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jpmoriarti:
Modern game is all about solidarity amongst the players in terms of pressing and tracking back. There is alot of energy involved now. Even counter attacking teams all pull back and counter with great pace and speed when they get the chance.

In the last 6 years, we fell off the pinnacle of European football because we lacked cohesion and solidarity amongst the players. Some players begun to see themselves bigger than the team. You have to press and attack as a cohesive unit. Everyone has to help out in defending otherwise you're toast.

Scoring 40+ goals is no longer enough. Mbappe will score up to 40 goals this season but he will only end up winning Ligue 1 title.

Moulding and worshipping demi-gods in form of players no longer cut it. Fast paced football is now the way to go. You have to press and press your opponent to surrender.

Fortunately for us, #XaviBall is helping to recover what we have lost. Next season, we will be back where we belong.

I assume that's 'dominance' which was centered on the brilliance of Messi.

Go and watch Pep's Barca, Messi was never tasked with tracking back to recover possession or press defenders just so he can be at his optimum level whenever he gets the ball thus while the opponents tired out, Messi was still able to operate at a very high level due to the reason above.

I am surprised that for a supposed Barca fan you are not aware that it's a strategy employed by coaches to ensure Messi is at his best at any point in a game.

You can go back to read up on what Nasri said when Pep arrived Manchester City newly just so you have a clue...

jpmoriarti:
Perhaps, Perhaps not

When you have a player like Messi who does the job of an AM and striker almost effortlessly, you let him conserve energy for when he has the ball so he can do his thing...

You see Messi running at full speed and taking out defenders in the dying minutes of the game like someone who was just substituted in. Bro, it's down to the freedom the coaches gives him...He doesn't need to track back or chase the opponents (even I have seen him doing so many a times) just so he can have the energy to do his thing when it matters most...

jpmoriarti:
The whole team is defending better. Everyone tracks back. See Ferran Torres and Dembele.

Gone are the days when one player walks around the pitch while the team is under pressure.

Now, everyone digs in and helps out in defending. This is why we're beginning to keep more clean sheets.

And the team is also very much fitter. They outrun all the their opponents. Hard working team we've got now.

#XaviBall

Absolute BS!

eph12:
Not just his signings. The mentality is so weak. Players are rewarded for the bare minimum

No lies...With the number of players who are leaving in the summer and incoming replacement it will take a miracle for the new manager to get this team working from the get-go.

Oasis007:


Rangnick is not the Problem to be honest, but Ole who returns us back to Pharaohs Epoch. Let's look at his Signings, its obvious they are simply for signing sake.

He has no working System, nor a Team to build, rather looking for hyped Players that can individually perform magic in defence, attack and midfield.

How on Earth we spent Millions of Pound on AWB? Maguire? Why renewing Mata and Matic Contract instead of letting them go?

Ole killed us completely, Rangnick can't fix the damages done don him just in half Season. Definitely there is going to be Exodus of Players in the Summer, good News to be candid.

Mata, Matic, Lingard, Jones, Cavani and Pogba are certainly playing their last Season for United. I won't mind to give both Martial and Rashford one more chance under a new Manager, hopefully Ten Haag.

Ole's signings really set us back...

ChristoBam:
Lol we're like 11 points ahead of Leicester.
Would have been hoping for a couple of loses so we don't even qualify for any of those shitty competitions.

Let us start playing those kids at least we can easily uncover a gem from the lot rather than the likes of thuggish McTom, uninterested Pogba, fatty Shaw, lost Rashford, clueless Maguire etc...

nani667:
Jus casually dropping points weekly since Rangnick joined.. WTF

Our defense is still useless but at least before he joined we were scoring goals...

Another wasted manager

Na to prepare for conference league next season

#RangnickOUT

Instead of that yeye competition make we kukuma finish 9th...

De Gea should be given the player of the season award already...He is the only player worthy of praise...

If after resting for 2 weeks the players cannot run then ours is a spiritual problem...

LostMyZeal:
Lewy my gee


A tale of a robber and a robbee

You deserve better cane...

Ibime:
Could anything pass through that midfield with the state of that pitch. The pitch completely took midfield out of the equation

Eguavoen and the players trained on that pitch at least 3 times before the match...I am certain that no matter how bad and corrupt the country is, if Eguavoen and the players were uncomfortable with the length of the grass, it would have been trimmed...

