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PietroRico:
I have never really understood the Jones hate tbh

elampiro:
This is how people sounded about Smalling two years ago when he was getting injured.

Jones will be okay with injury. He has always been the fittest of our young defenders. Rafael, Fabio, Smalling, Evans were getting less game time due to injury than Jones.

I can bet no coach will sell Jones this summer. Just forget that.

elrony:
How can he be helped.... his cluelessness is hitting the sky.

Dadehmola:
You have been saying this for the past 3 seasons or so..

Elxandre:
Tottenham is easily the best team in the league right now.
They are playing like champions.
So dominating!

Chelsea mustn't catch us o...

AdeLaNa1:
Spurs are the best most in-form team in Europe

But i'll give it to Leicester to win the league. Buddhist jazz or not, those boys ve really played their hearts out. And dey've been consistent since day 1. Leicester deserve the league more dan any other team.

Odunharry:
lol.. Spurs for me

elampiro:
02/03/2016

VAN GAAL REFLECTS ON VICTORY OVER WATFORD

Louis van Gaal was delighted to lead Manchester United to a fourth win in just nine days with a 1-0 victory over Watford on Wednesday. Here are the main points from the manager's post-match press conference and interview with MUTV ...
On the result

“I am very happy for the players because they have fought until the end, and they knew out on the pitch that our competitors were losing. We wanted to win, you have to win against Watford at home, I think, but it was a difficult game because of the wind. It became a physical game and, when you see the size of our opponents compared to us, it’s very difficult for us. We fought until the end and scored a goal, so I am very happy for them."

Watford's display

“Watford played very well, they pressed very high up and we had difficulty with that. We gave a lot of chances away but, of course, it was because of their pressing, I cannot deny that. We still had our chances and I’m very pleased with this victory – it’s come at the right moment."

Potentially substituting Juan Mata

“It is true, because he was limping at the time. We were in a better moment, so I didn’t want to change him anymore. I had changed the shape with [Anthony] Martial in the striker’s position and [Marcus] Rashford on the right wing. At that time, we were in a better shape, so I didn’t want to change it. Then Juan scored the goal, so I’m very happy I let him stay on."

Recent form

“We have to win also against West Brom, because we have to continue this, and then you’re close again [to the contenders]. Against Arsenal, we played very well, and today was more of a fighting game. Watford were making it very difficult for us, so the victory tastes very good, especially when our competitors have lost.”

Team spirit

“We are fighting. In the fight, we can play fantastic matches against Arsenal, and I believe against Midtjylland we also played very well. The win against Shrewsbury Town was the start of the run of victories; I think the youngsters have given us a lot of spirit, and now when you see the dressing room full of joy with all the players laughing, it’s beautiful to see. I think that shall also accelerate the recovery of the players.”

www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2016/Mar/manager-reaction-louis-van-gaal-on-watford-clash.aspx

GBR1:
We very rarely dominate sides, despite having superior individual talent to almost all the other squads in the league. That's a huge indictment of LvG. We only seem to win games due to the odd flash of individual brilliance. That's an insane way to run a league campaign.

Van Gaal's philosophy seems to be to drag the quality of football down to the point where results are decided by the odd moment of skill. He gambles on the United team having more of that skill than the opposition. But it's such a mercurial quality that we end up losing far too many matches over the course of a season since no side we play is incapable of its own moment of brilliance. He's simply not a manager who can get the squad playing better than the sum of its parts. That's the metric by which all managers should ultimately be judged.

It's like buying a thoroughbred horse but insisting that all races are run on quicksand. The entire spectacle is cheapened, whilst the ability of the field is blunted to the point where the winner is decided almost at random. Van Gaal has had us running on quicksand all season.

SIRcumalot:
couldn't watch the game
from all una report be like my ninja depay don soil the bed again ?
na prayer still win am.
we fit still enter top 4

SetrakusRa:
forget what they're saying here. Depay did good, he wasn't excellent, but was good!

One thing i noticed about him, is his will to win. Apart from Mata, smalling and maybe Rooney, you'll never see that kinda quality from others.

I'd rather have Depay on the pitch than Lingard or Adnan.. Only a matter of time before he gets better.

FBS:
You certain about that?

GloryIsaac:
Why are Spaniards so good in freekick? .. from xavi to iniesta to silva to mata e.t.c ...

As for Ighalo, thank you oooo.. i know say u wan join us for summer so as to play UCL footie, it shall be well with you

elampiro:
I disagree. There were some matches Jones was even more composed than Smalling. Particularly when he first returned from injury, during that period we played Everton, CSKA, Man City, etc.

But on his second return from injury, he was sent straight into the team when he was not match fit, so he was heavy one the ball in the first match. Before we knew it he went on another injury. The third time, he was again at his peak, overlapping well before he got injured.

I think there is a wrong impression about Jones. It was actually caused by someone and everyone bought into it. Jones is very tidy in his passing.

bigkesh:
U once said Chelsea will never compete with United for anything this season

SIRcumalot:
couldn't watch the game
from all una report be like my ninja depay don soil the bed again ?
na prayer still win am.
we fit still enter top 4

Odunharry:
lol.. anything can happen...There's still time and they are just about 3 or 4points from First place.

elampiro:
Your writing style is akin to Starboard's.

Purist:
That post you quoted was copied from another forum. Actually, it's a merge of two different posts from the same thread. Why do our people do this? So irritating.

Purist:
That post you quoted was copied from another forum. Actually, it's a merge of two different posts from the same thread. Why do our people do this? So irritating.

elampiro:
Looking at the remaining fixtures, I don't think Leicester will win the league.

SailorXY:
Leicester will not finish in top 3

Purist:
That post you quoted was copied from another forum. Actually, it's a merge of two different posts from the same thread. Why do our people do this? So irritating.

Purist:
That post you quoted was copied from another forum. Actually, it's a merge of two different posts from the same thread. Why do our people do this? So irritating.

sebod:
Iniesta doesn't take free-kicks sir!