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StarBoard: Lucky you, you still dey see free MB
Me I had to buy 8 GB data as advised by Emperoh on my Tecno phone, and already, it is down by nearly 2 GB thanks Wayne Rooney's Media Assistant on Nairaland affairs.

Can you be sincere with yourself what you did with your mb/gb? Whether a woman used it for you or whether you used it to download films? How many Wayne Rooney news have been posted here since Tuesday? You also joined Coogar posting some irrelevant things trying to be negative about Rooney. You didn't know you could have saved some MBs when you did all that. You couldn't even complain about the Bundesliga arguments which were a far talk from the matter at hand.

Just agree with yourself say woman done finish your mb and ur mouth no fit u stop her. ...' Janet, don't worry just enjoy yourself, you can have it to yourself the whole day and use/download with it as much as you want. It isn't scarce or hard to buy'. Then after babe done carry her bag waka, you go carry your phone enter here con dey put the lamentation for naiaraland head.


One page here no take anything from you no matter the device wey you dey use. I beg park well jor make people talk better thing.

I repeated (saw again)the Man United vs Leverkusen match on DSTV. The issue of Rooney not passing to RVP is not correct at all. Apart from the incidence where he attempted to score instead of passing, Rooney made the correct decisions in every other situations.

In the first half there was no situation that warranted Rooney to pass to RVP that he didn't. Rooney made 5 attempts to pass to RVP. 3 of them were successful while two long balls were blocked. The first real attempt on goal in the match came from a pass from Rooney to RVP. Rooney also made an attempt to pick RVP in the box from about same spot he made a 30 yard pass to RVP against Palace. But the ball hit a Leverkuen player.

Surprisingly RVP was the one who was selfish in the 45th minute when he elected to shoot inside the box instead of passing to much better positioned Rooney.

In the second half, apart from the one we all knew, there were no clear case where Rooney denied a pass to RVP. The 'clearest' case was a situation where Rooney could have lob the ball over the defenders to RVP to chest and shoot, but Rooney saw the defenders quickly closed down RVP, then he changed his pass to Valencia to cross into the box. One other case was when Rooney had an option of running with the ball or passing to RVP who was also marked. But Rooney decided to drive/run with the ball. It was a pure 50-50 decision and never a goal scoring opportunity. There were two occasions both guys collided with each other. lol

On the missed chance, Rooney could have played the ball to roll slowly such that if it was not going into the net, it should be slow enough for RVP to hit it into the net. That should have been the best way to go about his decision to score himself.

ROONEY : I am happy to play along RVP

He added : “No. I have seen things said over the summer, but Robin and me are friends off the pitch.

“There is no problem between me and Robin at all. We are great friends and we want to help each other and be successful.

“The manager has made it clear that he wants one up and one behind and, whatever way round that is, it doesn’t matter to me as long as one is always filling in behind and helping out the midfield.

“We have done the work together and the times we played together last season we did well so, hopefully, we can play more together this season and do well.”

Someone said Eto'o is enjoying his pension at Chelsea.

Very funny.

[quote author=Mazi_Omenuko]Eto'o is enjoying his pension at chelsea 32 yrs old striker getting a fresh contract in a club competing for honors. Only Jose can solve the mystery behind the Eto'o signing[/quote]Pension? Hahahahahahaha

Mourinho

Hmmm

David ‪#‎Moyes‬ has explained the Champions League absence of Adnan ‪#‎Januzaj‬.

The Manchester United boss explained the decision to leave him out was tactical, as it enables the Reds to register the 18 year-old Belgian as an additional, available player from the third group game onwards.

“By 7 October, Adnan will have been at the club for the length of time that will allow him to go onto the ‘B’ list. It means he will become a youth player for the Champions League.

“If we had put him onto the ‘A’ list now, then we would never have been able to class him as a youth-team player. So we needed to wait for two games to do that.” (Source: totalfootballmadness.com)

SailorXY: Elampiro dey pop champaign mehn

Yes o. Vindicated. That's all.

