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Mrviktor:
Walker would have caught him for the first chance..

But the second one is criminal

A good touch and there's no way Walker would catch him. All he needed to do was put himself between Walker and the ball and any foul is a red card. In that scenario, whilst speed can be a factor, intelligence to know how to protect the ball while moving is key.

Stats are the reason why people thought Bruno had a great game.

The stats will say Rashford did well...

Away from stats, Rashford was trash and the goal won't blind me to what I saw. Put Garnacho on that LW and Walker will have more defensive duties. At least with Garnacho, you know he will try and fail but will never stop until he gets it right. Rashford downed tools after scoring that goal, a great goal it was but that is not enough. I have seen a bump like Sterling trouble Walker and make him forget to attack but Rashford thought he had done enough after scoring and played like he didn't care.

Bruno is another fraud. Even if Rashford had scored from the chances he created, we were still going to struggle to preserve the lead no thanks to Bruno and his lack of positional discipline. You watch City and you'd understand what positional discipline entails as a team. KDB pops all over the pitch but because they are a well-coached team, he doesn't leave spaces behind because a teammate slots into the space he leaves. Watch how Bernardo Silva will be in the DM position in one sequence and next, he is on the RW but it is not a problem because as Rodri moves, he slots into the DM position and when he moves, someone else slots into his position. At United, we don't understand that concept and that's why seeing Bruno all over the place can be frustrating. He should stick to his position else we will continue to struggle.

The problem above can be solved with good coaching that prioritizes movements and positional discipline...Positional discipline doesn't mean a player has to stay in one position but as a team, the players have to know when to step into a vacant position to cover for a teammate. ETH has consistently shown that he can't coach the players to do these things. He has to go...

McTom was lost on the pitch, apart from being a terrible footballer, he seemed confused about what his role was. Like Bruno, he is another poor choice as a midfielder when squaring up against City. They both do little to help the team retain position and are positionally suspect.

On the positive side, Casemiro had a good game but then, City played the game at a walking pace for the most part meaning he had enough time to recover so, I am not going to read too much into his performance.

Dalot, Varane and Onana were very good.

afrodoc2:


Water-filled calabash.

I shock...I come dey reason whether I no sabi my state again.

DissTroy:
I thought of a long rebuttal but then I thought what's the point of it when you lack basic understanding of geolocation to know the difference between South East and the South South where Akwa Ibom is located, or you are being mischievous.

You lots just like to force yourself on others even when you have been resoundingly told they have no ties to you. This argument was had just last December on this thread with Okpa and all doubts cleared. When you do this then appropriate other people's cultures.

We aren't interested and have no tribal ties to you. Why can't you get this and be on your way? Why force kinship with those who don't want it?

Remember clearly you started this so when and if it goes south, we know those who would gaslight and play the victim card on this thread.

Thank you bro.

BlueRayDick:
Are u saying their are indigenous Igbo people in Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Edo and Kogi? Or what exactly are u saying in the bold part of ur statement?

I will not talk about others but there's no truth about it as far as Cross River is concerned.

Spy360:
The Ekpe secret society originated from the Efik speaking people but extended to the Igbo people. Ekpe society developed the nisipidi writings. That is why people say it is Igbo. In reality the Efik people are Igbos.

Where did you get this from?

Oasis007:
Expert17.....hope you are good?!

The guy just disappeared.

MRTA7:
I doubt greenwood will ever play for United again.

Sir Jim has mentioned that they'll review the whole issue again, let us see how it goes. The poor performance of Antony and the fact that ETH doesn't trust Amad coupled with the cost of signing another RWF might all work in Greenwood's favor.

Oasis007:
La Liga president Tebas: "Greenwood was not condemned, so I don’t care".

"He’s a great player and he's doing really well at Getafe as a player, so I hope he continues to be successful and he continues to stay in Spanish football because that’s always good for us".

Na this Greenwood matter I go use know if Sir Jim na better businessman. Spend 60-80m on Olise or bring back Greenwood. That money should be used to fix other problem positions in the team.

yarimo:
that is there target in the name of protest

Don't be stupid.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Which kind wahala be this?

