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coogar:
nah, you should go borrow brain from the bank with a collateral. . . .cos you need a copious amount of it!
if the shots at goal are potent enough, they should be in the net. coming from you(de gea's biggest critic), how has de gea managed to save all these headers, tap ins, back-heels, chesters and hands of god? so united have been lucky in 7 consecutive league games?
why are united always lucky season after season? you are starting to sound like a gaynner!

coogar:
there would always be close calls and close shaves, it's not as if man utd do not get their own chances on the other end as well.
united create the most chances every season, i can provide statistics that back us on that. it's just that we are more clinical than others.

coogar:
let us be playing catch-up with barcelona, i don't care about them.
barcelona don't play in the premier league. they can beat each team in their division 100-0. why should i be bothered about what barcelona do in spain? i am concerned about man city, arsenal, chelsea and liverpool. what barca do means shyte in the title race!

coogar:
all those feeble shots and crosses de gea palm with his hands all register as saves.
i have told you - this number is because of the de gea factor! if we play van der sar in goal with the same defence/midfield set up, the shots would reduce cos opponents know van der sar cannot be caught off-guard! de gea's reputation in spain is the reason his goal gets peppered by meaningless shots everywhere on the pitch!

coogar:
if it ain't broke, don't fix it! ever heard of that before?

coogar:
you either choose one of the two. you cannot have it both ways - something the gaffer understands so much!

it's either you prefer the slow, mechanical and boring football we served most times last season or you choose the way we play this season.
there's no balancing act! last season had carrick as an extra defender(who mainly sits in front of the back four permanently). the reason carrick had 0 goals and 0 assists in 28 league apps last season - which was uncarrick like.

coogar:
this season, fergie has dumped the method of putting an extra man in the space between the defence/midfield. he wants that extra man to be involved in the attack, giving us 6 players in the opposition half every time we attack, instead of 4 or 5 players we had there last season. it means, we are now more vulnerable in defence but we are more likely to score each time we attack. as long as we outscore our opponents, 3 points guaranteed! the game against arsenal ended 8-2! we took all the 3 points. with the method that pleases you, it would have ended a boring 1-0 just like last season.

i think i prefer this season's result!

EMBARRASSING CELEBRATIONS

South Africa embarrassingly celebrated what they assumed was qualification at the end of their match in Nelspruit, having been unclear about the rules.

South Africa's fans danced in the streets as the state-run broadcaster also thought their team had qualified.

Their football association president, Kirsten Nematandani, went on television to erroneously congratulate his players on reaching the 2012 tournament in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

coogar:
so how exactly would barcelona or the other teams you perceived are better than us would stop the opposition from firing shots at them? the statistics you provided only show attempted shots, they are not chances. any team can fire shots at their opponents 40, 30, 20 yards from goal. it doesn't say nada. it's de gea factor. with van der sar in goal, these things wouldn't have happened cos no manager would tell his players to fire shots from 40 yards at the dutch wizard!

we are man utd, we can do whatever fuckin thing we want!

coogar:
and the plot thickens. . . . .
norwich: 17 shots attempted, 2 saved, 0 goals scored. . . . .that tells me most of these shots are fired into row z
stoke: 13 shots, 3 saved out of 5, 1 goal conceded. . . . .this is an anomaly because of the way stoke play - ball is always in the air.


chelsea: 22 shots, 8 on target, 3 saves, 1 goal conceded. . . . . 14 of chelsea's shots were off target, and we were lucky?
bolton: 22 shots, 6 on target, 0 goal conceded. . . . . .i must ask you, what is keeping these shots away from our net? voodoo?

then arsenal, spurs, and west brom firing ridiculous shots at de gea to catch him by surprise - what can the midfielders do about that?
can you not see a pattern here that these shots are even what is keeping united on top of the table? these teams would have actually copped better chances trying to work the ball into the net. . . . , but because of de gea, they fire these shots outside the box hoping to catch him off-guard!

this is why the conversion rate of our opponents against us must be the poorest they must have recorded this season. i dare you to print the shots on target of these teams in their other fixtures and check out their conversion rates? it would produce different results! there's nothing any midfield can do to trigger happy teams firing shots from different angles. most of these shots are not clear-cut chances!