Kilishihunter:
Too bad we are still probably going to be dependent on another b grade foreign coach again, See Aliou cisse and rigobert song knocking out those north Africans despite losing their first leg ties, Well personally I don't see why people should lament on Nigeria not making the WC cause if we couldn't beat the worst assembled Ghanaian teams in years with our Haram long ball taktics, Only God knows the kind of heartbreak they'll later dish to fans in Qatar, At least politicians and yeyebrities won't have another tangid reason all in the name of going to offer support in December, Let's leave football and face our problems

A grade-b foreign coach is better for Nigeria than any local coach...

We were loooking for a goal yet Eguavoen opted for Sadiq and Musa when you have a much younger and more dangerous Amoo on the bench...

Our midfield play was also very poor...

nihilistjnr:
This is exactly the point that boys were making since last night

I hold Eguavoen responsible for our failure to make the world cup...

Local coaches no be am especially for this country...

afrodoc2:
Once again, very eloquently stated.

But can you swear by the old gods that you wouldn’t have come here with your Messianic cultists to troll Ronaldo and the Cristians?

I give as good as I get...

I only talk about Messi here when CR7 fanboys attempt to downplay his greatness. I never start the debate...

nihilistjnr:
I'm sorry this is an incredibly lazy take.

Wetin concern FIFA or CAF with that length of grass on the pitch.

It was only a couple of weeks ago that Pep Guardiola was complaining about the grass at Crystal Palace which had been deliberately left a bit longer to impede City's passing game.

Nigerians questioning the grass at the Abuja stadium in a must win game, are not questioning the infrastructural integrity of the stadium - They are questioning the competency of an entire system that can't even take basic measures to boost their team's chances....basic measures like cutting the fucking grass

Pep and Man City were away while we were at home.

If Palace decided to employ such crude tactics to disturb the smooth passing play of City then that's allowed but we on the other hand were at home, Eguavoen and the players have trained on that pitch and knew the condition before hand so, if they had a problem with the length of the grass, it would have be addressed...

afrodoc2:
Well said. Very well said.

But my chief can you swear by both Fenibeso and Ahura Mazda that you and other Messianic cultists wouldn’t have come here to troll Cristians if Ronaldo hadn’t qualified for the World Cup?

Doc, I have been here long enough you can go through my previous post.

I only get involved when Messi is being trolled in a bit to make Ronaldo look better. I hardly even call him Penaldo because for me, it is disrespectful...

They've never been a time when a debate involving Messi and Ronaldo ends with one party shifting grounds that why I think it's pointless...

50d33q:
Why the sudden mouth piece of the devil
Is there anything wrong in what blueraydick typed?
You can ignore or counter it

La.rride said Dangote renovated the stadium in Lagos but due to issues surrounding the installation of VAR the match was moved to the National Stadium Abuja which was recently renovated. Whatever is the complain, I think CAF/FIFA inspected that pitch and gave the greenlight for the match to go on...

If the governing body of football thinks the pitch was okay irrespective of our individual takes then we have to question them...

TrebleChamp:
Yea now its childish cos Ronaldo qualified, if it was the other way we know how here for be . Enjoy your day jare

Like seriously? Messi will qualify via the play offs and I'll come here to troll Ronaldo that qualified straight to the World cup by topping his group? It can never be me...

MadamVanessa:




Serve him right.

Because Udom Emmanuel is gentle unlike other governors every idiot think that they have the right to talk, write gibberish against the governor.


Most painful thing I observed in the state is that core APC supporters who through their administration of 7 years plus has collapsed everything in the country will not say jack about their demigod Buhari for clueless leadership style but will find a voice to say nonsense about the governor.


In all ramifications, Udom's performance cannot be compared to Buhari the self acclaimed president of Nigeria.

Shut up!

He is obviously a supporter of OBA so don't bring Buhari into this...

TrebleChamp:
All Ronaldo haterz should line up and donate their tears:
Donstan18
Exerpt17
patrickmuf
oya call your other members to come out.

Baba you should know when to draw the line on this childish stuff...

Messi and Argentina qualified for the World cup months back and not yesterday. Celebrate the qualification of your GOAT and quit this poor attempt at trolling...If I may ask, does it make any sense to troll at this point?

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Sorry to ask..

Was that pitch okay when you watched the match yesterday?[/color]

No it wasn't...

You can actually take Larri.de to the cleaners without throwing cheap shots at him...When one party is civil in a discussion or debate, the least the other party should do is to respect divergent opinions...

BlueRayDick:
Me and who debate? Stop capping bro, I will pass

Okay, you can continue with your whatever...

