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Nezzjnr:
Afrodoc2 who's Anthony Elanga

We have mentioned him here before.

Youth team forward. Plays best as a LWF but can also play on the right and through the middle. Similar style to Martial.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_BI_Ca5BUc

MRTA7:
I have now activated siddon dey look mode for the season.

Godspeed lads.

Welcome onboard. There is a reason i didn’t get involved in the Sancho debate until i was directly questioned.

handelex:
Thiago to Liverpool... Here we go.
Na thunder go fire Ed and Glazers even Rio Ferdinand don provoke... I tire for those running this club aswear, it's so frustrating.

It is the hope that kills you.

It is you guys that are still expecting anything from the board that are stressing yourselves.

We already said that they spend only if their financial bottom line is at risk, and that is mainly about Champions League football.

Maybe now that Spurs has started spending and improving they might feel threatened enough to buy some players.

It is the fans that are after titles. The board is happy with Top 4 and Champions League football.
The sooner people accept that the better for their peace of mind. It is what it is.

Roland17:
@A40 I hope you watched the GOAT Rodgers yesterday? No be after you come dey disrespect the GOAT.

LOL. Rodgers might be the BOAT but he is definitely not the GOAT. This is coming from a Rodgers fan.

A40:
Lmaoooo then the world is crazy. Loudmouth Stephen A will not chat megedefegede about privilege now for a coach that has been shittin the bed for the past 7 seasons. The only coach that has ever blown 3, 3-1 leads.

The Ty Lue, Cassell etc they kept shouting were passed over by the Nets. Shey you can see their hand work with a loaded roster.

Stephen A actually called him out and said his job is in jeopardy. Doc can't dodge the blame in this one.

Sniper4real:
Plz guys, who are the players that changed the mentality of Right footed players from playing on the right wing and left footed players from playing on the left wing as well? Ao did them Figo, Beckham, CR7, Giggs, Nani sef dey, this Swedish arsenal, take dey create during their days without playing the opposite way.

2 major shifts in football philosophy have led to the preference for inverted wingers.

1) The most significant change was the switch from 4-4-2 to 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3.

With 4-4-2 there were 2 strikers in the box which meant the chances that a cross from a traditional winger would find a striker was still high.

However with teams now using 1 striker the chances of cross and nod working has drastically reduced. Now rather than just crossing for 2 strikers who are meant to supply almost all the goals the winger has to be able to cut in and contribute his own share of goals.

2) The evolution of the full back from a purely defensive player to an attacking outlet providing width. In order to have that space up front to run into it is better that he plays with an inverted winger who drags the full back inside thereby creating the space.

Both of these changes happened around the same time i.e late 90s and early 2000s which is why the last truly great traditional wingers Figo, Giggs e.t.c overlapped with the first truly great attacking full backs Roberto Carlos, Cafu AND inverted wingers like Pires, Ginola, Ronaldinho, Robben, Ribery became more and more prominent.

Godx:
One thing is clear from all your post history. You are a very confused human being.

Haba!

elrony:
VDB looks like who can really pass the ball

Rashford still struggling with take-ons, injury na bastard.

Now you see why he has been crossing the ball from 40 yards out on the left flank rather than taking the opposition full back on.
He does not have the acceleration he had pre-injury. At least not yet.

iamJ:
using euros to inflate Chelsea transfers

And pounds to reduce united's offer

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GloryIsaac:
Doc out here giving indirect shots

Our scouting network is certainly sub-par, from all indications so far. Except they’re focused on getting players for U15 & U18.

Lol nah. Wasn’t giving shots. Was just illustrating the amount of belief Madrid have in him.

Botfuss:
There is this Rodrygo boy at Madrid, he’s a natural right winger and very good. If we could tempt him? He doesn’t get much playing time at Madrid.

Rodrygo would be almost as expensive as Sancho, if not more sef. Madrid bought him as a relatively unknown 18yr old from South America for 45m Euro and view him as one of their future stars.

How much do you think United would sell Greenwood now if another club came calling? That is the amount Madrid will ask for Rodrygo.

eph12:
I don't think any new info came from the club but Fabrizio must report something. He was probably told status quo remain the same or something like that and it will be reported like say we camp in front of RM begging for a transfer

Maybe. But immediately Madrid insisted on the buy back clause we should have moved on. The season has started already, this is not the time for useless discussions.

Oasis007:
Talks progressing between Manchester United and Real Madrid to reach the total agremeent for Sergio Reguilon. The two clubs are discussing about the ‘buy back clause’ that Manchester United won’t accept. Reguilon and his agents have positive feelings - he wants to join.

- Fabrizio Romano

This is part of the foolishness the board exhibits regularly. What is there to discuss? If they don't want to remove the clause then we should move on to another LB like Telles or whoever.

eph12:
So what's your opinion on the Sancho fee debate?

1) I think Dortmund are really serious and won't even sell him to us now if we come this late in the window and they can't get an adequate replacement.

2) If we go by the true value of players he is not worth that amount, especially in this post-COVID era where all clubs are feeling the pinch. However most players are sold for more than they are actually worth, therefore if you go by Karvetz 80m Euro, Victor Osimhen 72m Euro, Chilwell 50m Euro then Sancho should be worth about 100m Euro.

3) I don't want him to be bought for 120m Euro especially this late in the season because of the added and unnecessary pressure that he will face.
Firstly he would be the first 100m pound English player. Secondly coming after the foolishly protracted negotiations there will be so much scrutiny compared to if we had done it quickly and early in the window. Thirdly he would be coming without any pre-season with his new team mates.

