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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”.

I said the opportunity cost of keeping a mediocre like Amaka in the job would be losing out on good managers like Tuchel and Nagelsmann but OleIn felt aggrieved.

Fans just want to win titles but the owners just want to make money. This club is unevenly yoked.

LostMyZeal:
Well, when it comes to Grealish I think using the term 'shoehorn' is kinda out of place. I mean, he's a versatile player.

Now, talking about websites that keep tabs on stats and all. I don't think I need any statkeeper to tell me about something I watch on TV

Once again. I want to reiterate that I have seen Grealish operate from the right side of the pitch.

And furthermore, I'd like to point you to the fact that Grealish alternates between left and right side of the pitch... he's not as static as you think and that's why it's so difficult to mark him. He no dey stay one place



And for the bold, I watched Grealish cause havoc from the right side of the pitch with my eyes last season.

Finding yourself on the right side of the field on a few occasions is not the same as going against the left back on a daily basis. For the example I have seen Rashford cause real damage to the opponents from the right wing but we all know that he struggles when played extensively there.

Can you name one premier league game that Grealish played as a RW or RM? He is a talented player and if we are losing Pogba I wouldn’t mind him coming to play as an AM/LWF however, if we buy him as a RWF we will back after a year complaining that we don’t have quality RWFs.

LostMyZeal:
I have seen him operate from there a lot of times. Grealish can cause havoc from anywhere

This is not true. You don’t know there are websites that keep a tab on these things. Grealish has played only one match on the right wing in his career and that was about 3 years ago in the Championship.

It would be madness to spend big money on a player only to attempt to shoehorn him into a role he has never really played before. It would be doubly crazy when there are other options of similar quality ( and most likely way better on the right) who have actually played that role.

LostMyZeal:
Doesn't matter whether he's played once in the last century

Grealish will solve the problem smoothly

That guy can play anywhere across the front 4

How do you know he can play well on the right? How many times have you seen him play there?

LostMyZeal:



People seem to forget that we'll be having a versatile player in Grealish. I mean, he can play from anywhere across the front 4 and we could really use that.



Sell Pogba now and get Grealish and Kane in. Grealish will seamlessly solve our long RMF problem and let the starlets who are purported to take that role in the future develop.



Yes, na me talk am!

Grealish has played on the right side of midfield or attack just ONCE in the last 8 years. He is not solving the RMF problem cos he is as left sided as they come.

Forson scores for the Under-23s. McNeill on the bench.

patrickmuf:
Who's this Konrad Laimer?

RB Leipzig player. Fractured his ankle last year and has not played since.

I would pass on that one. Let us see how he plays next season first.

The main reason I have not mentioned Phillips is because of his Leeds background, otherwise he has all the tools needed.

Ndidi’s passing might not be the best but he makes up for it in terms of defensive solidity, and he can take better care of of the ball on the half turn than McFred.

Bissouma is also in that Ndidi style but maybe a little defensive solidity and a little more technique.

They also cover ground quite well which is not something one can say about Rice IMO.

CapitalCee:
You are an idio.t to qoute me with your gibberish. Have you ever seen me go back in this forum to qoute you or anybody for that matter on any issue?. In terms of football knowledge and analysis you are no where near my grade. Alex Ferguson said that Phil Jones will be like the great Duncan Edwards and will captain Man United, the great, Mircea Lucescu exchanged Andrea Pirlo for Dražen Brnčić.
My issue with sancho is that the price is too exorbitant which might put him under undue pressure, why dont you go and bring my comments where i suggested we buy Sancho? Moreover Banging goals in Bundesliga has proven not to be fool-proof for success in EPL.

Everybody gets it wrong once in a while. The part where I can’t help you is where you said Gio Reyna was HEAD AND SHOULDERS above Sancho.

You have to avoid hyperbole when trying to prove a point. Reyna might end up being the better player but there is no head and shoulders thing going on right now.

