Trevor012:

Some of you are Fecking hilarious. 3:0 up against a nothing team like Nothingham forest at home and you still dey shake like this. Baba if the bald headed man cannot rotate with 3 zero up at home then he can never rotate again.

Like I mentioned above… we can’t take any chances. When you manage your football team, you can manage as you deem fit. ETH is doing just fine at the moment

odizeey:


Yeah. They will wallop us 4 - 0.

Yeah. They will win 5 - 1 if Mainoo and Pellistri entered at 74 minutes

Better to control your destiny than leaving it to chance.

odizeey:


You guys make me laugh.

My own na say why use your strongest lineup in a game like this?

Maguire and Lindelof should see this game out in defense.

Pellistri and Mainoo did not even come on at all.

You say ease, like them dey even see shirt. The last game Pellistri played, she he play nonsense?

I'm just laughing cos our soon read your epistle on why these boys are not seeing enough time.

Nothing concern me sha. Na trophy I need. If e won sacrifice him players. Wetyn concern me? Na their work.

That wasn’t our strongest lineup.

Rashford was on the bench. And Eriksen got injured.

The game needed a solid defense and a good midfield. Without that, anything could happen.

Did you see when Maguire and Lindelof come in? Did you see the chances we conceded after that?

Mainoo is not instilling confidence, especially after his last game. Pellistri too. The dude passed directly to an opponent in a dangerous position. Those are the kind of mistakes that can cost you games.

If you rush him into another game and he made another costly mistake, it could kill his confidence.

These arguments are unnecessary naw.

odizeey:
Glorifying Nottingham Forest that's 4 points away from relegation.

You guys never cease to amaze me.

I know how this board works. So I'll rest.
When you guys start lamenting the lack of time for younglings, I would have moved on.

Southampton are not 4 points away from relegation. They are at the bottom of the table. Yet, they beat Man City 2-0 in a cup game because Pep over tinkered with his formation.

Never underestimate any PL team.

Leyqute:


Malacia played 3 games in 8 days or so before yesterday. You want him to start again? Take it easy na. Shaw and Varane needed to start.

The last time Mainoo started a game, he was anonymous throughout. You need to ease him in. 10 mins, then 25 mins before starting him.

Rushing young players can affect their confidence if things go wrong. And that could derail their whole career.

Malacia Reading and Nottingham. Okay Let's say that deserved.

You say ease in, these boys barely get time to be eased in. When will the easing in start? Why did they not get "10 minutes" yesterday?

Ellexy:
Pellistri isn't even academy.

Yes, he’s not. He’s a yoot player tho.

Leyqute:


At 74 mins we were prepping for the next game. Game was still 0-0 and the 3 senior boys came on to try out a new tactic. Did you not see Sancho at no 10 and Bruno on the right wing?

Was it not Bruno’s pass that led to that second goal? When last did we score that kind of goal? (Which is effective against park de bus teams?)

We don’t need to be playing the yoots now. But don’t worry, they’ll get their time soon.

Martial scored 73 minutes.

odizeey:

Malacia Reading and Nottingham. Okay Let's say that deserved.

You say ease in, these boys barely get time to be eased in. When will the easing in start? Why did they not get "10 minutes" yesterday?

Easing in starts with training with the first team. As long as they keep doing that, they’ll be able to come in when they’re needed.

Garnacho got 60+ mins. Mainoo will get more time when due.

Ellexy:
He was yesterday yet didn't start.

Please call people that have contributed substantially to the team this season.

odizeey:


Martial scored 73 minutes.

Change my 74 mins to the time the senior boys came on.

Leyqute:


Easing in starts with training with the first team. As long as they keep doing that, they’ll be able to come in when they’re needed.

Garnacho got 60+ mins. Mainoo will get more time when due.

Why you dey talk like say Garnacho getting time is something novel?

Nuff said

Leyqute:


Change my 74 mins to the time the senior boys came on.

I told you 73 minutes because a young one could have come in when we scored a goal, which sealed the game at that time.

Leyqute:



Southampton are not 4 points away from relegation. They are at the bottom of the table. Yet, they beat Man City 2-0 in a cup game because Pep over tinkered with his formation.

Never underestimate any PL team.

Don't underestimate a team but you are underestimating us

odizeey:


Please call people that have contributed substantially to the team this season.

Well that wasn't the strongest possible lineup ETH would have fielded yesterday like you said.

Leyqute:
Afrodoc2

https://twitter.com/101greatgoals/status/1618648011835576327?s=21

What do you think?

Yeah it was a surprising decision, but the story was that Fergie didn't like Ince's cocky attitude plus he had Keane and Butt as ready-made replacements.

Ellexy:
Well that wasn't the strongest possible lineup ETH would have fielded yesterday like you said.

Minus two players. I admitted. One outfield player.

I'm done with this talk sha. Make he carry on.

