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handelex:
Is he better than Fred or McTominay in that position in the right question?

Sentiments or recency bias aside..

I think he is better than both. I am not asking for both of McFred to be dropped but for one of them to make way for VDB, we need someone in that position who is comfortable on the ball. We can even set up in a 4 3 1 2 formation that allows us have more control in midfield while Bruno plays behind Ronaldo and Greenwood.

afrodoc2:
Amaka tried that diamond field last season but ran away from it at the first sign of trouble.

He didn't even try to find solutions to the issues, he just ran back to his 4 - 2 - 3 - 1...I am very sure if he was Nigerian and he was asked why, you did use pidgin to reply thus, 'if them sack me, na you go feed my family'?

afrodoc2:
The guy played well. He also showed hints of the tenacity that i wasn't sure he had. Matic was quite good too.

Matic was surprisingly mobile and yeah, VDB looked like he is now more confident to express himself...

I'd like to see a diamond midfield with McTom/Matic at the base, Pogba to the left, VDB to the right and Bruno on top with Ronaldo and Greenwood as the too CFs...The fullbacks (Shaw and Dalot) should provide the width while Pogba and VDB support whoever is selected at the base. This will give us the platform to control the midfield whilst not losing out on the attacking contributions of Bruno. As well, Greenwood will be closer to the box.

Going forward, if Pogba and Bruno must play, then VDB must be part of that pivot. I'd prefer he partners McTom...

odizeey:
Putting Balo and Martial in the same sentence is blasphemy.

Sir Balo?

Balotelli might have won a couple of titles with Inter and City but he never really lived up to his huge potential...

Martial doesn't even try, he looks disinterested when he plays...I don't know why someone will be paid so much yet puts in little effort.

CapitalCee:
Even if Greenwood will play CF it will not be this season, with Ronaldo and Cavani. Even though Greenwood is not a natural RW, if you are Solskjaer between him and Sancho who will you start under normal circumstances?

Baba you should have understood my post better seeing that you were also one of those who didn't subscribe to the idea of paying over the odds for Sancho...

Ole fans attributed our struggles to breakdown stubborn defenses to the fact that the Glazers didn't buy Sancho and that all our attack was from the left side of the pitch. With Sancho now here and even for the amount we paid, isn't he supposed to at least have been tried out in that RW position? Remember it is well documented that our RW and DM were areas we need to strengthen and for the RW, Sancho was signed but baba has hardly ever drifted to the right and even then, it does not look like he is better than Greenwood so, what problem have we solved with his signing? An option on the bench? We will accept to sit for a long stretch when Rashford is back and firing?

We all know that when we find our rhythm, Ole will hardly ever want to change things. Time is running out for Sancho...

olabode89:
So if you are the manager you are going to play Sancho ahead of Greenwood at the RW position right now??

For the hype and amount we paid, one would have assumed Sancho will own that position...

Last year, I remember I said Sancho played better from the left. I was of the opinion that Greenwood continues as our RWF, that was at a time ws had that heated debate here over Sancho. Some of us didn't think Sancho was worth the money nor was he an out and out upgrade on our forwards. The records are there...

Expert17, PSG relied on a last minute goal from Hakimi to beat 10 man Metz yesterday...It's the reason no one is talking about the so called farmers league...

One would have thought that with Neymar and Mbappe, they'd have smoked Metz with supposed farmers in their defense...Football no be 1 + 1 = 2...

Meanwhile, I am smiling reading all the post match comments here, we will all arrive at the same conclusion that the only way forward is for Ole to be sacked...

CapitalCee:
Greenwood is playing there. What do you want Ole to do

Then we shouldn't have bought Sancho...It is well documented here that Sancho is the one player that will come in and solve our RW problems...On the LW, Rashford, Lingard, Martial and Pogba can do a job there, no point buying a supposed natural RW and still having Greenwood play there...

Greenwood should play as a CF, the idea of Martial as a CF is already a failed project, Ole should stop forcing it.

In all, the most annoying fact is that Sancho hasn't even featured from the right.

With Rashford coming back, is Ole trying to create or solve a problem?

ChristineC:
unto another Anthony to cheer you up
Elanga has some serious potential.

Elanga is my boy, I hope he gets to the very top...

Oasis007:


You don finally give up? That Cúnt is irredeemable.

I love that guy but at the moment, I don't give a damn...

Oasis007:
Dion Dublin on Anthony Martial: "You see flashes and think it is the start then he doesn't do anything. His body language is horrible to watch, he doesn't want to run around and work hard to be Manchester United number nine."

- BBC

Martial is well on his way to becoming the next Balo...Very anyhow player, he is not serious...

Pep has learnt to rotate, Klopp too but not Ole, he makes too many changes at once...

