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coogar: there's a difference between match fitness and getting injured in a game. rio/vidic were not match-fit and they picked injuries during the west brom game according to fergie's initial assessment....Did they aslo pick injuries in the City match? It was actually Carrick who was struggling with fitness that period. |
coogar: nonsense statistics....What this is telling you is that 2011 wasn't the first time combination of players went on a streak. It also tells why SAF jettisoned Ando and Cleverly pairing the next season. |
coogar: how many minutes did they play against city? 45 mins each!So Vidic had injury against City and played only 45 minutes? He had injury against West Brom and played till 2nd half? Then Ferdinand had injury against City and played only first half too, then he was also recalled against West Brom and played up to when we needed goals? Then they made magical recovery and went to the bench in some games. |
coogar: rio/vidic weren't fit......How do you mean they had only played 45 minutes before then? The were also involved in preseason, played against City in the Charity Cup. |
[b]In 2011/12 on Scholes return, combination of Paul Scholes in the midfield, Valencia on the right and Rooney in the attack won us straight seven matches, 11 wins out of 12 giving us 34 points out of 36. The previous 12 games without Scholes gave us just 25 points out of 36. In football, there are different ways a coach can win games, it doesn't necessarily mean it has to be in accordance to how it worked a certain short period. It was also observed that Valencia played better with Raphael while Smalling play better with Nani. At the end Valencia was voted by players and fans as Manchester United best player of the season, Rooney came 2nd while Scholes 3rd.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2144534/Manchester-United-end-season-awards-Antonio-Valencia-wins-player-year.html These are players who have won big matches for the club over the years, so it depends on the coach to select those he trust can deliver, and based on players injury free, fitness and whether those who have recovered from injuries regain same fitness. So we have to know SAF is the best coach, he knows how to combine his players well to achieve results. The time Anderson and Cleverly worked was too short to compare to the time Scholes and Carrick work, more so Anderson and Cleverly worked when only certain young boys played behind them, and situations demands you bring out the experience to fight battles until the young have been well groomed and still promising. In some matches last season Scholes made over 100 passes and still came out with 94 % accuracy. SAF knew what he was doing. This season, Anderson didnt exhibit that same form he showed in those early matches of two seasons ago. Cleverly recovered late in 2011/12 season but never lived up again. He seemed to be coming up now. Let's not apply sentiments to this things, our knowledge of football is probably nothing compare to what the men at Old Trafford have.[/b]
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coogar: so how's jones different to what rio did before he was subbed or are you dyslexic? why are you still lying after you have been found out? rio occupied the same zone evans/jones did. the younger players did nothing extraordinary!You are showing us passes made in our 1st 3rd. If they were helping to win the match would SAF have substitute them when we were trailing or needed to win? Secondly, this is what statistics has done to your match analysis. There is a big difference between statistics and actual live match where you assess players contribution to game and pattern under tension. |
coogar: that's the point.....Jones played for just 15 minutes and most of his passes were done in the middle even some across the centre line into opponent's area, yet they were accurate. He didn't seat back like traditional defenders do. I can guess he drove the ball all the way there. No wonder we got the victory against City and West Brom when they came in, particularly Jones. He truly has both qualities of John Terry and Toure. Don't you understand what it means for defence to play high? Playing high supports midfield and attack the more, only agile and energetic defenders with ability to chase, recover and tackle do that. Ferdinand and Vidic play deep and wait to stop strikers. They can't chase and tackle from the 2nd part of the field. They wait in their own 1st (area) while hoping midfielders track back to assist them. This pattern is far less risky but less adventurous, it gives the midfielders too mcuh work to do because a big space is left between the back and forward. |
