nobody is saying pogba should have benched anderson/cleverley in 11/12. SAF actually promoted pogba but he refused to play him when cleverley & anderson got injured.

the opportunity to assess pogba presented itself & SAF refused to take it. we played js park/rafael in a midfield & pogba was on the bench. there's no way the combination of park/rafael would be better than pogba in the central midfield.......

we lost that game & it could be argued that game cost us the title in 11/12.



edo magic mixture that mikuz gave pogba - if pogba is shyte in united as at 2012......how did he guide france to under-21 world cup & even winning the golden ball in that tournament?

conte must be a magician!

* In the court of law, where there's contradiction, the judgment should be awarded to the other party.
Oghos1, your attorney says Pogba whould have benched Ando/Cleverley. You said no.

* Pogba settled better in Juve 'cos they have a better balanced team to compete in the Seria A. His mistakes were not costly to the team. But they could have sunk Man United and SAF.

coogar: you are a bush man
so you think a flash in the pan performance like macheda & januzaj can be compared to pogba/morrison winning the FA youth cup?

what has januzaj won for united? please roll out januzaj's credentials and let's compare to pogba/morrison. less than a year after pogba left us, he guided france to under-21 world cup - he was the best player of the tournament.

how can an unready player in 2012 suddenly become ready to conquer his peers in a FIFA-organised tournament. you have told us serie a is weak & you told us pogba wasn't ready in 2012.

so how did pogba transform from shyte to a world class player in 11 months in a weak serie a league? it's either you are trolling for the sake of it or your residual knowledge has failed you once again.




pogba is 100% better than januzaj. morrison is 100% better than januzaj. if SAF was still here, januzaj would still be playing for the under-18. moyes promoted januzaj not SAF so stop comparing apples to oranges.

we saw januzaj & pogba in brazil - pogba looked outstanding & januzaj was a deer in the headlights whenever he came on. januzaj is not ready for united. he's in the team cos all otd wingers decided to lose form at the same time.

Did you just compare Junuzaj vs Pogba in world cup 2014 in Brazil?


OMG! I give up.


Januzaj first season for Man United 2013/14= played in the world cup.

Paul Pogba 2011/12 first season for Man United = he was still playing junior football for France.

PietroRico: the only people he wouldn't have benched were scholes and carrick (fletcher and hargreaves were crocked that season I think).
Mind you, he is not a DM. He plays with a DM.


That aside, opportunities presented themselves in abundance, SAF for some strange reasons refused to hand it to him.

That match against blackburn was the ultimate slap and such things could be real confidence destroyers.
And for such young players, the effects such confidence could be damaging.

We've all seen how world class players turn apeshit overnight when they lose confidence.
Not to talk of young pogba.

Who knows how many of those things would have happened had he stayed for another year.
His career could have been ruined!!

Pogba's handling is up there with bebe's £7.4m signing(without seeing the dude play). They are some of fergie's worst mistake.

So you implied Pogba should have benched Anderson and Clevreley, the two best european duo of 2011? Coogar must hear this.

I give up.

Dhellake: How about the Vidal you want Man U to buy??

He is the one covering for Pogba. Even at that, it's only Juventus which is a struggler in Europe.

Either of them (Vidal or Pogba) won't have it so easy in Man United and EPL. Vidl would have struggled in our midfield last season. He is coming into a fortified team now.

coogar: elampawa talks lots of shyte all the time. instead of keeping quiet or admitting he's amnesiac, he would just fabricate rubbish & stand by it.

pogba was a stand-out performer in our youth team. him alongside morrison. i refused to subscribe to MUTV when both players left. there's no one in our academy that is 40% as talented as pogba/morrison & there may never be.


there are plenty things i admire in SAF but he was a big big assholë for letting pogba/morrison go. he set united back for his own selfish reasons. he didn't admit immediately letting stam go was a big error so i ain't expecting SAF to admit anything for now but i am sure he would confess later on his death bed!

Stand out from youth team ko good debut ni.

Why did we not promote Macheida after he rescued us against Villa?



See your hypocrism:
Young/Valencia/Nani vs Januzaj = Januzaj is not ready.

Scholes/Carrick/Giggs/Anderson/Cleverley/Rooney = Pogba was more than ready.

PietroRico: elampiro at times ehn, the things he says
It's best to just laugh them off.
You dey really try.

Imagine thinking oshea(makeshift king) was a better midfielder than pogba
That's like calling masherano a better defender to verane.

See below: is this what you support? If you were a coach.... You will ruin a club. Macheida had a better debut than Pogba, so we should have promoted him over Rooney, Berba, Chicha etc?


Young/Valencia/Nani vs Januzaj = Januzaj is not ready.

Scholes/Carrick/Giggs/Anderson/Cleverley/Rooney = Pogba was more than ready.

PietroRico: elampiro at times ehn, the things he says
It's best to just laugh them off.
You dey really try.

Imagine thinking oshea(makeshift king) was a better midfielder than pogba
That's like calling masherano a better defender to verane.

I beg forget all that comments, they were from hindsights.

Let me ask you, who among our midfielders would Pogba had benched? Oshea was no longer with us sef.

I am waiting.