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larride:
Shebi na Arteta dey coach Zubimendi for Spain and Rice for England.

Rice na average, coming from the finger of a Ugarte and Mainoo fan.

I dey 💯 sure say some of these your takes you no fit talk ham outside, them for don break your head.

Haaaa, so Dalot no dey play for Portugal?

TheLequte:
Don’t worry. The upcoming manager sef get plenty records to break. Even interim to the interim, he will break something too. 😂

Honestly, everything you say here is still around the fact that we sacked this guy. Reason you keep bringing up these excuses and continue to wish failure on the team. Nawa o.

TheLequte:
Pep didn’t get it right until they signed new players in January actually. That’s in spite of the boku midfielders he had.

Oh, so after signing those players, Pep got it right? Is okay, you know the truth.

eph12:
At what position did Amorim leave the club?

You got your answer. Also, he got us 15th position last season and lots of bad records that can never be erased.

I hope the people dropping Garnacho stinkers will also drop good updates about him and other players. E.g that of McTom. Wait, I Heard Rashford has won his first trophy at Barca. Nah, he is a passenger in the team.

God airpus!

TheLequte:
City’s midfield was already competent. They had Kovacic, Kalbin Philips, Gundogan and even Bernardo Silva before Rodri got injured. Did that stop him from getting Nico?

Haha, competent indeed! Competent because the manager is finding ways to win games without a proper DM. Old Gundogan and Bernardo, old and injury prone Kovacic. You wont admit that having a better manager is a big deal. Continue!

TheLequte:
Nico Gonzalez is a midfielder. He was bought to fill Rodri’s shoes. Pep also brought back Gundogan the previous summer.

Last TW he bought 2 attacking midfielders in Tijani and Cherki. Bernardo Silva can be phased out in peace.

These guys are not DMs. Only Nico. Pep that has improvised many times because no replacement for Rodri, and you don’t see him and the fans complaining that there is hole in the midfield.

TheLequte:
James Trafford. Outstanding young goalie with a bright future. After 2-3 games Pep was not convinced by him and they immediately bought Donnaruma. Combined 60m on GK department. In one TW.

Did Utd not spend 50-60m on a keeper recently? And another 30m on another keeper afterward? Despite not playing consistently in the UCL.

TheLequte:
Why didn’t City fold their arms after that Rodri injury and expect Pep to use Kovacic and Kalvin Phillips to turn their consecutive losses into wins?

Why did they go all out that January and buy Nico Gonzalez and co?

These are not direct Rodri replacements na.

TheLequte:
The City that signed Trafford and Donnaruma in the same transfer window they have two heads abi?

When they signed about 4-5 defenders in one window years ago, the sky fell down abi?

We are not ready se.

Who is Trafford?

What about your Onana that you guys clamoured for and celebrated his signing?

Leyqute:
We bought jambody Fellaini from Everton to come and comtrol our midfield.
Morgan Schneiderlin no get liver to play for top club.
Bastian was practically finished when we bought him.
Chelsea fans were already calling Nemanja bag of beans before we splashed 40m on him. And he wasn’t that bad sef.
Casemiro was an expensive signing that only had 2 years left at the top level.
The less spoken about Amrabat, the better.


Of these lot, Pogba and Bruno are the only ones worthy to start in Man Utd at the moment they were bought.

You even listed Scott McTom as if he was a good passer of the ball. His best atttibutr was crashing the box and that’s it. And what does key modern starter mean? 😭 😭 The same Kobbie we saw today and against Grimsby? The best for that kid is to keep getting sub minutes until he’s up to speed. He should not be a starter I’m sorry.

In a team requiring competent starters, we’re parading squad options. And we want to compete with top teams.

Lol, when we signed those players, they were the best in their respective teams, and you all celebrated their signing. We no fit forget, if you’ve forgotten.

eph12:
Sign the 5 players first. Not every player signed by other teams end up meeting expectations. You bin them after a season or two if they don't meet expectations.

Did they not sign 4-5 players last summer for Amorim? What about the transfer window before that? Abegi, we can use this squad to get European football. No let Amorim confuse una with the 15th position finish last season.

eph12:
We're on course to achieving top 6 already. All we needed to do was to stop conceding some of those easily avoidable goals that were against the run of play. Those goals that stopped us from winning against the likes of Wolves, Burnley etc

But that’s my point no, we don’t need to change players to qualify for European football. And we can build from there in the summer. This team needs ginger. If you like, sign 5 more players this month, they will come here and become ‘dross’.

Leyqute:
When we were playing CL and had CL money, how may players did we buy per season? Is it not the same 2/3 major incomings heavy laden with hype and a tad overpaid for?

See the list above. So until we sign 5 midfielders at once?

Leyqute:
Have you plugged the hole in midfield since SAF left?

See list of midfielders (including attacking) we have bought since Ferguson retired. Most of these guys were the best in their respective clubs.

Defensive / Holding / Deep
• Marouane Fellaini
• Morgan Schneiderlin
• Bastian Schweinsteiger
• Nemanja Matić
• Casemiro
• Sofyan Amrabat (loan → later permanent context-dependent)

Box-to-Box
• Ander Herrera
• Paul Pogba
• Fred
• Mason Mount
• Marcel Sabitzer (loan)

Attacking / Creative
• Juan Mata
• Henrikh Mkhitaryan
• Bruno Fernandes
• Christian Eriksen
• Donny van de Beek


Also adding Academy players:
• Jesse Lingard – attacking midfielder
• Scott McTominay – box-to-box / defensive
• Kobbie Mainoo – central / box-to-box (key modern starter)
• Andreas Pereira – attacking / central
• James Garner – defensive / deep-lying
• Hannibal Mejbri – box-to-box
• Zidane Iqbal – central midfielder

eph12:
What's your definition of anything? What's your minimum expectation?

