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Lana1:

Arteta can as well be his assistant at this point

I go lie for you?

I need a meme of Raya at the post. He didn't catch one single shot on goal today.

If Amorim is still in Manchester, they should lock him up asap

Roland17:
E get why Arteta no dey allow am do press conference despite the numerous requests

He should just be thanking him he still has a job

Omo united fans will flex this week again. God punish Amorim

A draw will feel like a lose to me today

I hope the set piece coach earns more than Arteta

Carrick realized very early how useless Ugarte is. He can't even risk him for a tired Mainoo

We have Maz, Sesko, Mount on the bench. These guys can come in and take the pressure off the team

my body just dey shake

Leyqute:
Sesko is also good in the air

Hopefully he makes the most of it during set pieces too.

patrickmuf:
Just Maguire and De Ligt.

We will almost never play both of them at the same time which limits our threat to just one. I don't even think De Ligt has been much of a threat like that. Hopefully Yoro and Heaven work on that aspect of their game soon

Casemiro was a threat from set piece. We don't have that many in the club anymore

patrickmuf:
Whatever made Bruno so disciplined in maintaining his position on the pitch is not motivation, it is down to the set up and instructions from Carrick. We have had Bruno here under other managers, but I can't remember the last time he stuck to his task, he always tries to do it all.

With 3 in the middle, we stopped City from playing through the midfield and in the process, the CBs were more protected.

With 4-3-3, Shaw and Dalot were not tasked with providing width up front, thus focused more on their primary responsibility, which was shutting out the City wingers, and they did just that. In a 3-4-3 setup, we will have Dalot out of position with Yoro or any of the CBs trying to cover for him, and it was always a disaster.

All of the above is not just motivation...

It can be argued that playing 343 requires more discipline. In fact we also played 433 just recently under Fletcher. Maybe his own 433 is different. Anyways more of what we saw against City. Hopefully we can also reproduce same result when we dominate games and see more of the ball, with our full backs expected to push further up

Danhumprey:
Out of everything wey you read from that reply by Ephesus chapter 1, verse 2, this na the only thing you could come up with?

Haba!

Ephraim made solid points about mentality of the players and keeping tempo in every matches sha.

Thanks for this. Because it looks like we're trying to blame the rubbish we have experienced in the past on the 343 we started last year.

If Carrick is able to motivate the players to play every match like they're playing against City or the big teams, he would have done very well.

BARAJ92:
We also need a striker that can put fear in the mind of the opposition.

This too, but we don't have many of them anymore

CapitalCee:
We wil spend heavy on the midfield.

history does not support this, but I'm hopeful

patrickmuf:
If you can, watch the game again, you'd notice that Bruno was very disciplined in terms of his positioning on the pitch, it was not the Bruno that we used to see everywhere on the pitch. This alone is a big tactical approach.

Mainoo and Casemiro didn't push forward unnecessarily meaning that Foden and Bernado Silva had very little space to operate. Also, Dalot and Shaw did not allow Dorgu and Semenyo the space they needed to whip in crosses. All this meant Haaland was a passenger for the entirety of the game.

If you remember Carrick as a player, you'd know he was one of the most disciplined players when it came to positional discipline...In the whole, the setup brought out the best in our players...

That's good. But this sounds like something we have heard before, then the players go back to default settings immediately we play against smaller teams. The urge to be more physical, run extra, cover more ground, attack games with extra passion, suddenly disappears. Carrick greatest contribution will be his ability to make the players do these things every game, from the start, not some formation nonsense. Because these guys have shown to lose that discipline easily, whether under Amorim, ETH, Ole, or anyone you want to mention. If Carrick can get them to attack every game like their lives depend on it, that will be the game changer. Fingers crossed

patrickmuf:
No, we used to have a dysfunctional setup. How many times did Maguire and Martinez face the kind of pressure we used to face under Amorim's setup?

Read this many times, still confused. What are you comparing with Amorim's set up exactly?

We started playing 343 last season. What was it like playing against the likes of LFC and City in the last couple of years when we didn't play 343? Do you remember the formation we played when we were thoroughly beaten in recent years?

I am seriously hoping it's not the case of the players being extra pumped for the game based on the opponent, and that they will approach all games same way.

larride:
Why will I be sad that the team I support win.

E shock me

It could have been a different story if dalot was shown a red card that early in the game.

Lana1:
Rashford ship has sailed abeg. Let everybody involved move on from that relationship.

I don't think we should sell Ugarte just yet. We can keep him for another year as 4th choice CM for squad depth.

I'll prefer we sell Dalot but I can live with him eating bench

We need to give that space to someone like Kone. He's better of sold if he's going to be 4th choice

larride:
There's nothing as sweet as a derby win.

They said you were sad

Leyqute:
Even so, he should be a squad option at most. We still need a winger for the left side. Rashford is a no-no. Barca should pay up. That chapter is closed.

It will be interesting to see ineos transfer decisions in the summer. I'm not convinced they'll want to spend that much unless we make good sales

Lana1:
we have 5 options in center back. The priority in the transfer window should be two midfielders, a full back and one left winger.

I think Casemiro contract ends this season. Ugarte may be sold too. We will need 2 new midfielders. Dalot should not be first choice next season so yes we need a full back.

As for wingers, is it certain Barca will pay for Rashford? We also have Lacey. Ineos may not want to spend a lot. So maybe Lacey will just be promoted fully to the senior team

The return of Maguire and Martinez has helped a lot. We used to have Yoro and Heaven as our CBs.

Leyqute:
We fit paste them next week too

Low block plus 1-0 counter goal in 78 mins.

They'll need to do more than they have done today. Hopefully we serve them their own dish

Trevor012:
Next week they will collect their own spanking

I'm counting on that

Who is City buying next?

Meanwhile assnal is the biggest winner in this Manchester United win

The beautiful thing about this game is that Lammens didn't need to make many saves. The players dealt with every ball themselves

maik99:
Several years later and we still play our best football against high lines

Hopefully we find a way to play against low block or smaller teams. First step is to prevent opponents from getting good goal scoring opportunities, so that even if it's just one goal, we get the 3 points. Worst case scenario, they concede 1 and score 2-3. We can't afford to be conceding 2 goals per game and be expecting 3 points always

Finally scored that dona guy. Mbuemo thank you. Hopefully we can score more and limit City to just 1 goal at most