coogar:


giroud's conversion rate last season was 12%. suarez's conversion rate when RVP narrowly beat him to the golden boot in 12/13 was 12.3%. according to your logic, suarez wasn't world class that year........ you are a möron!

misery loves company....
you just want to insist falcao is a flop to make yourself feel cool after all the failure your club has immersed itself in the last 12 years.

it's always expected to see you constituting a nuisance whenever arsenal are doing well. by the time you get eviscerated on monday, you would disappear into thin air for 8 weeks - claiming you were out of town.

you are a disgrace!

The nerve of an Assnäl fan coming to troll on this thread,is quite mind-boggling!

Two goals from Harry Kane today.

elampiro:
Ex-Manchester United defender Paul Parker has backed Radamel Falcao and Angel di Maria’s ability and blamed Louis van Gaal for their recent form.
Writing in his column for Eurosport, Parker questioned the critics of Falcao and Di Maria by claiming four-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi would struggle to shine under the Dutch coach’s tactics.
“Di Maria has lost form, Falcao has lost form, everyone is trying to say Falcao hasn’t recovered from his knee injury. We don’t know if he has or not. He is being asked to operate like an old-fashioned centre forward and is trying to collect the ball most times on his Adam’s apple.
“Di Maria is the same. He is struggling to play in the system because it is all very rigid and unattractive under LVG.
“The slower the ball the moves, there is no space for Di Maria. There is no intensity to United’s game. If Lionel Messi was to play in that United team, he would struggle for the simple reason that by the time he gets the ball, three players would be on him and would knock him off the ball too.”
[Source: Eurosport]

I kinda agree with Paul Parker. Our games under LvG's possession football lacks intensity and attacking flair!

Talking Tactics: Man Utd must pick up pace for top four

Friday 06 March 2015
Louis van Gaal's team must be quicker in attack for a top-four place, says Adrian Clarke

Manchester United's star-studded side have picked up points without playing to their full potential all season, and even though Louis van Gaal’s men are handily placed on 53 points, it still feels like we are still waiting for them to catch fire.
Adrian Clarke explains how their last gasp 1-0 victory against Newcastle United this week, was in many ways a microcosm of their 2014/15 campaign.
A laborious style

Manchester United’s manager has tweaked his system continually since taking over at Old Trafford hot seat, with six different formations used at the last count, but one theme that has been consistent is the slow, methodical approach they have taken in possession of the ball.
This was evident against Newcastle United, on Wednesday night, too. With most defenders and midfielders taking two or three touches apiece, when one would sometimes have sufficed against a side who were content to sit off, Manchester United shifted the ball at such a sedate tempo that it was difficult to stretch John Carver’s side.

On paper their possession stats look fantastic (87.5% pass accuracy, with a 67.3% monopoly of the ball) but not enough of those passes hurt the home team. In central midfield they especially lacked adventure, with Ander Herrera and Daley Blind primarily opting for the safe, sideways pass.

On the night Wayne Rooney did not have much penetrative service to feed off, and this has been symptomatic of the problem every Manchester United striker has encountered this term. With so few early, forward passes slipped in behind the opposition, it’s little wonder the likes of Radamel Falcao and Robin van Persie have struggled for goals.

Angel di Maria's struggles

When Angel di Maria was substituted for Adnan Januzaj in the 59th minute at St James’ Park he wore a frustrated look, and this latest performance encapsulated that frustration.
He was supplied with good service from Antonio Valencia, the right-back, but in a right-wing role Di Maria lacked the confidence to beat his man on the outside. The left-footed Argentinian’s first instinct was to cut back on to his left foot, and look for a pass or cross and this became predictable.
His best pieces of play were when he slid return passes to Valencia, who made clever runs off him and behind the Newcastle defence. Surely though, aren’t these the positions Di Maria would prefer to sprint into himself?

Eager to impress his manager I felt Di Maria tried a little too hard to force incisive passes, and although Rooney and Fellaini would have been grateful for the attempted supply line, most of his deliveries were misplaced.
When you compare the former Real Madrid star's display in this match to a couple of his early appearances for Manchester United (on his preferred left side) it is clear that his output has deteriorated. To bring the best out of Di Maria and revive his confidence, I wonder if a return to the left would help.

Di Maria.................v QPR..........v LEI.........v NEW
Position.....................Left.........Left............Right
Goals........................ 1............1...............0
Shots........................ 2............3...............0
Crosses......................10..........10..............4
Key passes.................4............4...............1
Dribbles.....................7............7...............9
Passes...................... 76..........46...............33
Pass accuracy............ 80.30%...78.30% ......63.60%

Chart below: Valencia to Di Maria, left; Di Maria to Valencia-right.

