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handelex:
Honestly I hope he doesn't, as a matter of fact we have momentum and it's not advisable to temper with a winning formula.

Edit: But on another thought, our second string players should be able to beat this Bournemouth team at home especially with their abysmal form. As Ole cited some few knocks in the first team, this might also be a good opportunity for rotation and give some players like Matic and maybe Shaw some rest.

After this there is no match until end of next week, so why should he rest players?

If the guy allows village people to mislead him na him sabi.

We have to ensure we capitalize on Leicester and Chelshit’s slip up.

handelex:
And gradually they're looking like they'll become world beaters.

Brahim Diaz was tricky like Sancho but not as fast and not as instinctive in his dribbling.
Foden was the one already playing with the game awareness and maturity of a seasoned pro hence the hype.
Diaz IMO was and is still a step below.

handelex:
That Phil Foden na real baller sha.

Phil Foden, Sancho, and Brahim Diaz used to show their opponents pepper when they were in the youth team.
Chelsea had Hudson-Odoi, Liverpool had Brewster and Woodburn, United had Gomes and Chong, but City had 3 potential world beaters disgracing defenders week in week out.

Ravioli:
Why u sabi book lai dis!!?

Lol. Who say I sabi book?

I have always keenly followed the youth setup but developed even greater interest during Mourinho’s reign when we were playing diabolical football.

Ravioli:
You speak with so much sense.. Dem born you for December?? Asking for the fam

Nah. I no be December pikin.

CapitalCee:
Fantastic! I watched the Lad in one of our Europa games we was fantastic. Please Doc, dont we have good midfielders in the academy that we will use to replace Lingard and Pereira? To be Frank those two have overstayed their welcome

For some reason Dylan Levitt has not been given any real opportunity even though he has impressed as a midfield controller for the last 2 years.
I am suspecting it is because of his physique as he is a skinny lad. I love his passing range, awareness, and composure on the ball.

Hannibal Mejbri is tipped to be the next world beater after Greenwood but he is still probably 2 years away.

JayromWrites:
So sad for Dalot though.. A really good chap

Wouldn't it be better if we get vdb

I don't fancy Grealish abit

And Maddison would end up on the bench

VDB would still end up on the bench to cos he isn’t displacing Pogba or Bruno and won’t be an ideal CDM with those 2.

Whether it is Maddison or VDB or Grealish, we would be buying midfielders for the squad so our game play does not go to shyte the moment Pogba and Bruno are injured or rested.

The only spaces for a first team player are CDM where Matic is aging and McTom is not yet trusted AND RWF where Mason is young and James is rubbish.

It’s a complex issue. Even though we can improve at CDM i think the committee of Matic,McTom, Fred can be managed for another season.

The problem is at no10 whereby once Bruno is not there the game play collapses ( It is now established that Pogba is no8).

The other main problem is at RWF where James is useless and MasonG is still young.

MRTA7:
I wouldnt take either. We dont need another £50m number 10 at the club.

If we are getting rid of Perreira,Lingard and Mata this off season, then I might reconsider.

I see us getting rid of them over the next 2 windows.
The drop off in quality whenever Pogba and Bruno are off the pitch could not have escaped Ole and Woodward.

Maddison and Sancho won’t be a bad transfer window.

Last off season we sorted the defence so now it’s time to sort the attack.

Expert17:
That should be goodbye to Dalot and Fosu-Mensah

Dalot is almost certainly going. The only question mark is Laird’s recent injury worries.

Talent wise he is already better than Dalot and was the reason Williams moved from RB to LB.

MRTA7:
I'm also not sold on Grealish. I'm not convinced he's what we need.

I would take Maddison at 50m instead of Grealish at 35m.
I have seen Maddison play 10 at a top club and i have seen Grealish play LWF at a bottom club.

Khaytunechi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbSm6HsX_ek


Call the Coroner (to the shekpe thread)
There's gonna be a lot of slow singing and flower bringing if my burglar alarm starts ringing
What ya think all the guns is for?
All-purpose war, got the Rottweilers by the door
And I feed 'em gunpowder, so they can devour


Notorious BIG: Warning

Nice one DJ.
One of my favorite old timers. Wa gbayi.

