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Apart from the second goal, De Gea had no chance saving any of the other goals...Pique should be lambasted for giving away that cheap free kick at the edge of his box.

Griezmann staying at Atletico, thank God Ed no look him side.

sinizia:
I was really surprised to see Yuri Zhikov, the ex Shekpe LB playing for the Russians. Thought he'd retired a long time ago.

I was equally surprised...

An Arsenal fan talking about woes...Las las you go dey alright.

This Neymar guy dey mad sha...

dubylhover:
But you didn't address my point on this particular quote.. Pogba compared his non challant attitude to that of Messi, when he knows hes not even worthy of calling Messi name based on what they contribute to their team, but no,you still found a way to involve mourinho

Last last we go all dey alright finally

If his non challant attitude is not good enough, let him be dropped as simple as ABC, that's how you send a message to someone otherwise, you work with him to improve his all round game.
I remember when Pep came in and we all thought that was it for Sterling and his brainless football but Pep worked closely with him to improve his game and decision making, that's how a coach should work...
Elsewhere, he was not comfortable with the output of Clichy, Sagna and Co, he didn't waste time, he shipped them out, that's how a coach should operate...

dubylhover:
Imagine the spoilt brat saying that if Messi walks around the pitch no one complains but if he does same it becomes an issue.. That lad is very stupid for making such comparison...does he give 1/16 of what Messi can give...

It's obvious to all that pogba is talented but he's not serious enough, but no, let's blame the special fraud for that attitude on the pitch

Who is the coach, who is responsible for selecting Pogba? Why is he selected if he isn't doing what is expected of him? If he is lazy, why is he still one of the first names team sheet? If any of your answer to the aforementioned questions doesn't indict Mourinho cos the buck stops at his table then, I have nothing else to say but hope that last last, you will be alright...

Deal agreed for Fred, Dalot next...

SIRcumalot:
This "he can play left back and right back" na huge red flag for me.
He just tell me say na confused player.
Na so una tell us say Darmain fit play for both position.

But una want make Martial play LW, RW, AM and ST.

I have this gut feeling that Loew dropped Sane to make the team selection easy for him.

SailorXY:
is the Dalot guy really better/talented than what we already have? Because experience-wise he's nowhere.

He is a better LB than Young, he isn't as fast as Shaw but he is taller and can whoop in a good cross...He looks very promising but then, we have seen a lot others like him

Dalot from the clips I have watched seems more comfortable as a LB than RB, he is a good crosser of the ball and very good with aerial balls...

Happy birthday Elrony...Best of wishes...

raumdeuter:
patrickmuf A40

I am shocked at Joachim's choice here...At worst Sane should be on the bench.

weedtaker:
lies.. first of all LVG had the funds to buy whatever he wants but decided to use it foolishly, its not like mourinho inherited better players, he scouted and purchased them.. pogba's best tally ever was 26goals+assist at juventus in 49apps and 4,284mins played, under jose he has 18goals+assist in 37apps with 2,879mins played, Sanchez na new comer, rashford just had his best season under mou. martial has only one exceptional season for all we know he might be a one season wonder, though i trust jose to make him a world beater.
Lol.. LVG improve who? LVG isn't bad them suppose load you for dis rubbish wey you type.
nah, LVG underperformed by winning the FA cup and finishing 4th and 5th in the league, meanwhile under jose we've won the league cup and europa league and finished 6th and 2nd in the league. one was sacked after two seasons despite winning the FA cup one is entering his 3rd with backing from the board despite loosing the FA cup final.

there's levels to it, you and I know......

Use it foolishly you said but if we look at Mou signings, only Matic and Lukaku have consistently performed at a level required at the very top, no? Mkhitaryan is gone, Bailly is good but seems to be injury prone, Lindelof still has the jury out on him as you'd say for Sanchez...

Talking about stats, Rashford posed better stats as did Pogba but away from stat which hardly tells the story as it happens, they have both been disappointing compared to when we saw them first.

Talking about the performances of the both coaches, nothing covers up for mediocrity, they've both underperformed...Mourinho is only on the job this long because he is Mourinho and nothing else...

Lana1:
SAF was a rare breed and I share ur dislike for Mourinho but u're been biased here.

We made excuses during LVG's time that it was his fault. Now same set of players and another manager and we are still laying all the blames on the manager. When are we going to start blaming the players.

The manager can only motivate to the best of his ability but in the end its not the manager's words that will win the game on the pitch.

If we do a player for player comparison, you'd notice that Mourinho has the better team compared to LVG and yet the players at his disposal have so far underperformed prior to when they met Mou.
Mourinho has left the likes of Pogba, Sanchez, Martial, Rashford etc worse than they were before him, he has only managed to improve Lingard and Lukaku (his overall game), I deliberately refused to add Young cos under LVG, he was flourishing as a LW.
Now, compared to LVG who I think improved our players in his brief spell as manager, he has his lapses but he certainly isn't as bad ascyou might think...
In all, LVG and Mourinho have seriously underperformed, our style of player is drab, we play like a collection of total strangers hurriedly assembled.

His personal opinion...

Lana1:
Spot on. Tho most managers might have SAF's man management skills, but that doesn't mean players cant give 100% regardless of who the Manager is.