A reliance on De Gea

John Carver’s side did not play well, yet Newcastle will still feel hard done by that they did not take all three points. Unfortunately for them, just as he has for most of the campaign, David de Gea bailed out Manchester United when they needed him to.
As shown in the table below, the Magpies really struggled to pass the ball in this contest.
Newcastle's three worst passing performances

Opponent..........Passes ....Succfl passes....P accuracy....P. accuracy opp. half
Man Utd...........259.........163................62.93%.........56.90%
Spurs...............277........184................66.43%.........58.62%
Liverpool..........307........230.................74.92%........68.21%

It could be assumed Manchester United had pressed them into making mistakes, but that was not the case. Only three of their players (Jonny Evans, Fellaini and Herrera) won more duels than they lost in the 90 minutes, and at no stage did they knock the hosts out of their stride. They have not pressed with great intensity this term.
Newcastle simply struggled to find a rhythm, and considering potential their match-winners Sammy Ameobi (14), Gabriel Obertan (20), Emmanuel Riviere (15) and Papiss Cisse (15) received just 64 passes between them De Gea could have had an easier night. Instead, he was forced into making two outstanding second-half saves to deny Riviere and Cisse.
United's possession game alleviates a lot of pressure on their back three, four or five but even so, their goalkeeper is kept busier than most of the other regular custodians at clubs in the race for a top-four spot.
In fact, only Hugo Lloris has been tested more often than De Gea has over the course of the season. As highlighted in the match at St James' Park, Van Gaal's side can be easily opened up from crosses, counter-attacks, clever movement and set-plays.
De Gea as No 1

2014/15..... Save %....Saves per match
De Gea...... 74.8........2.8
Forster...... 73.3........2
Hart.......... 70.9........2.2
Mignolet.....70.2........2.3
Lloris........ 70.1........3.3
Courtois.... 69.4........2.2
Szczesny... 68.2........2.7

Using the width to its full potential

Having heard that his side does not play with the attacking verve and width that we have come to associate with Manchester United, it is noticeable how Van Gaal has tried to field two wide players in recent matches.
Against Newcastle United he opted for a rigid 4-1-4-1 formation, and at every opportunity his side fed the ball down the flanks.
The problem with this tactic was the speed of these moves. Often they were ponderously constructed, and although this did afford Fellaini the time to stride forward into the penalty area (where he almost snatched two good goals) most of the deliveries were delayed to such an extent that Newcastle’s defence had regrouped.
Ashley Young did well, creating three chances and scoring the late winner, but you cannot help but feel his productivity and that of others would be improved if the team shifted the ball into wide areas earlier and with more urgency. As it stands their distribution and movement is too easy to track.
A final thought

Manchester United’s mechanical approach in possession may not be making them an exciting team to watch but because they still have talented individuals they are picking up valuable points.
In this match the brilliance of De Gea in the moments that mattered kept them level, and Wayne Rooney’s sharp football brain and determination helped lay the foundations for a double-mistake that gifted them their winning goal. Most weeks, one of their star turns has been able to produce a game-changing moment.
Their performance at Newcastle United was not great but it was effective, and that symbolizes Manchester United’s season so far. However, to go on and claim a top-four finish you still suspect their team performances will need to improve.

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2014-15/mar/060315-talking-tactics-manchester-united-still-have-room-for-improvement.html

Refereeing in England is just too piss poor this season

coogar:


are you minding the fool?
he prefers 7th position to top 4 position. failure is breakfast & lunch to nyabingo. he revels in it.

in a fools contest you will win with a landslide, you always find excuses for your failures in life, dickhead, I prefer 7th to 4th since I see both as not worthý of a great club like man u. You are a non grata when it comes to footie, I challenge you 24 not by typing jargons and cursing people. Coogar you are a bastard and a product of bestialitý

adebayo201:


Binginya, get a life... no matter what, Moyes can't cm back to United... He had done enough to the squad already. Let's move on man!

you are the one that needs a life, lvg is making united so boring and clueless. My point stands, you can't gag me

SailorXY:

no wonder nobody takes him seriously

who takes you serious if not your fellow jesters, I don't know you exist

Leyqute:


Before I reply..

is this a form of Sarcasm?

nuh joke mon, wholipa reality, get dat inna your head, truth is bitter, di maria is over rated, he is naniesque

BinghiNya:
in a fools contest you will win with a landslide, you always find excuses for your failures in life, dickhead, I prefer 7th to 4th since I see both as not worthý of a great club like man u. You are a non grata when it comes to footie, I challenge you 24 not by typing jargons and cursing people. Coogar you are a bastard and a product of bestialitý

you are the bästard that was sired by one-eyed witch in your village. what an arsëhole - van gaal is holding out in the top 4 with 10 league games to go & a decent challenge for the FA cup and you still have the nerve to mention moyes?

it seems a goat peed in your stew. failure has 2 colours - moyes & nyabingo! you are a disgrace to the scrotüm that shot you out....you really need to kill yourself!

