AdisaOwala:


Same way you believed paulinho

If I may ask, how is he faring nowadays?

I never said Paulinho will be a world class or rule the world as I said about Neymar. I only suggested we buy Paulinho as an emergency cover for our midfield since there was a vacuum.

But as for Neymar, I was almost alone to say he wouldn't disappoint in Europe, and that he was not being over paid for by Barca as many suggested.

AdisaOwala:


Same way you believed paulinho

If I may ask, how is he faring nowadays?

AdisaOwala

There used to be a time when one could sit down and read pages upon pages on this thread without being bored to stupor.
Make una quarantine this lunatic to bring back sanity Una no go hear.
Its not as if you are going to expose his foolishness more.

“I know him and have always liked the way he plays.

“I know he’s not a normal right-back because he used to play as a winger, but I think that, right now, he is the best right-back in the world, maybe with Dani Alves, because I like Dani Alves a lot. I think Antonio is one of the best right-backs in the world.

“When you have a right-back who is quick to defend and he is crossing maybe six or seven times a game, always or almost always successfully, then he understands the football. When I have the ball, I know that Antonio’s always ready to receive it, always to give you one solution.

“I think he’s going to be very important this season. He has already been very important for the club, he has already been here eight years, but I think I told you at the end of the last season something good is being cooked and everyone wants to be part of that.”


- Ander Herrera

Arsenal Fans like Spy360, Pataki and Co keep hating on Pogba while their Club Legend - Henry - Dabbing with him!

parrotibaba:
Not siding with Liverpool but Burnley sat very deep their box and had just two shots on target which unfortunately for Liverpool resulted into two goals. These small teams are the ones to look out for like I said yesterday because their simple tactics is to sit back and counter you meaning that you need to at least score the first goal in order to destabilize their tactics. Looking forward to the hull city match because just like Burnley, they too like to sit back and strike on the counter but I believe in the boys and the gaffer.

Liverpool is always dat team strong enough to trouble and even win the top teams in d league but never good enough to challenge for the league. Liverpool is no longer a threat. That 13/14 season was just a flash in the pan season.

Yes. Burnley had two shots. But lets not forget Liverpool has a shîtty defence as well. Plus Mignolet. That one is just the Belgian version of Alumnia. The last 5 shots on target against Liverpool, and he has conceded all of em.

But u're right sha. To me, those small teams is where the top teams tend to drop points. So i dey anxiously wait to see how we go perform against Hull.

dubylhover:


I don't want to talk much,yes pogba had a hood game but it would have been better if he played where Rooney had played besides that Southampton's MF controlled us..its stillearly days..its you that said you hhaven't trusted Bailly yet until we meet city is I'm still convinced we can get a more effective pogba if playes further

Rooney wont be dropped anytime soon. Even Mkhitaryan is being kept on d bench, and Mata being played out of position coz of Rooney.

So no expect Pogba to play 10 anytime soon. He can only play in the pivot. And we can only hope he keeps delivering.

Herrera's quotes about Tony v are going to bang the next time he plays someone onside or goofs in any other way

Oasis007:
“I know him and have always liked the way he plays.

“I know he’s not a normal right-back because he used to play as a winger, but I think that, right now, he is the best right-back in the world, maybe with Dani Alves, because I like Dani Alves a lot. I think Antonio is one of the best right-backs in the world.

“When you have a right-back who is quick to defend and he is crossing maybe six or seven times a game, always or almost always successfully, then he understands the football. When I have the ball, I know that Antonio’s always ready to receive it, always to give you one solution.

“I think he’s going to be very important this season. He has already been very important for the club, he has already been here eight years, but I think I told you at the end of the last season something good is being cooked and everyone wants to be part of that.”


- Ander Herrera

Too early to say this.

If he can keep up this level of performance come the end of the season then the statement will be justifiable.

I hope he does.

PietroRico:
Herrera's quotes about Tony v are going to bang the next time he plays someone onside or goofs in any other way

The comparison to Alves is too early but Alves was never a great defender also mind.

Lana1:
Rooney wont be dropped anytime soon. Even Mkhitaryan is being kept on d bench, and Mata being played out of position coz of Rooney.

So no expect Pogba to play 10 anytime soon. He can only play in the pivot. And we can only hope he keeps delivering.

Ermm he's not really d pivot,fellaini is,which gave pogba d license to bomb forward,if you observed moi on d touch line he was always telling fellaini to stay behind as a shield,but hey wherever pogba plays,I hope he delivers d goods

AikayDaWrapper:

Too early to say this.

If he can keep up this level of performance come the end of the season then the statement will be justifiable.

I hope he does.

Take it as words of encouragement! This may boost his morale and ability to deliver more actions outstandingly!