Top 4-6 this season, same next season and one of the cups.

Leyqute:
With this porous midfield? Jehovah!

Have we spent over the years or not?

eph12:
We don't have that many players that are better than some of the players in these teams. I can easily list 5-7 of our players that are not all that. There's a reason why top teams want to have the best players possible in every position.

There's also the matter of mentality, fitness, strength and determination to fight for every ball and cover a lot of ground

So, are you saying that we won’t achieve anything with this set of players, even if we get a better manager?

Jamiuokolaa:
Comparing us with CL teams with UEFA money to spend?

We dey even try sef. We competitively sign players despite no major trophies and inconsistent UCL participations.

At this rate, our fans would only be happy if we swap squads with other performing teams every year.

Leyqute:
Will you take Zubimendi and Rice over Ugarte and Mainoo—yes or no?

Are they superstars?

What about Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali? Are they superstars?

Well. Hindsight is great, we sabi Rice now. No Dey whine us for here. If Rice was here, he would have been another useless British player.

Rice and the players you mentioned are average players that are performing well because of their managers.

Meanwhile, should we go back to the mercenary model?

Leyqute:
He’ll also tell him to “play the yoots.”

As if other teams are relying heavily on their academy to win games.

Can you bring up any post where I said we should play the yooots? Also, remind me how you guys were against signing expensive mercenaries and just buying players that will grow with the team. I remember when Utd was buying the big boys, you guys were saying we needed to build a squad with potentials. Now, we should revert to the mercenary model.

Chai, Una get plenty mouths for here o.

Leyqute:
We still need a midfielder pass all these ones wey you dey talk.

Arsenal had Rice and bought Zubimendi the next TW. This is in addition to Merino and Odegaard.

Chelsea bought Enzo and added Lavia and Caicedo the next year. Dem get 2 heads?

I don’t want to mention City who bought 2 GKs in a window. If na Man Utd buy that Trafford and it doesn’t look like it will work out, instead of buying Donnarumma, they will demand Pep to make magic with Trafford.

Fire and hire will only work when you back it up with a quality squad.

I guess we take one and discard the other. Arsenal is performing because they have above average players not because Arteta seems to know how to make the squad work. Zubimendi and Rice are now superstars?

eph12:
Walai it's true but no need to dwell on that.

We could get a win or a draw and everyone will think we're back. Then we lose or draw the next small team we face. That's why I'm never particular or interested in the results against big teams. They don't tell the true story. I'll know we're back when we start destroying the smaller teams

Quick question for you? Is our squad worse than those of Wolves, Burnley and Nottingham Forest? Why are we not beating the small clubs?

Lana1:
All the 50 million emojis in the world cannot hide your pain....

Haha, you must be here to see how pained I am. Reason someone was indirectly quoting me. Enjoy your evening abeg!

Jamiuokolaa:
The imminent change in formation and tactics might also necessitate slight changes in focus during the next TW.

It appears the addition of a LWF is now a priority rather than a luxury.

Till then, we just have to make do with the resources on ground.

Amad on the LW might not be the best of tactical decisions. However, i feel it cant be worse than the dross we've seen from Cunha as a LWF and LAMF.

Dorgu also needs some time off. He might have more stamina and energy but I think Shaw's superior football brain as a LB would benefit us more at this point.

This is the point. We use what we have and upgrade as we go, hopefully with a manager that works. Although, on average, unless we are lucky to get a Pep, we should be ready to let go of any manager we sign after 3-4 years. Gone are the days of having a manager stick around for long, unless we are ready to go without trophies for some seasons, with the same manager.

Lana1:
And you must be a f0ôl. You fired shots my way just now without mentioning me and I didn't jump in your mentions calling you names. Oga go and enjoy your Dalot and leave me alone abeg

So, na only you dey bad belle Garnacho? Omo, the shot enter your body o.

Lana1:
And yes we will continue to monitor Garnacho. The fôolish boy disrespected the club and liked Fabrizio's tweet announcing the sack of a United manager. You didn't call him a toxic ex player then o.
Stay pained at your darling average players losing every week

He is no longer your player. Move on and stop the bad belle behaviour.

Lana1:
And yes we will continue to monitor Garnacho. The fôolish boy disrespected the club and liked Fabrizio's tweet announcing the sack of a United manager. You didn't call him a toxic ex player then o.
Stay pained at your darling average players losing every week

Lol, why are you not quoting me directly? You must be a coward!

odizeey:
I know nothing about football and players. Rightly so. That's why I'm not employed by any club.

The people who know should do their job.

Because I know nothing about making phones means I should accept any defaults that came with the phone. I bought?

Na you buy the players? You are just a fan that probably uses free to air / iptv to watch football. Leave the job for people that their livelihoods depend on the club’s performances.

StarchAndBanga:
Two years later same Ugarte don turn dross

Life sha

Brah, don’t dig up posts, so many of them will log off for the week.

eph12:
Hopefully they support the next coach with better recruitment. Of course we won't get everything right but if 3 out of 4 turns out good, we're doing something right

This, and hopefully we are lucky with manager appointment to ensure we can use well whatever resources we have or acquire. This is key. A bad McTom was a beast under Mou and is doing well under Conte.