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At last some educated argument. Rafa mentioned before the game that he knew UTD defenders had problems with pacy players running behind them and that they defended very high up the ptch. So he opted for Liverpool's quickest players Torres and Gerrard to partner up-front. And it paid off. Vidic was shaken by Torres running behind him for the first goal and HAD to foul Gerrard for the 3rd. Between those, Gerrard's run also forced Evra to make a late challenge for the second goal. Every team has weaknesses. For Liverpool, its breaking down very defensive teams.

S-A-U-R-O-N
can you help me get this dude outta here plsss

is there any other option for Rafa apart from Torres and Gerrard upfront
i knew before Jan1 2009 that if we are ever gonna play Pool, those guys will lead the attack
will Rafa honestly play another set of players against UTD?

Now let me teach you some 'footie', that Arsenal thing you alluded to happened like this; In 06/07 Rafa flunked his tactics and Arsenal punished him in both the FA Cup and the Carling cup in one week. Now listen, after this he got things right and beat them 4-1 (familiar scoreline?) at Anfield. Since that 06/07 loss, he's met Arsenal 6 times, winning 2 and securing 4 draws. So what on earth are you talking about?

oh i see. I can safely infer that Arsenal will never beat Liverpool again aite? cos from you Rafa has got the code to beating the Arses shey?

I wish you'd just admit you were inferior to Liverpool on that day rather than inferior to the Manchester United of former days.

i have admitted this countless times. check my posts after the game. We lost!!!!!!!!!!! errors or no errors.
my issue with you is the 'tactics' rant

People like you never learn and that comment in bold letters there paints the picture of a clown. people that write insults on threads are cowards in life. Again you use a UTD-Barca  example. Don't you watch any other team? The sun must rise out of Fergie's ass for you.  [b]My mates here are laughing their bollocks of[/b]f!

people that insults in threads are cowards in life?
do you know ure a fool? havent u insulted people on Nairaland before? can you remember our convo sometimes in the past
u wanna teach me morals? hehehe. na wa o. This is a fcking blog, if its too hot for you, you get the hell out!

Your mates are laffing?
it only shows its either uve infected ur ilks with ur moronic points or they are just doofus like ya
that should get them rolling on the floor shey?

get the hell out!

And that was the last time Arsenal beat Liverpool. A genius realizes his errors and learns fast. Wenger hasn't beaten Rafa in 6 attempts since that 6-3 result. Use your head.

isnt this another moronic statement? who do you roll with? where do you live? where do you work?
check ur brains o oga sir

Arsenal will still beat benitez and when he does, what are you gonna say?
Wengay has re-discovered his own winning formula?
oooh my oh my
poofs on parade!

The same Liverpool Sir Alex has beaten countless times under Rafa Benitez. . . . .
Where was Benitez's tactics when Arsenal's embryos raped em 6-3 at Anfield??
YES. . . . .6 goals scored at Anfield under Rafa Benitez's nose. . . . .Rafa is no genius. . . .
Vidic made Liverpool look so good which is why i want UEFA to put those teams together in the Q/finals or the S/finals.

their brains are running on battery, they cant remember

The aggregate was 4-0 last season. . . . .(DOUBLE)
It was 3-0 in 2006/7(DOUBLE)
It was 1-0 in 2005/6(A win at OT + A barren draw at Anfield).
It was 3-1 in 2004/5(DOUBLE)

Only a slowpoke would believe Rafa has got the upper-hand if these 2 teams slug it out again.

yeah. an slowpoke is he/she that believes UTD will lose to Liverpool again cos of what happened on saturday

Coded
tactics? the guys is high on drugs
like you said, you got ur tactics right and ur defender puts 2 in the net? how do you explain that 'tactically'?

we need Dr. Dre. so much uncoordinated opaks

Do you have a reading problem as well? I said that IF Fergie doesn't correct his tactics, Liverpool would beat them again and the same goes for Chelsea. Is it REALLY that difficult to understand?

the more u try to defend this, the more stupid u sound.

The game of footie is all about the tactics of the day. The wrong tactics make good teams look poor while suitable tactics make good teams look like world-beaters

we lost that game because Vida and co went to sleep. It wasnt because of any tactics. If vida and co had played well, the same tactics ure hailing wouldnt count. tactics count when the 2 teams are into each other with minimal errors ala Barca and UTD last season. Barca will never claim losing that game due to mistakes/defensive errors but tactical inefficiency.

In the game with Pool, with the way we played, UTD would have lost 4-1 with Onigbinde on Pools bench.
so cut ur 'tactical baloney'.
say it to the marines!