I am done with the postings. I am not going to make anyone lose megabytes. I am ecstatic.

All of them are our players. Everyone should be happy for Rooney and the team at large. A good selection, good formation and a marvelous performance against a German side.

BinghiNya: All of you that cursed, abused rooney, elampiro and I should better apologize out of shame. Rooney is the best

Forgiveth them for they knoweth not what they saideth all througheth the summer break .

Did you notice no one mentioned his name when he opened the goals in the first half. No one here. Then he missed a chance and the ball went out, we conceded two minutes later, about 5 poster here quickly dug a grave. When RVP scored many again posted RVP's name and using the opportunity to rubbish Rooney despite Rooney's performance on the night. When RVP missed an empty net from less than two yards only two people managed to mention it.

Now, is it not obvious Rooney is not loved on this thread? Are they not all our players? Why hate on some?

Wait the story never finish o. See below: lol
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When he dropped to the midfield it looked it was Zidane in control. When he powered forward with speed it looked like Messi was on the run over his markers. When he ran into the box it looked like it was Ronaldo coming face to face with the goalkeeper. When he made a first touch it looked like it was Berbatov controlling ball. When he made a second touch of the ball it looked like it was Xavi or Iniester making a swift turn. At the end it was not ten men doing those things, it was not three men. It was one man whose name is Wayne Rooney.

Super Wayne Rooney, experience Wayne Rooney, Magnificent Wayne Rooney, Intelligent Wayne Rooney, evergreen Wayne Rooney, indispensable Wayne Rooney.

Let's hope he keeps the form. Let's hope United carry on greatly from here with this kind of individuals and collective performance.

All hail Man United.

Rooney romps MOTM poll

Wayne Rooney was the resounding winner of our Man of the Match poll after an inspired display in the Champions League win over Bayer Leverkusen.

The striker made it to 200 goals for the club after netting United's first and third goals in the 4-2 victory on Tuesday night. He also made the fourth and was impressive throughout.

Users on ManUtd.com and followers on @ManUtd voted in their thousands, with Rooney claiming 75 per cent of the votes.

Team-mate Michael Carrick praised the forward after the game, telling MUTV: "It was as good as I’ve seen him for a while. He looked sharp and hungry; his movement and touch was all there and he showed exactly what a player he is. It’s great to have him in that kind of form."

Antonio Valencia, scorer of the Reds' fourth goal, was second with 16 per cent of the votes, while Robin van Persie, who volleyed home the second, collected nine per cent.


More: Double century delights Rooney |  The Match - Rooney's spark

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2013/Sep/wayne-rooney-wins-man-of-the-match-prize-against-leverkusen.aspx

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The independent, Wayne Rooney is the hero.

ESPN: Man of the match Rooney.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/manchester-united-4-bayer-leverkusen-2-match-report-wayne-rooney-is-the-hero-as-he-joins-uniteds-200-club-8822791.html

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Rooney has won 3 man of the match in 3 starts.

BBC post match report:

Man Utd (4) v B Leverkusen (2)


By Phil McNulty

Chief football writer at Old Trafford

Wayne Rooney reached the landmark of 200 goals for Manchester United as manager David Moyes made a winning start to his first Champions League group campaign.

17 September 2013

Last updated at 21:56

Rooney has emerged as United's outstanding performer so far this season after a summer of transfer speculation and he was the inspiration once more as Bayer Leverkusen were comfortably beaten.

The striker - still wearing protection on the head wound that sidelined him for the defeat at Liverpool and England's draw in Ukraine - put the hosts ahead in contentious fashion as the German side appealed furiously for offside.

And United had to survive a minor scare when Leverkusen captain Simon Rolfes equalised early in the second half before Moyes' side fashioned the emphatic victory their superiority deserved.

Robin van Persie's acrobatic volley put United back in front before Rooney turned on the style once more by scoring United's third and setting up another for Antonio Valencia with a pass weighted to perfection.

