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Illimitable:
Whenever I am discussing European football, I limit it to the leagues in England, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Portugal and Netherlands.

I don’t give a shit about what happens in a league ranked 22nd in Europe. Ole failed at Cardiff. Anyone that passed common entrance in Nigeria can manage a club in Norway.

Chief, you keep showing your lack of knowledge about what Ole achieved with Molde. Ole broke the strangle hold of Rosenberg to win the Norwegian league and the ground work he did when he was in charge is why Molde are a mainstay in Europe for the past 5 years. I hope you know that it is extremely difficult to break the monopoly of big teams in leagues such as the Norwegian league.

Illimitable:
Mourinho qualified for the CL 16/17 & 17/18 consecutively and he didn’t stop there, he made sure we qualified out of the group in those campaigns as well - that’s the minimum standard regardless of how far we have fallen.

There’s no need to alter the facts to hype a failure like Ole.

I hope you remember when Fergie crashed out of a group involving Otelu Galati, Benfica, and Basel




Otelu **fuvking Galati :-

Leyqute:
We need to get more “pass-first “ attackers biko. They are creative and usually make good decisions.

Very true!! Especially because we have too many "shoot-first" attackers in the team like Greenwood, James and Rashy.

KingAlabi:
No be the yarns for here vex me Sha, e just increase am.
I go dey alright

hahahaha

No worry sir, we all go dey alright las las.

patrickmuf:
In all, na that loss to those Turkish farmers pain me pass...That goal Ba scored off a corner kick at their end was painful, we had no reason be caught that high up the pitch at that time.

Like I mentioned to that chief, the loss to Istanbul BB took us out of the UCL.

KingAlabi:
I dey try calm down, but something outside footy vex me this night Sha

I am not like this

Lol, no p boss. Sometimes some yarns dey infuriate person for here.

patrickmuf:
Ole should've taken off Fred before that red card...That's his only blame for that loss to PSG...

True!

For all of Fred's shortcomings man has got an excellent engine and his ability to cover ground and hassle opponents is priceless, so I understood why Ole didn't take him off.

Trevor012:
Spurs will sell kane for 100million.
Yes Sancho will be brilliant. We need more technical players in this team. Only Pogbooom, Martial and Greenwood are technical players in this team. Grealish or Sancho will do wonders.

Kane for 100M?? I laugh!

You are right about the need for technical players though, but I think we should move on from Martial.

Illimitable:
No! You got dumped out of UCL because you failed to beat PSG on your home turf. The PSG game was the 5th game out of 6.

Had Ole won that, the game in Leipzig would have been a dead rubber game. Even after losing to the Turkish team, United were still leading the group.

You need to check the effect of each loss on the final outcome of the group table. Everyone apart from United defeated Istanbul BB home and away, thay loss played a huge part of why we finished 3rd in that group. Also the loss to Leipzig was pivotal as it was the last game and we needed to not lose to progress to the knockout round.

The loss to PSG at Old Trafford meant we broke even against PSG with 3pts to both teams. Before castigating Ole for that loss you should revisit that game and see if it was Ole that told Martial to miss sitters and Fred to have brain farts that made us go 1 man down during the game.

KingAlabi:
No oh

Na individual brilliance

Bunches of mofos

I just dey vex this night.

Mr. man calm down with your insults, people have got the right to have opinions that do not align with yours.

Trevor012:
The only striker I need is Harry kane. Either Sancho with Grealish or only Harry kane.

Harry Kane would be an amazing signing but where we wan see 150M+ for Harry Kane?

I just have this belief that Sancho would be perfect for this team, he can play RW, LW and AM effectively and he is a "pass-first" attacker.

patrickmuf:
We definitely improved in the 2nd half but then, that penalty scare would've killed any chance of a win had the referee called it...

We need to start games on the front foot, top teams will have us for dinner with such poor first half performance...This is the difference between some of us here, we watch the first half and Share our strong concrrns but some of you are more interested in the result after 90 mins. Granted, result is all that matters but then, the play is also important lest you come short against teams of equal footing...

Good point!

We actually started strong today, the problem is mainly with the slowness of our attacks, the inability of Fred (McT when he starts) to play line breaking passes and the extremely poor showing from AWB in the attacking phase. AWB showed zero awareness for Welbeck's goal too.

Illimitable:
But it was the same Tuchel that dumped Ole out of the champions league by beating him 3-1 at Old Trafford.

I am sure your selective amnesia missed that obvious fact.

This man, I don tire to dey school you..

We got dumped out of the UCL this season because of that poor result at Istanbul BB and the losing the last game to RB Leipzig.

KingAlabi:
I don't understand this individual brilliance shiit oh

How will you see this second half display were Brighton didn't have a single shot not to talk of one on target, individual brilliance??