SHAW'S JOURNEY: FROM SAINTS TO THE DEVILS

August, 2012. London and Great Britain are basking in the glory of an incredible Olympic Games, Sir Alex Ferguson is embarking on what would turn out to be his final season as United boss and, across the city at the Etihad Stadium, Luke Shaw is enjoying his first taste of the Premier League after being named as a substitute for Southampton’s match at Manchester City.

Shaw is yet another exciting prospect honed and developed within Saints’ famed Academy ranks which spawned Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott, Adam Lallana and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to name but a few. The man himself is wracked with nerves, but buzzing with excitement as he watches on from the bench. 

Now, as we sit chatting at the Aon Training Complex about that game, he says he can still remember everything about the experience, and recalls with delight the day he made his first Premier League start, some months later against Swansea City in November 2012, and became the youngest player at the time to begin a top-flight match.

“I couldn’t believe it!” he beams, when he thinks back to being named on the bench to face City, following Southampton’s promotion back to the highest level. “A few weeks and months before, I’d been sat watching the Premier League on TV thinking I want to be playing in that one day. I remember I was on the bench a couple of times before I actually played and I was so nervous, even just being sat with the subs. The first game was City away and then I was on the bench again for the next home game [against Wigan] and the left-back at that time, Danny Fox, got injured in the first couple of minutes. I was so scared as I thought I’d be coming on! [Laughs] But I thought to myself ‘this is my chance.’

“It didn’t happen then but I remember we went away a couple of days before the Swansea game because, at the time, we weren’t getting too many good results and we needed something to change. I knew I was starting and I found it hard to sleep because I was so nervous and so excited at the same time. I didn’t tell anyone, not even my mum, until the day of the match as I think my family would have been just as nervous as me. It went really well though, it was a draw and I haven’t looked back since.”

He certainly hasn’t. Indeed, fast forward four years from that Manchester City match to the exact same day - 19 August - and Shaw is back in Manchester, making a welcome and successful return to Premier League action at Old Trafford this time, against his former club, following last season’s well-documented injury lay-off. 

“I’m feeling fit and I’m just looking forward,” he declares. “My main aim this season is to stay fit, play as many games as possible and win trophies. With the squad we have and the manager we’ve got, we should be winning trophies this season. That’s our aim.”

Aiming high is always what Shaw has strived for. And while determination, talent and hard work are key, the 21-year-old cites enjoyment as a vital part of the attitude needed to succeed at a club like United.

“For me, coming up through the ranks, the main thing was to always make sure I enjoyed myself whenever I went out onto the pitch,” he says. “Every game I play, every training session I’m involved in and even every moment around the training ground, you just have to enjoy it because I'm one of the lucky few who get to do this. I can imagine there are a lot of people that wish they were in my position right now or anyone’s position in the changing room, so it’s important to just enjoy every minute of it.”

Shaw admits there were times as a teenager when reaching the highest level seemed like a distant dream, but he learnt the valuable lesson of grasping any opportunity that came his way.

“When I was about 15 I wasn’t getting in the team at Southampton and was often on the bench for the Under-16s. I remember getting a chance when one player got injured. It was the one chance I got and I took it and it promoted me into the starting XI and that continued to the first team. When I look back, the most important thing for me was to take my chance, and when I got it, thankfully I did.”

But how does Luke Shaw then, compare to Luke Shaw now? “When I was younger, I used to think I was slow! [Laughs] I can’t even remember if I was quick or not – but I think I’ve got quicker and stronger and built up more confidence over the years,” he declares. “I’m still the same lad I was when I was younger, nothing too much has changed - apart from on the pitch.”

That it has. In June 2014, he became the most expensive teenager in world football (his team-mate Anthony Martial took over that mantle last year when he arrived at United) after making the multi-million pound switch to Old Trafford. “When I first came I was like: ‘Wow, it is as big as everyone says’ and I’ve always said about going on tour and seeing the amount of fans we have across the world, it was so surprising and amazing. I’d never experienced tours like that.”

He describes joining United as “the biggest step up you can probably make” but it’s a club he feels completely at home with, and he’s part of a squad that, he believes, can achieve big things under Jose Mourinho.

“It’s a fresh start with the new manager, he has come in and set his tone and brought in so many good players that have benefited our squad. He’s won so many trophies at so many different clubs and he’s going to bring that success into our club, so hopefully we can win many trophies with him as our manager,” he adds. “Everyone is excited and training hard. We’re just focused on winning every game and, with the squad we have, I don’t see why we can’t. Everyone is together in the changing room which is very important for a club to be successful. There are no distances between the age groups with the young players sticking with each other or the older players just being with each other. Everyone gets on with each other.”