CapitalCee:
Since Ighalo is there till January, Sancho will be better. Martial, Rashford and Greenwood all can play from the Centre, plus Ighalo. Sancho and James for the right wing, that's quality squad depth.

With Pogba, Fred, Bruno, Mctoms, Matic and Grealish. Lingard, Perriera and Mata must be moved on. We need to promote some academy players TBH.

I think the future of Williams is in the right side, let him and AWB hold that side while we find a world class LB.

The problem is that Ethan Laird has always been more highly rated at RB than Williams, and he has just been promoted to the senior squad by Ole.

Next season would likely see AWB and Laird at RB with Shaw and Williams at LB.

patrickmuf:
True that, max 35m or they bounce. If he comes, he should fight for a place with Bruno.

I really don't know if Ole will opt for a CF or stick with Greenwood and get get Sancho for the RW with James as his deputy.

This Grealish almost never plays centrally, always LWF.

I am quite suspicious of the guy. He is not quick enough to play on the wings for a top club and we have not really seen him play that 10 position in the EPL.

[quote author=Ibime post=91284011][/quote]Forget Black Lives for now bruv. Blue Lives matter more right now.

I dey come

ChristoBam:
Lol. I was one of those that laughed at you.

I forgive you. Go and sin no more.

Leyqute:
KingTom. Greenwood don score again

When i told them last year that he was already the best finisher in the club they were laughing.

Expert17:
Avoid this guy abeg.........i can't shout

Abi. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

tenmariner:
I feel worried paying a huge sum for players from Dortmund..

You ain’t lying, but the market is the market.
However if Sancho comes here and also flops we should permanently ban any further Dortmund deals.

eph12:
Should have done better though. He's a youngster and doesn't want to wait for his turn, then he should have made it impossible to be ignored. Those that have been accepted into the first took their chances at first asking. I doubt his mentality and strength to do well in the first team of a big club

It is all moot now though. Maybe he could have tried harder but he definitely didn’t get enough opportunity.

I actually prefer him leaving cos his career would have stagnated with so many senior options in his preferred position.

Leaving is the best option for him personally but he had better choose a club that has time and space for him.

eph12:
He got 3 games in the cup

Which cup?

In the Europa League:

1) Home against Astana. Played no10 and had a whoscored rating of 7.1 (higher than Rashford).

2) Against AZ Alkmaar. Left wing.

3) Return leg against Astana. Left wing.

He is not a winger. He is an attacking midfielder.

MRTA7:
I get what you're saying but because we overpaid for Wan Bissaka and Maguire, which we did, doesnt mean we should keep overpaying for other players.

Well Chelsea paid 58m for his houseboy Pulisic.

Barca paid over 100m for Dembele who had just over 50% of Sancho’s goal contribution.

50m without COVID is a joke.

Expert17:
Go and check Sancho's statistics ( goals and assists) .....

He's worth more than 50M ....

Pulisic 1yr older than Sancho yet chopping bench for him, 58m.
Sancho 1yr younger, made Pulisic his boy, scoring and assisting goals at 3 times his rate, 50m.

It is a cracum cracum.

handelex:
Fair enough.. about the coaches though, they might feel you're not ready at the time or those selected where better for the time being. Take Salah and even KDB for instance under Mou, those in the first eleven were better at the time considering the type of football Mou plays and they couldn't take squad roles so they left, if the manager keep playing youths with potentials but keep losing games, he'll be hammered. Same with Gomes, great potential but maybe he needs to continue some where else.

SOME of the minutes given to Pereira and Lingard could have gone to him. It’s not like the preferred players were setting the league alight. We were still losing and drawing games until Bruno came along.

He got 19 minutes in the league. LOL

donjazet:
I tell you. What started as a simple demand for equality of lives irrespective of colour have completely degenerated into other improbable radical issues.
It's quite unfortunate.

