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sinizia:
LOL. Even Ederson wasn't this great at passing from the back like he's now till he came to City. A gaffer's tactic determines how a team play. If we had a Klopp or Pep, DDG would be forced to improve his passing skills.

Pep would sell DDG like he sold Joe Hart.
One thing about Pep is that he has a clear plan of what he wants and goes straight for it.
DDG is not good with his feet, don’t lay the blame at the feet of any manager.

MRTA7:
I would be happy for him to stay if he signed a new contract and not demand Sanchez salary. He's been great when most of the team has been poor in past seasons and is going through a very bad season. But his head is obviously somewhere else so I'm ok for him to be sold.

There is nobody that can’t be sold. We have to build a team with multiple good to great players instead of depending on superhuman DDG and Pogba.
That style can’t give us sustained success because whenever either of them struggles the whole team struggles.

Lol. If we say they should sell him now we would hear he is World Class.
Like say na prestige go keep goal for us.

nitrogen:
Herrera is a very hardworking player and good passer of the ball. I would only replace Matic, then add one more player to the midfield. Pogba is still the lead in that midfield.

Perriera can go sha!

Herrera’s passing limitations is what makes him a squad player level and not a great talent.
His positioning, tackling, work rate are all top notch.
He is many things, but good passer is not one of them.

Lana1:
I just hope it's true. Coz i will be really disappointed if the club later reneges and caves in to his demands.

Even Wayward can’t be that useless.

ChristineC:
he's a player I admire for his determination but anybody asking for more money after this season's performance should be sold off. When the news of Martial improved deal hit my eardrums, I truly pitied the club and whoever was handling these issues. Let me not even speak of the three English musketeers in defense getting extended contracts, I was 100% livid I needed to lay my hands on that broker.

There is no single player i would be sorry to see go, at the right price.
But if Wayward wants to be an oloriburuku he can continue donating money to those guys like MKO Abiola.

Herrera should comot make we see road.

Imagine squad player talent asking for 200k.

Thunda fire his medulla.

Leyqute:
Afrodoc2 what do you think about VDS for the new doF position?

He recently made a new young signing write “Ajax is the most beautiful club in the Netherlands “ 1,000 times.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48067752

He was one of the options i mentioned earlier.
However like someone said he is more Ajax than Man Utd and his position at Ajax is more prestigious and powerful than DoF.

raumdeuter:
I don't even know why I'm on this argument
Y'all niggaz ain't even on my level
I'ma let my little homies (Hanksanuku and diggz) ride on you (take money)
Beetch made-ass bad boy bitches deal with it!

Lol

weedtaker:
pogba has won 22 points for united, playing as a midfielder, but you call him black oscar with flair, now they are doing same to hazard and you are busy rolling on the floor crying and shouting at the top of your voice with tons of thick catarrh dropping out from your nose.

nyama

Lol

A40:
On what basis should Hazard make TOTY? Never mind suggesting he did better than Salah. Can't believe this is even an argument

It's called TOTY not Dancing with the Stars for a reason

Lol honestly speaking he was in the conversation this season, just that Mane and Sterling were on fire.
If you remove those 2 the subs would be Salah and Hazard.

A40:
Only Chelsea fans can compare Hidden Shakushaku to Mo Salah this season. Smh

Salah didn’t make the list sef so it is a moot point.

Hazard was good this season but Mane and Sterling were better than him, so there is no space for him in the 4-3-3.

diggz:
Afrodoc2, any words of wisdom from you?

I have been busy and was not able to watch any of the last 3 games.
The Everton game was unexpected but losing to Barca and City should not be a surprise to anyone.

We are paying the price for year upon year of failed transfer windows.
There is no single resounding success in 6 years of transfers.
Normally even if a team is struggling there will be one player or two that fans will absolve of blame. In this case we don’t have even one successful transfer.

If they don’t spend Pep-level money on the RIGHT players over the next 2-3 windows we will be in for a long night.

Oasis007:
I just did some Research on him now, he's damn wealthy but how come he ain't as popular as Dangote, Tony, Otedola and Co?!

