I think Ukaku should put on a few weight maybe it will help him hold up play.
I already think his abnormally fastmfor someone that size so if he shaved off small speed to gain strength just as long as it result in better hold up play. That na fair trade to Me.

Nihilist:


I personally believe that Mourinho might have lost his touch. I suspect that this job might be his penultimate big job in club football.

I used to disagree a lot with nateevs when he used to disparage the man, because when you look at his history, you will find record breaking attacking football in his catalogue.

Jose wouls usually play expansive football up to a point, bookended by games of mors pragmatic football.

Today as i was driving, i heard on radio that mourinho was worried that Lukaku has been working out too much in the gym and has put on a fair bit of muscle...which may have led to him losing some pace.

Sometime during the last decade, the pace of the game has changed a lot. The big bruisers of the yesteryear are gone. You cant see anybody with roberto carlos type of thighs anymore. You cant see defenders that look like micah richards or oguchi onyewu anymore.

The players have shed that muscle and become lighter, faster...even shorter.

.The physique has changed greatly and many of these footballers could very easily be long distance runners. Kante and Firmino easily come to mind. If you look at Leroy sane's body shape too, the guy literally moves like a ballet dancer. I remember watching him doing his stretches and warm up at Wembley last season ahead of the FA cup semifinal and the guy literally moved like a cat.

Mourinho traditionally has always trusted in big strong burly lads. From Drogba to Essien to Matic and Lukaku, powerful men have always been central to his game plan.

This season alone, i read somewhere that Jose already has the tallest squad in the league.

Well what if, a game plan that is so dependent on height, mass and power cannot compete with opponents who are smaller, faster, more agile and boast more stamina?

What if the same bus tactics that used to work so well is failing because top level opponebts can simply run rings around Mourinhos giants?

What if the likes of Lukaku are really piling on the muscle and now struggling to cover distance quickly?

I dont know the answers to these questions...plus im high as fück!

Kawa....!

Nihilist:


I personally believe that Mourinho might have lost his touch. I suspect that this job might be his penultimate big job in club football.

I used to disagree a lot with nateevs when he used to disparage the man, because when you look at his history, you will find record breaking attacking football in his catalogue.

Jose wouls usually play expansive football up to a point, bookended by games of mors pragmatic football.

Today as i was driving, i heard on radio that mourinho was worried that Lukaku has been working out too much in the gym and has put on a fair bit of muscle...which may have led to him losing some pace.

Sometime during the last decade, the pace of the game has changed a lot. The big bruisers of the yesteryear are gone. You cant see anybody with roberto carlos type of thighs anymore. You cant see defenders that look like micah richards or oguchi onyewu anymore.

The players have shed that muscle and become lighter, faster...even shorter.

.The physique has changed greatly and many of these footballers could very easily be long distance runners. Kante and Firmino easily come to mind. If you look at Leroy sane's body shape too, the guy literally moves like a ballet dancer. I remember watching him doing his stretches and warm up at Wembley last season ahead of the FA cup semifinal and the guy literally moved like a cat.

Mourinho traditionally has always trusted in big strong burly lads. From Drogba to Essien to Matic and Lukaku, powerful men have always been central to his game plan.

This season alone, i read somewhere that Jose already has the tallest squad in the league.

Well what if, a game plan that is so dependent on height, mass and power cannot compete with opponents who are smaller, faster, more agile and boast more stamina?

What if the same bus tactics that used to work so well is failing because top level opponebts can simply run rings around Mourinhos giants?

What if the likes of Lukaku are really piling on the muscle and now struggling to cover distance quickly?

I dont know the answers to these questions...plus im high as fück!

if na well thought out essay like this person dey see here, discussions for dey more interesting.

Not the agenda fueled generic nonsense that everyone spews at the slightest opportunity.

I'm beginning to see more and more Mourinho quotes where he is hinting that he doesn't have as much free hand to chop and change as he wishes because money is limited.