Wayne Rooney has demanded Manchester United apologise for Sir Alex Ferguson’s end-of-season claim that the England striker had lodged a transfer request. Former boss Ferguson said he had left Rooney out of his squad for the Scot’s Old Trafford farewell against Swansea because the 27-year-old had asked to leave the club. ‘I don’t think Wayne was keen to play simply because he’s asked for a transfer,’ Ferguson said at the time. It is understood United acknowledge no formal transfer request was lodged by the player, however. Rooney’s unhappiness at no longer being an automatic pick at United had been known for some time but Ferguson’s comments sent the transfer rumour-mill into overdrive and did not go down well with some United fans, with many booing him at the Red Devils’ Premier League victory parade. (Source: Metro) #mufs |
I don't need to explain further. Your charts have done it all. ![]() Did you see that percentage pass? Did you see where Jones made his passes from? They did not seat with the goalkeeper, yet they did not concede. Also your chart doesn't tell how many yards covered before the passes were released. This chart just showed why SAF had the feelings Jones can grow into a Yaya Toure when properly groomed in the midfield. I am not an advocate of that though. |
coogar: what a fool!]What is our argument? You said Anderson and Cleverly pairing was the reason we had a superlative start to 2011/12 season. But I am pointing to you main factor which is the use of young defenders. I also have told you that despite both Evans and Cleverly coming to rescue the situations against City and West Brom, they won the next four matches when the same defence line was used. It was Evans, Jones, Smalling and Evra that played the major role in defence. Outside this substitution, which other role did Berba play in the remaining 4 games other than to seat on the bench and watch. So it was a combination of young players at the back and in the middle. Then Rooney didn't have to work much by tracking backwards, he was just pumping in goals yanful yanful |
Coogar, I am thru with you on this. Did I ever say a defender scored? I said Anderson and Cleverly were there and it was 1-1 until SAF brought Jones and Evans in the second half. Pay attention to details. West Bom 1 Mancheter United 2 /Half time 1-1 Manchester United 01 De Gea 05 Ferdinand (Jones - 75' ) 12 Smalling 15 Vidic (Evans - 52' ) 20 Fabio Da Silva 08 Anderson Booked 17 Nani 18 Young Booked 23 Cleverley 10 Rooney 19 Welbeck (Berbatov - 65' ) Substitutes 34 Lindegaard 04 Jones 06 Evans 11 Giggs 13 Park Ji-sung 16 Carrick 09 Berbatov Ref: Jones ...................... Also Jones, Evans and Cleverly in the shield. Manchester United 3 vs Manchester City 2/ Half time 0-2 01 De Gea 03 Evra Booked (Rafael - 71' ) 05 Ferdinand (Jones - 46' ) 12 Smalling 15 Vidic (Evans - 46' ) 08 Anderson Booked 16 Carrick (Cleverley - 46' ) 17 Nani 18 Young 10 Rooney 19 Welbeck (Berbatov - 89' ) Substitutes 34 Lindegaard 04 Jones 21 Rafael 23 Evans 13 Park Ji-sung 35 Cleverley 09 Berbatov Go and check the match between West Brom and Man United. It was 1-1 until the defenders came in late and we won. We were even on the receiving end and under immense pressure until the defenders came in. Also it was Fabio who played and not Evra, so Evra didn't have a 100% as you claim. |
My people why is anyone not commenting on the Dortmund of Confederation cup's performance last night. Dortmund-Japan finished with zero point. I thought they play fast football with flair and speed. Indomies can only appear fast against teams which seat back and give space. Did anyone see Kagawa yesterday? The supposed man to replace Rooney. These guys can play against power playing opponents with speed. hence he will just be another JS Park in the EPL. When I said Brazil play fast and power football people didn't believe, they said it was Japan. Where was the speed against Mexico? |
coogar: you are a fool of epic proportion!Today is Sunday so I repent of insulting people. [b] 1. Only Rooney played all 5 matches. He scored in all and got a hatrick in one. 2. Evra missed out completely against West Brom, it was Fabio who played. So verify before posting wrong information. 3. The winning factor in the West Brom game was the late introduction of Jones and Evans which allowed the defence line to play high thereby taking the pressure off the goalkeeper and helping the pressure in a forward play. The goal came at 80th minute after the subs. 4. In the 5 games, Anderson and Cleverly played only 3 together. Cleverly went out the fourth game at 24th minute and we scored four more after he left to end 5-0. The next game Fletcher played in his place and we won. The 6th game Rooney was rested and Berba brought his sluggish legs to draw the game. 5. You are yet to tell us the 8 matches both paired together. My summary is (a) It was the defence that played the major role to the wins. (B) Give Rooney power and agile playing defenders and midfield players, he will deliver 45 goals plus. Most times it is unnecessary waste of time to argue with you when you reason a charity match is more important than league deciding matches. I am sure if you were a coach, you would take a friendly derby more seriously than a UCL final just 'cos it's a derby. If Ando and Clerverly are so good in pairing why are you calling for purchase of mifielders to support Kagawa? You want Thiago to come. Why? You alleged I am a house boy abi? [/b] |
