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kinibigdeal:
Fayose have been doing that for over 4 years now

Well, haven't come across it, all state government should not just do this but also furnish us with the expenditure breakdown at the ed of every month...
Accountability should be the watch word going forward...
Thanks for the info tho...

Wow!!! If PDP had won, will the administration of Fayose be this responsible to avail the public this information? I think not...

Oasis007:


Let's calm down pls. We shouldn't write off the Club's Chance of winning any major Title this Season, just because we couldn't make a big Name signing yet. Do we really need a big Name Signing to win any major Title this Season?!

We've reinforced the Midfield already with the Signing of Fred, renewal of Fellaini's Contract and the Return of Perreira to the Club. We've got enough Players for the Midfield Section in my Opinion; Matic, Herrera, Pogba, Perreira, McTominay, Fred and Fellaini.

Wingers?...... Martial, Sanchez, Gomez, Chong, Mitchell. Mata and Lingard can play as Wingers or as AM.

Defence?..... Bailly, Lindelof, Tuanzebe, Rojo, Jones, Smalling.... ain't we covered?!

RB?.......... Valencia, Diogo and TFM. LB?!...... Young, Shaw and Mitchel. GK?!....... De Gea, Romero and Lee Grant.

Strikers?!....... Lukaku, Rashford and Greenwood.

Ain't we good to go with the listed Players?! Let's just hope JM is able to refine the raw Talents in the Mix to achieve a promising Result(s).

RW, RB and LB please let me see the players you have for this positions juxtaposed with that of our rivals...It's not just about building optimism, reality is the real deal...

larride:
Yes, the window will close before the league starts on Aug 10. Open early close early.

Damn, why the clubs voted for such rule is beyond me, now every club will more or less demand more from EPL teams for any player cos they know they're under pressure to strengthen with the deadline day just 12 days away, wrong move...
Ed needs to act fast before it's too late...

Just read somewhere that the English transfer window closes in 12 days time? Can anyone here confirm this...
If true, it's no wonder Mou is kind of desperate...

codedguy1:
Am disappointed you came you came back with this nonsense as a reply.

If you had followed my argument with Dayo from the get go, they'd be no need for this...Anyway, no vex...

codedguy1:
I really Dont understand the excuses you are giving for the kind of fullbacks or players we need to have at united, technically or not.

The coach should know what he wnts and do the needful, simple.

If Mou does not want to play attacking football, he will buy players that will play whatever style he wants and that will be different from what we fans want, which is imposing ourselves in a game aka attacking.

You said at united we are expected to attack, that's what we fans think, but it seems Mourinho has a different perspective. You can recall the chants of attack! attack!! attack!!! In some of our games and frankly speaking even average teams are not ready to sit and soak pressure from us again, they actually come out to play because there is no fear factor again.

So the question now is what technical ability is Mourinho looking for in a fullback that fits his style. Remember it seems a wolrd cup semi finalist in Ashley fucking young will most likely be one of our fullbacks. Does that tell you we will be attacking from the fullback or defending?

I hope this season turns out better especially in terms of general play and the eagerness to put teams to the sword by aggressively imposing our style in a match. Season never start so let me wait and see THE IMPROVEMENT from last season.

Please follow an argument and don't just jump in like a stranded passenger trying to catch the last bus...

raumdeuter:
So of all past 6 full backs in title winning sides only Alonso can be said to be technically better than Valencia

You can't compare the requirements in one club with another, several factors come to bare when talking about players and their suitability for a set up, for instance, Pep and Man City will first consider a defender's ability on the ball rather than his defending abilities because they know the set up at the club permits them to overlook certain qualities in a defender.

Leicester, when they won the league relied more on counter attacks thus all they needed were good defenders rather than technically astute fullbacks cos their status and fans expectations permitted such...

At Manchester United, we are expected to attack most times than not as teams tend to sit back when they come up against us thus we need technically sound fullbacks who are adept as auxiliary wingers to do damage and that's where Valencia fails...You can't have hectares of space and yet can't deliver a good cross (same problem with Moses), it's not acceptable in the long run...
And please, winning the league is not a standard to judge defenders, we have seen average players played and win big trophies, doesn't in anyway change the fact that they're average...

raumdeuter:
You fixed the gap in your midfield

If you are saying Dalot is not an improvement, nd old age is not your excuse, I wont want to hear anytime during the season that you have old players o cos you just said age doesnt matter

What technical attribute does a Full back need to have? City won the league last season with Walker and Deplh, what are their technical abilities? Chelsea won with Moses and Alonso, before that Leicester won with Simpson and Fuchs,
So what do these fullbacks have that Valencia doesnt have.

