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Oloye - Man Utd currently has a surplus of CMs (despite releasing or selling 5 CMs in the summer!). After shelling out 60 million on a 30yo CM, I cannot see the club sanctioning more sales in that position in the near future. I have been saying for years that Man Utd needs a deep lying, ball playing regista to replace the Michael Carrick and Paul Scholes sized holes 🕳 in their midfield. Eriksen does the ball playing part, but a balding 30yo with a pacemaker, and who nearly died last year, cannot be expected to do the dirty work and also be a workaholic midfield presser and destroyer.

In defence they could have bought Pau Torres (a left footed, tall, and elegant Spanish international CD) but let ETH talk them into abandoning his purchase, to instead buy a 5’7 tall player to play CD in a league full of 6’4 frekazoid physical specimens and in which aerial combat is an art form. They also released the only defender in the squad with electric pace - AND who was the most physical defender at the club.

The decision to sell James Garner (after being a standout star while on loan during Notts Forest’s promotion campaign) was also puzzling. Made even more bizarre by the fact that Garner showed he can hang with EPL competition by standing out during Forest’s FA Cup matches against EPL teams such as Arsenal. Surely the natural progression in a team lacking quality CMs should have been to slowly integrate him into the first team, or send him on loan again to get more experience?

Some head scratching decisions at Man Utd (again!).
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I have never seen anyone talk/write so much rubbish with so much boldness than the previous poster....

Pay attention in math class, e no gree. 97.23% indeed.
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Bigpokey24 wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 1:30 am Haaland is a quality player, but make we talk true , he scores tap ins all because of the brilliance of KDB
When he was in Dortmund was he scoring tap ins because of KDB too?
have you actually seen all his goals 97.23% are tap ins from the 6 yard box

We are being told in this thread that Pep in a few months has already influenced him in the art of tap ins
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just scored another tap in
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Bigpokey24 wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 2:16 pm
Mr. Piffington wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 2:06 pm
Bigpokey24 wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 1:30 am Haaland is a quality player, but make we talk true , he scores tap ins all because of the brilliance of KDB
When he was in Dortmund was he scoring tap ins because of KDB too?
have you actually seen all his goals 97.23% are tap ins from the 6 yard box

If it were that easy then Wilfried Bony would have been scoring tap-ins easily for City as well.
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Casemiro had an absolutely shocking EPL debut against Everton. He was so bad that he looked more like a teenager making his debut than a 5 time Champions League winner.

The drop-off in quality from the Arsenal v Liverpool game to the Everton v Man Utd game was massive. Hard to believe that all 4 teams play in the same division.

Man Utd is very vulnerable to high balls. When Everton hit high crosses into the box, Utd's tiny defenders (led by our 5'7 CD) reacted as if Everton were firing 🔥 RPGs into the box!
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wiseone wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 3:49 pm Oloye - Man Utd currently has a surplus of CMs (despite releasing or selling 5 CMs in the summer!). After shelling out 60 million on a 30yo CM, I cannot see the club sanctioning more sales in that position in the near future. I have been saying for years that Man Utd needs a deep lying, ball playing regista to replace the Michael Carrick and Paul Scholes sized holes 🕳 in their midfield. Eriksen does the ball playing part, but a balding 30yo with a pacemaker, and who nearly died last year, cannot be expected to do the dirty work and also be a workaholic midfield presser and destroyer.

In defence they could have bought Pau Torres (a left footed, tall, and elegant Spanish international CD) but let ETH talk them into abandoning his purchase, to instead buy a 5’7 tall player to play CD in a league full of 6’4 frekazoid physical specimens and in which aerial combat is an art form. They also released the only defender in the squad with electric pace - AND who was the most physical defender at the club.

The decision to sell James Garner (after being a standout star while on loan during Notts Forest’s promotion campaign) was also puzzling. Made even more bizarre by the fact that Garner showed he can hang with EPL competition by standing out during Forest’s FA Cup matches against EPL teams such as Arsenal. Surely the natural progression in a team lacking quality CMs should have been to slowly integrate him into the first team, or send him on loan again to get more experience?

Some head scratching decisions at Man Utd (again!).
How tall was Canavaro? This thing is all about talent. Hight if over rated. Good players know where she when to anticipate the ball. If it were left to some, the likes of Xavi and Iniesta would never saw playing time because they were short. Ironically, our short defender has already won player of the month. I beg make wuna chill with this height thing. Na Sabi dey play ball.
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5'9...and your point is?

Cannavaro (one of only 3 defenders to win the Ballon D'or in its 66 year history) is regarded as an all time great - precisely because he was an utter outlier and defied the laws of the game by being that rarest of things: a CD under 6 feet tall. Cannavaro HAD to be utterly brilliant at everything else: lightning quick, a relentless man marker, aggressive tackler, ferocious competitor, and have cerebral positioning - all in order to compensate for his lack of size. Let us look at his peers and the other CDs he played with: Nesta, Maldini, Costacurta, Materazzi, Ferrara, Lucio, Walter Samuel, Blanc, Thuram, Desailly, Vidic, Ferdinand, Terry...all of them were strapping 6-6'5 monsters. Do you think it is a coincidence that no team has won the EPL, World Cup, or the Champions League with a 5'7 CD?

