European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 3:07pm On Aug 23, 2022 |
nitrogen: Ronaldo would have gone to the ground, of course, he is 38 years, so it’s quite understandable. But the pass to Rashford, Ronaldo would have done it conveniently and even faster. I though Martial was a bit slow with the pass. If we started Ronaldo yesterday, he would have scored a hat-trick. Rashford was hopeless until the goal. I didn’t see him press anyone and he was put through on goal and couldn’t get past Van Dijk twice. The Elanga chance was another incident Ronaldo would have scored with his two eyes closed. Liverpool took too many risks yesterday with their high line that United didn’t punish them for. Even the Rashford goal was a bit fortuitous. Last year, that move would have been adjudged offside but Liverpool asked for tolerance level(which was added to VAR offside) last year summer.
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 2:46pm On Aug 23, 2022 |
main24: Anybody praising Mctominay using yesterday's game as yardstick should stop watching football period! McTominay played extremely well yesterday. We bash these players when they don’t perform very well but when they do, you still want to deny them their credits? I couldn’t ask for more from Scott. He competed really well. He made two vertical passes United should have scored from. He had 100% tackle success, 100% clearances, 100% take-one and he made 7 ball recoveries.
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 11:34pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
saintkeppy: .
True! Since that Europa league final, Rash has been a complete shadow of himself, I heard PSG is even looking for him, Na to cashout immediately What do you want to do with his cash? I would take Hakimi + Verratti from them and give them Rashford’s entire family in exchange. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 10:44pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
ChristoBam: I love Degea and always pity him because of I know what could have been. But he really doesn't fit this system ETH is trying to play. He doesn’t fit it at all. There are a couple of goalkeepers United should be watching. Diogo Costa of Porto looks very good. He’s like the baby Ederson. I like Maximiano too. These guys look much better with their feet than their hands. They can ping a pass from their box into the feet of any striker. But I am not even sure Murtough or Arnold know who they are. So I expect United to sign Joe Hart or Pickford in the coming months.  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 10:29pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
Lewandowski has won this game for Barcelona.
What a player. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 10:11pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
Karleb: I remember an assist Bruno gave Martial against City from a set piece.
It was a masterclass! I'm not hating but I have not seen KDB attempted such.
Make we dey calm down abeg I remember the assist.  This was the same kind of mistake De Gea made last week that got Expert17 saying De Gea was finished at the top level. Nobody said Ederson was finished when he made this howler. The agenda against De Gea is hilarious. The man that has saved United one time too many is now hated so much, people prefer a bum like Henderson. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 10:02pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
Leyqute: He was dispossessed in a dangerous position. That was what led to the goal. The commentators even mentioned it.
The video link you posted is restricted here. Here’s another link:
https://twitter.com/barcaspaces/status/1561445434119589888?s=21[/quote]His pocket was picked like Mendy’s pocket was picked today.
I don’t know what he was doing there but that’s poor judgement from him. As the last man, you don’t want to dally too much while in possession. If there’s no player to receive the ball, just hoof it out of touch and shout at the team mates. If he comes to United, he has to be aware that the tempo in the PL is even faster than La Liga. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 9:58pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
Expert17: 3 of his assist were nominated for UCL group stage best assist. The same player was accused of providing only sideways assist.
And he is the first player playing for an English side to provide an assist in 6 consecutive games. Bruno was very very good when he first joined the PL. I cannot think of any January signing that hit the ground running like Bruno. He won 4 player of the month awards in 2020.
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:15pm On Aug 21, 2022*. Modified: 10:36pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
melodyogonna: Maguire did play relatively well under Ole. Sergio Ramos would not fare better if he had McFred as shield.
Anyway, Maguire is a pretty good player. He's won player of the season at Sheffield, Hull, and Leicester. He's good with the ball, good in the air, commands his box, and tackles well. You'll still see ETH use him as first choice CB.
He isn't worth £80m though, cos he's prone to stupid mistakes, but not bad. I don’t know what’s funnier between you defending Maguire or thinking a player of the season at Sheffield, Hull and Leicester is good enough for Man Utd. Maguire has 4 relegations in his CV. He’s dog-shit. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 8:13pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
AdisaOwala: Both, bros!!