Ten Hag: “We know what Anthony Martial can do when he's fit and he isn't even fit, so imagine if he played ten games. I think you will see a totally different front line and a much better Martial.” [MUTV]

afrodoc2:


Yeah it was a surprising decision, but the story was that Fergie didn't like Ince's cocky attitude plus he had Keane and Butt as ready-made replacements.

Paul Ince cocky?

What’s even mortifying was that they already accepted the bid. They sold him first before they told him.

Leyqute:


Fred of yesterday was better than Fred of last week. It’s still Fred sha 😀

fred of yesterday was horrible


shocking how they are creating zero chances and zero crosses for our striker..

see the only cross that came to him and he headed it against the post..

now imagine he got 7 or 8 of those

atleast he would score 2 out of them


casemero played more forward passes than fred and fred was the more advanced midfielder

odizeey:

Baba mi. I no even understand o.

Shey na FA cup then won play or na against Barcelona? Or na EPL wey we dey fight for top four?

It's not even like it's 11 academy boys we want to give minutes. It's just two or three. The others that could have played are senior players.

As in playing 2-3 youngsters, alongside 8 other senior players, in a match against Nottingham at old trafford, where we are already 3 goals up is sounding like an abomination. This begs the question, are the youngsters not good enough?

Mrviktor:


fred of yesterday was horrible


shocking how they are creating zero chances and zero crosses for our striker..

see the only cross that came to him and he headed it against the post..

now imagine he got 7 or 8 of those

atleast he would score 2 out of them


casemero played more forward passes than fred and fred was the more advanced midfielder

But I said he’s still Fred na 😀

What else did you expect? He wasn’t as bad as he used to be in other areas tho. Like spatial awareness and passing accuracy- although he made quite a few of them yesterday too.

Fred will always be Fred.

Leyqute:


I even thought you were talking about second stream players who haven’t played many minutes although academy players fit the description too.

Can you list the 4 available academy players?
Garnacho started. Mainoo and Pellistri were on the bench. Who else?

On the bench doing what for 90 minutes? What about the rated Iqbal or na just we dey rate am?

eph12:

As in playing 2-3 youngsters, alongside 8 other senior players, in a match against Nottingham at old trafford, where we are already 3 goals up is sounding like an abomination. This begs the question, are the youngsters not good enough?

That's one of the questions we should be asking.

Maybe they are only good among their mates.

Leyqute:


Paul Ince cocky?

What’s even mortifying was that they already accepted the bid. They sold him first before they told him.

Yeah. He was a black London boy, playing for the top club in the country and also an England international. He was said to have been feeling himself and given himself his nickname (The Guvnor). Ferguson felt he bottled a major Champions League tie (i think it was against Barca) and then famously called him a "big time Charlie" years later when he was at Liverpool.

odizeey:


That's one of the questions we should be asking.

Maybe they are only good among their mates.

That has been my question. But for some reason, some people see it as an attack on ETH or something I have no idea about. Are they good enough? Yes or No?

eph12:

That has been my question. But for some reason, some people see it as an attack on ETH or something I have no idea about. Are they good enough? Yes or No?

I no even understand again. I'm weak.

eph12:

That has been my question. But for some reason, some people see it as an attack on ETH or something I have no idea about. Are they good enough? Yes or No?

academy football and senior football are miles apart bro.

Man city Academy win the League every now and then in the last few recent years, yet most of their guys are not pulling trees in senior football whenever they get loaned out. It's not easy bruv.

Look at this EFL trophy that U21 play with Non league and league 2 teams, look at the way Non league players of part timers wipe these U21 boys some times in the competition. That will give you the glimpse of how senior team football reality is

timay1:


academy football and senior football are miles apart bro.

Man city Academy win the League every now and then in the last few recent years, yet most of their guys are not pulling trees in senior football whenever they get loaned out. It's not easy bruv.

Look at this EFL trophy that U21 play with Non league and league 2 teams, look at the way Non league players of part timers wipe these U21 boys some times in the competition. That will give you the glimpse of how senior team football reality is

So we will need to spend good cash then? I was thinking with the way we were hyping these young players, we should just give them the minutes some of those fringe senior players get to aid their development.

odizeey:

Mainoo is not Casemiro's direct replacement. He's a CM. Pellistri for Antony. Malacia for Shaw. Maguire and Lindelof for the guys that started yesterday.

One of the boys should be starting in our midfield three. It's not like these young boys are eleven.

Only Garnacho played yesterday in a game that is the surest of games to start.

The Garnacho that played sef was below par yesterday, but no we should have filled the whole team with youngsters for the sake of minutes

maik99:


The Garnacho that played sef was below par yesterday, but no we should have filled the whole team with youngsters for the sake of minutes

Please don't mention me about this anymore

odizeey:


Please don't mention me about this anymore

Just admit that the coach made the right decisions and move on