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Shaw is gold...

Better from Sancho.

LostMyZeal:
Surprised they made it this far TBH

Maybe na the Eriksen spirit

This tournament is a testament to the fact that it ain't about names but teamwerk and synergy

I have followed them for some time, they're that good...

Ibime:
I don't disagree with you about Tuchel protecting his players cos many of them are not robust so they need special set-up to protect them. This includes Rudiger, Alonso, Azpi and Jorginho as you rightly mentioned. Kudos to Tuchel for that, but such system is not consistent to win you the league week in, week out. It can prosecute individual games only. Tuchel 19 games record would finish him on 76 points or so if extrapolated to a full season, that's why we need to move away from these specialist players.

You say it was not parking the bus yet said this:



When you deny opponents space in your own half, that's parking the bus.

The only difference is that Jorginho and defenders pass the ball amongst themselves for long period to kill time, but you are still parking the bus essentially to protect Jorginho with 7 defensive players. The only difference is you are not booting the ball upfield.

A midfield controller is something like how Thiago dominated for Bayern in UCL last year, how Gundogan controls for Man City, how Xavi and co did it, taking their team up the pitch to dominate in the opponents half. Jorginho is the only midfield controller that force his team to park the bus. And whenever we meet any midtable to top table team, you don't see Jorginho making 100 passes, you see him struggling, getting dominated and trying to make up with tackling. I am not talking when he faces Man City. Even common Aston Villa and Leicester turned him from a controller to an average midfielder. Cast your mind back to those games.

Spot on...

Fahdiga:
What a wicked and heartless woman. Dear couples, not everyone that surrounds you during your pregnancy and after birth has your interest at heart. Stop revealing vital information to people no matter how close you are with them and always be on guard when a 'relative' or a 'friend' visits you after child birth.

The attached pic is not funny...

Denmark through to the semis, I always knew they went the best away from the top teams...

They might just win it...lol

Expert17:
How to win on penalties??

Simple, bench De gea

OLE thunder fire you.

Linking it to Ole? I endorse this one...

De Gea will be dragged tonight...Illimitable arm yourself...

afrodoc2:
I appreciate your impeccably elucidated point of view.
Can you please apply this same theory to Dr Phil Jones and Dr Bailly’s contracts?


The mistake you are making is that you are starting from the point of view that the people making these decisions are reasonable people.

Gbam!

SyIvalord:
How many of those experienced players have won the CL, World Cup and Euros?

How does that help our course? We are talking about contribution on the pitch..At least Matic can come in and do a job just like Cavani...

elrony:
This club go good to work o, them dey do scholarship sef

Something wey Madrid go don bin Mata 5 years ago...

handelex:
You have a well documented history with Ice cold, so your take about him will almost always be seen with a different lens

Well, you are right but I don't get why a fan of a team that has Mata and James will want Martial out first...

CrystalTiger:
One can't predict the future..Looking at what good competition did to Shaw, I think this is what we need..

Ice cold cunt might actually start firing though..Better to have him coming off the bench than Pereira or James..

Handelex, if na me talk am you for say I dey defend Martial...

SyIvalord:
It’s just a one year extension possibly for team morale. Mata will barely play. It’s not that deep.

We have enough mix of experience already so, I don't get why Mata's contract was extended...If it comes with a wage cut, then fine...

Are you guys saying Ole told the board that Mata is surplus to retirement yet they did otherwise to hand him an extension?

I think before the contract of a player like Mata is extended, the position of the coach will be sought. I'd like to know what was Ole's response...

We don't need to keep players like Mata who have little or nothing left on their tank. He'll have the odd good game but that's it...

TrebleChamp:
He was offered a crazy wage, so he lost interest in playing well for United. Same as Rashford and Ice Cold Rubbish after they were both offered crazy wages, way above their skill set and playing ability. Na my own take be that

I have mentioned this here time without number. The players are not inspired to do more because they earn way beyond what they give back in return...

If Martial was earning 80k weekly, he'd be playing his heart out in a bid to get a wage increase to somewhere around 150k and afterwards, 200-250k which should be his last contract but over here, they start paying an average donkey 100-150k and after a good season or two, they increase to 200-250k...If Mane and Salah were players here, they'd be earning 400-500k...

