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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 10:25pm On Jul 20
obonujoker:
Messi 39 years old, was too old to be in that game.... should have subbed himself out for a younger player with energy to mark
If he subbed out Messi and they still lost, what do you think the media would say?

KingTom:
The team has no standout star that everyone relies on, rather they play like a team reminiscent of the hey day 2008/2010/2012 Spain, each man performing his assigned role and the entire team working as a unit. The Haram ball Argentina tried to play with the intention of sneaking into Penalties was countered by that superb Spanish team. A well deserved Victory
They understand their individual roles.

They hug possession, deny the opponents any real chance of causing any harm. Unai Simon faced only 10 shots throughout the tournament.

41 year old Grandpa Ronaldo was the most threatening attacker Spain faced throughout the entire knock-out stage with 0.9 xGOT.

Alvarez, Messi, Mbappe, Dembele, Barcola, Brahim Diaz, etc were less threatening to Spain than Ronaldo.

Crazy tournament.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:32pm On Jul 20
KingTom:
Ah! And I wonder why I never open Church grin grin
Spain were incredible.

How do you stop Messi without man-marking him or parking the bus?

The science behind yesterday’s game needs to be explained thoroughly.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:09pm On Jul 20
LostMyZeal:
Manage this while I look for clearer one in 4k Res
cheesy grin

Wicked people.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:35pm On Jul 20
odizeey:
Recreate or stay in silence
The galadima himself.

I'm just finding out that no player played for Manchester United from 1991 till 2008. Then they went for break after 2009😃
In the modern era, Ronaldo is the greatest player that ever played for Man Utd.

Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed it himself.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 2:46pm On Jul 20
KingTom:
Omo with INEOS, we are on a loooooong thing
INEOS are the owners OGC Nice in Ligue1 for the past 7 years. They haven’t finished 3rd once, never mind winning the league.

The Glazers should have sold Man Utd to Sheikh Jassim.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 2:23pm On Jul 20
Lana1:
United don't need to start playing tiki taka tactics like Barca or Spain but we also can't be that team that has no choice but to sit back and defend for 50 mins against a superior team hoping to still be alive after 90 mins.

Teaching the kids to rely only on their "pace and pawa" hasn't really brought England or any of the English club teams much success in the last 20+ years compared to other countries.
All I'm saying is something needs to change if we are ever going to be that team that canonce again win the league and compete for the UCL in consecutive seasons and I don't even care about the three lions but if that change bubbles up to the national team then good.
You need good players to dominate a game. Sir Alex Ferguson used to win league titles at a canter by dominating any opponent with smart wing play and attacking football.

He was able to do it with quality players. In a situation where INEOS don’t buy the top players in the market, how is the squad going to dominate the better players of the other clubs.

During SAF’s reign, opponents confessed they already lost in the tunnel before the match when they saw Rooney puffing his chest, Ronaldo pulling up his socks and Tevez rolling his sleeves. The game hasn’t even started but the opponents are already lost the mental side of the game.

You think Rodri sees Santos or Tielemans and feel intimidated? cheesy grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 2:11pm On Jul 20
KingTom:
💯 If we keep rinsing and repeating every year, bringing in managers who are living on vibes and insha Allahu. If Carrick takes his time and impresses a workable system we will most definitely succeed in the foreseeable future, but I don't want to put my hope on any manager again after wetin my eyes don see these past few years.
The Man Utd model cannot work for any manager.

The priority is to make profit first before any relentless pursuit of trophies. If you look at how Man City move or Chelsea during the Roman era, that’s how United should be moving.

The trophies have to come first before the commercial aspect. It’s the reverse at United. These useless owners are not ready for a United domination. They just want a new stadium to make profits.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 1:25pm On Jul 20
Lana1:
Spain is a prime example of why you need a team of technical players and a strong midfield. Without Rodri they would have still played Argentina off the park and 8 of them in that team are from Barca.

United should either go out and start buying good players or turn to the academy and start making them there. Yamal and Cubarsi never even 20 for Christ's sake.

