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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by dharay99: 8:23am On Oct 23, 2015
funlord:
Pataki! I agree you are a beast! "YOU are actually A BEAST OF BURDEN! You have earned your stripes in calling mods you _stupid, 2 faced, deluded coward! I concur!

Look boy! You were caught like the little crybaby prat that you are and I EXPOSED you! You are not, will not and cannot ever be on my level as far as soccer or regards anything else in your sad life is concerned! I saw you viewing so I had to send you that subliminal message! Your insecurity has caused you to respond abi? Lol............

By the way I don't need to consistently mention _idiots like YOU in my posts! I don't want to be associated with retards such as yourself!
Now kindly get the _fuck back into your distorted world of gayner purgatory! Your time to be noticed has expired! Hopeless _moron!
sorry Pataki... cry

Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by dharay99: 8:27am On Oct 23, 2015
Pataki:
LOL! You still haven't learned your lesson. At least you are not starting your comment with that foolish emoticon smiley that depicts the insanity raging in your gutter skull. You will get schooled severely should you choose to keep on this path of your monotonous boring stewpeedity. I am the cyber-cure for deluded nitwits of your ilk.

How did you expose me? See me see this rodent feeling fly. You remind me of that Greek goat, I came across last week who foolishly thinks it is the best thing on this island.

You are trying too hard to feel among. I can almost feel your keyboard frustration. What do you know about football other than quoting (copy and paste) SkyNews and wikipedia and posting it here. You wear stewpeedity with the most graceful aplomb! What a glorious gerbil you truly are.
aaaaaaah shocked
See perfec† punchback....ooooo 'sad

Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Nobody: 8:29am On Oct 23, 2015
Pataki:
Merefish has no excuse to be honest. He came with a hype and unfortunately has not lived up to the hype that was placed on him. He has had a full pre-season training with ManU unlike Martial. Yet, the difference is clear.

Eredivisie is shittty. I would even be in the stadium to watch his former team play tomorrow. He has the qualities no doubt, but he is not an ideal ManU player. I would be suprised if he proves me wrong.
In as much as we won't rush to label the Dutch league top grade I still think they produce good players.
So in that sense the jury is still out on him.
He has 4 goals and two assists (I think) so far despite his overall nonsense play, so there may be hope. He may not be uber useless after all but no doubt he has to improve. He is getting rather big headed in my observation since the season began,but that could just be me.
Let's see how it goes.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by dharay99: 8:32am On Oct 23, 2015
funlord:
grin

See the emoji! Are you now pained? Oya go behind your house and start smooching your transformer!
Your posts are exactly always like those of an experienced _idiot! Full of sound and fury but signifying nothing! Empty and vapid rants that excite you and you alone! I'm sure you had a lot of parental issues when you were still a growing simian! You seem to be a naturally unhappy ape!

So what is wrong with copying and pasting news from sky sports/goal.com/uefa/ you tube/ wikipideia etc when trying to bring breaking news, justify team selection or to make a point to _morons like you? You must be studying a "masters in _stupidity course" over there in the netherlands!

Or is my brain an Ipad? My knowledge is definitely more vast as regards man uniteds trivia than those of other clubs so why should I not consult a clubs website when trying to prove to their gay or bus parking fans that their logic is wrong? At least I'm not like you that relies on the METRO for your pearls of soccer wisdom or information! I'm sure you don't even realise the metros standing as a colossal joke among other papers in europe! Ask coogar or nihilist to clarify for you!

Hopeless curmudgeon! calling me insane shows your cerebral cortex lacks illumination. Asking me how I exposed YOU shows that you are myopic and mentally deranged. "Where you caught bragging on your gayner thread about getting me banned or not?" TRUE or FALSE? Witnesses yapa 4 here!

Abeg just run along and go and sort that your diminishing CGPA. After you achieve that then go and read another course on how to learn manners and also how to interact on a public forum without abusing someone who does not share your _moronic ideology or delights in bragging about getting monikers banned.

