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rottennaija:
And this what inec resorted conniving with politicians. They simply cancel results in areas they don't like, a lot of it happened in Akwa Ibom

It also happened in Cross River. The Supreme Court got it right.

With this judgement, the idea of incumbents or money bags collaborating with INEC to cancel results in opposition strongholds will be a thing of the past.

ClintonNzedimma:
Liverpool is beatable, you are forgetting we almost went unbeaten too. It will weigh them soon . Just watch.

The guy you quoted didn't say Liverpool are unbeatable, he only noted that they are solid which is not debatable. At the moment, no other team has all their starter firing at top gear, even their bench players have shown they can come in and do a job.

Talking about burnout, Klopp can field a midfield of Wijnaldum - Fabinho - Henderson if he decides, he can rest them and play Keita - Milner - Chamberlain...The second midfield option is just a level below the first in quality and it's even arguable.

In defense, They have Matip, Van Dijk, Gomez and Lovren who can play CB with VVD being the only untouchable. Their fullbacks can be replaced by Milner and Gomez even though they're not quite as effective going forward but they are dependable in defense.

In attack, Mane, Firmino and Salah are starters but then, Origi, Shaqiri and Lallana can come in and do a job.

The thing going for them is not even the availability of personnel, but the fact that they have a working system that irrespective of personnel, they'd look dangerous.

The National Assembly needs to review the constitution as soon as possible to clearly state the position of the local government.

The 3rd tier of government i.e. The local government shouldn't be at the mercy of the state government just as the state government is somewhat independent of the federal government. Away from the parochial outlook of many commenters, the state government have to respect duly elected local government officials.

I am certain if Buhari dissolves an elected state government, the same narrow minded folks hailing the governor of Oyo will call for his head but see them supporting an obviously wrong act here...We are our problem in this country. Whatever our leaders do, no matter how bad a policy is, you'll still find silly Nigerians supporting it.

Leyqute:
Patrickmufc yoh get bad mouth o. Lana1 you sef sabi yab person

But una sabi who get fault for that e-gidigbo? Na Ed Woody and those Glazers. Dem don Dey mismanage this team since 2013, buying rubbish players and making management mistakes.

Squad is thin, squad is thin, everybody is injured, but Bruno Fernandes, wey go watch Man U v Liverpool from the stands, still Dey carry keke napep from Lisbon to Manchester.

“Ha, Harland is almost done. He spoke with Olé bla bla bla”. He just got a hatrkxk for Dortmund.

“We’re looking for one or two additions” but it’s January 20 and nobody is coming in.

Una see the fvckery at this club? I blame Olé, I blame Ed, I blame the board, I blame the Glazers, I blame the medical team, the physios and I won’t exclude the useless bunch we parade as players on the pitch- except Greenwood and other youngies.

What United needs is a revolution.

I think the board has actually tried when it comes to funding transfers however, they have gotten it wrong in two aspects;

1. No long term strategic plan.
It is because of this that we conveniently moved from Fergie (Who was good at adjusting the team to suite the demands of the game) to Moyes who believes in long balls then to Van Gaal who is a possession based coach and then to Mourinho who is a defensive/counter attacking coach and now, to Ole who rather surrenders possession so his team can counter. Our decision on who to appoint as coach shouldn't just be based on which big name is available but the pattern of play we want to adopt in the long run.

2. Wages of players.
We are finding it difficult to offload players who are surplus to requirement because eof their high wages. They're way too many average players here earning far above what their talents should originally fetch them if they played for any of our rivals. Imagine if Martial, Rashford, Shaw, Maguire and the likes were earning between £50,000 - 80,000 weekly, they'd have worked harder to get to the level where they can confidently negotiate an increment but that's not the case now, Martial is playing like Martial but EARNING Mbappe level wages, just as Maguire is serving us trash but earning Van Dijk level wages. Even if it were you, you won't see the need to put in more effort...

We need football men running the footballing side of things in the club. I can't support the call for Ed Woodward to be sacked completely because on the business side, he's done a fantastic job but he has to leave the football side to someone more experienced and grounded in the operation of a football club...

Meanwhile, where is Darmian?

larride:
"You know, when you play Burnley, in the Premier league, and they put their strongest team out, you know you've gone places. It means they respect us, and teams start to respect Man United coming here."

- Ole


Who will volunteer to go to Manchester for us pls.

