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ChristineC:
as per your first paragraph > so you see the future as well, tell me then who wins the league in the end.

The bulk of Louis' tenure was tepid, insipid, you name it; left a sour taste in my mouth endlessly. There were spurts of brilliance hiaanddia but on the whole largely uninspiring! In-stadia fans' continuous chant of "attack" instead of "glory glory" sums his time up perfectly. In addition, his rapid bonanza sale of talents was too hard to swallow. Nani for £4m? How did this really aid his employer's coffers while the rest almost off for free and gargantuan losses. Sincerely he's very lucky to get any severance package from Edward Woodward.

Does your first paragraph suggests Liverpool will win the league? Are we going to wait till eternity like Liverpool to win the league again?

AdisaOwala:
The fella doesn't seem to be cut out for "midfield dictatorship" like the Modrics & Krooses of this world - his best bet could be to replicate Yaya Toure's peak form (when the Ivorian was surging forward from Midfield & banging in Goals with aplomb on a weekly basis)

I might be wrong though...

May be this is what we will get from him. I don't see him as one to orchestrate the flow of a game.

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parrotibaba:
You can't wake up and expect Pogba to dominate midfield like Zidane and moreover Zidane was an attacking midfield. I think that we should at least give Pogba time to settle down and assess him in January, we have seen how he can play when he's in the mood, the Leicester match comes to mind, we just need to see if Herrera will be able to complement him well enough as matches come thick and fast. Various people argue that he's better off when given the free role in midfield, while others argue that box to box is his happy hunting ground, it all depends on the system the gaffer plays and how he thinks Pogba will help the team best. Make we get our first eleven first before we dive into full on criticism.


Pogba is not in the mold of pirlo, pirlo is a deep lying playmaker just like Carrick. This guys are the choir masters of football and their kind of players are rare to find nowadays in football.

Pirlo did not start as a DM. His position went backwards as he grew older.

SIRcumalot:
I'll settle for winning the league again this season before talk of domination.
That era is done I think we don dey enter the era of multiple winners in a 4-5 years span.

Any decent player should have scored from that range.na off they day for Pogba and Ibra.

Best reply comment.

parrotibaba:
But that's the problem, Pogba is not your typical attacking midfielder that is expected to bang in the goals every match day. Everybody de chop goals wey even near goal line, it can happen. Profligacy killed us yesterday. This is the problem I had with his price, it will eventually attract the "a £90m player should be banging in goals left/right and singlehandedly win matches" statement. We are all forgetting that this guy was not responsible for the price tag, rather it was Juventus that wanted that amount of money for him. When Pogba was in Juventus, nobody was talking about his goals but rather his midfield abilities were brought up whenever he was mentioned but now that he's in manutd, everybody expects him to score hattricks every match day even if na defense he play.


To dominate like how Ferguson did is not something that will be achieved easily by any coach. Sure we need match winners but we need a system first, Jose is trying to play a different brand of football to the one that he's known for and I expect it will take a bit of time before these players adjust well enough for it. We were very unlucky yesterday, we played well but we drew, that's football.

But does he dominate midfield anywhere near Zidane did? I know he is still young, but....

We have had non goal scoring midfielders who made the difference every match - Pirlo for instance, you see him dictating how the entire 22 players in the field play. Even some not so great brought something peculiar which they were feared for.

weedtaker:
fixed
and i still don't know why you're lamenting like a child who started watching footie yesterday, the outcome of our match was down to hard luck.


na by the way, during SAF last season we only have one player who can change the outcome of a game with his own individual brilliance, yet you branded that player a squad killer or is it hyena? got anything to say concerning that?

The last match winner we had was Ronaldo. You don't know what match winners do.

Bale was also a match winner for Spurs. I don't count players like RVP, Chicha as match winners. They feed on efforts of others, they can be prolific though.

Even Scholes said any player worth that amount of Pogba should bang in goals Messi and Ronaldo

ChristineC:
It's a thing of beauty seeing Manchester United play some purposeful football again. The recent league team selection has to continue to enhance greater coordination, with the return of Anthony Martial on the left side and the Armenian too.

Sometimes these gel periods can take longer than expected but any Manchester fan who hasn't observed the improved fluidity with the removal of W. Rooney and M. Fellaini from the midfield is probably not a football fan in the first place. While I like the latter as much as the other players, there will be games his particular talents will be at home just fine with. However, games where there's need to cut opposition defenses with the ball on the ground, he humbly has to start from the bench. The former just has to take the honorable path.

Zlatan Ibrahimović simply has to bury his chances, he does to difficult things well then tumbles the easy part. Today's defeat is on him like a toga, managed to turn an emphatic victory to a slugfest!

