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United have won just three of their 11 matches this season, and only two clubs (Real Madrid and Manchester City) have ever spent more in a single transfer window than United did this summer. The average current league position of United's league opponents is 10.7. Aston Villa, the new crisis club, are three points behind them having faced opposition with an average current league position of 8.0
There is also an odd sense of self-created pluckiness to United, alien under Alex Ferguson. 'We're playing well, so don't worry' seems to be the message, as if playing well is enough. Performances are secondary to results, and the whole 'hard luck, chaps' idea is baffling. This is Manchester effing United. United don't get lucky, they get better.

That air of assumed negativity was epitomised in a recent quote from Chris Smalling. "[size=18pt]How we played against the league leaders showed that we can go to any team and cause problems[/size]," was Smalling's message. West Brom aim to cause problems - United should only be aiming to win.

Smalling already seems to be adjusting well to life in Mid Table Mediocrity

"Louis van Gaal talks about progress. Well, I expected Manchester United to have a better record by this stage of the season,

'Under David Moyes last term my old club had 17 points from their first 10 games. This time, having spent £150million in the summer, they have 13 points from the same number.

'And the problem in defence should have been addressed in the summer. It was not as if Van Gaal was unaware that Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Jonny Evans were susceptible to injuries. The great defenders - Steve Bruce, Gary Pallister, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic - were injured very rarely in their prime. You need that reliability and consistency at centre-back.

'[size=18pt]It concerns me that expectation levels have slipped so far that many supporters I know felt relieved at snatching a late draw with Chelsea and losing narrowly to City.[/size]" -Paul Scholes.

Yekpa.

Words on marble from an Unhappy Albino

"If they do what we agreed in training, we will win" -Van Gaal
Manyoo go on to lose the 1st game of the season...to Swansea...at Old Trafford

"When we survive the first three months, it will be the same as for me as it was at Bayern Munich. At Bayern, after the first three months, we were sixth or seventh and we were third in our Champions League group" -Van Gaal
After 3 months, Manyoo are in tenth place in the league....level on points with West Brom


"We are in a process and that process shall take more than one year,It shall take three years, I hope, because that is always dependable from a lot of aspects, but I think it shall be and we shall make it happen that we shall win a lot of matches in a row" -Van Gaal

You guys should better prepare for relegation.

Moye's didnt even get a year

nitlad:


Iwo ni, agbaya.

I hope you know that we are roughly around the same age.

Agbayas of a feather quote together

AirborneLacer:
I owe my big bruh an explanation.

Check this out brother http://fas.org/spp/starwars/program/abl.htm

And this...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2eehBk_DNQ

I chose Lacer instead of Laser for some freaking reasons

Tani big bruh?

Happy birthday Guapo.

But....

Jor kini itumo airbornelacer?

Not really football related, but Jay-Z has just bought Armand de Brignac.

That's the company that makes Ace of Spades champagne.

You really can't knock Jigga's Hustle....

nitlad:
Are you now towing Ibime's Men of Steel line?

coogar:
mata is still a better number-10 than rooney. that comment is still valid till today. time might have flown but i still want mata in the hole if we can get 2 gorillas in the pivot!

Mourinho, Moyes, and now LVG disagree.

It would seem that even a few of the guys hailing Mata on this thread sef no longer want him near the 1st team given the number of 'Fellaini in the Hole' posts we've seen recently....

coogar:
i gave you a time slot & you refused to honour it. i have been busy racking up gold coins and building a monster team on FUT. it was "happy hour" for 24 hrs on tuesday/wednesday & i have been trading like crazy.

lest i forget, i sampled the PES 2015 demo last night. i was massively impressed with the graphics....konami has closed the huge gap between them & EA sports. the gameplay still felt a bit inferior but i guess that must be because i have not played PES since 2007.

i think i'll preorder it today.

I refused to honour what?

You better come correct.

Yeah PES2015 is fantastic...and I personally feel that they will be pushing FIFA very close this year. I'm copping once it drops still...and I suspect that it will become my football simulation of choice very easily.

