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andrew444:
I don’t really fancy this gift orban statement

As if we like him
see small yansh dey shake. If he come arsenal sef, na like 4th choice... mtchew

daveP:
Awoniyi is more decisive than Gabriel Jesus since Jesus returned from Injury. Smh

Bro..we need another striker. I won't mind Kane though if push comes to shove.

We know say we don bottle the league but make we try finish the season on high na...

Ghana defeated Benin 3-0 at the opening match of the U20 WAFU B tournament.
Nigeria will face Niger tomorrow by 4pm (not sure).
Max TV on Facebook streamed the match today. They might stream tomorrow's.

TheGoodJoe:

Xabi Alonso will win titles in the long run. Not to celebrate a win of negativity but an era of dominance. He is working towards greatness and not parking bus and pretending it is tactical win.

Finito.

Ok sir.

TheGoodJoe:
Because they adopted Guardiola's principles and have even said it. Heavy possession is Guardiola. Not just passing the ball but using it to control and own the game. The tactics and strategy of it is the pillar of the modern game.

Finito.

You know Arsenal do park bus right? isn't that a tactical blaspheme since Arteta adopted Pep's principles?

TheGoodJoe:

How many of your continental managers can win titles like Pep. Pep pursues loads of titles season in, season out. This lead to players exhaustion and can cause them to lose semi finals or finals. That does not change how remarkable Pep has been.

Winning all domestic trophies in one season. No manager in epl has done it. Respect is deserved.

Pep has won champions league. None has done what Pep has done when it comes to football dominance.

Someone who was claimed to dominate football couldn't win an European cup after like 5 years . A so called football revolutionist. But Mourinho, who is going on his own way to achieve something is your problem. It is Ok.

TheGoodJoe:

Mourinho won by hiding because he knows he can't stand Xabi Alonso tactically. That is why he chose Sam Allardyce football.

Whether he hids or not, he is guaranteed a medal. That's the fact.
Do you think Xabi wouldn't prefer to 'hid' too if it will guarantee him his first silverware as a coach? Result is what matters bro...forget beautiful football.

TheGoodJoe:

I have used the word influence repeatedly. INFLUENCE, INFLUENCE.

I never said it is all Pep. I said Pep influenced them and led the revolution.

Haba.

Exactly! All of them played under other managers. Why didn't you say they were influenced by other managers too? You just want to force it down our throats that Pep is their teacher who taught them all they're putting out now.

TheGoodJoe:

Because he has fallen off due to his poor tactics.

He will be playing Europa final with his poor tactics unlike Xabi, the tikitaka master and Pep's student whom Mourinho oust.

TheGoodJoe:
Look at coaches that win leagues in the modern era. Mourinho last won a league title in 2015.

When last did your Pep won any Continental title with his modern football?

Papi85:
De Zerbi, Arteta, Xavi, Enrique, Ten Hag, Alonso

The katikati..sorry tikitaka masters

TheGoodJoe:

There is a difference between total football and modern day tiki taka. Guardiola brought tactical inventions that led to its success.

To start with, Van Der Sar at Ajax was not exchanging passes with defenders the way Ederson, Ter Stergen, and Valdes did/do. It was Guardiola that made it key in recent games.

Invention, invention. No one said he is the first possession coach. Heck, he is a disciple of Johan Cruyff. However, his invention revolutionized the game and made it a modern art.

Finito.

Gbam!
You do know the like of Arteta, Kompany and Xabi have their own inventions too right? So why are you making it all Pep?

TheGoodJoe:

I won't call him a top manager in the current era. Big clubs do not want him. Even if they call him, with time his tactics gets exposed and he gets kicked out.

So apart from Pep, who are the top managers?

TheGoodJoe:

Can you guarantee Mourinho will win a major league title again?

Sure, he can.

TheGoodJoe:

Influence. Even De Zerbi is influenced by Pep Guardiola. Guardiola made it an art and many have studied his methods. Guardiola has books and videos and most of them, if not all of them are learning his methods. He changed the game.

Did Zerbi's team and City have the same method of buildup?
Pep actually learned from someone, added his own spices and carried on.
Attributing the tactic of the like of Arteta, Xabi and Kompany to Pep is a disgrace to football fandom.
You can't just say they all learn from Pep without considering their personal input.

TheGoodJoe:

Kompany got Burnley playing brilliantly. No excuse. To play dross.

So you're comparing Championship to EPL? Luton, a team whose stadium is not bigger than one primary school football field will probably be playing in EPL next season. Did you expect this at the start of the season?
Can you guarantee Burnley will survive EPL relegation next season with their brilliant play? The fact is that Big Sam and Pulis will only fight to stay up with the kind of team the manage.

Odunayaw:
The Moroccan coach he said learned from Pep (via Zoom ) parked the bus when needed at WC but he'd turn a blind eye.