Omer Toprak's scrappy late second for Bayer could not take the gloss off a highly satisfactory night for Moyes on his first European adventure with United.

Rooney produced a body of evidence that only emphasised why Moyes and United were so steadfast in their refusal to consider his sale, despite the player's discontent and offers from Premier League rivals Chelsea.

Rooney's rehabilitation has been impressive and he was easily United's most dangerous performer as the Premier League champions got the three points they needed to start this Group A campaign.

He proved too powerful for the Bundesliga side to control and it would have been a familiar sight to their coach Sami Hyypia after his 10-year career at Liverpool.

Son Heung-Min was unfortunate to be shown a yellow card for a tussle with Rooney - but Leverkusen's pain was even more acute when he put United ahead in controversial fashion after 22 minutes.

Leverkusen thought Van Persie was offside in the build up but they were even more aggrieved when the referee's assistant - standing almost on top of the incident - failed to spot Valencia standing in a clearly offside position alongside keeper Bernd Leno as Rooney swept in Patrice Evra's cross.

Leverkusen showed signs of life after Rooney's goal but it was United, with Marouane Fellaini patrolling midfield effectively on his full debut, who were dictating terms and creating the better chances, with Rooney just off target with a free-kick and Shinji Kagawa's shot deflected just wide.

Rooney should have doubled United's lead, or at least given Van Persie the opportunity to do so, in a remarkable passage of play early in the second half.

Toprak's slip left Rooney clear as he rounded Leno but he decided to shoot rather than play the simplest of passes to Van Persie in front of an open net and fired his effort across the face of goal.

David Moyes began his Champions League career just as his predecessor Sir Alex Ferguson did - with a 4-2 win at Old Trafford.

It was real reprieve for Leverkusen and they took full advantage seconds later as captain Rolfes swept a precise finish past motionless United keeper David de Gea, with the help of the slightest glance off Michael Carrick, after 54 minutes.

Wayne Rooney extended his record as the most prolific English scorer in the Champions League, taking his tally to 29.

Rooney's two goals against Leverkusen was his sixth brace in the Champions League.

Leverkusen were only on terms for five minutes before Van Persie restored United's advantage with a typically athletic volley from Valencia's cross - although he was aided by a dubious attempt to save from Leno, who flapped limply at the shot as it went past him.

It effectively settled the contest and Rooney wrapped it up with a clever finish past Leno at the near post for a 200th United goal since his move from Everton in 2004.

And there was a touch of the old United flourishes when they went further in front with 12 minutes left. Rooney was instrumental once more as they broke at pace, bursting clear before providing an inviting pass for Valencia to take in his stride and drill past Leno.

Toprak scrambled in Leverkusen's second after 87 minutes - but it hardly qualified as consolation and Van Persie should have scored another only to somehow turn his effort across the face of an open goal when it seemed more difficult to miss.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24028109

[quote author=k.style]Rooney n valencia r my men of d match[/quote]You got it right.

Gareth Bale will be a big player for Madrid. The boy is good.

Chris #Smalling stats v Leverkusen

Aerial Duels 8/8 100%
Tackles 4/4 100%
Clearances 9/9 100%
Headed Clearances 7/7 100%
Passing 31/45 69%

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Nemanja Vidic vs Bayer Leverkusen

Passes 48
Completed 100%
Tackles Won 1
Aerial Duels 6/6
Clearances 11
Interceptions 4

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Top 5 English Champions League scorers:

Rooney (29)
Scholes (24)
Lampard (22)
Gerrard (19)
Cole (18)

Wayne Rooney delivered a super virtuoso performance tonight. What else can I say. Absolutely magnificent!!!

1. Valencia played one of his best football today. He just retained his position. No one is going to take it away from him soon.

2. Smalling inclusion was vital in the aerial due against the Germans. Smalling played marvellously well.

3. Michael Carrick wondeful. He made the midfield his bedroom. Fellaini is very good but it was evident that it was a big occasion for him. Sweet partnership.

