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afrodoc:
Pogba.

SMH! That was a simple pass...

Distinctive attacking play...

Chelsea and Leicester dropped points, I hope we take advantage...

Who gave that short pass, Bruno?

afrodoc:
YI don't agree o. We need all hands to be on deck. We are just one more Cavani muscle injury away from playing James, Greenwood, Rashford for 10 straight games.
Even as much as i don't rate James and Fred i won't be happy if they got injured.

I saw it and was surprised it came from him. As bad as Martial has been, he is needed for now.

Ollie Watkins, very impressed with his movement and work rate...

afrodoc:
The guy dey whine us. Amaka and distinctive attacking pattern in the same sentence.

I didn't want to join the convo but when I saw it, I couldn't hold back...

He deserves to be beaten.

popizaino:
Definitely mourinho, .......he is polar opposite of anything aesthetic and freedom about football and thit's the reason why his pattern is characterized by too many back passes and less risks from his players. Ole is similar to pep because they allow players to freely express themselves while they follow a distinctive attacking patterns .

What's distinctive about Manchester United's attacking play?

If Pep coaches Sheffield Utd, you'd see his imprint in their play but not Ole...Abeg stop hyping Ole.

Frontail:
. Mumu talk ! If that Ogun power fit strike ! Why not simply send Ogun to Strike those Terrorist Fulani Herdsmen ? Nonsense

You didn't watch the video if not you'd have gotten the joke about his statement...He simply said "If Amotekun abuse their privilege, they'll be dealt with by the law"

Messi at 19 - 25 was one of the best dribblers I have ever seen, he dribbled past defenders (not just one) at ease that you begin to question the quality of the defenders until you watch them against other top players and you notice it was Messi making them look average...

Even now, Messi is still very good at it but he has lost a yard or too...

BikeMan:
Aaron Cresswell has more assists, has created more big chances amongst other things but Shaw is the better performer because he plays for the scummies. What a fanbase!

Number of games played does not count again? You used it to discredit Shaw when compared to Chilwell...

afrodoc:
If you improve by 5 but your opponents improve by 20, are you really improving?

Chelshit and Liverpool will be much better next season. City will be City.

At this current rate of improvement we will be struggling to make top 4 yet again next season.

That is if we even accept that we have been improving, cos Shaw and maybe AWB(going forward) are the only players that appear to have improved in a squad with over 20 senior players.

Exactly...

That's how someone was celebrating our possession stat with taking in cognizance the fact that most of it is in our own half of the pitch where we can't hurt our opponents...

Greenwood is not developing at the rate we all expected of him compared to Foden at City. I know the players has much to do but then, the technical input from the manager helps players...We just cannot bank on the improvement of Shaw and AWB whilst turning a blind eye to the others in the team...For Ole led Manchester United, it's a case of one step forward and several steps backward but for his fan boys, they'd rather we talk about the one step forward rather than be concerned about the several steps we took backwards...

If Ole is given a new then it'll be obvious that we are not a serious club...

CapitalCee:
Go to all social media platforms, rival fans are celebrating the news

I really don't know why fans are blinded to the clueless of the Norwegian...

BARAJ92:
Ole has done nothing wrong, This will be the first time since Ferguson left us that we will be qualifying for champions League, consecutively through the league.
Definitely on paper and reality, the likes of Moyes, Van gaal and Mourinho are far ahead of Ole but they all fail at one time or the other to qualify us for the champions league.

Winning the league or a trophy will only be a priority after we have regained our status as a top team. Ole can't be fired unless he bottle up the top 4. Champions league football is the No one priority for all the big clubs in England.

Ole needs to change his assistants and get a good technical and tactical assistants who will assist him in the job.

Abeg miss me...

Like seriously, we still have fans here rejoicing over the rumored contract extension for Ole?

Some folks here are jokers.

popizaino:
Care to tell us if it was the same coach that manage the team in 2008,was thee same one who managed them in 2009 and 2011?

Inter Milan and Chelsea defended deep and beat Barcelona using swift cou ter attacking football...

In 2008, we had the perfect team to play on the counter but Fergie opted to square up to Barcelona which backfired...

nihilistjnr:
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Tag!! Mechionu gi there. You must be mad.

We're here for the violence

You too like wahala...

Roland17 and Airmark, make una calm down abeg...

nitrogen:
The two finals pained me gannnn. I no fit ever forgive Fergie. After close to 3 decades he could win only 2 UCLs for us, while Pep beat Utd twice in the finals to win 2 UCLs in 3 years.

Before the match, Pep in his presser said he expected us to come out and play and to my shocker, we choose to come out and play which was ill advised...

When we knocked them out in 2008, we sat back and hit them on the break which is the same pattern we should have adopted in 2009 and 2012...

TrebleChamp:
Fletcher had a great tournament that year, but let's be honest Fletcher would not have made any difference against Xavi, Iniesta and Busquet in that Barcelona midfield. Fergie said after the that "we missed Fletch", a comment i didn't agree with. I remember that comment generated a lot of argument at the United forum back then, but the truth is Xavi in that midfield made Barcelona almost invincible. Barcelona struggled to replicate that tikitaka style after Xavi left......

Well, Barcelona would still have dominated possession but Fletcher would've been massive for us in midfield, his break up play that season was a huge plus for us...

Leyqute:
Exactly. We needed Fletcher in that final. He would’ve started ahead of Anderson.

He was suspended in the semis vs Arsenal...That suspension killed any chance we had because like Flamini in 2006 or thereabout, he was one of the best DM in world in that season...

KingAlabi:
Good old days cee, good old days.

