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12large1:
Cut it. He has to be consistent for pep to even consider a reclause

He be like say you no sabi pep. The way he treated the Angelino issue made me realize he has the ego of a mountain

Greatihex:
Liverpool defence can't just be the reason they are losing. After all, they just lost by one goal. What are the attackers doing?

Their fans and sympathizers are not ready for this conversation.

The main reason liverpool is struggling is because of their attack, but people kept in yapping about defense as if they've been conceeding 5 goals per game

Fernandes and Rashford eeehn. Both I'd them can be having a bad game, but will some how end up with goal contribution in the games. That is why Ole sometimes usually hesitate in subbing Rashford when he's not having a good game, because even when he's playing shut , he's still a goal threat, and opposition teams themselves knows this.

Trevor012:
Mr Man shut up. I have no business if Kante was lucky or not yesterday. Drawing comparism with what happened at Fulham and Chelsea when it's an entirely different situation is what am correcting. Now bounce

I'm resisting the urge to go into rolling with dirty water with you like the pig you are.

It's only an intellectually bereft fellow that replies a simple conversation with insults just because they are too intellectually handicapped to sustain a conversation

Trevor012:
In his 18yard box.


The rules are different for handballs leading up to goals and handballs by a player in their own penalty areas. So your Fulham comparism is meaningless.

You don't have to explain everything. Kante got lucky. Move on. Even Chelsea fans knows. Yesterday was Kante's lucky day. In other times the decision would have gone against him. So rest

BabaOwen:
It's illegal In Nigeria too. But Nigeria is a lawless country.

Also people don't press charges against those organisations. If the Nigerian police are getting sued by individuals every day and they are paying out large sums in damages, every now and then, I think they would have stopped it.

Lurker4Long:
Is it legal in Nigeria to publish people's bank details?
I've also noticed your police parading suspects they've arrested before the media, before they've appeared in court.

Here in SA both these things are illegal.

That document is supposed to be an internal memo, not a document meant to be published though

afrodoc2:
Luke Shaw who trains with them said James is the fastest in the team.

There's literarily data and articles from trusted stats websites like opta sports that backs my claim up, even on man utd website.

Botfuss:
It was in the 90th minute. He was already tired from all the defensive duties. James is the fastest player in our squad.

And he really impressed me yesterday. Guess he’s on form.

Forget 90 minutes running. James is not the fastest player in the team. It's actually Rashford.

Ifesinachi22:
They should have sticked to the Bundesliga they were showing. This Spanish league with French commentary, who dey even watch am?

They are now showing Bundesliga again recently. Seems they've renewed their deal with Bundesliga

BlueMann:

There is also player, Line ups and score predictions on he Man United app too. Don't be daft

nitrogen:
Taca de Portugal? equivalent to community shield or carling cup.

Wait, why did the big boys not consider signing Bruno sef?

Please I don’t want to do this. I like Bruno abeg.

@ Bolded, the answer is simple. He plays in Portugal. The big boys won't rate you even if you score 100goals and assists in a lower league outside the top 4 leagues. Also, Bruno wasn't exactly a young 18-21 yr old prospect the people usually hype. he was 25 so no one will hype him much the way they will hype a 19 yr old that even drop half his numbers if G/A . E.g Jaoa Felix and that Rafael Silva that wolves bought

Jodera:
Lol... This wan fit bring another
agenda argument entirely.
But without been sentimental, kdb is better than Bruno, but seeing some people for here who ready to bring out talks to prove otherwise, and I never get time for back and forth, na why I let am slide

Starting a statement with "without being sentimental" won't make you unsentimental

Sniper4real:
Ole said martial impress in training

Well its United defence you are talking about. Even last placed Sheffield United can score 4 goals against them so martial can score bucketloads against them in training

When your worst striker in bad form turns to R9 in training tells you about the state of our Defense this season

SyIvalord:
Apparently they were not supported enough nor given enough time by the board.

Lol. They thought Man utd being a big club, they will be doing point and kill in the transfer market, like Man City when any player they buy flops, not knowing Woodward has other ideas and Sir Alex was the one doing the miracle all this while.

SyIvalord:
So nobody is talking about how we almost have an injury crisis. Na to dey castigate the manager day and night be una favorite past time.

Wetin dey vex me pass na those idiots that suppose to come in and allow us to rest the main guys are the ones getting injured pass. I wonder what they do in training.

jieta:
Aina, Ebuehi or Ehizibue? Suddenly, Rohr has options at right-back for Super Eagles


Solace Chukwu





From feast to famine: suddenly, the German coach has a number of excellent options to choose from in a long-time problem position
That old saying about ketchup – tap and tap, and then it all comes out in one plop – encapsulates perfectly the sudden boom in option for Nigeria at right-back.


It was not very long ago that Gernot Rohr was forced to use Abdullahi Shehu (a defensive midfielder) and Chidozie Awaziem (a hard-tackling centre-back) in that position, ostensibly as a function of scarcity. Both contributed solid but unspectacular performances: undermined by their varying levels of discomfort at playing away from their preferred stations, but steady enough that they did not constitute liabilities.


