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chamotex: I saw Valencia play against Argentina during the international break and he was on beast mode.
Crucified the fullback at every opportunity...almost didn't recognise him.

He has been playing excellently well for Ecuador.

coded guy: Rooney is a rrettarded Goat! Even the goal he scored he shud have passed to hernandez, he was lucky he scored.

This is the problem. Always trying to criticize he took the wrong decision. It the right decision was to pass to Chicha in his 1st goal, then the correct decision should be to pass to Welbeck in the second. Welbeck was completely unmarked, although he did not align himself well with Rooney's run.


Perhaps, criticism like this is what is killing Rooney's confidence. Remember the Leverkusen match when he shot instead of making a pass.

I wish Welbeck didn't even make the run. We should have been talking of a goal or a miss. I could have defended that better- An attempt on goal.

The selection alone makes it look like Moyes underrated Cardiff. A wrong selection can be amended with right subs.

Our major weakness today:
Janujaz
Cleverley
Chichario
Smalling

Our major problem
The late and wrong sub.

*It was evident that Janujaz was not in the game, yet he played 3/4 of the game.
*Chicha was isolated, yet we kept playing same way.
*Cleverey was not playing well, yet he played 90 minute.
Midfield refusing to make direct tackles. Gave Cardiff too much time on the ball.

Moyes should have brought Nani/Young for Janujaz. Welbeck for Chicha. Why always Giggs?

* If the right thing had been done, we shouldn't have waited for a 92nd minute chance to win a match. Our decision to protect slim leads instead of attacking for more goals has cost us 4 points against Southampton and Cadiff.

In 2011/12 season, we lost huge amount of points in games after UCL matches. This season, we are dropping points in games before UCL matches due to same reason; team rotation.

afrodoc: Roooney had a good game until that useless pass in injury time. 87 % pass accuracy, 8 key passes, a goal and an assist.

He shirked his responsibilities by electing to pass that ball, he should have taken the shot.However had he taken the shot and missed he would have been vilified for not passing to Welbeck. However he did it that should have ended up with United scoring, either a well taken shot or a better weighted pass.

He should have shot, Welbeck did not make himself well available for a pass. Wellbeck ran too far ahead for a pass. However, had Rooney managed a good pass, Welbeck could have reversed and get to the ball first.

I think shooing was the best option, but I don't know how tight the right angle was that he appeared to decide to pass after thought.

Ogbeche77: Damn.... I can't imagine what elampiro is passing through now

We played nada today.... We deserved no point with today's performance..
Nani on bench for 90min, and Valencia couldn't make a complete pass today... Please can we now loan that afro dude to Preston North End. His transfer needs to be investigated

I thought we were on 4th position already.

At least Rooney should have shot, or make a perfect pass.

I think Rooney's goal scoring confidence is down. I was pleased with his 1st touch but everything suddenly evaporated.


But the coach has a major blame today. At half time I thought we would have Nani or Young for Janujaz, and Welbeck for Chicha. They were anonymous most of the time. We were further weakened by Cleverley lack of match fitness. The subs were kept too late and Giggs was not the right person.

leggo: elampiro should explain how rooney failed to create any chance from open play.
NO10

Rooney created a clear chance for Welbeck.

Oghos1: lol. Already switched to defensive mode?! Lol.

I think. Moyes is afraid of how kagawa will perform in dat no10, he knows kagawa will force him to reshuffle rooney. There's no other way I can xplain d xtreme reluctance to play d guy der.

Kagawa did not even make the bench. Was it Rooney who caused that too?

He is been kept fresh for Leverkusen.

Now they are resting Kagawa to keep him fresh. Later some rastafarian will blame Rooney. To me, Rooney should be the one that needs rest.

Ogbeche77: Manchester United XI De Gea; Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra; Fellaini, Cleverley; Valencia, Rooney, Januzaj; Hernandez."

Subs: Lindegaard, Büttner, Anderson, Giggs, Nani, Young, Welbeck.

The big teams are taking charge now.

If Man United wins today, we will have all the big teams on top.

Ogbeche77: He only apologized for the statement directed to Ronaldo, saying he spends lots of time in the salon... He never apologized for making public his favorite player

You see, that was the idea, to bring Ronaldo down. After the damaged had been done, he was making ridiculous apologies. Why did he not say simply that he prefers Messi's game. But he went to say things to make Ronaldo appear as an unserious sportsman. Who will vote again for a man who cares too much about making up than training hard to beat his rival to world best?

Na brain washing. Old man sense.