coded guy: In d last game of the season against west brom I think it was actually 5-2 before baba giggs came in.It was 4-2, moreover a match is played for 90 minutes and not 60 minutes. Using you and Coogar's logic, Cleverly and Anderson pairing was producing a draw till Vidic and Ferdinand were removed for Evans and Jones in the 75th minute, this enabled swifter moving of the ball forward and United scored the winner at 80th minute. Exactly same way in the Community Shield against City, SAF pulled out Ferdinand and Vidic and brought in Jones and Evans and United scored three. If defence doesn't help get goals why would a coach removed two defenders when he was trailing? He did it twice. One would have expected he pulled out Rooney or Welbeck and introduce Chicharito or Berbatov, but football needs to be read in whole and not in part. After these two matches Jones, Evra, Smalling and Evans started all subsequent matches in defence, except one that Fabio played in place of Evra and it was all smooth sale till injuries affected the defenders and everything changed. |
coogar: your cognitive reasoning is flawed[b]You are the most retard dancing from one point to another. Lets have those 8 matches you claimed they started together for analysis. You will see those same defenders I mentioned featured in some of them, then Carrick in some and Rooney in virtually all. Our best midfield pairing that has won us glory currently is Carrick and Scholes/Cleverly. Before now it was Carrick and Scholes for many seasons. For your information, The first five matches won in 2011/2012 season had Rooney scoring in all. He even hit hatrick against Bolton. Rooney played and won 5/5. Why did the winning not stop with Anderson and Cleverly three games? Mumu raise to power hundred. Then Berbatov came and spoilt the sixth match. Aside those ones, tell me the ones Anderson and Clverly played without the support of Carrick or Jones in the middle. If at all one. still 3 match fluke. Did you win the video game? I guess you added Rooney and the young defenders before you could beat your infant opponents with Anderson and Cleverly in the middle. Anderson and Cleverly shit of last season is just an overhype. 3 MATCHES!!!, The winning streak was 5, THEN IT CONTINUED AFTER SLOW POOISON BERBA DRAW [/b] Tomorrow is Sunday, you can sleep on nairaland. |
coogar: please read the article i posted, i hate going round in circles. every man and his dog know anderson/cleverley outscore opponents. yes, they are defensively naive but winning the league is about outscoring opponents!You are are the one who is confused. Those three matches had some players who featured all at same time. Not just Cleverly and Anderson. If you play Anderson and Cleverly with Ferdinand and Vidic in defence you wont get same result. Football is a whole team work. SAF played some guys who had energy and speed and it was working. Jones, Evra, Smalling, Evans, Rooney, Welbeck, Nani and Young were the most used. Rooney, Cleverly and Anderson played all matches. After the injury of Cleverly, the winning streak continued. If it was the partnership why didn't the winning streak stop? It continued when Fletcher took Cleverly's place until Berbatov came in and spoilt it, then the young deferders were all injured. Things fell apart until Scholes came to the rescue. The winning continued after injury stopped the partnership. It was when the defenders started getting injured the streak stopped. So stop all these three match fluke. |
coogar: stüpidity at it's sterling quality...... I thought articles didn't mean a thing to you because they are written by individuals like you? Nothing about their partnership, the defence agility aided and ease their job. Chikena. They didn't have the usual huge gulf in the midfield created by Vidic and Ferdinand partnership in playing deep. But wait, it was just three matches. Only three matches. Compared to Paul Scholes on his return. 17 league matches, 14 wins, two draws with Everton and Chelsea and only a lost to City at Ethihad. He was rested at Wigan and Newcastle and a certain Cleverly played, then we lost both. Partnership in just three matches is not enough, Arsenal boys have done it several times but failed by December. Man United has started seasons with straight wins in first set of matches it is nothing strange. |