Abeg how e dey go?

eph12:
A couple of players with a lot to prove. Senior men like Fred can't be on this list

Hehehe You eh!

Players like?

If you mention Martial, I go swear for you...

Elanga should get some minutes...Let's see what Lingard can do playing in Bruno's position...

A front 3 of Sancho - Martial - Greenwood should be enough to see us through...

It will be interesting to see how Ole lines up tonight...

Hopefully VDB, Sancho, Martial AND Dalot make the starting 11...

Havertz10:
Human nature we all saw havertz against madrid, city, england and portugal


Yet you talk about him, like if he has never ever performed enough to justify his reputed tags

Tuchel has been playing him on the left, watch highlights of those games and tell me where havertz played


When has mount performed and was the stand out performer, when did you watch mount play and say to yourself this guy is going to be a star, go and re watch that Madrid game and see what havertz did to that defense

Pulisic and Hudson Odoi are suddenly the ones kante that can't play a through pass to save his life is suddenly the one

What happens when either of kovacic, jorginho or kante gets injured while playing all 3 in the same game, we also have Juventus 4 days later

Big picture thinking is very absent here, it's to be reactionary and gather insignificant likes for walking on the fence that you guys are skilled at

How is his performance for Germany against Portugal and England of relevance to Chelsea? Is he paid weekly to perform for Germany or Chelsea?

If you want to defend him, use his performance for Chelsea and Chelsea alone...

jpmoriarti:
Roberto Martinez hmmm.

But will he leave Belgium post to come coach this team? He's a Catalan though so he's probably a Barcelona fan. We'll see. I liked his work at the premier league especially with Birmingham

Martinez is not a top coach.

GloryIsaac:
Abeg I no follow too o.. Na just observation I make

Martial FC forever.

elrony:


Una don make Oga Pato enter dry fasting with mustard seed, he go use alert kill una this season

Patrickmuf abeg me I no follow o

Hehehe...

Messi will surely score plenty goals but I no go drop any alert here because na normal thing but I know say expert no get forgiving spirit...

GloryIsaac:
To argue some things no make, especially when we know say na our favorite dey f*ck up.

See how Doc drag people through the streets because of this. Mud everywhere.

If your favorite dey f*ck up, swallow your L in peace. It might only be temporary.

No L is permanent.

You still living in yesterday's world? Move on as I have done...Me and Doc wey follow argue the matter have left it for more important things...

benji93:
@patrickmuf, you know say na me and you dey Messi camp, but abeg just go cool off for a few days. . He get one ritual wey Yoruba people dey do. Dem go boil dogoyaro put for bucket, come tell you make you sit down bend, come cover you join the bucket. You need that right now. The internet remembers. Keep that in mind. It is well.

Lol Na Manchester United thread so na normal thing...

elrony:
Now I'm thinking Amaka chop Oga Patrick money run

Lol Ole is a fraud, that one is a given...

Capaldi:
You should realize Messi going to Ligue 1 is a lose - lose situation for him and his fans like you unless Psg wins the champions league. Messi fails: Can’t perform in a farmers league
Messi succeeds: it doesn’t count, it’s a farmers league.

Messi has only one way to succeed and that’s to win the UCL which won’t happen.

Won't happen because you can see tomorrow? I know Messi needs to win the UCL to stand a chance of winning the best player in the world award...

afrodoc2:
In the words of a wise man

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That was until Lille happened...Messi is on a mission to return PSG back to the top...

Last season, the Ligue 1 table was so close even more than that of the EPL...

afrodoc2:
I hate lies in my life.

Ligue 1 defenders are as good as EPL defenders is a lie that must be banished into the depths of Mordor.

It's the reason why I have been going back and forth with you that those guys are not farmers...

afrodoc2:
[b][/b]


Oh ho! So Ligue 1 is small pond?

And you did not tell us since?

Lille has answered the question I posed...

afrodoc2:
[b][/b]


Angel Michael, please allow this sinner enter heaven..........abeg!

Hehehe why then are you judging Messi off his Ligue 1 output?

I will judge Messi off his UCL performance but then, PSG are not the defending Ligue 1 champions so Messi have got a big task to help them wrestle the title from Lille...

DeadPresidents:
BSC Young Boys beat United.

Moumi Ngameleu must be better than Ronaldo

That's a one off but when teams from the Swiss league eliminate Manchester United, Madrid and Bayern over a certain period you have to stand up and take note of that league besides, the French league is renowned for being a production house of top talents so, you can't come out and dismiss players in such league...

afrodoc2:
Name 5 INTERNATIONAL GRADE DEFENDRS THAT MESSI WILL FACE THIS SEASON

Denayer and company...