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hoopLA:
Nobody is talking about how poor this van de Beek has been.

McTom and Fred on the bench is the problem

Oasis007:
Telles, maybe he's gonna turn good, seems a Waste of Money. Williams as LB is far better than him.

What is this na? What is the same is the Williams at RB a different player ni?

Illimitable:
He didn’t know his best 11 back then.

Then he finally settled on this after seeing all

Illimitable:
This man is a fraud.

If Matic and Van de Beek score 6 goals each today, they have zero chance playing against Liverpool.

Ole’s first choice midfield is McFred. What chance of playing their way into the next game is he talking about?

They were not his first choice towards end of last season and beginning of this season

airmark:
This looks like a fixed match to ensure that Leicester win. I hope we take that 2nd spot from you guys sef.

Rest

Illimitable:
In VVD’s absence, LFC are 6th. They are trophyless and they have conceded more league goals than Maguire’s defence.

Okay compare Maguire's defense with Koulibaly's defense

Illimitable:
So what have we done to Ighalo and James? How many times have they featured?

Ighalo is gone.
James is almost extinct.
Maguire is shit and he needs another £60m asset playing next to him to function.

Van Dijk didn’t play the whole defence himself but see how his arrival at Anfield transformed them from also-rans to title contenders.

Koulibaly is a leader. Lindelof, Bailly and the rest would have learnt a shitload from him by now. You get elite players not only because of what they offer but what they can teach the younger players.

You have Maguire now, bought for £80m. The defence has deteriorated under him. There’s one error in every game United play either from him or his fellow defenders. Lindelof hasn’t improved since 2018. Tuanzebe’s fortune has reversed.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

In VVD absence, LFC still have one of the best defense in the Europe. Their attackers have let them down

Illimitable:
United bought Daniel James and paid a loan fee for Ighalo(in January), they could have lumped all those money together to get an elite centre half(Koulibaly).

Now we have an £80m inferior defender that needs another £60m partner to function. It’s the definition of penny wise, pound foolish.

Never ever buy an inferior product, you would spend more servicing the inferior product than getting an authentic one.

I didn't know Koulibaly was going to play the whole field himself. We should just buy Koulibaly and all our problems are gone. One would think Napoli has the best defense in Europe

Illimitable:
Ask yourself why United got Bruno without any competition.

Most of the other clubs considered him too high risk.

As for Koulibaly, his price was what drove many clubs away. Napoli wanted £90m or so. Guardiola wanted to sign him but the price was just too much for him.

United actually had the money but went for the inferior version of him. It wasn’t as if Koulibaly was affordable and no one wanted him. Plenty of clubs wanted him but weren’t able to sign him because of the high fee.

Oh so Koulibaly wasn't cheaper than Maguire?
What do you mean by United had the money? With the way we talk about City's and other club money, one would believe those guys can easily afford ordinary 90£ if they believe the investment is a very good one. Yet my guy still remains in Napoli, nobody wan carry am.

Look at Bruno, United went back for him just 5 months after. But Koulibaly, nobody is doing that

Illimitable:
We don’t press because of Maguire.

Ole is scared if he leaves a high line and the opponents catch us on a break, they would flame Maguire.

The chart is classified.



Every top team overlooked Bruno as well until it became absolutely necessary for United to find a creative hub and they signed him with the high risk involved.

The drawback with Koulibaly was that he was too old but he is only one month older than Van Dijk. If Liverpool fans still have hopes for Van Dijk’s return, why didn’t Ole go after Koulibaly 2 years ago?

United went for Bruno, they were on Bruno's radar almost a year, but haven't seen anything like that concerning Koulibaly. LFC have problem with their defense and they haven't looked at Koulibaly. No top team is in the news knocking at Napoli's door for Koulibaly. One would think United is the only team that needs a CB

Illimitable:
Koulibaly was available that summer and Ole went for the fridge. I will never understand how he concluded Maguire was worth £80m.

He just wasted money on a rubbish defender.

Yet almost every top team have overlooked Koulibaly for two years now

Illimitable:
We are a very defensive side.

Why do you think we don’t press opponents like the other clubs? You see Bruno and Rashford pressing and the others have withdrawn back to our half to the disgust of Bruno. This happens every time in a match.
We do partial pressing.

Wan Bissaka was brought in to stop attacks, he’s almost useless once he crosses the halfway line.