Lol. Smh.

Coogar needs a brain upgrade, so man u coming 4th is now a success, I now know why you are so retarded, you sucked the tits of a goat when you were a baby, with the amount spent, united should be fighting for the title, we aint in europe, we crashed out early out of capital one, united's games make someone sleep early yet you keep defending a failed LVG. A word for your followers who can't reason on their own, grow some hard cock plz.

BinghiNya:
Coogar needs a brain upgrade, so man u coming 4th is now a success, I now know why you are so retarded, you sucked the tits of a goat when you were a baby, with the amount spent, united should be fighting for the title, we aint in europe, we crashed out early out of capital one, united's games make someone sleep early yet you keep defending a failed LVG. A word for your followers who can't reason on their own, grow some hard cock plz.

after what your uncle in failure(moyes) did to us, yes - 4th is a huge success! only a complete knucklehead with poöp for brains like yourself would think a club can go from 7th position to 1st in one swing.

moyes took a team of champions from a lofty height to 7th & you are here disgracing your family just because your mouth itches you. if you don't like van gaal, go and find another club to support - real sociedad are looking for cretins like you.......maybe moyes might finally get the chance to fück you in the arsē like you have always wished.

oloshious baboon!

BinghiNya:
who takes you serious if not your fellow jesters, I don't know you exist

how will your awareness about my existence better anyone?
we don't even belong in same generation. contact me when you receive your pension, you'll know why by then

SailorXY:

how will your awareness about my existence better anyone?
we don't even belong in same generation. contact me when you receive your pension, you'll know why by then

don't mind the föol!
every time united win under van gaal, his heart breaks into atoms. he loves moyes - his biggest fantasy is to be fuckëd in the arsē by gollum moyes.

i have never seen a bigger möron all my life. ever since chelsea finished 6th in the league, they haven't made the top 2 - and they have changed managers & spent big money on the team. teams don't just go from 7th to 1st overnight - it's a gradual climb.

city finished 1st last season & spent close to £90m on a stable team brimming with confidence. how can united just overtake them overnight? when we finished as champions, moyes couldn't bring anyone in as no world class player wants to work with moyes.....thus the big crash!

LOL

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predicted line up against Arsenal

take?

SailorXY:

how will your awareness about my existence better anyone?
we don't even belong in same generation. contact me when you receive your pension, you'll know why by then

a neophyte wannabe, you wanna belong, check the history of united's thread. Your lord coogar was sauron and I nyabinghi. You are too little to comprehend. I repeat I don't know you exist, the internet has covered you real life flaws.o ke re si number mi, baba e coogar gan self kere

coogar:


don't mind the föol!
every time united win under van gaal, his heart breaks into atoms. he loves moyes - his biggest fantasy is to be fuckëd in the arsē by gollum moyes.

i have never seen a bigger möron all my life. ever since chelsea finished 6th in the league, they haven't made the top 2 - and they have changed managers & spent big money on the team. teams don't just go from 7th to 1st overnight - it's a gradual climb.

city finished 1st last season & spent close to £90m on a stable team brimming with confidence. how can united just overtake them overnight? when we finished as champions, moyes couldn't bring anyone in as no world class player wants to work with moyes.....thus the big crash!

replace the word hopeless with coogar, you will hit the spot, compare the amount spent by moyes to the one spent by Lose van GAal, moyes played in europe, capital one for sometime, ur bleeped up LVG isn't playing in europe and united is still clutching at straws, 4th spot will be a miracle with the way the clueless husband of coogar is handling the team, who replaces a dud(nani) with another one(maria), stop defending a failure . You got just served, swim in your vomit, neuropsychiatric patient, you have been declared missing at uselu mental home

Coogar no one takes you serious when it comes to soccer, you just have itchy fingers, all your imports have done nothing to improve united, united now pass to the side always, LVG should be sacked by united, he isn't up to the level of GGMU. Di maria flopped. Luke shaw(shaking my head), falcao, herrera(not here not there), liverpool, chelsea , city, everton una go hear am when we play these teams with the same way we are playing

BinghiNya:
a neophyte wannabe, you wanna belong, check the history of united's thread. Your lord coogar was sauron and I nyabinghi. You are too little to comprehend. I repeat I don't know you exist, the internet has covered you real life flaws.o ke re si number mi, baba e coogar gan self kere

[size=40pt]ok mo ti gbo yi sir[/size] mtchew

SailorXY:
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predicted line up against Arsenal

take?

