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TeslaFC:
Before going down an endless rabbit hole here, let’s not make it seem like Ten Hag himself went for Casemiro.

Casemiro’s arrival at United was simply a matter of time and chance, not some masterpiece stroke from ETH like your comment might infer.

ETH preferred target (FDJ) evaded us all through the transfer window and we won’t have gotten Casemiro if Madrid didn’t deem him surplus to requirements.

It will be wrong to pin our failure to get a good DM on the previous managers when it’s no secret how inefficient our scouting network has been in recent years hence causing us to go for mercenaries every time.

I’m just pointing this out because it’s beginning to look like we can’t get things wrapped up if Casemiro isn’t on the pitch and that doesn’t reflect well on the team as a whole, manager inclusive.

I'm not sure I understand your position here.

It was glaring our midfield was out of sorts since like 4 years ago. If ETH failed to see that and failed to get a DM, he would have paid the price sooner or later. At the end of the day, the buck stops at the coach's table and he knows what his team lacks the most. If DM was never a top priority, that is his own fault and failure. He can NOT blame someone else if he's blind to see the obvious crack in the team. You can't come and start painting those coaches as the victim here. Its different if they didn't get any money to spend but they spent a lot of monies, and also offered enormous wages to players that don't deserve them

TeslaFC:
Casemiro especially. It’s as if the floodgates open whenever he’s not on the pitch.

And this partially vindicates previous United managers who had to constantly use a team that had no DMs to compete for trophies.

Why did they try to use a team without DMs to compete for trophies? It's not a case of no money because they spent a lot on players

Ellexy:
I'm expecting us to win the Carabao and I'll be disappointed if we don't win it.

That will be a great test of the team's mental resolve, not even talent for me.

Ellexy:
Hope say you no dey put mind for that game. I don forsee us collecting shaa.

I'm actually not expecting any trophy this season. We've not really played as good as I would have liked in a while even when we have won games. I still see a lot of gaps

Can we beat fcb like this?

Just see as the wall opened for that free kick smh

olabode89:
I just dey para joor... he is just doing the same thing over and over again... at least fake once, drop a shoulder, do the stop and run. Baba go just dey run always, Ayling knowa it and is just making easy blocks and tackles.

This is exactly what he's doing

Expert17:
I would recommend Pedro Goncalves (Bruno's replacement at Sporting) or Sergej Milinković-Savić of Lazio.

Unless they're defensively very solid, I don't think that's what Klopp needs at the moment. The way they're drinking goals, they need to fix up immediately. When you stop conceding chances and goals, the attack will get better. TAA and Robert will be able to bomb forward and support the attack the way they used to

JayKayMaybachz:
Apt.. 💯

The solidity from the midfield has disappeared. But instead of Klopp fixing that first, he's buying more attackers

Expert17:
Yeah, I can give over 20 names.

Liverpool needs a player like Bruno/KDB in that midfield not that Spanish-Pogba.

Klopp abandoned creativity in the midfield because of what he was getting from the full backs. The midfield was just there to win the ball back, recycle possession and protect the defense. The full backs are not delivering as usual, now everything is a mess

main24:
I feel it's a healthy challenge for the squad...
How can we play a better game when key players are out?

Nice dream

Spend half a billion just to struggle to make top 10. Abomination

timay1:
Some of the fan base and twitter fan accounts just ranting about academy player are just living in their own fantasy. When clubs with the best academy, who dominate academy level sef struggle to break in players into their first team. The few ones that got in turn out mediocre.

Hopefully we have enough money in the summer to buy the players we need to play much better. We struggle too much for my liking when we play

timay1:
It's the only way up bro. Spending the cash.

Barcelona with all their La masia hype still spend shit load on players. Same with Chelsea and Man city who both have the best Academy in England in recent years.

No two ways about it. We have to spend if we want to become dominant.

timay1:
academy football and senior football are miles apart bro.

Man city Academy win the League every now and then in the last few recent years, yet most of their guys are not pulling trees in senior football whenever they get loaned out. It's not easy bruv.

Look at this EFL trophy that U21 play with Non league and league 2 teams, look at the way Non league players of part timers wipe these U21 boys some times in the competition. That will give you the glimpse of how senior team football reality is

So we will need to spend good cash then? I was thinking with the way we were hyping these young players, we should just give them the minutes some of those fringe senior players get to aid their development.

odizeey:
That's one of the questions we should be asking.

Maybe they are only good among their mates.

That has been my question. But for some reason, some people see it as an attack on ETH or something I have no idea about. Are they good enough? Yes or No?

Leyqute:
I even thought you were talking about second stream players who haven’t played many minutes although academy players fit the description too.

Can you list the 4 available academy players?
Garnacho started. Mainoo and Pellistri were on the bench. Who else?

On the bench doing what for 90 minutes? What about the rated Iqbal or na just we dey rate am?

odizeey:
Baba mi. I no even understand o.

Shey na FA cup then won play or na against Barcelona? Or na EPL wey we dey fight for top four?

It's not even like it's 11 academy boys we want to give minutes. It's just two or three. The others that could have played are senior players.

As in playing 2-3 youngsters, alongside 8 other senior players, in a match against Nottingham at old trafford, where we are already 3 goals up is sounding like an abomination. This begs the question, are the youngsters not good enough?

Lana1:
Eph12 what has Fred been eating? Your mans just dey score

He's called Pastor Fred for a reason

Leyqute:
We’re now cruising because the senior boys came on and scored two goals in 5 mins.

We were 3 goals up against Nottingham forest at old trafford. Think am

Leyqute:
Did you see where I said we could use just a couple of them? Too much rotation and we’d be in trouble.

If things get worse- like an injury to too many first team players, we’d have no option but to use them. That won’t be possible if we ship them off without replacement.

hehe hope you know you're adding to what I said?

We had 4 academy players available today. We were 3 goals up from zero minute. Only one ended up playing.

Leyqute:
Things fit worse pass like this o.

Nothing is worse right now. The team is cruising. It sounds like those guys can only be used for last 10 minutes, when we're probably 3 goals up. And not in a worse situation as you said

Leyqute:
Shipped off so that we will have nobody to fall on when things go south Abi?

It’s okay to start one or two of those bench options. Starting 6-7 of them is when there’ll be major problems.

If they can't start in a dead rubber game as this, what good can they do when things go south?

Leyqute:
I see sense in what he’s saying. Imagine we started those yoots and they overrun us all over the pitch. They could get a goal 20 mins in and another one just before half time.

No be panic be that? And we’d do emergency subs and bring on players who aren’t ready to do serious work today because their mind are set on the weekend match.

Let’s not underestimate N. Forrest. They made it this far to the semi finals.

Let's just say those guys are not good enough and should be shipped off

Ellexy:
Well ETH doesn't think so.

This was a good match for them to get some kicking around

adebayo201:
Imagine if it's been the fringe players...

Everyone go don dey panic like this.

Panic on top 3-0? Haba na

Garnacho, Mainoo, Pellestri and Iqbal should all be starting

Ellexy:
Garnacho is starting, Mainoo is on the bench. Aside Iqbal is there any other academy prospect we're expecting to start?

Iqbal should be starting. We're 3 goals up

Ellexy:
Very strong line up

What is ETH seeing that we're not seeing? Are the academy players we keep on mentioning that bad?

Jokerman:
Let me bless this thread with the GOAT's Manutd career...

Cristiano Ronaldo's Manchester United/EPL Career.

why?

Ellexy:
They gave Antony MotM. For me it's Case. Eph12 you dey give joy big time.

I tell you or I no tell you?

Nice pass from Antony. More of these passes please. I need him to create chances, not just be trying his r2