PES has always been the discerning connoisseurs choice anyway...

coogar:
i will add you later today. you seem the type that i would like to beat. but why PS4 owners only? what about PS3 owners?

come to think of it sef, i play on the white PS4 which is a bit superior to the black one you play. in a nutshell, you and i nor dey the same category.

You wey don dey run since 1852.

Nigga when are you going to man up and take your ass whooping?

coogar:
moyes is a tool - he should be taking that offer of mata. sell rooney, get mata and sign benteke!!!

How time flies

UchihaMadara:
Men, either way I play it out in my head, I don't see myself kneeling.

NEVER! EVER! EVER!

Kill me first men!

Just make sure your funeral arrangements include significant amounts of alcohol...so I can drink myself to stupor in your honour.

UchihaMadara:
I should have taken a pictures of what I saw when in Lekki Phase 1.

A grown as man kneeling in front a soldier, like he was in primary school all over again.

Kai! Kill me first men! I would die before I kneel for you, such rubbish!

And that's how you will die for nothing...nobody would even care if you died an honourable death...just how much booze there'll be at your funeral.

And what's the point of this post?

I know that there are a few good men in our military and I thank them for all the times they have discharged their duties with uprightness and professionalism. But all over the country, it is now clear that there are certainly more lawless men in our army than responsible individuals. An army that believes in jungle justice is a perversion

There have been 6 military coups in Nigeria's short history.....but it's only just dawned on you that there are many lawless people in the Army?

In other news...Water is wet

Keky....how market?

Una dey watch this match?

Ronaldo seems to be a dressing room bully. Twice now, the guy has chanced Benzema and James Rodriguez on thier own ball

coogar:
that's the way.....
enough united fans have PS4 in their homes, they just don't showoff like you do.

I know for a fact that it wasn't elampiro.
He doesn't call himself elampawa

Someone called elampawa has added me on psn

Ibime:
Yes, because from the wing, most of your passes are crosses which don't hit your man. Wingers have much lower percentage success than central midfielders, that's fact, nothing new. Raheem is a much better passer.

Check which of Oscar's passes are successful, it's those 10 yard passes with no pressure. Ramires also plays those passes and gets 85% regularly and no one calls him a decent passer.

As soon as Oscar has to release a man, everything overhit or underhit.

You discussing old news that Nateevs has already covered months ago - he was one of the first to tell us Oscar is a goat at passing, and one of the first to highlight Raheem's brilliance.

Oscar ko, Oscar ni.

Which wing?

Sterling played as a 10 behind Sturridge and Suarez most of last season.

Why else was there a cry to play Sterrling at 10 at the World Cup and Rooney on the left by the media.

Ibime stop lying.

SAS scored over 50 goals last season and Sterling only assisted 6 of them....a few of those assists are Penalties won sef...

The sad thing about this whole Sterling situation is that some people here cannot see that Suarez and to a lesser extent Sturridge were the ones creating the space for Sterling by occupying defenders.

Why did Sterling look so average at the World Cup? Why does he look so average now?

There's no Suarez to open space for him.

Abi Na leg over dey constitute playmaker ability these days.

We keep saying that Oscar is not a Kagawa or Gotze. He's more in the mold of Rooney, Tevez, Muller.

He's a supporting striker who can cover ground tirelessly and has an eye for goal. He might not be a 'game changer', but he keeps going.

And you very rarely find a 10 that does that. Mata will give you the passing...but won't track back.

You claim you want to eliminate the 10 all together...but how many top teams successfully play a 4-3-3? I can only think of Barca and maybe Bayern and us Jose's first time round.

You can't play a successful 4-3-3 unless your front 3 are completely badass...because it's more difficult to link the midfield to attack.

coogar:
fellaini played better than hazard at the world cup. hazard is largely overrated. he's just a tiny upgrade over stewart downing.

Last season Sterling posted 81.7% pass completion in the league

Oscar posted 83.3

But Sterling is a much better passer

Ibime:
Nobody in their right-mind would accuse [size=18pt]Sterling[/size] and Draxler of being unable to pass a ball, an allegation you have levelled against Oscar:
.

