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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 2:48pm On Jun 30, 2023
MRTA7:
Its because the club is full of mumus when it comes to negotiations. Chelsea had an FFP deadline today and Mount wasnt signing any extension. There's no way the club shouldnt have come out from the deal with the upper hand.
Yeah but we would have gained maybe 5m from the negotiation. The fee is a bit high but not really a big deal. The major issue is the choice of the player. We just need to hope that ETH has a good plan in mind for how he will use the guy.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 1:16pm On Jun 30, 2023
MRTA7:
You too like trouble. cheesy
Hahaha. Wahala.

I am serious nah. ETH obviously wanted Mount. I heard he tried to sign him when he was Ajax manager and Mount was on loan in the Eredivisie.

The only thing one can blame the board for is not being able to successfully beat the price down a bit but that is neither here nor there. He was not going to go for less than 50m no matter who negotiated. Main thing is ETH wanted his man and the board backed him EARLY on this one. If it works out genius move but if does not, he will face the consequences.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 1:02pm On Jun 30, 2023
nitrogen:
If ETH wants him, then there is nothing anyone can do about it.
100% on ETH.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 9:58am On Jun 30, 2023
nitrogen:
The Mount deal is just demoralizing!
Tell your guys to abort mission na.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 8:30pm On Jun 29, 2023
Leyqute:
Maybe with Bruno as CM?

I can't even see how Bruno playing deeper beside Case with Mount as AM in an attacking possessive formation betters a Case-Caicedo/FDJ/Rabiot combo with Bruno at the top ATM.
That is why ETH gets paid the big bucks. It doesn’t really fit for me.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 7:53pm On Jun 29, 2023
adebayo201:
Where's Mr. Nitrogen?
Negotiating club sale.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 7:35pm On Jun 29, 2023
ChristoBam:
Still can't imagine how ETH left Martinez at Ajax and was chasing after Timber. Meanwhile what we needed was a player that Martinez. Left footed, left CB. Glad it worked out good at the end.

But I'm seeing a pattern of tunnel vision from Ten Hag. He has wanted Mount for years and suddenly has the chance. Don't see how he fits into what we need RN. Just like Timber last summer.
I don’t think transfers is his strong suit. Casemiro and Martinez were wuruwuru to the answer. His other targets have been mediocre so far.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 7:33pm On Jun 29, 2023
chrisley024:
Mount is just another English player that runs around the pitch like a headless-chicken.

Hope he performs well here and a backup to Bruno
He doesn’t even play in CM. It would be interesting to see how ETH integrates him into the starting 11. He might look headless as an AM because that is not what suits his skillset since he doesn’t really have that vision. As a CM his pressing and ability to run with the ball might come in handy. One can only hope and think positively.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 7:29pm On Jun 29, 2023
Ellexy:
I like Caceido but what has he really done in football that is warranting this meltdown? He's just had one good season, just one.

Mount on the other hand has won the CL in which he played a crucial role. He's won Chelsea's player of the season twice in a row. He was below par last season but so was the entire Chelsea team.

Everyone of us here always knows better than the coaches.
There has been no meltdown here unless you don’t know the meaning of the word. It is normal for fans to analyse and criticise transfers, and nobody has gone overboard here.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 6:05pm On Jun 29, 2023
Leyqute:
If you look closely, you’ll see that most of the signings we’ve made made , or have pursued under ETH either played for him in the Eredivisie, played in the Eredivisie, (where he was a coach), in the Bundesliga (where he was assistant coach), or he used to be interested in them.

Signed:
Antony PoCoLee ✅
Malacia✅
Lisandro Martinez ✅
Casemiro 🚫
Eriksen 🚫
Weghorst ✅
Sabitzer ✅

Pursued:
FDJ✅
Timber✅
Onana✅
Rabiot ✅
Mount ✅

Make of this whatever you will.
Eriksen was a star at Ajax when ETH started his managerial career. Casemiro is the only outlier.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 5:55pm On Jun 29, 2023
CapitalCee:
I am not saying peopke are not highly rated. I have criticised signings very strongly, eg Sancho, 55m for mount is high but will depends on his performance, Mount is not a bad player. For Caicedo i have watched him at Brighton while he is a fantastic player, 80m for him is too risky. He may or may not succeed in equal proportion. My person opinion is that Mount is a more risk-free option that Caicedo even though their positions are different.
Maybe. Maybe not. Only time will tell.

