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ouzo1:
Wirtz go end up for Bayern...

Both can't function effectively in the same set-up.

Bombblacks:
From his time at England with 3 different clubs. Seria A football suits him.

He was younger then. Lookman is now more mature and better. He will star in any league.

afrodoc2:
I no mind either of them. Make Baba God answer our prayers.

We will have City to contend with if any of them are available. City need to replace KDB and seeing how poor Foden has been, Pep will surely be on the look out for another top attacking midfielder.

I am happy Madrid, Barcelona, and Chelsea won't be in the race.

afrodoc2:
Musiala will have 1 more year not 2 years left by next summer transfer window. Wirtz will have 2 years left.

I would opt for Musiala if I were given the option to choose between the two for his dribbling in tight spaces, but in Amorim's system, Wirtz will fit better because he has the better vision and work rate.

Bombblacks:
Lookman is not cut out for EPL football.

Why do you hold this opinion?

CapitalCee:
Oh i see.
I Laugh when some people say that 3 atb system wont work or is problematic. I have done my research and noticed that some of the nastiest coaches to play against are the ones that do 3 atb. Inzaghi for now is at the top of the pile, Gasperini is another one, Conte, Alonso, even Tuchel. Very annoying to play against, and they don't require too many marquee signings to work, just discipline, effiecient and high work rate shikena. If you watch Atalanta and Inter, those guys are absolute Bastards, they will frustrate the hell oit of you.

One thing I have noticed too about Amorim style that is different from other 3atb coaches is his passing stats. I.e the amount and accuracy. Apart from Alonso' Leverkusen, All 3atb coaches have low passing and possesion stats against tough oppositions, including elite ones like Gasperini and Inzaghi, and even Conte.

Since Amorim came, we have out-passed every team we have played against apart from City yesterday, infact we were leading them both in terms possession and every passing stats until the injury time because we just wanted to see out the game and they were desperate to score.
For context even though City are poor recently, but they have dominated possesion against every team they played and by far out-passed all of them including Liverpool.
During ETH , we barely clock 300/350 passes even against any competent team even Fernabache, out-passed us. Yesterday versus city we had 476 to City's 491 we were leading them in this stat before injury time, i was constantly checking it, thats insane against City at Etihad.
We had 22 touches in Man city box, thats also insane at Etihad, many teams including Liverpool didnt have up to 15 at Anfield. Also Man city had like 18. For Context, away to Brentford last season they had 85 touches in our box.
I took a dive and checked Sporting stats I discovered that it followed the same pattern, they dominated every team they played including the top teams, they only match they didn't was against city that they won 4-1, which shows that we have better quality players than Sporting in possession and passing accuracy, they just had better team work having played and trained together for a longer time. Surprisingly, the new coach in Sporting even though he just won his first league game against Boavista last weekend, his team dominated the possession and passing stats too including agaisnt Arsenal. Which means Amorim has ingrained that style in the team before he left.

I don't know if this is a positive sign, but its a very interesting one. Most 3atb teams are known for their OOP mastery, stifling abity and quick transition, but Amorim added passing and possession to that chart in his teams. Another thing I noticed with Alonso Leverkusen is their OOP arrangement is below par compared to others the best in that aspect is Atalanta, those guys are demons.

I believe that a deep lying orchestrator to patner Ugarte is essential or Mainoo should be trained to be that. A set of wingbacks and an experienced Striker is needed, plus a 10. I suggest Witz. In CB we are really good we have 5 solid ones Maz, Licha, Deligt, Yoro and Maguire (I will give him 2 year extension on reduced wages, Francesco Acerbi,36 and DeVries 32 are the 2 CCBs in inter, and Djimsiti at 31 plays it for Atalanta until they got Hien in the summer to share the responsibility).


afro.doc2.

Lookman for the LAMF spot will be perfect.

CapitalCee:
Who is carlos Augusto? How about Patrick Dorgu?

The best for me among those bunch is Di Marco, the guy is solid

Carlos Augusto is also at Inter Milan. He is nearly as good as Di Marco. You can check him out. Di Marco is the first choice but he too sees considerable gametime.

blueAgent:
Typical senseless urchin responses.

The topic is about your clueless Messiah and his failed police's.

ZOMBIE

You this useless good-for-nothing transgendered. The Governor as is the usual ploy of Governors is attempting to pitch the people against the FG when he could simply have outlined what he has done with the allocation he has received thus far in the face of the inflation we are all witnessed to.

We all know there's inflation as a result of the poorly planned fuel subsidy removal by the FG so the Governor should rather focus on what he has done with the allocation which has nearly doubled.

Ellexy:
Dumfries is another low IQ player with physicality. I don't fancy him at all. We need intelligent and technical players much more than gidigbo players.

Then you have Frimpong.

Once Rashford, Sancho, Shaw, and Casemiro are out in the summer, we will have enough space for new signings and effectively reduce our wage bill.

ChristineC:
they'd be looking at a LWB that can also play as LCB. Luke Shaw cannot help his body and the contract with Johnny Evans is going to run out. We are not buying a RWB anytime soon.

Mazraoui and Yoro for RCB, Maguire and De Ligt for CCB, and for LCB, it's Licha with any of the CBs as deputy, or we promote from the academy. We will likely sign Frimpong from Leverkusen so that Dalot can be an option from the bench.

For the LWB, Carlos Augusto should do; he can also play LCB, even though I'd prefer Davies as our LWB.

CapitalCee:
We need 2 fresh wing backs very explosive ones at that.

