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Odunharry:
Sinizia made 160,000 comment

This shows we'll win Everton. It's a magical record.

elampiro:
Pirlo-like? Three slow men in the middle?

We will keep chasing the likes of Kante, Bakayoko, Fernandinho, Ramsey, around in midfield.

I tire o. We need Kante-esque recruit jor, not Pirlo-like player.

funlord:
Pogba needs to be allowed to play closer to the opponents final 3rd as an advanced playmaker and should roam as he sees fit! Shots, freekicks, passes, assists... basically turn him into a younger version of scholes and relive him of any deep lying or defensive play. Put 2 guys behind him for that thrash and allow him go and create havoc upfield!

The question is, will Pogba show seriousness and do what's expected of him in that role? Last season he's given that chance for some matches and he didn't impress. Yesterday Scholes accused Pogba of strolling on the pitch and he's right.

Pogba needs to be serious if Mourinho gives him that freedom because he'd be the dictator of footie. He'd learn from David Silva.

adebayo201:
should he be call back?? Will he get enough games to prove himself fit for the jpb? Yes, pls!

He won't get enough games under Mou. Mourinho that hardly rest players?

Roland17:
Fosu Mensah was terrific today against City. He more than held his own against the different wingers thrown at him.

E pain me die that Jose loaned that guy out. This was a young RB that needed minutes in some matches and more minutes in Caraboa Cup to learn his trade. Jose could've afforded him that time, but he loaned him out and now Valencia is injured, we're depending on a winger to play his position.

Mourinho should not repeat this madness next season. If Mou is not convinced of his talents, Mou should make sure he buys a suitable replacement for Valencia before loaning him out.

PietroRico:
When we were playing that 343/352 hybrid, the balance looked good.
I dunno why he changed.

I prefer the 352/343 hybrid too especially the 352, and I feel it's system that will work well where we start 3 CBs of Bailly, Jones and either of Smalling or Lindeolf. But for it to work, Valencia must play. We need a defensive wing-back that can attack as wellas defend and Young doesn't cut it in a RB position. If we get Rose or a good LB, 352 will suit us well.

Ibime:
That may be true but Pep met KDB, Silva, Aguero and Sterling on ground.

Who did Mourinho meet on ground in that class bracket? Martial arguably.

So just catching up to some of the players Pep met on ground alone will take severe investment.

Not holding brief for JM cos he thought he only needed 4 signings but that is the fact you are not considering.

I admitted that City have better players than us. I also admitted that City had gradually invested in better players over the years than us. I'm also aware that my team is not good enough, that's why I didn't set a high expectation for Mourinho. But the playing pattern which was very important to me, Mou had not yet addressed it. We don't play good football. We don't attack or defend well.

Klopp and Pep attacks.
Conte is well known for being defensive minded with his formations.

But with United, we're neither here or there. It's tiring.

Let me make my stance clear, I'm no Mourinho hater. I don't want him sacked, if I'd written such in the past it's outta anger after a frustrating match. I prefer the United under Mourinho than that of Gaal or Nwoyes. I still want the club to support him financially so he won't blame them if he doesn't deliver next season. He shouldn't be given a new contract till the team have improved. But, Mourinho should've gotten us playing better than we're currently playing if he knows what he's doing.

How we play will determine how far we'll go in the long run. We've no identity, no plan, no tactics. Nothing. We're everywhere on the pitch but still nowhere. Liverpool has an attacking identity, apart from City, no team in the EPL attacks more than them. The lack of good defenders is their major problem. But with United, you'll be confused on what we're actually playing. We don't defend greatly, we don't attack greatly. So what's Mourinho teaching these lads in training?

I want a good digger to dig up my post before last season, I said my objectives for Mourinho was

1. Get us back into UCL.
2. Make us to play good exciting football that's sorely lacking under LvG.

I never ever demanded the league title from him instantly because I knew this team needed upgrades, but I wanted him to bring a good playing style for us because I'm a firm believer that how you play determines how far we'll go in a season or even in future. Last season beginning , Chelsea were struggling, after losing twice, Conte changed tactics, a tactic that paid off and he stuck with it through out. Lack of continental matches and the fact that his squad were always fresh helped him, but it's a change of tactic, a winning tactic that catalysed that success.

But for a Mourinho, a season and half gone and NO SINGLE TACTIC to win matches from him. He keeps experimenting with formations and players, he's yet to know what works for the team. Young has played a RB, LB, winger. Rashford has played as a LW, RW and even CF. Martial almost the same. Mhikitaryan has been used as an AM, RW, LW, Mourinho has not gotten a solution. Darmian has played both LB and RB. Blind, both CB and LB. There is so much confusion in the squad. Pogba nko?