*I want to see Memphis Depay get more game time, his cameos so far hasn't been poor like last season. Jose Mourinho should not allow that guy to waste, he has too much talent and should be encouraged to develop under little pressure*

We now play like the way Liverpool used to play. Lots of fluidity, mixture of great results with disappointments and ending up a mid table team. Lol

We still played with lot of fluidity enroute to winning FA cup last season with Carrick and Rooney in midfield even with lazy Fellaini in front of them.

Herrera is doing a good job though, I must commend our defence line that has learnt to play very high which makes us to press better. Yesterday they were virtually at the half line almost throughout the game.

Bifwoli:
Its not only unbelievable but its also practically impossible.The guy has to be aroused and erect and thats one thing the ladies cannot force to happen.

I even find it hard to believe the story of Lot in the Bible -Genesis 19:30-38 how they got their father drunk and he fell asleep then the older went and lay with him.Impossible cuz his manhood can't function like that.

Perhaps this man had already been raped by one of the girls, the next one was taking her turn and it is difficult for the man to get aroused quickly enough.

nyabinghi:
They had multiple orgasms last week after beating liecester, they claimed it was the best performance of united in years only to find joy in city losing. Mourinho will waste united's money and win zilch still. Rooney was the reason united didn't win. Zlatan the god of manchester couldn't score when it mattered most. Pool,spurs ,arsenal to tear this team apart.

If Rooney started today and we won 2-0, people here would still have come up with multiple reasons why he should not play next match and how we could have won 5-0 without him.

I like the fact that the pressure is taken off him. If it were Rooney who missed an opponent net like Pogba did, we would have heard pages of how £300k guy 'cannot do what even a grandma can do easily'.

I am trust tired of the way things are. We could have closed the gap today. Pogba sef, he could not bury two free headers.

We could have still gone 2-0 up, if Martial had passed to Rooney who was free with his right foot positioned to shoot, but the French man decided to dribble and he was brought down.

weedtaker:
do you think we can still mount a title challenge?

That depends on our next results, particularly our October fixtures. If we beat those teams above us, then it is game on.

We missed a great chance today to put pressure on them.

We have to be up there by New Year. We are going to lose Bailly to Africa Nations cup in January/February. We should make ourselves comfortable before injury and other things come in.

afrodoc2:
hehehehe I am feeling better.......City don dey gbongbolo cigar

I do not feel the same.

SlaughterGang:
Oh Lawd...I am dead...LMFAO...Are you comparing the current Rooney to Ronaldo and Messi?...Go and take your pills.

See this one saying he is dead. As if he was among the living before.

Good night.

SlaughterGang:
Easy with your lies...That offside was a close call and as a striker...Coaches all over have one rule..."Don't stop till you hear the call"...I have been hearing that mantra all the way from HS right to college so this only highlights Rooney's Lack of Judgement, He has grown lethargic and it's blatantly clear he was expecting the ball

The ball was perfect for him and there was no deflection with the pass that found Rooney...Old man go and sleeep and take your pills. But maybe your argument was as a result of your early dementia...Here's a video to refresh your memory unless of course you can't afford to watch it then go onto the numerous articles that analyse it in more detail.


And the worse part is if he had made that goal, Depays confidence would be better and the gaffer would have more faith in him.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNjVjfA81kk

I thought it was more serious. Even super scorers, Messi and Ronaldo miss easier chances.

You no know ball.

SlaughterGang:
Talk is cheap, I am not here to leak my personal info so hypothetically I have never kicked a soccer ball, but I have cleats good enough to kick some brain cells of yours back to default...Good job avoiding the Northampton miss...Your Bf is finished...Stop clutching at straws

There was no real miss in Northampton. Someone swings a cross in from close position that apparently looked offside, then the ball took a flight over the boot of another. How was that a miss?

SlaughterGang:
WTF is this?? He has a back problem so what? In HIgh School when I popped my acl and out for the rest of my season, next season my coach wanted to put me in for preseason as a sub but during warm-ups I wasn't feeling it and promptly told him...He immediately pointed to another player to get on.


Besides even the worst player on my college team can control that ball and slot it in not to mention a professional striker...He had plenty of time, no need for a first time or what do you have to say about his Northampton miss too?

Face it, it's time for your bf to head to the retirement home!

You.... Played football too? Ajigbijigbijigbi

Any way, anyone can play football when your play mates are your evil gang members high on weed, tired from sex and feeling drunk from ogogoro. No one comes to mark you on the ball for five minutes.

Comrade Oshiomhole Thank GOD, The Edo People And Pastor Ize-Iyamu For A Very Successful And Peaceful Election. He spoke about the godfathers in Edo State and how APC defeat of Dokpesi in his unit.

The link below has has speech. It is just 47mb and 24 mins long.


https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1270165513026377&id=216530338389905

SlaughterGang:
I am not "understanding"? But we were dominant? Scoring 3 set piece goals last week means the team is ready?