Sterling Pass Accuracy in the league this season 78.2% of 348 ....Oscar 84.4% of 450 passes



This weekend Sterling's pass accuracy was 64%, Oscar was 79.4%

But let's not let trivial things like statistics get in the way of an anti-Oscar rant.

Oscar's dire passing is unforgivable in his position and can never place him above any midfielder who can pass a ball, workrate being equal. Sterling and Draxler are miles ahead of Oscar.

dopeJemi:
[s]Sorry! I actually started reading from where you started acting silly[/s]

If you're not contributing to the debate, you need to go and study for Jamb.
You will pass next year in Jesus name!

coogar:
so you travel to london everyday from nottingham? that's almost 100 minutes by train?? you would soon break down at this rate. your employer should put you in a hotel 5 days a week.



mayweather can be very busy.....
let's do it tonight. your skill level can't be that tight to face me. i will beat you with QPR.

Northampton. It's 45 minutes by Virgin train in the morning, but the London Midlands back is around 15 minutes slower.

No dey run Coogar.

Pick a time that is not midnight and let's rumble!

coogar:

how am i a criminal? you have till 6pm to take my challenge or wait till midnight. we would get to play proper then with any team you want. if you check my profile on your PSN, you would see how many trophies i have won already. i am too ill with the skills.

I don't even leave london til 5:46...and it takes an hour to get home.

You are like Floyd Mayweather...always teasing just enough to keep the hype alive...then running away when the Pacqauios and Amir Khans come calling...

coogar:
isn't there UEFA tonight?
it would have to be midnight again.....i would be watching the games & drinking at a bar with colleagues. if you are home now, let's play or wait till 12. my schedule is booked all evening.

MSCHEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW

I swear you are a criminal.

coogar:
you build your squad, i build mine. we invite each other on the FUT feature and we would see who's got more tactical nous instead of choosing chelsea or whatever.



because the in-built teams are not your own making. if you choose chelsea as your in-built team & i choose real madrid to beat you.....should i get credits for using a more superior team to beat a handicapped team?

FIFA gamers are tired & bored of 1 v 1 games.



how's this an excuse?
if you want 1 v 1 duels, no wahala.....but i get no props for beating you in them. they are not my teams.....they were put together by mourinho, van gaal, etc.

Yes or No Coogar!!!!

Are you down for tonight? We can even use the exact same teams if you want...no Ojoro

coogar:
if evans, jones, smalling, carrick were all fit, would we miss shaw, rojo & herrera? injuries can happen to few players once in a while but what is happening to united right now is a curse.



fifa ultimate team....
that is what the big boys play - not the 1 v 1.
go to the feature & you would get handed bronze players. you play to win so you can get coins. the coins would help you buy good players & you would build a team, buy a club, get a manager, etc.

that you haven't heard of FUT sef makes me think you are a virgin FIFA gamer. are you kidding me? this is the reason people buy FIFA. their transfer market is a movie on its own. bidding for players(regular or in-form), etc. nihilist, you are not enjoying the £50 you spent on your copy of FIFA15.

Of course I know what FUT is...

But why would you use FUT team in a friendly? Who does that? When you play against your friends, do you use your Master League team?

Why should I have have to build up my own team to play 1v1 when there are in built teams in the game?

Is this another excuse now?

SirShymex:

Lmao...I just hate frauds. This thing isn't even a necessity, and if you have it, you'll know it's just a mere appendage and it doesn't even define you. Even a lot of white people prefer hand wash to dish washers. I just don't get what the hype is about.

Oh she has a dish washer, but went ghost when she was asked to post the picture - FML.

These folks are all frauds!

I sweardown....

Oh my dayzzzzz

coogar:
i have added you since that day but you are too blind a bartimeaus to even check your profile. i am an advanced FIFA gamer, i have grown beyond adding friends online to play....

my ish is the FUT15. buying & selling, amassing gold coins & building a team with 100% team chemistry & beating fellow managers on their turf. only amateurs like yourself are still high on FIFA classic.

Which one is FUT when it comes to 1V1 gameplay. I don't even have time for FUT.

Lets use the real teams---Manyoo vs Chelsea. Anyway are you down for tonight?

I will even plug my mike in so that I can be firing some verbal missiles as I destroy you on the pitch