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Nice one!

Shaw definitely about to make his marauding runs down the left flank

CrystalTiger:
Make ETH better respect himself by not allowing this WhoGhost near our starting 11on Thursday

Actually fancy Toney in this setup. Very likely to do better.

eph12:
Which is worrisome to me. That can't be our pattern for many obvious reasons

Let’s just watch sha. Hopefully, something changes.

Bjteensdes24:
Our eyes don dey clear now 😆 na Man City or Arsenal get this league. Top 4 na our aim

Most likely Arsenal.

eph12:
For me, all I need from this season is to develop a playing pattern that allows us to create many chances and dominate teams we should be dominating. We can build on that with the right players from next season.

Bullseye. The playing pattern matters a lot too. What we have going for us so far is counter-attacking football.

melodyogonna:
Wetin do McTom? When e get injury?

Lmao absence makes the heart grow fonder. McTom isn’t any better than what we have on the pitch right now.

eph12:
LMAO shey it was 15 players ogbeni Raulf said we needed?

Looks like we’ll just have to manage things as it is and wait till transfer window opens. A UCL qualification is fine by me.

maik99:
You make solid points but Madrid didn't seem Case surplus, case requested to leave
If case still played in Madrid this season he'd still be a starter

Starter? Not certain considering there are younger replacements already, and you know how Madrid handles their superstars when they’ve acquired a replacement.

In all, it still aligns with the fact that his arrival was a matter of time and chance, not some masterstroke from the coach.

afrodoc2:
You need a keeper who is really good with short and long passing for that. That way the full back can stay high and wide and the keeper launches a pass to him and the press is beaten. The GK is the extra man who can't be closed down until he receives the ball. You can consistently play out of the back if your keeper is mediocre on the ball.

DDG’s case is just laughable and slightly annoying at the same time, because everyone already knows ball-playing isn’t for him but still can’t get rid of him due to his match-saving reflexes.

The team will need a solid ball-carrier to counterbalance this glaring weakness at the back.

eph12:
I'm not sure I understand your position here.

It was glaring our midfield was out of sorts since like 4 years ago. If ETH failed to see that and failed to get a DM, he would have paid the price sooner or later. At the end of the day, the buck stops at the coach's table and he knows what his team lacks the most. If DM was never a top priority, that is his own fault and failure. He can NOT blame someone else if he's blind to see the obvious crack in the team. You can't come and start painting those coaches as the victim here. Its different if they didn't get any money to spend but they spent a lot of monies, and also offered enormous wages to players that don't deserve them

The bolded concludes it. Best go through my initial comment again so we don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.

TrebleChamp:
I pray we win tomorrow to stretch our lead over Newcastle United, CL qualification is a must this season. Carabao Cup final win against Newcastle United is also a must this season. If we reach FA Cup final this season, it will be a must win trophy too...

Their trickster (Maximin) limped off today, same with Almiron. Not sure they have any other major threat compared to those in our ranks (Rashford, etc.)

LostMyZeal:
Arsenal has successfully bottled the league

Dropping 4 huge points at this critical time... Omo

Who will rise to the occasion between city and Us now?

Definitely not us. Make we escape leeds tomorrow let's see something.

Didn’t aim to win the title from the beginning of the season anyway, best solidify the UCL place.

Hopefully, with reinforcements in the next transfer window, a league title charge definitely.

eph12:
Why did they try to use a team without DMs to compete for trophies? It's not a case of no money because they spent a lot on players

Before going down an endless rabbit hole here, let’s not make it seem like Ten Hag himself went for Casemiro.

Casemiro’s arrival at United was simply a matter of time and chance, not some masterpiece stroke from ETH like your comment might infer.

ETH preferred target (FDJ) evaded us all through the transfer window and we won’t have gotten Casemiro if Madrid didn’t deem him surplus to requirements.

It will be wrong to pin our failure to get a good DM on the previous managers when it’s no secret how inefficient our scouting network has been in recent years hence causing us to go for mercenaries every time.

