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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Nobody: 7:35pm On Aug 20, 2021
Oasis007:


grin

Abi nau. What do we call that? Solidarity?!
The man is loyal, they've been through a lot together grin
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Nobody: 7:44pm On Aug 20, 2021
Oasis007:


grin

McTom can play CB, DM and CM.

You want to test the mic in an away game to Southampton, when home crowd is back in attendance?
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Lana1(m): 8:34pm On Aug 20, 2021
Gents. I no go mind reach this kind Matic height one day

Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Panther7(m): 9:26pm On Aug 20, 2021
Lana1:
Gents. I no go mind reach this kind Matic height one day
Oga you don old na, you should be in your early 50s so it's impossible for you to grow taller grin grin grin

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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Sniper4real(m): 9:52pm On Aug 20, 2021
grin grin
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Mrviktor(m): 10:00pm On Aug 20, 2021
I will start lingard over Sancho against Southampton.

Make dem no rush d boy Biko..

Nd lingard knows d players better..

Make Sancho enter second half..
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Oasis007(m): 10:10pm On Aug 20, 2021
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Oasis007(m): 10:15pm On Aug 20, 2021
Ian Wright: "He’s [Greenwood] putting in performances and getting numbers. If that’s a sign of things to come from him, it’s frightening to think what he will end up doing because he’s done a lot already."

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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Oasis007(m): 10:17pm On Aug 20, 2021
Fermandez is damn balling for the U23.

https://twitter.com/utdreportAcad/status/1428806887378669571?s=19

Cc Afrodoc2.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by ChristoBam: 10:57pm On Aug 20, 2021
ChristineC:
I don't think Kane has ever been on United radar. if he's blocked from moving to City this year, leaving England may be his only choice.

Lol I bet he's looking to break records in England and he could. Not sure he wants to leave England..
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Lana1(m): 11:12pm On Aug 20, 2021
Panther7:
Oga you don old na, you should be in your early 50s so it's impossible for you to grow taller grin grin grin
grin grin
Subtract 30 from that. Na my real age be that.

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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Gambit001: 11:25pm On Aug 20, 2021
Clarifying #MUFC and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Twitter Misconceptions

1. “Solskjaer has been in charge for 4 years.

Subtract 4 from 2021 and it’s 2017.
Ole became the permanent manager in March 2019 and this is his 3rd full season in charge.

It’s been 2 years and 5 months. Not 4 years.

2. “We are playing shit football. It’s boring.”

Goals in 17/18: 99
Goals in 18/19: 84
Goals in 19/20: 110
Goals in 20/21: 116

Games under Moyes, LvG and Jose (combined) where United scored 5+ goals: 2

Games under Solskjaer where United scored 5+ goals: 10

But sure, boring.

3. “4-3-3 or nothing.”

Bust. While 4-3-3 will be used against certain oppositions (bottom half teams and low blocks), 4-2-3-1 will remain our primary formation. There is more than one way to win a title you know…

4.“We play two DMs in 4-2-3-1.”

Again, NOPE. Ole wants hybrid midfielders in the pivot — who play as a progressive CM on the ball and as a defensive CM off the ball. Such midfielders exhibit a high work rate and dominance on pitch.
Hence McFred works against most teams. Think.

5. “Ole preaches but doesn’t promote the youth.”

Tell that to Mason Greenwood, Anthony Elanga, Shola Shoretire, Brandon Williams, Tahith Chong, James Garner, Dean Henderson, Teden Mengi, Hannibal Mejbri, Dylan Levitt, Will Fish, Ethan Laird and Ethan Galbraith.

6. “Manchester United under Solskjaer have no pull.”

So Raphael Varane, Jadon Sancho, Harry Maguire, Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani just magically dropped from the skies onto Old Trafford, right?
Also, a certain Paul Pogba loves Solskjaer. Make that of what you will. ��‍♂️

7. “Ole is tactically naive. Just vibes.”

I wonder who schooled Marcelo Bielsa, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Juergen Klopp, Julian Nagelsmann, Mauricio Pochettino and Thomas Tuchel?

Was it Aladdin’s genie?

PS: Arsenal curse (Arteta, Emery) to end this season.



8. “We will never win a trophy under Ole. Move him on.”

He’s assembling a world class squad and now you don’t want him to fulfil his project? Bleep logic.

Klopp took 4 years to win silverware.
SAF took 5 years to win silverware.
Ole will win silverware this season (his 3rd).

