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Oasis007:
Leceister will never sell Mahrez in January. He's there Joker right now, and Puel won't be stupid to sell him at any Amount to any Club in January, except if the Management is swayed which I doubt.

Thus, can you suggest any possible Signing(s) to improving the current United Squad?!

If we seriously want him, we'll get him...

JayKayMaybachz:
Rumors

Joao Mario ain't better Dan Mhki

He's a mechanical player, full of running...

Oasis007:
The emboldened can't be true Bro. Dybala is playing week in - week out at Juventus, hence it's possible for Argentina to play the Trio of Messi, Aguero and Dybala upfront at the Mundial.

He needs Games, he's not a barely known Player, he's a Star. He can never be happy sitting on the Bench for Mbappe.

He must prove himself between now and End of the Season to save his Career, hence he's gonna look out for a Team that gonna offer him regular playing Time in January.

I think I need to make it clear once more, I didn't ask for the permanent Signing, rather a quick Fix (Loan).

If you follow the Argentinale national team, you'd know that Dybala, Kun and Pipita aren't guaranteed starters, sometimes a player might just be the coache's favorite and that's where Di Maria falls...In Germany it used to be Podolski and now Muller, no matter how bad they play for thier club othey still get called up and given the starting nod ahead of others who are in most cases more deserving of it.
Secondly, you hardly see big clubs (especially in England) taking players on loan unless they have the option to buy, nobody wants to give a starting berth to a player that's not theirs cos if he performs, he gets recalled by the parent club.

Oasis007:
Can we win the UCL......?! I doubt it. Can we win the EPL......?! Probably! League Matches are played weekly, while UCL Matches are played periodically. Besides, UCL Games are highly unpredictable.

Can we make it to the Final....?! Probably. Can we lose out in the next Round......?! Probably too. I think we should reinforce the Team to maintain our Position in the League or perhaps win the Le7ague (nothing is impossible).

However, I will gladly welcome Mahrez to the Team if he's signed by JM. He's good a Player, a good Winger, and a good Lefty. He has proven himself already in the League, and definitely gonna be a good Addition to the Squad.

BTW..... I didn't ask for permanent Signing of either Bale or Di Maria. They both lack playing Time at their respective Clubs at the moment. Bale needs playing Time to get fitter and proves himself more. Di Maria needs playing Time to make the WC Squad for the Argies.

Di Maria is a guaranteed starter in the Argentine national team so I doubt he'd be under any pressure to play more except for personal fulfillment...And the manner in which he left United wasn't appealing.
Bale on the other hand is injury prone and cannot be trusted...Our best bet is Mahrez or we put in a bid for Sanchez.

Valencia has coped a hamstring injury due in most part to fatigue, Mou should rotate especially our key players, Lukaku, Matic etc we can't afford to lose any of them to injuries now...

eph12:
And is that exactly what he is doing? How should he man up again?

He should keep on scoring, if he likes let him celebrate or not, he gets paid weekly so nobody cares...

SIRcumalot:
Forget slimghost.
Na Patrick we go use.

His going about his business bro, he dey score.
He just don sabi how e dey go now.


Na ukaku war song be this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG0XAzL1S60

Hehehe here am I, use me...

Some fans are allowed to criticize Herrera but others are barred from having a go at Lukaku and others who are/have one point or another underperformed...

SIRcumalot:
These pundits are about to criticse ukaku for not celebrating his goals.

Can a nigga live?

But he Lukaku should man...I get taken to the cleaners by my boss when things don't go according to plan but I still man up and go about my business after all. He, Lukaku is paid mega bucks to perform and he has everything at his disposal to get over bad days like the City match so he should man up...

PietroRico:
Looking back now, our season died when we lost to f'úcking Huddersfield. That match still haunts me when I shut my eyes sometimes

Lol that game pain everybody sha no be only you.

chrisley024:
Cos of the no celebration? I guess cos it was his club and at their home

He didn't celebrate last time he scored, so I guess he is pissed off by the criticism that came his way after the City game...

We'll walk triumphantly into page 4900...

SIRcumalot:
Tominay and Shaw for 2nd half.
I never see them play for sometime

Means you didn't watch our last couple of games...

Lingard...Keep up the pressure guys...

Leyqute:
It's not that bad. We've been trying to break them down and they've hardly troubled De Gea. Lukaku seems to have gained weight.

We need a second goal soon.

Hopefully we score the second goal and kill off the contest

Much better especially from Rashford...Lukaku should remain in the box, it's where he is most effective.

Very poor performance, we are not pressing well enough and the quality of our play has been generally before par.

Rashford is looking uninterested...

odizeey:
bros abeg who be d top dogs

Madrid, Barca, Bayern, PSG

CapitalCee:
Wetin be this? City where already tearing Liverpool apart before the red card. You mean last season? Didnt Chelsea beat city with counter attack last season? What happened this season? Nna eeh some people sef

Are you saying the red card didn't have an impact cos at 1 vs 0, Liverpool always had a chance to come back in...
And talking about last season, Spurs beat City convincingly compared to Chelsea who rode their luck throughout the game.

dubylhover:
have you watched d current barca? that team is finished,bayern dominated possession against psg at d parc d Paris,but quote this anywhere,if any of them meets pep,city would average a 60% possession

