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r231: Una no get TV

Abi NEPA carry your light

I am up 3-0 you asking who is dominating........na dominating matter abi scoreline

#Joke#

The match dey NTA channel 5. Go watch.

* If no be me wey plead with Afrodoc to give us commentary, u for don sleep like grandpa.

Who's in the middle of our defence?

How is Herrera performing now?

Is Roma still dominating possession?

How is our left back? Did we miss Evans and Shaw on the left?

How is Welbeck overall performance. Do you think his work rate is required, and should be made to pair Rooney or RVP. Instead of Rooney and RVP who are both getting old.

Thanks Afrodoc.

Your 1st few posts were like 'oh we are going to have a long season again'. Now the good news coming. Gaal pls lift Man United.

Highly disappointed.

Who can give us a good commentary? Afrodoc, how far?

SailorXY: its not on dstv, if the game has really started

True. What's happening?

Gaal is leaving his midfielders to play 90 minutes. I guess he knows that's the department that needs to be upgraded. He's really testing their abilities.

adebayo201: Local time of those matches pls!

BST = British Summer Time. Same time as Nigeria.

I guess I mentioned this several pages back. But SailorXY is a Thomas.

Phil Jones is ready to emerge at Manchester United as their prime centre-half.

After three years of waiting for his chance to play regularly in his natural position as a centre half following his £16m move from Blackburn, Jones is determined to show he can be United’s new defensive rock.

“Of course, proving I’m good enough to replace Rio and Nemanja is ultimately what I want to be doing,

“You’ve got to thrive on the challenge rather than be daunted by it. We’ve lost two great defenders in Rio and Nemanja but that’s football and we move on. We’ve got good players to replace them and hopefully we can all step up and improve that. If we all stay fit we’ve got a great chance. That’s what we aim to do.

“It’s encouraging for everyone that the new manager has said he will take a look at everyone before making any decisions.

“Everyone is trying to impress and it’s only right that we give everything we’ve got and prove to the manager that we’re worthy of starting the first game of the season. Everyone is trying to impress and hopefully we can start the season off well.”

[Source: Guardian, Daily Mail]

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Meaning they didn't try to impress under Moyes.

SailorXY,

V alencia is still far. Gaal's first home match. 7.30pm, Aug 12th.

SailorXY: who knows game time vs Valencia

If it's the US program you ask, this is it.

(1) 24 July 2014 KO 04:06 BST
LOCAL TIME 23 JULY - 20:06 PT
Man Utd V LA Galaxy

(2) 26 July 2014 KO 21:06 BST
LOCAL TIME 26 JULY - 14:06 MT
Man Utd V AS Roma

(3) 30 July 2014 KO 00:30BS
LOCAL TIME 29 JULY - 19:30 ET
Man Utd V Inter Milan

(4) 02 August 2014 KO 21:06 BST
LOCAL TIME 2 AUG - 16:06 ET
Man Utd V Real Madrid

Former Manchester United striker Andy Cole was impressed with Ander Herrera’s début for the Red Devils, as the Premier League outfit kicked off their pre-season with a comfortable win.

Cole insists the 24-year-old is the type of player Manchester United have lacked for some time.

“Herrera looked a real good player. The kind of player that Manchester United have been missing, a midfield player who is getting in behind, creating chances, good passer of the football, likes to keep it ticking over as we say and I enjoyed that.”

Cole added that striker Danny Welbeck was also very pleased to have the Spaniard at United, and that the forwards would benefit from Herrera’s style of play.

“I spoke to Danny Welbeck briefly and he was absolutely buzzing about him after the game. When a centre-forward is buzzing about a midfield player you’ve got half a chance.”

[Source: Skysports News]

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Let's hope he's able to carry the form into EPL and fill the vacuum......

chrisley024: Rafael out of Roma game with groin injury

Rafael and Fabio are always prone to these types of injuries.

