₦airaland Forum

patrickmuf:
We will sit back and hit them on the counter like we did Liverpool...

Exactly, this is what I expected but Tesla said it'll be an interesting match up. It's the reason I'm wondering how it'll be a match up with Man city when Man u haven't started dominating small/mid teams consistently

TeslaFC:
Remember his last goal against Crystal Palace? Man pushed both defenders away and scored

United vs City will probably be the most interesting match-up of the season. Can’t wait.

Hmmm.. I won't say it's an interesting match up just yet. Make I see how you guys will play other teams and how you guys attack will fare before I'll know whether it'll be a very interesting match up of the season

Leyqute:
You’ve got a point about a couple of our players being untested in the EPL.

However, you could also be overrating some of their players.

The expectation on them is not on the same level as the expectation on United’s players.

Arsenal fans pray for top 4 once they see a good run because they’ve been here before. United fans demand for league title when they see a good run of results.

Like you said, it’s subjective. However, the hardworking team will likely come out on top.

But this is entirely different from what doc is saying na. Expectations is different from talent level which was the crux of the discussion from onset.

Let's take out Ororo in that attack(cos him be boss obviously).

Lemme see your combined front four between these two teams in terms of talent

Expert17:
His movements and positioning will beat the marker, just stop the supply/creators.

Lol .. you say na "just"

See as you make am look easy

Ellexy:
When two of you shall agree as touching one thing, it shall be granted.

Lol... Make we dey see

TeslaFC:
Anti-Haaland? Except the person hasn’t seen him play. That guy is a bully.

Looking forward to Man Utd vs City. Na Casemiro we go appoint to mark am, because none of our CBs fit tbh.

Lol.. you never see Chon chin first


You're really looking forward to Man u Vs Man city??

Trevor012:
So basically Odegaard is a better and more talented player than Fraudnandes to you. Come out straight jod.era. I gat you

Lol .. obviously na

But e no mean say Bruno no dey talented

ChristoBam:
Ronaldo fanboys out in their numbers spewing their usual conjectures, all because an Haaland in his prime is banging in goals as expected. So it means this old man here should be the one banging in the goals at City ? The same one we've been watching?

Ronaldo have been banging goals everywhere — old or not.

With the way this Halaand issue dey surface here anytime he scores goals, people will always say same thing if it was Ronaldo that was also scoring goals especially if you guys attack struggled the way it did last season.
Infact, I presume the Ronaldo matter wey guys for talk for even worse pass the Halaand matter sef.

I know how ecstatic most guys were when he signed.

Trevor012:
The same Bruno you love and have been defending here. So you don't even rate the fraud too but dey disguise

Lol, I can rate two players but that doesn't mean I won't prefer one over the other na.

In my team, I always like Tierney in terms of ability but tell me to swap him with Zinchenko and I'll gladly do. But I cannot swap Odegaard for Bruno when I certainly prefer Odegaard na

But if you fit dash me Bruno while I keep my Odegaard, I'll gladly accept sharp sharp

Ellexy:
Thanks for the declaration

Na from your mouth I take talk am.
We go know tonight weda e reach God ear

Spy360:
Balogun scored again. We are still in August.

Like I said I'm happy for him and he should improve for the betterment of himself and this team. But that's not really our bone of contention is it??

It's just like me dropping Tavarez goals alerts to you whenever he scores just to prove that he was good last season. Does it make sense??

I still stand on our bet and I no dey shift ground.
Come December, if I don't see Balogun in the first team alongside Saka, just be ready for dragging.

Spy360:
All your views are spot on, except the later part on Lokonga.

He was never going to give a Partey performance but he did exceptionally well within his abilities. He is not the type that goes hard defending and that's exactly what the manager wants. He job defending is to take up spaces and block passing lanes. This he did well. Which informs the number of shots by Aston Villa and our dominance of the game.

