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InvestorO:
He overwide.....

Couldn't and can't prove himself in Madrid,benched by a Brazilian akpororo whose clown football skillset is similar to his looks, couldn't lead Belgian golden generation to any trophy,went 365 days without scoring a goal, poor goals/assists stat as a wing forward,never won the UCL....

Took Salah just one and his first season for liverpool in UCL to equal hazard's entire career UCL goals for Chelsea(7 seasons) of which more than half na pk

The take-on merchant and fraud, Belgian Gervinho

Haaaaaaaa!!!

Mogbe squared!

He say “he overwide”. When he no be SUV

Leyqute:

Hehehe. Wetin make you go dig that post up na?

handelex:
Personally I see no need cursing Ole when he didn't appoint himself, those that appointed him and refused to sack him are the right people to curse cos they're ruining the club.

Ole has done his job, let the powers that be do theirs.

He has been sacked. They are just looking for a replacement before they announce it.

nitrogen:
Lol, we should curse Ferguson too. He is the one advising dem Glazers.

Glazer apologist spotted.

Blame players. Blame fans. Blame ex-players. Blame ex-managers. Blame media.

Blaming everybody apart from the only people who can legally sack the man.

raumdeuter:
See below

Get that into your score.

That yarns dey always scatter my dada.

hoopLA:
He wasn't ready for the Man United job in 2013.
Don't be a hindsight champion.
We all saw how terrible he was.
He's had 6 years to grow.
Don't make another argument that doesn't exist just for the sake of it.

Hehehehe.

BlackManta:
See better midfielder

Declan Rice is head and shoulders above every other DM this season

But those stats don’t show that he is better than all other DMs this season.

Those ranks are only for West Ham players. His ranking compared to other top DMs in the league would be more appropriate.

patrickmuf:
Where will you have Bruno play in a 4-4-2?

Bruno can play in a 4-4-2 diamond. It might actually be the best formation for him cos it allows him to play his preferred no 10 role while having 3 CMs behind him (meaning the midfield is not weakened).

However this issue is more about wrong training methods and tactical set up than it is about formations. Amaka won’t get the job done no matter the formation cos he lacks the ability to implement the tactical set up needed for whatever formation he chooses.

slimghost:
Never watched him before but I am sure he is better than Bissaka going forward.

LOL.

slimghost:
Are you following his development?. Not been watching him.

He has been one of Swansea’s best players this season playing at RWB. I think he will be quite useful in a team that attacks most of the time.

Nezzjnr:
Maguire went for his Sister's birthday party on Saturday night after the Derby

He should not attend his sister’s birthday party because his team lost?

These are human beings not race horses o.

maik99:
dude has basically carried the club since his first appearance vs. wolves in February 2020

Pauliticians won’t like this statement.

nitrogen will ban you from Old Trafford for that statement.

Mrviktor:
Brandon too gas d agression

Laird is superior. Far superior. If he not for injuries he would have been the one promoted not Williams.

slimghost:
Bissaka too. Dalot should be starting but then, Ole rewards poor performance.

Do not fear, Ethan Laird will soon be here. Dalot is not good enough in my opinion.

handelex:
I dunno Doc, it feels like Frederalists can't catch a break since like forever, you know it's like someone somehow always drags them in the mud every match day regardless of the outcome

It is what it is.

patrickmuf:
Abeg leave Fred alone for now. Why is he not having a go at McTom, Maguire, Shaw and Wan-Bissaka? Why do they mention their British as a group but go on and single out the non-brits for direct criticism? Keano is mad.

Frederalists will put Roy Keane in their black book because of this.

Frederalists when clean do not have forgiving spirit, now imagine how they will be when in the mud.

See as Keano tackle Frederalists. He talk say cuckoo land.

Silentgroper:
Greenwood!

Greenwood has not added any skill. He has actually regressed.

patrickmuf:
Just like a bad clock is right twice a day...

That guy just dey disguise. He is solidly OleIn.

I don’t know if Manchester United’s manager is meant to be “showing element of coaching” or meant to be a world class coach on top of his game.

My patients won’t be praising me if I get things right just a few times or only “show elements of good medical practice”.

nitrogen:
Omo, the matter swell like ijebu garri inside water o. If they don’t sack this guy before the Watford game, I will stop watching Utd games.

Son of man is tired of this BS!

Hahahaha. This guy stay one place.

The other time you were laughing at other fans telling them that Glazers will show them pepper, today you are lamenting like Prophet Jeremiah saying you are tired.

Could it be it is you that the Glazers are showing the most pepper?

Better tell your board members to use their God given brain and do the needful, if not the next time you lament the son of man, daughter of man, grandkids of man and even side chick of man will be tired.

GloryIsaac:
As interim.. till Ten Hag is available.

He is sort of a mentor for Klopp, Tuchel, Nagelsmann. His boys have surpassed him but his teams always played good football.

Oasis007:
Sancho raised arms and began to shout a complaint. He reined himself in. The forward is 20 years old and yet to carry out a single significant act in a United shirt. He has though, played at the Dortmund school of science.

He trained with Pep Guardiola. He has a basic modern footballer’s understanding of positions, the stuff you learn from Fifa 21 or screenshots on Twitter from a Papua New Guinean blogger.

