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Good move for him and a really good fit for them too. Nice pickup.

Eddie Nketiah straight on and straight off ...

18 year old and plays so intelligently and with such perfect technique. I'd saying he's going to be some player but he's already there. What a talent.

 

If Nigeria had a half decent football association that could convince these guys to play for the national team we would have some real promise.

 

Abraham, Ihenacho, Saka and Iwobi would be a nice young front line. Oh well ...

 

Iwobis shit.

You are so dumb and cringeworthy man. Shut up.

18 year old and plays so intelligently and with such perfect technique. I'd saying he's going to be some player but he's already there. What a talent.

If Nigeria had a half decent football association that could convince these guys to play for the national team we would have some real promise.

Abraham, Ihenacho, Saka and Iwobi would be a nice young front line. Oh well ...

Benteke goal!

Almost every single one of those names and their price made me cringe man

Absolutely crazy list of signings. Damn

When you look at the seasons Arsenal, Spurs, Everton, etc are having, Rafa would have been rubbing his hands thinking we could make Europe this season. Bruce just wants 46 points.

100% agree. We are 12 points of 5th which looks to be a champions league place.

If Rafa had stayed with Rondon and Perez and simply carried on from what we had going from January last season, we would have been competing for that position.

Think he's been treated very unfairly.

 

He's never really been given a fair shot, and when he has played he has looked decent to me.

 

Had that really good performance and goal against Man Utd and then dissappeared for ages.

 

Why continue to use Gayle who we know is on his way out and who is less of an asset and continue to freeze this guy out completely?

 

We're safe now, so play the guy for goodness sake.

 

Could be but could be also that he’s been garbage in training and to be honest I saw him live at Leicester away and didn’t look like a prem standard player

 

Yet a certain Swedish right back continues to get minutes.

 

Krafth looks fine last 2 games. One of our better players yesterday, in fact.

 

Which is strange if you look over the match thread where everyone though the opposite of this (bar the assist).

 

The amount of times Shelvey played it to him in space, he ran up the line, faced a West Ham player, turned back round and played it to a centre back. He's a poor Paul Dummett.

 

Bar the assist that was one of the key reasons we didn't lose...yeah let's ignore that 

 

He gave the ball away 20 plus times and didn't win a single tackle.  If that's getting better he is fumaca standard

 

Gayle hardly had a kick either.  I'd play muto plus Bruce said he was the best player in training before the Sheffield utd game.  Never been seen since

Good point on Muto. I've just had a look at the last Bruce said about Muto (just below). Should completely rubbish the nonsense about him not training well enough. Also makes Bruce look ridiculous as despite the comments he hasn't even been using him off the bench, despite having 5 subs per game now.

 

Muto has only made seven top-flight starts since signing from Mainz in the summer for 2018 for £9.5million. However, Bruce, United’s head coach, has hinted that the 27-year-old striker will have a role to play in the club’s remaining games this season.

 

“I think he’s never really had a fair crack of the whip,” Bruce told NUFC TV. “He trains every day as if it’s his last, and scores a goal (against Middlesbrough), so let’s hope that helps him in the next six weeks, or whatever we’ve got to go to finish off the season.”

Can someone please remind me why Spurs binned of Pochettino again?

 

The football from them has dropped off drastically. This is really horrible stuff.

 

 

The football has not "dropped off". They have been atrocious since early 2019 and had won 6 of their 24 previous league matches when Pochettino was sacked. They need to refresh the team.

The quality of their play has absolutely dropped off.

Yes, the form has been on a downturn since Pochettino's last moments but if you cannot see a difference in their play then you are not serious at all.

Can someone please remind me why Spurs binned of Pochettino again?

 

The football from them has dropped off drastically. This is really horrible stuff.

 

 

 

Players wanted him gone.

Well I really hope they're enjoying themselves now.

Spurs are on their way down unless they spend significantly this summer.

Their centre midfield is so basic. No one that can dictate the game at all.

Can someone please remind me why Spurs binned of Pochettino again?

The football from them has dropped off drastically. This is really horrible stuff.

The heck is wrong with Son and Lloris

Looks like Dele Alli has become the scapegoat for Mourinho

Guy should get out of there pronto this summer if he knows what's good for him.

Good point, but I'm not sure if in France they look to coach that out of players as much.

His idol Ben Arfa came through Clairefontaine just fine and was even more off the cuff.