Hurry up and also go and search my whole NL history to see if you can find anything you can use for a rebuttal you hear? We all know that is your modus operandi, since you are to dumb to think on the spot! After all I know you are suffering from a new strand of the AIDS virus! Abysmal IQ Deficiency Syndrome! Bloody tool!
Lawwwwwd of mercy shocked shocked
#aaah dun die...see pataki blood o cry

Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Nihilist: 8:32am On Oct 23, 2015
parrotibaba:
See as this thread still de hot grin grin

Abeg if u can't handle the heat then don't bother coming at all angry or you can come and drop your posts and leave. Stop calling the mods here!!!!. If you don't like the banter and the cussing, then find your way to a more peaceful thread and settle there. I hate to see folks come over here and start preaching sh!t about how this thread used to be or how it's supposed to be, football is all about this; the cussing, the banter, and the trolling. Of course intelligent conversations are part of it but please for f'ck's sake if you can't deal with it then leave. First it was two peeps calling the mods in one night now this. See as MaziOmenuko's comment turn nihilist, a certified fight promoter into a century old saint who picks certain angels to hv conversations with. If this board was all about convos then it will be as dry as some boards in NL n let's face it, we r very few in numbers that carry this board on. Also it doesn't matter whether you joined NL before Seun Osewa himself, what matters is what you bring on the table, most folks here having been watching football for a long time, doesn't mk them noobs in footie just cos they register newly on NL.

My 10 naira.
*chews Garri flavoured Chewing gum*
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Pataki: 8:33am On Oct 23, 2015
Foolishness prevailing everywhere. I will dig out your posts whenever I choose to. Anything you post on this board can be used against you once you decide not to know your limit on this board. Even the owner of this forum has warned that you are responsible for whatever you post.

If you give me a reason to insult you, be ready to get it as you wish. You can as well dig into my posts as far back as 2006 to see what substance Pataki is made of. Na your headache be that. cool
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by dharay99: 8:35am On Oct 23, 2015
Pataki:
LOL. Jesu sunkun walai! And someone labored to call this one his own child? grin Ekun abiyamó!

You see your life in 4Dx?! When I said you struggle too hard to feel among, you just had to prove me right again. Is this all you have got? cool Not impressed one bit. undecided

When you are tired of your own stewpeedity, you will logout and go face your daily life frustrations. There is more to life than trying to feel you are a keyboard warrior on a faceless board. You have a lot to learn son.
Naaaa, don† back ou† dah† way,
Daaaaamn i†.!!! angry
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by funlord(m): 8:36am On Oct 23, 2015
cool
Pataki:
LOL. Jesu sunkun walai! And someone labored to call this one his own child? grin Ekun abiyamó!

You see your life in 4Dx?! When I said you struggle too hard to feel among, you just had to prove me right again. Is this all you have got? cool Not impressed one bit. undecided

When you are tired of your own stewpeedity, you will logout and go face your daily life frustrations. There is more to life than trying to feel you are a keyboard warrior on a faceless board. You have a lot to learn son.
Erm economic migrant....your skills in vernacular may impress those local skanks you chill with in your village whenever you take your annual break from your career in _fucktard studies and dish washing in holland in order to come and bubble and shuffle in naija but they won't fly with me since I don't speak your local brand of ape gibberish!

I'm not suprised that answering my query was hard for you! The TRUTH IS ALWAYS BITTER and I'm sure you noticed most of the aforementioned witnesses viewing! Anyway I am done with you for now! Interacting with you seems to be giving my soul cancer symptoms and I want mine to remain healthy! Make a mental note of the advice below! It relates to everything about your moniker as far as I'm concerned! Billy Goat!

Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by parrotibaba(m): 8:39am On Oct 23, 2015
StarBoard:
In as much as we won't rush to label the Dutch league top grade I still think they produce good players.
So in that sense the jury is still out on him.
He has 4 goals and two assists (I think) so far despite his overall nonsense play, so there may be hope. He may not be uber useless after all but no doubt he has to improve. He is getting rather big headed in my observation since the season began,but that could just be me.
Let's see how it goes.
yeah, the boy is feeling like he don arrive, n we foolishly gave him the number 7 Jersey to further boost his ego. He thinks he will just walk into the EPL n dribble his way to success, the same sh!t happened to Di Maria,(he thought chicken runs will mk him the next best thing after fried rice) and look what happened. He should just reset his football now that there is time else LVG will sell him next year.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Pataki: 8:40am On Oct 23, 2015
StarBoard:
In as much as we won't rush to label the Dutch league top grade I still think they produce good players.
So in that sense the jury is still out on him.
He has 4 goals and two assists (I think) so far despite his overall nonsense play, so there may be hope. He may not be uber useless after all but no doubt he has to improve. He is getting rather big headed in my observation since the season began,but that could just be me.
Let's see how it goes.
Every league has good players. Even our own Nigerian league. I was just tired when the Depay hype became overbearing especially when one has seen what depay has played over time here in the Dutch league.

Anyways, make no mistake! Whatever will make manure finish below us is welcomed. If it involves playing Depay to achieve that, long may it continue! cool
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by dharay99: 8:43am On Oct 23, 2015
funlord:
cool

Erm economic migrant....your skills in vernacular may impress those local skanks you chill with in your village whenever you take your annual break from your career in _fucktard studies and dish washing in holland in order to come and bubble and shuffle in naija but they won't fly with me since I don't speak your local brand of ape gibberish!

I'm not suprised that answering my query was hard for you! The TRUTH IS ALWAYS BITTER and I'm sure you noticed most of the aforementioned witnesses viewing! Anyway I am done with you for now! Interacting with you seems to be giving my soul cancer symptoms and I want mine to remain healthy! Make a mental note of the advice below! It relates to everything about your moniker as far as I'm concerned! Billy Goat!
easy on him na,
Him no wan fy† aqain.
cry

Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Pataki: 8:51am On Oct 23, 2015
funlord:
cool

Erm economic migrant....your skills in vernacular may impress those local skanks you chill with in your village whenever you take your annual break from your career in _fucktard studies and dish washing in holland in order to come and bubble and shuffle in naija but they won't fly with me since I don't speak your local brand of ape gibberish!

I'm not suprised that answering my query was hard for you! The TRUTH IS ALWAYS BITTER and I'm sure you noticed most of the aforementioned witnesses viewing! Anyway I am done with you for now! Interacting with you seems to be giving my soul cancer symptoms and I want mine to remain healthy! Make a mental note of the advice below! It relates to everything about your moniker as far as I'm concerned! Billy Goat!
LOL! You make me laugh! Economic migrant? Hahaha! Go and dig out my posts! As far back as 2006/2007, I was writing letters of appeal for FREE on the travel board for faceless NL members and their family who were refused travel visas to the UK. I never lost a case. Yet I was a fellow student who never studied law back then. If I shared half of my intelligence with you, your life will experience a tremendous upgrade. This is no bragging time.

What is your relevance on this board? You think it is all about insults, copying and pasting insults from the internet? You are a nuisance who really wants to feel among.

What a scapegrace. I don't even feel insulting you will restore you to the path of common sense.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by funlord(m): 8:52am On Oct 23, 2015
angry
parrotibaba:
yeah, the boy is feeling like he don arrive, n we foolishly gave him the number 7 Jersey to further boost his ego. He thinks he will just walk into the EPL n dribble his way to success, the same sh!t happened to Di Maria,(he thought chicken runs will mk him the next best thing after fried rice) and look what happened. He should just reset his football now that there is time else LVG will sell him next year.
Nah! LVG won't sell depay like that! The element of youth will play a part in elongating his chances for redemption! Prem league no be beans and depay has been quite immature in his approach to his new levels over these past 4 months! @ his age its not suprising he is on "party, karauche tran and bullshite" mode rather than training and learning mode! Hammer no easy to control for some peeps and remember this nigga is from a damaged home too! We were all 21 once so we should give him @ least till seasons end to see how far!