- Barney Ronay

I said it before that we press by roster, which is why it looks like Bruno is always running all over the place. One man trying to press 3 players. That’s what we used to call Ajayi work.

Left winger will press but left back and central midfielders will sitting deep, thereby opening wide gaps all over the midfield enabling the opponents to beat the press.

Next time right back will press while right winger is stationary and watching like a statue, enabling the opposition defender/midfielder to bypass our defence with a simple ball over the top or down the channels.

There was a point during the game when we were defending a corner kick that i saw CR7 looking around and shaking his head like “ Omo, I don enter one chance o”.

Oasis007:
Sancho raised arms and began to shout a complaint. He reined himself in. The forward is 20 years old and yet to carry out a single significant act in a United shirt. He has though, played at the Dortmund school of science.

He trained with Pep Guardiola. He has a basic modern footballer’s understanding of positions, the stuff you learn from Fifa 21 or screenshots on Twitter from a Papua New Guinean blogger.

- Barney Ronay

Hehehe. If Amaka die na Barney Ronay insults kill am.

Na useless he useless, he no kill anybody o.

Oasis007:
Sancho could see it. His manager? Well, he was standing 30 yards away, motionless in skinny black suit and club anorak, staring out with that familiar look of bafflement, a man feeling the day slide away from him once again, still there at the wheel, still crashing in the same car.

It would be flattering to describe this as a traumatic experience for Manchester United. This? This was nothing.

- Barney Ronay

Groundhog Day. Crashing in the same car again and again and again.

MRTA7:
These guys might be billionaires in the Championship.

Their location might work against them to an extent but money at the end of the day will answereth all things.

patrickmuf:
If you acknowledge this fact, why then do most fans choose to rate players off these short competitions?

I think every transfer is a punt, the Dutch league has produced some of the greatest players ever just the same way others from the league flopped...

I'd love to see VDB play consistently and watch De Jong play for a coach who prioritizes ball possession (fingers crossed on Xavi) as for De Ligt, I still think he should have joined a possession based team and not the Old Lady of Italian football...

Here is what I mean by that part you highlighted.

If a player is acknowledged as good or great based on his regular performances then has a great World Cup or UCL that could be used to separate him from his peers/rivals. He has merely reinforced what we all believed.

However if a player is completely or relatively unknown (or known as mediocre) but then has a monster tournament he is suspect as it is not in keeping with his usual performances. The chances that he is the next Salenko or Schillachi are high.

Talking about punts, every transfer is a punt but the odds vary based on the league and player.

The risk of buying the top scorer from La Liga is not the same as the risk of buying the top scorer from the Indian league. E get reason. The coefficients too get meaning.

patrickmuf:
Well, I don't think De Jong is a flop, he is actually a very good CM...

Players from the league have struggled in recent times but in some cases, they have moved to the wrong team. I always thought De Ligt should have opted for Barcelona or City and not Juve...Ziyech has attitudinal problem so, that's personal but even then, when fit he does pop up with the goods...

VDB situation is entirely on Ole...

As for Tadic, I don't think he was a bad player at Southampton, I always thought he was one of their better performers.

There is a big jump between being “one of the better” players at ordinary Southampton to being a goal king at Ajax.

Not saying De Jong is a flop but he has not really dominated the way many of us expected.

De Ligt has struggled at Juve how do you know that he won’t have had issues at Barca as well.

What I am seeing from you are differently packaged excuses for each of them.

The relative lack of physicality in that league makes it so much harder to interpret performances there.

Also it is very risky to judge a player based on a Champion’s League purple patch for a club. Remember that Monaco team in which only Mbappe and Fabinho have lived up to expectations. Mendy, Sidibe, Lemar, Bakayoko have all fallen away.

Just because a player shines for a couple of games in a short tournament like the Champions League (or even the World Cup) does not mean he is the real deal. Especially players from backwater leagues. A bigger sample size is needed.

patrickmuf:
I am making particular reference to Manchester United and how players who are excelling elsewhere come here only to struggle no thanks to our patternless play...Sancho and VDB being the latest...

Fair enough but Dutch league is truly suspect.

Check out all the recent Ajax stars : De Jong, De Ligt, Z-yansh. Which of them is really fulfilling the hype?

Then check out how Tadic became King Kong in that league.

Ever since Kezman flopped after bullying them in that league I knew not to make direct conversion.
Defending is optional over there.

We have our problems but the fact remains that one has to really scratch beneath the surface to ensure that the solid gold player you think you are getting from Eredivisie is not merely gold plated.

patrickmuf:
When we sign am, we go start to doubt him talent...

Some go say Eredivisie no be strong league forgetting what he is doing in the UCL. See VDB that was doing well with Ajax can't get a look in here all because Ole is dumb...Make he better go better team and avoid this our unserious club.

Z-yansh says hi. Tadic says hello. Wilfred Bony says wassup. Kezman says howdy.

You have to factor in the league in such situations. It is not automatic that because he is doing well there now that he will adapt to the the EPL.

Oasis007:


No be by Sword again?! Chei!

It is part of human evolution.

Oasis007:


Street is Red. Make una dey show ❤ now. �

If you live by the sword you die by the AK.