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TrebleChamp:
This was the same excuse some people gave when Ole refused to sign good midfielders, Bissouma or that Haidara dude won't cost more that £40 each. Rafiu is sticking with McFred cos Ole told him to stick with them cos they have DNA, dis am guessing was part of what they discussed for 1 hour ...

Have we splashed the cash for another position for you to start insinuating that RR rather sticks with McFred?

Bombblacks:
All these mentality talks are nonsense. A team with weak mentality doesn’t come back from behind to win games over and over again. A team with weak mentality doesn't go on an unbeaten run. How come Cavani took Mason under his wing with no issue, gave him advice on the pitch, even protected him on the pitch. All of a sudden the younger players don't take advise or learn ? That's absolute BS.

Ronaldo didn't play our recent Fa Cup game against Aston Villa, go and watch that match and come back here to tell us Ronaldo is the problem...

Greenwood and Rashford were selfish especially Greenwood.

TrebleChamp:
He knows this, yet he is not even looking to sign a proper DM/CM this window. Let him continue talking, while his team continue to play rubbish on the pitch. It's just 6 months...

What if the club is not willing to open their cheque book?

TrebleChamp:
You rely on McFred and yet looking for balance, Oga sign a proper CM this window jare...

I am not sure the club are willing to give him funds to get in his preferred players seeing that he is only here on an interim basis...

ChristoBam:
Thank you! Suddenly everyone is lazy with poor mentality.

We can't be fluid in attack with our midfield but we were scoring goals for fun last season. A lot of games we go a goal down and we're certainly coming back in that game. Only problem is we conceeded a lot of goals.

Not saying we were perfectly fluid but we were effective in attack. We had no problem scoring goals against any opponet.

Bruno- 45 goal contribution for United last season.
Rashford- 36 goal contribution for United last season..
Greenwood- 18 goal contribution for United last season.
Cavani- 23 goal contribution for United past season.

Now all these players are useless and lazy abi.

Rashford was poor last season, look beyond stats...

Which team doesn't do comebacks? I am sure even Brighton can point to at least 4 times they came back from a losing position last season. The point is simple; where did the comeback and perceived mentality land us? How many trophies?

Want to talk about elite mentality? Check Bayern, Madrid, City, Liverpool etc...

Ours is a dysfunctional unit that why you can have players pose such fantastic stats yet the team ends up winning nothing. How many players at Chelsea pose same stats yet Chelsea have been more successful over the past couple of years because they have a more functional unit with players who are more consistent across the pitch...

As I have always said, stats killed the beautiful game...For instance, if I told you Bruno has played some of his best football over the past couple of weeks away from scoring or assisting, so many folks might want to disagree...I have actually seen him more composed in possession, he picks his passes carefully of late and if not for the poor form of our forwards, he'd have been behind so many goal scoring moves...

ChristoBam:
The most surprising thing to me about Sancho is that he's not as fast as I thought he was. Thought the guy had blistering pace.

Bundesliga defenders not fast na why e be like say the guy too fast...I have seen him outpaced severally leaving me in shock...

Expert17:
Dubai or London, injury of 4 weeks always extend to 6 - 8 weeks with this guy.

He has been out injured since forever...

Make them force am to return abeg. If he must leave on a free transfer, e better make him get only one leg before him leave...

We should sign Bissuoma this January if we are really serious...We need a player whose presence means we can play a more attack minded CM alongside Bruno...McFred should be squad players at best...

Expert17:
Another useless player in that squad is Pogba Fraudgba

Where is he sef?

Expert17:
Sign Sancho

Sign Sancho

hmmmmmmm

This guy matter tire person...

The RW wey them say him go come solve the problem there, we never see am do anything of note there, in fact him dey even play from left...The most annoying thing about his game is that he is too casual, can't shoot, his dribbling is good but not exceptional and he can't shoot to save his life...

As e be now, Na just to pray say make him improve and fast else we shouldn't buy any player from that league again...

Having said the above, e fit be say na our team dey turn good players to average players o!

olabode89:
lol!

This Ronaldo matter suppose don tire everybody. I hope he leaves at the end of the season. He is a top 3 best player of all time but his acquisition messed up the team's attacking chemistry.