To summarize, it is a complex situation and even though i would prefer us not to go above 90m pounds i.e 100m Euro, i think we might have to if we mean business.

Both sides have good arguments but i don't see why some are insulting each other and going so personal with the issue though.

Lastly Sancho or no Sancho we need a LB to compete with Shaw and keep him on his toes. Move Williams to RB as an attacking sub for AWB.

Leyqute:


Who fit oppose those 3? If you can deceive those 3 ogases you can deceive anybody.

3 respected posters here o. Especially Eph12. The guy was so cocksure of Pepe's success he wanted to fight people here while defending his main man.

Well such is life. I hope he has learned from his mistakes.

Now that we have handed Eph12 the L like a crown of glory can we go back to the Sancho fee debate?

Expert17:
This is the same way they will deny ever mentioning Sancho

I can't deny Sancho or Greenwood. NL is littered with my posts hyping them.

It is when Pepe fanboys like Eph12 start looking for trouble that one has to hand them the L like a medal of honour.

eph12:
Afrodoc2 this is your handwriting o. See as AWB balance there

And?

Putting someone in a list of 5,6 options doesn't mean much. Like the people mentioning Perisic today as an alternative or dropping a list of 4,5 alternatives to Sancho.

It is when people start guaranteeing success like you did with Pepe that we know it is serious.

Here is my assessment of AWB before we bought him.

afrodoc2:
Lastly, i respect AWB as a defensive beast but i fear his attacking limitations will be exposed if/when he moves to a bigger club and has to be the attacking outlet against bus parking teams.

Let us see your assessment of Pepe.

Leyqute:
Eph12
Elrony
Pietrorick

Oya come out and defend yasef

I was hyping Sancho when Pietro said i should take out time when i am free to watch Pepe clips.

I still tried to be stubborn until another time i was hyping Sancho when Eph12 said that Pepe will be a hit and that anybody could quote him.

I then dropped a Greenwood video and Elrony now said that that was exactly how Pepe played.

If na you won't you be convinced?

eph12:
But you concurred

He was in your list with Bissaka sef

You guys convinced me. The question was who brought his name here.

After you and Pietro hyped him to high heavens and you even guaranteed that he will be a hit and dared anyone to quote you i thought you guys knew what you were saying. No vex i won't trust you again.

elrony:
Insurance

You no see the akoba?

I have been enjoying the last 10 pages of back and forth without getting involved, only for Eph12 to try to connect me to a heinous crime wey i no commit.

I had to come out of hibernation to clear my name sharp sharp before they submit it to DPO. Only to find out that Eph12 follow them commit the crime

elrony:
Looks like twas Greenwood in my post...

I posted a video of Greenwood and you were impressed and said he played like Pepe.

In fairness you didn't directly hype Pepe but comparing Greenwood to him showed how much you rated him.

Pietrorick and Eph12 though hyped him to me. They should sort themselves out.

eph12:
I meant who mentioned him here first. It was someone that brought his name before I went to check YouTube

I just had to dodge the L and give it to you gold-plated after you dropped my name for no reason.

Pietrorick and you were the 2 people that first hyped Pepe to me. You guys should sort the L out between each other.

Thank God for receipts.

eph12:
Who now mentioned him na? There were 3 players mentioned that time. Sancho, Pepe and one other person I can't remember. Maybe Zaha

These were the people that preached the gospel of Pepe to me. Can you please read out their names?

PietroRick:
He's a wicked player no doubt, but a deal for him looks a bit unrealistic even in the summer, unless we are ready to burn serious money


You should try to watch some Nicolas pepe clips in your spare time

eph12:
Exactly
Imagine we have players like Sancho, Pepe, Pogba and Rashford /Martial (even though their heads no correct) running at the opposition, with the full backs and Bruno supporting the attack, and Ndidi shielding the defense

Mans can only dream dreams bro

eph12:
This jambody will be an excellent addition. Imagine you have someone that's not a striker scoring 20+ goals and giving loads of assists. Pepe will definitely do well, quote me

elrony:
Dude uses his left like Nicolas Pepe, but even more his supposedly weaker right foot issa venom..

You said he's 17?

eph12:
I think afrodoc was team Pepe too. Na him scout am

LOL. I was never Team Pepe anything. I was actually one of the last people to comment on Pepe on this thread and only put him on a short list of possible buys based on you guys' recommendations.. I don't watch Ligue 1 when PSG is not playing and didn't really know him until you his fanboys said we must buy him by fire by force.

Simple sturvs na him make people dey fight like this?

GloryIsaac:

If there is a report that all the refineries in Nigeria are not working our brother will say Buhari and Ole are useless.


It is a Makanaki sumtin.

Panther7:
Why drag Ole into this??

Na reflex action.

GloryIsaac:
Manchester United

At other clubs their owners finance them, at our own club we finance our owners.

It is a horrific higi-haga.

chidexxy007:
Who have seen this, interesting read. EPL clubs and their financing


https://twitter.com/SwissRamble/status/1305397873803177984



cc afrodoc2

LMAO. This is what we were saying but our shareholders and financial experts here have a different opinion.

#Glazersaretrying.

GloryIsaac:
Ferguson is the reason these guys on top were not discovered early.. he was an excellent coach.

I hope in spite of their gross incompetence, that OGS can miraculously pull a Ferguson for us.

EOD.

Ferguson/Gill combination was so good. Worst mistake made was the 2 leaving at the same time.

I have been on Woodward's case since 2013/2014. The very first transfer window told me all i needed to know about the guy.

patrickmuf:
Adriano was not average, he wasn't disciplined enough and that cost him his career...

Luiz Adriano of Shakhtar NOT Adriano The Emperor.