And don't forget "van nistelrooy and luis suarez" came out of that same "dutch league" oh? Na patient dog levels good for depay! Before we POGBA up again! Lol
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Pataki: 8:54am On Oct 23, 2015
parrotibaba:
yeah, the boy is feeling like he don arrive, n we foolishly gave him the number 7 Jersey to further boost his ego. He thinks he will just walk into the EPL n dribble his way to success, the same sh!t happened to Di Maria,(he thought chicken runs will mk him the next best thing after fried rice) and look what happened. He should just reset his football now that there is time else LVG will sell him next year.
Quote me next year. LVG is not selling Depay. He has come to stay unfortunately.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by ElFenomeno1: 8:56am On Oct 23, 2015
Pataki:
What is this tsetse fly feeling like? Mention my name and stop typing like a coward.

Idiotic verbiage that amounts to senseless rambling. There are moderators on this board. I have told you and openly stated that even Seun can be called upon to verify if I ever made a request for you to be banned.

You are one of the manure fans that really tries to feel among. Go and learn from erudite manure fans like afrodoc, StarBoard, Sinizia, Jackal/Sauron/Coogar, tkb417, Emperor, AdeLaNa1, dopeJemi, Purist, and so many others.....

Pataki is a one man army beast. I have earned my stripes in bans. So if you get banned, that is your freaking headache. You are lucky that your id was not even wiped off from this forum. Stay in your lane. Pataki is a certified NL weere when he is in his elements.
Add SailorXY to that fam..... wink
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by parrotibaba(m): 8:56am On Oct 23, 2015
funlord:
angry

Nah! LVG won't sell depay like that! The element of youth will play a part in elongating his chances for redemption! Prem league no be beans and depay has been quite immature in his approach to his new levels over these past 4 months! @ his age its not suprising he is on "party, karauche tran and bullshite" mode rather than training and learning mode! Hammer no easy to control for some peeps and remember this nigga is from a damaged home too! We were all 21 once so we should give him @ least till seasons end to see how far!

And don't forget "van nistelrooy and luis suarez" came out of that same "dutch league" oh? Na patient dog levels good for depay! Before we POGBA up again! Lol
E be like say you no hear wetin el jefe talk about that matter, about how some peeps who do not fit in his philosophy are sold E.G Di maria.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by parrotibaba(m): 9:01am On Oct 23, 2015
Pataki:
Quote me next year. LVG is not selling Depay. He has come to stay unfortunately.
We said the same thing about RVP and Di Maria n look at where they are now.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Pataki: 9:02am On Oct 23, 2015
ElFenomeno1:
Add SailorXY to that fam..... wink
Spot on bruv. Even though, that one sometimes can be too emotional. But when his head is clear, he knows his onions.

BTW, where is coogar hiding? Is this how he goes missing when the bragging rights is in our pocket? grin
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by ElFenomeno1: 9:02am On Oct 23, 2015
Early morning sweet nonsense on this forum....... grin
i love the scummie land.....
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by ElFenomeno1: 9:04am On Oct 23, 2015
Pataki:
Spot on bruv. Even though, that one sometimes can be too emotional. But when his head is clear, he knows his onions.

BTW, where is coogar hiding? Is this how he goes missing when the bragging rights is in our pocket? grin
Seen Coogar float around but he didnt post.... Probably still in Mukina's prison!
He too can be a bit of a door knob at times, but he knows his stuff...

For real though, lets have banters and quit taking things too far... I have been involved in some instances, and as a vet, i shouldnt

So let peace reign and bring on the banters... banter right and fistbump at the end of it!

cheesy
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by dharay99: 9:06am On Oct 23, 2015
Pataki:
LOL! You make me laugh! Economic migrant? Hahaha! Go and dig out my posts! As far back as 2006/2007, I was writing letters of appeal for FREE on the travel board for faceless NL members and their family who were refused travel visas to the UK. I never lost a case. Yet I was a fellow student who never studied law back then. If I shared half of my intelligence with you, your life will experience a tremendous upgrade. This is no bragging time.

What is your relevance on this board? You think it is all about insults, copying and pasting insults from the internet? You are a nuisance who really wants to feel among.

