Spy360:
I don't like Mourinho but...

If he got £300m as LvG did, he would win the EPL and may be UCL. But then leaves United in shambles.

I understand what Kagawa10 has been trying to point out. Mourinho plays boring football, and that's a fact.

If I were United, I'd go for Pochentino. He epitomises Manchester United and SAF's ideals. GROOMING

Grooming??.....dats Wenger's job... Wenger the French Nanny!

Spy360:

I think your main point is that Mou plays defensively, which is a fact.

But I don't think Modric at no 10 is defensive. Rather you think he should have had a 3man midfield which should include both Modric and Ozil.(?) That would be a more attacking formation.

Mou plays defensively (according to you)and the team rakes in huge goal turnover and 3 pointers

How then would you classify Okomu Banga's FeelOSuffering!

Spy360:
I don't like Mourinho but...

If he got £300m as LvG did, he would win the EPL and may be UCL. But then leaves United in shambles.

I understand what Kagawa10 has been trying to point out. Mourinho plays boring football, and that's a fact.

If I were United, I'd go for Pochentino. He epitomises Manchester United and SAF's ideals. GROOMING

The thing is LVG never spent 300 mil to begin with.
He wasn't the one that brought the likes of Herrera and Shaw into the team and I'm sure Mourinho wouldn't have even bothered with a player he didn't sign in the first place but Lvg chose to give all the player the chance before deciding if they are not good enough!
What people failed to realise is that the 60mil Di Maria signing which is often used as a stick to beat Lvg had almost been recovered from his sale to Psg.
That leaves Schneiderlin, Martial, Bastian, Darmian and Depay as the signings he made last summer and apart from Martial, Schneider and Depay, the others were signed for little amount. And except for Depay, no could say Martial and Schneiderlin hasn't been good enough!

Na wah o... Men still dey argue..
Nothing less than 3points for me tomorrow

Kagawa10:

The thing is LVG never spent 300 mil to begin with.
He wasn't the one that brought the likes of Herrera and Shaw into the team and I'm sure Mourinho wouldn't have even bothered with a player he didn't sign in the first place but Lvg chose to give all the player the chance before deciding if they are not good enough!

Van Gaal came all out to approve the purchase of Herrera and Shaw - he granted an interview to that effect. Stop making it seem as if those players were already signed before his arrival or he was under any obligation to accept them.

I am not saying they are bad signings but biko, your Dutch god approved those signings and should take full responsibility for the outcome.

N.B - last time I checked, it wasn't sir Bobby Charlton who approved Falcao's loan deal (at such a ridiculous wage bill)

Kagawa10:

Do you know the difference between a 3-man midfield and a 2-man midfield with a no 10? You just dey embarrass yourself!
3 man midfield ensures the three midfielders are all in the central midfield with some foray behind another set of 3 forwards who constantly drift into the space a no 10 could have occupied whereas a 2-man midfield employs a no 10 and as well as high pressing wingers to make the system works well!
That's why the likes of Pedro, who has always been used as an inside forward in a 4-3-3 set up at Barca found it difficult to operate as a winger in Chelsea 4-2-3-1! Same could be said about Di Maria who slotted well in Mourinho 4-2-3-1 formation but found it difficult to operate as a winger in Ancellotti 4-3-3 set up until he was converted into a box-box midfielder.
Same thing happened with Di Maria at Manutd when the team deployed a 3-man midfield of Carrick-Herrera-Fellaini with Di maria on the wing!
A 3-man midfield is no longer defensive because it often deploys another set of 3 forwards since the setup allows the forward plenty of space in the middle to drift in and interplay with their team-mates but a winger decision making comes much more under scrutinity in this setup because his movement, linkup and interplays when drifting in, becomes much more glaring to the eye and most wingers are not good at their basic to ensure the setup works well as opposed to when he could just drive down the wing as a winger to put in a cross or drift in to take a shot in a 4-2-3-1 formation! This was Januzaj's problem under LVG last season as opposed to Moyes' set up in the previous season!
Simply put, a 3-man midfield deploy 3 forwards which already nullify the defensive approach whereas a 2-man midfield but with a no 10/SS to linkup the attack and also wingers who also contribute in the defensive aspects of the game!

Guy, the long epistles are out of the point under discussion. Like have been stated, it is the players and the tactics employed not actually the formation that make it defensive or offensive. A team with a 3-man midfield can still play defensive.

A 3-man midfield of Alonso, Khedira and Modric cannot be more offensive that a 2-man midfield of Kroos and Modric with James as no.10. Reason Carlo deployed Di Maria in the midfield.

Besides the main aim of a 3-man midfield is for control.

I'm off to watch match and through with this.