You went to complain, dem nack you fine.[/color]

https://www.nairaland.com/8016371/plateau-appeal-court-dismisses-review

I just see am begin to laugh. N8m each...

The way those guys dey vex, I no go surprise if them no gree pay.

I hear something like we dey play Liverpool next for Old Trafford.

McTom is trash as a midfielder, he is only useful upfront. I wouldn't mind if Rashford is benched for Ghost to play CF because Raahford is just useless...

IZUKWU:
This tittle race is about to go down to the wire. First to blink .
Man city has shown they have what it takes in scenarios like this to win the league but they still have to play both Arsenal and Liverpool. They just need to win all their matches and they are champions once again or will arsenal show that they have matured and learnt their lessons from last two seasons and dig in and win the league .
Time will tell, my head is with Man city and my heart is with Arsenal. I think Liverpool has many injuries and will not last the distance.

On paper, Liverpool have the easiest fixtures but it depends if they'll have their core players available for the run-in.

Where una dey na?

everton4life:
So after everything, Amad stays on bench and Spinning wheel starts.

Thunder fire this balloon head.

Matchday yet see how thread quiet...Ten Hag has finished my club. Get that fraud out the door.

How is this childish topic good enough for the front page?

Seun, they should be some sort of control.

[quote author=chrisley024 post=128667324][/quote]"Since Ten Hag joined the club in 2022, United have faced 20 or more shots in a Premier League game 12 times - already double that of Man City and Liverpool under Guardiola and Klopp, despite the pair having spent a combined 13 years longer with their clubs".

"This season alone, Ten Hag has watched his side face 16 or more shots on 14 different occasions, a tally matched only by Luton and Sheffield United, who both sit in the relegation zone"

From the article...

afrodoc2:
We have said this before on this thread.

3-4 people will be pressing high while Maguire, Varane and co will be dropping deep at the back leaving Casemiro and Mainoo who are not speedsters to cover an area the size of Texas.

Mad tactics.

How is it that folks here can spot the issue in our tactics and gameplay but ETH and his coaching staff can't or probably don't know how to address the issue?

From the time of Ole, we have been talking about how the team's pressing is disjointed and the lack of movements, something we all thought ETH would fix but no, he has done little to address these challenges. Our pressing is still disjointed, our players still don't understand the concept of movement into space to open up passing lanes which is why we struggle to recover possession when we lose it and also struggle to retain possession when we have the ball.

ETH seems confused about what he wants from the team. Liverpool is the best transition team in the league but that does not mean they don't keep the ball well enough and this is thanks to the constant movement of their players into space.

I watch our games and see Dalot drifting into midfield (ETH copied from the other top managers) but that's about it, you don't see why Dalot pushes into midfield because the essence of the move is lacking in our play. At City or Pool, the extra player in midfield gives them an extra passing option in midfield and also frees up an extra body to push up high up the pitch but in our case, Dalot will slot in as an extra body in midfield yet instead of keeping the ball knowing our numerical advantage in the middle, we still end up rushing a quick pass forward...Our own transition football leaves a lot to be desired, it seems to encourage midfielders like Bruno and Casemiro to rush the pass when a simple pass to a player close to them is the better option.

ETH should go with his nonsense transition football, he doesn't know what he is doing at this point...

CrystalTiger:
The number of kids playing for Loserpool now ffs..Proper playing pattern is so important..

I started hammering on pattern of play from last season...It was the reason I was at the forefront of Ole out. When a team has a recognizable pattern of play, it makes signing players easy and integrating new players either signings or from the academy.

BlueRayDick:
Did anybody here really follow the Eedris, Eddy and Tony Tetuila matter as per their recent podcast cameo?

Over the weekend I watched the full version of Eedris podcast session with dem Nedu & the gang , I watched Eddy's interview with Freeze(In reaction to Eedris podcast session) and Freeze's interview with Tony Tetuila. All I can say is Omo!

Eedris gave a version of the formation of The Remedies that goes thus; Eedris had been doing music in the north before coming to Lagos. He was squating in Lagos and was hustling to make music and along the line he met Eddy. They made music together, one thing led to another they met Keke Ogungbe who was already on raypower, he gave them airtime and the song blew.

