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chrisley024:
S'ton will likely regret their missed chances when they go to Anfield.

I hope our team show the hardwork S'ton showed yesterday on Sunday.

MRTA7:
I never like these sort of tables/stats. These tend to be pointless and used to fit any narrative desired.

Oasis007:


Kagawa10?!

Giving an Approval (green light) is different from sanctioning a Deal?!

In his first United presss conference on Thursday afternoon, Van Gaal said: 'Shaw and Herrera were already on the list. I gave my approval because I like them.

I’m grateful to him because he signed me and so gave me the opportunity to play more than 70 games, in two years, at arguably the world’s largest club.

Jose Mourinho’s phoney war with United’s under-performing and over-grumbling stars is over. Battle lines have been well and truly drawn.

Some of United’s biggest names have been told they can go and for a variety of reasons. The clearout is set to begin in January, depending on whether the players can find other clubs.

Wayne Rooney

The papers this morning are full of stories that Rooney has been told he can go and that United’s players are supposedly unhappy with training. It is no coincidence that every other time Rooney has faced questioning of some kind a story has then appeared in the papers where United stars are critical of their manager. We have been informed, on numerous occasions, about Rooney and his representative leaking stories to the press. In fact, he even sought to become more friendly with sections of the press during the summer. Foresight as to how events might pan out maybe? You may question his ability on the field but you can’t question his knowledge of how to work the system. It is worth noting that under Louis Van Gaal, a manager that bent over backwards to accommodate Rooney and his demands, it was the captain and his constant anonymous sniping that did for him.

We do know that it wasn’t originally for footballing reasons that Rooney was eventually dropped. Though we have been unable to confirm just how true the rumours are of him threatening and manhandling Marcus Rashford are.

Michael Carrick

Carrick is United’s vice captain, yet when Rooney was dropped it was Chris Smalling that took over the armband. This is no accident. As is the lack of playing time he has had this season despite his good performances when he has featured. Carrick also seems to suffer from the sort of loose lips that afflict the captain. Originally only kept on in the summer to help the new manager and the younger players he is now seen as a problem behind the scenes. When the class of 92 talk about United they all seem to wax lyrical about the qualities of Carrick. This is no accident.

Henrik Mkhitaryan

We first started to hear rumours of the Armenian’s unhappiness at United after the derby. The talk then was that he had burst into tears and asked to leave the club after his substitution. The staff at the club have been staggered at how mentally weak Mkhitaryan is and Mourinho has already decided he just doesn’t trust him. The current situation with his supposed injury is an interesting one. Notice just how much Mourinho bristles when he is asked about Mkhitaryan and the unconvincing way he talks about needing match sharpness. Already United are exploring ways to recoup the £26 million paid for him only a few months ago.

Matteo Darmian

At least this one is purely a football decision. Mourinho doesn’t believe Darmian is solid enough defensively for the role he wishes his full backs to perform at United. The plan is to offload Darmian back to Italy in the January window when United will go all out to sign Fabinho from Monaco. The Brazilian stands at 6ft 2 and is quick enough to be a threat down the flank too.

Jose Mourinho feels that many at United have let him down and although they might survive the original cull, once it begins, be assured that their card has been marked too. Losing weakly against his old foe Guardiola was bad enough for Mourinho but the way the team accepted a hammering at Chelsea caused serious alarm. He feels now that some are openly trying to sabotage his time at Old Trafford.

Standby for more fireworks as events play out in the coming months,

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RooRuudRonSaha:
lvg beat lpool like 3/4 times, lost to chelsea just once not 0 4 like mou, didnt lose to city at OT, mou lost to city at OT, crushed everton 3 o at Goodison, mourinho drew everton, beat arsenal with kids 3 2 mou drew arsenal with 89 milla on the pitch, so mourinho hasnt done any better. Can u tell us how many matches he played for him to be compared with those with large sample space.

JayKayMaybachz:
The guy only excel wen we play weaker teams He acts like poacher most times rather than creating

JayKayMaybachz:
I wonder oooo... Iranu



SAF na him idol now

Diademk07:
I said he wasn't a factor in Van gaal's plan which was solidified by the fact that the average Fellaini replaced him as soon as he came back from injury after just 5 games. Care to tell me any Van gaal's signings that was showed such? Depay, Morgan and Rojo continued to play longer than that before they were benched.

