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Wahala...

Dorgu and Dalot should sawp. If Mainoo and Amad are inverting, the fullbacks should provide the width.

afrodoc2:
The academy actually currently has more players that stylistically suit this system than the senior team.

Remember that the academy is firstly to develop them as footballers, with promotion into the senior team being just a bonus. So it makes sense to develop them in the most common formation in football. The ones that suit our current 3-4-3 will still be identified like we have now, and promoted to the first team. The ones that don’t will be sold for pure profit.

Finally, sticking to the standard formation means if next season we sack Amorin now we won’t have to start changing academy players as well as first team players.

I am just concerned because you pointed out some players you rate highly who simply don't fit the current system. Seeing how bad we are when it comes to handling negotiations for outgoing players, I am concerned we might lose for very good players for the cheap.

afrodoc2:
Remember we don’t play holding midfielders anymore? It’s really 2 box to box midfielders in this 3-4-3.

Fitzgerald is more of CM and Kone seems to be more of a DM.

Fitzgerald missed half of last season and his development stalled somewhat.

I have not seen much of Kone since the club rarely broadcasts Under-21 games but he played well in the last game.

Still too early to say but in terms of snuffing out opposition attacks the best DM in the academy by far is Devaney. He might be too defensive for this 3-4-3 with 2 box-to-box midfielders though.

Now this is a problem. The club is supposed to have a direction. The academy should breed players for the first team, meaning that our recruitment, even at that level, should be in sync with the style of play we have adopted as a club. It makes no sense to bring up guys who are best suited for the 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 formation at the academy level when the first team is going 3-4-2-1. There's a disconnect and this might see us lose out on some good academy players who simply don't fit the first team style/formation.

How many countries invade others and steal their natural resources?

America is angry with Russia for invading Ukraine, but America invaded Iraq for their oil under the guise of WMD, yet it was proven as a false alarm.

America is stealing Syrian oil to this day...Na who no sabi America go dey clap for their every action in ignorance.

Bruno will be doing escort services. Odegaard puts in more work, you see him creating, driving his team forward and still putting in the work in midfield.

I hope those who were in charge of our recruitment can see for themselves the terrible jobs they did. Partey was there for the cheap; we didn't look his way, but a few seasons after, we paid more for a washed-up Casemiro.

I just hope this Dorgu is worth it because there's a Kerkkez in Bournemouth who looks well-suited for that LWB role, but we went to Italy to sign Dorgu...

Our recruitment is as much a problem as our tendency to hand these players bumper wages.

From the way we play, none of our players should be earning more than 100k per week but it's not the case. The players are on ridiculously high wages so much so that they have lost the desire to improve. It is only human nature that when you get a role you don't deserve, you begin to believe the lie that you are good enough for the role, and then you stop trying to improve yourself; only a few people will make an attempt to improve themselves when they get unfair promotions...

How much do Skelly, Nwaneri, and even established first steamers like Timber, Martinelli and Co earn? I bet Garnacho and Mainoo earn more and the likes of Dalot, Hojlund, and Yoro earn even more. It's just crazy how bad we are. No passion, no aggressiveness...People were making excuses for Garnacho for failing to stop that player from making the pass that set up Palaces's second goal, but yesterday, we saw Skelly deal with Haaland on more than one occasion, who is clearly more physical than him. It all comes down to the desire to want it...Our players simply do not care. Martinelli played out of position, Timber too, but you'd hardly notice a drop in their performances. Just look at Dalot, a fool on the left, right and everywhere...

Take these clowns to Kenya and let them do mountain racing for weeks. Let's leave technique first, work rate will cover for a lot of flaws.

I watched Espanyol vs Madrid yesterday, at 0 vs 0, Madrid had a break led by Mbappe, if you see the way the Espanyol player (he later scored the winning goal) tackled Mbappe with all intent to hurt him in a bid to stop the counter you won't come here to tell me that Palace are more physical or there was nothing Garnacho could do there to stop that player from making the pass. Hack him down and cop a yellow instead of that weak challenge...

Just look at the weak attempt by Garnacho to challenge for the ball in the lead up to the second goal...These players are serious...

Very poor deliveries. You have Yoro, De Ligt, Maguire, Zirkzee yet you are playing the ball straight to the keeper.

Mrviktor:
all of u defending amad, he has no crossed or created any chance for the striker all game, not even half,

if it was rashford or anthony now hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Who set up Bruno for that shot that Henderson saved?

Who he passed to Bruno who was undecided on which foot to use?

Dalot threw the ball out from our throw-in to Palace throw-in. My God!

Our players are not aggressive. They seem to enjoy watching the opposition play because I don't get why they just stand and watch players (who are usually shaky on the ball when you see them against Liverpool and other top teams) pass the ball around unchallenged.

Dalot is playing against us. I can't wait for Dorgu or anyone one to replace him.

Pass the ball behind and next boot it and Palace are back in possession. Abeg bring on Zirkzee...

No understanding between Amad and Mazraoui.

I really dislike Dalot right now.

