The Mourinho Effect

So who is to blame for Manchester United Crumbling unfolding, is it the players, the coach or MUFC board, sadly blaming would not solve the problem.
I strongly think the players have to step up and play for the badge and not for their selfish reason, Pobga to me is just a spoilt baby after winning the World Cup he started to feel big and too important to be receiving orders.
So after last weekend match against Chelsea it’s safe to say Mourinho is keeping his job till the end of the season. Finally he has brought out the best in Anthony Martial who I see saved Him from been sacked, hopefully he has found his confidence back and it gets better form here on. Marcus Rashford is another player whose confident has been broken by the Mourinho effects because I don’t see why he plays so good for England and seem to change once he’s in the United shirt.
Why is Fred and Andreas Pereira not always in the starting line up, I also think Lukaku should sit some games out he simply has nothing to offer for now. Alexis Sanchez should just be shipped out seems he brought in some bad luck from Arsenal. The January window we need some reinforcement in the Defense, Erick Bally i thought was good is just anothe flop player.
Tonight Match against JUVENTUS will finally show us if Manchester United fortune has changed for good and hopefully De Gea keeps a clean sheet.

Bastian Schweinsteiger takes the Day

After the long international break the Premier League is back, with security tighten at all stadium after the Paris attack, Manchester United had a early kick off away to Watford at Vicarage road.

With no Rooney and Martial on the list due to injury sustained during the international break, Memphis Depay replaced the injured Martial and stepped up by scoring early in the first half,this was his first start after he was dropped when Manchester United lost to Arsenal and this is actually the best way to answer your critics aka LVG.

Ander Herrera supplied the assist and was later replaced after he got injured. With Manchester United injury piling up  Ander's injury just made it worst. With  Manchester united going for a win Watford pulled one back at the 89th minute after Marcos Rojo kicked Ighalo a Penalty was given and Deeney stepped up and scored, he must have thought he saved his team but oh no Bastian Schweinsteiger had other ideas and fired a shot that deflected off Deeney to put United back in front again there by winning it for his team.

Been waiting for him to score his first Manchester United goal and this was just the perfect timing, if every member of the United had just a little passion that Schweinsteiger  has am sure we'll be winning every match. He never gives up and that paid today nice one Lad, he should just take over from Rooney because he's a true leader. Ander Herrera's reaction after the goal was just epic like he just won the World cup.

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Pray For The World

Still in shock after the Paris attack, what was those victims offence, the world is no longer safe to go a restaurant to unwind and eat, where going to a concert to listen and dance to your favourite band play, and even going to the stadium to watch a football match has turn deadly. Where is the world heading to, who will stop these barbarians who have fun in hunting and killing human beings all in the name of a religion.

Paul Hayward wrote recently about watching a  moment of magic by Lionel Messi during a Barcelona match that helped  to lift his spirit while battling cancer. to him sport is a vehicle for optimism and hope. People's feeling about going to the stadium to watch a match as a sort of  haven , a place to escape and forget about troubles of the world and lose yourself to the passion of the game.
I think this is why those terrorist decided to choose the stadium as one of their targets.

So on Friday the 13th, these animals who have no value for human life's decides to carry out their barbaric acts by targeting the friendly match between France and Germany at the Stade de France were the French President was in attendance this match was played to prepare the French national team for the next European championship. So if not for the the President security details the death toil at the stadium would have been much more than 3 but thank God the attack was repelled. Some reports suggested that the attacker tried to gain entrance to stadium so as to wreck havoc and destroy the 1998 world cup memories and replace that beautiful event with something very terrible.

In the end the stadium served as a place of shelter, fans were advised to stay after the game ended because it was not safe outside. The German team stayed over night because their safety was not guaranteed, their hotel was also checked before the game after it was warned that a bomb might have been planted there. So instead of risking their life back to the hotel they decided to spend the night at the stadium and took a flight back to Germany very early in the morning. Joachim Low the German coach says his side were pretty shaken up prior to the match due to a bomb threat so am just trying to imagine what they were feeling when they heard the first bomb go off.