Kagawa is an attacking midfielder, capable of playing as a 10 or in the attacking midfield role, similar to Fabregas/De bryune. You having problem with it shows you're just too stupid to grasp it!

Diademk07:
Herrera didn't get dropped he wasn't even a factor in Van gaal team. Action speaks louder than voice.

His action and Moyes's action showed that Herrera was the board decision. Same thing happened between Pep and Gotze.

The reality is the board gave Mourinho the power and backed him to bring the players he wanted but Kante was never in his plan not until he saw the imminent Chelsea deal with Kante. That's who Mourinho is. The same man hijacked Willian from Spurs at the last minute. Same with Mikel and Pedro but his skimming sneaky move was too late with Kante.

tess1:
Stop all these trash. Bring me your proofs that:

1. That Herrera's deal was almost done before Moyes was sacked. For now, I'll rather believe what Herrera said.

2. That your god LVG was actually interested in Kante. How can the board not be interested in a player that LVG and Mourinho wanted?

Herrera didn't go straight into his team or he got dropped the same way Scheinderlin and Memphis got dropped. Maybe he didn't sign the two as well.

Diademk07:
I said he wasn't a factor in Van gaal's plan which was solidified by the fact that the average Fellaini replaced him as soon as he came back from injury after just 5 games. Care to tell me any Van gaal's signings that was showed such? Depay, Morgan and Rojo continued to play longer than that before they were benched.

Kagawa is an attacking midfielder, capable of playing as a 10 or in the attacking midfield role, similar to Fabregas/De bryune. You having problem with it shows you're just too stupid to grasp it!

Diademk07:
You didn't realise that Pep constantly deployed a 3-man midfield set up or the fact that Muller was used as SS at times?

If you don't know jack, just shut up! You're stinking the whole place with your stupidity and wasting my time!

Diademk07:
He was dropped after 5/6 games, can you hear yourself?

Did you realise how many games the likes of Depay, Rojo, Schneiderlin played in spite of their average display before they were dropped?

If we hadn't been ravaged with Carrick and Fellaini injuries, he would have played little and it's no coincidence he found himself on the bench as soon as both players were fit. Did you think a Van gaal signing would have been quickly relegated to the bench by players just returning from injuries after few average early start? Continue in your delusion.

And regardless of whether he played Willian, Mikel or Pedro, the truth is they were hijacked by Mourinho. Furthermore, it was Willian who forced his way into Mourinho line-ups and not the other way round.

Diademk07:
You're stinking the whole place with your craziness.

The question is can Fabregas play great in the no 10 role as well as the attacking central midfield, just as Kagawa? But all you did is spouting irrelevant shite!

Let me also remind you that Kagawa left for first team football seeing that the new big money signing, Mata was the preferred choice in his role.

Diademk07:
What a dumbass who doesn't know we often played with a goalscoring SS and not a no 10 during the period. Is Herrera now a SS? Pray tell, how many goal did the oaf score?

Stop disturbing my mention with your foolishness!

Diademk07:
Lmao. So Fabregas isn't a master of the no 10 role and attacking midfield position? You're so dumb I swear!

And Kagawa only played 1 game under Van gaal.. More so, that game only ended in defeat as soon as he left injured, he was our best player before he got injured btw.
Let me also mention the fact that he forced his way into Moyes starting 11 before the season ended and was one of our best player during the period.

Diademk07:
Herrera didn't get dropped, he wasn't even a factor in Van gaal team. Action speaks louder than voice.

His action and Moyes's action showed that Herrera was the board decision. Same thing happened between Pep and Gotze.

The reality is the board gave Mourinho the power and backed him to bring the players he wanted but [b]Kante was never in his plan not until he saw the imminent Chelsea deal with Kante.[\b] That's who Mourinho is. The same man hijacked Willian from Spurs at the last minute. Same with Mikel and Pedro but his skimming sneatky move was too late with Kante..

Diademk07:
Lol!

You don dey mad! Where was Adritz that season?