What a scapegrace. I don't even feel insulting you will restore you to the path of common sense.
oh boy chi chum chin@ underlined sad

Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Pataki: 9:06am On Oct 23, 2015
parrotibaba:
We said the same thing about RVP and Di Maria n look at where they are now.
How old are they? Plato has a youth inclusion policy for ManU. It would be utterly silly of him to sell a potential viable youth like Depay.

Depay is not going to be sold.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by funlord(m): 9:07am On Oct 23, 2015
grin
parrotibaba:
E be like say you no hear wetin el jefe talk about that matter, about how some peeps who do not fit in his philosophy are sold E.G Di maria.
You know say na small thing dey pain "EL JEFFE" right from time dats why him dey sabi rake unnecessarily for homies! But in this case there wil surely be justice tempered with mercy for depay! After all even the big boys for the team sef never sabi which philosophy dis man dey always cry about! Abi na dat "crouching tortoise" side 2 side passing be the philosophy?

Make them allow the boy excise some of him demons! I remember a certain CR7 also dulling with step overs and wack crossing sometime around 2003/2004! With a little patience from the club added to cr7's commitment, by 2007 you sef sabi wetin happen from dat time na?
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by parrotibaba(m): 9:13am On Oct 23, 2015
Pataki:
How old are they? Plato has a youth inclusion policy for ManU. It would be utterly silly of him to sell a potential viable youth like Depay.

Depay is not going to be sold.
Age doesn't really matter cos if Depay continues to be sh!t then I won't bet against LVG selling him.


Remember El jefe said this recently.


“Some players cannot adapt to the team
philosophy,” Van Gaal told reporters. “That
you cannot know in advance. You have to see
that.
“Because you see a lot of qualities in a player,
but Depay has to put that quality in service of
your team.
“That also happened with Di María and Falcao
– both great players but you have to fit in
with the philosophy. Not only with Memphis,
with every player that we have bought.”
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by parrotibaba(m): 9:19am On Oct 23, 2015
funlord:
grin

You know say na small thing dey pain "EL JEFFE" right from time dats why him dey sabi rake unnecessarily for homies! But in this case there wil surely be justice tempered with mercy for depay! After all even the big boys for the team sef never sabi which philosophy dis man dey always cry about! Abi na dat "crouching tortoise" side 2 side passing be the philosophy?

Make them allow the boy excise some of him demons! I remember a certain CR7 also dulling with step overs and wack crossing sometime around 2003/2004! With a little patience from the club added to cr7's commitment, by 2007 you sef sabi wetin happen from dat time na?
bro if na SAF dey handle the boy, I for no talk wetin I talk. El jefe get no chill at all. See as he take sell Saido Janko ,Kagawa ,Welbeck, Andow etc after their horrendous showing against MK Dons so I won't be shocked Depay is sold next summer. Already he don de get the Di maria treatment.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by funlord(m): 9:27am On Oct 23, 2015
lipsrsealed
parrotibaba:
bro if na SAF dey handle the boy, I for no talk wetin I talk. El jefe get no chill at all. See as he take sell Saido Janko ,Kagawa ,Welbeck, Andow etc after their horrendous showing against MK Dons so I won't be shocked Depay is sold next summer. Already he don de get the Di maria treatment.
Make depay just tell that "Karauche tran biatch" say make she dey free am during the week and make she dey only bring SK come house on sundays! Or else make van gaal hala "chris brown" to come flow with memphis small! Lol....
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Mystic1(m): 9:31am On Oct 23, 2015
Nihilist. you claim you don't know me, i won't dispute that fact because truely i am new here joined this board early this year and have only posted once in a while. But your other claims about me are lies. Unlike you who instigate and engage in e fights, i never went quoted Raumdeuter with intentions to insult him and i will prove it here. As for Elamps, i believe you'll say anything to look like the saint here. And you said you woke up this morning to see you were my next target? Where ever that thought came from. I knew you were indirecty referring to my when you said in your initials post that newbies are throwing over used lines. But no worry, your case dey covun.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Mystic1(m): 9:38am On Oct 23, 2015
This was my first post on CFC thread were Raumdeuter and I had an encounter.
Mystic1:
Abeg una help me see Raumdeuter? That sneaky little bastard. Lied to me and everyone else about how good Bayern were, now my 35k is gone!!! Where ever you are, i will find you and i will behead you.
I don't see any had feelings in this post because it was all to ridicule Dayo and Bayern after how high he placed them and how low they fell
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by dopeJemi: 9:39am On Oct 23, 2015
We are still one BIG HAPPY FAMILY cheesy cheesy
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Mystic1(m): 9:43am On Oct 23, 2015
And here was my reply when Dayo came to defend his teams performance.
Mystic1:
You are a bleeping Morafuckin A'hole. There is nothing you will post that will change the fact that you team is a local champion, busy molesting the small small mediocre teams in germany. You are mad sir.
He claimed he knew his team were gonna lose anyway. Anybody who knew how high Dayo rated bayern and Boatank would have replied with such lines, and i wasn't the only one who replied him in such manner.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Mystic1(m): 9:47am On Oct 23, 2015
But Dayo attacked fiercly.
raumdeuter:
SHut the Bleep up you idiottic mongrel and every adult male in your household is mad

