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afrodoc2:
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I did not say Ole should play all the youth players. A few of them have been putting in good to great performances at youth and reserve level and have been identified by the club as players with potential. They should be given the opportunity to prove themselves.

The same SAF gave Luke Chadwick 25 EPL games before sending him away. He gave Ronnie Wallwork almost 20 EPL games before sending away.
Jonathan Greening got over 10 games and even made the squad for the 1999 UCL final but within 2 years he was sent packing.

Fletcher got so many games despite struggling, with people claiming SAF was using Scottish quota to pick him before he came good.

Frank Lampard struggled initially at West Ham with people claiming that he got into the squad because his uncle was manager and his father was assistant.

If you say you believe in a set of youth players it is nonsensical to claim that after a few minutes of football they are no longer good or should be discarded.

I don't know which of this set (if any) will make it at United but so far this season they have not had enough opportunity.

But OGS hasn't binned them yet. The season is still young and there are a lot of games to play. So don't conclude yet. I'm sure we will see some of them in the last two Europa League group matches.

So don't be an alarmist just yet.

For me , j believe a player like Rashford will come good eventually. Even it took Ronaldo some years at Man UTd before he started being productive. And Sir Alex believed in his abilities that is why he kept faith with Ronaldo. Ronaldo started having end product and high goal return in his last 2/3 season for Man utd.
Ronaldo was like Rashford during his early days with dribbles and runs with no sense and end product. Even Giggs said it in one of his interviews that they used to complain about him , that he doesn't have good team work. But when Ronaldo got better, it now turn to be s case of just getting the ball to Ronaldo and he will do his magic.

So Rashford needs time. More so, his goal return this season will be better than last season. He has 8/9 goals in all competitions already despite being wasteful and will probably get btw 15-20 by end of season if he keeps his heads down and take his chances as they come, which will be an improvement against last season.

My own is that A proper striker should be bought to give Martial some competition, since Ole doesn't want to Rush Greenwood into first team football, which is very understandable for the young boy.

I guess the coaching crew don't want to make the mistakes that our former coaches have made concerning easing young players gradually into the team

elampiro:
You want us to sell the way Mourinho sold Salah?

One thing is sure, No matter what any coach says, the club is not selling Martial or Rashford anytime soon. Any coach that comes to Man utd will have to work with them or buy his own players and make Martial and Rashford squad players.

ConqueredWest:
Oga close your mouth there.

You think war with US is another village fight.

Which tech do you have to confront the US.

Oga you should be the one closing your mouth. Because you think war is about overpriced techs.

Your technologically advanced USA couldn't even level a ragtag Vietnam and Afghanistan in 1 yr. Now tell me how it will even do that here.


Your are obviously a novice if you think war is about expensive overpriced toys only

eph12:
Gomez has not done anything for us to believe he's better than what we currently have and he's had a couple of chances

And it seems Ole is done with Gomez and Chong. He has given those youngsters enough opportunities to asses them. It's only Williams and Greenwood that passed the test, that is why they are still in the team.

Garner is presently undergoing the same test, and I hope he also takes his chances

Chrisus:
Let's just drop 25-30m for Eriksen this January and go all out for Maddison in the summer.

Makes sense.

But will Ed Woodward think in that direction?

chidexxy007:
Martial.... Lvg, Mou, Ole
Rashford.... Lvg, Mou, Ole

Ole agreed is clueless, LVG and Mou?

Funny how Martial had his best season under LVG who is the only attacking coach among the trio. So you have successfully buttressed the guy's point

SGANIVA:
south Africa is far from Nigeria, so is not possible and no Africa country can sink Nigeria under a year .if Nigeria will even loose any war against any African country, it will be cause by internal forces from the east.igbos are very powerful and can do everything to break up Nigeria

Bros Not even USA can sink Nigeria within two years in an outright War. Comparing us to any African country is even an insult sef, because it will be a Mutually assured Destruction (MAD)

Danielnino00:
Star times don't have that much customers like dstv across Africa

. And as long as dstv has the right to the EPL,losing the broadcasting right of CAF tournaments won't be enough to make them lost customers to start times...

na CAF go suffer am

If they acquire EPL rights, they will spoil market for DSTV because they will give it out cheap just to acquire market share.