They made money and Keke asked them for the name they will call themselves and he mentioned how he was called Remedy in the north. So Keke asked if he can call them The Remedies and they agreed. Somehow they met Tony Tetuila whose mum was rich and the mum gave them 60k which they used for music promotion and all.

After listening to Eddy's intevrview giving his side of the story and debunking allegations Eedris made about Eddy being the greedy one who wanted Tony out cos he (Eddy ) felt Eedris and Eddy are the one's doing the work while Tony was not really talented; I believe Eedris was the snake in the group.

From Eddy's account of the events, it appears Eedris met with Tony's mum and collected money from her with the intention to carry her son along. Eedris did this without ever informing Eddy about it. He just smuggled Tony into the group knowing he had limited talent. Eedris was playing middle man in the game. Eedris was the one that advised Tony to start writing his songs by himself cos he felt Eddy would soon push Tony out .

Eedris advised Tony to move close to Plantashun boiz and that was what made Tony feature them in his first single "Omode Meta " in which he dissed Eedris and Eddy. Immediately, Same Eedris advised Eddy for them to respond and this led to them releasing "Jealousy" in response.

Eddy claimed he never even knew or met Tony until the day they (himself and Eedris) were to reocord their first single and Eedris came to the venue with one boy limping behind him( i.e Tony) .

Eddy happens to be the one that was 4cked the most in the group at the end of the day. Omo I felt for him watching the video. Niggga completely broke down and was sobbing in the video. He was 4cked by even his own wife who was the vice president of Kennis music as at that time. I think he made a costly mistake marrying Kenny St. Brown. While he was trying to leave Kennis music; his wife was an executive on Kennis Music. The same wife was having dinner with Eedris his partner. The story long. By the time his marriage was over, Eddy was well over 4cked.

Tony is what we call "omo oni mama" on the streets. His parents were comfortable; at the time the group was on; his Mercedes benz was he first car they used to commute as a group. At a time there was no mobile phone, he had a cellular phone. These things made him prey to Eedris who really everyone around him. Tony listened to Eedris' advise of writing his own songs himself and was able to make commercial success after the group split.

There's a lot to unpack in those 3 interviews , but one thing that stick out for me is that Eedris is not who he's actually portraying himself to be to the younger generation. The whole videos and narration will give u nostalgia sha if remember the Nigerian music industry in the late 90's/early 2000's

From Omololu's interview, he was the one that connected Eedris to Eddy to help with the singing part of the song which puts a dent on Eddy's story.

I think from all accounts, Eedris was the person that brought them together because he was smarter (Everything points to it) and his smartness was also the undoing of the group because he did not inform Eddy of the money from Tony's mum...

They're all grown men and like many others in that time, they did not understand the business behind music so, they made mistakes...

Make una stop this unnecessary bants involving a tribe or ethnic group.

If you guys don't want to act your age, restrict this childishness to yourselves...

Roland17:
Absolutely! I thought he had a terrific preseason but he cant get minutes with Pulisic/ Chukwueze/Leao and Okafor all in front of him. He is long term project just like Adli who had to be patient for his time.

Abeg remove Chukwueze from that list, he is not a serious player.

Luka Romero is a special talent. Scoring a double against Atletico no easy.

Bournemouth are pushing for the equalizer...

ETH, leave my club, please.

CrystalTiger:
See how brave and coordinated Bournemouth have been..E go reach out turn next week, it'll become a training session for city..

Just watch our match against Luton when we had all our players fit and then watch Liverpool vs Luton when Liverpool were without Salah, Jota, Nunez, Konate, Robertson, Alison, TAA and Szoboszlai...You'll see how bad we are as a team.

ETH is a fraud.

Raahford should quit football.

freezyprinzy:
And employ who? Tuchel?
Neigilaman? Who ?

Which kind yeye question be this?

Maguire is a clown, see how easy it was for Traore to go past him. A CB for Utd o!

Now, sack ETH...

chrisley024:
Maguire is useless. Fvcking foul the player, he was escorting him

He was already on yellow.