Was Peak JS Park better than Pogba is now? Who would u rather ve in ur team? It has more to do with the players than the manager

The key ingredient here is motivation...Fergie managed to motivate average players back then to give their all, he believed in the team, he always believe they were the best crop of players...Now compare that to Mourinho who in the middle of the season is already talking of getting more quality players, criticizing the players and specializing in blame games...

weedtaker:
conte won the F A cup finished 5th in the league and is about getting the sack, klopp finished 4th and lost his 700th cup final in a disgraceful manner. Manchester united are both runners up in the league and FA cup, after finishing 6th and winning the league cup and the europa league the previous season.

your hate for jose is disgusting, E the make me vomit. nyama!

Please read and understand, Lana1 was praising Fergie and the passion of players back then, I am only pointing out that nothing has changed except that Fergie managed to motivate the lads to perform irrespective of situation and position...We have seen players at City, Real, Barca and the likes doing well so nobody should blame the media hype or whatever...Pogba was doing well before he was signed, Matic was also doing well, all the players we signed at one point were doing great at their previous clubs, you can't put the blame on all of them when it is easier to point fingers on one man, the one responsible for the team selection and tactics, Jose Mourinho.

Lana1:
And these two starting 11 just proves how we as fans don spoil finish...

Imagine if it was Mourinho that fielded that kind of 11 even with an injury hit squad, we for don dey cry with all sorts of excuses.

Excuses like Martial can only play on the left. Pogba can only play in 3 man midfield. Rashford cant play on the right.
Nonsense. Fletcher played in defence against German champions and an in form Dzeko and was our best defender after Evra. Even Park had a decent game at RB.

So why cant these current generation of players just get on the pitch, play where they tell them to and drop a 6.5 or 7/10 at least?

Fact is most of these players just want to enter pitch and do fine boy. That's always their priority. Gone are the days of pashunate football. Most guys now just want to get on the pitch do a few skills and show the rest of the world say "Dem don arrive".

How come Barca, Madrid, Liverpool, City, Juventus and the likes are doing well, are they not affected by the same factors affecting our players such as money, social media and the likes...Fergie managed to motivate those guys, Klopp is doing well with Liverpool, Conte won the Fa Cup with Chelsea, why are we questioning the players who were all very exciting before they joined us?

I took this picture of a vessel at the Calabar Port sometime late last year...

afrodoc2:
Stroke ke? When I no be teacher or swimmer.

Na the level of assurance touch my heart. Infact i can extrapolate the coefficient of kpanning from the level of assurance.
Another name for tracksuit is sweatsuit, Na sweat the girl go take pay dopejemi back.

Lol Dopejemi fit knack her till she Off...Imagine 30k paid for rounds.

donphilopus:
A pre-match lunch for a friendly game less than 2 weeks to the world cup? We should expect more dinners in Russia.

BTW, is that not the Minister of Finance there?

Without any lunch or dinner, Ayegbeni missed a one-on-net in South Africa during the 2010 World Cup. Without a lunch, Kaita almost killed a player in the pitch against Greece in South Africa 2010 (maybe due to the influence of tramadol, swinor, rohypnol or codeine). That action alone eliminated us from the group stage.

With all this pre-match lunch now, one of our players may shoot a penalty to the throw-in in Russia after much highness.

Lol you don enter comedy?

SweetJoystick:
Na Adeosun I dey see so? Wetin she dey find for there so this yeye Dalung fit dress well but him dey dress as cult member for Nigeria, well maybe he dey fear UK authorities

Hehehe you are funny...

I think Fred is coming to take Herrera's place in the team...Carrick will be replaced by Pereira if he remains with us...McTonimay should replace Fellaini...
For cup games against less fancied opponents, I'd like to see a midfield of Herrera - McTonimay - Pereira...

Fred - Matic - Pogba or a Fred and Matic double pivot with Pogba as the 8

Cadec007:
I supported you until you mentioned lingard among the average players........ He is the son of Wembley, av+ is better than just av. Right now lingard is one of our hardworking players.

Hardworking players? Look, forming activity on the pitch isn't hard work, he is clueless on the ball as he most times runs into opposition players because he doesn't know what to do with the ball.

Roland17:
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11890/11389650/robert-lewandowski-feels-he-needs-a-new-challenge-says-bayern-munich-strikers-agent

Bayern should have cashed in on players like Lewa, Vidal and Muller last season. Lewa's value has dropped and he seems bored and discontent with Bayern.

Bayern will struggle to get up to 80m for him especially as he has come out to say he wants out.
Bayern's management have been making some terrible decisions of late...Robbery should be history by now but no, they got extensions...Lewy is right if he decides to call quits.

PlainJAY:
Lewandoski wants to leave Bayern

Don't mind Raumdeuter, he'll rather advertise Vidal than Lewy who has come out to say he is tired of bundesliga...

elrony:


Woody go fess do revenue analytics first

elrony:
Bale will definitely cost more than 80m since it's United involved!

Common bench warming useless Morufu , they wanted to fleece us

Neymar any day anytime will improve that front line(he can play anywhere up front). Loan Rashford(or he deputise for Ukaku), Sanchez AM , Tony Second Striker or LWF. (I'm just speculating tho)

I reiterate, "Get Neymar "

Lol let me call Ed to put in a bid in excess of 300m...

SailorXY:
baba cool down faa, for Neymar Jr. all of them can be sold

Ok Martial na my paddy, understudy no go bad

Hehehe no mind me jare na the 250-300m be wahala, I don't think Ed will sanction that deal.
Martial is one of my favorite players, don't want him sold or unhappy...