Three major things,

1. His build up play is shiit, same with Cavani

2. He tends to make pressure inducing passes to the midfield or sometimes fullback that messes up attacking plays

3. He took away the freedom giving to Greenwood to shoot whenever he is free. Ronaldo can be seen getting mad whenever Greenwood does not pass to him when he is on goal. The crazy thing is that he does the same thing that he complains about.

The team's build up play is actually shit...I have seen just 2 forwards pressure our defenders and next they balloon the ball. In midfield it is worse. The attack is the one department that contributes the least to build up play. Ronaldo is not renowned for his build up play as a CF, he has always been that fast winger with good finishing and skills. All that is expected of Ronaldo is to finish off chances, keep the CBs busy and occasionally assist in the build up play especially when teams are defending deep.

He has tried in scoring the number of goals he has scored thus far taking into consideration the fact that we struggle to create goal scoring chances as a team.

With regards to pressing, he has been excellent, I have seen him put in a shift every time he has played even more than Rashford and Greenwood who are much younger...

As I explained above, his build up play was never going to be great, he has never been the best in tight spaces...

As regards our other attackers, I don't see how he has affected them, Greenwood still shoots whenever he has a chance to shoot even when others are better positioned with or without Ronaldo on the pitch and I feel that's an aspect of his game he needs to improve just so he can be less predictable...I will accept this argument if we have seen our other forwards pass to Ronaldo even when they themselves are in a better position to score but it has not been the case...

I think Ronaldo is rightly demanding too much from our lazy players...They have been so used to performing inconsistently that it's a big problem for them to have someone demand that they bring their A game to the field of play every match day...Let's not forget that whist Rashford posed those good looking stats, he was actually playing trash, even Bruno was guilty of giving the ball away one too many times in a bid to rack up assist. Also, if my memory serves me right, Greenwood struggled to score at some point last season and we didn't have Ronaldo in the team then.

In summary, I think most of our forward players are off form and not necessarily down to the presence of Ronaldo...I also accept that Ronaldo shouldn't be starting every game but then, with the other forwards firing blank, the coach will be stupid to drop Ronaldo at this point.

Iseoluwani:
Can you contest for post of a gov and then lose only to be given a slot as a local government chairman

Can u

Me and you know she stood no chance to be president...If she had contested and won the primaries of PDP or APC then it'd be a surprise...

Iseoluwani:
Smh

This woman parading herself as Saint, isn't different from them. There should be class, level, value yourself

A woman who contested for presidency, biggest elected stool in Nigeria and other countries decided to chair a mere transition committee. Isn't that too low.

Not surprised, it is in Nigeria that a senator will contest for gov and vice versa....

Honestly I feel this woman wants her share of the cake


Abi isn't she the same woman who contested last election ni
Ordinary transition committee

As long as she has the capacity and desire to serve, no problem here...

slimghost:
I really don’t care about his wealth. Just explaining to that urchin that holding aspiring leaders accountable is not abnormal, especially in sane climes.

Okay...

slimghost:
Once a man declares interest in leading this nation, Nigerians have the right to seek clarification on the man’s character and source of wealth.
He is not looking to be the Odua president.
I hope your ants and bigotry infested brains understand it now.

Bro, they was a thread yesterday where Tinubu detailed how he made his first million in dollars from a reputable company which is still in existence today I. E. Deloitte...

franchasng:
Obasanjo President from 1999 to 2007.


Osinbajo Vice President from 2015 to 2023.




I dont want to mention OBJ stinct from 1976 and Shonekan shortlived moment in 1993.



All are Yorubas.

Yet another Yoruba man wants to rule again from 2023.

Think fairly and the scales in your eyes will fall off and you will start to reason like a normal human being and not like a political thug of a politician without human reasoning and conscience.


But we all keep shouting that Fulanis are greedy, Fulanis are this. Honest Yoruba elites have been saying it loud and clear that 2023 is not for SW, and trust me, if majority of SW politicians refuses to heed to voice of reasoning and drop their greedy 2023 ambition for fairness, equity and justice to take place, if they succeed in using civil war and IPOB propagandas to discredit Igbos and cury Northern people support and clinge the 2023 Presidential seat, Nigeria will become worst than it is now under Buhari.



Nature will raise a mysterious sword and war among all Nigerians.



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So, power should just be handed over to the Ibos abi? In 1999 didn't northerners contest against OBJ? Same thing in 2003 where Buhari contested. In 2007, who stopped Rochas for vying for the ANPP primaries? In 2011, didn't Buhari contest against GEJ and did same in 2015 albeit with success?