Overall I love the line up tonight except that Ferdinand had two or three questionable moments. This is United best performance in a long time.

Rooney sent me to 'heaven'. If not for his greed on his refusal to pass to RVP which is unlike him, I would have given him 10 over 10. He is easily the man of the match. The next to him was Valencia. Carrick and Smalling had a good game too.


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MANAGER REACTION
David Moyes: "It was good job tonight. I said several months ago Wayne Rooney could join the real greats with his goal scoring. He could have got a hat-trick tonight.

"He deserved the ovation he got, he was terrific. I know he has been great in training. He is lean and fit, it showed in his performance.

"Robin van Persie's goal was also great. If we can get those two scoring, they can be formidable for us. The players knew what they had to do, and they went about it well."
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PLAYER REACTION
Wayne #Rooney: "I am very proud to get my 200th Manchester United goal. I am delighted to be back playing. It is a good result, as the first game in the Champions League is so important.

"I am concentrating on my football, I have got my head down and worked hard. I am delighted with the way I have come back.

"The fans have been brilliant. It is great the reception I get here. Hopefully I can repay them with those type of performances.

"It is a big learning curve for the manager. Tonight was all about getting the win. It has gone quickly my time here. I am really pleased to score 200 goals for a club like Manchester United, it is a great honour."

I also like the inclusion of Smalling.

May be with the addition of Fellaini, our wingers will be more effective. Fellaini is very comfortable on the ball and he can help link up play with so much flair.

The midfield should be able to support the forward line better now.

dademola: In as much as young's crossing is horribly annoying, i still feel he is more of a threat than a valencia dt has arguably become d easiest winger to mark in d EPL. I think young is being crucifed here majorly cos he hasnt really put in stellar performances for us, bt i believe the guy still fit click sha. For me, i'd still rate him over valencia ATM.choi! Our wingplay is prolly d worst amongst d elite clubs in europe! Maybe cooger shud hav axd us to evaluate our wingers on a "BAD-TERRIBLE-WORST" platform instead

Our guys appear to have done better than City wingers so far. I don't know yet what that Navas is doing.

However, what Young and Valencia are playing is not what anyone expects of them, too poor. Young has not really done for us 70% of what he did at Villa. It should be easier here. But Valencia raised his game when he arrived and he had two marvellous seasons and two horrific injuries in between. Should those two guys hit their peak again, it will be a big bonus for us.

It is now time for Nani to capitalize. Janujaz looks too Young, but the boy does his magic with so much ease and flair. Lets hope he will be great for us.

@Fabville, if you go two pages back, you will see the pass as illustrated even by opta. That's far way more than half the field if you straighten that diagonal line. It is even more than 30 yards (for the sake of complaints, I decided not to repeat it on this page). Divide that pass into two, you will get two 18 yards line from same diagram at the bottom of page 413.

Secondly, what makes you think you should be able to measure the distance of pass from a video more than sports writing houses as Telegrapgh and co? Even DSTV will measure it better than you can ever do.

Fabville: I am not here to join in your argument but to say my own opinion about this issue and educate ourselves,

Don't you think Opta are in better position to know the distance on each pass made in a game? They have the dimension of the pitch to really determine the distance of those passes. We are very far away from the pitch to know the distance of the particular pass you are talking about. Even those at the stadium cannot know the distance as well.

Whichever angle we are looking at the pass from, we'll only be guessing. The dimension of the pitch is 114.8yrds x 74.4yrds. Half field is 57yrds which makes me think that the pass may not up to 25/30yrds in distance although i am not sure about this. But if i can see the video just like the one @coogar posted against villa, then i may be able to be specific about the distance.

Like i said, Opta should be in a better position to know the distance of each and every pass in a game because that is what they are being paid to do.

I was not arguing with you even though I knew you were a Coogar's ally.

We are talking about the match of two days ago. That pass was at least 30 yards. Na today we dey watch match?

Moreover, many papers reported it to be 30 yards. But I thought you saw it na? A 30 yard pass is definitely not a short distance in the football pitch.