I’m just pointing this out because it’s beginning to look like we can’t get things wrapped up if Casemiro isn’t on the pitch and that doesn’t reflect well on the team as a whole, manager inclusive.

odizeey:
Probably if Casemiro was there, he would have done the job.

Exactly what comes to mind each time I see the replay.

Leyqute:
Sancho, Bruno and Rashy interchanging the CF, RWF and AM positions will get us more goals.

Think about it.

. Rashy
Sancho Bruno. X

Bruno
Rashy. Sancho. x

Or even

X
Rashy. Sancho. Bruno

Makes great sense. This setting has created a great goal already.

Ten Haag will have to come up with the right tactics for those formations or scenarios tho.

Definitely not popular opinion, but Ole used this same interchanging tactic and was bashed here for it.

Those who felt the interchanging thing was good were also bashed for it.

Goes to say, is it actually good? Or just sounds nice on paper.

odizeey:
To me, the whole players around that area including the goal keeper were at fault there.

They allowed the Leeds players press them so hard.

First, it was the mumu passing at the back they were doing.

Na team error.

The build-up play was poor tbh. Seen teams like City beat that type of press easily with exquisite close triangle passes from the back.

How they let the boy have a shot at goal without at least one person committing a technical foul is unbelievable.

ChristineC:
Bruno's biggest quality is availability. he wants to play every game but it tells on his performance from time to time. Ten Hag will need to get a capable deputy next season so we can have rotation without drop in quality.
Rashford Bruno Casemiro and Varane are players we can't afford to lose this season if we are to finish strongly.

Casemiro especially. It’s as if the floodgates open whenever he’s not on the pitch.

And this partially vindicates previous United managers who had to constantly use a team that had no DMs to compete for trophies.

Mrviktor:
Rashford is getting more attention than him gan..

And he's so close to passing rooney on the all time chart

Exactly. It’s big-club advantage.

A similar situation is that of Victor Osimhen. Would have been getting way more coverage under different circumstances.

olabode89:
Haaland 25 goals in 20 games
Kane 17 goals in 22 games

Is is clear now?

Is there something that initially needed clarification?

Mrviktor:
Mad oh.
How has kane silently gotten 17 goals.

Kane has been scoring for fun since the beginning of the season but only few people noticed because the media was busy gaggling on Haaland.

Maybe if he was a United player, he would have gotten way more attention.

Sancho!

Ah

chrisley024:
Leeds sack Marsch.
I hope we don't drop points, due to new manager effect, like we did against Aston villa.

Modified: This club no go kill person.

odizeey:
Accuse people of tears but na you dey cry.

Fans of these players on this board hardly even mention them anymore.

But guess who's accusing people of crying?

My nephew school dey do party. Them need to hire some clowns. 😃😃😃

😂😂

Trevor012:
He is speaking facts. The backlash if Greenwood is ever called up for England will be severe.

It’s football. No be today backlash start.

Leyqute:
Are you really asking this question?

Do you know who Greenwood is at all?

😂

Borntosmoke:
Greenwood Vs Rashford. Who is the most deadliest in the box18??

MG11 vs Rashford? 😂

You people should stop insulting Greenwood please.

Ellexy:
If this statement is true then we have our very own Gakpo.

Tbh, this is an insult to MG11.

Borntosmoke:
If you don't watch football eenh!! No be life u comeooo. . See massive joy on my face. Happy for the guy. It is not easy. But it will be hard for the boy to perform beacuse I don't think he can handle the amount of banters he go dey recieve everyday

He’s got a good coach to help him with that. The worst that can happen is that he gets reintegrated using the Sancho template, and I think he has a way stronger mentality than Sancho.

odizeey:
If United like make them go fall into the trap of these other clubs.

Madrid, Chelsea, City etc go rush am.

Chelsea owner fit sign agreement with am tomorrow sef, if opening dey.

The highest anyone would do is wail online.

Heaven will not fall.

Bullseye

Oasis007:


..... deep down, even those that are wailing he shouldn't play for us again will chant his names if he scores on his return, especially if he bags a Brace or Hattrick.

😀