Even without EPL, look at the leagues that they have right to and check the price. Do you think DSTV will give u such service for such ridiculous price?

Oga, even DSTV themselves can't say what you just said. They know that it just takes one major Bleep up for Startimes to swoop in

All in all, Startimes still have a long way to go and those chinkos are working tirelessly to take a bite of the pie.

And as per CAF, they can't suffer shit, cos DSTV is not the only TV that has broadcasting rights. Las las, Companies like Startimes or Kwese will buy those broadcasting rights from CAF for the Sub Sahara Africa region.

Odunayaw:
I'm telling you. Its like they want to be unfortunate quickly

The sweet part of it is that, startimes is not like the Nigerian Run HITV. They are Chinese and they have a lot of money to throw around and can't be bullied around financially or otherwise. I'm sure DSTV too knows this, that is why they are also being careful this days, cos any small Bleep up when, those Chinese will do their thing

Odunayaw:
Chinese media company will be ready to pounce on this opportunity and turn it to a monopoly

Startimes will be looking at Supersport with corner eye now

Danielnino00:
Personally, I'm not too pained about our exist... Even with the poor performance from the players, we can't say for sure if they will go into oblivion...
some of them might end up better than their counterparts that performed better than them...
How many people knew Ndidi in 2013?
Alampasu that was ahead of Uzoho in 2013 is behind him now...

Exactly.

oloriooko:
This is not xmas matter but seem we are beginning to deploy actual u17s and our under developed grassroots football is being exposed

The ones we won in 2013 and 2015 are not actual u17s ba?

Like I said, every day is not Christmas. Moreover, the primary aim is not to win

oloriooko:
So all the African teams in the U17 have been eliminated speaks volumes of our developmental programs

Every day is not Christmas

Eartquake1:
Albrighton is a fantastic crosser of the ball with a very high workrate

Leicester is no more playing police football , so Albrighton is now obsolete in the team. They need more dribblers that will complement Brendan Rodgers style of play.

And to people asking that who will he bench?
Football can be funny. He might get to Leicester and become an integral part of the team. A certain Young Daniel James was bought to man utd as a squad player, it then turned out to be a first team player and one of the best forward in the team.

All this , Dennis is not ready for EPL is just bullshit talk. Nobody is ever ready for anything until you try that thing. So how will we know if he's ready if he doesn't give it a try

afrodoc2:
Pereira can claim he never really lived in Brazil. Fred was born and brought up in Brazil and still plays like a Kenyan midfielder.

Who is better between Fred and Etebo?

Like WTF!!

it's an insult to Etebo for comparing Fred to him. Etebo doesn't have outrageous bad touches and can carry the ball way better than Fred. Etebo would have even done a better Job than Fred. The only thing Fred has over Etebo is his Brazilian passport

chidexxy007:
Where was he running to fort their goal

The idiot keeps dropping at least 5 errors per match

Lindelof is now beginning to look like a weak link in our defense. He had made a lot of mistakes at the backline this season.

larride:
It seems our current run of wins is making some fans blind to our this team set up to play. We still don’t have any creative midfielder bar Pogba. We can’t be deploying joint defending and counter every match day. We practically surrender possession to our opponents and try to hit on counter. This issues are still there and must be worked upon.

We need technical creative midfielders that can break down defenses with a pass. Direct players like KDB. I said it during Mou’s time that if Pogba wants to go, he should be allowed to go and use the money gotten from his sale to invest in 1 or 2 solid CM and AM.

It doesn't take away the fact that pogba is overrated.

I as a person always wished OGS had bin him instead of Lukaku. Lukaku was still giving his all, despite his deficiency. OGS could have bin him and bought 2 correct Midfielders with the money. But it seems the Man utd management still wants pogba around

ChristoBam:
It was a telecommunications deal with a company in Dubai.. No takeover.