Imagine what Ole is saying. It is obvious he has lost it.

Lana1:

You go beat me?? Lol. Sorry but i dont fight girls.

Beat you say wetin happen? We be men, last last, na beer...Ole takes majority of the blame, Rashford is injured courtesy of his mismanagement, Pogba too as well as McTominay...He has either overplayed them or rushed them back from injuries.

It doesn't sound bad until you realize he let Lukaku, Sanchez, Fellaini and Herrera go without replacement...I no get strength to continue this bants, Ole should come out and ask for support from the board or be ready to take the blame.

Lana1:


You should be the one questioning ur life decisions. Because every step u have taken up to this very moment just points to how bitter and utterly frustrated you are as a human being. Ur life is a series of accidents and mishaps waiting to happen and nothing u've laid ur hands on has prospered. You're probably another setback away from committing suicide.

No wonder u've made it ur life's mission to tackle everything i talk about on this thread in the last few months.
I talk about Martial, u react.
I dont join in blaming Woodward, u react.
I post things on my own with disturbing anybody, u react.

Misery they say loves company.

Speaking about jobs and NYSC, if it's assistance u need in life so you can secure ur daily bread, all u needed to do was ask instead of picking fights with me at every little opportunity. Fúck off dumbass.

I pray life sees us cross path someday just so you learn a lessons not to chat sh.it

Lana1:
Nigga shut ur pie hole and stop saying trash.
I blame Ole for poor subs and crappy lineups. I dont blame him famine, drought, all the bad things in the world, and the inconsistencies of ur fav players. And i certainly dont have a problem with anyone who does.

I try to be consistent with my arguments and i call things as they are. Maybe you should remove the wool in ur eyes so you can also see clearly.
When everyone was riding the James kool-aid and i was even using him to drag Pepe, "I said one day we'll soon start asking questions about James" coz the guy is not good enough. Everyone bit my head off with their replies.

But of the whole lot, you are the most inconsistent, unobjective and vacuous. You'll keep using style to shield ur fav from blames. "He's far from a finished product". "He's not good enough" yet you keep blaming OGS and everyone else while picking arguments with everyone you disagree with just as you decided to pick an argument this morning and drop shalaye on my head because I laughed at those that said we should see Lampard.

You are a clown and a useless waste of space.

Talking about space, ask yourself what happens when that relative of yours who helps your lazy ass with data is no more?

Ask yourself what life will be like if you had a job?

Ask yourself if you are happy that after youth service, the only experience your have is e-fighting?

Ask yourself if life is treating you kind when in the real sense, you should own your life...

Now, don't bother because you won't find answers but if he hope to make a career out of your online activities defined by e-fights, you can indicate interest, I'll keep you online for the rest of your miserable life doing what you know best, wasting your time...

Its been a couple of years after youth service yet no good news, all you have to show is an online personae reminiscent of your every day life plaqued by personality disorder. Aren't you ashamed of yourself that you're mostly remembered for insulting those who can hire and fire you at will?

It's not about this back and forth, it's about your life, you have just about a decade to reach 40, you can surely correct things, don't do it because I advised, do it for the love of self...

elampiro:
Not really sha. Just that the whole thing confuse me fa.

But I can never ask how Bissaka is better than Young. Young is already old.

Baba our problems is like a complex Maths equation so, I understand that you don't understand what is our problem...

Expo? Ed, representing the board and Ole...Tell me thanks.

elampiro:
The season we have finished best or periods we had a run of good results/clean sheets were when Smalling and Jones were fit together for a long time. One certain period it was Jones and Rojo. But after spending on defenders, we concede cheap goals. DDG is also not helping matters.

Interesting times...Weedtaker, see Elampiro using scope to ask how Maguire is better than Smalling and how Wan-Bissaka is better than Young...

$130m gone down the drain. Crystal Palace, Southampton, Burnley, Sheffield United, Newcastle etc.

Lana1:
And you're a rétarded dúmb áss who has never made sense on this forum. Normally i would have ignored you like i always do, but you have been throwing snide remarks my way a few months now.

You can keep peddling ur lies that i attack everyone who criticises Ole when the only person i argued with about Ole was nitrogen earlier in the season and i apologised right after because i saw that i was wrong.