That anticipation, vision, technique and tactical intelligence...all combined, wey I dey see consistently for the past 4 years thereabout have been unrivaled.
If his name was De Bruynaldo playing for Real Madrid, he would probably have won the Balon dor at least twice.
I repeat - I think he has to be a strong contender for the most underated player of his generation. The only thing KDB has over Bruno is consistency and it’s easy to be consistent in a side as good as Man City. KDB’s team mates, KDB’s manager, etc are all top of the shelf athletes. They know when he’s on the ball, he expects them to time their runs intelligently to receive. At United, Bruno is essentially playing with Ronaldo and 9 zombies. Rashford wouldn’t have made that run Ronaldo made to connect with the Bruno pass. And without that run, you would have criticized Bruno for passing into a box without any United player and then conclude he was wasteful. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:54pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
melodyogonna: Maguire did play relatively well under Ole. Sergio Ramos would not fare better if he had McFred as shield. Maguire was rubbish under Ole. He was totally useless and that was mainly because of how Ole set his team up. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:49pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
melodyogonna: Who scouted Maguire? Ole is a manager not a scout. We had defensive issues before he came, Lindelof was our only ball playing defender that could stay fit. Who negotiated the transfer? Again Ole is a manager not a negotiator. He would only give the green light to try and sign Maguire as he fits into what the team needed at the time. Y'all talking about Maguire like he wasn't bossing it at Leicester and didn't win their player of the season before we signed him. Woodward and the people he appointed are responsible for scouting players and negotiating for it, and they have done a really bad job at it ... Which is why they're receiving all the anger they're currently getting. Their incompetence was second to none. Hadn't we already spent like £900m+ before Ole came with nothing to show for it? Why did Ole(who raved and ranted about modern attacking football) play Maguire in a high line defensive system knowing fully well Maguire does not have the pace to recover from a turnover? Maguire was bossing it at Leicester but that was Leicester who preferred the low block system to compensate for the lack of pace of Evans/Maguire. Ole wants to play like Liverpool or City with a centre half that has zero pace?  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:46pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
AdisaOwala: Baba, make we dey talk truth - Bruno has NEVER been as good as KDB and there shouldn't even have been any basis for comparison.
The Belgian has arguably been the best midfielder in the world for about 3 - 4 years now.
He has been largely underated!! Are we comparing talents or consistency? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:45pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
Karleb: When Bruno was in his element, he was easily our best player for close to 2 years.
Infact, I will argue that the best in EPL then in his position, so it's normal he was compared to KDB. You can flog Bruno for not doing it as consistently as KDB(that’s a valid argument) but to say Bruno cannot attempt this kind of pass or doesn’t have the talent to make such a pass is unfair. He’s very capable of it but do we even have the players that would make the run and not stray offside? Sometimes, the pass is as important as the recipient making the run and converting it. This was the Bruno pass to Ronaldo. It took 7 defenders out of the game completely. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:37pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
AdisaOwala: And to think he was once compared with Bruno on this same thread.
I feel ashamed on his behalf Bruno’s pass to Ronaldo last season against Young Boys was better. Bruno is not in a good form at the moment but we cannot pretend to forget he had plenty of good games for the club. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:33pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
Karleb: The only person I envy in this life is Sadio Mané. Bayern won 7-0 last night. They should allow them to compete in the PL. Bundesliga is a joke. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 7:18pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
melodyogonna: The team has been dysfunctional since Moyes, I do not understand why you insistently pile the blame of every woe that has befallen United on only Ole, as if he's the only manager we've had since 2013. I decided not to speak on this anymore but e dey always prick me. Ole is done and gone, let it go man. It's not like we had a marvelous thing going on and they sacked a manager who was about to win the whole heaven and appointed Ole. Of course, he’s gone but the effect of his poor management is still there and they are taking a lot of time to erase. Maguire, Shaw and AWB are still at the club and it doesn’t seem they would leave anytime soon. Ole spent £130m on Maguire and AWB. Just think about that for a second. Close your eyes and think about how many world class defenders United could have gotten with that amount of money. hensben: Oh I see, it didn’t change the fact that English FA and ref were in SAF’s pocket then. Or maybe United were just too good under SAF, it looked like the referees were in SAF’s pocket. SAF won the CL unbeaten in 99 to complete a treble(the only treble from an English club in the history of football). He then won the CL unbeaten again in 2008 to complete a double. You cannot achieve such heights without merits as you can see Pep and Klopp struggling to win CL/PL together in the same season. Give SAF his credits, my friend. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:58pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