Shaw isn’t an all out attacking left back. He’s 50-50 at best. Then we have 2 centre halves.

Ndidi alone should be able to do the job against the mid-table teams and bottom teams. United can get an elite defender to back it up for maximum security though.

However, Ndidi’s defensive stat is ridiculous. I rate him as highly as Casemiro.

We don't press because the players are not trained to press. Meanwhile where did you get this chart from?

Illimitable:
Ndidi is the perfect fit.

Against the top 6 sides, you need one of McFred to partner Ndidi.

Against the bottom 13 sides, Ndidi alone should be able to protect the defence.

Until Ndidi comes and he gets trolled whenever we concede a goal or drop points, even when it's not his fault.

Even in Leicester, he has Tielemans beside him. If you think he plays the role alone, you're joking

adisaaowala:
Which Top teams currently play 2 DMs please?

We don't have 2 DM. We have two CM which is the standard. Kante and Jorg, Cas and Kroos etc. Look at LFC, PSG, Leicester, they all have two players there

chidexxy007:
The way people complain about the double Pivot I wonder sometimes if it was Ole that invented it.

It's amazing how people find things to wail about everyday. Most other top teams play two CM, I don't understand why they think this is different

patrickmuf:
We suppose create one camp for you, Fred In...You be Chairman and only member for now...

E be like na only me sabi ball then

Oasis007:


Sound like Tom and Jerry.

Lol

Most top teams play the double pivot. We have scored a lot of goals playing those two. They're not the ones limiting the attack

Oasis007:
I get your Submission Bruh, but do you think we can win any Trophy with the Pivot?!

With playing a double pivot or playing Tom and Fred?

Oasis007:


We can't overly rely on Cavani, he's old already. Martial?....... don't wanna see him at United again.

With what we've seen Cavani do, I want to believe Martials time is done at this club

patrickmuf:
After a slow start...

Try dey rest

People dey complain sha

Leyqute:
Eph12 do you play FPL?

Yeah why?

GloryIsaac:
Is it the fans that’ll play the 3 matches?
Is it the fans that’ll suffer fatigue?
Is it the fans that’ll likely suffer injuries?

So players (who are simply workers), not the club, should suffer for fans decision to disrupt a game?
What happened to fining the club?

Don’t give reasons for some person’s stvpid decision.

Like I said, they could have deducted points from the club. This is a better deal

GloryIsaac:
Who’s deducting points? For what? Lmaoo

As long as finances are concerned, the Super League clubs have the upper hand compared to whatever Association there is.

3 games in 5 days is cruel.

For lack of security, allowing fans disrupt the game

KingAlabi:
Tah

Try dey rest

GloryIsaac:
United will play 3 premier league matches in 5 days!

Who schedules these things?

And these aren't small teams (Villa, Leicester and Pool). Smh

A better alternative to point deduction

GloryIsaac:
After watching the Arsenal match yesternight, I expect United to skin Villarreal, but it’s a final, a win is enough.

However, Arsenal were simply unlucky. The ball wouldn’t just enter.

After watching united last night nko?

KingAlabi:
please list them out start from attack, lemme see if you will sneak in Jesus and aguero.

I'm not the one complaining about City and all their world class players. I have never done that. But ask those that do to do so and Torres and Jesus will definitely be mentioned

GloryIsaac:
Pep is obviously a better coach than Olé, so if he uses players better, it’s quite clear.

However, take note that Pep has no patience with underperforming players or those he deems doesn’t fit his style of play.

Fred won’t be at this club if Pep was coach and he dropped those poor performances earlier. Nolito is a good example.

Nolito came in at around 30 years. While not everyone will succeed under very good managers, Nolito is not a good example for me

KingAlabi:
REST!
I guess Jesus or Torres are better?

Ask for a list of the players Pep can call to make a difference in the team

What we should accept now is that Ole can't afford to change his trusted soldiers. He has his 12-13 players he uses and we should stop suggesting he drops them.

But the same way some people are saying Telles, VDB and co are not quality is the same way people will abuse most of those City players if we had them in our team today. I don't expect some of you to agree sha. The players are always better when Pep or someone else buys them. Let them come here, they'll be the worst players in the world

Expert17:
An unfit Doctor ran almost the size of the pitch relieving us from Roma's press and breezing through their midfield.... the only thing they could see is the misplaced pass