Abeg Mona ignore Nihilist

kokaneprodigy:
Klopp announced during the season that he will be resigning at the end of the season. He wasn’t sacked. You saying Klopp got sacked is like say Pep got sacked at Bayern.

point taken

When the chips are down, no one go really care if you be bastard or Mr nice guy. If them wan axe you, them go axe you.

sinizia:


That classic approach have gotten him falling out with everyone at his past two clubs and getting removed. It may have been tolerated when he's still heralded as the best thing after Ferguson, right now it's no longer working.

klopp smiled with the media
and hugged all his players and still got sacked.

In the end na output be the most important thing.
It doesn't matter how nice or mean a manager is, he will get sacked if he doesn't produce.

So we dey leave the really important thing here

sinizia:





With the way Pogba and Matic had "snail-like" performance against Southampton, Scholes was doubting his fitness because he wasn't covering much ground which a player that's fit like Pogba should try and do. Mentioning the £90m may be going too far considering how Pogba has improved earlier this season but Scholes still said this below.

saying Pogba didn't cover ground is probably not true. Anyone can go bring the heat map of that game.
The entire team was lethargic, so it wasn't a Pogba issue issue.

If we continue to drag this we will keep veering further and further away from the argument because new areas of disagreement will keep popping up.
It is at this point I'll drop my pen.
Happy new year

Make the haters dey many.
That's not not bad thing

sinizia:


He'd find a better way to "deflect attention from his squad". He's not the only coach under criticism. Klopp and Conte have had their fair share of criticism, but they used another approach to handle it.

The "classic Mourinho" approach is bringing more haters for us. Due to his excessive complaints United have become the butt of jokes via memes on various social media.

It's this "classic Mourinho" approach that made Conte fall out with him. It's why Conte doesn't even want to shake him. He talks about other clubs excessively. Did you read his "big club small club" comments about Chelsea, Arsenal and Co? Was that really necessary? He'd have found another way to pass his message. Chelsea fans loved him to death before, his loose mouth has cost him that reverence.

I've talked about a BBC pundit called Garth Crooks who used to moan about Pogba's hair last season and people backed him because Pogba wasn't playing well. This season he tried it and got no supporter because Pogba had started playing well. So even if Mourinho was complaining about other clubs but his team kept producing good results, nobody will bat an eyelid. But in a scenario where your team is struggling, and instead of focusing on how to arrest the slump you're busy talking of Man City, Pep, Chelshit, Assanal and Klopp, don't expect any form of sympathy coz people will see you as a nagging wife even if you're right.

the classic approach has won him a 25 trophies.
What is a klopp?

If you filter all the personal jibes away from the message, what Jose was essentially saying was you cannot go into hiding when things are alright only to show up at the first sniff of problems and expect to be taken seriously

patrickmuf:
Away from the system, you saw Pogba play like he did at Juventus, long range shots, purposeful take on, quick passes etc...You can say it's down to the system but the timing of the performance seems like an effect of Scholes criticism.

so you think it would have remained like this if we had stuck with the set up against soton?

sinizia:

We'll have to agree to disagree on that then coz we share different views on that issue.


But just note that, it's natural that Neymar's display should be "better" or at least "there will be a higher level of expectation" from him than with a wing-forawrd that cost £10m. £200m is enough money to expect a certain kind of performance from Neymar.

There's a reason people are more on Hazard's case but not on Willian who's considered a waste. Your reputation will determine the kind of expectation you'll get.

I'd rather not have this argument

A period where everyone was leggy and trying to get by, especially at the end of games.

PietroRico:
Where is the Paul Pogba we saw at Juventus? He was all over the pitch, he was battling, he was tackling, he was sprinting to people, he was scoring goals from 25 yards out.
"He is just strolling through games."

Scholes added:
. "Pogba doesn't look fit. I wonder whether he is training properly.
"He does not look like a player who will win you games and that is what you pay £90m for.
"No-one in England should be getting near him, but he is being asked to do a role he is not comfortable in.

he waited for the end of a 3 games in quick succession period to say this.
A period where accumulated fatigue is the order of the day.

He even questioned his training. Anyone that doesn't know how Pogba trains should take time to find out.
Then he went on to add that lazy 90m line again.

Where is the Paul Pogba we saw at Juventus? He was all over the pitch, he was battling, he was tackling, he was sprinting to people, he was scoring goals from 25 yards out.
"He is just strolling through games."

Scholes added:
. "Pogba doesn't look fit. I wonder whether he is training properly.
"He does not look like a player who will win you games and that is what you pay £90m for.
"No-one in England should be getting near him, but he is being asked to do a role he is not comfortable in.