Or are you suggesting that Lisandro Martinez is the second coming of Cannavaro?

The fact that you brought Xavi and Iniesta (two midfield playmakers) into a discussion about CDs - is not a good sign.

Oh, and his name is "Fabio Cannavaro" (two "n"s). You are also right - “hight” is overrated.
bamenda boy wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:30 pm How tall was Canavaro? This thing is all about talent. Hight if over rated. Good players know where she when to anticipate the ball. If it were left to some, the likes of Xavi and Iniesta would never saw playing time because they were short. Ironically, our short defender has already won player of the month. I beg make wuna chill with this height thing. Na Sabi dey play ball.
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Hearing Uzoho is having the Game of his life against Manchester United tonight.
Good exposure for him to maybe get snapped up by a bigger club
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So united fans not posting again on their thread even on game day?
Will United show up in midweek against dirty spurs or another 3 points for Conte?
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kajifu wrote: Mon Oct 17, 2022 4:58 pm So united fans not posting again on their thread even on game day?
Will United show up in midweek against dirty spurs or another 3 points for Conte?
After the win against Liverpool at Old Trafford, Erik Ten Hag said there is still a long way to go and a lot of things to work on.
Well understood, United are doing as expected, we don't expect wonders in the coming difficult fixtures.

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9 extra points for ManU after the 3 upcoming EPL games. :D
benteke wrote: Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:11 pm
kajifu wrote: Mon Oct 17, 2022 4:58 pm So united fans not posting again on their thread even on game day?
Will United show up in midweek against dirty spurs or another 3 points for Conte?
After the win against Liverpool at Old Trafford, Erik Ten Hag said there is still a long way to go and a lot of things to work on.
Well understood, United are doing as expected, we don't expect wonders in the coming difficult fixtures.

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Rashford could not hit a barn door 🚪 in the last 2 games. If Haaland or Lewandowski had been presented with the chances Rashford had against Omonia and Newcastle, they would have scored 5-6 goals in those last 2 games.

Ronaldo is a stroppy teenager in a 38yo’s body. Any time he gets subbed off he openly shows his displeasure and walks off the pitch shaking his head, cursing, refusing to shake the manager’s hand, and then continues his tantrum in the stands. He is a PITA and his work product on the field no longer justifies putting up with his monumental ego.
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wiseone wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 2:29 am Rashford could not hit a barn door 🚪 in the last 2 games. If Haaland or Lewandowski had been presented with the chances Rashford had against Omonia and Newcastle, they would have scored 5-6 goals in those last 2 games.

Ronaldo is a stroppy teenager in a 38yo’s body. Any time he gets subbed off he openly shows his displeasure and walks off the pitch shaking his head, cursing, refusing to shake the manager’s hand, and then continues his tantrum in the stands. He is a PITA and his work product on the field no longer justifies putting up with his monumental ego.
...he need to accept he has declined.
Things are not as it use to be years back, he can't do step overs or dazzle anymore, even his feared free kick misses it's mark by a wider margin.
Right now no reputable club will splash money for him, his only chance at redemption is to do well for Portugal at the world cup. If he/they flop, that's it, retirement will be next.
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Mcal - I am surprised that a player as obsessed with records and his legacy as much as Ronaldo, did not take a shed-load of cash to play in China 🇨🇳, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, or the MLS in 🇺🇸. He could comfortably “pad” his record with an extra 100 goals in 2 seasons playing in those leagues and make sure that no is likely to surpass his goal scoring record for a few hundred years.
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wiseone wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 12:47 am Mcal- I am surprised that a player as obsessed with records and his legacy as much as Ronaldo did not take a shed-load of cash to play in China 🇨🇳, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, or the MLS in 🇺🇸. He could comfortably “pad” his record with an extra 100 goals in 2 seasons playing in those leagues and make sure that no is likely to surpass his goal scoring record for a few hundred years.
...I suspect he's still competing with the Argie guy, Messi. Who gonna stay longer at top league/club.
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wiseone wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 2:29 am Rashford could not hit a barn door 🚪 in the last 2 games. If Haaland or Lewandowski had been presented with the chances Rashford had against Omonia and Newcastle, they would have scored 5-6 goals in those last 2 games.