We need to stop fooling ourselves that we can ever achieve more than champions league qualification with the average joes wey we get for this team
The Spanish way of playing is cultural. It’s the culture to retain possession, deny the opponents the ball and give them the least number of chances possible to cause any harm.

English kids are not coached in the same way. English kids are told to run as fast as they can and be physically imposing. They don’t teach them to keep the ball and make 10000 passes to deny the opponents the ball.

If England could keep the ball, they wouldn’t have had to park the bus after leading 1-0 against Argentina. This is not a Man Utd thing. The entire country does not have the required skill to keep the ball for a long period of time.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 11:34pm On Jul 19
KingTom:
The bastards that doubted his Ballon D'or are real quiet now. What a player!
He just won the MVP.

I thought Messi was going to win it.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 11:14pm On Jul 19
Rodri: what a performance!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 12:44am On Jul 19
Leyqute:
Some people say Yamal is ahead of him.
How?

Which competition has Yamal completely dominated?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 11:57pm On Jul 18
Mbappe is officially Mr World Cup.

22 WC goals at the age of 27 is insane.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:39pm On Jul 18
patrickmuf:
I perfectly understood your point, but I also see a lot of sense in signing Tielemans. If the rumored signing of a 3rd midfielder is true, then let's wait for the board's decision.

I have seen us splash the cash before with little reward.
United splashed cash on nonsense players. I remember shouting from the mountain top that Antony was going to be a flop at €100m.

If a top PL proven player is available in the market, United should be signing him. There should be no excuse. INEOS make more than enough money to sign elite players.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:36pm On Jul 18
patrickmuf:
I perfectly understood your point, but I also see a lot of sense in signing Tielemans. If the rumored signing of a 3rd midfielder is true, then let's wait for the board's decision.

I have seen us splash the cash before with little reward.
United are a big club. If a signing doesn’t work, get rid and get another one. You keep trying until you find success.

Grealish flopped at £100m. It hasn’t stopped City from signing Elliot Anderson at £116m. United make the most money from stadium tickets in the UK, why can’t they just get one good signing that improves the team?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:28pm On Jul 18
engrelvis:
Why Shud anybody pay that kind of money for Morgan?
I have told you people.

That’s the market rate for Premier League Proven Elite Players.

If your rivals are signing them, you have no excuses.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:25pm On Jul 18
TrebleChamp:
Morgan Rogers sef is now worth £100m+, well United signed Dablord for a world record fee, signed Antony for €100m, signed Scamcho for €102m, signed Di Maria, Sanchez and many other players for crazy fee and gave them crazy wages, how did it all end? Some United fans also questioned why we didn't sign Jack Grealish for £100m ahead of City, guess he turned out a huge success for them. Someone should kindly name a £100m+ signing that performed for their club last season. Make we dey calm down, over paying for players does not guarantee success...
United won 3 trophies in the season they signed the Dablord. cheesy cheesy

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:20pm On Jul 18
patrickmuf:
We really don't need Rodgers.

I think in Tielemans we have signed a player ready to step into the first team. We have also signed Santos (I have my reservations) and Darlow as deputy for Lammens, even though I won't be surprised if he displaces Lammens as the number one goalie at some stage in the season.

Let's see who the 3rd midfielder will be, and then an experienced CF/winger.
We don’t need Rogers.
Bruno is a much better player in that position and even if you consider him as LW, I still prefer Cunha - but that isn’t the point I was trying to make.

My point was about ambition. If a club with zero European fixtures next season can make British record transfer, why are INEOS running away from signing quality players in the positions we lacked quality?

Every quality player United are linked to is dubbed “overpriced” but United’s rivals with lower revenue are signing these “overpriced” players to compete against United.

Rogers under an astute manager like Xabi Alonso may transform to Bellingham or Olise. United need their own marquee signing. Tielemans and Santos will be facing top teams like PSG, Real Madrid, Barcelona, etc next season.

