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PietroRick:
Afrodoc2, before Greenwood burst into the u18 scene, there was one striker that was brought in from Switzerland, Milen Baars.
I've not heard about him for a while. Is he still within our ranks?

Baars is still there. He is one of 3 players trying to stake a claim to the no2 striker position. The others are Burkhart and Bohui.

They all have decent pace, but none of them is Greenwood despite being almost 2 yrs older. Baars is the one i have seen the least this season.

P.S Baars is Dutch. It is Burkart that is Swiss.

PietroRick:
The only youth player I can stick my neck for right now is Greenwood and he plays in a position that doesn't seem to have any problems at the moment.
Except we are willing to play Rashford and Lukaku beside him.
He can maybe come in at some point in the game to give Rashford a breather, as I expect lukaku to be playing in the RW spot ahead of Mata.

I don't trust Chong at all yet.
The others are midfielders

Even Greenwood for all his talent might not be ready yet because he is the youngest. We will just have to wait and see.

We can switch to a 4-4-2 diamond and play Lukaku and Rashford together with Pogba at the tip of the diamond behind them. Play Dalot and Shaw at FB to supply the width.

That might be better than playing 2 wingforwards that won’t give us much going forward.


......................DDG.............................
.....dalot.....bailly.....lindelof.......shaw....

......................matic............................
......herrera...................fred.................
.....................pogba............................

................lukaku.....rashford................


We can have sanchez, greenwood on the bench as strikers, and mata as sub for pogba.

And for those that didn’t want rotation, this is the result.

If you don’t rotate you run the risk of running players into the ground. We are even lucky because there were rumors on MUTV before the match that Rashford might not make the team because he was he was carrying an injury.

MRTA7:
No Lingard and Martial for the next 2-3 weeks.

Means they'll miss all our huge fixtures. I'm not sure I can deal with Mata and Sanchez on the wings.

Time for promotion. A few youth team players will need to make the match day squad.
Let’s see if there is a Rashford amongst them.

Leyqute:
Miniature Shakushaku dancer wey never get ikebe, Pulisic, na him dey rule the league.

Lord Coefficient must be turning in his grave, dem wan bring am back.

Abeg you read that Dayo alaye up there?
The thing too long, e look like excuse a la carte.

See as Dayo turn to Shalaye FC

hensben:
I will keep telling you guys pogba is average as cm or box to box, he is neither a good controller of midfield or tackler. His best position is AMF in 4-2-3-1. He is Dele Alli type of midfielder with skills. Pochettino noticed this in Alli reason he play him as LMF while Erickson as number 10. They are goal getters with good runs inside opponent 18 box.

So you dey feel like Sherlock Holmes now abi?
In other news, water is wet.

raumdeuter:
No be Kehrer and Kimpembe dey take turns on your team just yesterday

PSG from farmers league dey molest you in front of your fans in broad daylight

We are struggling to make top 4 in our league and PSG is running away with theirs so that’s not a good comparison.
But when your ordinary Spurs in 3rd place are using the nose of your Rubbishliga leaders to blow trumpet then we know that e don pass be careful.

Shey Na the zagadou wey dey boss your league dem turn to zagaza. Lol

Leyqute:
Haven’t you heard? They are not in form.

Dortmund is topping the BuLi by 5 good points. But they’re not in form.

Biko someone needs to inform them. Raumduta oya inform them.

Have they brought back coefficients? Rubbishliga teams can’t play well without them. That is why ordinary Spurs beat their league leaders like stubborn children.
So Jadon Sancho wey e leg never strong Na him dey chance dem for that league. Lol

See as the 3rd best team in EPL rod the best team in Rubbishliga.

If we rotate na yeye players go enter, if we don't rotate our players will get injured. I no envy Ole at all.

liveLongNprospa:
Doc just say the truth about Martial.. His inconsistency is down to his mentality.. Nothing else.

Mentality is a large chunk of it, but it is more than that. He truly has difficulty being effective off the ball.
All the off the ball runs and "in and out" runs that come naturally to Lingard, and to a lesser extent Rashford are alien to Martial.

Despite his poor mentality he is our best player in 1v1 situations in space, and he is our best finisher. His struggles are when he is not in those exact situations.

odizeey:
Make una relax, its just one loss. Una don curse all the players finish.
If is someone goes to the post of few days ago, e go shake head.
Even the best teams do get outplayed and humiliated at times. Some times tactics dey spoil.
Make we no kill d spirit abeg.

I don't think people are cussing out players because they hate them, however a dose of realism is needed at times in order to have an accurate assessment.

1) That we need a RB is not new information. We all knew this and are hoping we get a top quality one next year, or that Dalot's progression is accelerated.

2) Matic and Herrera have to be improved if we need to become a really good team. This is especially true in the case of Herrera whose limitations on the ball were exposed yesterday. I have said this for years and was attacked for it, but i think people are beginning to see it also.

3) That our RW is dead is not news. We have been asking for a good RW for years now.

Ole's success was in spite of our structural deficiencies as a team, but it did not eradicate those deficiencies.

larride:
Lingard injury expose Young as the slowpoke he is. Young should be thanking Lingard for that new contract everyday till he leaves.