If he's to praised when we win, why can't we blame him when we lose as well? Man City have a better squad than us, have over the years acquired better players than us, but THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THEM IS GUARDIOLA AND HIS WORKING FORMULA. Anybody saying otherwise is delusional. Stones was great, he got injured and Kompany entered, the winning run continued. Kompany went out injured, Mangala slotted in effortlessly, the winning run continued. Mendy injured, Delph takes over, the winning run is safe. Same for Jesus and Aguero. Guandogan, Bernado Silva have slotted in when called upon and the winning is non-stop. So injury or no injury, THE PLAYING PATTERN STAYS THE SAME. That tactic is the main reason they're good coz no matter who plays, he plays the Guardiola way. It's been ingrained in them.

This man has the best winning runs in Spain, Germany and England. It's no coincidence. It's not a fluke. He brings his tactics, get players that adapts to it and wins with it. Mourinho needs a working formula. For now he has none.

His excuse is about finance. Pep has spent more than him by 74.8 million pounds. That money in the hands of Mourinho will get maybe a Van Dijk and still the problem is not solved. He can spend all he wants, but if he doesn't find a way to make his signings work, it'll be a waste of money.

Last season, both Mourinho and Pep didn't have a great EPL season. Pep analysed his team and spent huge money to get THE RIGHT PLAYERS IN POSITIONS HE WANTED BOLSTERED. HE DIDN'T GET ALL HIS TARGETS. Mourinho also analysed his and deemed just 4 positions worthy of bolstering. To the best of our PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, he didn't request for 6 additions and got 3. Unless he wanted more and Ed promised him just 4, then I can't blame Ed. Most of us pointed out we needed a LB, 2 CBs (to partner Bailly since Rojo was injured, Smalling mediocre, and Jones injury prone), RW, DM, CF to replace Ibra and an AM/SS like Griezmann.

With all these glaring defences, Mourinho said we needed just 4 players. But midway into the new season, he's realised what we saw since last season. My questions are

was he blind all this while not to have noticed we needed more than 4 additions?

Didn't he know Ibra was old and finished when he's giving him a new contract at 36 years with an ACL injury? I was among those that wanted him out by all means even if it's through injury.

If he knew Shaw wasn't up to the quality LB he wanted, why go into the season with Young and Darmian as a LB? Why didn't he task Ed for a new LB? Is he suffering from amnesia?

You needed a LW but kept quiet pursuing Perisic all through and only started flirting with Bale before the season started and with no hope of signing him? Why are you still blaming Ed?


Why can't Mourinho for once accept he's at fault for not requesting for more? He openly said he wanted only 4. So how's Ed to be blamed? I'm at lost as to why Mourinho is realising he needs more.

He'd accept his L in peace and find a way to turn things around. I still believe in him, but firstly he needs to accept that things are not going well and his players are playing rubbish. Only when he accepts that, looks deep into finding a solution will he be able to turn things around. Talking about other clubs will not save him. He'd concentrate on his club.

GloryIsaac:
Nah, the real fans said we're winning matches by 4-nil so the tactics and gameplay (master class) isn't bad. Ok

Then they said we're on same points with City, just goal difference. Ok

Then they said December ain't here yet so no need to whyne about City's prowess. Ok

Then they said we were just 2 points below after the Liverpool match, that Anfield is a tough ground bla bla bla (when it was DDG that saved our asses that day). Ok.

Excuses upon excuses while the team went from 2 to 5 to 8 to 11 to 13 to 15 points below City. Maybe if City had spent less, we would have beaten Southampton.

At 15 points below, they said after all we're still 2nd. 6th to 2nd is a massive improvement and we shouldn't bother about the league since City's strolling to it (compare with what was said earlier in the season o).

Then it changed to "Must we win the league this season?"(Assnal mentality stepping in gradually)

Well, by tomorrow it'll probably be 17 points below, this time in 3rd position. Trying to play catchup with Chelsea.

Now the excuse has been updated to 300m is not enough (what happened to the master class?)

Well, winners keep winning. Losers keep giving excuses #Ugly Truth.

NB: Everyone wants the best for the team but always try and accept facts instead of going through unnecessary hell to defend b.s, esp those who specialize in name-calling once another's view doesn't suit yours.... Deluded, Einsteins, fake fans etc.

You even remembered all the excuses. You try. I've run out of excuses from Mourinho defenders. Every excuse was a hit back to back, at a point I got tired. I wonder why admitting the truth is such a taboo on this thread.

Some of the defenders, I think had the mentality that if they said as it was, "our rivals will use it to mock us". They'd rather hold on to an excuse than give an opposition something to troll with - saying the stark reality as it was.

The earlier we accept that this team is clueless the better for us. Mourinho can still turn things around, but he needs to stop the blame game, stop involving other teams in his interviews, concentrate on his team, and find a way to get us out of this slump.

patrickmuf:
When we were winning, some of us here pointed out that we weren't playing well irrespective of the flattering score line but we were tagged derogatory names like Einstein's, Mou haters and so on by those who are too blinded by loyalty to see through bullshit...They quickly pointed to our league position in their argument but as I pointed out, it was only going to be a matter of time before our league position reflects our drab performances and now, look where we are with Liverpool and Spurs breathing down our neck, we can only hope...
Worst off, we don't have the Europa league to retreat to this time...Na here we dey last last all men must confess say Jesus be lord and Savior...