City's overall possession game did a lot to cover for Delph and his inadequacies as a LB, if he played for a team other than City, he'd have been exposed big time.
Alonso is technically gifted, you can't compared Valencia with him.
For the kind of game we play, we need top performing players in virtually every position since Mourinho has failed holistically in his bid to build a team that can cover for the inadequacies of some of the players.

raumdeuter:
Likewise Man Utd have strenghtened by getting Fred for Central midfield to partner Matic and Pogba which was identified as a weak point last season

Also Dalot has been signed to Right back to deputize Valencia and inject youth into the position where you complained about old people
If we are to go by completed deals and not runors, Man Utd have actually strenghtened 2 of the key areas where weaknesses was identified

You mean Man Utd strengthened by adding Dalot, a teenager who prior to now only managed a couple of games in the Porto first team? Hell no...
Talking about old age, it has always been your excuse not mine...The issue with Valencia has nothing to with age rather his technical deficiencies and when we clamour for a replacement, we have in the back of our minds, a technically gifted player with age on his side...Dalot is one for the future, he doesn't in anyway close the gap in our fullback positions...

raumdeuter:
So what are the needs of your rivals like City Chelsea and Spurs and how have they addressed it.

Man Utd has done more in the market than those 3 clubs

Chelsea have signed Jorginho to partner Kante, addressing their deficiency in midfield...
They are looking at strengthening their CB position as well as RB with Rugani and Hysaj (not sure I got the spelling right), they only narrowly missed out on Golovin for their AM position even though he wasn't really necessary in my assessment...

Man City have signed Mahrez for their RWF position, an improvement on Sterling and he can play the AM position or interchange with Bernado Silva innthe absence of D. Silva...We also saw how much Pep went in for Fred in January and now, Jorginho, he is trying to get a competitor and potential replacement for Fernandinho without a drop in quality...Elsewhere, the squad is pretty much balanced especially with Mendy back fit... Citycan even do without any addition (s) but they're still actively trying to strengthen...

I need not say much about Liverpool who have gone about improving the quality of their squad with some very good signings.

Spurs are the only other team who have been slow off the mark but having a squad that have played together for this long, they can only get better...

Arsenal have also strengthened their squad with Papathadopoulus, Lichstener and Torreira who adds much needed steel in their midfield...We hear they're also trying to get Nzonzi, a top performer in midfield.

raumdeuter:
You have signed 2 players

How many has Chelsea and City signed

It's has nothing to do with number of players bought but addressing the needs of a team...

raumdeuter:
Bayern has signed 17yr old Alphhonso Davies from the Vancouver whitecaps

He will join in January and play for the youth team

For the fees quoted, he must be really special...Just hope it's not another Sanchez tho

larride:
I sincerely don’t mind Mou bashing Woodward, why the hell is the motherfucker on holiday when the transfer market is open and we are meant to strengthen the team. If it’s to find sponsorship now, the bastard won’t be on holiday. Fucker.

To be honest, I think we need a sporting director to oversee the footballing side of things at Old Trafford while Woodward anchors the business side of things...

Ed is on holidays? It's no wonder we are very quiet in the transfer market, our rivals bar Tottenham are busy strengthening yet the man in-charge of transfers is on hols...Long thing...
As much as the RW is problematic, for me the main area of concern is the CB and LB position (Shaw is not to be trusted as he has his fitness issues and Young is a no-no for me), as I can live with Valencia for one more season knowing too well that we have TFM back...

neezar:
Most northern governors were loyal to Oyegun than bubu.....Both the senators were involved too

Tinubu just made a mistake by putting osho baba there

Loyal to Oyegun over Buhari? Funny...

diggz:
To serve what purpose?

I am only talking politics here, governors are more influential, it's better than have 5 - 7 governors than 13 senators or 37 representatives. Of all Those that switched sides today, only Saraki and Kwakwansho can deliver their states..Kwankwasho has a question mark sef

neezar:
Saraki is very smart

Less talk and more action

He hasn't defected yet

For me, as long as Buhari manages to keep the governors on his side, he is still on the lead...

larride:
Maguire that’s not better than Smalling. Forget all the abracadabra that he does with ball at his feet, his composure is zero and he tends to draw foul easily. Maguire shouldn’t be mentioned in the same sentence as Alderweireld.

It's not a comparison from my end, the rumors about us wanting him is building but I'd rather have us go all out for Toby...

GloryIsaac:
I think Maguire will be used to replace Smalling or Jones and offload either of them.

But the RW still has issues and nothing so far on it.

Ashley Young might be our first-choice left back next season though.