Then it's a take over or they bought part of the shares at Man UTD

Those Arab don't buy clubs directly with their names. They use their corporation as fronts.

andrewbaba44:
As far as you didn’t call him world class then am okay with you

I still pity the deluded British man united fans who thinks he is better than lukaku

I'm sure most man utd fans knows that , they are only furious that Lukaku wasn't upgraded with a replacement. Infact rashford wasn't expected to play as a central forward, because he's a winger. Martial was the man that was suppose to play the no. 9 position, but unfortunately, that one spends more time in the sick bay than on the field

TheSuperNerd:
Meanwhile, Andrew444.... I am not a big Rashford fan but you remember I was the one who disagreed with you on Rashford being bang average.

My stance remains that Rashford is not an average player but is slightly above average and a fine talent. Believe me... The lad is not as bad as some make him out to be. He is no where near world class but he is also slightly above average at least.

Tammy Abraham should just fasten his seat belt in the England bench. He won't displace Rashford in a long time to come.

Even if Rashford doesn't score, his work rate and versatility is what will always give him an edge over Tammy. He can dribble and create too

oloriooko:
I can see the reason Manu benches Amoo, the guy is not a 90 min player, he tires out too early but the dude has been fully involved in all our goals after coming on. I wonder if they have a fitness coach
Congrats to them, another shambolic win

U mean someone that was still giving through passes and making runs till the final minute of the game, is the one that tires out?

SMH

oloriooko:
The guy is skillful but seem he cannot last 90 or he fizzles out too early

U concluded because the coach is not starting him?

Na wa o.
Even though the coach might have his other personal reasons for not starting him, but saying that he doesn't last 90 minutes will definitely not be a reason, and more so, where did u hear that one from?
Na so some of Una go begin spread what is not, and because those fabricated stories are repeated often, then other will take it as truth.

Haba. Do you even know if the coach wants to be using him as a joker, and unleash him on tired defenses of his opponents just like the last game?

jihday:
His club won't release him na, can't you see the players invited aren't regulars in their various clubs except the guy from USA

True. Even the USA guy could make it because the MLS just ended and they are on break

darkelf:
I don't need him to score goals. At least an assist every two matches isn't a bad idea. Iwobi is inconsistent and unreliable. The reason I am hammering on this is because he seems to be our only AM at the moment and thus when he has his bad days, it affects the whole team. This isn't good for the Super Eagles.

He does his job as a 10 well, which is to create chances and carry the ball to your forward players as quick as possible. He might not be a fancy ball hugging kind of player but he's very efficient. Modric that is a balloon d'Or winner, how many assists does he have ? But modric is rated because he does the simple things efficiently and transition the attacks very well

tbaba1234:
This is objectively false. You do not even have to go far. Iwobi was the best player on the pitch against Ukraine

Even Everton's last home game, he was also superb. I don't get the reason why some people just dey slander Iwobi . For Bleep sake he's not a modric, he's just a regular player that will have average games once in a while

Eartquake1:
Messi didn't play for the Spanish underaged teams, if he did Spain had a legitimate right to claim him

I don't see the issue of being excited about kids of dual nationality WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO PLAY FOR OTHER COUNTRIES when we have our home grown kids

We may as well dump the underage teams and go into full time begging

As in , it is very irritating to say the least.

We have bunch of talented 21 players in the tourney that we can be excited about, yet na some abroad boys that might not even know the capital of Nigeria, they are pushing to our face. Inferiority complex at its best

Thank God this roaches have been put to their place. This thread will have some peace for few days. The away win at Norwich was a real life saver for this thread. Damn , I couldn't even open the thread for some time due to those trolls

DExponential:
You're back in form with one win? You guys better win on Wednesday sha.

A lot of us have always known that our problem has always been our impotence in front of goal and Martial is always the key to that. But since martial is injury prone, we might be having that problem if a reliable replacement or backup is not brought in by January

PS: The Liverpool game was the game changer that brought back some confidence

donjazet:
2 wins na him dey enter your head, don't worry on Wednesday, our revenge for that 4-0 go sweet. No disappear from thread oo.

You guys better be worried, because we will be playing you when we are back in form. Chelsea is just so unlucky Sha.

Lana1:
If Norwich and Newcastle win today, we'd actually be level on points with the relegation zone.

Ole should be getting sacked before tomorrow morning if that happens.

I hope it happens. I can't wait for that mofo to be sacked