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main24:
so true, unfortunately Ericksen and bruno still can't do that for now...they are our only trump card for connecting passes to score.
Assuming ETH did not play Eriksen, others would have come for his head now.
Good thing he played his winning eleven.

Yeah unfortunately if Eriksen didn't start, short-sighted people would have come for his head. But it's the job and he has to make those decisions

main24:
Case starting has not been really good based on previous games. So if you are suggesting MCM and Case experiment, well let's wait and see how they perform whenever that experiment is tried.

We needed destroyers in that game. People that can intercept passes and match you strength for strength or foul you. Yeah case would have done okay, alongside Mctom. We’ll most likely still lose but the city players will be frustrated a lot

ChristineC:
it's a steep curve for Ten Hag. he has an idea of what he wants and the mentality to boot.
we can get there fast if the board show same level of commitment in the market.
he may have downplayed the effectiveness of our home support against Liverpool and Arsenal.
at this stage of development, I believe he can utilize the 3-5-2 in away games against top 6.
Casemiro's passing between the lines is very good from my observations so far, so we can actually accommodate another energetic hound at the base.

I’m not too bothered about the defeat. I hope ETH identifies those gaps and fix them. The gaps were there against assnal but we got away with murder. Against lfc we were better. Maybe that formation against top teams will do us some good, but it’s the smaller teams I’m even concerned about. We’ve not really showed our strength against the small teams and we need to start doing that. That’s the key to familiarizing ourselves with how we want to play as a team. So far imo, it has not really been a great experience.

ChristineC:
I don't think he will offer much in this club. it's already looking like a Kagawa repeat. there will be brilliant games here and there but overall will be below par.
homegrown Greenwood is better than him.
Elanga is not that strong on the ball either, and less technical but at least he puts in a shift both ends and tries to take players on.

Greenwood is far more of a threat than Sancho. I’m not too sure about Elanga, but maybe he can put in a shift if gingered enough. For Sancho, could it be a psychological thing? He’s much better than he’s offering. Maybe he can’t just be that person for this team

This loss and the way we collapsed is on ETH. Two people he needed to man mark are Bernardo and KDB. He should have started Case and McTom, and the wingers must track the runs of their full backs. What kind of delusion did they have going into the game that they thought they could get away without doing these things. Well I’ll see how they bounce back

Been reading about Sancho’s game appearance yesterday. Sancho against Arsenal was not it too. He left Malacia exposed through out the game, and if it were city we played that day we would have lost terribly too. Saka and his team couldn’t make use of the opportunity after turning Malacia multiple times. It was when he was withdrawn some sanity returned to that wing. When he’s not scoring, he’s proven to be useless

Lana1:
I saw United of last season today. Defence all over the place. Every City attack ending in a chance or a goal. Felt like they just threw away everything they've been doing in the last 3 games

I trust ETH to push the boys to bounce back and go on another winning run. But I need them to play and win convincingly

Englishisamust:
That's what you get when you want to play attacking and possesion football. You will have to sacrifice your defence. Man city is defence is more worse than man u own but their attack is covering them. You can look how Madrid was easily scoring man city in champions league semi final

To play attacking football, we have to do better with the ball and don't lose it where we can be hurt in seconds. We're still very sloppy with the ball. We're still far from City and ETH overestimated how the strength of this team

Hopefully we sort out that midfield and wing play soon. Still a lot to be desired there. We're actually far from dominating a game against a decent side, I wonder why ETH didn't just go total defensive today. Saw some goals and the middle was just bypassed like it was nonexistent

nitrogen:
Then if we want to defend against big teams, forget about pressing from the front except in very rare cases when we are in front of their goal and we want to recover the ball before the opponent does a counter attack on us.

We defend, do low block and hope for the best upfront with our strikers preserving their energies. If our striker is pressing upfront with our current set up, na safe journey!