I remember complaining then, it sounded like I was hating. They told us to go and support City. They said it's "just 2 points". I stated clearly that football had to with more than just winning, that the momentum, the tactics, the psyche and morale of the team is important as well. Whatever momentum we had before Loserfool match ended few minutes into that match. For all the addition from Mou, he's still a coward to trust his players and others knew.

Pep lost to Chelshit playing attacking football, he took note of his flaws, made new additions and came back still believing in that tactic, and he won this time around. Same tactic but with much improvement.

Defensive tactics do work, but with the right players. Mou had Drogba, Makele, Lucio, Samuel, Essien, Ballack, Terry, Carvalho, Zanetti, strong defensive demons. He had good finishers like Lampard and Milito, Pacy wingers like Duff and Robben. Match winners all over those defensive team of his.

Compare those names with Matic and Hererra. Only Jones, Valencia and Bailly fits the defensive mould of typical Mourinho players. He needs to change. This team is not defensively good. We can't win in that manner. If he wants defensive strategy, he'd get the players that fit it.

I'm out.

elrony:
Lol

Baba sinizia don vex finish.

Shey we were winning matches comfortably b4, what changed?

Our momentum took a nosedive after Loserfool match. It's the day they Mourinho confirmed to our rivals he hadn't changed from last season.

We're yet to recover since then. Mourinho had the perfect opportunity to continue the upward attacking trend and squandered the chance. I talked about us making a statement that day, I complained that playing the way we played that will tell these players that they're not good enough. I talked about it affecting the psyche of our players. The excuse was that "we're just 2 points behind City". Now it's 14 points.

Guardiola has infused a style in his players and will never change it no matter what. Mourinho has shown he won't change his too. The difference is that Pep's tactics delivers, Mourinho's doesn't.

Mourinho keeps forgetting that he needs the right players to play the defensive style he wants and our players currently are not up to the level of his Chelshit or Inter side defensively. This team will be better off in an attacking set-up and that word is what Mourinho doesn't understand anymore.

Our LB and RW were problematic, he didn't add any players there. Valencia was our only trusted RB and he loaned out Mensah.

He bought Pogba, Matic, Ibra, Lindeolf, Bailly, Ukaku, Mhiki, so the excuse of not enough financial backing is a huge lie.

The extra millions Pep has spent more than Mou, give it to Mou and he'll still moan for me while pillaging it on average players. Last season, Mourinho said he wanted just 4 players, he got 3. It's not bad. Pep wanted more players, he got many but not all. So, no excuse for Mourinho. If he had wanted 7 players and gotten 3, I'll defend him, but he only lost 1. He needs to shut the fùck up.


I believe Pep and Mourinho bought smartly, but Mourinho haven't found the best way to make his team work, Pep had figured his out. Man City has the better players, but with Mou, that team will be another defensive juggernaut, not this beast Pep has created.

I cannot defend Mourinho anymore till I see some fuckiing improvement in this team.

elrony:
My blame goes to.......!!!


Wait till Dec 31st 11:59pm

Guaranteed our team doesn't have the best squad, but the major difference between us and City is Pep and his better tactics. After one season, I can't make any excuses for Mourinho again.


Pep after one season with squad, after getting his players will have us playing better than now. Mourinho has lost it, he needs to go. Simple.

elrony:
And person say we get better squad pass city. Iffa hear

We don't even have a good bench, but my blame goes fully to Mourinho

See offside.

elrony:
You s3f dey see am

Honestly, we've got no better CF than Ukaku. Chai. He's do and come back

Is Rashford for real? Jesu. What happened to this guy?

Just look at Matic. What a slowpoke. He can't even hassle an opposition. Tufiakwa

Matic and Pogba had a poor game, Matic being the worst player after Mhiki

Foolish Matic.

Whn you realise that Rashford has barely seen a chance, you kinda get what Ukaku passes through in this team. No creativity at all. Poor tactics and poor players.

Pogba has been unimpressive in this match. Just there, nothing fantastic from him.

We need a RB fast. Young is a waste of time there. Only Valencia is our recognised RB.

Pheew. The bastard is out. Finally

Mourinho is a fool. Remove Mhiki and put Martial na. Mhiki is not even a LWinger. Na wa o.

SMFH. Mourinho is a clown. Tell me one tactic from him in this match. The players are even unperturbed.

elrony:
Disjointed soccer...

I'm not even seeing any single tactic from these boys. What do they do in training?

What are we even playing

Mhiki should be sold for cowries or dashed out free of charge as a burnt offering

Matic your papa

Mata has been our best player.