Gayle offers us far more than Muto ever has at this level. Honestly if he could finish he'd be a very good PL striker - his movement and positional sense is class.

 

He's our best striker by a mile at the moment which continues to tell us everything about the state of the club right now.

 

Muto has not played anywhere near enough for you to make that assessment.

 

You're on a right daft cunt spree across threads today aren't you? OK then, Seydou Doumbia and Chucky could have offered us so much more than whoever was playing against them at the time.

 

If you're not good enough you don't play football, what can't you grasp about that?

 

Dwight Gayle, 2 goals, 2 assists in 532mins

Yoshi Muto, 1 goals, 0 assists in 344 mins (EFL Cup)

 

Your logic is so simple minded

 

Our strikers have all struggled massively this season and yet at no stage was Muto given a fair shot. It makes no sense.

 

Not to mention the fact that he can also play anywhere across the front line. Yet the likes of Atsu have also featured regularly ahead of him looking awful.

 

I don't trust Bruce's judgement and I certainly don't trust yours either.

 

So your logic is the manager who sees these strikers performing week-out, week-out isn't giving the better, younger player a chance because he doesn't "have the right judgement" and "it doesn't make sense". And my logic is simple-minded when based on facts, OK.

 

Maybe the fact Atsu was getting games (which he isn't now) was because we didn't have any players besides Almiron/ASM who played in that position prior to Lazaro arriving and Muto is a CF/SS, not a LW possibly? I'm clearly wasting my time arguing with someone as dense as you.

 

Also in one thread you're criticising the manager as being stupid for not picking Muto and in the other you're lauding him as a free-flowing football mastermind. Whatever suits your agenda best I guess.

I can see you enjoy arguing unnecessarily

Yes, my logic is that the manager who put Willems on in his first game in central midfield and with no idea of what he should be doing has terrible judgement

In that 3-4-2-1 the two players playing off the striker are not typical wide men, as the width come from the wing backs. Muto can certainly play in that position. I will bet any money in the world he would do so better than Atsu did.

I'm not even going to dignify that comment about me lauding Bruce as a free flowing football mater mind with any kind of response.  Lies are not helping your cause

Arsenal sniffing around now too, apparently.

Gayle offers us far more than Muto ever has at this level. Honestly if he could finish he'd be a very good PL striker - his movement and positional sense is class.

 

He's our best striker by a mile at the moment which continues to tell us everything about the state of the club right now.

 

Muto has not played anywhere near enough for you to make that assessment.

 

You're on a right daft cunt spree across threads today aren't you? OK then, Seydou Doumbia and Chucky could have offered us so much more than whoever was playing against them at the time.

 

If you're not good enough you don't play football, what can't you grasp about that?

 

Dwight Gayle, 2 goals, 2 assists in 532mins

Yoshi Muto, 1 goals, 0 assists in 344 mins (EFL Cup)

 

Your logic is so simple minded

 

Our strikers have all struggled massively this season and yet at no stage was Muto given a fair shot. It makes no sense.

 

Not to mention the fact that he can also play anywhere across the front line. Yet the likes of Atsu have also featured regularly ahead of him looking awful.

 

I don't trust Bruce's judgement and I certainly don't trust yours either.

 

 

 

It makes sense 'IF' hes been absolutely dogshit in training and/or uninterested

Until we have evidence of this then it cannot be used as a stick to beat the guy.

The greater likelihood is that the manager is being daft, as he has given us plenty evidence of how clueless he is time and time again.

Gayle offers us far more than Muto ever has at this level. Honestly if he could finish he'd be a very good PL striker - his movement and positional sense is class.

 

He's our best striker by a mile at the moment which continues to tell us everything about the state of the club right now.

 

Muto has not played anywhere near enough for you to make that assessment.

 

You're on a right daft cunt spree across threads today aren't you? OK then, Seydou Doumbia and Chucky could have offered us so much more than whoever was playing against them at the time.

 

If you're not good enough you don't play football, what can't you grasp about that?

 

Dwight Gayle, 2 goals, 2 assists in 532mins

Yoshi Muto, 1 goals, 0 assists in 344 mins (EFL Cup)

Your logic is so simple minded

Our strikers have all struggled massively this season and yet at no stage was Muto given a fair shot. It makes no sense.

Not to mention the fact that he can also play anywhere across the front line. Yet the likes of Atsu have also featured regularly ahead of him looking awful.

