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raumdeuter:
Iniesta bossed several finals, Hidden cant even take his team to major finals only thing like Calabash cup and Carling cup

WHen you score you get upgraded to attack. Ronaldo started as a winger he is now firmly in the category of attackers, same with Neymar and Griezmann. Before now Hazard was playing as a wing forward in a 4231, he was sterile, This is Hazards second season of playing as an attacker in a 433 but his lack of productivity made them push him to midfield

Dayo ooooooo!!!!!!;!!!!!. This guy no go kill me with lafff

atheist5:
hazard has achieved more in his career than griezman

NO

raumdeuter:
TGhis is Hazards 6th season in the CL, 2 goals from open play. If we begin count those players with just 2 CL goals from open play you go shock to see Hazard level

Felliani?

OEmperor:
They are a lot of players like hazard. They very creative, good dribblers, can be magical to watch. I love players like that. But there has to be an end product. Coutinho is a good dribbler he scores spectacular goals but what has he achieved in career. same with hazard, Sanchez and the rest. They look exciting to watch cos of their individual ability but before we can say they are the top 5 best players they have to achieve success outside their local leagues. If football bodies like fifa and UEFA don't consider any them as one top 5 then who are you to say any of them is better than Griezmann.

Sanchez led Chile to two copa America. It's not a mean feat considering big footballing Nations like Brazil, Columbia, Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay are there .

JayKayMaybachz:
The Basel wen we beat anyhow. Anyways Benfica wait for us.. We coming for own cake

.we need to knack them home and away for early qualification

Lukaku is a waste of money! Why did Man u use their money to buy a donkey with a bad first touch?? 11goals in 9.5 matches. 75m waste

obainojazz:
He should not start against cska, talking about Liverpool.

Ok sir, his performance against palace should determine if he plays.

Leyqute:
Just like Leicester, Mkhi thrives when the opponent plays a high defense line. He loves running with the ball. He'll explore the spaces behind defenders when he sees the opportunities. He's been shyte of late though but I hope before then he'd have gotten his shyt together.

Mou will have no option but to play the midfielders who are fit, and I think he'll sacrifice Mata's position for a midfielder to counter Liverpool's attack. I won't be surprised if he plays Lingard instead with either two of Fellaini/Herrera/Matic. He'll only play those who are available.

Remember the game is after an international break, so hopefully the boys don't come back with injuries.

It's true, Liverpool defence is the sort mhkhi likes to run at. That international break dey fear me oo.

sinizia:
Russia stadiums have always been a problem for us. Now we've depleted squad on top of that. I'll gladly settle for a draw and get 3 points in the return leg.

We should aim for a win, but a draw is a good result. If we can also get something from the Benfica away game, and win the two coming home games, then we are heading for the knockouts.

hoopLA:
He's from Armenia, a former Soviet republic. If my knowledge serves me properly, those former Soviet Republic used Russian as an official language.
either that or his language is similar to Russian.
I think.

You beat me to this. Good

Leyqute:
I agree with all you've said. The midfield is the battle ground. If we play with a high defence we'll be in trouble. If we hit them on the break they won't be able to handle us. It's hard to see Liverpool's defense stopping Lukaku. Good thing he's played lots of derbies against them when he was at Everton, so it'll be business as usual for him.

Excellent, Arsenal paid dearly for this. Lukaku must be clinical oo. But do you think Mkhitaryan should still retain his place ?or should we just pack the middle of the park with Felliani to free Herrera to neutralize Coutinho?

obainojazz:
Do you think it will be a good idea for Shaw to start, because of the pace of salah?

Shaw should start versus Palace during the weekend. This is an away match in Russia, any slip up will likely be costly, we need at least 4 points from cska Moscow cos they beat Benfica away, loosing this match could land us in second and a tie with the likes of Barca, Madrid,PSG or Juve. So young and Damian at full backs. My opinion though. Jose knows his fitness level, he has been training with the u-23

Leyqute:
Our next 4 games:

27 Sep - Champions League Group stage
CSKA Moscow vs 7:45 PM (A)

30 Sep - Premier League
Crystal Palace (H)

14 Oct - Premier League
Liverpool (A)

18 Oct - Champions League Group stage
Benfica (A)


12 points. ?

