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Leicester are about dropping points again...That 3rd position is very realistic if only we win all our remaining games.

Ole has big decisions to make. Personally, I'll drop Wan-Bissaka for Dalot against Sheffield United as I expect them to sit deep. I'll also opt for Williams rather than Shaw as he offers more in attack.

In midfield, Matic should play in a double pivot with Pogba who should have more license to roam with Bruno as the AMF.

In attack, I'll be able start Martial flanked by Rashford and Greenwood. If Martial doesn't impose himself on the game, replace him with Ighalo at the start of the second half. We should go all out to attack teams that sit back. Against the top teams, we can go conservative with the likes of McSauce, Wan-Bissaka, Fred etc...

If we fail to take advantage of Chelsea's potential loss or draw vs City, we should forfeit about top 4.

Joshmodest:
What most Nigerians fail to realise or don't want to realise is that PDP and APC is just like concoction rice and jollof rice the difference is the same ....
Obaseki was a bad man under APC he joined PDP and became a saint and hardworking governor ...who has been working hard in financial institutions before he became governor..
Ize iyamu was the man who can't be trusted with government funds due to his intent to steal by oshiomole....and has miraculously become a good man who has a complete certificate and is worthy of becoming the governor ..
These people see us like dummies that would consume anything they sell to us, they don't give two f's about the masses !
Anybody really picking sides between any of these two political parties is mad !

At the bolded, it's rather politicians and not political parties...

Is it the place of the court to determine the mode of primaries a political party should adopt?

When will our youths realize that PDP and APC are not the problem but the politicians that make up the parties?

Ravioli:
Our remaining fixtures compared to Chelsea’s. No excuses...

UNITED:

Sheff Utd (H)
Brighton (A)
Bournemouth (H)
Villa (A)
Saints (H)
Palace (A)
West Ham (H)
Leicester (A)

CHELSEA:

City (H)
West Ham (A)
Watford (H)
Palace (A)
Sheff Utd (A)
Norwich (H)
Pool (A)
Wolves (H)

If Leicester qualify for the UCL before that last game, then we can fancy our chances. With Henderson ineligible to play against us, I expect us to beat Sheffield Utd. Palace is a tricky one on the list tho.

For Chelsea, I expect them to drop points vs City, Palace (always tough for Chelsea), Sheffield Utd, Pool and Wolves (Especially if they are still in the UCL race.

airmark:
Good, let's leave otematem and talk football.

I won't mind against City, we start with:


Azpi----- Christensen---- Rudiger----Alonso

-----------Kante-------Kova

------------Mount-----------------

---Willian-----Giroud----Pulisic

Airmark, where is Father Abraham?

raumdeuter:
So which argument makes sense then that you won't have a problem with?
Is it VVD or Boateng or Ramos or Pep or Conte.
Cos you seem to have an issue with most of them

All the Otem argument did not interest me and I simply skipped it. Any argument you don't like you can also skip it

No qualms, I saw your contribution on our thread and liked it...

raumdeuter:
But when we discuss football you are also one of those who complain about the type of football we discuss.

If we start Hazard matter now won't you also complain

I saw Hazard plays for Madrid and the argument doesn't nlmake any sense anymore. You will never see anything good with Hazard just as the Hazard fans won't see any wrong in his game...Pray tell, what then is the essence of the argument?

Maguire is not agile enough. Van Dijk for his size is more agile, in the same scenario, he would have used his size to good effect, blocking the path to goal and shoving the Spurs player aside.

At one point, this was one of the most interesting threads around but I think the compliments has made some dudes here take things to the extreme...Some discussion are not in any way enlightening, they make the thread boring...

To each, his own thus keep your religious beliefs or disbelief to yourself, I believe almost everyone here is old enough and reasonably exposed to sought for information that will help shape their beliefs. Let's get back to discussing football and other important matters.

Jimenez - Traore combo, deadly...

Lana1:
"Finally Reborn"
"Red and White Harmy"

This una rebirth dey funny sha...

Never seen a more useless club in my life...

I am beginning to lean towards the argument of those who want Henderson to be our No. 1 next season. De Gea should have parried that ball away.

Where do I start from?