At this point i just think its ok, the point is that, Man U are not worth the hype,they had been touched,the defeat was felt by their Real fans worldwide and it shocked them to the bone,now they have to move on by beating Fulham convincingly which i sincerely don't think they can achieve,but hey,this is football - anything can happen, the issue for my is that,Man U should be grateful that its fulham that they are playing next,what do u guys think would happen if it were to be Arsenal that u would be playing this weekend at OT, That would have been 2wks of hell for all 'em Man U true fans and that could have cause a set back at the title race.

Gunners 1965

UTD? Hype?
whats hype? see how people just they murder words anyhow
pls, we need to start banning peeps from here

how can anybody say UTD is hyped?
i don tire. i get work to do

The game of footie is all about the tactics of the day. The wrong tactics make good teams look poor while suitable tactics make good teams look like world-beaters. if you asked ANY Manchester United player which match they would rather win than any other, they'll all say its this. So what are the odds of THIS important match being their poorest in the EPL for 17 years? And what are the odds of them getting beaten by the same team twice after going a goal up on each occasion? The answer my friend is TACTICS. The constructive thing anyone should do is ask where Rafa got it right over Chelsea, Real and Manchester United (home and away) using various team-setups.

What annoys most is the fact that you guys NEVER see anything good in other teams. And thats why fans from other clubs are having a good laugh. And please don't compare Liverpool with Barcelona; they are two very different teams. FINALLY to answer your question, I'm sure that if fergie does not come up with the right tactics, drawing Liverpool will be the biggest thing that hits Manchester United this season. Trust me on this, Rafa has Chelsea and Manchester United codes all deciphered.

very good. You have played into ma hands
i have this post on tape. You mess up againts UTD once, you'll never hear the last from me
cos according to this line, UTD will never be able to beat Liverpool so long Benitez and SAF are involved
nice one.
hehehehe. cos of a season beating?
na wa o. didnt Utd beat Liverpool 4-0 (agg) last season?
how come they are beating us now?
can you remember when Arsenal dealt with Liverpool domestically and when they got to europe Arsenal were at the receiving end?
you dont know ur footie boi
UTD can beat liverpool tmr 4-1 at Anfield!!!
what happened was just a game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more games will still come

Okay, let the noise die down, lets talk some football people, those goals scored against United on saturday, which is the best, I will take the first one as the best because of the easy way it was scored, Torres dust ran past Vida and put it on the weak side of VDS.

Which goal do you think is the best?

nah!lets talk about the 5 goals we scored against you

i think the disallowed one was the best.
what do you think idiot?

You really can't see beyond the mancs, can you? I mean-

getting beat by a team twice in a season,(Agg 6-2)

Vidic having his worst game,

Carrick 'choosing' to give the ball away cheaply and frequently,

Ronaldo avoiding the ball like the plague and not getting close enough to the penalty area for an Olympic dive,

Evra mis-timing his tackles,

Clean-sheet VDS opting to let in 4 goals in a match and

Fergie running into a hole and refusing to give his post-game comments HAD NOTHING to do with the opposition. After all, it happens in training sometimes. In fact, Liverpool just stood still while Vidic kicked the ball off them and into VDS goal!

You really should learn to appreciate the game of football. I have a feeling I know more about Manchester United than you do to be honest.

what have you said?
u just stated plainly what they dont do usually
how do you translate that?
THEY DID WHAT THEY WOULDNT DO NORMALLY
so how that became the yardstick to measure UTD beats me
or are you saying if we play Pool again, they'll beat us?

see beyond the game. have you started watching footie when Real lost 8-3 aggr?

Debosky
so Torres mad Vida throw the ball in the net? how come Barca/Messi couldnt do that at OT?
they just didnt play well. The game against Newcastle was there for all to see
we could have lost that game.

Sauron
i dunno why Invisible hulk is yarning opaks o?
na wa

Debosky
we can take all the ribbing with sence. read what that chav is posting
it makes no sense

Mukina
u'll lock our thread? abi u smoke weed?
let Criz come and lock itt.
u berra warn that ur sawyerr guy or else ill infect him with yabis
i no send person o

Invisible
make sense is what we are asking you to do.
Ive known you from the stockmarket thingy and i dont expect u to yarn like J-Unit
abeg

Wankfest he said, well when one ManU virus was busy stooling with his mouth like someone with diorhea, little did he know there will some wankfest attached to things. Let them continue to spew rrubbish, ManU is grieving, it seemed like the scums had the rights to lord it over others? Feel the goals men, the picture when VDS was sprawling on the ground helpless for four good times?

has anything changed?
the same man sprawling on the ground holds the record of 14 clean sheets
live with that