12 points will be nice, but I need 6 points from those . two League games, I can do with a draw in one of those CL games, since we can still top the group by winning the respective return legs at old Trafford.
Liverpool can be beaten, we should target their fullbacks of Moreno and Alexander-Arnold, with Rashford and Martial, one coming in for the other. Lukaku should trouble matip and lovren/klavan with pace and speed, mata likes this kind of games so he will be fine, my problem is with Mikhi, because with Mane returning from suspension Coutinho will drop to Midfield with either can or wijnaldum making way, the midfield will lack strength but it's will be very technical, Mhiki must sit up or Felliani should start alongside Matic and Herrera with Herrera doing " Hazard" on Coutinho. Young and Valencia should be careful of Mane and Sallah, I understand young is not a natural fullback but he gave Redmond. And Cuco Martina too much space in our previous games, once he can sort that out, he is ok, his crossings are excellent too.
Bailly should easily neutralize firminho.
The best berth here is to invite them on us and hit them on the Brea k.

funlord:
Thats why the man earns more than £10m per year....he knows what he is talking about as well as what it takes to get through tricky games like this on champions league nights...cska will give us problems tonight at some points in the game! Their problem pitch won't help our passing game either! A point will be a good result apart from a win!

You nailed it.

Oasis007:


Cc Leyqute, DopeJemi, Dubylhover, Funlord, Sinizia, HoopLA, Lana1, Eph12, Joeace2020, Larride, CapitalCee and the Rest.

That's. What we have been saying all along, you can't always go gong ho, it's good to be flexible not fixated on one pattern

Leyqute:
Yeah I get your point.

Did you watch our games from against Stoke down to So'ton (full time, not highlights or on livescore)?

I did, I hardly miss our games. That draw at Stoke is still pissing me off till now. Of a truth our Midfield collapsed in those games, even versus Everton until Rooney went off and Martial came in.

Leyqute:
You've started again.

What if you park the bus and get beat? You don't think that's possible? You were probably happy when we were toothless and beaten by Madrid in the Supercup.

If you believe parking the bus against average teams is the way to go, good for you. It's your opinion and you're entitled to it. But don't overly criticise those that believe otherwise, they have their opinions too.

And this has nothing to do about the poor performances I've been yapping on about. Even if you park bus, use sense. Don't lose possession easily, threaten the opponent when you get the ball, etc.

Madrid defended for most part of their game against Dortmund but when it was time to attack they hit the Germans under the belt. A team who have surrendered the game and is playing poorly will never do that.

Maybe those folks will soon rudely tell me to go support Madrid now since I've used them to buttress one of my points.

No vex. Let's not over hype the argument. I understand your argument and truly performances such as that at St Mary's is a recipe for bad results. But try to understand us, in the game of football result is most important, Chesea packed the bus ceeding possession to the opposition enroute their UCL victory, that trophy is what people remember now. That pack the bus tactics we applied was a plan B which Ferguson ussually use to strifle teams that relentlessly come at us and it has been effective. On their day Fergie team will tear you apart with goals, but in some occasions they resort to ugly wins exactly like what you saw on Saturday, Yes, if not even worse. Go and rewatch our 1999 finals with Bayern, they pinned us for several mins bombarding us and Even scored, we have Schmeichel to thank for the scoreline remaining 1-nil till sherigham and ole did the damage. If we had come out to challenge them, it might have been a loss, with entertaining football like the 2 Barca finals, analysts will applaud your bravery but by now their will be no treble, there will be no knighthood for Ferguson.
I can go on and on with more instances for you. Klopp has not won anything with his ghen ghen pressing. But vangaal and Jose has won 3 TROPHIES with their dull football overtaking Liverpool as the most successful club in Britain in the process.
Good football is most welcomed but must come with results, and an occasional ugly wins are neccesary to confer versatility and flexibility.
But brother i Respect your opinion though.

Odunharry:
I kept asking why Firminho was still on the pitch. After missing chances.

The way this people spoil my tickets ehn. Extra 27k for dey account tomorrow, just Liverpool

But it's an entertaining draw Sha. it's better to draw playing beautiful football than to win parking the bus.

Hello guys I just got to Uk for my msc in biotechnology, but I intend going to Germany for my PhD in related course, please anyone has idea of how I can go about it?

adeyemi2015:


Seem you simply wanna prey on a strange Moniker on the Thread. LOL!

Did you bother to check my Stance on the Match in question before dropping heavyweight Punches on me?!

Well.... I'm ain't a new Guy on the Thread, my old Moniker is banned and simply using the Alternative for the meantime.

You should try to read every Post intoto before jumping on anyone just to unleash your Anger!

Sorry I might have quoted wrongly but some comments I read here made me went nuts, no vex abeg.

Na that " draw with entertaining footie" that got me mad .

adeyemi2015:
I think it's time to move on from the Saturday ugly Match but good Result. The doubting Thomases have learned their Lessons too.

What matters most is 3 Points, how we get it is a Story for the professional Analysts not the Fans.

United get a Champion League Match this Week, I think we should be discussing our chances in Moscow.

