European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 4:34am On May 11, 2021 |
KingAlabi: Na surely ment for this street Sha
I guess we should have kept sanchez, young and darmain so we could win the premier league, but again, why didn't mou win the league with them.  When it comes to Amaka some people abjure logic and sound reasoning. Serie A is not EPL. The fact that Sanchez, Darmian and Ashley Young are in that picture should be enough cause for pause. Those players were already dropping disaster class even before Amaka came so I don’t understand what the fuss is about. That is how they were hyping Smalling until we faced him and our forwards dragged him all over the place like an Ileya ram. League that the immobile Immobile is one of their most dynamic strikers. Talking about Dortmund, Immobile the Serie A legend is the only Dortmund striker to flop badly in the last decade. He flopped in Bundesliga and flopped in La Liga only to come back and tear 29 league goals and 36 league goals in Serie A. That league is a joke. Congrats to our ex-players for dominating that farmer’s league but the club made the right decision to offload them. We don’t play in a farmer’s league. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 5:15pm On May 10, 2021 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 1:47pm On May 10, 2021 |
lekkie073: the difference between Sancho and Greenwood is not worth throwing up to GBP50m on the former. In two years' time, Greenwood will give better output than Sancho.
Don't be carried away by what you see in Dortmund. Kagawa and Mkitaryan comes to mind. Greenwood is a striker not a right winger. To get the best out of him we need to move centrally at some point. We can buy Sancho for the RW and move Greenwood centrally to be Cavani’s back up. I have always liked Sancho right from the academy games to the Under-17 World Cup. I think he is the real real. Lewandowski, Aubameyang, and Gundogan were also at Dortmund, so everybody’s case is different. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 1:08pm On May 10, 2021 |
handelex: #mufc no longer deem Jadon Sancho a priority, partially because of Mason Greenwood #mulive [men]
Must be ment  Probably a bargaining ploy. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 1:48am On May 10, 2021 |
Those clowns at the back should not try this go one goal down rubbish in the final o. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 4:51pm On May 09, 2021 |
Sniper4real: Assuming as we're playing Mcfred we're not conceding goals. I'll say that are working. But both players will be on the field and opponent will still have easy access to our defense, it's not supposed to be They are both orogbo midfielders. There is no solid benefit to playing them. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 4:10pm On May 09, 2021 |
coogar: cavani is shyte! [b][/b]chicharito is better than him - the only player in that french league we should be getting is alexandre lacazette.
he's the best all rounder striker in europe. he's still very young & so he can be modified to suit any tactical approach. i dunno why LVG isn't even paying him any attention.  If only this guy was here to defend himself. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 2:53pm On May 09, 2021 |
How can a CB be as physically weak as Lindelof? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 2:08pm On May 09, 2021 |
afrodoc: If we win today we all but seal Top 4. A win gets us to 70 points and the best West Ham can get to is 70 points but we have a far better goal difference. It is better we seal Top 4 today and also dent Liverpool's chances on Thursday. Whatever happens against Leicester happens. I have no beef with them. patrickmuf: So, you'd be okay if we get pummeled by Leicester?
I would have preferred more of the bench players take to the field today whilst a mixed team takes on Leicester and then we go full force on Liverpool...
Away from the rivalry sha I'd rather Liverpool finishes 4th instead of Leicester... |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 2:07pm On May 09, 2021 |
Oasis007: I will rather play weak Teams against Villa and Liverpool Doc. If we win today we all but seal Top 4. A win gets us to 70 points and the best West Ham can get to is 70 points but we have a far better goal difference. It is better we seal Top 4 today and also dent Liverpool's chances on Thursday. Whatever happens against Leicester happens. I have no beef with them. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 1:57pm On May 09, 2021 |
patrickmuf: Is it against Leicester and Liverpool this man wants to rest some players?
Even if Bruno wants to play everyday, it is the duty of the manager to protect him. See how Pep is protecting his key men, he knows he can't risk them at this stage but Ole will start Bruno, Maguire, Lindelof and Wan-Bissaka every match day and then you want the likes of Williams, VDB, Bailly, Tuanzebe and Telles to look sharp whenever they're called upon?