Wayne Rooney belongs at Old Trafford Kyle Bonn Jun 22, 2013, 4:31 PM EDT Don’t expect Wayne Rooney to be wearing anything other than a Manchester United shirt come August 17 when they begin the new season at Liberty Stadium. With The Guardian reporting David Moyes is set to offer Wayne Rooney a new contract with the Red Devils, the incoming manager will hope he can convince the 27-year-old striker Old Trafford is where he belongs. Despite rumors of unrest between Rooney and management at United, the player will have no desire to leave England or even leave Manchester given the recent birth of his second child. It’s been a rocky last few years for the old Everton kid. A look at his goal and assist numbers and it’s easy to see why. Sir Alex Ferguson could never quite decide how he wanted to use the England international. Depending on the players brought in and sent elsewhere, he would bang Rooney around between a poacher up top, a secondary striker, a creative attacker just behind the front line, and a winger out to the side. In his first four years at Old Trafford, Rooney’s goals total hovered between 11 and 16, while his assists grew each year from 5 to 13. Then his goals tally spiked to 26 in the 2009/2010 season while he fell to just 5 assists. Then 11 and 11 the next year. Then 27 and 7. And last season 12 and 10. Rooney doesn’t appreciate it, and it’s been reported he has twice asked for a transfer, with the most recent occasion just a few months ago. Sir Alex said no, and then Sir Alex retired. David Moyes, the man in charge when it all began for Rooney at Goodison Park, has taken the legend’s place in charge, and it’s been said that convincing Rooney to stay will be his top priority. The Guardian has said the new contract offered will be much more incentive-laden than the old £250,000-per-week ($386,000) deal he has two years left on. Don’t expect the striker to leave. The interest reported by Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, and others has been nothing more than quiet speculation, and it would be hard to imagine Rooney breaking mold and uprooting his young family for a fresh start. Especially when he’ll most likely get a fresh start with Moyes. But more than anything, wouldn’t it just feel wrong to see Rooney sporting any other kit? http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/22/wayne-rooney-belongs-at-old-trafford/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs |
Kagawa flopped again. |
coogar: the points are idiotic - you won't punch through a wet paper bag with those insipid points of yours' I am through with you. Go and play video game with your son. Put Anderson and Cleverly in a three match fluke, ensure to aid them with Jones, Smalling, Evra and Evans else the midfield will become too bogus for your Cleverly and Anderson. Cleverly, Anderson, Carrick were all together when we trashed Fulham 2-1 in one of the matches you mentioned, so don't use Carrick as an excuse in the 5-5 draw. Keep dreaming on Anderson and Cleverly three match fluke. |
coogar: you are a miserable sod!I am not going to write any long article as I had made my point already. 1. Cleverly did not have a 100 percent win in 2011/12 season. He lost to Wigan, Bilbao and Ajax on his return. 2. Scholes was the real deal in 2011/12 season. Played 17 league matches, won 14, drew 2 (Everton and Chelsea) lost only to City. He was rested for the defeat at wigan and Newcastle 3. Cleverly and Anderson started in the 5-5 draw against West Brown. So they dont have a 100 percent win the league in 2011/12. 4. Nani was on the bench many time even when he returned from injury and even didn't make the team list in some matches. I am done with this argument. |
coogar: you are a fool and you love making your own argument. rio played against west brom and against bolton. we scored before cleverley went off injured. i never at any time argued rio played against arsenal.You are a compound fool. You are only good for reading video games. Supporter of bench warmers and blaming the best coach in the world for your favourite players failure. Someone who started 7 games to you was good. You see what watching highlights and videos on youtube coupled with your obsession with statistics have done to you. You can only be good in arranging your benchwarmers in a video game against a nursery school pupil, that imaginary formation do not transpire to the dressing room at Old Trafford. As I said before, there is no point engaging in endless argument with you because you obviously are preoccupied with arguing like a lawyer just to convince instead of arguing to pass an objective assessment and information. I guess it was in your video game that Ferdinand started against Totteham and Arsenal and Raphael played the early matches. Go and play Dortmund style in your video game against an infant. Put your benchwarmers to deliver the results. The matches Jones, Smalling, Evra and Evans have started have benefited and yielded more result to Manchester United that the few that Cleverly and Anderson started. Those guys play high and help to choke the midfieled. Whereas, when Vidic and Ferdinad play deep, they create a big gulf between the defence and attack such that the midfielders have too much space to work. It's a simple tactics in football. Ferdinand only has a balance and he doesnt have the force to push forward in open play as much as the Jones and Smalling. His recovery is very poor should he dare venture forward, smae with Vidic. Once beaten it's bye bye. Only what they have is experience to seat with the goalkeeper while Vidic uses his aerial prowess to knock off balls. I won't bother going on an endless argument with you. You are indirectly claiming to be a better tactician than SAF, you claim to be a better financial manager than the finance team in Old Trafford. Inside naiaraland. Kudos! |
