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User09:
Then put Ziyech in the middle and CHO in the right wing.

Mount doesnt create shit and shouldnt be in the advanced midfield

There's no advanced midfield in a 433. Players take turn to go forward but they must be able to fall back and keep the shape

OJURONGBE1:
Help me ask him o!
Havertz that can't stay on his dangling feet to start. Na Basket we go take collect L

When it's not preston you want to play against

User09:
Yeah...Ahead of Mount.

Havertz in a 433 formation? Or you mean he can make the burst from midfield to attack and still fall back? Any evidence to show Havertz can perform better in that formation and role?

User09:
The problem has always been midfield.

Lampard doesnt learn.

Havertz ahead of Mount or Kovacic? Who?

raumdeuter:
That was how they told us that the moment Hidden gets to Madrid he will turn to Messi

He may be the highest goal scorer in training

afrodoc2:
Hidden in plain sight. The Poco Lee of football, dancing the night away.

I blame covid

afrodoc2:
Marvellous Benji next time use paragraphs abeg.

Omo I had headache trying to understand his message. I honestly wanted to read, understand and respond but I had to dust by bata and leave him to his message

airmark:
Raumdeuter's bag of beans, Benzema, has never scored 25 league goals in a season and this is his 16th season of playing for big teams.

Put Harry Kane in that Madrid team and see how he scores 30+ league goals every season.

Hidden has been there for 2 years now o

airmark:
Who asked Rashford to be missing PKs and made Ole to give the responsiblity to PK expert Penaldes? That's another reason Belotti is better than all your spineless strikers.

Lmao shey the goals hard to count ni?

handelex:
That no evidence in our play thingy triggered my response.. Should have worded it better but I get you.

I get

airmark:
Name just one striker in your team with a better league goals stats than Belotti in Torino this season?

When i say Scummies would just type without thinking, it's not a ruse but the truth.

Remove Belloti's penalties, then compare with Rashford

handelex:
Didn't Martial just score in our last game with a cross from AWB?

You know how statistics work na. Don't read it like literally

iamJ:
its abnormal, it's either united have mastered the act of baiting players or the have perfected their acting skills

The frequency is troublesome, even peak barca that only attacked didn't get this much penalties

I agree with you, very troublesome

Club that has mastered the act of baiting players or have perfected acting skills:
Manchester United - 5 penalties

Clubs that are yet to master the act of baiting players and haven't perfected their actings skills:
Chelsea - 3 penalties

Omo if Chelsea finally perfect all these skills ehn, we're in trouble in this EPL and champions league

benji93:
The area between Good coaching and Individual brilliance is a very big one. It's quite hard to definitively quantify which is responsible for a win. Sadly a lot of fans and analysts alike are not sophisticated enough to understand this fact. In the case of Nagielsmann for example, some of our people go argue say oh Nagielsmann turned some average players to stars. What nonsense, he no be one dey upcoming player dey become star(whichever level of stardom)? For you people because the player was relatively unknown, Nagielsmann na him turn them to star. As far as i am concerned it's very difficult to tell. For some only those in the class of good can manage manchester united. The trial in Sir Alex that brought us this worldwide fame and status is only possible in the 20th century according to some. The argument i'll give you if you bring up the fact that Sir Alex had a good resume before his appointment at manchester. But i suppose leading Molde to their first league title counts as something, although not as great as winning the European winner's Cup.His stint at Cardiff definitely casts doubts on his managerial ability. But knowing how this stuffs work any combination of things could have lead to that failure, his coaching inclusive. I do not know which contributes the most. If you ask most of the people here, all they would tell you is that Cardiff was relegated. They do not know how that happened, that is if at all his coaching was most responsible for it. I am not surprised by that. Our thoughts are usually very shallow. Besides Sir Alex was occasionally spending money to keep the overall quality of his squad high, including buying defenders at record fees and ofcourse some will bring up 2013. But if you check that squad well you would realize that squad wasn't really lacking in quality in comparison to the other title contenders in the league. When has Guardiola ever won without a squad on the high in terms of "quality", whatever that means? Although i believe some do not consider him a good coach. . In the end people will judge you by the number of titles you won unless you revolutionized the way the game is played. All in all Ole has to choose between 2 options. Get fired or continue succeeding and disappoint his haters. . I think he'll prefer the latter but given his history, you never know. He may just bottle it. I hope he doesn't.

Bro this is all over the place na

codedguy1:
Truth is who wan node ball enter net. Our present strikers are not even really known for scoring with headers.

The one wey Martial do against villa surprise me sef. I was just glad seeing the ball enter net

Martial has scored some pretty headers though. His headers are not bad, he only needs to make up his mind to be in the box and contest for the balls when the crosses come in

afrodoc2:
Cross and insha allah is not good but we should still be able to do a bit better. A ball across the 6 yrd box is more difficult to defend than an eye of the needle through pass.