I think we could have gotten Caicedo for 70m though, and 70m for Caicedo is better value than 60m for Mount in my book. We also need a player like Caicedo (DM/CM) more than we need a player like Mount (AM)

What is done is done. Mount will have the full support of the fans in the staadium.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 5:40pm On Jun 29, 2023
CapitalCee:
Is it a guarantee Caicedo will suceed at Chelsea if they buy him?
Nothing is guaranteed in life but that doesn't mean a club should bid 100m for McTominay or refuse to pay 20m for Mbappe.

Mount is now our player and the hope is that he performs but let's not make it like certain players are not more highly rated than others.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 5:12pm On Jun 29, 2023
Nice one. Now Chelshit have the money to buy Caicedo.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 5:07pm On Jun 29, 2023
MRTA7:
Ornstein announces just a few major transfers while Romano seems to do every single transfer even academy signings. It doesnt have to be one or the other. You can follow both.
They are both authentic. I think people feel that sometimes Romano taps in a few transfers sha.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 5:05pm On Jun 29, 2023
Leyqute:
Yup.

Ornstein announced it first. But Romano has a bigger following.
Romano is the Inzaghi of transfer news. Legendary tap in merchant. The guy don use Here we go bobo everybody. grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 9:27am On Jun 29, 2023
Leyqute:
Well, football doesn’t care about that. You either deliver or you get shipped out.

Sad, but it’s the truth. If not, Ravel Morrison would still be here (he didn’t deliver).

Do you think Kobbie Mainoo’s injury towards the end of last season stopped him from getting some minutes? Like, if he wasn’t injured, would he have played the Fulham game?
Yeah but Mejia’s kind of bad luck is just unreal. He suffered 3 potentially career ending injuries in 3 years.

If we just dump him it will be more difficult to attract other talented youth players. We have to show loyalty and help him get back on his feet. It’s not costing the club much anyway.
With regards to Mainoo getting minutes towards the end of last season, I am not sure. ETH moves in mysterious ways.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 8:43am On Jun 29, 2023
Leyqute:
Thanks.

He did look ordinary in the few videos of him I’ve seen.
He suffered a season long injury the first season he got here before really playing any matches.
He came beck the 2nd season and played 1 or 2 matches and suffered another season long injury.
He came back the 3rd season and suffered another season long injury.

It is a miracle he is still playing football IMO.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 3:04am On Jun 29, 2023
Leyqute:
Afrodoc have you ever seen Mateo Mejia in action?
Yes. He was probably more highly rated than Garnacho when he came over from Spain as a goal machine but he has been injured for practically 3 seasons straight, and serious injuries too.

I believe he has had 2 ACL injuries here and a 3rd season- long injury. In 4 years here this season was the first time he was fit for more than 3 straight games. It is usually 1 or 2 games then season ending injury.

Whatever athletic ability he had has dissipated. There are still a few glimpses of what he might have been but he is no longer the speedster he was hyped up to be. This last season was the first time he played more than 3 games consecutively.

I believe the new contract is a loyalty contract from us just to give him time to try to get some semblance of fitness and move him on.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc(m): 7:33pm On Jun 28, 2023
Dem don stain Davido white o.

It is to be expected that O.B.O likes obo sha.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc(m): 3:34pm On Jun 28, 2023
raumdeuter:
There is practically a target on your back if there is any chance you might be a rich guy, even friend to a rich guy sef. Even local artistes visit any school campus in Naija go chop 5 girls for free if he is interested. Even if you be F-list celeb wey don cast almost a decade ago whether you are Saheed Osupa, lilkesh or Duncan mighty

There was an All star weekend event that came to my city many years back so me and my guys were out clubbing. That all star weekend many celebrities hit town and girls from neighboring cities and states all troop in hoping to score a rich guy,

At a bar, One of my guys wey don high just went to chat up some girls and gave them lamba that I am a basketballer but play in the D-league. Before we knew it the gist don dey go round the club in her friends circle, Our table don begin full with her friends and those who heard and wanted to "hang out". I was wondering why the sudden interest and just saw my friend laughing and texting me to play along. I played along for a while until I panicked cos small play play wey we wan do fit turn to something else.