However, if modern football teaches anything, it is the necessity of utilizing space and time when you can get it, and invariably full-backs are key in this regard, both during build-up and in attack.
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Without natural options, the Super Eagles have lacked proper width and overloads when it has most mattered: in their Africa Cup of Nations semi-final defeat to Algeria, for instance, when their North African rivals efficiently shut down Nigeria’s attack by simply manacling Ahmed Musa and Samuel Chukwueze.


It is a need that is made even more urgent when one considers that, for the most part, Nigeria lacks reliable ball progression through the middle of the pitch.


Wilfred Ndidi is many things (some might even say he is many people), but he cannot be tasked with moving the ball into the final third, and neither can the likes of Oghenekaro Etebo, Semi Ajayi and Frank Onyeka, all of whom have at various times been utilized at the heart of the midfield.


In the absence of a player in that mould, the unexpected proliferation of options – not just fit but in form – is a very welcome surprise. All of Ola Aina, Tyronne Ebuehi and Kingsley Ehizibue are playing at solid levels in terms of performance, and all bring different strengths to the table.


Of the lot, Aina is the most versatile, capable of playing not just at right-back, but at left-back and in midfield as well. Technically, he is also the most accomplished, and has displayed an impressive range of passing at Fulham, where he is on loan from Torino.


The Chelsea youth product has mostly been used on the right of a back three at Craven Cottage, however.


From that position, he progresses the ball cleanly, either out to the wing-back on his side, or by playing extravagant switches to the opposite flank. Aina also carries the ball forward when in space, and is often encouraged to make off-the-ball runs into the channel inside the right wing-back, either to offer support to the man in possession or to whip in angled deliveries.
Unlike the other two, Aina has consistently been a part of Super Eagles squads for the past two years. He has, however, struggled to win Rohr’s trust definitively, in part due to his occasional levity and lapses in concentration.


Ebuehi inhabits the other side of that coin: there is evidence that Rohr trusts him, but a nightmare two-year period, during which he was held back by injury, has kept him out of the national team picture for much of the German’s time at the helm.


The Dutch-born full-back burst onto the scene on the eve of the 2018 World Cup, and made such a profound impact that he made the squad to Russia. On loan at Twente this season, he finally appears to have put his injury hell behind him, and has been one of the more impressive performers for the European chasers.
Ebuehi’s goal at the weekend – his first of the season – helped the Enschede-based club to a deserved draw against Feyenoord. The performance as a whole though perfectly summed him up as a player: he is tidy in possession (his 83 percent pass-completion rate for the season eclipses the other two), clean in his process and decision-making, and capable of getting forward when the occasion requires. In a word: balanced.


He is less explosive than the other two, but is the most positionally astute and can most handle himself defensively. He will overlap, but will not do so willy-nilly.


Ehizibue is very much of an attacking slant, and is minded to bomb forward.
The Koln man seemed to have fallen out of favour with the Billy Goats between mid-October and early January, but has reasserted himself to aid the club’s fight against relegation.
A notable plus for the 25-year-old is his elite-level speed – back in May 2020, he was clocked at 35.85km/hr, the third-fastest sprint time in Bundesliga history.


Perhaps as a consequence of having played as a winger earlier in his career, his defensive instincts are not quite as sharp as Ebuehi’s or Aina’s: he is an attacking threat first and foremost, and the best crosser of the three with 0.5 crosses attempted per 90 and a 29 percent success rate, both higher than the other two have managed this term.


Not to say he is a poor defender, of course; just that he is perhaps not as positionally reliable, and spends less time mucking about with defensive duties.


Which of the three Rohr elects to go with would depend a great deal on who is playing ahead of them on the right of the attack.


If, as has been the case in recent times, Chukwueze remains first-choice, that would seem to favour either Ebuehi or Ehizibue more. The Villarreal man is not the most conscientious when it comes to fulfilling his defensive responsibilities, and so it would be important to select a right-back who can hold his own without needing support.


However, who he picks is perhaps of secondary importance. More pertinently, for the first time since he took charge of the national team, Rohr has enough options to choose from that he can afford to think in tactical terms. That, in itself, is a clear win. https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/aina-ebuehi-or-ehizibue-suddenly-rohr-has-options-at-right/7rgtzuko08dg1j6u60umbrmwl

All this na okoto yarn , when it comes to Rohr, If Aina or Ebuehi like, make them turn to prime Cafu, he won't still start them. He wants his full backs to defend first even if their attacking is poor. The old excuse was Aina loose concentration a lot, which is a myth by the way because it was used as an excuse just to drop the guy for world cup then. But Aina has developed and gone past that stage and keeps getting better every season,..But the new excuse is that he wants a tall player. Like WTF?

Yet, Ironically, we kept conceeding like pure water every game.

12large1:
it is only Nigerians that want to dismiss a 31 year old in his prime from Super Eagles even without "Experienced Replacement" when the likes of ibrahimovich, Ronaldo, buffon are still playing in their late 30's. Remember that ighalo was the top scorer at the previous immediate ANC that was 2 years ago and I believe that he is still good enough to pull a shift as a substitute. I agree with Rohr but ighalo must publicly signify an interest rather than SE begging for his return

Except for Ronaldo who has always been a generational talent alongside Messi, these guys you mentioned don't even play for the national team and have given way for the younger ones. Buffon has given way for Donaruma for the past few years now. Ibra has retired and swedish strike force is being led by young CF called Isak.