I just want to hope he is taking this position so when he goes for players they don't tax us like the way boli women do to men that park g wagon to make purchase.
This has been an annoying feature of our last few transfer negotiations.

Wenger once said there is now 2 transfer markets, one for big clubs and the other for others, but United have been operating in an even more difficult third market largely because of our 'you know say money no be problem' body positioning.

PietroRico:
if na well thought out essay like this person dey see here, discussions for dey more interesting.

Not the agenda fueled generic nonsense that everyone spews at the slightest opportunity.

go to your dictionary and look for the word opinion.

Either that or the man is growing tired and setting himself up against the board with his unending moans.
I don't see this ending well for him.

odizeey:
go to your dictionary and look for the word opinion.

opinions can be smart or dumb.
They can be right or wrong.
I could be of the opinion right now that you don't have sense, if I begin to quote you everyday just to tell you without any logical reason.. At the very least you go tire for me and it will get to a point where you will try to get me to shut up eventually.

PietroRico:
opinions can be smart or dumb.
They can be right or wrong.
I could be of the opinion right now that you don't have sense, if I begin to quote you everyday just to tell you without any logical reason.. At the very least you go tire for me and it will get to a point where you will try to get me to shut up eventually.

so who here has said someone does not have sense. All I see here are 3 different opinions : Mourinho out, Mourinho stay and the neutrals.

odizeey:
so who here has said someone does not have sense. All I see here are 3 different opinions : Mourinho out, Mourinho stay and the neutrals.

facepalm

PietroRico:
facepalm

raumdeuter:


The Sterling after he met Pep or the one before Pep?

Apart from goals, Sterling was this good while at Liverpool. When he played with Suarez and Sturridge.

hardeycute:
Sterling is benefitting from a good team set up like the one he enjoyed with Suarez,Sturridge and Coutinho under Brendan Rodgers before his transfer to City.
Player tendency to improve is related to Coach's tactics and the player desire to justify his selection in the team.Increase in his numbers is due to a system that has favoured him.

Wow!

I didn't know you already responded with same answer.

Martial trained, I hope he starts. The same back line minus Rojo should do. Rojo since his return from injury has been at his spastic worst

Nihilist:


I personally believe that Mourinho might have lost his touch. I suspect that this job might be his penultimate big job in club football.

I used to disagree a lot with nateevs when he used to disparage the man, because when you look at his history, you will find record breaking attacking football in his catalogue.

Jose wouls usually play expansive football up to a point, bookended by games of mors pragmatic football.

Today as i was driving, i heard on radio that mourinho was worried that Lukaku has been working out too much in the gym and has put on a fair bit of muscle...which may have led to him losing some pace.

Sometime during the last decade, the pace of the game has changed a lot. The big bruisers of the yesteryear are gone. You cant see anybody with roberto carlos type of thighs anymore. You cant see defenders that look like micah richards or oguchi onyewu anymore.

The players have shed that muscle and become lighter, faster...even shorter.

.The physique has changed greatly and many of these footballers could very easily be long distance runners. Kante and Firmino easily come to mind. If you look at Leroy sane's body shape too, the guy literally moves like a ballet dancer. I remember watching him doing his stretches and warm up at Wembley last season ahead of the FA cup semifinal and the guy literally moved like a cat.

Mourinho traditionally has always trusted in big strong burly lads. From Drogba to Essien to Matic and Lukaku, powerful men have always been central to his game plan.

This season alone, i read somewhere that Jose already has the tallest squad in the league.

Well what if, a game plan that is so dependent on height, mass and power cannot compete with opponents who are smaller, faster, more agile and boast more stamina?

What if the same bus tactics that used to work so well is failing because top level opponebts can simply run rings around Mourinhos giants?

What if the likes of Lukaku are really piling on the muscle and now struggling to cover distance quickly?

I dont know the answers to these questions...plus im high as fück!

Good article here.