Mourinho himself echoed those sentiments after last week’s opening-day victory at Bournemouth and also revealed the impact Zlatan Ibrahimovic has had on Shaw and co. "The first thing I can tell you is that at his table for breakfast, and for meals, he is surrounded by the young ones, the kids. Luke Shaw, Marcus Rashford, these are the guys who are with him at the table. He knows what he can be for them.”

Ask Shaw what kind of person the Swedish striker is and his face lights up. “He’s funny. He’s one of the nicest guys as well and he has a lot of stories that we like to hear; the way he tells them is so funny! [Laughs] We get on really well with him. It’s not like he’s just sat with the youngsters though, we all sit together and, honestly, listening to his stories is so good!”

Ibrahimovic has kicked off his United career with goals aplenty and finding the net is something that Shaw is on a mission to complete, with a first Reds goal still proving elusive - even if his near miss in Wayne Rooney's Testimonial against Everton suggests it may not be too far away.

“The goal is always on my mind whenever I play!” jokes the defender. Has he got a celebration ready or been working with Jesse Lingard on a ‘dab’ version? “No, I’ll stay away from Jesse with that celebration - he’s got his new friend [Paul Pogba] in to do that! I haven’t thought about any celebrations, I don’t know what I’ll do in that moment – I’ll probably jump into the crowd but we’ll see.”

For now, Shaw is focused on helping the Reds jump ahead in the league table, and two wins from two, with five goals scored, hasn’t been a bad way to kick things off.

To those of u who claim Smalling isn't good with the ball at his feet, hope u know Bailly is even worse??

On several occasions, when he(Bailly) came out of defence with the ball, he didn't even know what to do with it. Most times, he had to be passing the ball to Blind. And at one point, he even passed back to DDG under pressure and that one had to clear ball to throwing.

Oasis007:
“I know him and have always liked the way he plays.

“I know he’s not a normal right-back because he used to play as a winger, but I think that, right now, he is the best right-back in the world, maybe with Dani Alves, because I like Dani Alves a lot. I think Antonio is one of the best right-backs in the world.

“When you have a right-back who is quick to defend and he is crossing maybe six or seven times a game, always or almost always successfully, then he understands the football. When I have the ball, I know that Antonio’s always ready to receive it, always to give you one solution.

“I think he’s going to be very important this season. He has already been very important for the club, he has already been here eight years, but I think I told you at the end of the last season something good is being cooked and everyone wants to be part of that.”


- Ander Herrera

This is classic "support your local gunfighter talk"!



He has had a decent start to the season and nothing more! The coach is still in the hunt for a right back even though tony v has been impressing after almost 4 years of _fucking up at right back!




Herrera should bother about turning himself into the next "pogba iniesta, modric or kroos" because his own united career has started stalling and the patience of the fans is beginning to wear thin.........

eph12:

So who do you think is the right player to buy now?

Buying players from one league to another is always a risk. There is every chance that he may not do well. At the same time some others have come from that same league and performed excellently well. You don't think there was a chance Koke could have flopped? Who are you kidding? Hererra stat was Ok for a youngster. His zeal was there. He always wanted to be in the right places create and score goals.
You saying Schederlin is being played out of position?

The Dutch league iis a poor one. Hence, you can't be sure whether you're getting a babel or Suarez from there. Furthermore, Depay was already playing rubbish for Holland once he became a starting player for them before we got him.

As for Koke, he was a lot cheaper as at the time and he's always got huge potential right from the start. This was a a player that displaced Thiago from the central midfield at the euro u21 and was classy throughout the tourny. His long passes and crosses has always been thing of a beauty compared to the negative Herrera. Koke was also great against Chelsea in the super cup where they trounced Chelsea 4-1.

Most importantly, Koke's an international player at a young age while Herrera isn't deemed good enough for the spanish at his age or any age whatsoever.

Schneiderlin should be able to operate as a DM if he was intelligent to begin with. Look at Kante for example, he was also like Morgan as a box-box CM but right now, he's doing great in the DM role and he's a lot better on the ball than Morgan.

Lana1:
To those of u who claim Smalling isn't good with the ball at his feet, hope u know Bailly is even worse??

On several occasions, when he(Bailly) came out of defence with the ball, he didn't even know what to do with it. Most times, he had to be passing the ball to Blind. And at one point, he even passed back to DDG under pressure and that one had to clear ball to throwing.

lol.. That's obviously not true

This Man Utd instead pidgin Twitter acct is freaking funny. Whenever you feel anger, go there to laugh.

I love the new Aura surrounding the team, it's so positive I can feel it.

Lana1:
To those of u who claim Smalling isn't good with the ball at his feet, hope u know Bailly is even WORSE??

On several occasions, when he(Bailly) came out of defence with the ball, he didn't even know what to do with it. Most times, he had to be passing the ball to Blind. And at one point, he even passed back to DDG under pressure and that one had to clear ball to throwing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSUiCo_tV6E&app=desktop




Stop judging without getting your facts in order next time!



