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Who is the APC governorship candidate then?

Fox in the box is a phrase used to describe strikers who are very dangerous inside the box...I have heard commentators use that phrase from time immemorial but it's nairaland, let's argue about everything.

pharod:
Its like you are getting your birthday wish...

Exactly bro, we have never lost on my birthday...The good run continues.

Ballistic Martial...
We were not wrong when we said Martial should be a starter.

dopeJemi:
When you suppose dey thank God say the mumu no sell am

Board no fit sanction that kind nonsense move.

We should be creating more chances.

Guys, before Young settles down and owns the RB position, let's begin another round of prayers...
We need Dalot manning that position going forward.

Registered on the 19th of October and immediately finds Man Utd's thread. So much for a lady.

Thanks guys for the warm wishes...Y'all shall be celebrated.

Happy birthday to me, a victory over Everton should suffice...

Government is continuum so I don't get what their point is... If had abandoned it, they'll complain, now he didn't, they still complain...Bad belle people.

Afolabi6046:
wait! what exactly are you crying about? I remember you scummies flooded the Chelsea thread when we drew West Ham, even after Tottenham just raped you people at home, so what are you saying? Why is trolling paining you people? Did you have any stand when you trolled Chelsea then? We know what that WestHam later did to you people

so ask Kukute and others to stop crying and figure out how you would beat Valencia and BIG Boys

Pained Team, Pained Coach with lousy scummies called fans.

You'll someday grow up.

Leyqute:
LMAO.

That dude acts like a deluded agbero.

If you ask him to put his money where his stinking mouth is now, he'll start behaving like a possessed epileptic monkey.

Mention the teams Chelsea is playing against in the UCL, Awolabi naPlateDemBorn is talking nonsense

like a possessed monkey? *faints*

Afolabi6046:
Tell us who Manyoo played in the UCL in 2016

There's trolling and there's stupidity, don't get it twisted...
You troll others only when you have a stand point to do so, in this case, we are playing in the UCL, 2nd in our group with 4 points, 2 points above the 3rd placed team yet you are foaming in the mouth shouting Europa Europa like you're being whipped with koboko by a Cele priestess spiritually...
If it was the EPL, then we'd understand but not European football, I play UCL, you play Europa league...
I played against the Old Lady of Italian football, Juventus, you're up against Belarusian giants, Bate Borisov...You should hide you face.

oilPUSSY:
Goodluck Jonathan started this project and the he's not owing any contractor before Buhari came to Power in 2015.
I don't know why Buhari is taking credit of what he didn't initiate or paid for.
God will punish anybody who's taking glory that belongs to someone else.

Government is continuum, don't be stupid...

larride:
I understand where you are coming from. When I said Tuchel has made PSG average when I saw them play against LPool, lots of people were rather shouting L’Pool this and that.

Tuchel is all hype and nothing.

I swear, the movement, interplay and defending is so poor considering the quality of players on parade.
To better understand Tuchel's mentality, check his celebration when they equalized in the dying minutes of the game. Mediocre he is.

All politicians immediately become sick once the law catches up on them, me thinks as part of the criteria to put yourself up for any elective position, a verifiable medical report should suffice.

Heywhizzy:
Why not if Psg were more clinical, they had better and more chances created largely by Neymar.. Why not look at it from that less BIAS angle

Better chances how exactly? Did we see the same game?

Heywhizzy:
Lol, Neymar was the best player on the pitch last night.. he played as a CAM behind a forward trio, He created the most chances(clear cut) and through balls last night, that was his job for last night though
If he had played in a front three, Raum goals and assists false theory would have worked


To the shakushaku fans, he had 12 dribbles last night, to the whoscored/squawka fans, he was the man of the match with a 9.+ rating

If only Napoli were more clinical...Neymar was not the best player on the pitch, he kept the ball unnecessarily when he should have passed, Hamsik, Mertens, Insigne, Koulibaly were heads and shoulders better.

larride:
United? Star players? PSG? Really?

I referenced the style of play, at United, we depend so much on individual brilliance that's what you get at PSG...Yesterday, if a random person who doesn't watch a lot of football walks into a bar, the person will most likely mistake Napoli for PSG...

Roland17:
Patooo,

Abeg, leave that matter. I can assure you that this United side under Mourinho will not be on top of the Ligue 1 table, worth more leading the league with 12 points and +31 goal difference like PSG is doing. In fact, based on your current form and tactics, United may occupy 3rd/4th in the French league.

In comparison, PSG will most definitely not be placed 10th in the EPL if roles were reserved. They will be contenders and pushing for the top 4. So no, PSG is not just Manchester United, they are way better than Manchester United and have been better than them for a while now.

I made reference to their style of play which mirrors that of Manchester United, the team relies so much on individual play, I saw their game last night and there looked so poor compared to Napoli who played like a team.
In PSG, Neymar picks up the ball, goes on a rampaging run then loses it and Mbappe gets his chance and does same. With that much quality, we should be treated to spectacular football characterized by sharp exchange of passes, one-twos, intelligent movement and so on but we only saw it from Napoli

elampiro:
Even under SAF, teams like Valencia or even worse left Old Trafford with a point. Even Bilbao beat us.

Juventus have faster midfielders. Please stop mentioning Mata. Adding average Mata to the slow combination of Pogba and Matic makes it worse. 1

Juventus has more quality players. Take it or leave it. This is same thing that have been playing in UCL final and semi final.