I rather have Di Maria at Januzaj Position

That dude frustrates our final third movement

SailorXY:

[size=40pt]ok mo ti gbo yi sir[/size] mtchew

stop sailing into dangerous waters, speak for yourself. Hissing

BinghiNya:
Coogar no one takes you serious when it comes to soccer, you just have itchy fingers, all your imports have done nothing to improve united, united now pass to the side always, LVG should be sacked by united, he isn't up to the level of GGMU. Di maria flopped. Luke shaw(shaking my head), falcao, herrera(not here not there), liverpool, chelsea , city, everton una go hear am when we play these teams with the same way we are playing

nyabinghi, u still get copy of DAT ur graduation pix? Abeg sample am for here make men smile small na!

BinghiNya:
replace the word hopeless with coogar, you will hit the spot, compare the amount spent by moyes to the one spent by Lose van GAal, moyes played in europe, capital one for sometime, ur bleeped up LVG isn't playing in europe and united is still clutching at straws, 4th spot will be a miracle with the way the clueless husband of coogar is handling the team, who replaces a dud(nani) with another one(maria), stop defending a failure . You got just served, swim in your vomit, neuropsychiatric patient, you have been declared missing at uselu mental home

you are a mongolian idïot!
the reason LVG isn't playing in europe is because your anäl räpist moyes failed to qualify united in the first place. SAF left united with a solid squad - we won the league, we were in europe & all was going on smoothly......until gollum screwed it up. do you want to know the number of records moyes ruined?

[img]http://eplstatistics.files./2014/04/david-moyes-humiliations.jpg?w=1000&h=769[/img]

BinghiNya:

Coogar no one takes you serious when it comes to soccer, you just have itchy fingers, all your imports have done nothing to improve united, united now pass to the side always, LVG should be sacked by united, he isn't up to the level of GGMU. Di maria flopped. Luke shaw(shaking my head), falcao, herrera(not here not there), liverpool, chelsea , city, everton una go hear am when we play these teams with the same way we are playing

go and hand yourself, you mòron!
the football under moyes was worse than this. there was no progress. all our players regressed under moyes & small teams like newcastle, everton, sunderland, west brom, etc all came to old trafford to pick awoof 3 points. you are a disgrace for even comparing last season to this season.

moyes' records against the top 5 teams last season(in yellow)

[img]http://eplstatistics.files./2014/04/against-top-5-teams.png?w=1000[/img]

van gaal has already picked 7 points against the big teams this season & he's yet to play the return legs against any of them. statistics actually prove moyes is as much as a failure in life as you. no wonder you had to go & rent a graduation gown to mask the fact that you are a uni-dropout.

david moyes' mission to crash united was a successful mission. a team that never finished below 3rd in the history of the premier league suddenly went down like the twin towers. if moyes was in the bible, his name would have been jabez!

[img]http://eplstatistics.files./2014/04/united-league-position-over-years.png?w=1000[/img]

How we didn't win the 2009/10 season remains a mystery. May be too much injury and SAF decision to gamble with some games in the run in. Like benching Nani, Carrick and Gibson against Chelsea even though Rooney was already out due to injury, although with Bayern Munich game in sight.

It's looks like our performance against the top teams have been on the decline since 2009/10. Another indication we didn't adequately strengthen the team when Ronaldo departed and as players aged.

elampiro:
How we didn't win the 2009/10 season remains a mystery. May be too much injury and SAF decision to gamble with some games in the run in. Like benching Nani, Carrick and Gibson against Chelsea even though Rooney was already out due to injury, although with Bayern Munich game in sight.

It's looks like our performance against the top teams have been on the decline since 2009/10. Another indication we didn't adequately strengthen the team when Ronaldo departed and as players aged.

that's why it doesn't make sense to dwell on how much is invested recently cuz it seem neglected for about 5 seasons - especially the midfield areas.

we'll still need about 2 CMs, 1 CB & 1 striker before we have a good enough squad to rub shoulders with the best in the World again.