3 Points from ugly footie, or a Point from entertaining Footie?!

See let me make this clear for all you , anything less than 3 points in that game in the name of entertaining Rubbish footie is balderdash.. if you guys are not satisfied with the model of football mourinho is playing, you can bounce and Bleep off. What I need is 3 points. Fergie saw in 2008 that Barcelona were technically superior to his team in the semifinals tie, he fucking went for not just any type of draw but "zero- zero" no attacking intent, no finesse, defence all through,Rooney was at right back, at the last it ended in Ferdinand and Giggs lifting the biggest European price in Moscow, if it were to be today, Most of this baby and fickle fans would have cried blue murder. Jose mourinho has won a plethora of trophies what have you won, we just like to criticize.
If you want entertaining football on a weekly basis may Arsenal is available join them, after all they are on it now for 14 years without anything to show for it. What the hell do you even mean by entertaining draw?, that is the language of also-rans. Get that damn 3 pts for me, later we can start discussing entertainment or better still go and watch Zeeworld or. AY live.
Abeg no make me vex oo

Linkfield:
Lukaku don join the tap in ministry...
We Ronaldo fans welcome you

Can you just shut up? You I.diots can't just pass up an opportunity to criticize Lukaku, since he joined United. from having a bad first touch, to being lazy and some Even said he is Jambody or whatever bullshit you folks can lay your filthy hands on. But he has scored in virtually all the matches he has played to silence his critics. Now you simpleton has resorted to "tap in" rubbish. Are you watching the back of a black and white TV when he headed the ball from Young's cross? Go away with your Ronaldo, we don't care

Nihilist:
If he's not in Southampton, his best bet is online streaming .

He can reach me at jackbauersballs@gmail.com

I have sent you a mail. I am heading to London now from Rochester where I went to see a friend.
Please guide me on how to do it, even if it's the one that I can use my mobile phone.

Hello guys, I just arrived UK yesterday, I still don't know my way here yet. Please how can I stream our match today with Southampton. I need to know. Please guys who know should tell me

diggz:
Chelsea spent more than united because we needed more players than united bros.

You also need to consider some players were outright like for like replacements e.g Costa for morata,matic for bakayoko and rudiger for Ake. While you guys basically added to what you had on ground with the exception of Rooney for lukaku.

You are correct

Chelseafan1:
I am trying to remember that Man utd fan who said we spent more than them this season. I wonder what he will say now that we've sold Costa.

Was it Larride, CapitalCee or LoRdCaT sef?

Chelsea spent more than United, that is what we are saying. But for net spend Chelsea is even lesser than most lower clubs even.

PietroRico:
If athletico are willing to sell Griezmann to offset Costa's fee then we

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would be really stupid to not low ball them

I prefer we go for Sanchez next summer, for Free and pay him a wage that will tempt him. For me he is better than Greizmann

Oasis007:
JM can be funny sometimes. I was expecting Shaw to be in the starting XI, but kinda surprised he's listed on the Bench.

I pray we smash those Minnows at least 2 Goals before the End of first Half, coz it will ease JM - the pressure of introducing Shaw at right time in the 2nd Half.

he Should substitute Mata early, we need him to be fresh for against Southampton

hannahdee:
1.Your Debit Card will give you funds in the currency of the country you are in at that moment. So if you withdraw with your Nigerian Bank Debit Card you will get your funds in Pounds. Although I don't think banks allow ATM withdrawals outside Nigeria anymore because of the scarcity of FX, you should confirm from your bank.

2. You can switch your visa while in the UK as long as your current one has not expired. You don't have to come back to Nigeria to do that.

God bless you

Please I have some questions to ask.

First can I use my Nigerian bank ATM debit card to withdraw in UK, then exchange it there in UK, or does the debit card becomes useless once I leave Nigeria.

Then again, when I finish my MSc in UK, and secured admission for PhD any school in UK, must I need to come back to Nigeria to apply or can I apply for Visa in UK without coming back to Nigeria and continue with the PhD.

Cc. Justwise

Mystic1:
Discipline doesn't come in place until points and goals are ticked.
Man city remains top because they got there first and league isn't over. The question was "if league should end today". Then other factors come to play.
Play-off on a neutral ground might also be considered.

Man city are first because of their alphabet, not because they got therr first. Where did we get this "getting there first" rule? That is bullshit and never used. If the league ends this way, a play off will come in. In la Liga they use head to head.

paafin:
Man city are topping the group with alphabetical advantage. The "C" comes before the "U".. If the league ends this way, A play-off will determine the winner imho..

I wanted to say this, but you nailed it. This is the correct answer