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maik99:
What do you need to see again to make the obvious conclusion that Rashford can't play as a CF?
It's like you people forget things easily

You need to understand my pov...I am making a case that we need a CM more than a striker for now.

If we were a bit more decisive in our play, we would have won or at least gotten a point from the game yesterday. I hope Martial can stay fit going forward and Antony returns for our next game.

About priority signing, we might need to first sought that central midfield partner for Casemiro before signing a CF, I think that position is just as important if not more important than that of a CF because Erikson can't possibly play every game. It all depends on Garnacho's progression though, if he continues doing well, Rashford should move to CF to compete with Martial until we can sign a top CF (Not a makeshift)...

KingTom:
Bloody Messianic cultist, how many goals your asun don score for him farmer's league

Hehehe Obong Ette you know every...

TrebleChamp:
How old was Ronaldo last season? Or how old was he 6 months ago when he was United top scorer? He has been terrible this season and i have stated my opinion as to why....

Pele, Maradona, Platini, Zidane, De Lima and the likes once did it a season before age took its toll...Get that!

nitrogen:
Ronaldo should not be our striker. He is 38 years old. Unfortunately, the forwards we have are useless or not fit. Sancho, Martial, even Rashford.

Also, we don’t create enough chances. We rely on snatching the ball from the opponent and doing a counter vs building from the back and opening defences up. Strikers will miss chances, but it’s when you dominate and create lots of them that we can get ours to score. Not like we are playing pragmatic football (e.g. against the big boys) which requires efficiency.

Manchester City struggled to create chances yesterday until Haaland was introduced...

Ronaldo is passed it but then, it's Patrick saying it so, I expect his fans to go on the defensive...

WhoDeyHause:
I hope they give you dead barka too so we'll finally knoy who's the most finished between the two of you.

This guy and hulk for Madrid thread, them be legends...

Our own nani is another case...

This Fulham na useless team.

Watching City vs Fulham and I am seeing a couple of average players in the City team but the system is masking their flaws...Stones and Ake are the easiest to spot.

Same Governors some folks will say have no control over the police when the security of lives and properties of the masses is up for debate...

afrodoc2:
Shea Lacey recently made his Under-18 debut. I think we got a baller here. I have been following his exploits for some months now and IF he develops physically and is lucky with injuries the sky is the limit.

What position does he play and which ex or current player is he similar to?

afrodoc2:
This kind of chameleon?



Or this kind?

Warrahell!

eph12:
Is there some news about our transfer budget or how much the club is willing to spend in the next or 2 transfer windows?

No news for now however, knowing the Glazers and their penchant for holding back after a huge prior outlay in the transfer market, I perfectly understand the concerns of those who rather we sign a proper striker first...

eph12:
Why does "Sign Gakpo" sounds like "don't sign a striker" to a lot of people here?

I'm not saying we should sign Gakpo, it's just looking like we can't go for both

I think people are saying we should prioritize a striker first...I don't think I have read anyone say they don't want Gakpo unless of course I missed it...

I really like Gakpo but there's a problem, in the LW, we have Rashford, Sancho and a very promising youngster coming through the academy (Garnacho)...If we sign Gakpo that means he'll have to battle with Martial for the CF role with Rashford as an option in any case of injury but the problem is that Gakpo is not an out and out CF and to be honest what we need now is a player who is a CF at best and not one who can do a job there occasionally...

If we can't get a CF, I wouldn't mind Gakpo to join us as an option for Martial or an outright replacing. In an ideal world, I'd hope we sign a CF and Gakpo...For me, Gakpo is more threatening than Sancho from the left or right and even through the middle and that's a big plus...

A CF first and then Gakpo or any other forward signing will be an icing on the cake...

afrodoc2:
And Bournemouth played attractive football, compared to his counterpart Dyche that was playing fossil football.

That Sean Dyche with voice like Wike...

afrodoc2:
The guy is good. The money hasn’t been spent but he is already showing the owners, “get me good players, and I will get you there”.

I remember when Man City started. It looked like child’s play.

Seriously, I fear for what Newcastle wil be like when they start getting the top players in...They're one of the few teams who have gone toe-to-toe with City this season...

afrodoc2:
Their manager is very good. He met a few diamond in the rough players like Saint Maximin, Almiron but he has improved the whole team and their football is not bad as well.

Saint-Maximin gas been injured and only just returned, Isak that supposed big money signing has also been out injured and at some point, it was Trippier yet they keep getting results...You look at their team sheet each match day and think to yourself that theirs is a collection of average to fairly good players yet they somehow get the job done...I am very impressed.

Newcastle have not invested as much as one would have expected in their squad yet they're already developing a positive mentality, one that should see them go ahead and go great things...The way they approach games against teams who should be at their level is now different...

MRTA7:
Yes, He joined after ETH in the summer.

Nice one...

afrodoc2:
You want to return the favor and derail the thread by trolling a current player of your team?

That's the reason for the restraint and also the fact that it changes nothing...

MRTA7:
That Rashford header seems like Benni McCarthy's work to me. Long may it continue.

Happy with the cleansheet. DDG with some great saves.

Dalot is about to get a nice fat contract. Good for him, he has earned it. Just hope he can keep improving.

McCarthy dey our coaching crew?

