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ChristineC:
so if the team consistent register higher %possession, higher xG, more touches in opponents' boxes, not rolling over to be pounded like a bag of sand even away at difficult stadia, how is the system problematic?
two things; we need to fix conceding from set plays and find someone who can consistently put away chances. that will be a start.
Bruno has dropped his scoring boots, sadly!

Agree that we need to fix the set piece issues, which is on the coaching team.

Higher possession and more touches don’t win games. It’s what we do with the possession. High xG is driven by the expected possession (dependent on style) and the fact that we create quality chances albeit very few. You are also looking at the attacking side of the style only, we know that our defence has been shyte (of course due to set piece issues, but also because we are caught unawares at the back when teams counter us). We are exposed at the back when we lose the ball through mistakes or anything because we are left with just three players at the back as our wing backs can’t easily recover or are too far from their defensive positions.

If we take our few quality chances, it’s fantastic, but may not be sustainable especially when playing against small teams that are defensively organized.

Ellexy:
He's physically stronger, more aggressive, aerially superior to Lindelof. Both have average pace. Lindelof has more football IQ though.

Same Lindelof wey una wan kill for here. God will forgive Utd fans.

ChristineC:
yet somehow the system keep registering a higher xG against all their opponents. how do you reconcile that?
a player that can put away more chances will change something in the interim.

Higher xG means nothing. If you have fewer shorts on goal but higher efficiency, then it’s closer to 1. Shows probability of scoring from chances created which is on the back of several factors. You can great few quality chances with high xG. It’s expected and not actual. And again, there are several other factors used including high possession even if it’s all at the middle of the park.

eph12:
We have had the same 11 or 10 for about 3 consecutive games or so now

Not true.

engrelvis:
Exactly.. smbdy earlier this Amorim best 11.l can't agree more. We just need a finisher.

The players are not as bad as many think. I just hope Amorin starts getting his selections right. Stick to a starting 11 and make one or two changes until they get it. Not like we have anything to play for at this stage. Stop the rotations and stuff.

maik99:
Exactly
E reach Liverpool today dem dey do ote and agidi
On a normal day na zero effort and complacency
And some people will still say system

The system is great against Liverpool because they came out gun blazing. Against small teams, nah, they would defend and hit us with counterattacks.

Goosethetruth:
I wonder where the idiot pundits claiming Liverpool will win by 25 goals are?
A game that hasn't been played and you are predicting rubbish.
I saw Chris Sutton predicting 5-0 against United. This is why these idiots called football pundits should be ignored.

Great game from both teams. A 2-2 draw is a fair result. Salute to both clubs.

Lol, everyone was expecting a mauling based on our form.

eph12:
Why didn't the striker take that shot by himself fvck. How can Maguire not hit the target at least? I'm pissed

As in. Maybe he was expecting Magwaya to leave the ball for Garnacho.

chrisley024:
Bad miss but wasn't a good pass by Zirksee

Chai, Magwaya mess up. Understandable sha, no be striker, Zirkzee should have tried to take it though.

engrelvis:
l dnt think so . Our last meeting dey came out too. We were beaten by 3 goals. We v improve

It was Newcastle na. They are among the big guns these days.

Haaaaaa Jesus

engrelvis:
lf we can play like this against one of d best team in d league then y d hell r in we in 13th position?

It’s because Liverpool is coming out to play us. Small teams will not.

Hoping Zirkzee scores the winner. He needs it.

Nice cut back from Garnacho

Goal balllll

Kendzyma:
Blaming onana for that?

I don’t even know. I just don’t like him. What was that about? The mind game he was playing before the P kick.

Stupid Onana. I don’t rate him at all.

What is Onana doing, abeg abeg. Not like you will catch the ball.

Damn, that’s a penalty

eph12:
We just need most of the players to join the attack when we are with the ball but they are too afraid most of the time

Because if we lose the ball, na wahala.

Liverpool don score. Damn

Dalot has been great today. Played the role well.

Goal ball, thunder fire them!

odizeey:
Mainoo just dey Gba

You watching the game so? Easily one of our top 3 players today

Not a bad first half, tbh. But we still need to find ways to create chances.

Our defence set up does not make sense at all. Just too easy to beat it even though there are five players at the back when we are defending.

engrelvis:
Nobody is destroying his career. He is not gud enough. Simple. Let me c whether he will turn prime Rolnado when he finally joins juvuntus

Did you watch him when he played at Bologna? Not just the number of goals scored, and assists, his role and contributions to the team? How many players have done well at Utd, after signing them based on their previous performances. Sancho, nko? Heck even the great Ronaldo was deemed shyte. I predict that Nuno will become/look like shyte after a few games for Utd.

I guess we should start going to Mars and other planets to sign the ‘right’ players for Utd. We need aliens to play for us.

Praying that Chelsea beats Cry so we don’t go down further. Cry is 2 points behind us and if they win Chelsea, we’ll be 15th.

Jokerman:
🚨🚨🌖| NEW: Joshua Zirkzee has said YES to joining Juventus. All that’s left is a deal to be made with Manchester United. Talks continued yesterday.

[@Gazzetta_it, @ForzaJuveEN]

Great that he’s leaving, before we destroy the career of another promising player. The guy is a good player, he joined United at the wrong time.

Btw, I heard we are giving Maguire an extension. Lol. I guess he fits into Amorim’s system. I thought Maguire is not a Utd material. SMH!

What were you trying to do then? Pressure don dey burst pipe o.

What was Amorim thinking sef? He started with Eriksen and Casemiro, in a 3-4-3 or 5-2-3 formation, literarily. Great that he eventually figured it out by removing Zirkzee for Mainoo. But it was too late. Seems he has not figured out the strength of his players after over 11 games. The number of games he’s managed this season is more than a preseason for fuvks sake.

I pity Zirkzee sha. I remember we all agreed that we needed a young team with some experienced guys. ETH did exactly this. Now we have a new manager and we are saying the youngsters are not good enough. I don’t get, what’s the expectation now? Replace them with more experienced players or 20-23 year old super stars?

Our fans are just stupid. They forgot that we went through this experienced superstar route already especially under Mou. They said we were signing mercenaries.

Be like say there has been no improvement at all. The below excludes today’s game o. Damn!