I don’t understand what Ole sees in Mata, yes Lukaku is useless but Mata is more useless. Even at 0-2 in the 60th min, I felt he should have brought on Lukaku earlier to come bully T.Silva and Kimpembe since we were launching ball into the box.

Sanchez is done, we need a new RB, RWF badly, a talented CM and a CB. The board better get their act together this summer.

London next. GGMU

On point. Was discussing with a friend of mine who was at the game. Agreed on the exact same positions, and he also added a reserve LB.

And if we want Martial to succeed then Pogba needs to try his best to play more centrally and not be so left sided. He ends up crowding that left side, making it difficult for Martial who needs space to be at his best.
The situation in which Pogba, Martial, Shaw and their markers are all loaded on that left side will lead to struggles for Martial. It is not Pogba's fault but it is what we need to bring out the best in Martial.

Lana1:
Pogba sef is a fücking idiot.

It's moments like these that separate the men from the boys and the great Midfielders from the average ones.

Why get himself red carded even if the ref was making bad calls? People like Schweinsteiger played 90 mins of a world cup final on a yellow card without getting sent off.

Yet this one couldn't keep his cool for some odd 60mins.

Remember immediately he got the yellow card i predicted it might happen to him. I don't want people to think i am pushing an anti-Pogba agenda here so i won't really say much.

I would like fans to check the way Marquinhos, Verratti, and Draxler played to see how a top class midfield plays.
Verratti and Herrera had similar roles as the CMs, with Pogba and Draxler being the AMs, and Marquinhos and Matic being the DMs. If we want to be a top team our 1st choice CM should be closer to the Verratti level rather than the Herrera level. There is a limit to which passion and energy can take you if you don't have that outstanding ability.

Unlimited22:
Lol. I know you na. But that guy needs to be banned from the net for comparing Lemar and Mbappe.

Diadem likes hot takes. That is how he goes to our academy and hypes the obscure ones there so that he sounds knowledgeable.
But i agree with you, that Lemar vs Mbappe comparison was criminal.

The major positive that might come from this is we get to focus on the EPL.
Then we go again next season with an improved team next season.

I have always said we need better players to compliment Pogba in midfield. Charging up and down will work up to a level, but you also need to be able to keep and circulate the ball to a high level.

The Martial and Lingard injuries finished us as we then brought in players who couldn’t press or use pace going forward and also couldn’t protect the full backs (Mata especially).

I log out.

This Mata and Alexis sub don kill our attack.

JayKayMaybachz:
I was expecting a master class from Martial.. The dude just flop my me finish. Dafuq

Martial has incredible skill but his football know how or IQ is just there.
He stands there on the touchline where the full back can see him. Does not make runs off the ball, does not utilize the space between the full back and CB.

The difference between him and Mbappé at this time is like night and day, and he is 3 yrs older.

Our midfield possession play is so poor.
Half fit Veratti and centreback Marquinhos dey boss the game.

Our CBs are so afraid of Mbappe’s speed that they are not pushing up consistently with the team press, thereby leaving huge gaps in defensive midfield.

Martial has been crap so far.

Pogba better watch out for 2nd yellow from this trigger happy ref.

This is going to be a tough match. Mbappé is a problem.

JayKayMaybachz:
God bless you..

Some pundits just get carried away unnecessarily.

They are one of the best but i wouldn’t day they are the best.
Our 07-09 team with VDS, Vidic, Rio, Carrick, Rooney and Ronaldo winning 3 straight EPL titles and winning the champs league was better in my opinion.

Lh19:
Mhen abeg who say that Evra's message for our players and fans tonight cuz it gave me goosebumps

Saw it. Evra is a legend and a fan.
I am sure he has personally gingered Pogba who is like his little brother.

NinjaMetahuman:
really?

Yes. It was many years ago though, i believe it was Adebisi Akande.
The man was planning to scrap several subjects from school curriculum so as to cut costs.

It is going to be an interesting game. Pogba, Martial, and Rashford must not let Mbappe outshine them. I fear that guy.

Dantedasz:
Issues with you??
Do I know you from Adam or care to know you??
Keep running around with your minions. It's none of my business as long as you stop the snide remarks.
I have never quoted you or had the faintest interest in having a conversation with you. Not now or in the future.
Just mind your business and let me mind mine.
This is my last ever response to you. Stay on your lane

Guy wetin you go do if i no stay on my lane?
Who wants to have conversation with you before? Were you not the person that quoted me?
You are so full of shyte you might as well be a latrine.
Ogbunigwe thunda faya you if you quote me or respond to me again.

Martial suppose don learn English by now, lol.

If he, Pogba, and Rashford take this game seriously and play up to potential we can win this game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DrKYWLhWhY

Dantedasz:
Just seeing this. I don't do snide remarks. If you have issues come at me direct. I am waiting.

You are the one who has issues not me. And who gives a phuck which remarks you do or don't do?

LoRdCaT:
So you are living in 2007? No wonder your brain seems non-functional

Lol. That guy is “fearfully” made.