We overpay players thus they have no drive to improve further...

TrebleChamp:
The bolded is not true, according to Murtough Ole decides which player stays or go. He is also aware of the wage increase. Why tell the board to renew the contract of a player he will most likely not use next season? Similar to Bailey and Mata contract renewal, United sabi dash average players crazy wages....

Thank you for this...

To satisfy una ethnic bias, some of una dey believe SR all of a sudden...

Uba go dey alright...

I see many countries towing this line...

Panther7:
Really? Wow!
So PSG want to sign Ramos and Varane togther. Interesting.

That means marquinhos to midfield but e no go work...

Illimitable:
Unnecessary holding on to the ball? Where? How?

Pundits are applauding his passing range throughout the tournament but you blame Pogba for doing what he was supposed to be doing.

France couldn’t progress because Mbappe had a shit tournament. One of you guys alluded that Mbappe is 500 miles ahead of Haaland.

Pogba is too good to be playing for Man Utd. Some of the line breaking passes Pogba attempted in this tournament were as good as anything I have seen from Xavi or Iniesta. He was cutting defences apart with laser guided passes.

The second Pic was a delight...

Expert17:
So you think we are going to sell Pogba, Martial and De Gea without replacement??

I don't trust the board, make them sign the players first before we sell...

SyIvalord:
The fact that you mentioned Kimpembe is enough reason for all your future opinions to be completely disregarded. Infact, you should be banned from this thread for that crime.

Baba I no want laugh abeg...

handelex:


Always making a case for Ice Cold lmao..

Okay, let's sell Martial, Pogba, De Gea and more just because we signed Sancho...

I know you want them sold just so you can make up the usual excuses for your man when he fails...

elrony:
Only one single player wey dem don allegedly sign I don dey hear sell Pogba, sell this one

We never even add the important bodies for the first team o

If you sell Pogba, who you go come play?

I no wan dey look bench next season go off TV

Folks never learn...

LostMyZeal:


Martial load wey dun already dey inside him Bagco bag

Sancho was signed at all cost to enable a smooth and hitch-free uninstallation of Martial.

Who sits on the bench?

When the season starts, we will start hearing talk that we don't have options on the bench and how City have several option but see you guys already clamoring for the sale of Martial because of Sancho. That's how some folks said we sell Pogba as soon as VDB was signed...Looking at the past season, if we had sold Pogba, would it have been a good decision?

Pep comfortably play 2 different starting 11 when the games start coming fast you'd see why we need more options on the bench...

Expert17:
I km a1We should cash out on Martial, De Gea and Pogba asap.

Make we sign their replacement first...Sancho alone is not enough for us to sell Martial...

Expert17:
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Kimpembe is trash...

Jodera:
Rashford on the bench?
Is it when he's injured or when fit?

Rashford said he has been injured for sometime and he has been off form so, until he hits top form, Sancho, Greenwood and Cavani should start...

GloryIsaac:
If we’re to go by what Olé’s doing, Martial will have a tough time getting back in the first team if he doesn’t make use of the little chances that’ll come his way.

Olé in his snakish behavior begun moving Greenwood centrally last season, and with Sancho now onboard, that makes it...

Rashford | Greenwood | Sancho

Martial at most might be moved back to the left wing, which is dependent on the number of games the team plays, and if Rashford misfires.

I expect Martial to start the season on the left wing since Rashford will most likely go under the knife this summer however, it might just be Sancho - Cavani - Greenwood...

ChristineC:
my major concern is if Ole will use his squad.
I always give benefit of the doubt but if I'm being sincere, Ole's management of the Europa League final totally lost me.
his management of the last UCL group game against RBL had me on the edge although I felt it couldn't get any lower, but my goodness he hauled ass with his management in that final.

One of Ole's biggest issue.

Good thing we have finally signed Sancho, hopefully that's our right wing sorted out...

The big plus is that he can also play on the left side and even as an AMF if situation demands thus if Amad hits top form, we can have Sancho on the left, Greenwood through the middle and Amad on the right with Rashford, Cavani and Martial on the bench.