They won’t be enough for the task at hand.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:16pm On Jul 18
The ambitious clubs are making smart moves in the market while Man Utd are happy to sign basement bargain players.

When United are stuck in 10th position by Christmas, gullible fans would blame Michael Carrick instead of blaming INEOS for this disaster of a summer window.

If Chelsea without European fixtures can sign £117m asset, what is the point of Man Utd qualifying for Europe?

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 2:24pm On Jul 17
Leyqute:
No doubt. But the importance of that match weighs less than the qualifier IMO. Also I feel DeGea was really poor and gifted him the hattrick.
The match was inportant. Ronaldo was facing Ramos & Pique in their prime. De Gea made a huge mistake with the 2nd goal but no goalkeeper is saving that freekick(the 3rd equalizer).

The placement and the execution was insane.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:32pm On Jul 16
obonujoker:
Nothing concern me and World Cup, make Ronaldo just score he 1000 goals for us and make my year
It’s not a competition Portugal can win. The fact that they’re even being grouped with other footballing powerhouses demonstrates Ronaldo’s impact on his country.

Messi/Mbappe can both share the Mr World Cup title.

Ronaldo is the ultimate Mr Champions League.

Ronaldo fans should hold on to that title and let someone else wear the WC crown.

You cannot win it all. cheesy
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:25pm On Jul 16
Ellexy:
Any charts on passes completed, progressive passes, chances created kinda stuff?
Messi has most of those stats on lock.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable:
Elliot Anderson is a machine. wink

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:00pm On Jul 15
nitrogen:
There are some technical players, there are many physical players but very few players that are physical and technical. Pogba sabi, make we no lie. Na my boy for these streets those days. Pogba over Bruno in any position any fuvking time.
I saw Pogba dog-walk Rodri several times.

He was a cheat code. If he played last night, the outcome would have been very different. There’s no way in hell Pogba would surrender like Aurelien and Manu did to Spain.

At a point, Aurelien was hiding. He didn’t want the ball.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 4:36pm On Jul 07
MRTA7:
Bruno Fernandes has had a shocking WC.

But I guess you can say the same for Vitinha and Joao Gomes who so much was expected from.
They had a disgraceful tournament collectively.

I couldn’t believe what my eyes saw.

In 5 games, Neves and Vitinha created ONLY 2 chances each.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:14pm On Jul 04
MRTA7:
Lisandro is a real elite ball playing defender.

God knew what he was doing to make Lisandro under 6ft with no pace otherwise.
I was told here by Einsteins that he will never make it in the Premier League.

Carragher did a whole session on MNF for 30 minutes, lying to his minions that Lisandro isn’t fit for the rigors of the Premier League.

Carragher has since apologized for his ignorance. cheesy

LostMyZeal:
Knock knock knock

Who goes there shocked

A good time to remind you that Leeyo Maysee has casted cheesy cheesy cheesy
Bro, what is your beef with Messi?

Did he steal your girlfriend? cheesy cheesy cheesy
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 12:16pm On Jul 04
Illimitable:
United couldn’t have won that game at the Emirates without him.

His line breaking passes from the deep is incredible. Dude can pass a Nike ball through the eye of a needle. He just needs to take care of himself to avoid niggling injuries that is threatening the longevity of his career.

He’s an amazing player.
Lisandro is a cheat code.

The best ball-playing defender on the planet.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 2:31pm On Jul 03
Are we even sure this is the same Man Utd’s Bruno?

Where’s my El Bomba? The player we have been watching is the cloned version of Bruno Fernandes.

That Neto pass that resulted in Ronaldo’s offside goal is what I was expecting from Bruno in Portugal. He’s capable of making 10 passes like that per game.

The Bruno that we mostly love at Man Utd has completely disappeared. He’s not taking any risk with his passes. He just wants 7.7 SofaScore ratings for his irrelevant passing accuracy.

Where’s the real Bruno Fernandes?

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Illimitable: 5:36pm On Jul 02
Spy360:
You absolutely correct in your assertions. For me to expect an incompetent government like APC to develop anything meaningful is crazy.