coded guy: Truth be told the fact still remains that ando/cleverly combo have always won us games regardless of how many they have been played together in, its still a 100% win rate, but all this conjectures about who and who were on the field when we won and lost games is irrelevant. Rooney and carrick have been on the field when we lost games.Cleverly and Anderson have started matches we didn't win. Coogar's excuse is that they played along other team mates. Did they not play along team mates and also won? The major thing was the overall combination. All the matches both started and won had these four men behind them- Evra, Jones, Evans and Smalling. Then Rooney in front. Coogar was just telling lies from his dream that Ferdinand and Raphael were used too, NEVER! Not in the matches he mentioned. Perhaps in his dreams or video game. These matches are even so few, give then a run of matches and see when inexperience will set in as the Arsenal guys usually collpase around December. |
coogar: this is biggest heap of bullshit i have read in a while. defenders helping attackers to do what? rio played in the games united won in the early part of 11/12, how come united were able to best spurs and arsenal by a huge score margin?[b]1. (a)Rio did not play against Arsenal and Totteham. Another lie. Rio did not even make the bench. (b)We had Jones and Evans in the central, then Evra and Smalling at full back for the first league games. Raphael did not start the season, he missed the first few matches. (c)So my assertion that the formation of playing all young men is correct. (d)Stop disputing the obvious with your video game tactics. We are talking about reality and not fantasy. (e) De Gea's ball distribution is miles behind Van Der Sar's. De Gea was even still nervous but the agility of Jones, Evans, Smalling and Evra covered him up and helped the midfield and attack with quick balls and play. In FA cup match against Fulham United won 4-1 this year, we had exactly same men (Evra, Jones, Smalling and Evans) at the back with Anderson and Carrick in the middle. Nnai, Rooney, Giggs and Nani were in forward and the ball flowed exactly same way. There was no any Cleverly. For you to have said Ferdinand played against Arsenal and Totteham, and Raphael at right full back just suggested I don't need to waste my time keep arguing endlessly with you. Keep watching your highlights and gathering statistics to make up a fantasy tactics in your mind on how Manchester United should play. 2. What will Pique and Xavi be doing on the bench if it was a must win contests? There was no Messi also. Barcelona (4-1-4-1): Valdés; Dos Santos (Muniesa, 62), Busquets, Fontàs (Lozano, 73), Abidal (Balliu, 73); Keita; Afellay (Cuenca, 42), Thiago, Iniesta, Pedro (Espinosa, 86); Villa (Carmona, 62). Subs not used: Piqué, Puyol, Xavi, Jeffrén, Pinto, Riverola, Maxwell, Masip. United 4-4-2 3. Our come back against Everton at away was much more important than the City's game of charity status. Also the come back against Totteham at Old Trafford. Against Everton at Goodison Park, if we had lost Chelsea would have been in a pole position to catch us and win the league in again in rows. It was a big nervous match because it enabled United to move 5 points clear with just three games to the end and reduce the nervousness. Remember what Everton did to us two season ago. Goals from Oshea, Ronaldo inspired own goal, Rooney and Eagles. Totteham match had the same nature, it was 5 left matches on April 25th 2009, and Liverpool had levelled us at the top of the league. After Liverpool had beaten us earlier at Old Trafford it would have been a nervous end at they levelled. Ronaldo scored first from a penalty in the second half, Rooney scored 2nd and 4th from open play, Ronaldo 3rd from open play and Berbatov 5th from open play. These come back that helped us to league victories were more important that a victory at a charity match. 3. You keep saying combination of Anderson and Cleverly gives 100 percent win, how many matches have they started together without Carrick or Jones or Fletcher as a third midfielder? Only three. Probably some certain Simpson have same record. 4. Liverpool scored three against Liverpool, possibly the only big team he did that against, yet Rooney was part of that success. I have told you Rooney has been the heart of every bit of our success since he arrived. Rooney has countless big match successes that Berbatov was a spectator from the bench. Lazy Berbatov drew us the Stoke match, broke our jinx of a winning streak, and made our players to over work on the day. After then it was injuries to all the back men and midfield players. If Rooney was there they wouldn't have so suffered. 5. I asked the question before, do an unknown social forum analyst know football better than the professional team at Old Trafford? The first paragraph here just made me know it is a waste of time to argue with you. You idea of football is just imaginary. It is as a result of too much reliance on highlights, statistics and videos. Watch live matches and follow the tension. When you argue, be objective and not just to be seen to be trying to gain upper hand. It is not a law court. What is real is real. What is actual is actual. Expectation, imaginaries and fantasies may never come to pass. [/b] |