RuuDie: Since when did the personal preference of the FIFA president become law - is he Idi Amin?

Blatter is 'allowed' to have a favorite and even publicly declare it... it is a right that even being FIFA Supremo doesn't take away from him and it in no way sways what the individual National team Skippers and Managers will do with their votes!

If it was not so unethical as you guys make it sound, why did he apolgise? Although he had already done the damage.

dayokanu: The fact that he is a honorary memmber would mean he is also biased towards Madrid and madrid players going by your logic. So why would he be able to accept such membership openly but not speak in favour of certain players openly, when in your own opinion he is supposed to be neutral

https://img.fifa.com/imgml/void.gif

You still have refused to see the huge difference between supporting a team and making a categorical statement in favour of one of the two players contesting for world best. A team does not need opinion or votes to win trophies.They need goals and wins. In the world best player, votes are needed. The voters need to vote from formed opinion over time. In reaching an opinion, the statement of the FIFA boss is very weighty.

Do you know what it means to poison people's minds against someone? That was the intention of the boss when he implied one was less a football and more a celeb given the time he spents at the solon.

Purist: How about the fact that Sepp Blatter is a fan AND honorary member of Real Madrid?

Does Madrid need votes to win trophies. Being a fan of Madrid or Cameroun or England or Germany doesn make any difference, but being a fan of one of the two players who are vying for the world best and making it open has so much influence on the voters from the FIFA boss. He has already given the direction the votes should go.

I don't think I need to argue again after learning that Platini supports Ribery.

dayokanu: Platini clearly support Ribery because he is French, If a Juventus player was in the running Platini would have supported him

Zidane supports Ribery despite being on the Madrid board, So hows that different from what casillas did?

You mean Platini supports Ribery? I always knew there was something behind this Ribery winning the European best and his unexpected listing among the best three. He is not even my best in Bayern.

Now we know how FIFA and EUFA influence people's thinking.

[quote author=A-40]Why is Portugal playing playoffs in a group comprised of Russia,Isreal,Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan?

His team is languishing in 3rd in the league already and won nothing last season. Why is all this happening in Ronaldo's best scoring season? The best players in the world should lead their teams to titles. Ronaldo is not doing so[/quote]If it was by trophies, the year Ronaldo won a better trophy than Messi, he still lost.

dayokanu: Platini is a president of UEFA and he supports Juventus and France openly

Is there anyone who has followed football for a while that wont be a fan of someone or some team

Juventus and France don't need votes to win trophies. They have to work for their points.

Totally a different thing when a FIFA president announces his favorite among two sworn rivals. To best players. What will be the opinion of a voter when he hears that one is trying to be first a celebrity before being a footballer by spending plenty time in salon? Sepp Blatter had already worked on the voters mind by that statement.

The voters will definitely want to align themselves with the oga at the top.

Purist: I think it tells a lot that it's now that Messi has been hampered by injuries that Ronaldo now has a real chance of winning the award. Looking at the periods they were both fit, I genuinely think Messi edges it and thus deserves the award (yes, for a 5th consecutive time). However, we all know we football fans are often easily swayed by the most recent performances, and that's why after a series of great performances recently (in the absence of a fit Messi) which culminated in a hat-trick against an average Swedish team, all the media world over suddenly believe he should get the ballon d'or.

Before this Swedish match, Ronaldo had performed well against all the big oppositions he played against, including Barcelona. In the classico matches, Ronaldo eclipsed Messi in all of them.

Also note that the Sweden match was like a cup final with all the tension and pressure associated with it.

dayokanu: Is there any human who doesnt have a favourite? Platini still supports Juventus till date, So if Zidane, Matthaus or Elampiro becomes FIFA president tomorrow you expect them to stop being human?

He is the president of FIFA, hence he shouldn't been seen to be taking side. His comments go a long way to influencing people's decisions.

dayokanu: You dont have to vote for your teammate but Casillas had Ramos a fellow Madrid and Spanish teammate there. He knew Ramos wasnt going to win and Ronaldos chances too were slim. So why ruin the relationship with his club and NT teammate

This time last yr was when Mourinho was picking on Casillas and Ramos stood up for him more than anyone else in the team that has to count too

Last year, any sensible Madrid player who was to vote ought to have voted Ronaldo, and any sensible player who was a contender ought to have surrendered all his vote to Ronaldo.