Let those who are interested from the South East join the race, power is taken, never given...

Stop with the blackmail already...

PresidentAtiku:
If the principle of rotational presidency means power should shift to the south, then power should also shift to a Christian.

Buhari has done 8 years for the Muslims.

In the spirit of fairness, it is time for a Southern Christian. Tinubu had this ambition to become Buhari's vice in 2015 but it was obvious the Muslim-Muslim ticket won't fly.

Now he wants to achieve that same ambition to the detriment of Christians. It is unfair and he must be stopped.

Christian Association of Nigeria will soon comment on this.

Do we have only Islam and Christian religion in this country? You should do better rather than this your shallow line of thought.

Revolution2022:
He started the pension fraud before other governors copied from him.

I am not in support of it but then, if you must criticized him for it, do not fail to hold your state assembly to account for failing to repeal such law...

Deloitte is still existing, an investigative journalist should get in touch with them to confirm Tinubu's claims...

Instead of you all to claim he is lying, you folks should reach out to Deloitte and get the answers you so desire...

Some of you, in your bid to de-market Tinubu will only help to make him more popular because you lot can't stop talking about him. At this rate, we just might not get to hear of any other aspirant and their plans for the country...

Revolution2022:
That was how tinubu said he graduated from Toronto university until the late gani fawehinni investigated and found out that he forged his Toronto university certificate.
Why is he collecting pension when he is not a civil servant who served for 35yrs?

Go and ask same to the past governors of your state?

Kilishihunter:
Chief you sef be Milan fan?

In Italy Milan na my favorite team just like Barcelona in Spain and Dortmund in Germany...

96forever:
He said Ronaldo played in his favorite position lolololololololololol Left winger in a traditional 4-4-2 una

Man is comparing a player who showed Balon d'or talent to Rashford and Greenwood, Thank God SAF was not dumb and binned Ruud.

This LA Midgets Fanatics are impossible.

How does this even make sense to you? You just feel everyone arguing otherwise is a Messi fan...

I am one of the biggest here but I don't think our poor performances is down to Ronaldo even though I agree that he shouldn't start every game due to his age...

Roland17:
Goran Pandev comes in for Genoa.. Pandev neva reach 52 like dis? Pandev dat year with him bad left

Nitrogen dey vex...

The club needs to review that salary structure. Rashford should be earning 100k that way, he will be striving hard to improve so he can get a new deal and move up to 150-200k but he is already on 200k or there about. Same goes for Greenwood, Martial and the rest.

As I opined a couple of days ago, we need to limit the number of British players in our first team squad, those guys are over pampered and overpaid hence they don't even put in any effort to get better...

Should Ronaldo start every game? No...

Has his presence hindered the development of others? I think not.

I expected the likes of Rashford, Greenwood and Martial to look up to Ronaldo and get inspired instead Martial wants out because he doesn't want to work his socks off whilst Rashford and Greenwood are hell bent on outshining Ronaldo that's why selfishness has become a mainstay in their games. If I was the coach, I'd make it clear that Ronaldo is the leader in attack and whenever he is on the pitch, they have to play with him or get benched (Poch should do same in PSG)...

I make bold to say that Ronaldo and Messi are still the two best players around with Lewandowski the only player who has stepped up his game to match them as they age.

It irks me to see Ronaldo pressing whilst Greenwood and Rashford will be jogging around. Ronaldo's interview clearly points to what we have echoed here overtime, these young players are overpaid so have little or no motivation to work harder. Imagine someone with the output of Bowen earning as much as Salah and more than Jota, isn't that crazy?

Vinicius has improved tremendously...

Busi is past it...

80sjamshophip:
Lucas digne to Aston villa here we go

Aston Villa are going after the right players not like Benitez that wasted money on average players.

ShadowCracker:
Ogbeni Awoniyi has been good .

He has kept their CBs busy...

KiIishihunter:
“Let’s look past it”, you sound like someone who have stole Nigeria’s money or benefited from stolen Nigeria’s funds

Comprehension is not your strong point.

If the above is what you understood from what I wrote then I can't help you.

KiIishihunter:
So because he and other politicians stole, we shouldn’t call him/them thieves?

You are presented with an option where all the top candidates have stolen from the country before now so, what do you do?

Stealing is a common denominator so, let's look past it and see what they stand to offer...