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CrystalTiger:
After watching this Mudryk for the second time, I come dey thank God small for our own Anthonia..

Hehehe

Make I go watch Sabitzer clips...One thing is certain, he is going to help us defend better through the middle.

He should slot in effortlessly beside Casemiro...

Jokerman:
Stupid PSG... big for nothing club.

May Bayern destroy you..

Effect of being in farmers league... can't improve yourself... what the hell is Reims?

Your ticket burn abi? 😂😂😂

Kimbeast:
Are you expecting people not be bias in a football forum where club loyalty comes first?

They're arguments that are absurd but you see them here a lot...

popizaino:
Exactly my problem here.

You are either for against to make any statement. There is no rational reason for you not to like or dislike some players. It is either because they don't play for your club or what's not.

Some folks here just log in to see an ongoing debate and choose a side based on who is on the other side.

Some folks here can never be on the same side so, they begin to turn logic on its head just so they can counter their supposed enemies here...

andrewbaba44:
Manchester United fans all over Twitter hyping casemiro performance against a 16 place championship side ?

My people una pass this level nah ,this is casemeiro who has won the champions league 5 times as an important player and one of the best CDM in the world for the past 7 years

It seems you guys have been so starved of a world class player or you all didn’t watch casemiro at Madrid ? I don’t get the hype ,you will think casemiro was a random average and fans where expecting him to flop and he now performed against reading

What's your point exactly?

If Messi scores a hattrick of goals against Reims today, won't most of us his fans celebrate his performance?

You can't engage in a reasonable debate with anyone here, everything na agenda...

afrodoc2:
You know the easy stylistic comparison for Lacey is Foden. For Ibragimov with his superior pace, size, power and good technique I think Rooney is a good stylistic comparison.

I am not comparing their talent level to Foden or Rooney o. Just style of play. Before enemies of progress start tackling me.

From clips on YouTube, that Lacey get sweet left foot and is a very good dribbler while Ibragimov na better finisher...I hope they make it here.

Poor finishing, very poor...

Maguire abeg more of such passes...It's painful when forwards make runs and the passes don't come.

Mrviktor:
Somebody will wake up tomorrow now and say Anthony played well in this Match..

22 mins...Calm down.

This Antony na R2 specialist...

olabode89:
Una go just dey talk anyhow without understanding how this things work. After signing for Brighton he didn't play a single senior game for around 3 months. We do not have the time/energy to spend on extremely unproven/raw players. We can either fo for a high end player or a known entity with a high ceiling.

Why should and agent advise a youngster to join United and sit on the bench or get thrown to the U-21, when the player can join Brighton, Red Bull teams, Dortmund, Gent, Lille and Nice and get quality game time. Their is a reason why our academy grad Angel Gomez is balling for Lille but couldn't get a sniff at United.

Which kind talk be this one? What's 3 months compared to what we have experienced?

It's better to spend 20-40m on a player than spend 120m...At 40m, you can buy 3 players for the same 120m...We need to do better.

AdisaOwala:
If una dey mention caicedo, that old one wey play for mancity that year - na im dey come my head

Abeg o

Lol

eph12:
Antony must vomit that 100m

This is so funny...

CrystalTiger:
We no go join this Caicedo chase like this?.. He's pretty decent on the ball and hard-working off it too..

Nigga earns £5k per week at Brighton and this club has been throwing away £65k per week for how many seasons now at Jones..

Someone we were strongly linked to when he was still in Ecuador...This club dey vex person sometimes...

Spy360:
The bolded is the problem I have with you. Newcastle may not have spent much, but they have acquired players over the past two transfer windows who have helped the cause and most of them are on big wages.

Before you begin to turn amala, know that I have not ruled out the coach's effort which is highly commendable but saying it's solely based on that is cheap talk.

Dan Burn 13m
Matt Target 15m
Bruno Guimares 36m
Alex Isak 63m
Nick Pope 10m
Chris Wood 25m
Sven Botman 35m
Keiran Trippier Free

It is rare for a mid table club to invest such amount and also to attract such calibre of players without paying them high. These guys were direct upgrade of their first team in addition to the likes of Willock, Saint-Maxim, Callum Wilson, Almiron etc.

So while it is clear the work Eddie Howe has done on the team, it will be cheap to say that a good transfer business did not contribute, which is the effect of Arab investment.

See the players in question...Woods, Target, Burn...Lol

Guimaraes and Trippier are good players so is Isak however he is very inconsistent...I think they upped their mentality, they now approach games differently.

andrewbaba44:
Wipe your tears and be happy for the progress of man United

Wasiu can’t even score against part time imams

Baba you sef free Ronaldo fans na!

Wetin happen? You no dey tire? Which one come be part time Imams? You deserve beatings led by LostMyZeal.