At least rest some key players as our fixture list is tight. You guys should relax. The smart thing to do is to alternate strong and weak teams, so strong team today, weak team against Leicester, and strong team against Liverpool. There is no point resting players today then playing the strong team against both Leicester and Liverpool. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 1:48pm On May 08, 2021 |
SyIvalord: Academy boys giving me joy. Dillon and Charlie hat tricks. The midfield play was just too sleek with Iqbal at CM and Hansen-Aaroen at AM. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 1:34pm On May 08, 2021 |
McNeill scores his 3rd goal. 7-1. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 1:21pm On May 08, 2021 |
olabode89: McNeill is just a born scorer, 22 goals for the season. He was quiet for majority of the first half but scored with his first sniff at goal. McNeill scores his 2nd, from the spot. 6-1. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 12:51pm On May 08, 2021 |
McNeill scores. 4-0 first half. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 12:48pm On May 08, 2021 |
This Reguilon na oshe.  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 12:26pm On May 08, 2021*. Modified: 1:21pm On May 08, 2021 |
patrickmuf: Doc, do they have better players in their academy? Are we slightly overrating our academy players compared to theirs? Sancho and Foden tops our recent products... They have better squads. Remember that Under-18 and Under-23 is not about titles but about player development, hence there is no 1st team. Hence whenever rotation takes place they maintain their quality while ours drops. In particular we have very few good defenders in our entire youth set up. For the Under-23s in terms of attacking quality for instance our best players are about the same level as City's players but once you go past our best 2-3 players they have the edge. Also their players are a bit older and more seasoned than ours. Our Under-23 defense has been a joke. For the Under-18s our players are about as good as theirs IMO. Our recruitment for this under-18 was really good. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 11:55am On May 08, 2021 |
Manchester City about to win the Premier League title, Premier League 2 (Under-23) title as the Under-18 Premier League North title. O wrong nau!!!
Only our under-18s can stop them but that is not looking likely. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 11:29am On May 08, 2021 |
weedtaker: 35yr old yilmaz...nah Mbappe can never be clear of Black Ronaldo  Yilmaz has 15 goals, Mbappe has 25. Mbappe is Rashford with more intelligence and calmer finishing. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 11:28am On May 08, 2021 |
CapitalCee: He will field a strong side against Liverpool, Liecester are the ones to benefit I agree that should be the way. Strong against Villa, weak against Leicester, strong against Liverpool, weak against Fulham. We just need 4 points from 5 games to seal top 4. At this point that final is more important. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 11:18am On May 08, 2021 |
KingAlabi: For me let us beat what is in front of us, once we are sure of champs league footy, I don mind seeing fish in defence and elanga in attack against pool, Leicester et al. Fish has been so poor this season it is not funny. He has been like a Fish out of water. Elanga on the other hand has been electrifying pre and post injury. Amad, Mejbri, Shoretire, Elanga deserve some minutes before the season ends, just not at the same time. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 8:18am On May 08, 2021 |
handelex: What OGS said Doc...
"Someone might not happy with my team selection for one or two games because it might affect whoever gets into CL. That’s not my problem. I don't know how you can defend playing these three games in such a short space of time.” Maybe he is being misunderstood though. He is probably talking about the fact that if he fields weakened teams against Leicester and Liverpool, Chelshit and West Ham might not like it. He should get on with the job. If he had not soldered Telles, Williams, Bailly and co to the bench for long periods they would not be so rusty. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 6:14am On May 08, 2021*. Modified: 7:27am On May 08, 2021 |
Leyqute: At all. We for suffer die. I expect some of our players to get injured due to that congested fixture. Instead of complaining over spilled milk Amaka should make use of the squad. The gap between us and 5th gives him the opportunity to make some changes. If important players get injured and miss the Europa League final because of the fixture congestion it is on him. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 12:52pm On May 07, 2021 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 12:27pm On May 07, 2021 |
handelex: Arteta man... I don't really know what he learnt from Pep. His team doesn't even play anywhere close to how Pep's team plays, and he was his right hand man. Arteta played under Moyes for several years. Na Moyes disciple.  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 12:22pm On May 07, 2021 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 12:01pm On May 07, 2021 |
patrickmuf: We see his flaws every match day, is it that the coaches are not talking to him or he is adamant he won't tweak his game because the thing tire me. The guy passed through the 10 yrs of Ajax Academy coaching playing that way. It will take a serious brain reset and an exceptional coaching team to change that. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 11:26am On May 07, 2021 |
Meanwhile if Amaka loses to this Villarreal side he deserves the sack. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 11:21am On May 07, 2021 |
patrickmuf: The guys that made the decision to sign him have access to all the technical information to evaluate his style vis a vis what Ole wants in his team, it's either they didn't do their home work or thought he was good enough to fit into the team to have splashed the cash...If I am not mistaken, he cost over £35m that's not small money to throw around. We signed Fellaini around the same time we signed Mata. There is no rhyme or reason to our lives bro. When have we ever been accused of doing our home work? This is not an excuse for Amaka but this narrative that VDB was this midfield maestro at Ajax should slow down. He was averaging 25 passes per game when the real maestro De Jong was averaging 75 passes. Averaging 25 passes in a possession based midfield that was facing shoemakers and other semi-pros in the Dutch league is almost criminal. Then the 2nd narrative that because he was so good there (questionable) he has to be good here is also wrong. There are 1001 examples to show that it is not automatic. With the way VDB plays the only position he can slot into easily is the AM position, but this has been colonised by Bruno. You can’t play CM in the EPL and just be ghosting into the box and not contribute to passing in midfield. In order to play central midfield here he has to adjust his game a little. Reduce the ghosting into box and contribute more to real midfield play. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 10:48am On May 07, 2021 |
patrickmuf: I watched Walker at Tottenham and now at City, you'd agree his brainfarts moments has reduced or isn't on show again because Pep took time to coach him. When he first joined, I remember Pep saying he relies more on his Pace than brain and as time past, Walker is now more composed and less hurried on the ball, that's more to do with good coaching.