I gave up when I saw Fellaini passing back to Bailly in our half of the field...That was when I stopped resisting the sweet sweet seductive words of sleep but I remember one thing before I dozed off in the 40ish minute..."Is Rojo in this game or the Commentators are choosing to ignore saying his name?"...Very useless player...He can fvck off next January along with That Tree...Even Schneiderlin would have been better.


And I can bet My Left Ball sack Rooney didn't mean that assit...Elampìros boyfriend, always stinking up the joint but his stats keep Cleaning up after him

You didn’t read he has a back problem and Mourinho decided to bench him today because he knew Rooney wouldn't reach his optimal. Mourinho said he wanted to protect him from bad press because Rooney wouldn't be able to play his best because of his back problem.

He didn’t get a good hit of the ball because he couldn't jump and twist to hit it. I suspect the back problem.

dopeJemi:
Obaseki fine pass Okowa? Elampiro oh

Are you from Delta?

funlord:



Na this guy wey resemble native doctor assistant na him you dey call fine?

Who be your governor?

egobetatoday:
if APC had the upper hand like you said they wouldnt have postponed the elections. what about the state commissioner of police that was changed in this space of time? since we already know their tactics, May God protect us beyond 2019.

INEC postponed the election due to the militants PDP imported into the state.

raumdeuter:
Elamps I see you for TV dey carry ballot box run enter bush

Lol

dopeJemi:
Una dey forbid to get handsome Governor for Edo state?

This one no fine pass your governor and many governors? He still try na.

LoRdCaT:
wetin Oshiomole do for us for the 4 years of hin second tenure?

May be you no dey Edo State. He completed more roads, also central Hospital and many more.

LoRdCaT:
commot here joh.. Now oshiomole's sins will remain hidden.

Which sins? He is a performer. Abeg wetin PDP do for us for 8 years of Igbinedion?

We are Edolites. We delivered.

Someone play me na God win.

HungerBAD:
Congratulations to GO.

Never again shall we give the PDP any ground like we did in Rivers and Bayelsa,never.

GO won 13 out of 18 Local Governments,and yet the shameless PDP still complain they were rigged?lol.

To my APC brothers,Edo State is Secure now.

Well done

Jonathan To Blame For Recession – Obasanjo

September 28 , 2016

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday carpeted the immediate past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, saying his advice on the prevailing economic crisis, was ignored two years ago .

The former president also accused Jonathan of lifting the ban on importation of products like toothpick, which he said could have been taken over by local industries without encumbrances .

Obasanjo, who spoke at the official opening of the National Council on Finance and Economic Development (NACOFED) in Abeokuta, Ogun State yesterday, said the only way Nigeria could urgently step out of the current economic recession is for it to seek foreign loan .

The former president, who was the Father of the Day at the opening session , said he had warned former President Jonathan on the impending recession in November 26 , 2014 when he joined others to celebrate the birthday of pioneer Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission , ICPC, retired Justice Mustapha Akanbi .

“I reminded the government that we were spending more than we were earning ; that very soon, the country would not be able to fund the budget… Unfortunately, the government then refused to listen to my advice ” , he told the gathering .

Obasanjo went further to state that when he discovered the ban on the importation of toothpick was reversed by the Jonathan administration , he visited the then president in Abuja to ask why he lifted the ban on toothpick and Jonathan said he did not read before he approved.

Speaking further on the way out for Nigeria, Obasanjo said there were three options , explaining, “The three options are we have to spend less , we must endeavor to earn and then the last one is to borrow , and this if we must, we do it fast and now ” .
He , however, cautioned against doing the bidding of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF ).
https://www.informationng.com/2016/09/jonathan-blame-recession-obasanjo.html

Lana1:
Nobody is immune from criticism. Mata hardly plays rubbish if he's not being played out of position. We all saw his performance against the league champs in his preferred position. Herrera too, as far as i can tell, has been solid wen deployed as a B2B CM. United 4 - 1 City easily comes to mind.

Fellaini has been ok so far this season. But tell us why we shouldn't criticise him when every small thing na to dey elbow persin for face conceding silly fouls in d process.
No one player is bigger than the club. Despite Rooney's achievements for United, he's not above criticism considering the fact that he has cinstantly been shît for more than 3 seasons now. We all saw how Zlatan was a better target man yesterday compared to Rooney on Wednesday vs Northampton.
Its not rocket science that United was fluent and played its best football of the season thus far with Rooney and Fellaini absent from the starting lineup.

This is not true. Mata has mostly played below average in the number 10. There are times he looks to fly there, but when given a run there, he soon disappears in games, particularly against the power playing teams and big teams.

Apart from his first match for us, yesterday was when Pogba played close to his DM which meant the AM didn't have to worry too much about defence. We will have to see many more matches to get to know how things work out.