Adritz had 16 goals and 8-9 assists that season. Suseata had 6 goals and 12 assists that season but your beloved Herrera could only managed 5 assists in how many starts?

Goan sleep!

Diademk07:
Lol!

All this bullshit of yours doesn't negate the fact that Kante was available for the whole months after Arsenal already snubbed him and he was even preparing to stay at Leicester not until Conte resumed work at Chelsea and informed his employer. And that Chelsea deal was alreday in process before Mourinho made his sneaky call to hijack the deal like he did with Mikel, Pedro, Essien etc.

You were probably under the rock when all these were happening.

That said, Van gaal severally stated that he wanted a pacey and energetic midfielder in his midfield. He kept on hammering on it everytime we finished a match and that should tell you his intent. He was even the one interested in Renato and vetoed the move all by himself and subsequently, we were strongly linked with Kante. That should tell you what he wanted in his team.

As for Herrera. I already told you several time that there's no way Van Gaal would have signed Herrera while he was still the Holland coach, preparing for the worldcup. He even told us he has no business with United until he's finished the worldcup saga. So why would he have signed Herrera when he was still Holland's coach? Considering the fact the same Moyes asked Ballague? one spanish pundit on what kind of player Herrera is and that should tell you it wasn't Moyes' decision either but the board's decision.

Another fact is all Van gaal's signings went into the first team except Shaw and Herrera. That should tell you his motive..

Diademk07:
If you truly watched our match like you want us to believe, you would note that Fellaini was even more adventurous than Herrera under Van gaal and the fact that no one stopped Carrick from playmaking even when he was an holding midfielder!

Herrera is no box-box nor a no 10. A player who had 5 assists in a no 10 role in his last season at Bilbao!

And Stop quoting me with your crayon nonsense!

Diademk07:
What exactly are you saying? He's can't be a no 10 for us because he's visionless! As simple as abc!

And he's not shown one quarter of the converted Mikel's best performance in the DM role. So what exactly are you talking about?

We all know Kagawa's best position is the no 10 or the attacking central midfield position but due to Rode poor performance and Guerrerro's injury, he's been forced to play in a central 2-man midfield and he's looked decent in the role but at least, he has a position he excelled in, unlike a certain Herrera.

Diademk07:
Because Mane is a midfielder which Van gaal kept emphasising on? You don craze is swear! Why then did he deploy Lingard as a box-box CM vs city?

That said, how can you compare Herrera's situation to that of Kante. One had his signing almost completed under Moyes except for few paper undone compared that to Kante whom the board didn't even make any interest the moment Van gaal was sacked and Mourinho came in.

And let me remind you that as soon as Mourinho was hired, he constantly stated that he only had 4 key signings to make, of which he already told the board. Why should they bother about Van gaal's interested signings when we have a new coach at the helm and he wanted something else. It's not like we had almost completed his signing like we did with Herrera.

Diademk07:
Kante is a box-box CM. That's his best role but do Herrera have any?

Let me point to you that Scholes, Pirlo et al all had a role they mastered quite well regardless of where their coach utilise them. Herrera on the other hand has none which is why he has 'the Jack of all trade' crown!

Diademk07:
http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/30/manchester-united-plot-30million-transfer-raid-on-leicester-city-for-ngolo-kante-5852256/

This was as at April 2016. I'm wondering where you put your ear when Van gaal kept talking about the need for pace in the midfield. He even deploy Lingard as a box-box CM multiple time to emphasise his point. It was even the need for pace that got us interested in Renato Sanches until Van gaal vetoed the move.

And I repeat there's no way for a consistent one man midfield machine as Kante would have underperformed under Van gaal. Bastian never did in his prime under Van gaal. So what are you talking about? The fact that your Herrera is full of shite and stunk the whole place with his shite doesn't mean Kante is an average player as Herrera is.

Diademk07:
The difference is Kante was never a DM to begin with and everyone was questioning Conte intent on playing him in the role however people like you were creaming their pant over Herrera's new role seeing that he's been useless everywhere else, even in his natural role, of which we still don't know BTW. Hence, the difference.

elrony:
Take small small dey exaggerate things na, wetin Drinkwater and Co dey do for the midfield, sleeping?

Not taking anything from kante tho.