People are just plain stvpid

No dey waste your energy abeg, Na Ole cause all this rubbish with his ever smiling and soft outlook. If e dey show pashun like the German at Liverpool or they form scholar like the Basque Country native at Arsenal them for no dey call am PE teacher.

Illimitable:
That’s a one off game and such happens.

Tuchel has already demonstrated what he’s about. Man went to Atletico and slapped them at home. This is his first loss since he joined Chelsea - its acceptable especially when the red card was the turning point.

Meanwhile, PE teacher was dumped out of Europe. Man even lost to a club in Turkey with a name that looked like wifi password. He’s not played in a final in almost 3 years with the number of talents he’s got at his disposal.

PE teacher beat your Lord and personal saviour twice at his backyard when he was at PSG, with the second game showing some impressive tactical moves. No dey yarn dust abeg.

GloryIsaac:
Bissouma had a nice game against United today and has already made it to the wish list

Bissouma has always been on the list of top teams since the end of last season, Liverpool was touted as a possible destination for him last summer.

Illimitable:
Leicester need to sell to fix the gaping holes in their squad and they have not made a single penny from the gates this season.

Every club needs money now - I doubt the PE teacher would see the talents in Ndidi though. The same fool that bought Van de Beek when he already had Pogba, Bruno and Mata in his squad is unlikely to appreciate an outstanding talent like Ndidi.

Gate receipt for Leicester is usually around 6 to 10% of their total revenue, this is applicable to non-top 8ish teams in the EPL. Also, with reduced associated match day expenses; not having fans should have marginal effect on their revenue.

Therefore, they don't need to sell. They are also a properly run team with a rich owner. What gapping holes are you talking about? They have been hit by lots of injuries and they are still competitive.

Illimitable:
Ndidi is Nigerian - he doesn’t have the profile to command a huge transfer fee. I’d be surprised if he costs more than £40m.

If he’s from Brazil, France, England or Germany, they would put £120m price tag on him.

Ndidi has been top 5 DM in the EPL for at least 3 seasons. Leicester don't need to sell, they will surely rinse us for at least 50M.

Trevor012:
Andre Silva to do what? Next season priority is Sancho and Grealish.

Where are you going to play Sancho and Grealish and do you think the club should spend almost 200M on two attackers??

Left to me;

Bissouma 35M

Andre Silva 30M

Sancho 80M

Bring back Laird


Sell or let go

Mata

Martial

Williams

Cavani

afrodoc:
An authentic African (Bissouma, Ndidi, Partey) beats a fake Brazilian (Pastor Fraud) any day.

Ndidi would be a perfect cog in that midfield but Leicester would rinse us real bad.

Trevor012:
Fred had a better game than him o

Fred is a good but limited player, throughout the game he attempted less than 5 high risk progressive passes. He is always scared of playing line breaking passes.

Nezzjnr:
Do you want us to loose??

VdB is expected to perform better in European games.

Trevor012:
E choke you

Leave that man jare.

The target should be 75pts this season, that would represent a 9pts improvement from last season.

afrodoc:
Bissouma good sha.

Very solid, press resistant and he can pass way better than one Brazilian in our midfield.

Nezzjnr:
Ole should rest Bruno for at least just 2 games

I want to check something

I would start VdB on Saturday and give Bruno a rest.

elampiro:
For 80 minutes we played 10men. Cavani was short one

I hope they arw not planning to give him another year. Hopefully we get Sancho and maybe give Andre Silva at Frankfurt.

What's your verdict on Martial?

no 4... lmao

Sweet goal!!

hustla:
And often doesn't perform well unless Vardy drifts to the left and creates for him

Tielemans, Maddison also are there to create, not forgetting they have Ricardo Perreira who crosses the ball excellently

Una no dey watch ball well

Na you no dey watch ball well.

Football has gone beyond having a playmaker play the no 10 role. Your wingers and fullbacks can be the creative force in your team. It's not a must to have your no 10 as the main chance creator. Also Ihenacho was not playing like your regular no 10. Aribo was also playing relatively high up the pitch.

Guys like Chukwubueze and Onyekuru should not be starting for the national team. Iwuala should start the next game in Lagos, he brought in so much energy and drive when he came on for Onyekuru.

SmartyPants:
Sanusi a great athlete but clearly lacking technically. That was a golden opportunity to fire ball into a strikers path and he passed it so casually.

The pitch is shiit, Sanusi is a solid LB. You should watch him when he plays at Porto.

Lmao... This Maduka Okoye is a clown

hustla:
This formation is extremely foolish

Iheanacho behind Osimehen, means no AM is behind the striker SMH

They should better bring back Iwobi and Ahmed Musa make we see road

Ihenacho is not new to playing behind the CF, he plays behind Vardy for Leciester.