hensben: There is a reason foreign players find it difficult to settle in your club compared to the english ones. And yet the best players at the club have always been foreign players. Ronaldo Cantona David De Gea Vidic Roy Keane Van Nistelrlooy. Should I go on? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:54pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
hensben: Ah you still dey deny that fact, it was so obvious to veryone then. English fa and ref supporting a knighted SAF and his boys was a mental boost for the team then before any game. Winning ucl twice in 26 years is not something to be proud of. The bias then was pure politics to support and protect SAF then and in turn he patronise and promote english players. If SAF had British referees in the pocket, did he put European refs in his pocket too? It’s not two UCL trophies in 26 years. The first 5 years of SAF’s regime, there was no english club participating in Europe. Liverpool got all English clubs banned for 5 years. Secondly, only league champions qualified for CL until the mid 90s unlike now when you just have to make top 4 to qualify. The circumstances were very very different then. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:41pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
hensben: Na rubbish ref with bias mind full englsih game. Man U used to enjoy this privilege under SAF hence your dominance then. How did United win CL in Europe twice under SAF if there was a special privilege for Man Utd? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:19pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
eph12: Red overturned Allan red card last season. Reason for giving the red was that he launched himself and he was off the ground when making the tackle. Tripper did the same, launched himself off the ground and his kick was even at KDB’s knee but the red was overturned. That’s the power of the British passport. 
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:11pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
melodyogonna: Makes you wonder why the previous manager was sacked. Or the one before that. Or the one before. I cannot remember the last time Rashford tracked back to help the full back behind him. He just strolls on the pitch like he’s prime Messi. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:07pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
English player commits a red card offence, it was reduced to yellow.
If that was Xhaka, Pogba, Fellaini, etc - it wouldn’t have been reviewed.
I hate the corruption in this game that protects British players.
It’s sickening. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 6:05pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
Leyqute: And KDB has turned things around.
Did you see that pass?!!! Gold standard pass. Tripper red card. KDB would start picking more passes now for fun. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:55pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
eph12: Rangnick came and tried to make these players work harder but gave up. It's mission impossible His #gengenpressing lasted only one half. Those lazy players gave up in the next game. Working hard for the badge isn’t part of the requirement at Man Utd. What an assist by KDB. 3-3. KDB is a wizard. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:52pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
Leyqute:

Tears inna my eye Haaland has scored. Bravery courage desire. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:51pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
Expert17: Lol, I will help you.
The attack was from the middle ( Henderson)
The attack was from the right side (pope) Where was Gordon’s save that you were waxing lyrical about yesterday? Was it in the middle?  You cannot be moving goalposts as it suits. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:43pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
eph12: The problem here is that these set of players have refused to improve their work rate. The only option here is to get rid of them. It's not that they are worse than other players in the league, but being better or more talented is not enough today. The Norwegian fraud brought that culture to the club. He lied to the media that his team will not be outworked and he sat down there smiling as every team in the league outworked his team for almost 3 years. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:27pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
Expert17: So he should be on his line in such situation? 
Stop watching De Gea Another elite goalkeeping by Pope today Withdrawing back to the edge of box 6 and dictating the 1-v-1 to KDB. If that was Henderson, he would have rushed out to the edge of the box like a möron and concede a goal easily. 
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:17pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
nitrogen: Not sure Utd can beat any EPL team this season. These clubs are not joking! My sentiments exactly. Leave talents aside for a minute. These bottom sides are playing with incredible intensity that I haven’t seen United play with since Mourinho days. City are struggling to keep up with the intensity. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 5:02pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
These Newcastle players aren’t better than United players but the intensity at which they play can unsettle any big side.
Man Utd players are perhaps the slowest at whatever they do unless they are counter attacking. The game play is so slow and laborious. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Illimitable: 4:47pm On Aug 21, 2022 |
TrebleChamp: Omo if Casemiro end up becoming like our other players, then it mean United is truly cursed. Nothing changes until Maguire is sold or benched. |