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If Partey is not fit then the lineup below should suffice.

...........................................Rice...................................
......................Odegaard...........Trossard.....................
............... Saka..............Jesus........Martinelli..............

Jorginho was useless yesterday. It wasn't until Rice dropped back as DM after the removal of the clown that Arsenal had a foothold on the game.

I wanted you guys to destroy Chelsea.

Resident trolls of the thread are having a great time out...

afrodoc2:
There are so many more important issues with the team though. Apart from the fact that we are not seeing ETH’s coaching input his next most sackable offence is approving that Antony transfer. The guy coached Antony for years and still thought that buying him for 80m pounds was a good idea.

I can not defend ETH an longer even though I was full of optimism when he joined the club.

Our play is disjointed...

YourBestWriter:
After all the turbulence, we still just 6 points away from the top. Epl is a funny league aswear.

You are a clown...For how long will we keep riding our luck?

afrodoc2:
😄😄😄

The guy try assassinate McTominay with that ball.

His agent here will come with all manner of stats...There's a reason most top clubs did not consider him good enough despite his impressive numbers for Sporting Lisbon...

eph12:
A couple of months from now, some people will only remember the result and not how badly we played

See that our first goal, was a poor pass from Bruno but then it still counts as an assist. Expert will come here to disturb us with such useless stats...

It's good to watch games instead of depending on all these sites.

Dalot to the rescue. We can not keep playing so bad...

No urgency at all.

Why is McTom playing so forward. It's only Amrabat in the middle and we intend to control the game and create chances.

ETH is a fraud.

YourBestWriter:
Sheffield lost heavily at their last home match. You don't expect them to be easy. And manutd players are mostly average players, so you shouldn't expect much from them.

Don't come at me with that average line of defence, I am not buying it.

Is there a player in that Sheffield squad that will make our bench?

We are playing like amateurs...

We can string passes together even against Sheffield. We have not played a good game of football this season...

If you are not into football, you'd bet your all that Sheffield is not bottom of the log...We manage to make every team we are up against look better than they are.

I am not sure we will beat Copenhagen.

Lana1:
I just saw the goal we scored. I no know wetin dey always work that Bruno's brain sometimes. What a rubbish pass

They will call it an assist. Bruno plays like a drunkard.

Expert17:
Yes o, very useless player

As usual...

What do they do in training?

Movement is zero...

Passing is zero...

Pressing is zero...

This is against useless Sheffield, the whooping boys of the league.

Expert17:
2023, and we still parade these useless players Dalot, Maguire, Lindelof and co ...smh

Add useless Bruno.

Bruno is another useless player.

ETH, this is Sheffield ffs!

I am fed up.

Everton and negative football. Make them go relegation abeg.

dreamxhaser:
No sane person, will watch Ronaldo and messi, then claim messi is more complete or better.

The only thing Messi is better than Cr7 at, is dribbling, and Cr7 sabi dribble, he just changed his playing pattern ni.

Ronaldo conquered all the leagues he went to, but that midget couldn't even do shit outside barca. Barca was built around Messi at that time.

Messi is that favored spoilt child (like the politician kids) while Ronaldo is that hustling child that struggled to the top.

No wonder, most young generation players see CR7 as their football idol

When you start throwing in words like midget it means you are not ready to be objective.

Messi is better at goal-scoring - The goal-per-game ratio is a pointer.

Messi is better at chance creation - His chance creation and assist stat dwarfs that of Ronaldo.

Messi is better at dribbling - It is a fact.

And just so you know, Ronaldo had teams built around him too. All special players enjoy this privilege so, I don't get the fuss about it when Messi is the subject.

Messi went to PSG and the coach thought it was better to play to the strengths of Mbappe and so far, all the coaches at PSG have failed. In his second season at PSG, he had a very good campaign but then you guys watered down his achievements yet are lauding Mbappe for his exploits in the same league.

Englishisamust:
You even metion Danilo. Big real Madrid and Manchester City flop . All this shalayee to be against the greatness of Ronaldo

Danilo of PSG. Did you even watch Euro 2016?