Debosky
you guys are the cause of this. If you guys have been playing well and this shepe guys are constantly fighting for 4th place, they wont be coming here to spew rubbish

just like that. . . , their season crumbled.

cos we lost a game

just like that the untouchables were touched. . . smashed. . . .humiliated and devoured.

same way we scored 5 unreplied goals against ur team

just like that their dreams faded. . . .the quintriple dream of the red devils or WOman united.

so what has changed? we've won 2 trophies already. leading the epl, in Q-finals of UCL, in semi of FA cup. so what has changed?

like lucifer did, they fumbled, they yelled exhibiting pride.

beef talk

who can play better?,  . they boasted!!!

no one

who can beat us?. . . . . .they yelled!!!

anybody can beat us but we'll win the trophies. we dont celebrate unbeaten runs in our camp.
we can lose home and away just like we did to Arsenal and still won the trophies

who is better then fergie?. . . . they asked!!!

no one

we are the untouchables. . . . . they proclaimed!!!!

ask Wenger

we will win 5 trophies . . . . . . . ,  . they screamed!!!!

yeah, we are still on course. even if its 3, 4 or 5 at least, we cant go trophiless

and like it happened in heaven, a lightening struck.
Liverpool looked at them and said. . . .u have fumbled in ur heart . , today u will be humbled.
and verily like liverpool said, four goals came calling and the mighty red devils fell and were cast away from all their title hopes.

cast away thier title hopes? even the coming together of the top 4 cant stop it
beef on man, we'll laff last

mark my words. . . . . .ur season has ended.
u r going from defeat to defeat. .

put ur money where ur mouth is.
Im game any amount
Call Akinalabi to moderate
we can wire the money to him and you do same.

No boasting here. wire your cash bobs

Mr TKB,

Doom is being whipped four times before you home fans

says who? Enyimba lost 6-0 at home and still won the league.
i can decide to lose 100-0 so far it doesnt affect my chances of winning the league

Doom is being forced to lick your spittle after the match

Doom is crashing to ground zero so suddenly that your head will spin.

how old are u oga sir?

Doom is being forced to eat sh*t

Doom is losing your defender ten games to go

the same defender that the didnt play at san siro? the same defender that didnt play at nou camp?
we need to start restricting posts here o

Doom is losing 1-4 for the first time after 1992 to Liverpool

how does this affect the price of kote in the open market? how ddi the loss change the log standing?

Doom is refusing to accept that Rio has lost it

Rio has lost it cos we lost a game . the same Rio tht was part of the line that didnt concede for 14 games (british record)

Do I go on?

lets hear more of ur claptrap. its amazing how people watch footie upside down
na wa

Now that's the thing! Your not playing well could be determined by the opposition. You'd agree with me when I say that Saturday's performance wasn't your worst. Other teams are said to have been defeated while walking through the tunnels of Old Trafford. I feel teams in the UCL (especially) will be studying that match critically because as Benitez said earlier, that team has weaknesses coping with quick attackers. Its a pity Wenger's been waxing lyrical about how 'untouchable' the mancs are.

hehehehe
now thats bollocks
teams studying our performance?
you can only lose like that even to Hull if you decide to make silly mistakes like we did on that day.
You playing a good team and ure making school boi errors? nah, ull get roasted!!
even after our Milan game at OT, SAF made it clear what we did were synonymous with suicide.
seeing the clips is just an exercise in futility cos u dont wanna tell me Vida will do what he did on that day or Carrick will be so wasteful with passes and blah blah blah. You dont well, you dont deserve to win

It has nothing to do with Pool or Benitez, its UTD. They havnt been playing well.

I'm a level-headed Liverpool fan and while I'll be the first to admit that the Mancs will lift the EPL trophy, I can't understand why the fans can't accept defeat graciously. All I hear is that they had an off-day, same thing I heard when Liverpool broke Chelsea's home record and broke another with Real's biggest defeat in the UCL and their first (and only)defeats since last year.

I respect Manchester United BUT I cant believe they would want to face Liverpool in the UCL. What makes you think it'll be any different? Real Madrid's president declared before the 1st leg that they would beat Liverpool 4-0 over the 2 legs and that got the reds charged up. A magazine was released on Saturday morning with VDS and Vidic on its front page in Manchester with an exclusive on 'The Secret of their Impenetrable Defence' and Rooney was so sure of victory that he made the most childish comments ever.

My point is; don't be like the proud Chelsea under Mourinho, respect other teams OR you'll get another stuffing!!

we'll get another stuffing if we dont play well
if we do, the reverse will be the case.

Inspired
can i buzz u on the number in ur siggy?