I miss those low crosses across the face of the goal, especially when we have attackers arriving at the near post at the right time. But I think only Cavani and maybe Greenwood have that movement

codedguy1:
But if like you said the coach doesn't encourage crossing, it could also be a reason the likes of Telles have not been crossing as expected. Thereby making us 18th in crossing like doc said.

Yes that's what I said. For some reason, crossing is not an option if the players can pass backwards

Maybe it's because Ole doesn't trust his strikers to get into positions or that they'll prefer to receive the ball on their feet instead of rushing into the box to contest headers. They only do that if it's a counter I think

timay:
Yea. People have realised now. And to think Shaw has the ability to be playing crosses too and he doesn't do it means, he's playing to instruction and Ole is not a fan of Cross and Insha Allah.

It's now becoming clear that Telles was brought in due to Shaw's penchant for getting injured always and doesn't want to revert to an inexperienced Williams as a back up like last season, and not necessarily because he wants Telles due to his crossing ability

There's no evidence in our game to show that crossing is an option. I believe the team will work on this and get better with it. But I don't want us to be the cross merchant lfc and cfc is. God forbid

afrodoc2:
We are 18th in crosses in the league. Just too poor. We are not utilizing our FBs appropriately. With a player like Cavani in our squad we need to do more in that regards.

I remember when Telles came and people said he would be crossing. Well it didn't take more than 2 matches for him to revert to the default setting of the team. Ole does not encourage crossing unless there's no other way. He prefers the attacking the ball through the middle and that's what the team is about

patrickmuf:
City have a blunt attack with Aguero not always available so they're going to drop points often especially against teams that defend deep.

Their defense has improved massively though...And yes, a draw will be the best result...

Yeah a draw is the best outcome

patrickmuf:
Same to you... Can't wait for the match of the day...

I actually want chelsea to win or get a draw. I don't like the idea of that City team behind us

obonujoker:
Lol... Baba banter

Should be Vardy or Salah he's referring to. Even Kane because only 2 penalties separate him from Bruno currently

melodyogonna:
Some things we say here are very obvious even to the blind, and one thing the team has done is consistently improve

Some people will never admit this. You're an honorable person

Lana1:
I have not forgotten anything. Just like it was then, you don't have any proof that Ole doesn't bark instructions from the touchline when we are winning and he only does when we are losing. If you have, show us.

Below is Ole giving instructions during moments we were winning in games this season.
Or wait do you expect him to stand on the touchline for 90mins? Is that it?

Your wahala too much. I'm not even sure you dey read my posts

melodyogonna:
Lmao, how you guys assume them no dey see things wey dey obvious to even casual fans when they have people wey study tactics and analysis is what I don't understand

So you agree that those points I raised were obvious? Why lana1 dey deny them na?

Lana1:
We could have managed to limit the damage in the first half and turned it around in the 2nd half like we always do if we had all our 11 players.

We didn't turn shit around in the second half against Leipzig with full 11. What makes you think we will turn it around against Tottenham, another top team? By the way, all those turning around happened away and not at old Trafford, remember?

Lana1:
Lol. You have no proof of this but carry on.
It's not like SAF wasn't glued to his seat chewing gum like he always does when we lost 6-1 to City.

Anyways Ole shares in all our concerns.

Na make we beg our boys and ur MCMs to stop throwing away chances like they always do.

Nah you were fully around when we had this episode back then. I see you've decided to have some selective amnesia.

Once again, for me it isn't always about the result but how we get there. There are flags one can see and know if the team is going to be contesting for anything in the nearest future or experience some dominance.

Lana1:
It was a 2-1 lead that we would still have turned around till some people's MCM decided to sell match.

Lmao we were turning shit in that game. Even a red card is not enough to play the way we did. I'm sure you know this

Lana1:
This is Ole giving instructions from his seat against Spurs despite chopping 6-1.
Must ve been some Porn.

Of course after his side had started packing in the goals. When the team is not playing as expected, he wouldn't get up. It's either when team is losing or in the second half he goes to the touchline. Once again, it's not about the result but trying to prevent some disaster instead of waiting for it to happen first before reacting.

And this picture doesn't disprove my point

Lana1:
Early stage of the season?
Is it that time of the season when we beat Chelsea at home and City away scoring 1 or more first half goals?

It's only this season we've started games with poor first halves.

This season naaa. I'm talking about this season

Lana1:
Never said it was

I said Ole won home and away, you said it wasn't 6-2. Wahala be like Chelsea. E just dey drop

Lana1:
Never said it was.

This game no count as one of ur MCMs got himself red carded and sold the match.

Got forbid that guy is my MCM. Maybe some time in the future sha

But it's not like Tottenham were not leading already and coming at all from all sides like say we insult their legends.