But football change. There are a times a team with small players dominate, some other time it just shift. If it were possible to bring back Mourinho's Chelsea team of 2005/2006, they would still dominate today and give no single room for opposition to threaten. There are big players with quality. Lukaku doesn’t have Drogba's match winning quality. Lukaku is not even as strong and balance as Drogba.

Michael Essien at his peak would qualify for an Olympic sprinter, unlike Matic who plays in the speed of a snail. Essien was very agile too and could go into a quick sliding tackle. He could also play a center defence like it was its natural position. Remember when Ghana beat Nigeria with their centre defender sent off, and Essien had to fill in and became MOTM. Lampard had goal scoring sense from outside the box,unlike Mata, Lingard and Mkhitaryan. He won some matches with late goals from long range shots. Ballack was a tough guy. Terry was one of the best the world. Same with Cole.

The weakly in the that team were Joe Cole who if around today may be like Lingard.

I think sometimes, a coach just assembles a winning team able to play his style. That was what happened when Senegal were solid in 2002, very tall, strong and quick players. In 1992-1993, Ivory Coast had these small players with quick movement, but our Super Eagles with giant players find a way to dominate them by surrendering the midfield to the Ivorians while using speed, long passes to finish them.

elampiro:


Good article here.

But football change. There are a times a team with small players dominate, some other time it just shift. If it were possible to bring back Mourinho's Chelsea team of 2005/2006, they would still dominate today and give no single room for opposition to threaten. There are big players with quality. Lukaku doesn’t have Drogba's match winning quality. Lukaku is not even as strong and balance as Drogba.

Michael Essien at his peak would qualify for an Olympic sprinter, unlike Matic who plays in the speed of a snail. Essien was very agile too and could go into a quick sliding tackle. He could also play a center defence like it was its natural position. Remember when Ghana beat Nigeria with their centre defender sent off, and Essien had to fill in. Lampard had goal scoring sense from outside the box,unlike Mata, Lingard and Mkhitaryan. He won some matches with late goals from long range shots. Ballack was a tough guy. Terry was one of the best the world. Same with Cole.

The weakly in the that team were Joe Cole who if around today may be like Lingard.

I think sometimes, a coach just assembles a winning team able to play his style. That was what happened when Senegal were solid in 2002, very tall, strong and quick players. In 1992-1993, Ivory Coast had these small players with quick movement, but our Super Eagles with giant players find a way to dominate them by surrendering the midfield to the Ivorians while using speed, long passes to finish them.

Even the much fabled fergie team where very good. The backline of Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra and G.Neville is far far better any one in the league today. Then there is a midfield of Carrick, J.S Park ,Giggs and Scholes with Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez in Attack. If fergie had average players he will still struggle as he did sometimes that fans where even calling for his sack.

elampiro:


Good article here.

But football change. There are a times a team with small players dominate, some other time it just shift. If it were possible to bring back Mourinho's Chelsea team of 2005/2006, they would still dominate today and give no single room for opposition to threaten. There are big players with quality. Lukaku doesn’t have Drogba's match winning quality. Lukaku is not even as strong and balance as Drogba.

Michael Essien at his peak would qualify for an Olympic sprinter, unlike Matic who plays in the speed of a snail. Essien was very agile too and could go into a quick sliding tackle. He could also play a center defence like it was its natural position. Remember when Ghana beat Nigeria with their centre defender sent off, and Essien had to fill in and became MOTM. Lampard had goal scoring sense from outside the box,unlike Mata, Lingard and Mkhitaryan. He won some matches with late goals from long range shots. Ballack was a tough guy. Terry was one of the best the world. Same with Cole.

The weakly in the that team were Joe Cole who if around today may be like Lingard.

I think sometimes, a coach just assembles a winning team able to play his style. That was what happened when Senegal were solid in 2002, very tall, strong and quick players. In 1992-1993, Ivory Coast had these small players with quick movement, but our Super Eagles with giant players find a way to dominate them by surrendering the midfield to the Ivorians while using speed, long passes to finish them.