The excuse United fans give for the loss is that they have already won the league. Was that what you were thinking before the match. One united fan had the effrontery to tell me that they will win the league with 15 points gap! Where is Switch47? False prophet that cannot forsee his own doom.

The way you people spell D-O-O-M is funny. pls check the meaning of doom Mr. Oga.
Is doom leading ur club with 4 points and also playing a game less?
Doom is sacking and hiring coaches like 10 in 10 years
doom is going trphyless for 3 seasons
doom is playing in the UCL final just once in donkey years
doom is not winning the tourney since u were born and even before
doom is being a chelsea fan
blue is doom , doom is blue

You came to the party late. 

That means you missed the Senegal 92 special edition where Mumini
Alao had an exclusive interview with Stephen Keshi.

Let's go back a bit.

The Westerhof interview in 1989 after we got bundled out of the
world cup qualifiers.

You're right. Those days were great.

yeah i didnt buy that edition.
after that first ISR edition, i never missed any copies of the ISR, CF and CFI
Mumini Alao used to be my favorites then but i dunno why the guy is laying so low in Sports jounalism
The Jenkins Alumona, Michel Obi, Paul Basseys of this world shouldnt be taking all the glory.
some guys were really cool early 90s.

I think the publisher Sunny Obazu Ojeagbase should be given an award for that.

so Oga Akin Alabi, u bought the 89 edition
i never enter secondary school that time even the 89 world cup qualifiers, na in bits i see the games
saw our game against Angola in Lagos, saw our game against Cameroon in Lagos and i think our game against Cameroon in Yaounde(not sure)

my brother, sports jounalism dey sweet dat time o

So the scummies lost So what? They are still top of the league.
A 4-1 defeat is just goood for bragging rights and for News head lines

Bayern lost 5-2 to Bremen in September but now Bayern is 2nd and Bremen is 10th in the league.

In 2000 CL Bayern beat real Madrid 8-3 aggregates but on that fateful night at the Parc de Prince Madrid lifted the trophy while Bayern were watching from home.

If I give anyone the option of being tops and losing a game 70-1 I am sure most clubs would take it. except Gayyners
WHo would rather relegate but win in their own way e.g finest stadium, youngest player, sickest manager, pretty football, Emirate cup, UEFA ranking Amsterdam cup and all those senseless things they watch out for.

Arsenal fans should just shut up!!!!

MINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Liverpool would prefer losing 6-1 at Anfield and swap positions with us.
Na today una dey sabi gaynners? hopelessly deluded bunch.
the fastest goal of the season, the best dribble, the most handsome, the best stadium and blah blah
cant they win trophies? are they cursed?
The FA should set up a failed club tribunal in UK to try Wenger for fraudulently depriving the club and supporters trophies for years

We lost, no diggity. I'm surprised that Vida's your best mate in Man utd. I really also wished it was someone else. Whatever, it comes and would make him even meaner in the future.

yeah. Vida had an off day and its cool
hes still a good lad. The best in the land

Let the prophets continue to prophesy, as for me and my house, i'll prefer to lose to either Arsenal, Chelsea or Pool at home by 10-0 and still win the league. It may be painful but what counts is the trophy. The reason they are playing is for the trophy not for any other beliefs, nous or sentiments.

Our opponents will prefer to lose 4-1 and still be where we are so we are still where we wanna be.

One United!!

It is good to see some pro-intercontinental posts here eventhough they all sound like they come from the same person. But can these guys explain the meaning of the increase in opening balance?? we even heard the bank reduced it's staff salary and use the reduction to buy their worthless stocks for the staff. is that true??

Now with this post, why should i take anything from you seriously?

what you posted are all false why do you think you have a right to inform people?
ure sick. Your negative campaigns everytime about 9ja banks are just bollocks!!!

remember you predicted in 2 months (from February), one of the banks will collapse? can you remember?
we are about entering April and nothin has happened.
woe to all you naysayers who havent done anything to help this country.
as you wish bad for this country, na so bad bad go dey follow you and ur family. No be curse

Is it only in 9ja that banks are havng isssues? is it an isolated case?
isnt it a global thing? why are we producing idiots on this blog in torrents?
schmucks!!!

Topic
i dunno about the changes highlighted in Intercontinental but i know all banks are drawing up survival strategies in this trying times to survive. Im not supporting any added costs to the services they are rendering. If i had an account with them and they'll charge me money unnecessarily for atms usage and sms, then i'll close my accounts sharp sharp.

no be by force to bank with them

My friend I was buying CF since 1992, when I was like 10 years old. Price was N100 den sef, not N150. Back then, we used to get N15 - N20 lunch money per day. Abeg help me calculate am. My stomach was growling! The only time I could spend freely like you rich boys was when I started hitting momsie in JSS 3.

yeah. i think i started buying in February 1993. My first copy was the first edition of ISR. The one that had Okocha at the cover page. I think Okocha was in Frankfurt then, and the whole edition was on the African Natiions cup qualifiers and Okochas exploits in the Bundesliga.