Let me start from the one I love, Martial...He was completely anonymous in the first half, even if the supporting cast was bad, I expect Martial to drop deep and help build attacks. I saw Bruno closing down Lloris more times than Martial, that's unacceptable in my opinion. He improved in the 2nd half but then, he should have buried that Bruno's pass.

Wan-Bissaka for all his defensive solidity isn't my kind of fullback, he is just too limited on the ball and his indecision most times affects our rhythm. Ole should have brought in Dalot to combine with Greenwood.

Shaw played like it was 3 at the back, always tucking in like the 3rd center back when he was the LB. With better quality, Spurs would've punished us from his side.

In midfield, I wasn't impressed by Fred, I think seeing the quality on the bench is putting him under pressure. He needs to do better or take his place on the bench.

James has fluffed his big chance on the one hand whilst Greenwood has made a strong statement as regards that RW. I'd prefer Greenwood as he adds that extra goal threat we need in and around the box.

Rashford was anonymous like Martial, he should have done well with that raking long pass from Pogba...

Going forward, our front 3 should be Rashford/Martial.......Martial/Ighalo........Greenwood

Supported by a midfield of;

Pogba........... McSauce/Matic........... Bruno

Norwich are awful...We should easily get past them in the Fa Cup...

Daniel James should better take his chance otherwise an extended period on the bench awaits him.

I wanted a diamond midfield but seeing that rumored line-up, I ain't any bit surprised because Ole has opted for that 11 vs big teams and it has yielded results.

Depending on the outcome of the game after the first half, we might switch to a 3 man midfield with Pogba replacing Fred or McSauce and Greenwood coming in for Shaw/Williams. We still have Ighalo and James, so much fire power to call upon if needed and with the new 5 subs, we definitely should fancy our chances. I don't want Bailly starting so we don't waste a sub for the sake of injury.

Finally Reborn indeed!

CapitalCee:
And we are saying that this Henderson is not ready?

Nobody said he isn't ready, the big problem now is what do we do with De Gea?

Personally, I think we should loan Henderson to Sheffield for one more season.

MrDojo:
I can't wait to see the boys again. I don't care about the result of today's match. I'm just happy to see Arsenal play again.

A victory wouldn't be bad, though.

We (Hater FC) care...

Barkley pass master...Plenty mad people dey this nairaland sha

I will rather have James on the bench for a diamond midfield. In the second half, I'll bring in James to stretch the play.

Oasis007:


Bonus.

Look at other players and look at Bailly, it's no wonder he gets injured. Wetin make uncle dey jumb like frog so?

The usual suspects are not watching the game for the sake of it but to come here later and start the Hazard argument all over again.

airmark:

If only they were in the EPL...

Talking about the EPL, I wish we can we play Chelsea every week...

Chrisus:
Pep doesn’t use a double pivot

He typically plays with a DM and two central midfielders, with one of the CMs operating in advanced positions as an AM

Partey can easily fit in as a CM

Na this kind thing dey make Seankafor vex say them no suppose dey disturb him goons.

GloryIsaac:
Pep's tactics requires two attacking midfielders, not one.

If Partey joins City, Rodri will spend a good time on the bench

Not cast in stone, I have seen Pep play a double pivot and other times, he has used a DM, CM and AM.

If your argument is Silva and De Bruyne then you need to check the role they play when they play together, one is always restricted as the CM

eph12:
Things would have turned differently if Chelsea had scored. We won't remember that Pogba created chances but we would have been talking about how Chelsea midfield had free pass in the middle. We would have blamed Pogba as usual. If we allow teams to dominate us like that, we won't always be lucky. And we have been able to create chances and score goals in Pogba's absence against top teams while limiting their chances against us. Against Chelsea, they had so many chances to score against us which is bad for any team

Let's not act like it's until Bruno and Ighalo came in January that we started building this positive momentum that restored peace to this thread.

Pogba was not the problem, majority of the lad were off form but as usual, he always takes majority of the blame after Ole. Let's see Pogba play now that we have a quality AM in front of him and not Lingard/Pereira or a washed up Mata. Let's see Pogba play now that Fred looks to have found his footing, now that Martial is back to something close to his form when he first got here and now that Rashford is back...

Chrisus:
They have Rodri

A double pivot of Rodri and Partey will free De Bruyne to do even more damage up front and will likely see Fernandinho's role reduced to deputizing for Laporte.