Opta do not have monopoly of knowledge. Was it Opta that invented football? Is opta FIFA?

What is the rastarfarian still talking about sef? Twisting my statement that is clearly in black and white.

Argumentu irrelevantu

Pls can someone press the play button for Leverkusen mood?

How Cristiano Ronaldo landed his record-breaking contract

Cristiano Ronaldo's new Real Madrid contract makes him not only the best paid footballer on the planet, but also the best paid individual in the history of the sport.

Under the terms of the five-year deal announced by the Liga club yesterday, the Portugal international is to be paid a basic salary of 21 million euros net. Ronaldo will earn performance bonuses and substantial image right payments on top.

The figures, which precisely double the then-unprecedented wage Ronaldo agreed upon joining Madrid in 2009, equate to a weekly salary of 403,000 euros, underlining the scale of the forward's sporting and commercial prowess.

Ronaldo's improved salary nets at 1 million euros a year more than the after-tax sum Samuel Eto'o was paid at Anzhi Makhachkala before the Russian club's billionaire owner dispensed with the African's services last month. Payable for five seasons, the total value of Ronaldo's contract also far exceeds that of Eto'o's former three-year contract.

A number of elements contributed to Jorge Mendes' success in negotiating such a deal.

First, the player's agent had calculated that Ronaldo would be able to achieve a signing-on fee of between 50 and 70 million euros had he elected to run down the final two seasons of his existing contract and leave the Santiago Bernabeu as a free agent.

Having assessed the 28-year-old's potential commercial value to the club, Manchester United was positioned alongside Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco as potential future employers.

Second, Florentino Perez did not want to risk the political fallout of allowing an individual who has scored 203 goals in 203 appearances for Madrid to leave the club during a summer in which the club's president had seen Neymar join Barcelona despite budgeting 100 million euros to recruit the young Brazilian.

Perez knew the sheer financial value of Ronaldo to an organization that has just announced record revenues of 520.9 million euros for 2012-13.

With 21.3 million followers on Twitter and 60.4 million Facebook fans, Madrid's most famous player, Ronaldo's social media reach exceeds that of his employer by more than 60 percent.

Madrid is said to have sold over a million Ronaldo replica shirts in his first year there alone.

Madrid has, however, attempted to underplay the value of its principal asset's new contract, leaking a reduced figure to the local press.

The tactic echoes the club's handling of Gareth Bale's global-record transfer from Tottenham, a 100 million euro transaction that Madrid sought to have reported as 91 million euros.

Source: Goal.com, yahoo news.

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Who can put Ronaldo's earning into pounds/week? I heard it is about 325m pounds/week

Liverpool drew at Swansea.

Fabville: I think i have once seen it somewhere where FIFA categorized passes as:

Short Pass less than 10m

Medium Pass greater than 10m but less than 25m

Long Pass greater than 25m.

And also i can't really remember another site where passes were categorized into two:

Short Pass less than 25m or yards

Long pass greater than 25m or yards.

I can't really remember these sites unless i check again.

Rooney's pass to RVP last weekend was 30 yards . There might be plus and minus though. I remember the one against Villa was measured to be 39 yards pass. I don't think a 30 yard pass should be categorized as a short pass. What is the length of a football field?


His goal, a 25-yard free-kick after the mercurial Belgian teenager Adnan Januzaj had been fouled by Adlène Guedioura, was merely the embellishment to an outstanding performance by Rooney.

He dictated play, won 50-50 challenges, encouraged Januzaj and debutant Marouane Fellaini and, with a sublime 30-yard pass to Robin van Persie, almost re­created the Dutchman’s goal of the season against Aston Villa last April. On that occasion, Van Persie received Rooney’s pass and volleyed it into the net, yet his chest-trap and volley could only scrape the Palace crossbar this time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/players/wayne-rooney/10310859/Wayne-Rooney-shows-signs-that-dark-days-of-summer-are-behind-him-after-scoring-in-2-0-defeat-of-Crystal-Palace.html

dademola: d fact dt opta decided to term d pass "short" doesnt take away d quality of that pass! y are u so particular about d category(long or short)?? is it dt u want d pass to be seen as "pirlo-like" (prolly to suggest 2 u rooney has added anoda feather to his cap ),or wot?? ur matter dey tire me fa

Always try to know the genesis of an argument.