Lol, I'm never expecting Lokonga to give Partey performance, Infact, I said I was impressed with his game. If he can just add a little more defensively in his game I wouldn't mind him starting Tbh. If he indeed was blocking passing lanes, I would have seen him doing lots of interceptions but I didn't sha. There was I reason I said he was positionally poor defensively ystdy and that's because even those passing lanes blockade, he was found wanting.

He just needs to be good defensively at least. But in terms of attacking attributes, he's one of the reasons we dominated Aston Villa. Him try wella no doubts

Ellexy:
For your mind we no fit beat una baa, Sunday is not far again.

Lol, just win tonight match first Sir

Oasis007:


Dem say CR7 is the reason Bruno goals dried up. Same Bruno that is never a great AM. How I wish we can do a deal with you guys - swap Bruno with Odegaard.

I was almost nodding head with what you're saying until I saw this bolded.

Abeg, na new month we dey, if na joke stop am oo

Arsenate:
And no Manager of the month for Arteta. Give it to Conte.

But that curse na only last season na.
No fear, e don dey buried with last season

LordAdam16:
Life na wisdom.

At the time, I did not think it was a terrible decision. Not great, but certainly not as awful it appears in hindsight. Yes, he'll score a ton of goals and win the PL. But the CL is Pep's Achilles and what happened last year against RM could very well still have happened with CR7 there. Then the narrative would be that he adds nothing, because everyone knows any decent striker would be on God-tier under Pep.

Coming to MU had a better payoff within the context of no trophies in 3 years. More importantly, it meant not falling out with the largest fanbase in the most lucrative football league on the planet when he's so close to retirement and has numerous business interests. Especially when he didn't leave Italy on the best of terms.

It's been astonishing how the fanbase turned on him. I know football fans are fair-weather folks, but it is a lesson in self-preservation. In hindsight, he should have gone to Man City for last season and this (although Pep's history with legend forwards like Eto, Ibrahimovic, and even Aguero leave much to be desired). Make new records and hopefully win the CL. Then offer himself to MU afterwards on reduced wages. Let the club and the fanbase refuse him, then move on.

Elite players like Ronaldo should never knowingly move to clubs that are struggling. Because the fans will expect the player to struggle with them when he knows he can thrive better in a properly set-up team. Worse, while the club will always be around, a player's retirement is right around the corner.

I've learned personal lessons from his forays and missteps. For instance, I never advice anyone against Japaing. No form strong head say u 1 dey "patriotic" and help Nigeria grow, if better opportunities await you. A nation of some form will always exist on this land, but your life get expiry date.

Man U fans were clapping when Antony refused to train and be included in match squads because he wants to move on to a better league. But how dare Ronaldo refuse McFred+EL.

-Lord

Touchè

TrebleChamp:
You will hear them say Haaland doesn't link up play well like Martial, has a poor first touch like Lukaku, doesn't assist the midfielders and many plenty more excuse to rubbish him ..

E no dey hard. Wetin shock me na when a whole Ronaldo sef fit receive criticism. Dem say na Ronaldo no dey make others score

I wonder who Halaand go come make score

Karleb:
That's true sha because Haaland will not press.

Our people can start saying aside goals, Haaland contributes nothing.

Exactly!!. And with time, there'll be two groups.

Pro-haaland and anti-haaland

Expert17:
No, the person shares the same first name with Ronaldo

Ohhh, I don get the person....

TrebleChamp:
Does Haaland do anything except score goals at City? Does he press, does he come back to assist his midfielders? Am asking those who claiming Ronaldo is United's problem because he doesn't press brea.st on the pitch or fall back to help McFred do their job in midfield...

Press ko, pressup ni?

Na same people wey for still vex If Ronaldo had made that move to Man city and banged that goals too like Halaand.

Guys here are saying Man u have a dysfunctional system but would want a traditional top 9 to fare well in that system. Same system were the two FBs are insulted(Shaw and Dalot), one of the CB is a clown(Maguire), the two base player are insulted(Mcfred), the team's attacking midfielder is insulted(Bruno), even the wingers sef the vex dem(Elanga, Rashford and Sancho).