He is not on that level.

raumdeuter:
O ti dun werey. Ko to se oju kanta bi torchlight OPC

Gbe body e, gbe soul e

Dayo you don craze finish.

Ibime:
Anyone with eyes should go back and watch the PSG match in UCL where we lost despite playing against 10 men. This is what Hazard was doing all game and made us lose that game with his lackadaisical attitude. When you are playing against 10 men, you have to move the ball quickly to capitalise on the man advantage but Hazard injected anaesthetic into our game that night.

Lol Hazard don become surgeon wey dey inject anaesthetic.

Thecassanova:
Cho Till next season

I knew it was a Ruptured Achilles as soon as it happened.
The naive boy didn’t know what had happened and was trying to play through it. Lol, the innocence of youth.

raumdeuter:
Na now you begin get sense, If you keep this up, they wont snatch your girlfriiend again

LMAO

diggz:
Ole welcome back Ole

Sarri is at wheel.

Goal ball Burnley!

Congrats everyone.



Ooops, wrong thread.

weedtaker:
bros you still the? i been no see you o, welcome and happy easter.

whats your your say on our current run of form? players or managers fault, abi the board?

One more thing I have noticed is this tendency here and in other places to try and place all the blame at the doorstep of one person.
Very few things in life work that way, it is usually a multitude of factors/persons rather than one super villain.

And Happy Easter to you to.
I have been busy with real life activities outside NL like most of us are from time to time.

weedtaker:
bros you still the? i been no see you o, welcome and happy easter.

whats your your say on our current run of form? players or managers fault, abi the board?

My take has not changed. There is enough blame to share around. An incompetent squad was built by an incompetent manager and an incompetent CEO.

So many poor players in the squad but none of them signed themselves, or sanctioned the outlandish contracts, and they have not been in charge of player training and development for the last 2 - 3 years.
That would be the duty of others who also failed at their jobs.

weedtaker:
Are people still blaming jose for martial not getting a world cup medal?

Yes.

Deveropers.

SkimpleD:
Boss, come out plain.

Make Dozie no pay his debt cos the bolded didn’t pay his even though there was never a deal?

I am against any form of skullduggery in matters like this.
Unfortunately NL is littered with loudmouths whose egos keep writing checks they themselves can’t cash.
This Dozie guy (just like others before him) is just disgracing himself with the epistles he has been writing.

SkimpleD:
I don’t understand this Scummies at all. How do you place a bet, lost it and up till now have not paid up?


Scummies would always scum

Una Michael Phelps wey dey owe money since last year never pay you no tell am anything, you come dey chook mouth here.

Pastor abeg no allow sand sand contaminate your anointing o.

KGD10:
I think TFM should be sold off this season. Only that could save his career because hardly would an EPL club bother with the development of another club's player or have the patience when they have their own young players to look after unless the player in question has been completely signed by them. This was what saved Micheal Keane's career. It's either he's sold off or he should go to a championship/league 1 club for his loan. No EPL club would prioritise his development by giving him lot of playing time regardless of his little experience when they have to worry about their staying in the EPL league more than anything.

Like you said, I would like Ole to give trials to one of O'Connor, Laird and William in the place of Young. At least, this would give us something to look forward to rather than feasting our eyes on the shite displayed by Young. There's nothing Ashley would offer that we don't already know of.

On a side note, I think if Greenwood continues to get tougher on the ball, he could develop into a player that could offer us the hold up play that we lack in Rashford and Lukaku however he's too young for such role right now.

Well said. I couldn’t agree more.

KGD10:
Sent where? That we should disregard the fact that Poole looked quality against Man City who had plenty of quality players on the pitch? Or the fact that Harrop was the best player on the pitch when he played for us? Sorry, I can't disregard that fact.

As for Greenwood, while he's got a solid touch, I don't see the control, agility nor the pace in his game. His off the ball movement needs an improvement also. However, He's got a fierce shots on him with lot of precision. I also love the fact that he loves to put himself about and he's always up for it. Such mental strength can do a lot for him. There's definitely a player in there but too overhyped.

