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How did we pay 50M for Fred

He has got a horrible first touch for a CM. He loses possession easily too. There are a shit load of dead wood in this team that we need to bin ASAP.

Lukaku is finding it extremely difficult to press effectively. The midfield is in shambles and Mata is not helping matters at all! Dude has been extremely docile bar the penalty that he scored.

Ooh Pereira... this is surely his last season at United.

Guyman02:
It's part of the ongoing trade war between US and China. The CEO of Huawei was arrested in Canada and facing extradition to US which the Chinese Govt is angry about.
So next will be US banning Huawei from their own market.
I hope Nigeria will come to this level some day when we can sanction erring countries and their business if we can send Buhari packing

It was the CFO that was arrested.

nihilistjnr:
Strangely prophetic post

Lmao!

You wan dey deny your paddy Lukaku??

larride:
This team is a joke really. The team movement has to be one of the worse in the premier league. Damn.

You have Fred on the bench yet you are playing Lingard in the middle. What a joke.

Oga, watch match well na.

Lingard has been the best player on the pitch.

larride:
Looking at the subs he made, we can’t really call it wrong subs considering the way Chelsea were playing, Those subs enable us to choke the midfield and match them instead of sitting too deep. It was just so unfortunate we conceded like that.

If Fellaini was available, there is no way Luiz would have won that header.

elampiro:
It is done everywhere. Rashford didn't stay on the ground for more than a minute. Does it mean the ref wanted to add 5 minutes before? The match didn't have breaks except that of Rashford. Mark Dean is always against us.

I get your point sir.

I was kind of shocked that Mou didn't bring in another CB during stoppage time.

elampiro:
We were robbed via 6 minutes added time.

We robbed ourselves! Why was Rashford trying to waste time within 90 mins.

tobianthony:
Nah gbamgbose aka bangbus is still in the UFC I believe he even fought on the khabib vs McGregor prelims .

Usman is in a pickle ...he has no one to fight at the moment . I just want to see him go against Colby Covington Sha ...that would be something .

Yeah there are a lot of Nigerians in MMA .

Bamgbose was cut from the UFC in December 2017 after 3 consecutive losses.

tobianthony:
Hope you guys are following the Bellator heavy weight Grand Prix .

Fedor emalienko beat Chael sonnnen to advance to fight Ryan bader .

Scott Coker is making a mess of Bellator. He still does not get it! Bellator can only grow by pushing "Bellator-grown" fighters like Aaron Pico, Michael Chandler and Michael Venom Page. Bellator are wasting huge resources on pensioners and UFC nearly men and washed up ex champs like Sonnen, Bader, Benson Henderson and co.

Did you see Sonnen V Fedor? It was a disgrace, Sonnen threw the fight away and walked away with 300K dollars in less than 5 mins.

tobianthony:
Very interested in Weidman vs rockhold 2 ...I hope Chris doesn't make stupid mistakes this time . Should make for a tough fight .

Adesanya and his regular clowning ...hahaha love the guy Sha ...omo naija . This should be a win for him .

Jacare I think age is catching up with him tho .

Hope you guys are following the other Nigerians in UFC

Rockhold V Weidman 2 is a difficult one to predict, but I expect Luke to win. Weidman's main weapon is his wrestling and Luke is from an excellent wrestling camp and his BJJ is top notch.

Jacare is at the twilight of his career and he is fighting a fellow BJJ black belt. TOUGH one for him.

UFC signed 2 Nigerians from the DWTNCS, Yusuff Sadiq and Kennedy Nzechukwu. Yusuff is a well rounded featherweight. He was impressive on the show. Kennedy is a huge light heavyweight, he is 6'5" tall with an 83" reach. The only problem is that he is not very aggressive.

I think the other Nigerians in the UFC are

Kamaru Usman

Isreal ADESANAYA

Oluwole Gbamgbose (he got cut last year though)

Hakeem Dawodu (identifies as a Canadian though, born and bred in Canada)

Is anyone excited about the mouth watering Middleweight fights lined up for UFC 230?

Brunson V Adesanya

Weidman V Rockhold 2

Branch V Jacare



I hope Adesanya mocks Bumson with a striking clinic.

GloryIsaac:
All i want is a rematch, hope Connor breaks his jaw this time.

That dude almost snapped Connor's neck under the guise of choking

Lmao! It was a modified neck crank. After the way Conor was dominated in the first fight, it will be more difficult for him to beat Khabib.

Lmao!

See Alago ooo

diadem10:
Point of correction, the Berber are no arabs, were colonised by the arabs. Let me read your post further.

Berber-arab is used to denote people of both berber and Arab lineage. People from Algeria, Libya, some part of Morocco do have a mixture of berber and Arab genes.

diadem10:
What's this gibberish? Football IQ is different from normal IQ? Lol. Iq is Iq regardless of the profession you apply into.
Brainwashed black racist mofo.

You're black, so are your children and Zidane. Sing it along and let that ring into your brainwashed sunken brain. Yeye

Bro chill!

Zidane is a berber-arab. Going by the 4 most accepted race categories... he is a Caucasian (aka a white man). This can be deducted from him oblong face, narrow long nose, thin upper lip etc.

nihilistjnr:
Abeg make person epp us with link to watch the ball na?

Use vipbox.tv

Make sure you use VPN since you dey UK

eph12:
How will Mourinho getting Maguire or Toby fix this now ehn?