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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by KingAlabi: 11:50pm On Aug 20, 2021
Olephobes won't love the post above grin grin

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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by eph12(m): 6:03am On Aug 21, 2021
Uhm before Ole became permanent manager, who was in charge?
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by nani667: 7:35am On Aug 21, 2021
#OleOUT
#EndOLE
#OleMustGo
#EndOLECluelessness
#SackTheFraud
#KillTheBasterd
‼️

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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Panther7(m): 7:45am On Aug 21, 2021
Lana1:
grin grin
Subtract 30 from that. Na my real age be that.
Abi football age cheesy cheesy
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 7:55am On Aug 21, 2021
Oasis007:
Fermandez is damn balling for the U23.

https://twitter.com/utdreportAcad/status/1428806887378669571?s=19

Cc Afrodoc2.

The guy is a defensive liability in 1v1 situations and does not have great pace.

He is very good going forward though .

EPL is not for him.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by timay(m): 8:21am On Aug 21, 2021
afrodoc2:


The guy is a defensive liability in 1v1 situations and does not have great pace.

He is very good going forward though .

EPL is not for him.

He's a poor man's version of Marcus Alonso.

He's still young though, hopefully, he improves those aspects of his defensive issues to an average or acceptable level. Because all those attacking abilities cannot go to waste o
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 8:43am On Aug 21, 2021
timay:


He's a poor man's version of Marcus Alonso.

He's still young though, hopefully, he improves those aspects of his defensive issues to an average or acceptable level. Because all those attacking abilities cannot go to waste o

Exactly right. Whenever I see him play he reminds me of an Alonso or a Daley Blind.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Oasis007(m): 9:02am On Aug 21, 2021
afrodoc2:


The guy is a defensive liability in 1v1 situations and does not have great pace.

He is very good going forward though .

EPL is not for him.

grin

Perhaps he should be moved to a suitable position. I really like him on the ball.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 9:16am On Aug 21, 2021
Oasis007:


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Perhaps he should be moved to a suitable position. I really like him on the ball.

The only place where lack of pace can be hidden is central midfield and we already have 2 slow left footed central midfielders occupying that position in Svidersky (who is more solid defensively) and Savage (who has a better range of passing). Not to talk of our right footed central midfielders who are legion.

He can be a good left back or left wing back someplace . I just don’t think that place would be United.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Joezinho: 9:18am On Aug 21, 2021
“...If you remember under my watch at Man United, I made Rashford world class at very young age, we won Europa League and other honors.

“I left, and he got new lessons from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer , so he forgot to score goals. It’s painful to see...”


-- Mourinho the great.

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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by DeadPresidents: 9:33am On Aug 21, 2021
afrodoc2:


The only place where lack of pace can be hidden is central midfield and we already have 2 slow left footed central midfielders occupying that position in Svidersky (who is more solid defensively) and Savage (who has a better range of passing). Not to talk of our right footed central midfielders who are legion.

He can be a good left back or left wing back someplace . I just don’t think that place would be United.

False 9 then grin
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by afrodoc2: 9:42am On Aug 21, 2021
DeadPresidents:


False 9 then grin

We have 3 Real 9s from the Academy currently, why go for a false one?
Can you swap your real car for a false one? cheesy
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by patrickmuf(m): 9:50am On Aug 21, 2021
Gambit001:
Clarifying #MUFC and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Twitter Misconceptions

1. “Solskjaer has been in charge for 4 years.

Subtract 4 from 2021 and it’s 2017.
Ole became the permanent manager in March 2019 and this is his 3rd full season in charge.

It’s been 2 years and 5 months. Not 4 years.

2. “We are playing shit football. It’s boring.”

Goals in 17/18: 99
Goals in 18/19: 84
Goals in 19/20: 110
Goals in 20/21: 116

Games under Moyes, LvG and Jose (combined) where United scored 5+ goals: 2

Games under Solskjaer where United scored 5+ goals: 10

But sure, boring.

3. “4-3-3 or nothing.”

Bust. While 4-3-3 will be used against certain oppositions (bottom half teams and low blocks), 4-2-3-1 will remain our primary formation. There is more than one way to win a title you know…

4.“We play two DMs in 4-2-3-1.”

Again, NOPE. Ole wants hybrid midfielders in the pivot — who play as a progressive CM on the ball and as a defensive CM off the ball. Such midfielders exhibit a high work rate and dominance on pitch.
Hence McFred works against most teams. Think.