Guy, i hit my mum like hell buying all sorts of things. At a point, i had a heap of those mags and i thought of renting it out for awon boiz that wanted to read. Another venture i did then was renting out my Game boi (super mario) to my classmates. I think that was 93 also.

Nostalgic moments man.
Those days were good o.

See this Manc o.
Werrin you sabi?
I'm not talking of what you hear rappers rapping.
Come to my boo's bar and cellar and see it LIVE
From Xo to Crys.

Name 10 vintage wines you know?
You wan spend your minimum wage take buy drink? swepps

wheres ur boos bar to start with?

direct that to me plz
and wheres ur boos bar? London, Lagos  or Abuja?
tell me and lets teach u how not to come boasting here

lol. . . . .na like dream it go b.

okiz. i don here
we go see

Cristalz
im just getting to know the poetic clown. nyways, they produce peeps like that very well.
Toba losting, J-unit and co. noetic

na God go save us.

how far? come and work in Lagos na

up GUNNERS . . . . FA cup and Champions League top contenders.

i didnt see this bit. This guy is just waking up from a year slumber

Arsenal win UCL? uve been consulting a dentist for malaria symptons
u berra see a G.P b4 u die of ur sickness.

Olori buruku. . .
See them coming out cos of gin.    
The only 'kparaga' i have is for Sauron

u don crase

Bluefilm??
Are you suggestiong our dear Lilly is a porn actress??

since the days of Hitler!
dont tell me this is news to u

na real dementia!

shameless bunch

Bluefilm
u want us to sleep here?
olodo oshi

Ibime
u were saving money to buy CF?
how much was it na? 150 at the max.

I think way back, much of the following were done through those mags
ISR, Complete football and Complete football International. Not forgetting African and world soccer mags

u remember all those color posters of footballers in ISR and Complte football? chei!! those days were the days awon boiz dey struggle
apart from those mags, i think early 90s, larry izamoje (then echejile) used to be another source of football info

i hate to admit it, i loved the ajax and AC of old. Still a fan of Milan tho.
I dunno why serie A has suddenly turn pale
Those days you have quality players playing for the mid table teams like udinense, sampdoria, napoli, Fiorentina and co
those were days man.
The proliferation of DSTV don make life better now, all man dey claim clubs
especially these una chelsea people

Dayo
can you remember we only had like 3-5 real Chelsea fans those years in the UNI?
and for real, i really wanna know where those madrid fans of early 2000s have gone
im sure they are the new Chelsea fans

Doyin
e don do na. haba

Allboyz
i dont know what to say to you but i know ure sick
just quietly move to the jokes section if u cant contribute meaninfully

una for kukuma kon win obio akpor community staff join, ode

and who is this self-servicer?

Lets not beat about the bush, on their best day Liverpool will beat every single team in the premiership.

same goes for the other top teams

on Arsenals best day, other teams will fall. same goes for UTD and Chelsea

can u imagine?
HitV is showing how we raped them at anfield years back
3 goals from becks and Cole.

payback time

Manu4laif
i agree with you man
Those guys shouldnt be paid for ths month!!

They made avoidable mistakes!!
That first goal suck like hell!!

what happened to our attack if our defence were shambolic?
what happened to our usual offensive movements?

what happened to SAF for keeping fate with non performers till the dieing minutes
what is always wrong with Tevez?

i need SAF to go for Benzema
we need a striker in the mold of Torres

we need a killer striker. Tevez isnt one. Berba? i dunno
I dunno wanna sound like this but the true test of our team should be results from oppositions like this
we need to be convincing with teams like Barca, Inter, Pool and co.
i need answers from SAF. I need answers abegg

tkb. . .eyan mi

no mind me jare

but how u sef go dey support this kain evil team.

pally wassup
guy, i just dey my room now dey kick pillows
can think straight. My fone cant stop beeping

its disgraceful. No outing for me this weekend
Today is just a bad day at the office, we'll get it right next time.
But, i'll tell you. I dont wanna play Pool again.

how far with our runs na

i dont blame you people

twats!!

Pataki
how far? werrin dey?

Sauron
"liverpool were due a win by the law of average"?
ure a funny chap. No dull moments with ya
i like dat

Bluefilm
can you shut pls?