Aguero had to tweak his game to fit in at some point due to the demands of Pep.
Mahrez just didn't take his chance, his all round play has improved and that's down to good coaching. Even KDB's game has evolved, he can now play as a CM and even dovetail as a false 9 as against CAM he was vested in before now...
I look at VDB and I am surprised that a player who played as a CM several times at Ajax seems completely lost at United. Those runs he is making, he made them at Ajax to the delight of most football fans so, why are things looking different here? It's not like he was a ball hog at Ajax, he played just the same way and he looked good. So many top players have come here and struggle and it's not like our football is anything as complex as what City plays so it really bothers me... Many of you guys overrated or overhyped VDB. He is a good player but not the level of player some of you think he is. I remember when I was debating with Kagawa a couple of years ago and raised concerns about his passing. How can you be playing in a dominant possession based midfield and you are passing the ball 25 times and your partner is passing the ball 75 times. The 2nd guy is a controller while the first guy is just a football hyena. Some players are highly dependent on systems but it might not be obvious at the start. That is why not everybody in the Porto team of 2004 was that good even though most of them got good moves. Same with that Ajax team. Even Z-yansh looked way better in Ajax, and that system carried a borderline Premier League flop like Tadic into the UEFA Squad of the season and Ballon D’Or list. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by afrodoc(m): 3:59am On May 07, 2021*. Modified: 10:11am On May 07, 2021 |
BlueMann: Meanwhile Makelele said y'all should stop calling it the 'Makelele role', and start calling it the 'Kante role'. Makelele was different. Kante has the stamina advantage no doubt but I have never seen a player play CDM with the IQ of Makelele. Kante does more running and plays like an old skool box 2 box midfielder. Normally because of his running he should be a defensive liability without a partner that sits, however his stamina and recovery levels are off the charts. It would be interesting to see if he suffers from a Vidal like decline. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc(m): 4:46am On May 06, 2021 |
CapitalCee: Nawao Doc. Are you now an Ole outer? Lol.
Ole sexuals think we hate him, lol. Na no one does. His capacity is not just good enough, just like Lampard in Chelsea, Wilmots in Belgium, Henry in Monaco, Arteta in Arsenal, Pirlo in Juve, Kovac in Bayern, Shearer in Newcastle etc. There is still Eric Ten Haag, VDS can still help us facilitate that one. But people are reminiscing on a tap in at Nou Camp in 1999. With a Midfield of Bruno & Pogba a competent manager will easily win trophies. Even this Martial and co that people are slagging off, get a good manager you will see those fring players suddenly hit form. I am on the decking. I actually built the fence but left it when it became too crowded. I have always maintained that sacking Amaka was not the problem, rather the main challenge is getting a competent replacement. I didn’t trust Poch but was open about my appreciation of Tuchel and Nagelsmann’s abilities. By keeping on to Amaka for too long we are repeating the mistake of 2012-2014 when we lost out on Pep and Klopp. The root of the problem is that fans and ownership see things differently. Fans look at Amaka and think “There is no way we will win major titles with this guy in charge”. Owners look at Amaka and think “There is no way we won’t make top 4 with this guy in charge”. |