Meanwhile these guys are still playing in the highest level of football compared to our own Journey man. So even on merit these old guys gets in ahead of any other players in their national team , yet they had to give way for the younger ones. But our own Ighalo is not even ahead of a lot of our young strikers on merit sef.

So you people should stop capping about Ighalo abeg.

PietroRick:
refereeing in the pl is bad, but at reserve level it is 50x worse

Refereeing in women's football in England is worst. I follow a lot of WSL games and you see a lot of outrageous calls, offside goals that are even clear and not tight ones o. I remember a referee last season give a penalty against man utd women when the player head the ball away in the box, referee blow whistle, everybody confuse because there was no foul, even opposition even wanted to argue with referee thinking referee was giving a freekick, the referee con say na PK that the man utd player handled the ball with hand , everyone shock including the opposition

It's like the FA don't train their referees properly accross board, and it's only getting worse every season

handelex:
Those U23 Refs need to be fired. The tackles they allow is outrageous.

Reason why one southampton youth player Making his league debut wanted to cripple Mctominay the other day. Those refs have allowed those small boys to get used to reckless and dangerous tackles

handelex:
United want to hold out for a higher fee I guess.

That's the plan. And it's a smart one. If they had included a cheap buy out clause, they would be gnashing their teeth right now. Also, if Lingard had flopped at Westham, even with the cheap buy out clause, Westham won't have bought him anyways. so this method of not including a buy out clause is smart move and will allow the club negotiate a favourable fee

For youth and women's team FC, MUTV is now available on Startimes Channel 252 DTH(Dish) and Channel 264 DTT (Antenna)

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JayKayMaybachz:
This has been over flogged here. Lukaku, asked to be sold. He wanted a change of environment. He cited how the fans doesn't fancy him no more.. How if we lose, they will blame him or Pogba. So he met Ole, and requested he'd leave.

That's why he still speaks good Ole.

As for Smalling, 85% wanted him gone. Including Jones and they rest if the fringe players.

Let them continue revising history

SyIvalord:
How many “senior” players who went out on loan under Ole came back? If Lingard likes, let him push Westham to win the league, he is not coming back.

Na true sha �

Joezinho:
Which Utd striker and defender has outperformed lukaku and smalling respectively?

Lukaku is probably a strange transfer decision from Ole. But you see Smalling ehn, I won't agree with you.
Please stop revising history abeg.
Smalling being shit was the reason why Ole ended up with Maguire in the first place which was what led to him wanting to leave when it was clear that he won't be the first choice anymore.
Infact Jose had wanted Maguire before he got sacked sef, just to point to the fact that he no really fancy Smalling like that anymore.

Talking as if Smalling is pulling trees at Roma. smg

LostMyZeal:
I didn't say Lingard was a pro oh

But one thing I know for sure is that a lot of this players we criticize, will do better under an efficient system with a coach who is a visionary


Ole is up there with Guardiola in terms of Fraudulent coaches
Only difference is Pep delivers

@bolded. You mean under less pressure and intense scrutiny.

Agreed that some of the said players are not bad like fans and media portray them sometimes, it's just that when you are a Man utd player , they scrutinize you ridiculously down to every irrelevant details.

I watch some of these hyped players in the EPL playing for those small teams. The mistakes some of them make during matches that go under the radar ehn if they were united players, they will be scrutinized up to the extent that it could affect confidence.

Bruno is thriving today because the guy has an insane level of confidence that makes nothing get to him even if he make mistakes in the previous match. You need more than skill to play for United

TheHulk616:
so you think Atletico Madrid will bottle this league?
Atletico Madrid had 11 shot on target yesterday, Atletico Madrid would have won that game easily.

Na small small person dey bottle league , it doesn't happen overnight. That was how Barcelona gave Madrid the title last season. Playing countless draws while Madrid kept doing scrappy wins via the famous Sergio ramos penalties

Subzero047:
Leon balogun with an assist

The Nigerian Cafu is on it

Rohr must be having an erection right now. Werey coach.

Refinedbeing:
Lukaku case na something. Buh i miss Smalling sha, he was a little better that the two there right now.

Ole too fxcked up then by being honest with them. I guess that's why he's no more a straight talker anymore.

Refinedbeing:
Smalling? Yes buh Lukaku was becoming a nuisance just like Suarez in Barcelona.

Even some of them never really respected Ole.

Smalling and Lukaku left because Ole told them they won't be first choice and they felt disrespected as per senior players wey suppose walk straight into team no matter their form I'm sure they won't do that to a more established and big name coach.

LostMyZeal:
My point is Ole doesn't know how to use most of these players... that's why he's always gunning for top players...
An injury to only Bruno, is an Injury to Man United

But Ole gave most of them chance na. Why do some of you like revising history. If Lingard was that good , we won't end up with Bruno mid season then.

The reality is that, not all of them will turn up no matter what. Under this same ole, some players have become better.