..... And to think there are many like him who have been executed, still serving jail terms, still in custody awaiting trials, still in police cells ready to be sent to court without proper interrogation and investigation. We are not even to mention the innocent people who have been victims of jungle justice or police instant killings after wrong accusations.

There are cases of innocent people who have been wrongly sentenced to death even in America. The truth came out after decades. The bad thing here in Nigeria is that the number of innocent people who have suffered injustice is high. Many of the real criminals know how to maneuver their way out of the wrath of justice. Too bad.

Louis van Gaal on his coaching methods: "I train players not in their legs but their brains." Have you been impressed by the new manager's start?

Source: MUFC fb.

afrodoc: Bebe is gone! Hope fellaini, anderson and ashley young follow suit.
Of all those players only anderson has real talent IMO.....unfortunately he loves cake too much and he has never learnt how to strike the ball consistently well with his instep(he is always bending awkwardly to shoot)

I am surprised their are professional footballers who cannot shoot with their in step. That's the best way to aim accurate shots from outside the box. Heavy low and level shots like Rasheed Yekini's. I don't think this is something one learns in adulthood. When you strike the ball consistently as you grow up, your bones, muscles and nerves develop firmly such that the ball becomes light when on your feet before you get past your teenage years. My opinion (experience).

I am afraid, a professional footballer who can't strike well with his in step, will end his career that way.

Goodbye, Bebe. We can confirm the forward has joined Portuguese side Benfica in a deal worth up to €3million. United has the right to 50% of any sell-on fee.

MUFC.

StarBoard: Stop all these long talk.
Unless you are telling me there are two MLS leagues.

*** What's the definition of a league?

*** As we speak, LA Galaxy are in the play off. The play off qualification is not determined by ranking. All you need do is to stay within qualification bracket in your group/league.


See you much later.

Coogar, it is now looking more and more likely that we can not get 'our' Nani back. I paid so much attention to him in the world cup. I wonder what happen to the Nani we used to know. He doesn't just know what decision to make at almost every time. He carried that to our last friendly. His crosses are not targeted at anyone. Every time the players are coming out of the tunnel for training, he looks dejected and stays inside the crowd like a new signing. Whereas he's suppose to be staying in front with Rooney, Mata, Fletcher.... Is only hope is if Gaal takes special interest in him, correct his errors, boost his confidence and give him plenty game time to get back. I pity him most times because he appeared to have virtually replaced CR7 in 2010 or so.

StarBoard: If you don't know how the American Sports system works, get to ESPN.
Every top American Sport is split along the lines of Conferences. Teams play themselves several times to determine seedings based on performance.It is called the regular season. They then engage in playoff in which the top seeds play the lower ones in each conference till a conference champion emerges, and they then play in the Finals.

Being 4th in the West is NOT the same thing as being 4th on the league.
By virtue of points won, LA Galaxy would be 6th on the log. They have the 6th best record in the MLS.
Again it can't be that hard.

They are not 6th. They are fourth in their group/conference/league. At the end, the top four or the number according to the rules, will go for play off. If you are 1st or 2nd in your league(conference) and another team on 6th position in the other conference has more points than you, you will still make play off.

What am I saying. Group A number two team has 40 points. Group B 5th position team has 43 points. Group A number two team will make the play off ahead of the group B number 5 team even though the B team had more points.

It's a common sense that two separate leagues don't usually have teams with same capabilities or strength.

StarBoard: don't be like this.
Their is a point tally
If you don't understand how the MLS works, you don't need to show it to everyone here.

Common sense tells me that there should be play offs with the top teams from each of the leagues having to face one another. Just like Nigeria Super Cup.

The most important thing here is that this team has moved from mid table to within top spot(s). Which means their form is back. How many European teams can even beat them 5-0 now?

StarBoard: If you were not ready to talk before you read, you would notice that on points they are 6th overall and 4th in the Western Conference.
But apparently simple logic is deserting you this afternoon.


and how does the fact that they were not the force they were in the MLS have anything to do with whether they were in form or not?