Mehn, with the return of De Bryunce and current form of Westham, top 4 looks like sth far away.

chrisley024:
Mehn, with the return of De Bryunce and current form of Westham, top 4 looks like sth far away.

You still dey hope for top 4??

When LVG has readily told you that;

Kagawa10:

The thing is LVG never spent 300 mil to begin with.
He wasn't the one that brought the likes of Herrera and Shaw into the team and I'm sure Mourinho wouldn't have even bothered with a player he didn't sign in the first place but Lvg chose to give all the player the chance before deciding if they are not good enough!
What people failed to realise is that the 60mil Di Maria signing which is often used as a stick to beat Lvg had almost been recovered from his sale to Psg.
That leaves Schneiderlin, Martial, Bastian, Darmian and Depay as the signings he made last summer and apart from Martial, Schneider and Depay, the others were signed for little amount. And except for Depay, no could say Martial and Schneiderlin hasn't been good enough!

In LvG's two seasons he has spent a total of a little below £300m. Before him Moyes only signed Fellaini. Check your facts.

That said, I think LvG has performed below par being coach of the best club in England.

this Harry Kane is the real deal o
I have held off praising the guy for awhile now but I have seen enough. spurs have something with this guy.

SIRcumalot:
this Harry Kane is the real deal o
I have held off praising the guy for awhile now but I have seen enough. spurs have something with this guy.

Yes but I guarantee he'll cost the best part of £80m.

MrTA:

Yes but I guarantee he'll cost the best part of £80m.

na I don't want us to get him,am just giving props to a fine player.
time to watch Barcelona get smashed...hopefully.

SIRcumalot:

na I don't want us to get him,am just giving props to a fine player.

time to watch Barcelona get smashed...hopefully.

Bro forget o! Madrid na Barca wife. Let's watch how it goes sha.

RONALDO! GBR1 we de greet o

Ronaldo sinks Barca

barca with their mago-mago, yet dem still lose Smh.

weedtaker:
barca with their mago-mago, yet dem still lose Smh.

Please Why was Bale's goal disallowed...

Someone told me that RONALDO only scores against small teams .... abeg, Barca na small team

weedtaker:
RONALDO! GBR1 we de greet o

What are you on about?

How I felt when CR7 scored. . .

The pace of Madrid's front 3 in the last 10mins showed what they miss with the lazy and sluggish Benzema.

elrony:


Mou plays defensively (according to you)and the team rakes in huge goal turnover and 3 pointers

How then would you classify Okomu Banga's FeelOSuffering!

It is an established fact the Mou prefers the counter attacking style. He demands total defending from every member of the team beginning from the lone striker. Van Gaal does not have a typical pattern, he tweaks a lot. But generally he loves his teams to keep the ball- not in a tiki taka way but...in some sort of stupiid boring way.

Both managers have been very successful though and are great by all standards. I think they are just having a blip.

elrony:


Grooming??.....dats Wenger's job... Wenger the French Nanny!

Yes grooming... Every top top manager grooms. Look at what Pochentino is doing with Kane, Alli, Mason, Dier et al. LvG with Rashford, Varela, Lingard etc. Wenger with Iwobi, Bellerin, Coquelin. Ranieri with Mahrez, Kante, Drinkwater and so on.

If you aint grooming then you a shameless gold digger and sooner or later you would be found out. I am talking to Jose.

elrony:


Please Why was Bale's goal disallowed...

The officiating was shiit. I am only happy because Madrid eventually won even though Barca is my more favorite team. Brilliant game. Total football.

elrony:


Please Why was Bale's goal disallowed...

its simple naa, de ref no want madrid to win

GBR1:

What are you on about?

nothing o, me and ororo just de greet u o.

What the hell was wrong with that Bale's goal?

I for comot the assistant ref head for disallowing that goal.

Glad barca lost, there own don dey too much!

codedguy1:
What the hell was wrong with that Bale's goal?

I for comot the assistant ref head for disallowing that goal.

Glad barca lost, there own don dey too much!

We can say it was 50-50 cos Ramos wouldn't have finished the 1st half or stayed that long.

Lmao!! When Madrid fans see United fans trying to famz Ronaldo

Spy360:

Yes grooming... Every top top manager grooms. Look at what Pochentino is doing with Kane, Alli, Mason, Dier et al. LvG with Rashford, Varela, Lingard etc. Wenger with Iwobi, Bellerin, Coquelin. Ranieri with Mahrez, Kante, Drinkwater and so on.

If you aint grooming then you a shameless gold digger and sooner or later you would be found out. I am talking to Jose.

The way you emboldened the "Grooming" in your previous post felt like some Wenger Kidology typa way!

Anyways I get ya!!

What really happened at El Classico. . .

So Suarez can miss an empty net.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apIxmnzLp_8&client=mv-google&hl=en&gl=NG