coogar: defenders are not relevant. jones was a centre-half throughout that period bar the bolton game when he played as a right back. there's no way jones left his position as a centre-half to help united in the attack. stop lying to us.[b]1. You said defenders are not relevant to attack. Men, you never played football. A weak defence automatically means strikers get fewer balls because the opponents will be having a field day in your team's area. Same goes to a slow defence. Also, the midfield players would be helping such defence instead of helping the forwards. But when the defenders are agile, the marking starts from the middle, when Jones is beaten, Smalling chase backwards and before the attackers get to the eighteen even Jones would have recovered with his speed and energy. When the ball is recovered they push forward quickly like Lucio and Luis do. But sluggish defence seat with the goal keeper, instead of playing high they play deep becuase they cannot chase backwards incase they are beaten. This creates a big gap between the back and forward and the midfielders are outplayed by the opponents who have much space to operate. When you watch match try to understand the whole movement of the game and not just goals and video highlights. Jones and Smalling have a trade mark drive of the ball even into attacking positions and are quickly to recover when dispossed. The good thing of having all young pacing players is that your defending midfielders can help you to cover up when you as a defender push forward like Lucio does. From open play Terry, Luis are scoring. Pique sometimes do that drive for Barca. How many times do you see Vidic and Ferdinand push beyond our 1/3 but in contrast Jones and Smalling play high and drive into the final opponents area(final 3rd) too. 2. United beat Barca in USA and City in community shield. Barca's game was not a compectitive match. Moreso many of their first team players were missing. I saw Xavi on the bench that day and with memory I knew Messi was missing. United had always done well in preseason games even the ones Macheida, Fabio, Raphael, Welbeck were having their debuts. The City game was a come back from a two goals defeat, but we had come back from two and three goals defeat against Totteham, two against Everton and three against Chelsea. In the Totteham game, we eneded up scoring five goals in each at the end, Everton we scored four at the end and Chelsea eneded 3-3, so it's shouldn't be such a big deal because Cleverly and Anderson played. Had Ferdinand and Vidic not substituted with Jones and Smalling or Evans the match would have ended in favour of City. We would have conceded more goals and more of the play done in our 3rd. This is football tactics. In all of the big comebacks, only Rooney was part of it. It's is his DNA. 3. Then you said whether they won convincingly? How is 2-1 win against West Brom convincing? How is 3-2 win against Fulhan convincing? Carrick played the full match against Fulham. I though you said they lose when Carrick or Jones is played along them? Big lie. 4. The period in focus is not the City game and Bolton game which were just three full league matches, but the early season games. Any thing can happen between an extremely short period and anyone takes glory. Just as Giggs can can take the glory of helping United to consolidate the lead at the top between Christmas and February this year. 5. Rooney was a forward for United that period. Rooney played all the matches while Welbeck played over 80 percent. Chicha played one or two as sub while Berbatov was a spectator. The match he was to anchor on behalf of Rooney he drew. Then against Blackburn, He just couldn't be the cordinator he was meant to be. You have to retain possession intelligently to prevent opponents from using it. Chicharito played first half and we were losing already. T 6. United lost six one to City, yes there is something called once in a blue moon. Just like when Barca lost four nil even when the world best player was on the pitch. Mind you, it was a ten against eleven Manchester United played. 7. The real deal of last two season early success should be Wayne Rooney and not anyone else who played three matches and were also substituted. Even in the preseason he was there. Every bit of success of the Manchester club has Rooney in its heart. Those who know football know his worth and will pay him 300k to keep him. Why do Mourinho and Abramovic want him? Why does Arsenal want him and the new owners said they will pay him should he decide to join them. These are people of football, it's their business and its in their blood. Are social forum talks now more financially and football wiser than the men at Old Trafford? What is all these nonesense of Rooney is too expensive. No one tells anyone how to run his business to make profit. Anderson and Cleverly were only a three match fluke. [/b] |
