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If mctominay was still here the narrative would have been you can never use him to win the likes of Burnley and Leeds or achieve any kind of success but now he's Seria A best player and a league winner.

I remember when the state of OT was also seen as one of the "problems" of the club and peeps here even referenced Ronaldo's critique of our facilities.

Thankfully, £50m has been invested and no more excuses from that area

Imagine mentioning Rashford winning a trophy when he didn't even play more than 5 minutes.

Garnacho should have gone to Italy, Spain or Germany. We would have been celebrating him too

All these midfield talks are just distractions. Our main issue remains converting the chances we create. We created much more than Brighton today, controlled the game yet we couldn't score from our numerous opportunities.

eph12:
Where's the answer. Can you locate that position on the epl table?

Are you implying that sacking Amorim was the wrong decision?

adisaaowala:
I remember when the state of OT was also seen as one of the "problems" of the club and peeps here even referenced Ronaldo's critique of our facilities.

Thankfully, £50m has been invested and no more excuses from that area

When I saw the news that Amorim had been sacked, I never thought that we will have people here defending him and faulting the board for not sticking with him...

spillo1:
All these midfield talks are just distractions. Our main issue remains converting the chances we create. We created much more than Brighton today, controlled the game yet we couldn't score from our numerous opportunities.

Bros, i think say na only me o

People watch our last 2 games still dey shout Midfield as if it was the reason why we didnt win

Smh

If Bruno knows what's good for him, he better leaves this club. Age is not on his side anymore

Leyqute:
We still need a midfielder pass all these ones wey you dey talk.

Arsenal had Rice and bought Zubimendi the next TW. This is in addition to Merino and Odegaard.

Chelsea bought Enzo and added Lavia and Caicedo the next year. Dem get 2 heads?

I don’t want to mention City who bought 2 GKs in a window. If na Man Utd buy that Trafford and it doesn’t look like it will work out, instead of buying Donnarumma, they will demand Pep to make magic with Trafford.

Fire and hire will only work when you back it up with a quality squad.

nitrogen will tell him to work with what he has.

You see all the teams you are competing against always upgrading their squad, nitrogen and his friends want their own manager to turn water to wine.

eph12:
Imagine mentioning Rashford winning a trophy when he didn't even play more than 5 minutes.

Garnacho should have gone to Italy, Spain or Germany. We would have been celebrating him too

CC Raumdeuter

adisaaowala:
Bros, i think say na only me o

People watch our last 2 games still dey shout Midfield as if it was the reason why we didnt win

Smh

Our average possession is very good but take a look at our xG difference and big chances created. We are massively not taking our chances when dominating.

nitrogen:
Well. Hindsight is great, we sabi Rice now. No Dey whine us for here. If Rice was here, he would have been another useless British player.

Rice and the players you mentioned are average players that are performing well because of their managers.

Meanwhile, should we go back to the mercenary model?

Shebi na Arteta dey coach Zubimendi for Spain and Rice for England.

Rice na average, coming from the finger of a Ugarte and Mainoo fan.

I dey 💯 sure say some of these your takes you no fit talk ham outside, them for don break your head.

spillo1:
Our average possession is very good but take a look at our xG difference and big chances created. We are massively not taking our chances when dominating.

These same people blamed the 3-4-3 formation and not the players missing simple chances.

You are blaming 3-4-3 but want to use the stats line from the same 3-4-3

Make Una no go buy better players

larride:
Shebi na Arteta dey coach Zubimendi for Spain and Rice for England.

Rice na average, coming from the finger of a Ugarte and Mainoo fan.

I dey 💯 sure say some of these your takes you no fit talk ham outside, them for don break your head.

Haaaa, so Dalot no dey play for Portugal?

patrickmuf:
Are you implying that sacking Amorim was the wrong decision?

No. I already gave up on Amorim long ago.
His first sin was not demanding for a good CM. His thinking he could go into the season with the same midfield showed he is still a rookie. He probably thought he had a lot of time to take the team to that level most will be satisfied.

Secondly his substitutions were questionable. He struggled to rotate which shows his lack of trust in some players. That tells me he was already under a lot of pressure.

But one thing he did right was fight against those players that felt they were too big for the coach. He brought some level of discipline. If we had such discipline before, Greenwood would have been better managed. I just hope we don't relapse back because the next manager is soft.

However sacking Amorim is not everything that needs to happen in this transfer window.

ong this a true 6 and 9 situation

some expect a wc coach to overachieve with a mid midfield
others expect a club trying to get out of a 15 year funk to get the basics right

to me, if you want to be a top 4 team, have a top 4 midfield
it is that simple

i'll admit that amorim's idiosyncrasies were very grating
atrocious game management and stubbornness topping the list
but asking him to make do with that midfield for the rest of the season after seeing the immense cost of absences so far counts as deliberate sabotage

we had a bench of yoro, malacia, bayindir, lacey, fletcher, mantato, obi and fredericson in a pl game
anyone telling you he can't get a decent midfielder until summer after that should be arrested

-Lord

larride:
These same people blamed the 3-4-3 formation and not the players missing simple chances.