I quickly made my exit


Sure thing bro. Sure thing.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc(m):
DontBullshitMe:
The convoy isn't for him alone. He can't stop Governors, dep Governors, Speakers etc from welcoming him and these people themselves have their own convoys.

No matter how bad it looks, political office holders deserve a certain level of security guarantee.
Even if it won’t solve the country’s problems it is not the right thing to do as it is a waste of funds and, as others have said bad optics.

What business do all those people have leaving their duty posts to welcome him. It was abroad he travelled to not heaven. If the country is broke and the people are cutting costs then the government should also be seen to be pulling in the same direction.

The lower classes are being asked to make sacrifices and bear with the government because the government is broke and the same government officials are blatantly wasting money on such frivolities. Shouldn’t everybody be making sacrifices?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 9:02am On Jun 28, 2023
grin

Wahala!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 5:56pm On Jun 27, 2023
Ellexy:
I can't bear another FDJ saga.
You are getting a saga by force. Either a Mount saga or an FDJ saga, and it is possible you get both sagas sef.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 5:09pm On Jun 27, 2023
Ellexy:
More like ruthless.
He should have made his decision on DDG since. Either you keep or you let him go on time. The same problem with Maguire. If ETH had told him face to face that he was an otondo defender with no chance of starting Maguire would have been pushing to leave the club instead of this delusion of fighting for his place.

The guy needs competent technical directors and directors of football badly. The confused souls the Glazers appointed will get lost in a telephone booth.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 2:45pm On Jun 27, 2023
larride:
The Glazers are the most useless family in the world.

They should and arrested and tried for crimes against humanity.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 11:38am On Jun 27, 2023
ChristoBam:
A lot of it is from differed wages from that covid era. Not that they negotiated a contract of that amount originally.
Bartomeu still na useless man. The guy carry Barca to where dem no know.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc(m): 7:14pm On Jun 26, 2023
larride:
My wife give birth to a bouncing baby girl this afternoon. Both mother and child are in good health. 😎
Nice one! You are doing well!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 3:45pm On Jun 26, 2023
kozmicity:
https://twitter.com/EverydayMUFC22/status/1673292720419360771?t=qaZBH7nZfO5yEmobyGZBAA&s=19



Onana vs Costa. If we eventually get a keeper(which I'm certain we won't), I'd prefer Onana because at the moment, he's a better overall GK than Costa, but Costa has the potential to surpass him in 2 years at most and since price is crucial to our transfer plans and we can get Onana for around 20 million cheaper... Why not?
Very good article. It would have been nice if he had added DDG’s stats for comparison in order to give more context.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc(m): 1:03pm On Jun 26, 2023
A40:
Hahaha. Pastor and Olusho I no sabi who commit pass. Though I no blame Olusho sef because have you seen what Cele girls hide under that garment??


E get why I no fit take any woman wey dey carry Pastor or church for head seriously. Just tells me you're easily spun
E get one club boy for school who was the next door neighbour to a pastor. The guy chop belleful on top his informal taxation policy.

Numerous babes used to visit the pastor na so this neighbour vex say pastor no fit dey chop alone. Once pastor no dey around and the babes come around the guy will offer to host them in his room until pastor comes back.

The guy go try whine those babes like clock. Sometimes he go succeed thief pastor babe but other times he go fail. Meanwhile pastor no fit voice out anything. Na so the guy tax that pastor for a few years until their rooms change.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc(m): 6:33pm On Jun 25, 2023
BlueRayDick:
grin

This reminded me of this Nigerian lady that played Balquis in American gods where
she demands men to worship her while kncaking her till her puna swallows them up
Wahala!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by afrodoc(m): 5:54pm On Jun 25, 2023
Emaprince:
Don't be shocked. Some men do that for no reward. The level at which most men worship women is astonishing.

They will see a girl that looks pretty to them and just dash her money for being fine.

Ask some fine female friends around you, if they are being honest and comfortable gisting you, your ear will full.

This is why you see a broke woman carrying shoulder up as if she is worth anything.
That is called putting the puci on a pedestal. Some men build the puci up to be this great Greek goddess called Pussilia and worship it. grin
SportsRe: The NBA Begins by afrodoc(m): 8:55am On Jun 25, 2023
birdman:
What other side. Im all ears o
I am not ready to debate it until the rapture.

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