Ronaldo is a stroppy teenager in a 38yo’s body. Any time he gets subbed off he openly shows his displeasure and walks off the pitch shaking his head, cursing, refusing to shake the manager’s hand, and then continues his tantrum in the stands. He is a PITA and his work product on the field no longer justifies putting up with his monumental ego.
How many goals did Haaland score against a weak Liverpool that Arsenal and united beat?
How many goals did Lewandowski score last weekend ?
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Cito wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 1:13 am 9 extra points for ManU after the 3 upcoming EPL games. :D
benteke wrote: Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:11 pm
kajifu wrote: Mon Oct 17, 2022 4:58 pm So united fans not posting again on their thread even on game day?
Will United show up in midweek against dirty spurs or another 3 points for Conte?
After the win against Liverpool at Old Trafford, Erik Ten Hag said there is still a long way to go and a lot of things to work on.
Well understood, United are doing as expected, we don't expect wonders in the coming difficult fixtures.

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Let them win their next two games a nd open nyash against West Ham...
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You are right: playing Omonia at Old Trafford and having gilt edged 1 v 1 chances against Omonia’s reserve GK is as hard as playing away at Anfield against the 6 time European champions and 19 time English champions (whose “weak” defence has the best defender in the world and Brazil’s 🇧🇷 GK - who keeps Ederson out of the Brazil first 11).

kajifu wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 6:52 pm

How many goals did Haaland score against a weak Liverpool that Arsenal and united beat?
How many goals did Lewandowski score last weekend ?
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wiseone wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 7:57 pm You are right: playing Omonia at Old Trafford and having gilt edged 1 v 1 chances against Omonia’s reserve GK is as hard as playing away at Anfield against the 6 time European champions and 19 time English champions (whose “weak” defence has the best defender in the world and Brazil’s 🇧🇷 GK - who keeps Ederson out of the Brazil first 11).

kajifu wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 6:52 pm

How many goals did Haaland score against a weak Liverpool that Arsenal and united beat?
How many goals did Lewandowski score last weekend ?
Football is not 1+1 my brother
Football is not about names.Its hard to play against this small teams like Omonia.
You are bashing the same Rashofrd that could not score against a small team but has done so against the same liverpool world class defense at Old Trafford .He miss chances against Omonia yet score against ?liverpool at the same old trafford.
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wiseone wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 3:49 pm Oloye - Man Utd currently has a surplus of CMs (despite releasing or selling 5 CMs in the summer!). After shelling out 60 million on a 30yo CM, I cannot see the club sanctioning more sales in that position in the near future. I have been saying for years that Man Utd needs a deep lying, ball playing regista to replace the Michael Carrick and Paul Scholes sized holes 🕳 in their midfield. Eriksen does the ball playing part, but a balding 30yo with a pacemaker, and who nearly died last year, cannot be expected to do the dirty work and also be a workaholic midfield presser and destroyer.

In defence they could have bought Pau Torres (a left footed, tall, and elegant Spanish international CD) but let ETH talk them into abandoning his purchase, to instead buy a 5’7 tall player to play CD in a league full of 6’4 frekazoid physical specimens and in which aerial combat is an art form. They also released the only defender in the squad with electric pace - AND who was the most physical defender at the club.

The decision to sell James Garner (after being a standout star while on loan during Notts Forest’s promotion campaign) was also puzzling. Made even more bizarre by the fact that Garner showed he can hang with EPL competition by standing out during Forest’s FA Cup matches against EPL teams such as Arsenal. Surely the natural progression in a team lacking quality CMs should have been to slowly integrate him into the first team, or send him on loan again to get more experience?

Some head scratching decisions at Man Utd (again!).
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danfo driver wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:46 pm
wiseone wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 3:49 pm Oloye - Man Utd currently has a surplus of CMs (despite releasing or selling 5 CMs in the summer!). After shelling out 60 million on a 30yo CM, I cannot see the club sanctioning more sales in that position in the near future. I have been saying for years that Man Utd needs a deep lying, ball playing regista to replace the Michael Carrick and Paul Scholes sized holes 🕳 in their midfield. Eriksen does the ball playing part, but a balding 30yo with a pacemaker, and who nearly died last year, cannot be expected to do the dirty work and also be a workaholic midfield presser and destroyer.

In defence they could have bought Pau Torres (a left footed, tall, and elegant Spanish international CD) but let ETH talk them into abandoning his purchase, to instead buy a 5’7 tall player to play CD in a league full of 6’4 frekazoid physical specimens and in which aerial combat is an art form. They also released the only defender in the squad with electric pace - AND who was the most physical defender at the club.

The decision to sell James Garner (after being a standout star while on loan during Notts Forest’s promotion campaign) was also puzzling. Made even more bizarre by the fact that Garner showed he can hang with EPL competition by standing out during Forest’s FA Cup matches against EPL teams such as Arsenal. Surely the natural progression in a team lacking quality CMs should have been to slowly integrate him into the first team, or send him on loan again to get more experience?

Some head scratching decisions at Man Utd (again!).
you are truly a miserable person. Tufiakwa! :oops:
i just read what he wrote, oh my , the way bobo just abused a person who almost died because of football. As if Ericksen has a say on his heart condition...nah real wah for some people sha..kai
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