You are blaming 3-4-3 but want to use the stats line from the same 3-4-3

Make Una no go buy better players

What positions in the team do you think we need an upgrade?

larride:
These same people blamed the 3-4-3 formation and not the players missing simple chances.

You are blaming 3-4-3 but want to use the stats line from the same 3-4-3

Make Una no go buy better players

Probably the stats na from our last two matches

larride:
These same people blamed the 3-4-3 formation and not the players missing simple chances.

You are blaming 3-4-3 but want to use the stats line from the same 3-4-3

Make Una no go buy better players

Which same people? Please don't rope me in with your agenda. I dont care about all that.

Last January City bought Marmoush who was 2nd highest goalscorer in Budensliga, he hasn't lived up to it, this January they bought Semenyo.

No telling the manager no manage whatever he has, they are giving him the necessary tools to dominate and win.

Since the time of Mou, we have been complaining of Dalot and Shaw, since then we have appointed Ole, ETH and Amorim, thats almost 8yrs and both of them are still here.

Imagine complaining about Dorgu, which replacement do you have Malacia

You want to play the "golden" 4-3-3 and your midfielders are Bruno, Case, Ugarte and Mainoo. 3 will start and just 1 will be on the bench. Incredible squad planning

Make Una no worry, the interim manager and new permanent manager is coming to do magic with the resources on ground.

patrickmuf:
What positions in the team do you think we need an upgrade?

Right now we need quality midfielders and probably a backup striker.

Once we actually have quality midfielders it will reduce how many attacks our defense is open to.

You can't be parading Case, Ugarte and Mainoo as your CMs in big 2026 and be expecting miracle.

nitrogen:
Haaaa, so Dalot no dey play for Portugal?

Don't worry, next match you will still swear for Dalot.

spillo1:
Our average possession is very good but take a look at our xG difference and big chances created. We are massively not taking our chances when dominating.

What about stats for goals conceded? Not important?

larride:
Don't worry, next match you will still swear for Dalot.

He won't. According to him, Dalot is one of our best players

spillo1:
Which same people? Please don't rope me in with your agenda. I dont care about all that.

Sorry man, I have no agenda against you.

eph12:
He won't. According to him, Dalot is one of our best players

Na make the next manager come try 6-2-2 remain

eph12:
What about stats for goals conceded? Not important?

We create enough chances to outscore our opponents. Barcelona conceded 2 today yet won. We need to be more clinical. Today game we should have been two nil up in the first 15mins of that game and Brighton spirit would have been broken.

larride:
Right now we need quality midfielders and probably a backup striker.

Once we actually have quality midfielders it will reduce how many attacks our defense is open to.

You can't be parading Case, Ugarte and Mainoo as your CMs in big 2026 and be expecting miracle.

List those quality midfielders you have in mind.

larride:
Last January City bought Marmoush who was 2nd highest goalscorer in Budensliga, he hasn't lived up to it, this January they bought Semenyo.

No telling the manager no manage whatever he has, they are giving him the necessary tools to dominate and win.

Since the time of Mou, we have been complaining of Dalot and Shaw, since then we have appointed Ole, ETH and Amorim, thats almost 8yrs and both of them are still here.

Imagine complaining about Dorgu, which replacement do you have Malacia

You want to play the "golden" 4-3-3 and your midfielders are Bruno, Case, Ugarte and Mainoo. 3 will start and just 1 will be on the bench. Incredible squad planning

Make Una no worry, the interim manager and new permanent manager is coming to do magic with the resources on ground.

Lol. Not like we have not moved most of Mou, LVG and OGS players on. Issokay!

TheLequte:
How many midfielders are close to Rodri in terms of talent?

They knew they can’t replace Rodri. But with their situation at that time, they knew they had to bring in some reinforcements.

Your squad is thin. Your main players get injured and you are arguing against bringing in reinforcements. Lol.

You have like 5 players injured, 3 away of AFCON and they were arguing against reinforcement. No wonder that one sef para

larride:
Last January City bought Marmoush who was 2nd highest goalscorer in Budensliga, he hasn't lived up to it, this January they bought Semenyo.

No telling the manager no manage whatever he has, they are giving him the necessary tools to dominate and win.

Since the time of Mou, we have been complaining of Dalot and Shaw, since then we have appointed Ole, ETH and Amorim, thats almost 8yrs and both of them are still here.

Imagine complaining about Dorgu, which replacement do you have Malacia

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How is marmosuh different from us buying zirkzee and then buying Sesko in back to back windows and they sold Alvarez for huge sum so they needed a replacement. That ur example makes zero sense. How many strikers/attackers have we bought over the last 3 seasons alone?

spillo1:
List those quality midfielders you have in mind.

Is it my job to scout players?