Get us a compilation with smalling doing anything remotely like this against top level teams also! From the blocks, clearances and even how he initiates some attacks... Bailly is a BETTER ball playing defender even while still learning his trade..........Hands down and up!

AdisaOwala:


He wasted the club's money - Stop trying so hard to play down the failings of that Clueless Morron!

Let's even go with your analogy sef...

How exactly was he building a quality squad when you yourself admitted to the fact that he made numerous mistakes in transfers??

Most of the signings were punts taken unknown players.

His big money signings were Di Maria, Martial, Depay and maybe Schneiderlin in 2 seasons, especially knowing the fact that Depay replaced Di Maria who couldn't settle and left as soon as he came. Hence, I wouldn't be harsh and with transfers, you get some right and some wrong. It's like a lottery.

The fact is Van gaal with his tactics made an average team achieved much more that what could have be done which can't be said of Mourinho because the same set of players looked much more shite vs Bournemouth if not for Ibra brilliance.

Right now, the team aint even playing like a team. It's just individual highlights from Ibra and Pogba while Fellaini, Bailley and Blind worked tirelessly to prevent goals from going in.

Oasis007:


Fellaini was seeing as a rubbish Player last season under LVG, but with just a Phone Call from JM..... he's transforming to a Player to watch-out for this Season!

The Hatred for JM is kinda funny to think about ATM. He has won us Matches, his Signings are delivering, what else are we asking for?!

Those who are engaging him in a fruitless argument or discourse really get time! This is someone who is as stubborn as his Mentor (LVG), and you expect him to see light?!

I'm perplexed that Dudes could sacrifice "Bedtime" for a discourse with Diademk07!

Which Rubbish player?

Fellaini was our second best midfielder after Carrick last season. The only thing is he was inconsistent but whenever he got his head sorted out, he was good. The FA cup wouldn't have happened without him and he was good in our late top 4 runs until he got banned and we collapsed subsequently.

Your mini god would do well to revive the likes of Rojo whom you were claiming would get revitalised under Mourinho. Isn't that? Or Depay, Herrera, Darmain etc.

Lana1, you don misyarn big time

Infact, One of my fears apart from the cards and pk's he's going to cause this season is his over confidence on the ball.

UniqueGem:
This Man Utd instead pidgin Twitter acct is freaking funny.
Whenever you feel anger, go there to laugh.

What's the username?

parrotibaba:
I know that Liverpool de struggle against small teams but if you watched that match you would have seen that the kain bus wey Burnley park eh, e strong pass tractor, nothing wey Liverpool fit do for that match to score even if the match nak pass 120 minutes. The last team I watched wey park this kain bus na westham in Stamford bridge 3 years ago against Chelsea, that match ended in a draw hence the reason I de anxious to see how we go play those kind of teams especially when a goal down. Mourinho na master bus parker so I expect us to play well against big clubs na the small clubs I de look out for.

i think we'll perform better against the smaller teams than the top teams
zlatan should do well against this kind of defence in comparison to the one that leaves space for him to run behind, like the big teams do.

UniqueGem:
I don't know about others but I'm f.u.c.king glad there's no female here.

there's.. ChristineC

Dunno if its a guy behind the moniker though

GBR1:

I don tell these guys o. Them just like to dey wail.
I don't care if we lose the FA cup too.

Van Gaal must fvck off!

GBR1:

It's good to hope but we should be realistic in this context. The chances of getting LVG getting sacked gets very low if he wins the FA cup and makes top 4. Your hope doesn't exist in reality. It's bad enough that LVG has put us in this kind of situation where any victory for United is actually a bad thing for the club with LVG staying.

This is just snippets!

Who's the liar? Dirty buffoon.

You should know I hardly forget things easily.

Diademk07:


What are you saying? Van gaal brought in a lot of good players as well although mixed with some rubbish like Depay.

Mourinho going for the known experienced players already shows he's got nothing in his sleeves other than relying on the brilliance of his players.

That's exactly what we need.

folba:
That's exactly what we need.

Then we're more or less City or Chelsea nowadays.

Diademk07:


The likes of Sane, gabigol are youth signed by him.

And there's Iheanacho who has seen playing time compared to a certain Rashford.

Sane breakout season was this year and he was mostly on the bench for Schalke.

The previous season he was just part of the squad seeing little minutes or the other.

And even he loaned out Gabigol, the intention behind it is known.

Gabriel Jesus ain't Gabigol.

folba:
Gabriel Jesus ain't Gabigol.

Sorry, I thought he was the Gabriel nicknamed gabigol. I think that was Gabriel Barbosa. Thanks jare.