How often did we drop points against teams like Valencia? And the period you quoted was during SAF later years at Old Trafford where the quality of the team had dropped due to the Glazers unwillingness to spend.

elampiro:
This Napoli beating PSG, Juventus made them looked ordinary in their league match. Juve won 3-1

PSG is just Manchester United with many star players, no cohesion in their play, just a bunch of talented players doing their thing individually.

larride:
A midfield of Pogba, Matic and Mata will dominate a midfield of Pjanic, Matuidi and Bentancur who are hard workers and very disciplined? The same Pogba that even some were bashing yesterday that he was poor or the Matic that was slow? This average Juventus team is the only team in Europe top 5 league still unbeaten in all competition. Make of that what you will.

Yesterday performance was not bad or poor as you guys are making it seems. Maybe I watch another match from you guys.

They're hard workers and disciplined because the tactics and training they receive is better and nothing more. It's only normal you say we played well because De Gea wasn't gonna let Ronaldo get the better of him again thus was in inspired form for the entirety of the game, how many times did we work Szczesny bar Martial's shot from range and Pogba's effort that hit the post?
Shockingly, Lindelof too stood up tall if not, we wouldn't be having this discussion. It no wonder our rivals didn't flood this place to troll.

raumdeuter:
Bonnuci was signed by Milan made captainbut was immediately shipped out a season later becauseof dreadful performances back to the comfort and guidance of playing beside Chiellini

The same Mourinho who failed Juventus defense was calling and begging boateng to join him at man utd

Boateng a CL and world cup winner, bonnuci is what?

Is it Milan that shipped Bonucci out or he wanted out due to the poor players he had around him?
If you put Messi or in this case, peak Maldini, in that Milan team, how much of a difference will it make?

daveP:
Page 1300!!!


Emery should be watched out for. This guy has transformed everyone and the players know the Hunger for the epl title is best settled now. Even Ozil knew that and had to say bye to the German Team.

Iwobi is something else, thanks to the impact of the coach and without mincing words, JJ Okocha!!

If he scored that one on one he missed cos he couldn't raise his leg higher to control that ball, I'm sure the young player of the season award would be on his heels by now.

The defence needs an African in it once again. Goals conversed is too much.


Thanks Auba.

African? Are you sure of what you really want? Football has moved on from pure brute force and rash tackles and that's what 98% of defenders from Africa represents...

elampiro:
Ask yourself how they beat Valencia in Spain with ten men.

You have to start from defence, Juve have a stable defence than United. Secondly, Juve has dominated their opponents this season. They appear faster than every team they have played against.

Is Valencia a top team? That they managed to leave Old Trafford with a point is a negative testimony to where we are presently.
Juventus have a stable defence yes but how about the midfield? Is Pjanic, Bentacur and Matuidi better than Pogba, Matic and Mata? No...So why were we dominated? Simple, tactical set up, Cancel was advancing at every opportunity along with Sandro who was surprising a bit conservative in the process stretching our midfield.
Up front, Dybala and Ronaldo choosed their moment to get into the box, they spent the entirety of the match on the wings and through the AM position dragging our CBs all over the place and in process distorting our defensive shape...This is tactics. What was our own game plan? Pass to Martial and hope he does something out of the ordinary or wait for a moment of brilliance from Pogba. When last did you watch our game wherein you saw a move and knew a goal was in the offing? I bet you can't remember.
We have the team to outplay Juventus but we don't have a coach who is positive with his approach.

elampiro:
The quality of players in the team is low. Pogba, Matic, De Gea are the only players currently on high level. Martial will have to play for a long time to gain consistency.

We don't know our best CB. It seems we gradually getting a partnership with Smalling and Lindelof. Lindelof is comfortable with the ball.

Two or three great players will change this team. If we can get one good player to mesmerize opposition on the right wing, things will immediately change.

Abeg stop with this excuse, who is Cancelo, who is Betancourt, who is Cuadrado, the same one that failed at Stamford bridge, who is Sczheny or whatever?
We don't have quality players but Mata was one of the best players if not the best at Chelsea when they won the UCL, he could easily be the creative engine of the team in the right set up.
Cancelo was bombarding forward evertytime, at some point in the game, I saw him working Lindelof and I almost cried...For us, the starting position of Martial and Rasford meant they had to carry the ball a long distance on most occasions to get into a threatening position.
Allegri was more positive and it paid off, the little time we pressed high up the pitch, Juventus made mistakes, you wonder why we don't approach games with a positive mindset.

Look at Mourinho attempting to blame his lack of substitution on injuries when you had an 18 year old youngster on the bench...I checked our youth team lineup against Juventus and didn't see Chong, I thought he was injured only to see that he was part of the first team squad, you are a goal down but no, you don't trust him. If it was an attack minded coach, with the number of injuries, even Gomes would've joined the first team and at least entered the fray in the last 10-5mins.

Again, he subtly implied that our base of the defense i.e. CBs is poor hence his defensive approach but let's look at it critically, at Chelsea he had Terry and Carvalho at their prime but he still adopted a defensive approach whenever he came up against a perceived superior team, at Inter, with Walter Samuel and Lucio, he still choose to set up defensively when he met teams who were on par or slightly better, he carried the same philosophy to Madrid which caused a player revolt so I don't understand his point exactly. Granted our CBs need upgrades but let's be true to ourselves, he'll still setup to contain the opposition rather than have them tweak their game play to contain our attacking threat. Mourinho has since lost it, there's no future with him.
Even if we get Alderwireld and Maguire, Mou will still complain, he'll point to the fact that Juventus have Ronaldo so, he'd need a Messi to compete...

At 88th minute, you take a chance, bring on Tachith Chong...

Lindelof had a good game only after he was caught all over the place for the only goal of the game tho Matic too was partly to blame.

To be honest, Juventus is not as good as we're making them look... Our movement is poor, we mark poorly even though we have almost the whole team behind the ball... I am fed up with this our drab football.