I really don't see the talent in Laird. This isn't the first time a youth player has looked good due to the physical advantage he had. There's no way he would be allowed to push people off the ball to have his way, just like he's been doing so far. I don't see the agility in his game, like I have seen with O'Connor. O'Connor's game seem to look much more refined to me and doesn't seem to operate on pure strength nor raw pace eventhough he's no pushover.

Laird has been bullying them in youth leagues forever. Hopefully he can be our own Kyle Walker rather than TFM. Luckily for him unlike TFM (who was played at RB, CB, CDM, CM and ended up mastering no position) he has been played mainly at RB.

It is always difficult to anticipate who will make it and who won’t because talent alone is not enough.

We have 3 RBs with varying skill sets in the academy I.e O’Connor, Laird, Williams and i believe at least one of them should make it to the first team.
O’Connor is defensively superior, Laird is the athletic powerhouse while Williams has a nasty streak and is the superior creator.
May one of them deliver us from Ashley Old.

KGD10:
Poole was Newport's best defender against Man City. There's nothing wrong with Poole. The fact that he's been solid in the LCB role, despite being right footed speaks a lot about his talent. No wonder he's been doing good in the RCB role for Newport. That reminds me, Tuazenbe looked abject when he was deployed in the LCB role for the youth team.

As for Greenwood, he's good but a good dribber? He's not. He's got a good touch and fierce shots on him as a forward. He also looks to be strong but that's all. I'm not saying he's not good enough but just that he's been overhyped a lot. He doesn't even have the blistering pace of Mbappe.

Garner has better close control and agility than Greenwood for example. I love what I have seen from Garner in the holding midfield role but I don't know of his mental strength nor how up he would be for the senior team because he's had forgettable performances the last time out.

As for O'Connor, he looks better than Laird sef for me. He has the technique, intelligence, linkup play and defensive awareness in his game unlike Laird who tend to operate on raw power and pace alone. I even saw Laird pushing some opponent away just to continue his run on the ball rather than use his technique to manoeuvre. I doubt he would get that in the EPL where opponent can match him strength for strength and pace for pace. His defensive awareness isn't that good also.

I can’t really knock anything you said from Greenwood downwards. His growth spurt has somewhat diminished his blistering pace but his technique is still better than the people we have now.

Also it’s true O’Connor is more mature and composed defensively than Laird, and this has been aided by the fact that O’Connor has played a lot of CB.
Laird is more highly hyped because he is just so supremely talented. Luckily his education has not been derailed the way they did to people like Demi Mitchell, Tim Fosu Mensah and almost did to Scott McTominay.

But all that Poole and Harrop yarns needs to be tippexed.

Tundexxy:
Kagawa, the beer parlour analyst don cum again. .

Lol he has made some good points in this case. His problem is when he starts overhyping Poole, Harrop, and Tosin Kehinde.

Many close followers believe O’Connor is the most complete full back we have in the youth set up but i am afraid all the LB,RB and CB he has been playing will damage his natural RB play.

At this stage I would play any of O’ Connor, Laird, or even crazy Brandon Williams instead of that hunchback Ashley Old.

I completely agree with his assertion on Chong. He often appears more decisive when he plays on the left.

Greenwood and Garner have bags of potential and while Greenwood might have the higher ceiling Garner might be the safer bet.
However I don’t agree that Greenwood is technically limited like that. His touch, finishing and passing is already better than Rashford’s, and Martial can learn from him in terms of movement and pressing.

RuuDie:
It is very sad how some of you here will choose to resort to insults. You don't like somebody's opinion or choices, just simply state why you do not and leave it at that. The level of immaturity is simply astonishing. Yes, I am referring to a certain LordCat. You act as though Man United is property you inherited from your father.

Then the rest will conveniently turn "blind" when one of their friends allies is the one that starts insulting others unnecessarily, but will quickly gang up and attack any other person that does the same thing.

Hian. Na wa for una o!

Ok.

diggz:
Ogbeni still busy dey blow grammar upandan...e even don say him go use epistles use bet say city go win ucl next season....mscheeeeew

Ibime don warn am.

When City loses the EPL this season he will eat his hands. And he wants to stake his legs next season that City will win the UCL.

The guy sha wan disable himself by fire by force.