Jokerman:
Why uno blast 35 year old Ronaldo at Juve... ba when e old you begin get mouth.... no be your fault

So, when you were comparing the both players when they were younger, you didn't know one of them was older and started playing before the other hence the goal advantage?

andrewbaba44:
Messi had a bad season and nobody blast am

Messi fans really Dey pity Ronaldo

We are not like them...

If we decide to return the favor, the thread will be hot but it ain't necessary...

Leyqute:
I’m 100% sure Rashford learnt how to head the ball like that from training with Ronaldo. He never had it in him.

I never watch highlight but I trust your judgment...

Ibime:
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You are making the point inadvertently. America failed to rule Afghanistan but they didn't fail to conquer. They conquered Afghan and Iraq sharpy without blowing the place to smithereens or losing much men. USA lost only 7000 soldiers in 20 years there They failed to rule, which requires the buy-in of the populace which an occupying army rarely gets. Even Britain ultimately failed to rule Nigeria if we take that to its logical conclusion

Conquest requires good logistics, good intelligence, air superiority and good arming of infantry for short range fighting. Russia lacks all these and success they've had is in launching long range weapons of annihilation from the black sea. It's not difficult to know why. When you are competing with a world power (USA) and you only.have 1/10th of their budget, you will prioritise the big ticket items (cruise missiles, nukes) with your limited budget, but in terms of conventional fighting equipment on.the ground, Russia is seriously underfunded in relation to USA.

Mariupol below is hardly what I'd call conquest. Cruise missiles turned this place to Warsaw in WW2. Claiming rubble is annihilation not conquest

Western Media...

Propaganda sources? Well, we all choose what to believe presented with different information from different sources...

Between Russian media and Western media, I know the one that have been caught propagating half truths over time...

Also, America's huge defense budget is not for research and development of weapons alone, they have bases across the world they have to maintain, they have their carriers stationed world over so, they need to spend to keep all that moving...

I don't even want to talk about the hype and what have you...See Iran that the West will make you want to believe are worse than Nigeria producing weapons that have the West concerned...Iranian drones are destroying Western weapons and defense systems in Ukraine...

There's a reason the US have not fought any major power and probably will never do so alone...No be to carry shoulder for Vietnam, Iraq and the likes, stand up to Russia, North Korea and other nations who are not subjecting themselves to your rule...

Ibime:
This is wrong and you can tell who receives their info from Russian propaganda sources

Ukraine has only received ammo for short range combat and they are doing very well with it against a Russia launching long range and cruise missiles from the black sea, that's how Russia cleared out Mariupol then claimed the rubble

You can juxtapose Ukraine against the Afghans who had everything needed and still fled from Taliban

Russia have proven themselves very incapable of fighting a war of conquest There is no gainsaying that Russia could flatten Ukraine with bombs
Any big country can do that to a little one, NATO can also do that to Russia and vice versa, those are not the rules of warfare

What's your definition of conquest in relation to this particular scenario?

The Americans left Afghanistan too after 20 years and within a month, the Taliban overran the so called Afghan forces the US spent the last decade or more training and leaving behind sophisticated weapons for...

For all the money spent, I make bold to say America failed in Afghanistan...

Russia is not all about flattening Ukraine, definitely not, if that was the goal then Ukraine would have been flattened by now. Talking about weaponry from the west, there's a reason they don't want to arm Ukraine with long range missiles and that's simply because they know Russia will hit back and hard...NATO are just trying to prolong the war as long as possible even if it sees UKraine fighting with just one limb just to reduce Russia's stockpiles but Putin in his wisdom is mostly deploring soviet era stockpiles, only using their modern weapons once in a while...Russia are patiently waiting for when NATO enters the war officially for them to declare full blown war...

nihilistjnr:
I'm not so sure about this.

I mean Russia has been showing a LOT of restraint in this war, primarily because they're trying to colonise Ukraine, not level it. That's why we're hearing reports of missile strikes with only 5-10 people reported dead, and why the Ukrainians still have electricity anf Internet.

In one of my rolese which ended las month, I worked with an offshore software engineering team entirely based in Ukraine, from tech lead to developers to testers, and them dey dey online all the time. They just all have guns in the corner. Stand ups dey funny die

I think it's an entirely different conversation if Russia was trying to annihilate the Ukrainians, and extrapolating from this, a different conversation if US was trying to destroy Russia or vice versa

Spot on...You don't expect the Russians to go all guns blazing against a people they hope to have on their side at the end of the SMO...

BlueRayDick:
Yeah, but if Ukraine was a country like Nigeria where corruption reigns supreme , I doubt if the cash and military hardware will matter . All the cash would’ve ended in some general’s pocket , the military hardware will most likely be sold on black market to armed groups across the Sahara .

So I believe the cash + miliatary hardware plays a significant role , but so also did the willpower the people of Ukraine and their tough talking president .

Ukraine is also very corrupt...A lot of the weapons they have gotten have ended up in the black market...

With the billions of dollars in cash and arms support, Ukraine should be doing much better...

It's Russia that have impressed me in this war, they're technically taking on NATO and still standing...See how NATO is crying just because of the Sahed drones Iran supplied Russia, now imagine if China and all the other Russian allies were as bold as Iran where this war would have been headed...

afrodoc2:
Next 2 games Arsenal and Newcastle.

pinkPUSSY:
The same set of clowns asking Atiku to visit US in 2019 is hiding their candidate from entering US in 2022

Tinubu that visits UK on a regular can't go to the US? If he had a case, you think he'd have stepped his foot on UK soil?