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chrisley024:
partly yes, mostly our midfield.

Why do you think it's the coach fault? Is he not the one that sent out this midfield when it's obvious that some of these players should be rotated

Beorn:
We need a lot of additions. With Varane gone, our defence became useless instantly. Good Lord!!

Defense again when midfield is pants, and attack need more options?

Ellexy:
Aged like milk immediately

It's common sense na. Every team should know that if they rush our midfield, they'll get something

ChristineC:
it is not the same team, don't forget that.
Varane and Antony are very crucial to the set up. now Bruno is out and Rashford is on the right where we all know he will do nothing important.
people deride Antony but if you watch him closely, his use of the ball is among the best in the team.

If ETH doesn't clear out some of these players by summer, I'll know something is wrong with him. We can't have 1 or 2 absences and everything goes to shit. On Thursday we played a team that had about 8 injuries to first team players, and it didn't show.

Ellexy:
They started all guns blazing, they can't keep up that tempo, they no be robots.

Oh well

Good thing that Aston villa withdrew. I suspect they'll come out blazing this second half. I wonder how our midfield will cope

We must win this game. A draw is as good as a loss today

Lmao which kind goal be this

Not a surprising result so far anyways. We've been very close to draw or defeat in the last couple of gamed. We've been playing badly, that's why I don't get excited when we win playing that way, because it's just a matter of time before the defense collapse. It can't continue to hold the team together when we find it difficult to score goals, or even break defences

chrisley024:
VDB is our hidden bro

I'm not even sure his role/position for this game

Joebayo217:
absolutely useless selection VDB wey dey always play nonsense and eriksen also dey play nonsense this time

Hopefully we get a goal back soon

Other teams, when the opponent holds the ball, they're already looking for who can receive the pass and close down that person. But this team will only try to close a player down when it's very obvious he's the one receiving the pass

They can't even successfully mark a player 1v1

Joebayo217:
now una go know wetin Bruno dey do for dat midfield

I'm not even sure VDB leg don touch ball

Poor poor midfield. Midfield that can't be aggressive and close down passing channels is no midfield. This afternoon go long

Eriksen and VDB in the midfield. God epp us

MRTA7:
I think the squad is very thin on quality when you have just a few absences. I really hope the club can find more money to strengthen the team. in January and next summer.

Hopefully we dont get Barca or Juve in the next round. squad is not strong enough to fight for Europa League and Top 4.

The earlier we play a much better team and drop off the competition, the better for us. If ETH is not going to rotate the few positions where he can afford to, lets just focus on the league and maybe carling cup

Cyberrex:
he's over playing them, bruno, eriksen
he will still use dem come Sunday, with obvious fatigue showing already in their game, he should understand the games are coming fast and much, and there's the world cup also, abeg, he needs to start resting in that midfield, I have no problem with the rotation in the attack, the midfield needs an absolute rest

thank God say Bruno won't feature on Sunday, Alaye for play him in the game also

Imagine he has forgotten Mctom that had very good performance in the DM before Casemiro got up to speed with the team. Now Casemiro plays every game, 90 minutes, no rest. Bruno too, no rest, no rotation. Only injuries can force ETH to rotate

metodman:
I understand you bro, I really do.

Do not forget that we have a new manager who is still learning about our players. Its a process so He is not going to change everything in few months.

A little bit of patience is needed by us all

Then he should try out some other players and not stick to a set when it's obvious something is not working there

LostMyZeal:
It's the Iqbal snub that has surprised me the most

Cos me know say that one better pass McFred

I'm afraid we're not going to see him this season unless we have a lot of injuries in the midfield

ChristineC:
I hope they are training well because I'm a bit surprised Iqbal, Williams and Pellistri haven't gotten even a cameo appearance by now.
I don't know if Williams have left the club.

I honestly hope ETH offers some explanation of why those guys can't get even a 10 minutes cameo for a dead rubber game as this. What's the worst that could happen if we lose this game?

metodman:
Obviously if we had more quality players on the pitch, we would have won more convincingly but I see improvement where we actually fight a little compared to before.

Don't forget that we won the match though it was not enough

I don't even know how to respond to this. We continue playing like this and we're guaranteed to have more bad results than good results. While we got a win, we played rubbish for most part of the game. I don't believe you will want to watch us play this way for the next 5 games

nitrogen:
Well, not like he beats his man or plays lots of crosses. Better to play wingers that are not in form than play your best midfielder there.

It does not make sense!

That's ETH fault. Sometimes he can be too narrow minded and just stick to one thing until a bad result and move on to the next, even when it's obvious that this one thing is just hanging by the thread and will soon spoil

LostMyZeal:
We're obviously on a decline

Players looking tired cos squad dey thin

ETH is not managing these players properly. I don't see why Eriksen will play beyond 55-60 minutes. He has Iqbal and Pellistri, why won't these guys come in and play in their natural positions instead of playing people all over the place

nitrogen:
Looking like Bruno is being relegated gradually. It does not make sense to me sha. How can you have one of your best midfielders play as a winger? Nawa o!

He's the only versatile player he can trust to put in a shift if played out of position. Where you see relegation?

metodman:
The lads gave a good account of themselves. I'm proud of them

Mstcheww

Urgent clear out. Opponents have realized they can close down Eriksen easily and taken advantage of that. He's a liability currently.

Do we still need more defenders, instead of midfielders and attackers?

engrelvis:
lol...but am watching

Okay that was sarcasm then

How can we be playing this for two straight game. Always making the wrong decisions. Slow to close down passing channels while getting closed down with ease. We can't even build play again

engrelvis:
We always look disjointed whenever Ronaldo is playing.Dt possessive football n controlling of game is gone or am i missing something?

Yeah you're missing something. You're not watching the game

Eriksen should not just come out for the second half