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Ibime:
Be careful, this maybe PietroRicos new method of trolling in disguise

Nihilist:
Ake wasn't good enough according to Conte.

No arguments from me here.

sinizia:
Pogba's nonchalant, lackadaisical and showboating attitude is his greatest demerits and the reason I never wanted him. Second season is about to start and he's the same ol' limelight-craving teenager. There's is a reason why I'd always want players like Matuidi or hardly criticise a player like Roy Keane. I hate showboating with passion and these serious aforementioned players don't have it. It's the reason why I love Hererra.

I'll continue to reiterate that until he realises that doing simple things and helping his team-mates is the best to fulfil potential, he'll end up another bundle of talent that never got to live up to his hype.

Fabregas at his age was already a midfield kingpin, passing opponents out of the park and sharing assists like say na national cake. He did all those things without the unnecessary baggage of showmanship.

You can choose to always protect Pogba all you want, I won't. I'll criticise him and praise him as well. Sugarcoating words coz he costs us 89m ain't my style.

spartacus11:
I like d point u made, if someone said its not 50/50
Let them use their savings to play nairabet on penalty, who nor like make money?

Except dey believe otherwise

diggz:
So according to you, what %chance will you give to a player to score a penalty or not score one?

diggz:
You know it wasn't necessary for you to quote me right? If you have a different opinion why not state it?

Saying you have heard it all is suppose to make you sound or look more knowledgeable but you and I know you are not in anyway.

CapitalCee:
Ferguson has lost to Madrid teams more times than any top manager, and teams he lost to are not particularly better than this Madrid team, and he(Ferguson) had better players. Let's stop this negative talks. We won't play Madrid every week. Mourinho's inter Milan met Barcelona early in the group stage of the 2010 UCL and were outclassed by the then champions. Fast forward 7 months later in the semis, inter eliminated the same Barca. We have seen our weaknesses and will work on them. -Juventus, Bayern and Athletico were beaten with a heavier scoreline few weeks ago, and you expect a team featuring 3 players that were not our players few days ago to go toe to toe with a team that has won the champions league 3 times in fours year? And are currently Spanish champions? No matter anything you said the boys did well, if Rashford had tucked away his Chance( and nobody is talking about it, we only dwell on criticizing players we have an agenda on) it would been extra time. When you are a manager you can't do much when your opposition has superior players than you. People saying mourinho played defensive yesterday are just jokers, how come the team were able to create begging chances. Sometimes we don't analyse football we just follow bandwagon to criticize

Every other team in the EPL will receive a good beating from Madrid, so let's reserve our negative comments.

AdisaOwala:
Lol

I no too dey reason pre-season friendlies...hence my perceived "observation" mode.

Atleast some other people don dey realise say Pogba na liability to the side - I wasn't even the 1st person to criticize him.



Does this mean that the metrics for rating a player who cost 5m should be the same with one who costs 50m?

lordfalcao:
I think you lost 2-0 to these set of players too...

lordfalcao:
but Una win for preason against almost this starting lineup and we thought you people have arrived..

SIRcumalot:
I wonder how much kroos,modric and ororo go cost for this new market.

Nihilstjnr:
So what can you reasonably expect from a team that spent 200m in transfers last year and another 200m this summer.

Is it unreasonable to expect a more competitive showing from Mourinho given his outlay on the squad?

Emisco1:
I tink u would divide lukaku minute of play by 4times to get that of morata.

just liv the both of them to serve their various club

Nihilstjnr:
Manyoo had chances. That Lukaku Miss. That Pogba header. That Rashford one-on-one.

Those were clear cut chances. There were a couple of half chances as well. I think Pogba at the edge of the box and maybe that brainless Lukaku offside.

But to deny you were played off the park by a rampant Madrid is to bury your head in the sand. There were sustained periods of Madrid possession where Keylor Navas was the only Madrid player not camped in the Manyoo half.

Isco Benz and Bale were constantly taking turns on Lindelof, and Pogba lost the possession foolishly close to his own box to start a passage of play that led to one of the goals.

Just look at the move for the second goal, and see how your entire defence and midfield were opened up like a can of geisha. Look at the move that led to Bale hitting the bar. Look at the move that led to a Asensio forcing a point blank save from De Gea.

In each if these cases, at least 5 players were removed from the board. If you count that offside goal, the pass from Carvajal to Casemiro cleaned out at least 4 manyoo players including all 3 central midfielders, Lingard and then Lindelof.

These issues are what your brethren are complaning of...forget the 60.40 possession stats or attempts on goal..or even the 2-1 scoreline. Those numbers flatter United enormously.

sinizia:
Our match wasn't that bad. We started good but got worse soon as Madrid got their groove back.

Mourinho never learns. He might have improved the DM position and replaced Ibra with a capable Lukaku, but the LB and RW position will cost us again this season.

Darmian was okay defensively buy offered nothing tangible going forward . Our wing play which in modern football pattern, are assisted by marauding full-backs, was poor. Mhikitaryan was drifting into the midfield to create chances and left the wing all for Valencia. Valencia needs a RWinger in front of him to help him run at defenders.

Lingard got no support from Darmian going forward. Meanwhile Carvajal and Marcelo were running up and down their flanks. What is so great in Blind and Darmian that Mourinho doesn't fancy a LB? Valencia is not young anymore and can do with a winger stretching our opponents.

Lindeolf needs to improve, his lapse in concentration will cost us if not curtailed. But he wasn't too bad.

DDG is a class act.

Matic improved greatly and if Pogba was not busy being a dìck, he might have had a great game for the entire match.

Ukaku, apart from the offside decision and goal he missed, had a good game. He's hold-up play and strength helped us, and if he had a SS beside him, he'd have performed much better.

In all, this team needs 2 good additions and change of tactic from the coach and we're good to go. 3-5-2 won't be bad, it'll help Ukaku with a partner and get rid of Darmian from the traditional back four.

Matic really impressed me, and together with Ukaku might prove me wrong.

Onto the next one.

SIRcumalot:
we didn't sit back and allow Madrid to attack us.some bonehead plays from a few Guys but we attacked right back too.
the game just shows the kind gap between the English teams an the top European sides.
the top team in epl will suffer the same fate if not more sef. they don't have gidigbo football as back up.

sinizia:
When we were against his purchase, they thought we were hating. Now they're realising a little too late.

raumdeuter:
Starmen? Hazard LMAO why not include Bertrand Traore

raumdeuter:
This super cup are the type of games Mourinho likes, where he is the firm underdog and expected to lose, This is where he can deploy a full 50 seater bus and wait for the counter

dopeJemi:
you bought a striker for 70m to score 20+ goals in 2020

alright

ChristineC:
nobody will complain if he ends as successful as Wayne for Manchester United.

airmark:
The amazing thing is, he stated that he didn't believe morata was better than solanke. If care is not taken, this statement may become true.