Same Pep that adopted a tad cautious approach with Bayern against Barcelona? If Barcelona play to their potential, I doubt any team can match them especially with Dembele coming back and Suarez gradually hitting form...
Talking about PSG, when fully fit, City will struggle to contain them. I still think City are a level below the top dogs

dubylhover:
yea,the diff btw last season and this season is very obvious,pep is now top of the league and we have moved from 6th to 2nd,mind you it was at white hart lane poch won pep,at d ethiad it was d wastefulness of his strikers that let spurs come back from a 2 goal lead.

funny enough see the teams you're waiting for to play against pep..Madrid,bayern psg..barca,these are teams who have quality players that play at d highest level consistently,and those are d kind of teams that can cause damage to pep,but mind you if pep meets any of those teams,they must sit in their own half and wait for counter attack,cos if they play their normal footie,pep would annihilate them..you have strike d right balance whilst playing against pep

Barcelona sit in their own half? Bayern? PSG? I think not...Only Madrid will opt for counter attack but the rest will come at City, it's gonna be end to end...Imagine Messi/Robben/Mbappe running at Delph...

A40:
I wonder wetin Jupp give Ulreich chop. The improvement is insane!

Scrappy win but I'd take it and a Mueller goal as well. We really need Mueller to get to that 2013-2015 form if we are going to challenge in elite Europe

All eyes on Dortmund now who are trying to do a Bayern. Sometimes you wonder if these players just want the coach fired and play absolute nonsense! It's happened too often across various leagues for you not to question it

For me, it's disgusting that players will adopt such approach even when they're paid heavily to put in their best weekin, week out

dubylhover:
no one is saying mou approach is the best but I repeat,no team in the epl would win pep by playing an open attacking footie with him,its a battle you can never win..even ancelotti parked d bus at d bernabau against pep in d ucl and used counter attacking style..y we are talking about poch team is that he's been called d messiah on this thread while mou the anti-christ,but peeps forget to fully analyse d strength and weakness of d team..I repeat there is absolutely no way we can beat city by playing all out attacking football without being cautious,abi do you think the professional coaches who defend against pep love doing it,klopp,poch,sarri of napoli are all attacking coaches but you can see the result against for going full gung ho against this peps team and players...

I honestly hope we get d chance to play them in d ucl,mayb just mayb,luck might b on our side

Spurs beat them last season playing attacking football and that was when Pochettino had all his key men available, this year, against Liverpool the result could've been different if Mane didn't receive his marching orders from the ref. Season will be beaten come the second half of the season...
When City come up against Barcelona, Bayern, PSG/Madrid then we will know how good they really are.

It's funny that folks here wanna put down Pochettino because his team got outclassed today in a bid to make Mou's approach look like the best...
I also see another fellow blame injuries to Pogba and Morata as one of the major reason why Mou and Conte couldn't deploy their best tactics.

It's laughable to be honest for folks to believe you only stand a chance of beating City by parking the bus, it is the most ridiculous claim to be honest, until City scored the second goal, Spurs looked the more likely to score, in fact they had City camped in their half at some point but poor finishing and in some instances poor decision making was their undoing.

And talking about absentees, Spurs were without their best defender, Alderweireld and Sanchez who was signed from Ajax thus Pochettino couldn't deploy his usual 3 CBs at the back and had to make do with the brainless Dier who is normally deployed as a DM away from the goal to mask his occasional lapse in concentration.
In the middle, Spurs really missed Wanyama who would have done a better job in keeping KDB in check.

All in all, City though on a very fine run of form aren't invincible or out of sight yet, I'm quite sure some folks here thought Crystal Palace were gonna go down, at some point, they couldn't even get a draw but look where they are now, same with Westham and Everton... It's football and most importantly the EPL, for all of City's brilliance, they may end up without a trophy.

funlord:
He is more dynamic than herrera for now! He is basically what herrera used to be during his bilbao era but it seems gaal has killed that vibe in him totally! Mactominay has already stated that he is trying to base his game on scholesy but if herrera wants he can still play attacking football like what I saw tominay do last night! He has all those quick touches and passes in his locker as you have pointed out but his time spent in defensive midfield has made him too conservative. He is more of a safety first player these days! Maybe it's the coaching or a loss of form but he should be worried if that kid keeps improving!

Well said.

CapitalCee:
Please is Herrera really better than Mctominay? It's better we stopped buying these overrated foreign player and develop our home grown players and only buy super quality players like Pogba, Martial and Ibrahimovic.

To me, McTominay is very similar to Herrera in the way he plays, quick one touch short passes, he isn't too adventurous but maybe that has got to do with the fact that he is playing with the big guys or I prolly haven't seen enough of him...

Cc: Funlord

Dayo, take a break, at the Manchester United thread, Elampiro is landing heavy punches on your head, over here, Ibime is doing worse, who knows if Airmark is on your thread doing same, Parkinson is real...Lay low or you'll go down low, a word is enough for an amala turner Dayo.

Elampiro, you're so on point, I think the extraordinary stats posed by Messi and Ronaldo has altered the way people view footballers nowadays, couple of years back, Neymar, Hazard and Messi would've been more appreciated than present Ronaldo who is more about goals than exciting dribbles, playmaking etc.

funlord:
As in I no dey even understand wetin dem dey try prove or yarn! Dem wan turn here to chelsea thread when na 1 discussion from january till december on top things wey no matter!

Some guys just don't know when to stop...

eph12:
That RW needs a player there to keep Lukaku in his position. He drifts away from goal too much. See as he became tired after pursuing that ball

Riyad Mahrez?

Lukaku, please stay in the box, he is always drifting to the wings like Costa...
See him looking at Mata from an offside position instead of running onside.
Martial on the other hand should've buried that chance.