When u call out Ole. I keep quiet. When you were blaming everyone else for not supplying Martial one of ur fav players earlier in the season, I kept mute. I've never had any problems with anyone here. We are all free to blame whoever we want.

But the moment those of us who dont agree come out to blame the players, we get attacked because na una be god and everyone must see things from ur point of view. This is how they started Fake Fans vs Real Fans few years ago because some of you here have a god complex and everyone must listen to you.

U can miss me with ur BS sob story. Speaking of online battles, no be una dey go sit for rap section with coogar that year so una go dey drop bars? Shior.

You're still clowning, everyone except you can see you for who you are...When you feel like, you have a go at Ole but when others do, you complain...I have clearly stated here that Martial needs to improve, he is far from the finished product but still, he is not the worst of the lot but from the commentary here, even before your worthless self jumped in, Elampiro was on his case.

Neutrals or near neutrals here have had a go at Daniel James, Pereira and the likes, I have seen seasoned monikers here have a go at De Gea, Maguire and lately, folks are beginning to call out Wan-Bissaka just as other have blamed Ole for not replacing the players he let go but no, you take it upon yourself to troll. Now, pray tell, how does it feel criticizing Lampard after his team drew yesterday? Wouldn't your worthless self have taken a draw today?

We have had chances to close the gap on Chelsea but on each occasion we flop but no, we should not utter a word because we are not you who has the rights, reserved to criticize today and support tomorrow...Boy, you're simply mad...

Lana1:
Patrick or whatever u decide to call urself, the only asinine simpletòn here is you.

My posts aren't even directed at you. Yet, every single time u keep jumping on them like a bïtch on her period. Must be guilty conscience.

We lose, u remind us Lukaku scored for Inter.
We draw, you tell us to see what Lampard is doing.
Yet we wont say anything.

But the moment we criticise ur fav players, u start dropping shalaye of imaginary beef.

We aren't allowed to vex for the players but you are allowed to vex for the manager?

U are bâstard child and i'm here to tell you.

Keep em coming. I have all una time this night.

Weyrey oloribu!!

You're a fool and nothing less...Have you ever seen me mention Lukaku if not for the fact that he wasn't replaced? I really don't blame you, you feast on online battles while life passes you by...Life doesn't end here, I hope you're doing well for yourself just the way you take Nairaland serious.

LegoxMetahuman:
ehnnnn who get this letter?

ole?
woodward
or all scummies

The distraction knows himself...

weedtaker:
lol, I think say baba no the insult people b4, see wetin ole cause now

That dude will in one post rain curses on Ole but when others do, he'll retort with lines like he's a season ticket holder...

It's just annoying seeing a grown up acting like a kid...

How one fool thinks he has the liberty to criticize the coach but others don't have is beyond me.

You are nothing but a goat...

You're the slowpoke, you're a lunatic...

Stupid idiot.

odizeey:
Nawa o. Who you dey fight?

Abeg help me ask oh! People just carry imaginary beef like gele for here.

obainojazz:
The only time we truly played with a complete squad was against Chelsea... They were whooped.. We've had injuries in midfield, attack and defense... Martial injury, he returns.. Rashford injured.. Main man Pogba our supposed best player has been injured... Mctom injured when his partnership with Fred was getting interesting...

Our physios are suspect on one hand on the other hand and Ole hasn't managed the players we have well nor did he deem it fit to replace players who were either sold or sent on loan.

Lana1, I don't get why you even find it interesting to troll those of us who saw Lampard's Chelsea and thought they were headed for the right direction, many pundits world over were/are also impressed with Chelsea considering their transfer ban in the summer. The funny thing here is that I have seen you criticizing Ole on these board one too many times so, why do you jump on the chance to troll a manager ahead of Ole on the league table for drawing Arsenal that we could only get a point off after 2 games? Pick a struggle, are you satisfied with Ole? Yes or No? Because this shifting cultivation you're practicing looks like a ploy to dodge a potential L whenever it comes.

Lana1:
Even Rashford.
Can never imagine players like Rooney or Carrick escorting Salah like that.

I remember when Rooney was in a similar situation against Messi some years back, baba bullied Messi with his strength and even if it failed him, Rooney will rather cut your legs than allow you a free run at goal.

elampiro:
And so what was Rooney's position and Welbeck's position in those pictures?