IFearGod:
Oga, there was nothing outrageous or excessive in what Scholes said. It was a pure constructive criticism which was crystal clear to everybody that Mourinho should be blamed for sudden collapse of Pogba's masterclass. Virtually everybody knows that the defensive and conservative football of the useless coach has wrecked havocs on the team and sucked confidence out of them. Only the plastic fans with blurred vision would see good in what Mourinho has done in the 10 matches. Mourinho is a damn fool for attacking the legend like that. If it was left for Mourinho and some plastic fans, they would have asked the players to go on a defensive tactics against Everton.
One thing is very sure, the useless coach would be shown the door soon. The United Board has seen enough and his reappraisal attacks on the constructive criticisms of our legends has just nailed him to the coffin.

sigh

sinizia:


Last season Pogba played this same role in some matches and struggled as well so it's not all down to the system. So while the system helped, Pogba showed resilience and put in an energetic display personally. A coach can change a system and the players still decide not to show up. Pogba deserved credit for actually upping his game.

I have always maintained that Pogba wasn't poor last season.
Even in the 1st half.
89m just didn't allow many people to be reasonable.

elampiro:


I guess Pogba didn't get annoyed, he raised his game. Mourinho is annoyed because he was told to stop talking about Manchester City. Scholes went on to say Guardiola has worked to build a good team. Scholes probably wanted Mourinho to seat down to work on his team.

how would you know?
Even if we agree that Pogba wasn't annoyed.
We all know why Mourinho was talking about city in the way he was.
It is how he always intentionally deflects attention from his squad whenever there is about to be scrutiny.

It is classic Mourinho.

It is something he will almost always do.
It is part of the Mourinho package.
It doesn't mean Jose doesn't know he has to build a squad.
Scholes should know this

We are all lucky Pogba has the mentality he has.
All the attacks he has been receiving from the moment he put pen to paper for things that aren't necessarily his fault dey enough to crumble many players.
All the 89m this and that don reduce now.

The haircut is his fault , but nothing concern anybody with how a young man choose to barb hair.

Just a few fays ago there were two useless back to back articles about innocuous things that the man was doing.

He wore a fancy fur coat to training and there was a full blown article of criticism.

He posted a video of himself celebrating new year and he was lambasted for celebrating new year after city won. Wtf?

You can understand Jose jumping to his defence in t manner he did, with Scholes being the unfortunate scapegoat.
Even though he may have overdid it a little

elampiro:
E be like say anybody wey criticize Pogba or Lukaku automatically becomes oversabi. Even when the person is right.

Abeg these guys (Pogba and Lukaku) are players, not gods.

Criticism has brought out the best of Pogba today.

Garry Neville has said one or 2 things about what Pogba was not doing right. It didn't get anyone annoyed.

elampiro:
I see nothing wrong with what Scholes said. Mourinho was actually talking too much about Manchester City. Secondly, Pogba was not the Pogba at Juventus.

Today we saw the Pogba at Juventus after the criticism. So the criticism reminded Pogba how he used to play and hit shots from 25 yards, just as he almost scored one today.

the criticism didn't remind Pogba. The system changed.
He would have struggled too us we stuck with that disjointed 4 4 2

ReLaTE:
Sometimes those criticism are good because it makes one to strive for improvement in other to prove the person wrong.

abegee
The team and Pogba have enough of this kind of motivation from rival fans and agenda driven British journos.

He doesn't need any extra, coming from someone that is supposed to be one of our own.
Criticize constructively, when there is need for criticism and praise when there is need for praise.

All Scholes does is keep mute when things are going well, then come out all guns blazing at the slightest chance of problem

Mourinho should sha have sense to know that he cannot continue to go after club legends like this. It is not a very safe path to walk.
When things begin to go south, this just may be one of the things that will be used against him

CapitalCee:


Neville was like that before until he nearly relegated Valencia

I feel Neville should give management another shot though

Mourinho on certain pundits: 'I think they would love to be here, in the club, and that's a problem that I cannot resolve.' #mufc


Lol

Maybe it's because the club turned down his application to be reserve team manager to appoint that dinosaur (for his 2nd spell) with his yeye name Wey no dey stay my head.

Paul Scholes is too caustic. Does he not see Gary Neville?
He can talk about an ill in the squad without unnecessary negativity. Scholes no wan just hear. Ever since he retire, he no dey allow person get peace

That albino own be don dey too much

Lol..Mourinho gave it to Scholes hard. Damn

Na today game I come miss. I watch reply 1st chance I get sha

raumdeuter:
Another Mourinho masterclass on Nihilist birthday, shame catch bad belle people. Danteasdz oya come out

Lmao. This man sure knows how to look for trouble

I see Ibime didn't resist the temptation to triple captain Kane for his double GW.
Now I just dey pray make Kane no overbang

pkasso:
Yes o. We need differential captain options. Enough of the same every week. My team has been dropping down the standings these past few weeks due to poor captain choices and mostly bad luck. This Salah injury might just change things for me.

You get mind captaining defenders and GKs. I just don't have the heart for it. One goal conceded and it goes pffft. Though it can be profitable at times with explosive defenders like Alonso, Azpilicueta.

Best of luck.

I agree with you on the Salah injury wish but it came at a really bad time for me. I was struggling to get 10 players, I was wondering what to do with Lukaku (I was already on -8, my defence in tatters). Salah joining them pretty much just pushed me over the line.
I don knack wildcard, I can't shatt

dopeJemi:
Dem say dem don sack Zidane.. tufiakwa

Click Bait.
Open am you go see say alaves release Enzo Zidane