5. “Ole preaches but doesn’t promote the youth.”

Tell that to Mason Greenwood, Anthony Elanga, Shola Shoretire, Brandon Williams, Tahith Chong, James Garner, Dean Henderson, Teden Mengi, Hannibal Mejbri, Dylan Levitt, Will Fish, Ethan Laird and Ethan Galbraith.

6. “Manchester United under Solskjaer have no pull.”

So Raphael Varane, Jadon Sancho, Harry Maguire, Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani just magically dropped from the skies onto Old Trafford, right?
Also, a certain Paul Pogba loves Solskjaer. Make that of what you will. ��‍♂️

7. “Ole is tactically naive. Just vibes.”

I wonder who schooled Marcelo Bielsa, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Juergen Klopp, Julian Nagelsmann, Mauricio Pochettino and Thomas Tuchel?

Was it Aladdin’s genie?

PS: Arsenal curse (Arteta, Emery) to end this season.



8. “We will never win a trophy under Ole. Move him on.”

He’s assembling a world class squad and now you don’t want him to fulfil his project? Bleep logic.

Klopp took 4 years to win silverware.
SAF took 5 years to win silverware.
Ole will win silverware this season (his 3rd).
Makes no sense to me...

SAF didn't meet a Manchester United that so powerful (Huge financial war chest), he gradually managed to get the team to a position where they're one of the biggest clubs in the world with huge revenues...A club without a sugar daddy yet is one of the biggest spenders...

If SAF was hired today, nobody will give him 5 years, not at a club like Manchester United that spends a lot which in turn means greater demand for trophies...

I have trashed this line of thought before. It's like saying since it took America over 200 years to get to where they are, Nigeria can be excused for where we find ourselves when in all honesty, the West have done the hard work and are still in the business of doing more, all we have to do is import the technologies from the West. We have the money to do so if not to even start developing ours...

Talking about Klopp, he had earned the right to have the Liverpool board exercise some patience. His achievement with Dortmund is outstanding. He signed for Liverpool in October, 2015 and finished as runners up in the UEL.
In the 2016/2017 season, they finished 4th.
In the 2017/2018 season they were runners up in the UCL...
In 2018/2019 they won the UCL and finished runners up in the league with 97 pts...
In 2019/2020, they won the league.
In 2020/2021, they finished 3rd in league after an injury ravaged campaign.

2 finals in Europe in his first 3 seasons (2 and a half sef) . In his time at Anfield, Liverpool has reached 3 European finals winning 1...They have posed to greatest challenge to Pep and City...Abeg don't compare Klopp at Liverpool to Ole...

Your point about goals scored is meaningless without trophies...

Promoting youths? Nobody has held that against him, it is you arguing with your imagination...

If Ole likes, he should beat Pep, Klopp, Tuchel, Benitez, NES, Rodgers again but if he fails to win the league or any other major trophy, he'd be adjudged a failure...

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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Afz9095(m): 10:17am On Aug 21, 2021
Joezinho:
“...If you remember under my watch at Man United, I made Rashford world class at very young age, we won Europa League and other honors.

“I left, and he got new lessons from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer , so he forgot to score goals. It’s painful to see...”


-- Mourinho the great.
fact check
Marcus Radford under Mourinho
2016/17 53 games 11goals 7assists
2017/18 52games 13goals 10assists
Marcus under solskjaer
2019/20 44games 22goals 12assists
2020/21 57games 21goals 15assist

Full seasons only

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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by Karleb(m): 10:21am On Aug 21, 2021
Afz9095:

fact check
Marcus Radford under Mourinho
2016/17 53 games 11goals 7assists
2017/18 52games 13goals 10assists
Marcus under solskjaer
2019/20 44games 22goals 12assists
2020/21 57games 21goals 15assist

Full seasons only

Mourinho na one cry baby.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by melodyogonna(m): 10:42am On Aug 21, 2021
patrickmuf:
Makes no sense to me...

SAF didn't meet a Manchester United that so powerful (Huge financial war chest), he gradually managed to get the team to a position where they're one of the biggest clubs in the world with huge revenues...A club without a sugar daddy yet is one of the biggest spenders...

If SAF was hired today, nobody will give him 5 years, not at a club like Manchester United that spends a lot which in turn means greater demand for trophies...