You just dey argue wetin you no know.

liveLongNprospa:
Lmaooo so when Portugal won euros, they had quality players? 😂😂😂

Pepe, Carvalho, Moutinho, Bruno Alves, Rui Patricio, Andre Gomes (He was very good at that time that Barcelona had to sign him), Joao Mario, Nani, William Carvalho, Renato Sanches (Bayern signed him because he was just about the hottest midfield prospect then), Danilo etc.

They did not have the stand out team in the tournament but they were not short of quality in key positions either which is very vital for a title winning side.

liveLongNprospa:
Lmao.. I'm very sure you saw the player comparison part in their national team careers.

Suddenly the heritage doesn't add context again.

So you are telling me, someone who won the epl with Leicester is the same with someone who won it with man united, Chelsea, mancity etc..

Portugal had a very good team in 2016 with a defence that was top quality, an above-average midfield and a top attack. From 2016 until now, Portugal has produced some of the best talents in Europe and continues to do so but somehow, we should not place any expectation on a team that has Dias and Silva (Both in integral part of City's success in the last couple of years), Leao, one of the best LWF in the world and an integral part of Milan's scudetto winning team, Mendes, Danilo, Veitinha and Ramos of PSG, Bruno Fernandes, Guerreiro of Bayern, Diogo of Porto, Paulinha etc because of heritage...

We are talking about the quality of players and someone is talking about Leicester City.

If Burnley signs Haaland, Mbappe, KDB, Vinicius, Rodri, Dias and co, won't they become favourites to win the league and UCL or you'll now say because they do not have 'heritage' then it'd be a shocker that they win it.

Englishisamust:
Without Ronaldo, Portugal will still be trophyless!!! messi without Argentina they will still be winning trophy ...

He scored the goals that won them the trophy?

liveLongNprospa:
All these ones don't matter.
Argentina is football heritage especially when placed side by side with Portugal.
One person is responsible for the little heritage his country has.
Another person is just part of a long heritage his country has.

They are not the same😁.

Plus do you really want us to look at the quality of players Ronaldo has played with in Portugal against that of Argentina? 😁

It's okay bro. Football heritage wins you trophies.

I wonder why heritage is not helping the current Brazilian NT or at club level, Man Utd.

FirstbornWds:
So why Ronaldo day cry when Morroco pursue am?
E no fit put mind?

Sarcasm bro...

liveLongNprospa:
Lmaooo

Which kind shalaye be this?
One won his country their only 2 trophies.
The other won his country a World Cup that was already won twice by same country.
Should we look at the players that both countries have produced? 😁

Does what you have written above make any sense?

What influence do Okocha, Sunday Oliseh and Kanu have on the current Super Eagles team? Do their spirit come upon our current crop when we are out on the pitch?

Brazil have won the World Cup 5 times yet the current generation can't even make the Semis...How exactly do Pele, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Garrincha, Kaka, and Ronaldinho help the current crop? Will Richardlison or Jesus play better because Brazil has produced great players in the past? You guys have hopped on this illogical defence for so long a time that you now think it makes any sense.

A fair argument will be to compare the quality of players in Argentina to that of Portugal and draw conclusions from there...Portugal has a stronger squad but I expect you to object after all you guys argued that Messi had a better team at Barcelona than Ronaldo had at Madrid at the time when Barcelona was dominating but fast forward to now, and the same folks will say Modric is better than Xavi, Casemiro is better than Busi, Benzema is better than Suarez, Casillas is better than Valdes, Ramos is better than Pique and Marcelo is better than Alba/Abidal.

Nothing is new.

akwesenana:
But isn't it true that Pre-Ronaldo Portugal had no football heritage?

Heritage doesn't win you trophies, a good team does. Portugal has the most balanced team in world football now or thereabout.

ChristoBam:
Untill they get to a major competition. Really thought they were going to do something in the previous world cup. Never wasting my Energy on them again.

I am pointing it out now that CR7 fanboys are 'all hands up in the air' about Portugal so that when things go south we won't start hearing that Portugal has no football heritage and what have you.

See the illiterate people sit down to listen to. SMH!

Portugal has a really good team...