The terrorist might think they won after killing about 129 people but they cant kill the spirit of the world when we all come together and stand and fight against these people. The war against terrorism must be won and fast because the rate at which people are dying is alarming. Nigerians are still fighting against Boko Haram, the Chibok girls kidnapped have still not been found and also Lebanon are battling terrorist holds a day.
Lord God all we are asking for is World Peace, this killings has to stop. My prayer goes out to the victims family i pray that Go will give them the strength to overcome these tragic loss, they most be going through alot right now. And to those injured speedy recovery. May God have mercy on us.

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Angel di Maria Take a Bow

Why Manchester United sold him to PSG is still a mystery to me LVG just does not understand class, Di Maria showed what Real Madrid are missing dude was on fire, the woodwork was just against him. 

Real Madrid were lucky to win because PSG was the better team, both Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic were missing in action only Ibrahimovic came close but Di Maria just took the shine and focus off these two and i loved every moment. The only thing Ronaldo got from this match was a nice playful slap from Florentino Perez after he asked why Ronaldo gave an interview hinting that he might not stay at the club.

Angel di Maria promised he wouldn't celebrate if he scored against Real Madrid on his return to the Santiago Bernabeu. There was no goal and no celebration but the Argentine did remind supporters what they have been missing, according to his manager.

'He was spectacular tonight and was excellent in the last league game too. He offered a lot going forward but also defensively,' the winger who hit the frame of the goal direct from a corner and the crossbar with a free-kick. 

By winning the match Real Madrid qualified for the round of 16, PSG now have to win their next match to qualify 2nd. Like they say in football Possession and been better does not win the match scoring does and PSG learnt the hard way.

                                                                    
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The Drought is Over

After 3 draws and going 404  minutes without a scoring Manchester United finally breaks the jinx and dear oh dear  Wayne Rooney was the man to score to rescue ManUtd from another boring draw,  think its high time LVG goes really tired of his philosophy.

It was a weird night as Wayne Rooney missed in front of goal don't know what he was actually think at that moment, Martial was replaced with Fellain which resulted in boos by the fan who thought Rooney should have been replaced but guess LVG was actually right because he struggled to make an impact in the match. And yes Ashley Young is back to his old ways Diving like seriously if he was out of idea he should have done a better job in diving guess he needs more acting skills.

   

Jesse Lingard may have just taken over Memphis Depay duty, he really stepped up yesterday and provided the assist for Rooney's headed he's joins with Dennis Law as Manchester United joint second highest scorer.

Man of the Match to me is Lingard and Mike sorry CHRIS Smalling for that wonderful save.
Manchester United were really lucky to win all three points and put them on top of the table hopefully the drought will also be over in the EPL.

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Abby Wambach Announces Retirement

After a illustrious career with the US Women National soccer/football team, Abby Wambach announced she will be retiring from soccer at the end of the year.

She made the announcement on Tuesday after the USWNT visited the white house to celebrate their victory  in the just concluded Women's World Cup with  President Obama.

During her stellar career she played for the national team for 14 years  making 252 appearances scoring 185 goals making her the highest goal scorer in women's soccer/football, she also finishes her career as the all time leading US goal scorer in both the Olympic and World cup games.
She played in 25 World Cup matches with 14 goals second to Marta of Brazil.
Played in 10 Olympic matches with 9 goals. She made it to two Olympic games and won two gold medals in Athens 2004 and the London Olympics 2012.

She joins the great Mia Hamm as the only American to win the FIFA women's player of the year award. Wambach is also one of the few  current player to play alongside Mia Hamm and Julie Foundy. She made her first appearance for the USWNT in 2001 and played in her first World Cup in 2003.

Throughout her career she helped in the growth of women football and also fought for eual rights for female athletes .One of her greatest  momen came in 2011 World Cup quarter finals when she scored the equalizing goal against Brazil in the 122 minutes to take it to penalties where the US won.
She will Play her last match for the USWNT against China in December 16th in New Orleans, Her legacy of Long balls and last minute headers will live on.