People just underestimate Simplicity. With Ole they just want a complicated playstyle but OGS prefers it simple that's why some think we have no tactics at all.

As Cruyff once said Playing football is simple but playing simple football is very difficult.

handelex you would make a great propagandist.

afrodoc:
handelex you would make a great propagandist.

Leave am, I dey use one eye look am.

patrickmuf:
Leave am, I dey use one eye look am.

You dey look am like Jega, abi?

Well it is good to have a balance of opinions here, we should just not let it degenerate into personal attacks as it often does.

Me personally, I see a hard limit to what Amaka can achieve with the players we have and are likely to acquire.

afrodoc:
handelex you would make a great propagandist.

Doc is Bielsa also a propagandist? Cos he's highly regarded here as one of those whose team have Taktiks and pattern.

patrickmuf:
Leave am, I dey use one eye look am.

Better use em both eyes oo.

afrodoc:


You dey look am like Jega, abi?

Well it is good to have a balance of opinions here, we should just not let it degenerate into personal attacks as it often does.

Me personally, I see a hard limit to what Amaka can achieve with the players we have and are likely to acquire.

Same here...The Europa League presents a perfect opportunity for him to buy time but if he fails then I expect the board to do the needful...

Handelex, bielsa no know ball.


Ole has said this atimes though, keep it simple, express yourself.

Crazy opinion!!!

I have a feeling that VDB should be tried as a false 9, he is good at running in-between lines and also a good finisher, you will never know.

handelex:
Doc is Bielsa also a propagandist? Cos he's highly regarded here as one of those whose team have Taktiks and pattern.

That is how managers and players talk especially before a big game. Did you expect him to declare that Amaka was a mediocre manager with no tactical acumen?
You have to speak softly, but carry a big stick. In this case soften your opponent up with praise while planning to eliminate him.

How does it help his team to insult their more talented opponents thereby motivating those opponents? I remember 1994 Champions League Final, the eve of which the overconfident Barca Dream Team players and manager were talking carelessly about AC Milan, only for Milan to hand them a 4-0 spanking.

KingAlabi:
Handelex, bielsa no know ball.


Ole has said this atimes though, keep it simple, express yourself.

So you expect Bielsa to criticize Amaka and his boys the day before Ilan Meslier, Pascal Struijk, and Diego Llorente face Edinson Cavani, Marcus Rashford, and Mason Greenwood?

afrodoc:


So you expect Bielsa to criticize Amaka and his boys the day before Ilan Meslier, Pascal Struijk, and Diego Llorente face Edinson Cavani, Marcus Rashford, and Mason Greenwood?

Clutching at straws, he will anything...

afrodoc:


How far bros, you fit help us check their CV?

2 men both born in the relatively small city of Chelmsford in the same year, entered the same Uni the same year, graduated from the same faculty the same year, and joined the same accounting company (the same year of course)..............years later they are running (or ruining) the same the football club at the same time.

Village people did a number on Man Utd. O ma se o!

Haha, e don be for Man U. Noticed that ex-PwC guys are running the business side of things at man utd. Even the man that Woody took over from is a PwC alumnus.

Wait, Gill never had football experience but his time was deemed really successful (relative to Woody’s), why?

KingAlabi:
Handelex, bielsa no know ball.


Ole has said this atimes though, keep it simple, express yourself.

Insha Allah, rely on individual brilliance.

afrodoc:


That is how managers and players talk especially before a big game. Did you expect him to declare that Amaka was a mediocre manager with no tactical acumen?
You have to speak softly, but carry a big stick. In this case soften your opponent up with praise while planning to eliminate him.

How does it help his team to insult their more talented opponents thereby motivating those opponents? I remember 1994 Champions League Final, the eve of which the overconfident Barca Dream Team players and manager were talking carelessly about AC Milan, only for Milan to hand them a 4-0 spanking.

It isn't every time this strategy is used though, some times the manager is just saying it as it is.

If it was Jose, I would have said he is just mostly praising the team.( Deploying the strategy).

afrodoc:


So you expect Bielsa to criticize Amaka and his boys the day before Ilan Meslier, Pascal Struijk, and Diego Llorente face Edinson Cavani, Marcus Rashford, and Mason Greenwood?