I've been expecting Biden and other leftist leaders to come out and demand for a rational approach and complete disbanding of the CHOP and CHAZ groups.
These radicals will only push moderates further right.

In England, there are now notable opposition to the BLM movement.
the leaders have to take control.

There are no leaders. I made this observation a few weeks ago. They are waiting for Lebron James and Colin Kaepernick to lead.

Talking about Biden, no way is he going to do or say anything that might jeopardize his chances in an election year.

One major point people have to remember is that your stance on race relations is not the only thing that makes you a Democrat.

Oasis007:
£50m is enough for SANCHO abegi. Even if there is no Pandemic, £50m is ok to get him.

Maguire ain't just a Defender, he's a Leader.

You got jokes.

80m for an overweight DEFENDER who has probably peaked. But you want to pay 50m for a prolific FORWARD who has true world beater potential?

Corona might bring the fee down but you saying you would have paid 50m without Corona is hilarious.

handelex:
Did he ever impress any time he was on the pitch? Also for Lingard and Pereira to be always selected ahead of him shows that the coaching staff knows more than we do, either he's not doing well in training or some shit. Even Chong of all people have been selected more than him.

Ole kept giving him scattered minutes as a wingforward.

Of what use are cameos here and there mainly in the wrong position.

He is not entirely blameless but the coaching staff have a large share as well.

P.S Your assumption about the coaching staff knowing better is what Chelshit fans had about Salah and KDB when Oscar and Mata were being played ahead of them.

donjazet:
There is a statue of Lincoln in Lafayette Square that depicts a black man kneeling in gratitude before him.

The activists want to pull down the statue arguing that it depicts racism while overlooking the fact that there are a lot of black people who share the stance or value the message represents.
There are numerous black people who adore Lincoln for emancipating them from slavery.

There are attacking Woodrow Wilson and John Quincy Adams for being pro-segregationist and overlooking the significant legacy and achievements they achieved despite their racial stance.

The more these radicals keep aggressively erasing history whether positive or negative, the more they will keep alienating their white supporters.

Anarchists appear to have taken over the movement, and that is because there is no intellectual/spiritual leadership like was available in the 60s.

In this era of social media crusaders everybody is an expert and a leader, so it is easier to hijack even the most noble of causes.

donjazet:
There is a statue of Lincoln in Lafayette Square that depicts a black man kneeling in gratitude before him.

The activists want to pull down the statue arguing that it depicts racism while overlooking the fact that there are a lot of black people who share the stance or value the message represents.
There are numerous black people who adore Lincoln for emancipating them from slavery.

There are attacking Woodrow Wilson and John Quincy Adams for being pro-segregationist and overlooking the significant legacy and achievements they achieved despite their racial stance.

The more these radicals keep aggressively erasing history whether positive or negative, the more they will keep alienating their white supporters.

John Quincy Adams, the lawyer of the Amistad slaves, whose father John Adams and mother Abigail Adams were anti-slavery?

In fact out of the first 12 presidents of the U.S only John Quincy Adams and his father John Adams never owned slaves.

Woodrow Wilson was overall a good President but he was a 20th century segregationist so i kinda understand their problem with him.

donjazet:
The far left are beginning to take things too far and it's agitating both the moderates and the far right.

Just look at the mess in Seattle, calling for a full abolishing of the police force
How will law and order be enforced and maintained especially in a society where everybody is armed

Or those who are stripping down every single monument of past revered leaders like Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson, John Quincy Adams etc. It's total madness.

These actions are now turning opinions against the BLM movement and by extension, the democrats.

Recent events were sure to cost trump his reelection bid but these actions will cost the democrats massively if they fail to caution aggressively against the current chaos.

I have not been following statue protests closely. What is their complaint about John Quincy Adams and Abe Lincoln?

Leyqute:
Lol. The lad is good though. He’s got good vision and is intelligent on the ball. Just needs to be more physical.

I knew his small size would be an impediment, but truth be told Ole didn’t give him adequate opportunity.

Nezzjnr:
Ole wants a tougher competition with you guys next season

So he feels Gomes in your team will come to the rescue

Lol.