I have already mentioned the quality of the pass, no one can ever take it away.

My problem is with opta. They should define how they arrived at their keys. They can not just redefine basic soccer terminology and expect people not to question such. The worst, they don't even have measuring standards.

coogar: maybe you were high on marijuana when you wrote this....


elampiro - are you a white liar or not?



other sources? so other sources would define a terminology for opta? isn't this sterling daftness? how come the other sources don't compute their own stats for the premier league? you have been found out again as a lying charlatan for comparing the villa pass to this one - you even said this one was better than the villa pass

I guess you have a problem with English. Where in that writing was it stated the two passes have same length? Even a kindergarten baby knows the difference between comparing quality/perfection and comparing distance.

I never said they were of same distance.

I have seen that chronic baseless arguments is your hobby. I wonder why I should allow your lure me into this senseless habit.

You are a daft to believe opta over what you saw with your eyes.

coogar: you lost the argument cos i was able to spot the difference between the villa pass and the one on saturday. you claimed they were from the same distance but that's untrue. rooney made the villa pass from united's half of the field.



shot assist = chance created = key pass.
the pass leading to a shot taken is a shot assist - this na common sense.



the intelligent through-pass is a shot assist highlighted by the blue arrow aimed at the edge of the box on the graphics. your eyes have deceived you yet again.

Show me where I said the Villa and Palace passes were same distance? Now you go for a twist again.

I have given you from other sources and wikipedia what makes a long pass, and the Rooney pass qualified. It follows common sense. Opta is confusing and distorting post match analysis.


See u at nite.

coogar: you have lost another argument, elampiro....when are you ever going to win here?

So your assumption is that I have lost it because I didn't argue further? Truly truly you really like argument.

Why should I keep arguing when opta doesn't define its keys? It wakes up and say, this is a short assist, this is a long pass, etc.

*** By the way what is a short assist?

A certain Rooney's intelligent through pass early in the game seems to be missing from everything you have submitted.

With the arrival of Fellaini and return of Fabio, I wonder what role Jones, Smalling, Cleverly and Anderson will play this season assuming everyone stays fit. The defence looks overloaded and I don't see Moyes as one who will unnecessarily rotate team.

@Coogar go and play PE13. I won't follow you to the new angle and elaboration you are towing.

coogar: buhahaha - the best in every stat & no golden boot to show for his 9 seasons at man utd. shame on wayne rooney!

as for opta, they are good at what they do. rooney's pass to RVP on saturday isn't a long pass. his pass to RVP against villa last season was a long pass(assist) as shown by their graphics.

elampiro, you can't argue with opta stats.

Opta and its users are confused as to what makes a long pass. Dats all.

Rooney's pass against Palace was a long pass. It dropped inside the box from such a distance. Except if Opta is saying it was not made from one half to another or from flank to flank.

The thing dey make me laf.

Secondly, Rooney doesn't play for golden boot but trophies. His is to help the team win trophies as much as possible. Goals are secondary while golden boot is one of the least things one can win in a tournament.

superstar1: you are just as obsessed with Young, just the same way Elampiro is obsessed with Rooney. you are entitled to your view. from my point of view, YOUNG aka ''Reverse'' -- thanks to Elampiro cannot and i repeat cannot, command a shirt in a warri wolves shirt talkless of my darling super eagles. period. him playing for 3 lions clearly demonstrates either the shortage of quality players at the disposal of Hodgson or it reinforces the already well repeated line of the british press always over hyping their players. Simple.case closed for me.

I am obsessed with Rooney?

So what would you say of RVP? No be only me know say the boy great na and na world class gorgo.