Onana is just too slow. He was celebrating that touch. He is lucky the ref didn't change his mind and awarded a corner to Palace.

Martinez get good technique sha.

Dalot behaves like a drunkard sometimes.

40m is good money for the current Rashford. That dude has been shit for 2 seasons now. He seems not to be interested in playing for the club anymore. Watch how he'll start playing with a spring on his steps as soon as he appears in Villa colors in a bit to divert the attention from him to those at United but it won't last long before he returns back to his lazy self. We saw it WITH Sancho first at Dortmund on loan last season and ealeir this season with Chelsea. If Sancho was that good, why didn't Dortmund keep him? At Chelsea, the assist here and there is shielding him but even then, some of the Chelsea fan base are not sold on him...

The fact that Amorim has binned Rashford is enough for me to know that he knows what he is doing. He keeps talking about intensity, movements and correct use of the ball which is what defines a top team in this era. I saw Bournemouth match Liverpool with more than half of their starting 11 injured and began asking when we will get to such levels. They might have lost but then, they gave Liverpool a game. If Amorim to get the players working hard on the pitch, the results will come sooner.

This thread can be quiet until someone tries to push through an agenda that doesn't agend. I am happy to read the responses to CapitalCee about Elanga. Whilst sometimes fans indeed overreact, you don't invalidate the fact that there's some element of truth in their position. A player that earns or is demanding 150-200k should be ready to deliver consistently or face the criticism that comes with the huge wages.

Describing the fan base with such words is unacceptable. If you have had a run-in with some folks here in the past, address them directly rather than throwing the fan base under the bus. I know you are definitely not referring to everyone but let's go back to addressing mails properly...

CrystalTiger:
Nottingham dealing with Brighton..

The hate in my heart for Brighton 😠😠, wish the ref would give them four red cards

Nezzjnr:
🔴👋🏻 Wayne Rooney: “I've spoken to Rashford a couple of times… I told him: you need to LEAVE United to have a fresh start”.

“The fact that your manager is saying you're not training right is crazy”.

Roy Keane was having none of it. Rooney and Neville were too soft on Rashford trying to pass the blame on to others. Imagine Neville saying he has never known Rashford as a poor trainer.

Keane, being Keane, told them off; even if Rashford wants a move, he should be putting in the work in training so that if he eventually moves, he'll arrive at his new club in top shape.

afrodoc2:
Luke Shaw back in full training. The guy no dey like hear say new LB dey join.

If we signed a new LB every month Shaw would never be injured.

A big-time fraud he is...

Why are we having a discussion about Rashford here like we didn't watch him serve us rubbish one game week after another?

So, you guys think we are the only ones seeing Rashford play? No top club will put in a bid for him unless it is a loan deal that will have us cover half his wages. We should just accept it's a loss and move on...

The two teams no serious...

Oasis007:
...emotion aside, we ain't good enough to be in the top 10. We don't even have solid players to be considered a top team in any way.

Our Midfielders ain't press-resistant, small pressure dem don lose balance and ball to opposition. Our WBs are modafuckerly skill-less! They can't dribble a cone successfully.

Mazraoui was better but apparently is losing the steam. Dalot refuses to get sense at all. Rest are fuckin bunch of Eediots!

Bruno keeps nagging like he is the best amongst the rest, whereas he is not even close. Hojulund should leave football for WWE - one kobo sense he no get!

Eriksen, Case are simply collecting pensions, they are both DONE! Shaw and Lindelof have turned the Club to Charity Home. LOL!

Rúben Amorim should never change his way. Its better he loses honorably than becoming another ZeroHag that promised certain Managers Era will come to an End, only to send us back to the Era of Pharaoh!

Reality check: we do not deserve top 10 this season and fuckin open surgery is needed to fix the dying club once and for all.

When you watch Mainoo play you begin to wonder what is giving his entourage the yardstick to demand for more money...

These guys will choose to play with little or no motivation as long as the opponent is not a top team. Why is it so difficult for them to turn up against midtable teams or teams in the bottom half of the table. Why will players who are paid very well choose to play like the club is owing them.

In Italy, I have seen Juventus terminate contract by mutual consent. I think we did something similar with Ronaldo...We should begin to negotiate the termination of deals because no club will pay anything substantial for most of these clowns. At least, save the time and stress involved in the negotiations for player sales knowing we will get offered peanuts.

Onana bets. There's nothing you can tell me otherwise...

Why did he spill that ball? Onana is a fraud...

Please if you have Onana's number, drop it...I need to talk to that bastard.

Since Onana came, we have not improved our build-up play from the back like many predicted.

He is very poor at almost all goal-keeping basics. It is in games like these that DDG will pull off save after save to keep us in the game but Onana is always there to dash whatever hopes we have. If he is shown the door or relegated to the bench, he only has himself to blame. He has not hard a stellar season since he joined. This is not what I signed up for...


Fvck that useless Cameroonian, get him out of Manchester United...I will not watch any United game he starts against. Useless buffoon!

Was De Gea ever this apart from his first season? Onana commits errors even when he isn't under pressure.