Pep this, bulaba that

That's it bro.
How can a student of Pep be packing the bus?

SucroseDeport:
It's weird that a club of Barcelona's calibre is in Europa league.

But..

It isn't weird that a elite coach like Jose, a man dubbed "the special one"

Your double standard stinks bro.

The fact is that Mourinho is finished, man couldn't attract Top teams anymore, his style of play is outdated.

Teams like Bayern, Barcelona wouldn't even think of appointing Mourinho, because the tradition is at stake, the tiki taka, that's the tradition.

A special one whose team couldn't even get a shot on Target against Leverkusen, that's ridiculous... How can a lover of football be applauding Jose's style?

You guys are enemy of football.

Who told you Mourinho is finished and that he wouldn't attract a top club? If he shows interest in that Chelsea job, Boehly will end things with Poch and embrace Mourinho.

Papi85:
The Dutch invented tiki taka which was called total football then. That was the tactics that made Ajax dominate In Europe in the 70s.

Dutch,Ajax and barca legend johan cruyff was the one who brought to barca

Thank you bro... which means Pep invented his own tikitaka variety. But our man sha wan force it down our throat that anybody that plays tikitaka is one of Pep's students.

Odunayaw:
Interesting...so na only 3 days and a courteous shout out this guy turn to "he learned from him"

Interesting

Bro..I shock.
Which means if Salisu Yusuf say 'Hello' to Pep on Twitter, he automatically learns from Pep. God is great

benji93:
If you didn't know better you would think Zidane was an assistant coach to Guardiola for at least a year, whereas he was only there for a three-day visit alongside other French coaches. When he was interviewed he hailed the top management of the club first, which means he admired the organization. Zidane did not learn anything from Guardiola. If I can learn enough from someone in three days to win three consecutive CL, how many do you think that someone should have?

Wow.... This is a knockout bro.
He just carry everybody handicap with that screenshot.

TheGoodJoe:

If Park the bus was efficient, Allardyce and Tony Pulis would have been top managers.

Quality bro... Quality. Tactic without the right players to carry it out is a waste.

TheGoodJoe:
Influence.

Guardiola is the key. The man that changed the get and most top coaches adapted from him.

Before Guardiola, it was not played at this depth and forms the foundation of their plays.

Finito.

Pep was not even the one who started this tikitaka stuff. Arsenal Wenger did play something close during his time at Arsenal. Has Zerbi (Brighton's coach) ever worked with Pep before? We have a lot of coaches playing tikitaka and are not in anyway related to Pep.

Deltamani:
Eyes on Shukura Oladipo at this upcoming U20 WAFU tournament in Ghana

Ajakaiye is now with the U20s? was not aware sha. Any update boss? Squad, where to watch the matches, and time.

TheGoodJoe:
They all said Pep influenced them. Xabi Alonso said he went to play under Pep to learn from him.

So you want to argue with these guys that they don't know what they are saying?

That they said so doesn't mean they don't have the mind and ideas of their own. That you taught me a particular formula doesn't mean I can't fashion out my own.

TheGoodJoe:
Mourinho is a good coach but parked bus is not a tactical masterclass and it is criminal saying Mourinho is better than Pep.

Tactic doesn't have to be masterclass everytime. I'm not sure you know how efficient the park-the-bus tactic can be at times.
Pep bottled a lead against Madrid last season. His tactical masterclass couldn't help him.

Papi85:
haaland won’t get any chance then because that barca team operated better with a false 9.

Remember zlatan’s issues at barca and the major reason he left for AC Milan. He was just like haaland but better with the ball on he’s feet but still couldn’t make it at that barca team

Yea..that is part of the reasons why I said his chance is low.

Arsenal made their first signing... Doggie Labrador.
A dog actually
una sure say all of them over there still get sense? wetin we want do with a dog? we want hunt trophies?

TheGoodJoe:
Who did Mourinho help?

This metric of successors is not valid enough to buttress your opinion sir. Arteta for instance, works under Pep but his brand of football is different from Pep's. That the like of Xabi and Kompany play tikitaka doesn't mean Pep is the one who influenced them.

Pep is good, very good. And the notion that money is behind his successes is not entirely true. Chelsea spent 600M this season and Dem no see top 4.
Buying players is one thing, knowing how to use them is another thing entirely.

However, this Mourinho slander is nonsense. Yes, he plays negative football...yes, he is a bus merchant. Mourinho is on of the best coaches in the world with impressive records and achievements.

Attractive football doesn't win you games everytime. You pick what works for you and get that result.

do4luv14:
Who told you Jose is not good tactically.
even against Pep and man City, he beat them with tactics,

Klop and Liverpool copy same, and beat City too, So Which tactics are you talking about again

Did I say Jose is not good tactically?