Very strong starting 11...

afrodoc2:
How can you be so confident like you have private discussions with ETH. Lol

It’s possible you have not really followed Bruno Guimaraes career. He is a very good ball player.
If he was in our squad he would be the preferred option cos ETH’s number 1 aim is to play well and win games, and Guimaraes gives him a better chance of both compared to Eriksen.

We watch our players every game so it's easy to look outside and claim every other player out there is better...I am sure if we take a closer look at Guimaraes game we'd see obvious deficiencies...Funny enough, Fred is benching same Bruno in Brazil and even when I watched him against Cameroon, he didn't stand out. Brouno is an okay midfielder, one that is not particularly excellent in anything but someone here said Bruno does everything that Eriksen does...

Bombblacks:
Bruno will definitely bench Eriksen who is lightweight and lazy to play as a CM. Bruno offers everything Eriksen does in that central midfield role and more. Debatable but Isak is a better striker than Martial. If Martial was good enough we won't be in the market for a new top striker.

Isak too is not a top striker. Check his record.

afrodoc2:
If you watch and see how much of a defensive liability Eriksen is you would agree.

Eriksen is a former CAM (never known for work rate or defensive solidity) who after heart surgery has been moved back to play the more physically demanding job of a CM.

On the ball he is good but off the ball he is physically weak, positionally unsure, aerially weak, and lacks stamina to put in a shift beyond the 60th minute.

If we continue playing him next to Casemiro into next season we won’t get more than 2 seasons out of Casemiro. Eriksen should be a stopgap until we get a peak level CM.

It's not about Bruno not being better suited but Ten Hag...He prefers the CM to be more of a ball player. You look at our set up and you wonder why we are not after midfielders that are sure to give you a rating of 7 in passing, defending and tackling...

Personally I will prefer Bruno alongside Eriksen but Ten Hag won't play Bruno ahead of Eriksen...

Leyqute:
You’re getting me wrong.

I’m not saying their quality is on par with United or Arsenal or other top teams. I’m saying their quality is not on par with the Southamptons and the Leeds Uniteds.

I’m not comparing their quality with United’s. I’m comparing it with Soton’s.

You even attested that a few of their players are quality and that one of them might start for United. Can you say that about Southampton’s players ?

James Ward Prowse might not start but he is better than any other option we have on the bench for that role.

Bombblacks:
Isak, Bruno and trippier will definitely start for United. Bruno is a perfect player to pair with Casemiro.

Bruno will bench Eriksen in this our setup? Think again...

As for Isak, what have you seen of his game that makes you think he'd do better than Martial? His goal return is poor for a CF and he has barely been fit...Is it a case of any other player than ours?

Leyqute:
You can’t do that with shitty players.

It was their new buy who made the assist. And Joelinton was there to tap it in.

Who are the quality players they have bought?

Trippier, Isak, Botman and Bruno Guimares are not exactly world beaters...Bar Trippier, none of them will start for United though Isak has an outside chance...

I think they have raised their level thanks to their mentality that they're are now a top team.

Leyqute:
Newcastle had better quality players than Soton. That was what made the difference IMO yesterday. Because it looked like Soton would score until Newcastle created a rare chance and scored from it.

I just think it has to do with their mentality...They approach games now like a top side will do especially when up against mid-table/bottom table teams.

Leyqute:
Newcastle just scored with a great move. That’s what quality gets you.

Which quality please?

TrebleChamp:
This sale is taking too long, they need sort tinz out before next season...

Sale wey suppose happen now so that we fit buy one or two players this January na it you dey talk next season...

afrodoc2:
Maguire’s ball playing abilities is a myth like Oduduwa creating the earth with a calabash of earth and an athletic chicken. Put him under enough pressure and he will fold like a beach chair.

MRTA7:
I think he tried to do things to change it but it just didnt work. McTom and Garnacho were brought on to give us more control just after an hour but they didnt have the desired impact. Just goes to show the lack of quality on the bench.

I don't know why he didn't take Caemiro off for McTom, it was the right thing to do at that stage. McTom should have replace d Casemiro while Fred should have replaced Eriksen and Pellistri for Antony...Bruno out on the right was another bad move.

afrodoc2:
Most of them don’t have winning mentality.

The way Bruno and Eriksen were just doing fancy flicks and losing the ball at 1-0 was ridiculous.

The ultimate blame rests on the manager though. That shyte show in midfield throughout the 2nd half shouldn’t have been allowed to continue for that long.

I just don't know why the manager did nothing to correct the issues which were glaring. Olise was troubling us and their midfield gained impetus and began to press much higher up the pitch but we couldn't take advantage of the situation no thanks to Erikson and Bruno.

Another important is that we need to maintain same intensity for at least 70 mins in a game. It's crazy how we upped the ante when they equalized and should have gone on to win the game.