My view is that since we are doing a combined 11 surely we can't keep the same formation, we have to pick a formation that fits them best.

My combined 11

Der sar

Neville ..... Ferdinand ..... Vidic ..... Evra

Scholes ....... Carrick

Bruno

Rashford ..... Rooney ..... Ronaldo


For me, I will drop giggs and tevez(never really liked him, personal bias ).

For the bench
I will drop kuzcaks and park, for de gae and pogba.

Martial will be training with the u18s.

Park? Fergie will throw his shoes at you for making this comment...

Giggs over Bruno...Giggs was just too intelligent and his deliveries were most times spot on...

Tevez over Rashford for me sha.

Leyqute:
Scholes is a fantastic player , no doubt. I don’t think there are many players who have his passing vision and range. For him to be a starter at that age and even play on for years after then speaks of his quality.

Our midfield problems have been there since Fergie’s last years. It should’ve been taking care of before he left.

Owen H’s injury was a big blow. Would we have won the 2009 UCL with him in the side?

I remember that final we missed Fletcher, he was a beast that season...

handelex:
Really?

What have Atletico and Tottenham achieved that is above their weight?

Winning La Liga ahead of Madrid and Barcelona was epic, their UEL wins as well as reaching 2 UCL finals is quite impressive...

Spurs tried reaching the UCL final...In all, I am still not a fan of Mou and Diego...

handelex:
Madrid is not inferior to any Barca.
Deschamps played pragmatic footie all through and is still doing that till date.

Why did you skip Jose's Tottenham or maybe Simeone's Athletico Madrid.

Spurs and Atletico have been punching above their weight...

I am no fan of Mourinho or Simeone even though I like Atletico based on their underdog tag...

Jodera:
Hmmm.... Do you know arsenal who won only one match between October to December (before meeting Chelsea) was at a certain point 3 points just behind Chelsea. Reason the maths, arsenal who were mostly drawing and losing(even flirting with relegation then) was mathematically 3pts below Chelsea wen Chelsea had a purple patch. And the worst part is they was no sign of progress at all.

Tell me, is that not enough to sack lampard? Did ole go through such a rough patch this season to warrant the sack like lampard.
Ordinary 1 or 2 straight matches ole might lose, he'll be under scrutiny, saying they might sack him and before you know, he'll go on 5 match winning run. Lol. If na you, will you sack such a coach? Did lampard have such a run after he had a purple patch this season?

This is to tell you that while lampard deserved the sack mid season, ole doesnt deserve it.

I get your point...

What I'm certain on is that if Manchester United were subject to a transfer ban and Ole came in and made the UCL, some of his fans here will advocate that he be given a life contract and won't stomach any criticism of him but thank God for Abramovich, baba no get time to check time...

Jodera:
Nobody is doubting the bolded, that's why una board suppose catch head sack/relieve him end of season. He doesn't deserve to be in man u after his contract. But like I said (or asked), what is the justification for sacking ole NOW? Because he exited champions league group stage?
Do you know man city, even with their star studded squad and over £200m spent then finished 3rd in their Ucl group yet their coach wasn't sacked cos of that, and that's because they were still in contention for top4 then. Wen they relieved mancini was after the season ended. That's how it should be done.

If ole was in arsenal, Liverpool or Aston Villa position presently, then he's justified to be sacked, not wen he's 2nd.
Reason am na

I'm all for his contract not to be renewed but his constant fvckups is what's making me rant here...Baba just look at the performance yesterday and the team selection, it was like we had UCL commitment against Bayern in midweek but alas, next on the calendar is the international break...

KingAlabi:
I want you ask you something, sincerely answer,why was lampard sacked?

Chelsea were obviously struggling and he appeared to have lost the dressing room...

If Ole was in Lampard's position, I am certain the argument here would have been that the season is not yet over and that we are in the last 16 of the UCL...There's always an excuse for the man.

Jodera:
No... Tuchel is a seasoned coach, so he was brought to take Chelsea to the top.
The coach utd should be looking for after Ogs should also be a seasoned coach

After spending over 300m? Even Titanic wasn't this shaky...

300m is serious money, Ole has no excuse...Losing to Sevilla and now Leicester...I excuse him for losing to Manchester City and to a lesser extent, Chelsea as they're good enough...

Jodera:
True... But las las, it's result that matters. Ole first full season, 3rd
Second full season, Still in top 4.
You can't sack a manager mid season with this kinda result, especially wen you're brought to steady the ship. He's steadying it and doing it perfectly (just "enoughly" ok), until a better coach takes over.(hopefully for you guys, they won't extend his contract)

I think that's what you guys don't seem to understand from your board. Ole didn't take over a champions' team like Moyes did, he took over a faltering team from mou, so he can't really be judged like Moyes or Mou.

I assume Tuchel was brought in to steady the ship too but watch Abramovich wield the axe is things go south...

Jodera:
Truthfully, I hardly see any pattern tho. Sometimes, I hardly see training ground moves. Just normal players opening and passes.
It's like players or midfielders, make the pass after the run of attacker
I hardly see that synergy of understanding, that you'll know that this is what was done on training ground routine.

After 2 years o! A very good coach should have traces of his impront on any team with a year or less but not Ole...

handelex:
Whether it's cowardly or not is the main issue here[I believe it's not cowardly, not everytime, some times you need to be pragmatic].

The main ish is that it does not make any team inferior to the other.

Pep plays a possession based footy, Liverpool are renowned for pressing high up the pitch and generally out running their opponents courtesy of Klopp ghen ghen style of football...What's our own style? We don't defend well, we struggle to keep possession and when we are not up against top teams that leave a lot of spaces behind, we struggle to create chances...