Anything for agenda sha

afrodoc2:
Please bruv can you give further details? Like name, address, and matriculation number of the moniker?

You sure say no be Expert the Expertise him dey talk about??

Karleb:
I remember a particular moniker here calling Ronaldo all sort of names because he was going to join City but months later, the same fellow is now saying Ronaldo is our problem. It's funny how these people think really.

You see them posting their favorite starting XI with Elanga, Rashford and Martial and conveniently leaving out Ronaldo. If na Haaland abi Mbappe, at least I will understand but Elanga, Martial and Rashford? This thing is not funny.

Omo! I don tire.

Lol, I just dey laff anytime Halaand score goals you'll see some certain monikers start saying "God punish Ole for not signing Halaand even if na 6months".

Fans wey fit turn on Ronaldo with him 18goals just because he doesn't press and stuff, Wetin come be Halaand. At least Man city create chances on a daily and almost half of his 9 goals are poaching goals, how many chances Man u dey create per game for Halaand to atleast poach even if him no see through pass score ?

Na here almost everybody dey insult Bruno say him lack creativity, insult Dalot and Shaw say dem be nonsense with nonsense crosses, insult Mcfred say dem no get footballing sense. If dem fit dey vex for Ronaldo wey be Oga scorer with many touches per game, how much more Halaand wey him touches per game na average of 10?

Happy new month guys

August was really good b2b2b2b2b

We pray that September will be exactly like this August

Ellexy:
Happy New Month guys. We starting this September with a win.

Abi wan ask against who, then I come remember say una get match today.

Carry on Sir

Roland17:
Who get this dragging I dey suspect say na @Jod.era.

Jod.era, u see why I say make u no pity @spy when it was turn to drag him through shalanga water?

No worry boss, my own be say na just ending of December I go drag Spy.

I just deh beg you and other well-meaning arsenal fans, make una just leave thread for me to deal with Spy that day

daveP:
October is a busy month

Liverpool
Man City
Chelsea
Tottenham

Therefore, we need rake in good chunk of points this September.

The heat is getting thick. And so are Our cannons.

Na just full fit squad I need entering into this month and next, then I'll be confident. If my squad is strong inclusive of Partey and Zinchenko, then I'm not sure weda we'll cry in October.

But are you sure we have Chelsea in October. Check well Sir

Lush100:
See as liverpool celebrate last gap goal yesterday.
But they were criticizing Arteta.
So many factors contribute to why some wins are very celebrated.
I think Arteta is the youngest EPL manager who was still playing football 6 years ago.
Allow the guy celebrate.

Newcastle are trying.
I'm still convinced Zincheko can play that DM role of Partey.
But then the manager feels lokonga.
Hopefully he will do well

Lol, forget those celebration police people. If only these people know how far we've come from, they wouldn't be yarning all those dust they're spewing

My Thoughts On The Game

1... Our Press — There's something Jence.jyde(pardon me If I spelt it incorrectly biko) always say about the 1st 15min of every game and how it tells you how ready or not a team is prepared to take all 3points available and from our first 5 matches, we've always always started on the front foot with good pressing and aggressiveness. This mostly unsettles the opposition, their game plan and rhythm. It's no wonder our first goals mostly comes within an average minutes of first 25min. Shout out to Odegaard, Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus for always leading the press from the front, never stop running and always blocking passing lanes(Odegaard is very very good at this especially ystdy match). This enables teams to always punt long balls up for Saliba and Gabriel to easily win as we easily gain back possession. Kudos to Arteta and great work from him!!!