KingAlabi:
Docky why nau

I no get any agenda o. I just wan check something. After all no be everything be agenda.

KingAlabi:
I didn't say he isn't good at passing, but when he misses a pass, it hardly ever ends well, don't get defensive jare.

You want him not to get defensive about Fred?

You are O.Y.O

So none of the Smalldini fans could defend their guy yesterday. The bros was running from pillar to post like someone seeking deliverance at an aladura church.

Lana1:

Omo. I'm actually impressed.
Guys here have learnt the sacred art of jump and pass. Dem ignore am into non-existence.

I can’t just stand and watch as you guys malign and calumniate my homie hensbrain like that.

obainojazz:
Doc, I’ve been getting shocked whenever I touch metal surfaces from door handles to television, or when I’m about opening my car, and some other random stuffs... it’s driving me crazy
Could there be a medical reason or it’s due to the weather?

That one easy. You too dey tap current from all those Aussie girls.






It’s the weather. Cold and dry air in particular.

Try wearing leather-soled shoes, touching the glass window of the car before touching the metallic door, using a humidifier at home.

It just MIGHT help. If it doesn’t no wahala. Nothing go happen.

Lastly stop tapping current.

Someone should please give hensbrain some accolades. He has been repeating the same thing since yesterday but you guys are ignoring him.

Please give him his accolades. He paid his dues.

KingAlabi:
I know brotherly, but my black Ronaldo dey suffer am no

Didn't notice him in yesterday's match.

Rashford is injured. Your Amaka was a great player for us but sometimes his brain dey touch.

Rashford that has been playing half game and limping off for the past few weeks. He hasn’t even been training fully.

That is the guy Amaka started in a crucial game and to make matters worse he started him on the RW where he often struggled even when fit.

The guy should be rested for the next few weeks. He could not even outrun those slow Roma defenders yesterday.

GloryIsaac:
Isn’t this the same thing I referred to yesterday?

A simple decision to rush out after the defence lapsed could have turned things in our favor, even if it doesn’t, at least he tried.

This in no way insinuates that he’s at fault for the goal. It simply means that an attempt should be made when the defence lapses (which they’ll still do).

It is all about context and perception. You should not just come and mention DDG when you have not first mentioned, one by one, the 4 or 5 people who were culpable for that goal.

I believe Henderson should be No1 but I can see why a DDG fan would be unhappy with someone mentioning him when the real mistakes were made by others.

Oasis007:
Is Henderson even better than DDG at the moment? I doubt it.

He is better for this team. We shouldn’t have 2 slow CBs that don’t have recovery pace and a GK that refuses to come off the goal line at the same time.

GloryIsaac:
No one blamed De Gea ffs.. did you read the follow up posts?

DDG shouldn’t have been mentioned at all. Calling him out on that goal is the same as blaming him.

We can’t be calling Henderson’s name every time DDG concedes a goal.
Henderson is not Super Man. Himself dey concede goal.

Oasis007:


Smalling is a United Legend....... deserves a Statute at OT.

Okolocha should prease build him a statue. Shey na the Smalling wey some people here dey hype be this?

nitrogen:
That thread is nonsense. We did not need to spend more than any other club to achieve success in those five years because we had a very good squad (plus depth). Just ask yourself why we went ahead to succeed in Europe within those five years? Got to UCL semis 4-5 times in 5-6 seasons, got to finals 3 times between 2008 and 2013. Don’t tell me it was just about Fergie’s brilliance, because we did not do well in the UCL in prior years.

The thread is nonsense. Fact is the Glazers have spent. We matched City’s spending between 2013 and 2020, with less success because City got the better manager. We’ve had several superstars come and go, also hired other ‘quality’ managers in the same period. It’s really unfair to castigate them.

I will only blame them for not doing their best to get Pep. Very few managers guarantee stability and trophies. Since they’ve missed the train, they should continue to hire and sack for success.