the stats sweeten me! chelsea are not exactly a useless team and yet, they could only manage 1 goal in 22 shots taken.
arsenal managed 2 goals from 20 shots. bolton couldn't score from 14 shots attempted. is either de gea is the best goalkeeper on the planet or these shots carry no threats whatsoever. the truth must lie between those 2 facts!

then you went about talking about the gilt edge chances stoke, arsenal, chelsea, etc missed. . . . .what about the chances united missed in those games? we created better chances to score against those teams and we were more clinical than them. man utd vs arsenal could have ended 15-5 on the night. man utd vs chelsea could have ended 9-4! the fact still remains we have shown we can outscore our biggest rivals - that is what would win us titles!

coogar:
let it spiral before you complain na. . . . . .
you are doing the equivalent of a passenger boarding a plane and saying if the pilot does not exert some measure of control of his plane, he's likely to crash the plane.

Emperoh:
I am still wondering where these arguments will lead us to.
As for me, this season is too early to make conclusions. . . . i am enjoying the attacking flair of the new side
which is what i miss since CR7 left.

The days of Yorke, Cole, Ole and Sheringham as well the the trinity of Rooney Ronaldo and Saha and later Tevez are all gone. If that is what Fergie is trying to bring back, then so be it. That is why i am a United fan.

Team should score goals for me and leak less. We should see how to strike a good balance and get the best of both worlds. The middle for me is not yet there. We've still got a long way to go.
For now, i will enjoy what's on offer. For all i care, a team in transition that's given me this sort of performance is worthy of a good thank you. But like i said, it's still early!!

emiye:
“People might be saying "oh why wouldnt he just pray and change things to favour Nigeria". I cannot just do it on my own. Im not a witch doctor, im a pastor. If a prophecy is given about a certain people, these people must agree with the man of God in prayer before God can do anything about it or else, it ll remain as it is. In my vision, i see two teams struggling and struggling for just one goal. Then in the second half. One of the teams scores. That goal will decide the match. Hmmm, well. . . All i can say is that the game does not favour Nigeria. God showed me even the guinea player that ll score the goal that ll decide the match but me revealing his name will mean endangering him on that day. But with God, all things are possible o. First of all, we have to play our own part. Pray as if all depends on God. Play football as if all depends on you. Thank you. . . . . . . Words of the man of God, PROPHET T.B JOSHUA on sunday 2nd october, 2011”

coogar:
with the way we are playing, we cannot be beaten.
that's the interesting thing about 4-4-2. you would be superb going forward but also vulnerable at the back. as long as we outscore our opponents, the number of goals conceded does not matter. i also think we have done considerably well despite your analysis that we are weak defensively.

Babamide:
Oya football mathematicians, do we qualify now or caf uses away goal rule?

doyin13:
See how empty the stadium is. Is it not obvious by now, those in Abuja think they are too posh to head to the stadium.

In the days of the National Stadium in Suru Lere. . .

Guinea have opened the psychological warfare with Nigeria by claiming that all the pressure is on the hosts during Saturday's Africa Cup of Nations tie.

Group B leaders Guinea need just a draw in Abuja to qualify for the 2012 event, a result that could eliminate Nigeria.

"Pressure is on the Nigerian side because they've not failed to qualify for a Nations Cup in over 25 years," a Guinean football official told the BBC.

"They have no choice - they have to win," added Ibrahima Barry.

GROUP B STANDINGS
•Guinea 13 pts
•Nigeria 10
•Ethiopia 4
•Madagascar 1

Guinea, who have inflicted Nigeria's only defeat of the qualifying campaign when winning 1-0 at home last November, have 13 points in the group.

Nigeria have 10 points but a 1-0 win or any two-goal margin of victory will be good enough to see them depose the Syli Nationale at the top of the table.

The last time the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the Nations Cup was for the 1986 edition, since their absence from the 1996 finals was taken for political reasons.

Under coach Michel Dussuyer, Guinea have been preparing in the French capital Paris for the match.

And Barry has stressed that his organisation will do everything to make sure that Guinea reach their first finals since 2008.

"We will do all that is necessary to maintain top spot in the group because this match is a decisive one," Barry, Secretary General of the Guinean Football Federation, added.

"I call on the sporting public of this country to rally behind the team as we are almost at the doorstep of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon."