All the hype about Cleverly and Anderson in early last season is ridiculous to me now after I discovered they only played three league matches together. 1st Match was away to West Brom, then followed by Totteham, and Arsenal. The fourth match was against Bolton, Carrick came in for Clevrly at 24 min in 5-0 over Bolton. Cleverly did not play against Chelsea 5th match. It was fletcher who played. Anderson was substituted at 62mims with Carrick Then it went on to a draw against Stoke and a two nil over Norwich. From when Man United beat City to when the win over Norwich, only Wayne Rooney was the player who played every minute of the matches, except one. Wayne Rooney missed away match to Stoke and that was the only one out of eight that United did not win. Guess what! Berbatov was the one who played for Rooney his first time of the season. He could not lift the team. If Rooney had featured in that match ang against Blackburn Rover in Old Trafford, we would easily have won the title last season. |
coogar: stop embarrassing yourself.....You are the one embarrassing yourself. I only used Carrick and co as an example. And you are saying defenders aren't relevant? Wow! |
coogar: then mention the match anderson/cleverley 2-man midfield have lost in the history of man utd.I will give you the stat you need tomorrow (at dawn) if time permits. But just imagine you saying SAF doesn't play three midfielders? We have seen Anderson, Carrick, Fabio/Flectcher/Gibson etc played a three man midfield. Back to the City match. Jones and another young defender were introduced at City 2 United 0. Ferdinand were and Vidic were pulled out. I will explain in detail how this influence a game, just as it did that day. |
coogar: hahaha - you watch united games more than me? from where? from your armchair? please don't make me laugh. you know nothing deep about united apart from the nonsense articles you read on dailymail. you said you would rate de gea after the season...so what's your verdict? still shyte?No, they lost matches after the injury. Sometimes it was Carrick that was sent in to rescue them. They failed us in some Carling cup and FA cup matches. It will interest you to know Jones was also part of the success in the period they did well. Even in the match you put up there against City in the community Shield, Jones and another young defender Smalling/Evans were sent in for Vidic and Ferdinand which enabled a swifter release of balls from the back. This buttress what I have been saying since. Lastly, Jones played in the midfield in some other matches while Evans and Smalling were behind. So, it was a whole different set up and not just a two players affair. It also goes back to what I said at first, you play games based on the materials available. Fitness, injuries, players qualities are all part of the plan. There are also intermittent hit/loss of forms by some players. |
coogar: those 5/6 games included city, arsenal and tottenham. 3 of the best top teams in england. like i said, you don't watch united enough to know what obtains....I watched United matches more than you do and I am very sure I became a fan before you. Why did Anderson and Cleverly not continue their form? are they the first to be injured? |
coogar: and they had their asšes handed to them by bayern. i have never known any spectator scoring 7 unreplied goals in the history of football.Anderson and Cleverly only shone in about five or six matches what was the impression they would have even survived till December before they would have been clipped by EPL opponents? Rememeber the way Arsenal used to do 'initial gragra'. But Anderson and Cleverly are yet to even get that form back. Any way this is not a debate of Anderson and Cleverly because they don't even play like Dortmond. Cleverly's game is closer to Xavi's style while Anderson runs with the ball like Edgar Davids used to do, except Ando has a long way to go. Whether Bayern beat Barca or not o, it doesnt take away the history Barca has redefined. Just like Man City did a 'ones in a blue moon' on us. It surely gonna happen. But we know who are they with records based on their peculiar style. |
coogar: records like conceding 7 goals over 2 legs, right?1. Barca has created records that people have lost count. No team will do what they have done. They have won everything over and over again, also Spanish national team. They monopolize possession and turn their opponents to spectators. 2. Exactly what I said, Vidic and Ferdinand were not there but Jones, Smalling and Evans. The back and midfield energies speed and agility make things easy for forwards. |
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