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KingAlabi:
Bailly injured

In a low tempo match oh

Na against man city im for no injure

Did you watch the match or you're just eager to get one over those that suggested Bailly should have played against City?

jpmoriarti:
Three straight away games won by the team.

Crisis? What Crisis?

Rest abeg...All this snide remarks no make sense...

Expert17:
So Bailly was rested against Man City (Semi-final) just to play him in FA Cup 4th round.

Na wa oo

OLE first CB pairing remains Lindelof and Maguire

I just tire for Ole...

.............................. Henderson.........................
Williams.......Tuanzebe..... Bailly...............Telles...
.....................McTominay...............................
.................................................VDB.....................
....................................Mata.................................
............James................Greenwood..........Lingard..

Beautiful...OP please add names to the pictures so intending visitors can check the places out...

Ayade has to wake else Calabar will be left far behind...We're already behind.

CapitalCee:
Next round of FA cup is 2 weeks time and Europa will start soon. Let Solskjaer play him there. Let it not be like VDB own oo. Ole nees to trust other squad members and integrate them. Let him stop overworking our key players

Very true. It's one aspect Ole is still fumbling big time. He doesn't allow for fair competition...For someone who played under SAF, a master at using every player at his disposal, it's quite shocking that Ole doesn't trust his bench even when it's obvious that there's some real quality there...His poor management of the VDB situation has left the lad bereft of confidence...

Another notable instance is Greenwood who did very well against West Ham playing through the middle but afterwards, Ole hasn't tried him there even when Martial has been below par...

Also, prior to the start of the season, Ole hyped Mengi but we're yet to see him. Tuanzebe neutralized Mbappe and Neymar but since the game against Basaksehir we are yet to see him playing regularly rather Lindelof has continued to get gametime bar the return of Bailly to the team...As you opined, let's hope Ole will give them game with the start of the Carabao Cup and UEL...Hopefully he doesn't play all of them at once as it will disrupt the rhythm of our play because most of them are match rusty. I expect a couple of starters to play alongside the fringe players.

JayromWrites:
Sadly, Pellestri tested positive to Covid 19


He won't be playing today

Quite sad for the lad.

JayromWrites:
Except you've won multiple Balon d'or and broken countless records, there are still aspects of your game that you can improve



BRUNO is no KDB, KDB is no BRUNO

These are two different players, Don't expect to see a Kevin in a Fernandes

Bruno as limited or "bad" as he is(according to Tramor) is on course to win his fourth epl player of the month in a year


He has won 6 Man Utd player of the month award already


I'm sure no sane Man United fan will want to trade Bruno ATM for any other Midfielder

I don't want to be drawn into the comparison of the both players, not at all...My post has more to do with the take of Leyqute and CapitalCee...Bruno has been our best player since he joined but it doesn't stop us from pointing out areas of his game he needs to improve on. We do same for all the other players...It can only help them get better.

I care less about the position of the guy who is more a Bruno hater. His criticism is far from constructive.

Amad has arrived, it's a shame he didn't arrive earlier because today would've presented a good opportunity for him to have some game time...

I'll like for Ole to ease him into the team along with Pellestri, let's see what they can offer ahead of the transfer window...Hopefully, they do well so the club can rather invest in other areas of the team where we are lacking...

CapitalCee:
Dont mind the nay sayers, a prophet is not regarded in his home town. By this time last year we were bracing ourselves up for a 6th position finish and lost yet again to Burnley at Old Trafford, after losing to Liverpool. One man came, since then everything changed, other slacking players became serious again and this year we are challenging for titles and hopeful of a result at Anfield next week. We never appreciate what we have, All Bruno was doing was fight and believe, he never asked for an improved pay or started feeling too big or causing chaos, all he demanded was for everyone to rise up and win.

When was the last time we actually challenged for titltes.
When last was our player among to top players and scorers.

Ole should be thankful to Bruno for advancing his career, he would have been back to Norway by now after yet another 6th place finish.

Yet some haters think he should carry the team all by himself. Among our first eleven Bruno doesn't earn more than 2/3 players. DDG,Rashford, Martial, Pogba, Cavani, Maguire and Shaw all earn more than him.

I just hope this post isn't directed at the wrong person...

Does Bruno need to improve certain aspects of his game? Yes...

Is he our best player? Yes...

Our fan base especially here is really divided, we need to consciously ensure we don't fuel the division...

GloryIsaac:
Low key, it’s the truth lol

No semifinals in EPL, so there’s hope.

You sef no well...

airmark:
What is surer than death these days is Bayern conceding in a match Boathand starts.

If Boathand starts and Monchegladyansh fail to score, i will drink alcohol that i had decided to abstain from.

Happy new year to all my friends here, Pkasso chic2pimp ajakaja40 (a40) Apari raumdeuter and lolawilliams.

Lol

Oasis007:
If I were OGS, I won't risk our big Guns for EL until, if we are lucky and, reach Semi-Final. I'll rather focus on winning the EPL at all costs, at least it's a marathon Competition and no Semi Final in it.


I'll be using EL to help the young Guns amassing Experience and Fringe Players to getting Game time so as to sharpen up. The front line would be Pellestri, Greenwood and Amad. In Midfield, I'll play VDB, Mata and Matic.

At Defence, it's gonna be TFM, Lindelof, Tuanzebe and Telles. In Goal? Definitely Henderson.