BlueRayDick:
Typical APC/BMC zombie shii on display right here with a sprinkle of "On this Hill I will die " attitude.

The question is why do we have a 60,000 capacity stadium that the pitch keeps bubbling the ball here and there with players having to guess which side the ball will bounce to before kicking the ball?

You are here giving shalaye of January renovation..... A renovation that left the pitch in that sorry state....smh.

I hope u get paid well enough for these efforts tho.

Baba, you should do away with the cheap shots at Larri.de...

Make the debate interesting by being civil while it last...

Eguavoen is a shitty manager...

donjazet:
Larride, may the death of Dr chinelo hunt you and your fellow thief supporters.
Those of you who continue to support this wicked government and hope to install another continuation of this elite contraption.
Larride, you people will never know peace until you change course. Soooo many lives lost, so many futures stolen, soo many hopes drained.

Very foolish and stupid Human being that wishes Nigeria to continue on its path of decay. TUFIA!!

Calm down guy...

Which kind rant be this? Baba free Larride to support who he chooses to support just like anyone else...

Go, read and digest the Desiderata by Max Ehrmann...

afrodoc2:
There is no rule that says we have to do all those things BEFORE we sort the GK issue. If the new manager comes in and feels DDG is not suited to his style then a replacement should and can be found immediately.

Well, he will come in and see that they're other pressing areas of concern.

Ellexy:
For more than 10 years we're still waiting for him to improve those aspects... na till Jesus come he go improve?

Just cos he's having a slightly above average season doesn't mean he's not been dogshit for 3 seasons now. With the way we want to play he'll get exposed easily as he always does with Spain.

You would rather we replace De Gea instead of fixing other problem areas in the team?

With the way we want to play, we have to first get world class wing backs, CB, DM, CM, RWF and CF as the ones we have are aged already before thinking about the goal keeping department.

andrewbaba44:
Problem no Dey finish ,with your squad depth you still need players in some of these positions like LB RB ?

Shaw telles ,bissaka ,Dalot must be bad players

I'd retain Telles/Shaw and Dalot as back up left and right back respectively but not as first choice materials. The modern game calls for adventurous fullback who are capable of attacking and defending in almost equal measure. We need upgrade in that department...

afrodoc2:
Very uncalled for. This is about De Gea not Ronaldo or Messi. You are doing the same thing you accuse Ronaldo fans of.

Expert who is a Messianic cultist like you is probably the biggest De Gea critic on this thread. His weaknesses (aerial ability, sweeping, command of the box, passing the ball) are well documented.

DDG is still a good shot stopper but he would not be suited to a ten Hag team. A bit like the way Pep blocked out Hart immediately he settled at Man City. No amount of shot stopping was going to save Hart. If the next manager is Poch however DDG can still function in that team.

Na just follow up to the trolling when them start to troll my GOAT...Nothing serious there...

As per the goal keeping department, I don't see us going after a new goalie even if Ten Hag joins because we have other pressing areas we have to fill or upgrade...

afrodoc2:
patrick is up in his feelings again.

We are talking about DDG he is mentioning Ronaldo. LOL

The biggest DDG critic here is a Messianic cultist but emotions won't allow patrick see that one.

I only see what I choose to see, Na Ronaldo fan boys own I see...

DeadPresidents:
I don't care about the GOAT. I care about United. Even the GOAT has been a culprit in our recent misfortunes if we're keeping it a hundred and I have adored CR7 ever since I was a schoolboy.

I've listed what I think about our current squad and I have to apply the same harsh critique to my favs like Ronaldo and Bruno as I apply to players I don't particularly like.

The goal keeping department is the least of our worries for now that's why I am not too concerned.

I am quite certain we won't sign another goalie not when we are lacking in midfield, attack and defense...As things stand, we need a right wing forward, CF, DM, CM, RB, LB and CB...

This new ploy to undermine DDG na wa o! He has clearly been our best player this season...

Abi una just want undermine am so that una goat fit win our player of the season?

Granted, DDG has to improve some aspects of his game but from the criticism here, you'd be forgiven for thinking he is having a stinker of a season...

Jodera why are you wasting your time?

I mean these guys have admitted that Messi is the best but for what he did to Man Utd in the UCL final, they'll never forgive him...

It's just down to hate now and nothing logical. The only way they can accept Messi is for us to turn back the hands of time and let Messi be on the losing side with Ronaldo scoring a hattrick but unfortunately it's not possible...

They'll keep wailing until the end of time...