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coogar:
scoring an own goal from that position would have been a better excuse. at least we would know he gave his best effort but misjudged the direction.
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coogar:
i dare you to produce a clearing header that didn't go further than 2 feet like rooney's poor header. even carrick's weak clearance against bayern that olic scored from wasn't this poor.


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coogar:
rooney seeing jones isn't the point. rooney's weak effort is the point. he should be attacking that ball with all power & might. it was a half-hearted clearance. any power to that ball would have taken it out of the box and we can regroup to deal with whatever west ham decided to throw from there.

coogar:
thanks for finally admitting jones is a baboon & rooney is a fool. between the two of them, we conceded a needless goal. you cannot blame de gea for that - that is not his ball at all.

coogar:
it's the poorest clearing header you will ever see at the top level, the ball didn't travel more than 2 feet.

coogar:
we didn't concede from it, this example is irrelevant.

coogar:
the poor header caused the space. rooney took the ball away from jones who was in a better position to head clear. jones had ceded his good position by colliding with rooney. that momentary lapse gifted kouyate all the space he needed to drive his shot into our net.

coogar:
rooney shouldn't have headed the ball at all then. he made an assist to kouyate. if you are going to touch the ball, go hard with it and put it out of the danger area. rooney did more damage by touching the ball, west ham wouldn't have scored had rooney missed the ball completely.

rooney's incompetence gets worse and worse the more you look at the goal we conceded. phil jones shouldn't be starting for us. smalling-rojo partnership secure us better than clueless jones.

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coogar:
what rooney has done in the past with clearing header is irrelevant here. his clearing header was poor and he gifted kouyate an assist. if he cannot defend headers, he should get out of the box. blind was covering the flight of the ball and would have dealt with it had rooney not attacked the ball timidly.




don't use varane's poor performance to excuse rooney. madrid were not playing west ham. if hapless teams like west ham can bully rooney in the box then why is he playing for united? rooney - useless in attack, even more useless in defence.

coogar:
rooney shouldn't have headed the ball at all then. he made an assist to kouyate. if you are going to touch the ball, go hard with it and put it out of the danger area. rooney did more damage by touching the ball, west ham wouldn't have scored had rooney missed the ball completely.

coogar:
rooney tried?
tried to get contact with the ball? why the heck is he getting paid? if he's not suited for that role, why was he in the box at all? the goal we conceded was disgusting. kouyate made 3 toüches in our box before scoring.

it's criminal!



conceding from set plays isn't the issue here but the manner by which the goals were conceded. if kouyate had scored from a straight header then one can raise his hands up that he was just better at heading the ball than his marker but was that the case here?

coogar:
before we blame van gaal for selection problems.....i hope you guys are aware star players like rooney, RVP, mata, falcao, di maria all have a huge clause in their contracts stating how many games they must play. that quota has to be filled regardless of form.

i think LVG's hands are tied.
falcao was ed woodward's signing to prove to united fans that what happened last season was a fluke. somehow, he must play in most games. RVP + rooney have endorsement clauses to fulfil, so are di maria & juan mata.



we lost every second ball because the rooney you hyped over the weekend as a midfield general was hopeless in the midfield. he assisted kouyate's goal. with a much more power in his header, that ball would have been cleared.

this is why smalling must always play when fit. he's the only defender in our squad that wants the aerial ball pumped into our box. he goes for every one of them and he wins most of them. jones was badly positioned for their first & then collided with rooney.

instructions are overrated......
wenger stood all through at the technical area against spurs and they lost. a good manager ought to have dished out instructions before kick-off. van gaal is not an apprentice, he's an old dog in this game. when he won 6 in a row, was he at the touchline barking out instructions?

coogar:
we played so well yesterday.........but the disappointing thing was that it was only for about 20 mins - after west ham got their goal.

if we played like that in the first half, we would have won by 2-3 goals. even within that 20 mins, we could have scored more goals with falcao missing a big chance.

SailorXY:
i hope you remember LvG dropped the 3-5-2 after the loss to Southampton? infact, it was frm the last 30minutes of the next game sef... so where are the 10 matches coming from?

ajimega:
Even if say she grab him Ipene can two wrong make things right? Every man should learn to know that we ladies act most time be for we think

vickertony:
well said
stop the Argument!!!!!!

coogar:
so stop telling us about the number of tackles each player has copped. they haven't even played the same number of minutes to start with & one needs to see the side of the pitch chelsea get attacked the most.

coogar:
the ashley cole line was to tell you that even as at last season when azpili was an unsung hero, he kicked cole out of west london. this season, azpili has started where he left off last season & he's outperforming his seniors already. the most perfect defender in the league bar none.

coogar:
how do you use statistics to rate defenders when they all work in a unit? statistics can rate strikers cos they mostly operate on individual parameters. defenders are rated by the number of goals conceded. a fault of the goalkeeper would affect the rating of a defender & vice versa. so my friend, statistics will not tell half of what defenders do. that exclusivity is limited to only midfielders & strikers.

coogar:
rafael, vidic, rio & evra are all excellent in a game and out of nowhere, a striker belts a shot from 40 yards and scored. statistics won't tell it was the keeper's fault for failing to stop a shot from such a long distance. statistics would say the defence conceded a goal. defenders work as a unit......your stats are irrelevant!

coogar:
you wish!
as at august, you were still telling us rooney played in the hole in 11/12 season. how can you know more than coogar - the god of football punditry!

coogar:
ivanovic isn't a better tackler by your stats. your stats didn't tell us where exactly ivanovic made his tackles. we are talking about the most-positionally disciplined defender in the league & you are talking about tackles. welbeck probably tackles better than evans but one would be daft to put welbeck in the defence because of high tackling stats.

coogar:
azpili kicked ashley cole out of SB.
cole didn't get old or lost his ability to defend. anyone with 2 good eyes & a brain knows azpili outperformed whatever cole has offered in the last 5 seasons. this was why JM had to l

coogar:
you don't know more than neville, carragher, coogar & zonal marking. your opinion on this matter is in the minority. the people that matter in premier league football have spoken.

coogar:
ivanovic is worse!
he's not positionally disciplined - he leaks every time cos he's somehow convinced himself he's now ronaldo. he doesn't get beat as much because he's not even there to offer himself as a defence pillar. azpili is the most perfect defender in the league & that came from 4 football experts.....including coogar!




FIFA list has nothing to do with this season - sometimes you just talk absent intelligence. the FIFA list was everything about last season. ivanovic coulda been chelsea's bestest player last season, that's not my concern.

we are talking about 14/15 season in the PL.

coogar:
the number of times someone gets dribbled has nothing to do with his quality or non-quality. how are we even sure ivanovic was in his position when his team was being attacked.

coogar:
this was what zonal marking concluded when comparing the current chelsea side & the arsenal invincibles. in his comparison with 4 top fullbacks, lauren + cashley cole + ivanovic + azpili, azpili came out tops.

https://betting.betfair.com/football/assets_c/2014/10/FB-thumb-330x139-41047.png

now, this is what the legends of the game had to say about the best defender in the league so far.....

Neville:



Carragher:


when you see coogar, neville, carragher & zonal marking agreeing that a player has been the best in the league, i think it's comical to add valencia, matic or phil "headless chicken" jones into the mix.

don't compare slëep to death!

StarBoard:
wow.
apparently the mods no longer pay attention to the thread or sport section like they used to.
im guessing you sent PM to them right?

Keky:
More I watch Alexis the more he exposes Di Maria for the
fraud he is.