Ahead of the final weekend of qualifying, a total of 10 places are still up for grabs at next January's finals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15203432.stm

One of the qualifiers of the weekend will take place in Abuja on Saturday when Nigeria entertain Group B leaders Guinea.

The hosts know that only a 1-0 win, or a two-goal margin should the Syli Nationale score, will take them to the finals. Guinea's 1-0 victory at home last October remains the difference between the sides.
Disciplinarian Nigeria coach Samson Siasia has dropped outspoken goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, fined midfielder John Mikel Obi and must do without injured Heartland right-back Chibuzor Okonkwo.

In the day's other game, Ethiopia host Madagascar in Addis Adaba with little seemingly at stake - but this is not the case. For whoever finishes bottom will have an impact on whether the second-placed team in the group can qualify for the finals as one of the two best runners-up.

With results against the bottom team not being taken into account, this could affect both Guinea (who have a better record against the Ethiopians) and Nigeria (who took more points off the Malagasy).

coded guy:
The funny thing about this whole Anderson arguement will be that when we eventually lose a game it MUST be Andersons' fault even if he did not play

coogar:
i have seen it! the potential of the current team is immense.
if the injured players get back into the team - you would see the difference.

coogar:
we had a terrible start last season. dropping useless points to average teams. we were just lucky most of the teams we faced were scared more of reputation than the players on the pitch. 5 away wins in 19 should tell you all you need to know about the team of last season. we were more comfortable not to get beaten than being proactive and going for the jugular from the blast of the whistle. if you enjoyed the start of last season, good luck to you - i did not!

coogar:
we have played arsenal, chelsea and tottenham. 3 of the top 5 teams that finished below us last season.
compare it to fulham, bolton and everton we couldn't beat away from home last season.

coogar:
pretty much happens like that everywhere. barcelona without xavi/iniesta are less potent!
it's not the fault of anderson - it's the fault of the gaffer! we have the least number of mobile midfielders in europe! all we have are the robotic and pragmatic carrick, fletcher, gibson, etc.

coogar:
that's the thing - you cannot compare the premier league to other european leagues. the premier league is the toughest!
in germany, bayern are the dominant force bar few seasons when they have been their own greatest enemy.
in spain, it's between barcelona and real madrid - the other 18 teams are worse than tottenham(the 5th strongest team in england)
france, italy, belgium, holland, scotland, etc are shyte leagues.

coogar:
so we don't dominate and we have won 6/7 games.
last season, our dominating team won 3/7. ruudie - you are cracking up like rafa!

coogar:
so what is to say the current bunch won't get stronger with time? they have only played 7 league games - unbeaten too!
this is a team with a new young goalie(an incentive for smaller teams to be punting shots from ridiculous distances to test his resolve). if van der sar was still with us, the number of shots we have conceded this season would have been about 80% less.

coogar:
in which games did we shut teams out? we only managed to beat arsenal, a disappointing 2-2 draw against aston villa's reserve team full of rookies.
beaten soundly by wolves, couldn't beat sunderland, birmingham, everton, blackburn rovers and bolton. we were super shyte last season. we got there because the teams below us had worse issues to deal with it.

coogar:
de gea factor!
we have mentioned this weeks ago. de gea's statistics in spain prove he's vulnerable to long distance shots.
visiting managers tell their wards to pepper his goal with shots as soon as the opportunity avails itself.

[/quote]dis na very lame excuse jare. . . . Chelsea, Basel, Norwich were waltzing into our 18 like no-man's business; Torres even had the luxury of rounding the goalie in a space as big as my parlour and missing from what, 3-4 yards out!?

coogar:
bayern and barcelona don't play in the english league - those examples are irrelevant as far as i am concerned until they come to the premier league to play. i don't reckon with what happens in those shyte leagues where 90% of the teams in the league are shyte!

Well, if you ask me. . . . this league is looking more and more shyte than those now - or how else can we explain the fact that the supposed 'best player' (life and soul) of the best team in the league needs to constantly have one or two specific valets in tow before he can give us a decent enough performance!

[quote author=coogar link=topic=716327.msg9294362#msg9294362 date=1318001485]1-0 and 100-99 attract 3 points each!
taking 3 points is the tool you need to win the league. united have done that now 6 times in 7 league games!