You fall my hand. You no upload graph this time.

hoopLA:
Elder,
If my memory serves me here, people were laughing at Nagelsmann when we won that game with a freaky flukey scoreline.
A scoreline that was rubbished when they dumped us out of the champions league.
[b]Now those same guys are complaining about Bayern "poaching" him.
[/b]Now one person is talking about "rationality flying out of thr window".

Abeg judge the matter.


Is that not foolishness?

Someone has got mail.

patrickmuf:
Who would have thought Chelsea could go to Madrid and come out unscathed?

We didn't hear how great Madrid midfield is because Chelsea has got a good tactician. In a short time, he has turned Chelsea into one of the most difficult teams to beat. He has done this with the same players that looked bad under Lampard but here, we come up with excuses for Ole everytime. When you call for his head, they'll ask you who is out there that can replace Ole as if Tuchel just fell from the heavens...Nqgelmann has been taken but it's only when it involves Manchester United that you begin to feel like there's no good coach available...

This was my main fear from time. The same way we missed out on a good replacement for Fergie when Klopp and Pep were potentially available, we might lose out on good managers again.

Every time we mentioned Tuchel and Nagelsmann here OleInners with their thin skin would come out and ridicule them. 2 managers that were available and are far better than what we have presently. We want to upgrade players and upgrade owners but we don't want to upgade manager. It is a makanaki something.

Panther7:
I never said that

Welcome to Nairaland, where someone will formulate something different from what you said and then start arguing with you mainly by attacking the formulated statement which he now attributes to you.

jargooflife912:
No striker have a business outside the box just score goals RVN can’t do anything outside the box all the goals he scored for United only one was outside the box

ok

Panther7:
This guy gives me lukaku vibes just score goals and inshallah pretty much useless outside the box

I can't really dispute this. He does not pass the eye test the same way Greenwood did, but time will tell.

KingTom:
The negotiations have been terrible, Woodward is gone i certainly hope his twin brother won't have the same 'sense' he had

Look at you. Woodward, his kindergarten classmate Arnold, and Matt Judge who heads the transfer negotiation team, all went to the same University.

Like I said before, the more things change the more they stay the same.

McNeill just scored again.

KingTom:
I remember reading about United scouts watching Upamecano before he moved from France

The scouts can watch and recommend BUT if the negotiators are wack there is no point. Ordinary Dortmund used us to shine over 3 different players in 1 year.

eph12:
I never saw a serious bid. All speculations

You can’t even trust our negotiation team.

The people that negotiated 50m pounds for 1 season defensive full back AWB but were dragging their feet over the same fee for offensive juggernaut Bruno. If any other club was interested we would have lost out.

The same team that sent unknown men in suit to buy Herrera thereby delaying the deal by a year.

The same team that forgot that British Time is different from Central European Time, thereby scuppering any little chance we had of signing Haaland.

patrickmuf:
Are the teams forced to sell to Bayern? Those Bundesliga clubs are actually stupid, they can sell those players to EPL teams for even more but they rather sell to Bayern. Why they choose to strengthen a team that is already ahead of them and in the same league calls for concern.

Exactly. If a man keeps giving you his best farm produce while he himself struggles to feed is it your fault? The people who should be questioned are those running the other clubs who have capitulated on a permanent basis, and those running the league who could have looked for ways to make the playing field more balanced.

Those in charge at Bayansh are just making the best possible use of the winning cards they have been dealt. They have a group of competent, experienced, and influential old boys who have sustained order and progress there for decades now.

Leyqute:
It’s not poaching when what you snatched from others isn’t deemed valuable.

Leipzig did all the hardwork required to turn Nagelsmann and Upamecano into who they are today. Bayern just swooped in to cart away the finished product. It’s not a new thing. The problem is why aren’t other teams able to compete on that level wirh Bayern?

Leipzig didn't do any hard work. They also poached. The hard work was done at Hoffenheim where he as an unknown manager transformed a relegation contender into a Champions League qualifier overnight.