Whose business is it that you used your family's life savings to bet on football

Blame your lack of judgment or basically lack of common sense for your misfortune. If you cant use your gumption to analyze a game where one side is desperate and one side isnt under pressure then whoever paid for your education should ask for a refund

And keep my monicker out of your leprous fingerr
This were below the belt. Family and household.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by coogar: 9:47am On Oct 23, 2015
IS SMALLING THE BEST DEFENDER IN THE LEAGUE?
As the season wears on, it is a question that is becoming more and more pertinent with every passing performance of power and authority by Manchester United's no.12. Is Chris Smalling the best central defender in the Barclays Premier League?

Certainly, on current form, a case has to be made for the England international. Shortlisted for both August and September's Player of the Month awards at the club, the 25-year-old has realised the potential that led to managerial greats Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger competing for his signature back in 2010 after recognising his fledgling talents at Fulham.

Ever since some ridiculously jumped to question his future after he was sent off in the first half against Sunday's opponents Manchester City last November, his performances have been consistently excellent. Redemption for that red card has already been achieved with his goal in the 4-2 triumph over the Reds' neighbours back in April.

With City heading across town again this weekend, there is the perfect opportunity to further enhance his reputation in front of the watching millions as United strive to justify our title credentials. Not least because the Blues contain one of the other genuine contenders to the mantle as the league's best defender in classy captain Vincent Kompany.

Yet the 29-year-old Belgian has been limited to only five Premier League outings all season due to injury concerns. City fans may point to the fact the team did not concede a goal during these matches as proof of his enduring quality but he is not the rock of previous years and there is even some talk he will start on the bench at Old Trafford. If he does start, it will be intriguing to compare the two stoppers at Old Trafford as they attempt to handle the threat of Wayne Rooney, Anthony Martial, Raheem Sterling, Wilfried Bony and others.

Last season's PFA Team of the Year contained Chelsea duo John Terry and Gary Cahill at the heart of the back four. It is difficult to argue that Blues stalwart Terry was not the top central defender in the country in 2014/15 but he has been in and out of Jose Mourinho's side this term. Cahill, who looks set to be Smalling's partner for England in Euro 2016, also has his doubters as Chelsea have endured a difficult opening to the campaign.

Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny, who missed the recent game against the Reds at the Emirates Stadium, is another candidate. Swansea City captain Ashley Williams, Everton prospect John Stones and Southampton's Jose Fonte may be worthy of a mention. But Smalling, enjoying an injury-free run and growing in stature and confidence with each game, has been immense. He even led the Reds out against PSV Eindhoven further enhancing his status as one of the most-respected stars of the team.

The joke about Mike Smalling, a reference to a slip of the tongue by Louis van Gaal in mid-July, is surely wearing thin now. Little matter. Chris Smalling can expect to see his own name up in lights at the annual end-of-season PFA awards night if he continues to dominate opposing strikers. Without a hint of bias, he has been the best defender on show in the 2015/16 Premier League. If he can outshine Kompany and keep City's in-form attack in check on Sunday, it will only cement this view.
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