2.. It's always terrifying for defenders to face Gabriel Jesus cos this guy can't allow you to rest one bit. What's more is that with his average height he still tends to win lots of aerial ball not even because of outjumping defenders aerially but by just application of sense — simple nudge on the defender to unsettle them, the compete for the ball with the aerial height is reduced. He's done this time and time again and ystdy was no different. Another thing is how he links up play with Midfield and before you know it, you're already seeing him in the opponent's box. Sharp alertness to pounce on the rebound by Martinez to get us the first goal. Great game overall

3... Abeg, who give us this Xhaka cos this is not the Xhaka we knew all these while. I mean, where was these Xhaka all these years?? This guy is more creative, more sharp, really attacking and was everywhere on the pitch. One minute he's in the Midfield dictating play and bullying Aston Villa, the next minute he's making runs into the box for an attack, the very next he's defending and helping Sambi in the middle of the park. His presence was really felt ystdy. He seems to be enjoying this new system and it has really improved his other facets of the game. More of this from him as he seems to be improving every week. Like I said last week, goodluck to anybody that wants to bench him

4... All our subs where very very impressive ystdy as there wasn't a drop in quality by any one of them with the pick of the bunch being Nketiah and Tomiyasu. Nketiah really held the ball well, beat his man and made sure we escape pressure anytime we won the ball and Villa wanted to press us when the wanted the 2nd goal. A really excellent game from him. Tomi on the other hand really lockdown that RHS defensively both aerially and ground duels while doing his job attackingly. Same for Smith Rowe and Holding whose influence helped us to see out the game.

5... Kudos to our front 3 ystdy. The mentality these 3 have are top notch. Saka still not at his usual best but still very decent enough to make things happen and was unsurprisingly revived when Tomi was introduced. Martinelli capped his wonderful performance with a very nice goal. Easily Motm for me. How much did we say we bought nobodinho again?

6... Sambi had a great game. I was really really impressed with his game to be honest. Good composure under pressure, silky passes both long and short, know when to keep things simple and know when to drive ball forward and when to recycle the ball effectively. He was really immense ystdy. But that's the positives. He really underwhelmed defensively and his positioning defensively was poor. Xhaka and Odegaard really helped him defensively with their A-game pressing and tackling else we would have been cooked. I'm concerned about him against Man u not because of his attacking attributes but will his Defensive frailties come to the fore? Shout out to our defence. Really did a great job ystdy. Just unlucky for the goal.

7.. I hardly say this but then, did ref and Var really want us to drop point ystdy?? How was Saka not given a penalty for the way Mings blantantly "fling " him away. I mean what could be more clear than that. I was still reeling about that then their goal happened. Please is there anybody that can give any honest but logical reason why that goal stood? This is the first time I'm seeing a keeper clearly impeded and held in his own area even while struggling to get to the ball, yet Var officials still deemed it a goal. Omo!!. I don't want to even talk about the roughs those guys where doing as if they want to kill our players
Thank God for our quick response, and clean undoubted goals if not, maybe dem fit chalk one off as offside.
Lastly these guys mentality isn't talked about enough

Hope Martin Odegaard will be fit for weekend's match.

#Top of the table
#5/5
#tough match at the weekend
#COYG!!!!

BlueRayDick:
We signed these two on the transfer deadline day in 2011 …..Then I believed they were both panic but cos they were signed that same week we collect 8-2 from the scummies ; after Wenger had done as if we were going to challenge for the title with our lean squad .

It’s funny how both of them are still in the club and now in a postion to contribute to our good fortune as a club going forward

They're turning out to be the best signings of the decade for us Tbh.

iamoyindamola:
Jodera you see why I pity those who take that mumu Chelsea fan serious
The werey judge haaland against lfc in community shield
Now haaland is out of place in goal ranking against the rest
It's now haaland and the rest even kane no fit chook head
Naso the dimwit disregard salah

The guy and double mouth sha na 5&6. The way him for don dey finish Halaand as bundesliga fraud If to say him no dey bang those goals ehh... Even three pages for no contain am

Spy360:
He will score the only goal and it won't an own goal

okay oo, I dey wait oo

iamoyindamola:
You take him serious

Lol, E get people wey take am serious