Rooney was an AMF. When he was younger, he operated as a SS. He only dropped back to AM when he got slower and ineffective as a No. 9...

elampiro:
Patrickmuf

Please can we resolve this for once. Pereira/Lingard/Mata are playing in the numbet 10. The 'hole'position is not a central.midfield function. It is a forward role with main responsibility to create chances and linking play with left winger, right winger and the striker.

I have some screenshots for you to understand. With this our arguments can be easier.

Pereira when attacking is an added body forward but in a defensive shape, he drops back into midfield. In the pictures you displayed, Pereira is an AMF whose responsibility is to link the midfield and attack, he is primarily a midfielder with freedom to join the attack. That he has that freedom doesn't mean he is an attacker...

spillo1:
LMFAO....Midfield is the most important part of the pitch for any team. Doesn't matter how good your attackers or defenders are, if you can't control the middle of the pitch you won't win consistently.

And Liverpools midfield is the epitome of consistent domination at the moment. They are so well drilled, so intelligent and fit. There was a moment towards the end where Henderson and Gini both sprinted the length of the pitch to counter attack, they were both the furthest back and then the furthest forward in like the 80th minute. I hope I am wrong but I see Liverpool burning out by next season.

Burnout? Klopp has gone about rotating the team well especially in midfield. Only a poor recruitment policy when their star players start aging will stop this Liverpool side because they're primed to dominate for a while.

Another possibility could be the likes of PSG, Madrid and Barcelona aggressively pursuing their key players in the process acquiring 2-3 of them.

elampiro:
We have two midfielders. Fred and Matic

Fred was our best player. Matic should be third or fourth.

Our best chance was missed by Pereira which was creates by Bissaka. The second best chance was missed by Martial.

You do know that it was Martial who picked out Wan-Bissaka, right?
Pereira in that game was a midfielder, the most advanced of the midfield 3.

elampiro:
With that Liverpool attack, even Eyimba midfield will look world class.

Do you remember how good Oshea looked in oit midfield? Even Phil Jones in midfeld behind Rooney, Berbertov and Chicha? Liverpool main Asset is the attack. The defence is very good too. But forget midfield.

Fred ball pass Martial yesterday. Forget stories. The memory is still fresh

Fred is just one out of 3 midfielders. Martial created our best chances.

elampiro:
What I said from day one is that Liverpool midfield is their weakest link. I dont know when you heard me say their defence is weak.

Hehehe our argument then was hinged on the fact that whilst some of us argued that our supporting cast citing our midfield and defense was poor, you consistently argued that they were not as poor whilst hailing Liverpool's attack.

While the game was on, I watched how Liverpool's midfield joined their attack in the press and how their fullbacks especially Robertson exposed the obvious weakness in our set up...Funny enough, the much maligned Martial was our most creative player on the pitch.

hensben:
Virgil is too good Abeg; He got long accurate passes, good in the air, great defending skills, ball awareness, focus and bossy. That guy is over worth his fee. Damn, what a signing.

Meanwhile, Margaret sorry Maguire

When I talk Elampsbaba go say na Liverpool front 3 be their biggest force. VVD go open the opposition defense with just one long pass but our defenders no sabi at all.

Nothing annoys me like when Maguire, Lindelof, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka and Matic just keep passing the ball around with all manner of laxity even when we are a goal down. Only Fred moves the ball forward with purpose that's why I don't blame our strikers.

afrodoc2:
There was a time Greenwood and AWB were free with acres of space on the right wing and the ball was on our left flank. It took Fred, Matic and i believe it was Maguire about 20 touches and 5 passes to get it to the right side, and of course by that time the space had been closed down.

Anybody hoping for Top 4 is building castles in the air.

That's why I think Pogba or a player with his ability is still needed, imagine if we had Pogba with the ball in the same position James had the ball bug couldn't locate the run of Martial because of his poor passing skills. Liverpool for all their great play left spaces we could have profited from if the quality and approach was right.

adisaaowala:
Nobody...cos you told us that the league is mediocre and not important

No mind Raumdeuter.

elampiro:
It was a normal ball to save jor. DDG suppose to even save the first goal. I am sure Romero would have punched the ball over the bar.

But we missed what is called a big chance and then an empty net.

You're just impossible.

elampiro:
You mean those offisides and foul on DDG?

The chances missed by Perreira and Martial were the clearest chances in the match

The ones Salah missed, the one De Gea saved is not clear cut abi?