There are some coaches that just say the truth as it is most of the times, biesla is lately amongst them.

nitrogen:


Insha Allah, rely on individual brilliance.

It has taken him to second in the log and to the semi-finals of the Europa, I can't say the same of master class Jose Mourinho.

Oh I just remembered, he has been sacked, so much for masterclass.

KingAlabi:

It isn't every time this strategy is used though, some times the manager is just saying it as it is.

If it was Jose, I would have said he is just mostly praising the team.( Deploying the strategy).

It isn't every time, but it is most times. You rarely hear a manager criticizing an opponent before a game unless there is some prior beef. This Bielsa statement which is so obviously a softening up tactic is no different from what most managers would say before a match.

The same way when clubs sack useless managers they thank them for their hard work and positive impact on the team.

KingAlabi:

There are some coaches that just say the truth as it is most of the times, biesla is lately amongst them.

Lately. Since yesterday abi?

afrodoc:


It isn't every time, but it is most times. You rarely hear a manager criticizing an opponent before a game unless there is some prior beef. This Bielsa statement which is so obviously a softening up tactic is no different from what most managers would say before a match.

The same way when clubs sack useless managers they thank them for their hard work and positive impact on the team.

If you read the biesla statement well sef, he wasn't really praising the team, like saying they are one of the best in the league or have amazing talents, he just said they play simple football, it is a kind of jibe-praise hybrid.

afrodoc:


Lately. Since yesterday abi?

Why I said lately is because bielsa has been quite nasty in the past , not that he is a changed man, but he has come off age.

nitrogen:


Haha, e don be for Man U. Noticed that ex-PwC guys are running the business side of things at man utd. Even the man that Woody took over from is a PwC alumnus.

Wait, Gill never had football experience but his time was deemed really successful (relative to Woody’s), why?

SAF

nitrogen:


Haha, e don be for Man U. Noticed that ex-PwC guys are running the business side of things at man utd. Even the man that Woody took over from is a PwC alumnus.

Wait, Gill never had football experience but his time was deemed really successful (relative to Woody’s), why?

If Woody had a vibrant SAF as manager he too would have been deemed a success. All Woody had to do was appoint the right manager and build the right squad, and he has failed 4 different times now. Just for failing on those appointments so many times he deserves the axe.

The only Man Utd Chief Executive whose success is unquestionable is Martin Edwards because he appointed the right manager and built the right squad, and crucially he kept faith with the manager when fans and media alike wanted him to to be sacked.

So it is not just about having football experience but about understanding football and doing a good job both off and on the field.

eph12:

SAF

Exactly.

KingAlabi:
Crazy opinion!!!

I have a feeling that VDB should be tried as a false 9, he is good at running in-between lines and also a good finisher, you will never know.

Share your crazy Opinion though.

Oasis007:





Share your crazy Opinion though.

Wetin you think about am, VDB go good for false 9?

KingAlabi:


Wetin you think about am, VDB go good for false 9?

He has the movement, eye for Assists and Goals.

Handelex finally unravel Ole's Taktiks....... Simple Style.

Oasis007:



Handelex finally unravel Ole's Taktiks....... Simple Style.

You want start agenda.

Oasis007:


He has the movement, eye for Assists and Goals.

Yeah, and the interplay between him and Bruno will be mad!!

KingAlabi:


You want start agenda.

No be Agenda nau....... Na wetin Baba carry knack us this Morning.

afrodoc:


That is how managers and players talk especially before a big game. Did you expect him to declare that Amaka was a mediocre manager with no tactical acumen?
You have to speak softly, but carry a big stick. In this case soften your opponent up with praise while planning to eliminate him.

How does it help his team to insult their more talented opponents thereby motivating those opponents? I remember 1994 Champions League Final, the eve of which the overconfident Barca Dream Team players and manager were talking carelessly about AC Milan, only for Milan to hand them a 4-0 spanking.

You can tell when a manager is playing mind games and when he's not. Bielsa has a reputation of not sending anybody so why will he be praising up OGS?
Man just said the truth as it and you want to interpret it to mean another thing.

Una really no like simplicity for here.