I don't trust Bruce's judgement and I certainly don't trust yours either.

Well your logic stinks.

As previously mentioned, the so called destruction came against one of the best teams in the league, where we also had Hayden sent off. On the day we were also missing both Shelvey and ASM and Almiron was being played on the right side, his most ineffective position. After this result it was ditched. Without giving it another go with all 11 men and ASM and Shelvey in the team. Brilliant decision according to you. Um ... no!

Meanwhile in the holy grail formation that you claim was so good and got us safe, we still got tonked 3 goals to nil by the same Leicester team at home, but this time with all 11 men on the pitch for the whole game. Not to mention the bottom team in the league battered us previously in this same formation, as did Villa who are also in the relegation zone currently. Yet, according to you that was still fine to remain with that setup despite those results.

None of your points make any sense.

Your response does not follow any logic whatsoever, and completely disregards all the points made earlier on.

If you think changing the formation for one game and over reacting to the result is acceptable then good for you.

If you think it was fine to persist with the football we played earlier this season and not making any changes whatsoever was acceptable then good for you.

I think the current setup opens up a lot more room and time for him as ASM and Almiron are afforded more room in forward areas and have to be accounted for. ASM consistently takes multiple defenders out of the game on his runs and Shelvey can get up the pitch and receive the ball with room further up.

 

The change in formation has really suited everyone really well. No idea why it took the manager so long to try it out.

 

He did, we got massacred.

 

Yeah, as a manager you don't just change it for 5 mins and then switch back again.

 

He's supposed to actually commit to it and you know, maybe coach the team? Afterall it's working now isn't it?

 

Ridiculous comment.

 

 

Rough Monday morning?

 

I agree - he should commit to it and coach it. Which he seemingly has done now, and it's working.

 

You asked why it took him so long to try it out. He did try it out. And it fell flat on its arse.

 

He tried it before, badly, and it didn't work. He's now tried it properly, and it's worked.

 

Not sure what's "ridiculous" about that.

I'm fine

Changing it one game is not trying it is my point.

Whatever he has supposedly done now could and should have been done previously.

I think the current setup opens up a lot more room and time for him as ASM and Almiron are afforded more room in forward areas and have to be accounted for. ASM consistently takes multiple defenders out of the game on his runs and Shelvey can get up the pitch and receive the ball with room further up.

 

The change in formation has really suited everyone really well. No idea why it took the manager so long to try it out.

 

He did, we got massacred.

 

Yeah, as a manager you don't just change it for 5 mins and then switch back again.

 

He's supposed to actually commit to it and you know, maybe coach the team? Afterall it's working now isn't it?

 

Ridiculous comment.

 

And changing the formation away to an inform Leicester might not have been the right moment

Oh, absolutely. I find it frustrating how little is expected of the manager man.

For ages he stuck with that previous formation, and even when we played it he didn't even have the sense to have Almiron on the left where he had proven to be so much more productive. He also stopped playing Schar and Lejeune in the back 3, where they are far more important in distributing the ball from the back.

The whole thing was so tedious, and then when he was under pressure for how bad things looked he just blamed the fact it was Rafa's tactics and the players couldn't play any other way.

I mean, how crazy is that man? As a manager moaning about how you weren't culpable because of the previous manager. For goodness sake man.

I think the current setup opens up a lot more room and time for him as ASM and Almiron are afforded more room in forward areas and have to be accounted for. ASM consistently takes multiple defenders out of the game on his runs and Shelvey can get up the pitch and receive the ball with room further up.

 

The change in formation has really suited everyone really well. No idea why it took the manager so long to try it out.

 

He did, we got massacred.

Yeah, as a manager you don't just change it for 5 mins and then switch back again.

He's supposed to actually commit to it and you know, maybe coach the team? Afterall it's working now isn't it?

Ridiculous comment.

I think the current setup opens up a lot more room and time for him as ASM and Almiron are afforded more room in forward areas and have to be accounted for. ASM consistently takes multiple defenders out of the game on his runs and Shelvey can get up the pitch and receive the ball with room further up.

The change in formation has really suited everyone really well. No idea why it took the manager so long to try it out.

Gayle offers us far more than Muto ever has at this level. Honestly if he could finish he'd be a very good PL striker - his movement and positional sense is class.

 

He's our best striker by a mile at the moment which continues to tell us everything about the state of the club right now.

Muto has not played anywhere near enough for you to make that assessment.