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adebayo201:
@eph12

Can you see those chats?

We know those that don't know ball

Leyqute:
Okay.

Was thinking I’d see Shoretire play yesterday but he didn’t even make matchday squad.

Greenwood did a good job, given the players around him weren’t first team players like him. This is good for his confidence.

Yeah Greenwood led the attack as a senior player. He did well in my books

LostMyZeal:
A certain clueless and spineless Olabode with 89 in his moniker ran crying to the mods with his tail tucked in between his k-legs

I put a juvenile clown in his place for spewing unaldulterated shiii about VDB and he was crying all over the place.

So much for that 89 in your moniker tho
And if I were to go by that 89, then I'd say you're actually the smallie. But this is a faceless forum so anything goes.

Anyways...I reiterate again that no VDB slander will be tolerated.

And by the way...we have Ole where we want him

Exactly you're chatting shit because this is a faceless forum

patrickmuf:
I share Eph12 point of view, Elanga showed flashes of his quick feet and speed but he was easily bullied off the ball. I'd be interesting to see a couple of youngsters play with our best players...

Exactly
I'll like to see when he won't have to be chasing the ball too often like he did yesterday

Leyqute:
Did you see all of the game or just parts of it?

Only missed the last 30 seconds

Leyqute:
I saw him outmuscle fofana or so na. The ref called it a foul though.

Well he did okay, just that I didn't get to see what he can do because we hardly crossed out half even when with the ball

Leyqute:
Soft? How? He competed physically with Leicester defenders and even won some duels.

Competed ke? I'm not sure he won any foul sef. Just 1 or 2. He was eased off the ball kinda easily most time. I saw Greenwood there once and he won a foul in a good position. I don't remember Elanga winning any. He did okay for his level though

Leyqute:
Elanga is quite the player isn’t he? I loved watching him play. He did okay today.

He was too soft, as expected though

JayKayMaybachz:
Tuanzebe is so useless

chrisley024:
Tuan was solid

Who no sabi ball between the two of you now?

Joezinho:
Ole Gollum just broke the unwritten rule of not making changes while defending a corner. Football 101.. But the smiling ladan bosso with the face of a squirrel won't know that.


Rashford, not known for aerial prowess, ends up marking Soyuncu.

Matic is in his zone, and is so stationary he doesn't even attempt to challenge Soyuncu for it.. Ole Gollum is a genius

Matic the tallest player in the team is in his zone and stationary during a corner we're defending and it's okay to you?

afrodoc:
This man.

You too dey vex these days.

We too dey demonize our players na

Oasis007:


Last Season.

Maybe we should talk about Telles of last season too

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