Even the Coastal road project is a farce.

By the way, I was simply explaining why Lagos is congested. Perhaps if we indeed want Lagos decongested, we can start by asking an incompetent APC government to improve port facilities in other regions.

Thank you
You are playing a game of draught with the truth. grin

The main limitation is inconsistent water levels and siltation on the River Niger, requiring regular dredging for reliable year-round access.

The concessionaire has stated the port infrastructure is ready, but without sustained dredging it remains a “seasonal stopgap” rather than a full multimodal hub. 

This shows the Federal Government (via NPA concessions) have tried, but maintaining navigability on major rivers is expensive and technically demanding.

Ports are among the most capital-intensive infrastructure projects. They need constant dredging(billions of Naira monthly), quay walls, handling equipment, terminals, access channels, and environmental safeguards.

Attracting private investment (PPP models) requires strong feasibility studies, clear ROI projections, and de-risked environments. Many proposals to have an Inland Port in the SE stall at the study/approval stage because full funding and technical partnerships are hard to secure without proven cargo volumes and supporting infrastructure. 

To cut the long story short, a fully-functional SE port is NOT feasible.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Should Be Disqualified! by Illimitable: 1:13am On Jul 02

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: EPL Chatroom - All Discussions by Illimitable:
Spy360:
Port concession means that the government can restrict the development of ports.

There is a reason FG over the years have been unwilling to allow the upgrade the ports in the SE.

They know that Lagos will lose it relevance.
Why can’t your Governors put hands together and develop their own port? You people speak as if foreigners are ruling the South East.

You people have collectively elected bandits, armed robbers and rogues as Governors since 1999. Lagos State government in collaboration with some private stake holders have constructed Lekki Deep Sea Port and it’s currently at 50% operational capacity.

What are your own Governors doing in the SE that they cannot replicate this sort of project?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 9:17pm On Jul 01
Mrviktor:
Tonali and Fernandez Is what they promised us

Now Tottenham will lineup with a midfield3 of tonali. Maddison and Fernandez.

God


Van dear ven. Porro.. Spence and van heka

The only weak link on paper is their injury prone striker..

I'm just imagining them going for Greenwood.. den omor
This is why some United fans didn’t want Carrick to get the job. It’s not like they don’t love Carrick, it’s because they know he won’t be able to confront INEOS for reinforcements like a proper manager.

De Zerbi must have looked at Tottenham’s board in the eye and told them there must be signings before he put pen to paper. He’s a proper manager and most of his wishes would be respected.

Carrick is too happy to have the job. He will never complain no matter the caliber of players INEOS sign for him and this can only end in a disaster.

The results Carrick got last season was mostly because he had one competition to play per week. He could afford to play the same team for most parts.

He will not get the same luxury next season.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:52pm On Jul 01
Jamiuokolaa:
While it’s interesting that you had to dig 33 years into football history to find a single comparable case, the example still doesn’t hold.

Roy Keane wasn’t some random relegated punt ; he had already dragged lowly Nottingham Forest to two Wembley finals (1991 FA Cup, 1992 League Cup) and was a recognised, influential figure across Britain before United paid the British‑record fee for him.

Matheus Fernandes is nowhere near that profile. He’s been a standout in relegated Southampton and relegated West Ham, which is a completely different résumé.

He may develop into something valuable, but right now Spurs are taking a massive gamble - the type that United can’t be criticised for choosing not to participate in.
United paid British transfer record for Keane.

The £85m West Ham was asking isn’t the British transfer record. Elliot Anderson’s £130m is the British transfer record.

West Ham asked for £85m. That’s 65% of the British transfer record which is very very fair for a talent like Mateus Fernandes.

Keane of 92/93 is not different from Mateus Fernandes of 25/26. 21 years of age, the shining light in a relegated club that was seeking a move to a bigger club.

If United could pay a British transfer record for Keane, £85m should be a stroll in the park for Fernandes - especially for a club like United with a huge midfield problem.

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