Ronaldo should and followed Mourinho out of Madrid. That would have been the end of elclassico at least for 5 years.

afrodoc: Very good point. If Casillas meets St Peter at the pearly gates i doubt if he would swear that he really thought Ramos deserved it ahead of Ronaldo.
Gives a hint of the dysfunctional state of the Madrid squad last year.
There are certainly some voters who would vote anyone but Ronaldo on general principle i.e they don't like him.

Imagine if Sepp Blatter was allowed to vote.

What a match. 3-3

Everton wasted chances and they deserve to win.

These Everton players are the fittest in the world. Wow!!! They could have been 6-2 up now.

3-2 at 83 minutes.

It looks to me too that Messi will naturally attract more voters than Ronaldo due to people perception that Messi is humble while Ronaldo is arrogant.

Just imagine that Casilas refused to vote Ronaldo the last time. He instead he opted for Ramos who had no iota of chance of winning it.

In my opinion, Ribery should be 3rd.

Manchester United boss Moyes hopes to coach Ronaldo one day.

Nov 22, 2013 10:28:00 PM

The Real Madrid star enjoyed six successful years at Old Trafford, and the Scot says everyone at the club is in no doubt as to who the best player in the world is.

Manchester United manager David Moyes still harbours hope of one day working with former Old Trafford star Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Real Madrid forward is being tipped to win the Ballon d'Or after helping Portugal secure a place in the 2014 World Cup by scoring four goals over two legs against Sweden, including a hat-trick away from home to continue an excellent start to the season for club and country.

Ronaldo, who left United for Madrid in 2009 in a world-record transfer, signed a new contract at the Bernabeu in September, keeping him at the club until 2018, but Moyes has not given up on coaching the 28-year-old.

"Everyone at Manchester United would tell you he is the best in the business anyway," Moyes told MUTV. "I have not been fortunate enough to work with him but there is still hope some day it might be possible."

Meanwhile, the United boss has also warned the club's Premier League title rivals that the reigning champions are finding form.

"I think that everybody knew what it would be like," he said. "We knew it would be a change of manager and we knew there would be problems no matter what, whether it be winning games, new personnel, but overall the players have been great.

"They have shown me what they can do. I’ve said many times Manchester United have shown over the years they have been pretty slow starters, my history at Everton I was a slow starter and hopefully we are beginning to find our feet and a bit of rhythm."

http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2013/11/22/4426039/manchester-united-boss-moyes-hopes-to-coach-ronaldo-one-day?ICID=HP_BN_2

afrodoc: It is first and foremost an individual award. Who won what should come into play if it is close between 2 players and voters are not sure who to pick e.g a couple of the messi vs ronaldo battles.
However in this case when you compare the contenders the difference between ronaldo and ribery this year was so great individually that the case should already be settled on that basis.

It means in your ranking, Messi is 3rd.

Nov 22, 2013 6:52:00 PM

The Fifa president has sung Cristiano Ronaldo's praises but still hinted at his preference for Lionel Messi following the recent controversy concerning the duo

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has reaffirmed his admiration for Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, but suggested that he still prefers Barcelona's Lionel Messi.

The 77-year-old came under heavy criticism for voicing his preference for Messi, saying the Portuguese “spends more time at the hairdresser”, with several figures quick to condemn the remarks.

Blatter has since apologised for his comments and gave a ringing endorsement of Ronaldo’s talents though he stopped short of retracting his preference for Messi.

“To me, he [Ronaldo] is still an outstanding player and an outstanding commander in the field,” he said. “But obviously each of us, in our heart, has our favourite.”

Blatter also took the opportunity to stress the organisation’s stance against racism after high-profile incidents against Yaya Toure and Mario Balotelli.

“One of the main objectives of Fifa is to combat racism,” he added. “Unfortunately, racism is not a game, but a reality. Racism itself cones from our society, and not football.”

Blatter is currently serving his fourth term as Fifa president, having held the post since 1998 and winning re-election in 2002, 2007 and 2011.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2013/11/22/4425598/blatter-i-still-have-my-favourite

Why did FIFA pair Portugal and Sweden for playoff when they were obviously two of the strongest three teams in the play off?

n0m0705: I know where you are going with this. The purpose of playing might be trophy, but some achievement cannot be ignored. MEN! The guy is just too much. Can you sincerely tell me that ribbery was the most outstanding player for bayern last sesson? Not to talk of this season

I have always preferred Robben to Ribery.

n0m0705: I know where you are going with this. The purpose of playing might be trophy, but some achievement cannot be ignored. MEN! The guy is just too much. Can you sincerely tell me that ribbery was the most outstanding player for bayern last sesson? Not to talk of this season

I have always preferred Robben to Ribery.