You no well...

Leequte:
Chief, I go talk am as I feel. If you like call me OleInside or outside or OleBusStop, I go still talk am.

There’s a difference between constructive criticism and outright censure.

True...We need to know when someone is hating and when someone is in on facts...

Leequte:
I don’t know about others but for me, Bruno sometimes make some decisions which, if not rushed, would’ve gotten us a goal or a good chance at least.

That’s my beef with him.

I don’t care if he loses possession trying to make an adventurous pass inside a crowd. I won’t berate him for that- as long as we don’t concede from it.

However rushing decisions when there’s still time, space, and options won’t go unnoticed by me. There was an instance yesterday where we were like 3 on 2 and Bruno attempted a one-time, very difficult to execute pass to Rashford. He miscued it and we didn’t score. That was the wrong move to me, not gonna lie.

You don’t have to be a Zidane or Iniesta to figure that out.. Why rush and lose the ball when you could still make magic happen 2 seconds later?

That’s the ish I’m gonna criticize him for. Not gonna spare him in that regard.

Tenkyiu

Baba you deserve one Heineken...

Uniquisite:
Who should he have introduce earlier?

Remember when I accused Ole of not trusting players in the bench thereby killing competition for places in the team? That was at the start of the season...

Those players on the bench get paid to play and not just for the sake of it...Ole should do his job and do it well...You can't tell if Ighalo and Greenwood won't fare better through the middle than Martial...

TrebleChamp:
We don lose match now and its back to blaming the players, its alright ooh. Make Mourinho just win this Carabao Cup, na then OleIN people go no wetin trolling really is ......

Lol both sidesshare the blame...

Maguire should have taken care of the situation for that first goal...

Martial doesn't have the right mentality and drive to become an elite player...

Ole on his part should have this team playing better and manage games better...For instance, we have the option of 5 subs yesterday but baba left it late shake up things...

First goal is on Maguire for failing to deal with that cross...

Second goal could've ended anyway...

I noticed we are shaky whenever Maguire and Lindelof pair in defence. Ole shouldn't play them together, we have Bailly and Tuanzebe to rotate. The past few games exposed Lindelof for the fraud that he is...

We need a CF that can keep defenders occupied, Martial is not that CF...

ChristineC:
I thought it was quite glaring. our forwards seem to be static when either Fred or McTominay is on the ball, which signifies a lack of trust.
that's a position we need a big improvement, and Matic should have come on for Fred.

You're right...Only Rashford makes runs, Martial always wants the ball to feet and it played to the advantage of City...During the game, there was a time when Pogba had the ball, delayed for our forward to make runs but Martial didn't thus he had to pass back...

codedguy1:
Guy leave matter its an after thought. You make it sound like we have not won any game with mcfred playing the positions they played tonight.

Who is that expert that is presently in the team that can combine the quality of mcfred? Who? If the "expert is not in yet, why talk about something we don't have as at when this match was being played. Make we dey calm down small. We lost, its painful but berating player anyhow when we lose is neither here nor there. We can't win every every.

And even if you mention the "expert" will he play all our games, league, carabao and EUL?

I said and I quote "We need an expert DM"...It simply means we don't have one and need to get one ASAP...He might not play all our games but the very important ones. Notice how Pep used Fernandinho in our matches against City to limit our threat? In that City midfield, Dr Bruyne is the AMF, Gindogan is THE CM who controls the play and Fernandinho is the lone DM who does the the dirty work...It's similar to his Barcelona midfield though less technical...

Yesterday, we had McFred doing the work Fernandinho did for City. Fred is mobile and presses very well, McTominay is strong but not as mobile as Fred...They're strong, mobile and good tacklers we can sign to play that role especially against top teams...

We move though...Burnley next...

BikeMan:
Lol, do I need to remind you that I fvcked you in one of those semi-finals?

God forbid I stan a coach that will never take me pass the semi-finals of even Calabash Cup

How did your Stan fare in the FA cup final?

codedguy1:
All these are after thought na. If mcfred can't play in carabao cup is it the main league you guys want to dey see them regularly?

There ought to be rotation so that we don't over play some players, but even at that Ole still messes up.

No, it's not...A few of us have hammered on the need for us to go after an expert DM one too many times. We are playing McFred because they both have complimenting qualities, something you can get from a single player...

We need an expert DM and not this McFred we keep fielding...

Fred is on a yellow, he should have been the one off...

Maguire should've dealt with that rather than assume it was safe.

afrodoc2:
I can’t remember. It’s not important anyway. I wasn’t trying to send any mails.

When we said it, they said we were too demanding...Bruno needs to do better in those instances...

CapitalCee:
What. Shaw has been outstanding so far

Did you see his last give away? Sometimes he just slows things down like we're in a comfortable position...

Bruno and Shaw annoying me...

Rashford is being double marked...

Shaw is leaving gapping holes behind...

Leequte:
Meant to say Klopp

Okay...He'll most like punch the ref. Lol

Mourinho will do all he can to ensure he wins the trophy with Spurs...If he does, expect him to diss Poch...

In all, I hope we win today but if things go south, I'll support Spurs over City in the final...

Leequte:
This thing go pain Pep gaaaan

I think Pep will rather we win than Liverpool win because he knows Liverpool are the ones to beat...