Maguire will be too expensive, if we must replace Smalling and/or Jones, it should be with a player of better quality and fitness...
Young at LB is a nightmare, Mourinho should either trust Shaw or get us Alex Sandro as Marcelo might be tempted by the opportunity to reunite with CR7 at Juve.

afrodoc2:
Depor was a perennially good side long before Valeron got there (and even won the league before him) right from the days of Bebeto, Naybet, Fran, Donato, Mauro Silva and even when Valeron got there Tristan, Makaay and others contributed a great deal.

Not saying Valeron wasn't good but dismissively saying he was better than Riquelme and rating Riquleme at the level of Gago is what i found blasphemous. You probably didn't watch enough of Riquelme, Messi would do human sacrifice if he could get a young Riquelme in this Argentine squad.

Riquelme was a joy to watch, he was a leader on the pitch, he could pass, score, defend and attack in equal measure...Ibime you should appreciate him more.

I'd rather have us sign Alderweireld than Maguire right now, we could do with some experience and leadership in that back 4...

MRTA7:
The very highly rated Seri has just signed for Fulham

After all the hype, he ends up at Fulham? I could have sworn he was joining any of the big boys, especially with the rumoured Jorginho switch to Chelsea, I thought he was going to join Napoli...

GloryIsaac:
Not discrediting anyone, what matters is that they faced average and mediocre teams all the way from even the WC qualifiers coupled with their loudmouthed media who won't let social media rest with that "coming home" b.s.

Trying to enter WC finals through backdoor and making noise like they eliminated any big boy on their way.

In this tournament, the three lions were not overhyped or hyped up in anyway, if one thing, nobody believed in this team...
Now if you think the whole Coming home chant was hype, then you obviously are getting things wrong, any team that reaches the quarters let alone the semis of any competition has the right to dream...We all detest the English but let that not blind us as to what reality really means...
It was Mou that said if we get to the quarter finals of the UCL, then and only then will he start believing...

raumdeuter:
Sinizia call them by their names, e.g patrick

I'd like to know if you consider Chile, Germany as weak opposition, if not, then why would you say Sweden and Colombia are weak teams?
My post yesterday only served to correct the notion that England had it easy in the run up to the semi finals as a means to discredict the lads, you were quick to draw the attention of everybody that England has had better teams in the past but were only unlucky to be knocked out by superior opposition, sounds true but you are only admitting that they were knocked out by clearly superior opposition now just cos you think it sways the argument in your favor...
If only we could see the other side of the coin after it lands on the floor, I am sure you'd come here to say Croatia are easy opposition, anything to discredit the teams you hate...

dopeJemi:
Have they faced weaker oppositions or not?

PS, England had more starters in their line up than Belgium

Bar Pickford and Stones who else is a starter?
I look at the Belgian team and see Fellaini and Chadli...

This whole talk of England facing weak opposition until this moment doesn't make any sense, if Germany was any good, they'd have progressed, if Italy and the other big guns like Chile were so good, they'd have made it to the Mundial...Reaching the semi finals of the world cup is no mean feat and if England goes on to win, history will remember them...

Sweden is weak yet they qualified ahead of Germany in a group many of you considered weak.
Colombia is weak yet Chilean players have been holidaying for the past one month...
I am sure if England beats Croatia, some of you will come here to say it's because Croatia went into extra time and penalties in their last two games...

By now you guys should have known Dayo, he has prepared a two faced excuse waiting for whatever outcome, if England wins the world cup, he will attribute their success to Pep and the fact that they've had to play against so-called weak opposition but should Croatia wins tomorrow, dude will be all over the place saying England faltered in their first big test...Pick a struggle bro...

And no, England's 2nd team lost to Belgium's 2nd team and not England lost to Belgium's 2nd 11 as one poster highlighted making it look like England first 11 was involved...

MRTA7:
I'm not convinced by Fekir.

He's been poor everytime I have seen him at this world cup...He was fantastic for Lyon tho...

Happy Birthday Obaino...

diggz:
walahi.... the lady just dey in the middle of every every.... meanwhile your guy dey over stretch the matter. Him just need to discuss with the lady make dem come into an agreement on the way forward then sort this guy out him cash...shikena! That will help is rep and image more than all this explanations and back and forth wey him dey on so......

It's this simple, if I was in Funlordz shoe, I for don rake the lady since, it's really not worth the drama.

diggz:
on or off.... there is a trail na... shebi money left account a to account b? that is sufficient....

Make that him business partner settle this whole brouhaha, call BOA and settle this whole shit...Reminds me of the Ikoyi towers where some cool cash was found and nobody wanted to be associated with it, the NIA scandal...

Honestylarry:
Yes it's stated in his previous posts and screenshots if you've been following since yesterday. He won't deny this

It's best if there realize the third party is at fault here, she holds the keys to settling this, call BOA and sort out the issue, it's that simple unless there's fraud in all if this..