As it stands the Galaxy are in 6th position overall and 4th in the West of the MLS.
If you cannot grasp what that means I'm afraid I cannot help you further.
Whether they have two games in hand is not the issue, because a side who has won only 7 out of 17 games so far doesn't look like a side in form to me and there is no guarantee that they will win those outstanding games.
Can it be that hard to comprehend?

League table is not calculated that way. They are two separate groups, therfore you can't say they are 6th. All the papers and online reports I have read said they are on 4th position.

StarBoard: If you cannot read, stop talking.
Check the link and see whether you were right or wrong.
Again I say, the MLS is divided into two conferenced.
LA Galaxy are 4th in the Western Conference.

How is it the same as being 4th in their "League"?

*** Are they the last on their table? Are they not 4th? You wrote like they have lost so much form that anyone reading would think they were relegation bound.

*** check their current standing, they have 2 outstanding matches. A victory in both will take them to 2nd place. They have conceded the least number of goals in the whole of US. Meaning their defence isn't that weak. Good defensive stat.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/standings

StarBoard: As for last season, you know where the blame lies. David Moyes was not fit to lead united.
United have had poor preseasons under Fergie but nobody noticed.

No. Last season was our worst in over two decades according to ESPN. Meaning it was the worst since SAF stabilized or even since SAF's era. Talk about omen.... Exactly what I am looking at. Hopefully!

StarBoard: Galaxy are 4th in the Western Conference of the MLS.
The MLS has two conferences.East and West.
Stop the misinformation.
http://www.espnfc.us/major-league-soccer/19/table

You have succeeded in saying nothing different from my post. Aren't they in 4th position? And I read they have been climbing up. Meaning they just hit form now.

afrodoc: Its just a friendly/exhibition mark na not much should be read into it apart from the fact that the players have been training with different formations and that the level of cohesion is higher than at same time last season.

having said that i have felt for the last 2 seasons that carrick was done and he has done nothing to change my mind.not doubting his intelligence but his snail speed is one of the reasons we find it hard to win back balls in midfield. In this era of great passing teams its not enough to wait for interceptions alone , other times u have to go win the ball and this is where carrick fails.

every time the ball got to our defensive midfield last season we looked like conceeding. I will never forget the way he escorted Amalfitano from midfield to 18yard box at Old Trafford

We know it's friendly, but it also meant to use for assessing players. Even Scholes felt Lingaard was a good player from last pre-season. I wasn't even confronting Starboard on the preseason issue. He mentioned Burnley, then I had to show him some results. L A Galaxy are even 4th on their league as I read.

At about this time last year when some of us expressed our poor pre-season performance against Asia teams, we were being told it was only friendly. What did we get at the end. Same performance was carried onto the real stage.

StarBoard: All this one is just one of your hocus pocus stylee.

L.A. Galaxy is not the same force they were two years ago.
That's all I have to say to you.
if you are bringing a result that occurred several years ago to validate your point, good luck to you.
I repeat, Burnley FC will give LA Galaxy a run for their money.
If by your logic, we struggle with Burnley and then beat the Galaxy 7-nil, then

Meanwhile before you start churning out stats that we don't need to use, see this for yourself.
Even the Herrera you are praising isn't getting too excited.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2704663/Ander-Herrera-plays-Manchester-Uniteds-7-0-win-against-LA-Galaxy-backs-Louis-van-Gaal-succeed.html

When you said they would struggle to beat Burnley, it sounded like they are a team in same level as Okomu oil. Even if they have weakened, it shouldn't be forgotten they won their last three matches and only last year they beat Juventus. Nowadays, there are no push overs in football.

Why won't I praise Herrera? Carrick won't give that kind of performance even against Okomu oil. When last did Carrick take on an opponent even in Capital 1 cup or Otelu in UCL group stage?