That Bruno Metsu Senegal team of 2002 and the 1994 Super Eagles were the best Africa has put out in the world cup. Tony Sylva, Omar Daf, Ferdinand Coly, Aliou Cisse, Lamine Diatta, Bouba Diop, Henri Camera, Elhadji Diouf, Salif Diao and Khalilou Fadiga. bad team

CapitalCee:


Even the much fabled fergie team where very good. The backline of Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra and G.Neville is far far better any one in the league today. Then there is a midfield of Carrick, J.S Park ,Giggs and Scholes with Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez in Attack. If fergie had average players he will still struggle as he did sometimes that fans where even calling for his sack.

I think there is this panic right now about the great success of the City team. I actually think everything has its time and season. We should not out of panic go to buy players £150m that fans will start insulting if they enter ghost mood in matches. Mourinho should stick to his plans and buy players that can play his football. But the right wing should be given priority.

Strong players are still good if they can be found, look at Bailly. If he were around, I am sure we would be more stable playing from the back. Would Bailly fall like the way Rojo fell against Burnley?

Another thing is United has a separate transfer window. Which makes it hard for Woodward to buy players identified by the manager. If Mourinho had said, get me "Gabriel Jesus", the transfer price of Gabriel Jesus automatically becomes £100m

elampiro:


I think there is this panic right now about the great success of the City team. I actually think everything has its time and season. We should not out of panic go to buy players £150m that fans will start insulting if they enter ghost mood in matches. Mourinho should stick to his plans and buy players that can play his football. But the right wing should be given priority.

What is this Mourinho plan other than to spend more money?

raumdeuter:


What is this Mourinho plan other than to spend more money?

and park the bus against any decent team.

EPL: Guardiola would have won title with Man United – Carragher blasts Mourinho

dailypost.ng

Dec 30, 2017 8:08 AM



Former Liverpool defender, Jamie Carragher, has said Pep Guardiola would win the Premier League if he had the Manchester United squad at his disposal.

The Manchester City manager is 15 points ahead of United on top of the table.

Writing in his column for The Telegraph, Carragher said: “In the past he might have earned sympathy. Not now.

“Not at one of the world’s richest clubs when you have outspent most of Europe and the only way to keep up with your greatest rival is to match him on the training pitch and with shrewder management.”

Carragher went on to discuss the major differences in Mourinho and Guardiola’s approach, with the former looking to sign ready-made superstars and the latter willing to turn young players into superstars.

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EPL: Guardiola would have won title with Man United – Carragher blasts Mourinho

dailypost.ng

Dec 30, 2017 8:08 AM



Former Liverpool defender, Jamie Carragher, has said Pep Guardiola would win the Premier League if he had the Manchester United squad at his disposal.

The Manchester City manager is 15 points ahead of United on top of the table.

Writing in his column for The Telegraph, Carragher said: “In the past he might have earned sympathy. Not now.

“Not at one of the world’s richest clubs when you have outspent most of Europe and the only way to keep up with your greatest rival is to match him on the training pitch and with shrewder management.”

Carragher went on to discuss the major differences in Mourinho and Guardiola’s approach, with the former looking to sign ready-made superstars and the latter willing to turn young players into superstars.

Tell them, I have always mention it and I said it in my last post here that Guardiola will perform wonders with our players while Mourinho will do damage with City players at his disposal.
Our problem is the manager not the players.

Wetin concern mou and man city buys for phuck[color=#006600][/color]s sake??every press conference na so so guardiola yarns everywhere.

raumdeuter:


What is this Mourinho plan other than to spend more money?

You are now sounding like a hater. How will people take your analysis serious again? You see everything as Guardiola vs Mourinho

Mourinho has his brand of football, he can buy players to fit in. Bailly, Valencia are typical Mourinho type of players. We might add Jones and Matic. We have to observe Luke Shaw too.