You don't want to find out if you can force a mistake? And by the way, I'm talking about every player pressing and running, not just the striker

So we won the second half? Nice

nitrogen:
Top teams should not be dominated. If we want to play low block, and defend for our lives, then don’t expect strikers to press from the front. Everybody should just be behind the ball and do insha Allah football.

The team is still learning. They can't become a team that dominates a solid team, not to talk of City after 12 months not to talk of 3. So what do we do in that time?

nitrogen:
People wey know ball well say make every striker dey press, the style of play does not matter.

Abeg what’s the main responsibility of a striker? To press and defend?

The main responsibility of the striker whose team is being dominated is to go sit on the bench and wait for some lucky break.

Lana1:
It's shocking how we are still uncoordinated in pressing and it contributes to why we keep getting dominated. We now have a fast back 4 that should be comfortable playing a high line so I dont understand why they still choose to sit back.

They said the striker has no business pressing or closing down channels

Oasis007:
I expected Casemiro and CR7 to start, so surprised I saw McTom and Rashford. You're playing City not Arsenal or Chelsea ffs!!!

No matter who we started, it's always going to end up like this. We can't run away from the fact that we've not been playing good enough to break down teams like Man City. Even our game against sheriff wasn't convincing

biomustry:
It is going as expected sir

I made the right choice not watch then

How is the match going my people?

Expert17:
He can play anywhere, right, left, AM and CF.

He did well. Would love to see him without spaces to play

Expert17:
Good morning OvoP,

Did you watch Gakpo's man of the match display (playing for just 60 mins) against Belgium?

From the right by the way

Expert17:
Just gave away a PK.

Saw that. Reminded me of Pogba

Mehn Ronaldo is done

Expert17:
Ronaldo also applies pressure on defenders, not like Rashford but enough for a 37-year-old player.

His major challenges are build-up play, can't speed away from defenders like Martial and Rashford does and he delays passes/makes selfish decisions almost every time.

Lol martial hasn't even played up to 90 minutes this season.

Anyways Rashford is more suitable for the counterattacking football we've played in the league so far. Ronaldo at his age shouldn't even be our main striker

Karleb:
No.

Therfore, he is useless.

He only cares about competing with Mbappe.

Man city will won league with 100pts without him.

He does

LostMyZeal:
Wtf

Even you?? ??

Leemao!

He will see what he's looking for na

Englishisamust:
We should used eriksen with Fred against man city. I want to check something

Set it up yourself on PS2. You'll see everything you want to see

Karleb:
Youngsters should go on loan. We mean business with every game now.

I'm not sure you read what I wrote. I'm not asking for youngsters to start

ChristineC:
at this stage of the competition, the aim is to qualify as easily as possible. seeing off Sherrif while barely on second gear must have been exactly how Ten Hag had hoped.
game management is crucial. our squad is short on both numbers and quality. we are barely 16-man strong for such a congested season, many people don't understand that.
there will be many games that will require energy to execute.

It's games like this that we should be playing the youngsters. How will the youngsters come in and get good game time if the senior players have not made sure to destroy any hope of a come back? If the team is leading 3-5 goals at 60 minutes, won't the coach be able to bring in 5 fringe players at once to ease the pressure on his 16-man strong players?

Leyqute:
Don’t underestimate them.

They’d have punished us had we not controlled the game.

True sha

Jokerman:
The day Ronaldo:

- Gets humiliated 8-2
- Ruins the "club of his heart" with a mercenary 500M contract
- Scores 6 goals in the Uber Eats League
- Retires twice from his National Team

Is the day I will consider him finished.

Don't stress yourself. Ronaldo will be 38 in a couple of months. He's not all that anymore

Leyqute:
You want us to get punished Abi ?

By Sheriff? Wahala dey o

This football is boring. I think I prefer we're faster and more direct

odizeey:
check understat.com for proper data visualization. You don't expect him to stand like a stick in one place.

You can see where proper action is

What's the argument again sef?