Hehehe.... there is nothing Maguire or Toby can do. Our forwards are isolated. We defend way too deep. It seems like tackling when the opponent has the ball is a taboo for Mou. I won't be surprised if top attacking players are rejecting the chance to play for United because of our style of play.

GloryIsaac:
Well, looks like the aim is to have a reliable defence and snug out a draw in times when key players aren't available.

Even though i expect more from United, I'll give them a benefit of a doubt because this is only a preseason match and major players aren't available.

Are you saying we cannot play without Lukaku, Pogba and Matic? City destroyed Chelsea without De Bruyne and David Silva. It is clear to the blind that something is wrong with our style of play.

We are in a big big mess! Do we have to play hyper defensive football all the time? It feels like we do not train on how to build from the midfield or train specific attacking movements/sequences.

It is clear that something is wrong with the team's tactics or Mou is knowingly jeopardizing the team's set up in order to prove the reason behind why he needs more signings. I still cannot see how new signings can improve the team if we always decide to defend very deep.

Also, it is shocking the way we defend, immediately we lose possession we drop into our half and defend spaces instead of pressing and forcing errors from the opponent. Mou should understand that dropping deep in our half gives the opponent the opportunity to ping the ball around thereby creating attacking opportunities.

Based on what we have seen from Mou, I hope the board does not sign any new player. Mou would play the same boring and sleep inducing football. Mou is a dinosaur, his tactics are outdated for top teams and can only work for mid-tier teams. Woodward should start making arrangements for Zidane. I won't be surprise if Pogba decides to leave. Playing for Mou can seriously destroy the growth of a footballer.

Afolabi6046:
how? Rugani is plays for the Old ladies o not Napoli
see we have about 7 defenders, why should we add to that? how is Rugani better than Cahill, Luiz or even Zouma?

Rugani spent 2 years at Empoli under Sarri.

Vanquay:
1 hour gone and we are still the same DUSTY ASS BORING ASS Outfit...fvck this shìt I'm going to bed

LMAO!

I still don't understand why we always sit back and invite pressure, there was little or no pressing until we conceded. I expect better games going forward.


Fulltime: Manchester United 1-1 Club America

A40:
Hahahahahaha, this is pure comedic gold

Btw where is olabode89 and other UFC people. Hands up if you saw Cormier KOing Miocic. I don't know if I've ever seen a bigger upset in UFC Heavyweight history

Bro!

I had some money on DC to win.... the odd was about 2.87. I didn't anticipate a 1st round KO. The PPV was money well spent, although Ngannou and the black beast served a snooze-fest.

DC is the GOAT. F*ck the PED using skinny legs Jon Jones. DC is pure inspiration, a dude less than 6ft tall with massive reach disadvantage plus zero athletic outlook (although he is fast and a top athlete) achieving double champ status in the major league of fighting is outstanding!

raumdeuter:
A40 niilstjnr, afrodoc2 and any UFC fan here

You don see the fight and interview of the last style bender Israel Adesanya

The thing just dey burst my head from minute 1 as he scatter Yoruba inside


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxbPYtx8uRQ

Izzy has got a very good chance of becoming the Middleweight champ by 2019. He showed tremendous improvement with his wrestling defence and clinch game. My only problem is with his lack of genuine KO power. He relies on excellent technique and accumulation of damage, which is not s bad thing. Against freaks and beasts like Paolo Costa and Yoel Romero, one punch can put Israel to sleep.

I am so happy with the success of Israel and Kamaru Usman in the UFC. Hopefully Mohammed Usman (Kamaru's bro) can make It to the UFC next year. I won't be surprise if an event is held in Nigeria or SA soon. It would have happened sooner if Ngannou had lived up to the hype.


Did you guys see the snooze fest Ngannou and Derrick Lewis delivered last night... Lmao! STIPE pounded the fear of God into Ngannou. Dude was having PTSD shiit in the octagon.

PDPGuy:
A head-butt, whether ‘nodding’ or not, is a straight red. The American referee bottled it big time.

The Referee is having a tough night, he has little or no control over the game.

It seems like Alli is not 100% fit. He is looking sluggish in the middle of the park.

Debroslink:
Later they will say Dea Gea is the best... When he was in La liga, he was ràped easily.

Overhyped keeper

Enough with the scatter scatter talk jare.

hensben:
Sergio Bousquet is just too lucky be playing for possession based team. He know nothing about tackle. I see why he is not rated by football world governing body.

Btw, no proper winger in this Spanish team. 5 midfielders and one CF and you expect to unlock Portuguese defense with that.

Stop exposing your limited knowledge of football

Modern football tactics do not require wingers to stretch or unlock a team that is playing a compact and defensive system. If you are watching the match you will notice that Jordi Alba and Nacho are playing so high up the pitch, stretching the Portuguese team. Iniesta, Isco and David Silva are moving about tormenting the opponent.

Lastly, when you play a possession based system, having so many midfielders is a major advantage.

Diego Costa is a beast! Damn!

Nihilstjnr:
See Jose Fonte

Ronaldo go use belt beat nonsense for guedes body this half time

Lmao!

Guedes has been hesitating today. Andre Silva might have to come in.

Lincolnn2:
Olabode89, can I send you a mail?

Yes sir.

NOBODYY:
Of course, the jersey is nice..
I was just trying to let him he is not alone in his disdain for the Jersey

In less than 5 hours medium size of the jersey is no more available on Nike's official website. The jersey might be the bestseller at this year's WC.

Cc: nihilistjnr

Skimpledawg:
Ok sir.


Any other thing you'd like me not to do?

Lol.... yeye man