I have trashed this line of thought before. It's like saying since it took America over 200 years to get to where they are, Nigeria can be excused for where we find ourselves when in all honesty, the West have done the hard work and are still in the business of doing more, all we have to do is import the technologies from the West. We have the money to do so if not to even start developing ours...

Talking about Klopp, he had earned the right to have the Liverpool board exercise some patience. His achievement with Dortmund is outstanding. He signed for Liverpool in October, 2015 and finished as runners up in the UEL.
In the 2016/2017 season, they finished 4th.
In the 2017/2018 season they were runners up in the UCL...
In 2018/2019 they won the UCL and finished runners up in the league with 97 pts...
In 2019/2020, they won the league.
In 2020/2021, they finished 3rd in league after an injury ravaged campaign.

2 finals in Europe in his first 3 seasons (2 and a half sef) . In his time at Anfield, Liverpool has reached 3 European finals winning 1...They have posed to greatest challenge to Pep and City...Abeg don't compare Klopp at Liverpool to Ole...

Your point about goals scored is meaningless without trophies...

Promoting youths? Nobody has held that against him, it is you arguing with your imagination...

If Ole likes, he should beat Pep, Klopp, Tuchel, Benitez, NES, Rodgers again but if he fails to win the league or any other major trophy, he'd be adjudged a failure...
All these ones na long story sha. Did SAF take 5 years to win silverware? Did it take Klopp 4 years to win silverware?

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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by patrickmuf(m): 10:45am On Aug 21, 2021
melodyogonna:

All these ones na long story sha. Did SAF take 5 years to win silverware? Did it take Klopp 4 years to win silverware?
Why are you complaining about Nigeria? Why not wait to see Nigeria at 200 yrs and above before comparing us to the Western powers?

Manchester City were bought in 2008 but won the league in 2011/2012 season...You think City will give any coach 3 years in hope that he will win the league?
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by chidexxy007(m): 10:50am On Aug 21, 2021
Joezinho:
“...If you remember under my watch at Man United, I made Rashford world class at very young age, we won Europa League and other honors.

“I left, and he got new lessons from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer , so he forgot to score goals. It’s painful to see...”


-- Mourinho the great.
Lmao

No be every time, copy and paste.
Try they check your facts.
Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by melodyogonna(m): 10:56am On Aug 21, 2021
patrickmuf:
Why are you complaining about Nigeria? Why not wait to see Nigeria at 200 yrs and above before comparing us to the Western powers?
Your analogy is flawed. First, the problem with Nigeria apart from the fact it was designed to fail is corruption.

Man United on the other is hand is comparable to the two scenarios. Both SAF, Klopp, and Ole were handed a team with lots of deadwood and underperforming players. So everyone had the job of building a trophy-winning team. I read SAF's autobiography, he said in his early seasons the media was coming for his head because he didn't win anything yet, but thankfully the club owners knew the work he was doing behind the scenes, and they knew he was taking the club to the right direction so they supported him.

I once read a Liverpool fan's answer on Reddit to "How did you know Klopp was going to be successful after so many years?" He said that at the end of every season you could see signs of definite improvement, you'd be lying if you don't see it in our case now.

But ofcourse, all these coaches had the skeptical, impatient fans that wanted the coaches sacked.

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Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by patrickmuf(m): 11:17am On Aug 21, 2021
melodyogonna:

Your analogy is flawed. First, the problem with Nigeria apart from the fact it was designed to fail is corruption.

Man United on the other is hand is comparable to the two scenarios. Both SAF, Klopp, and Ole were handed a team with lots of deadwood and underperforming players. So everyone had the job of building a trophy-winning team. I read SAF's autobiography, he said in his early seasons the media was coming for his head because he didn't win anything yet, but thankfully the club owners knew the work he was doing behind the scenes, and they knew he was taking the club to the right direction so they supported him.

I once read a Liverpool fan's answer on Reddit to "How did you know Klopp was going to be successful after so many years?" He said that at the end of every season you could see signs of definite improvement, you'd be lying if you don't see it in our case now.

But ofcourse, all these coaches had the skeptical, impatient fans that wanted the coaches sacked.
When SAF took over, the club didn't have the financial war chest it has now...

Ole has spent more than £400m in 2.5 years years here but you want us to compare him to Klopp and Fergie...Based the money spent, Ole has no excuse whatsoever not to deliver...£400m is not beans...How much has Rodgers, Simeone and the likes spent in that time frame? Before you talk about how poor a squad we have, some of our best players are still players we had before Ole came in.

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