Then another dee lying midfielder who can dictate the game from deep to patner Ugarte and relieve Mainoo sometimes. And then Experience striker like the type we did for Cavani. Our defence seem to be ok. I will also suggest to give Maguire new 2 year extension on reduced wages

The LWBs I can easily think of are Theo Hernandez, Alphonso Davies, Di Marco, and Carlos Augusto. Of the aforementioned, Augusto is the easiest option as I reckon Davies is Madrid-bound and Theo Hernandez is injury-prone.

For RWB, Dumfries or Frimpong should do. I believe we can get either of them for a reasonable fee.

NairalandForumo:
The current allocation Tinubu is sharing is like reducing the quality of a soup previously shared by another person and adding more water to increase the size of the soup then start claiming to have done better than the previous sharer...

Still does not invalidate the question, what is he doing with the huge allocation he is receiving?

Go to Akwa Ibom and you'll see a state that is making progress even though the politicians are still looting. You simply can't compare Bayelsa and Delta with Akwa Ibom. I visited Uyo and Eket and was very impressed.

Amorim is already saying Rashford has no place in his team from that presser. He has tried him as a CF, and he failed; he has played him as one of the inside wing forwards, and he still failed. Away from the goals, Rashford has been a big disappointment.

We need players who have stamina. Our current bunch are too lazy to push up at speed and return to shape when we lose the ball, it's the reason why we keep the ball better in our half but lose when we go forward because a lot of players don't join the push forward, they choose to remain behind denying passing options in the opposition half.

If we have a functional LWB and LAMF, we will be very dangerous.

eleshin:
Erikson ko Erikdad ni. Fulish take!

You dey mind that clown. He is always negative.

Jamiuokolaa:
We have a Carabao cup fixture (away to Spurs) before those league games...

I don't even know whether I am interested in a competition wey Bin laden take dey brag upandan

Spurs are beatable. Garnacho and Antony should play as the 8s in that game with Casemiro and Ugarte in midfield. Amad, Bruno, and Hojlund should all be on the bench.

With the win today, Garnacho and Rashford know we can do without them certainly so let's see how they react going forward. If they want to be here, they have to step it up several notches.

Jamiuokolaa:
Worst case scenario, if we get 6 points, our position should still improve significantly

9 points might take us within touching distance of 3rd but I don't want to think in that direction

It is very possible...I love the fact that Amorim showed balls in leaving Rashford and Garnacho out of the match-day squad. The players have to take responsibility and be accountable...

We can win all 3 games if we play to our level.

Oasis007:
Ruben Amorim on Rashford and Garnacho: "If it was disciplinary I would say that here and it would be a bigger problem, but it’s not that. For so long with Rash we tried a thing, it doesn’t work. So let’s try to continue or let’s try something different.

"It's not a disciplinary thing. Next week it's a new week, new life. It's how you dress, how you eat and how you interact with your teammates."

Seriously, I don't know about Garnacho but Rashford's body language comes across like he is doing what does not interest him at all.

Jamiuokolaa:
●Bournemouth (Home)
●Wolves (Away)
●Newcastle (Home)

7 points here should help push us to atleast 6th by new year

Knowing this team, we might drop points to Bournemouth and Wolves and then beat Newcastle. I sincerely hope we win the 3 games.

Joezinho:
The day we get rid of Rashford, Dalot and many other deadwoods will be a beautiful day..

It sure will be...I will celebrate it like a new signing.

Odunharry:
I'm happy Martinez didn't ping the ball to the wings. He saw Amad and played to him. I like Ugarte also

. I was always in support of bringing in a combative midfielder like Ugarte; I am happy he is delivering.

About Martinez, he is so assured on the ball and he is easily our best passer of the ball from defence together with Dr Shaw.

Onana's distribution is very poor compared to Ederson.

Joezinho:
Rashford, you can start enrolling for Arabic lesson..

Rashford and Dalot should get out.

Pep shouldn't have removed Doku sha.

Martinez is so good on the ball, that pass was sweet...

Amad, where will we be without your contribution? I am certain if Rashford and Garnacho were on the bench, Amorim would have sunbed Amad earlier on. He needs to stay on the pitch for as long as he delivers, he is him...

Yoro was solid, very solid especially when it came to dealing with aerial balls.

Zirkzee, good cameo...

Dalot is the weapon fashioned against us for now. We need a LWB and a RWB in January.

3 players and just Grealish yet Mainoo concedes a corner.

Oasis007:
.....Dalot should pls leave for Madrid, if the rumours are true.

You think Madrid will buy this idiotic player?

MRTA7:
We need to do something about these lineup leaks.

Rashford and Garnacho maybe serving punishment for the leaks.

Meanwhile, Oasis007 and Gosethetruth, it's match day. Enough of the cursing, please!

engrelvis:
what is man city position compare to their past seasons?. Fear won't allow me talk like this last season.Man City is in a bad shape . Most of his good players v "peaked".law of diminishing returns is setting in. New ones v nt click. Alot of people r saying Pep will bounce back. U will b surprise dis might b begining of his downfall. I remember When great Mourinho started losing matches most people said he will stage a come back . Same with Arsene Wenger. klopp nkor?. Sir Alex was smart enough to leave when Ovation was loudest. He too wud v been disgrace.

Nope, I don't agree with your point about SAF. It is his ability to build title-winning teams after another that clearly distinguishes him from the rest.

afrodoc2:
Yes he should be playing the FA Youth Cup with the Under-18s this midweek. He is one of the players that might lose out from the change in manager though.

I think I previously talked about shock losers and shock winners from the change in formation and style. He might be a shock loser. Jack Fletcher is another one that might be a shock loser. Potential shock winners in the Under-21s are Ennis and Moorhouse.

Kukonki, Mantato, Ibragimov, and the perennially Lacey on the other hand have natural slots in the system and are potentially the biggest winners long term. Lacey’s injuries are starting to pile up and though.

I thought he was a natural pick for that LWB spot.