chidexxy007:


u mean am say Elamps na Esan man?

AdisaOwala:


It's easy to blame Miki & Lingard for the team's poor performance in the 1st half against City but I am still of the opinion that Mourihno's default plan was to hit City on the Counter..

dopeJemi:


Sorry, lemme get it right, do you mean park the bus and hit them on the counter?

AdisaOwala:


Kinda...

The players weren't even pressing that much - they seemed to be more concerned with keeping a defensive shape.

snrman:

dopeJemi:


Point to the match this season were we parked the bus

dopeJemi:


We were pressed high unexpectedly by city in the first half and even at that we still didn't park the bus, it's difficult to tell what jose's tactic was in that match but i'm certain it wasn't to park the bus

MrTA:
We cant really press high because the make up of the team hasnt got the players to press high. We have very little pace and mobility in attack and midfield. JM has never really been a high pressing type of coach I dont think.

Lana1:
Not Park the Bus per se. But for starters, the first half against City and the 2nd half against Feyenoord(up until the moment they scored).
We were camped in our half and too defensive oriented. We didn't even look like we were setup to counter sef.

AdisaOwala:


We can only speculate but I think the decision to start Lingard for that kain match, coupled with "indomie" Mata (the slouch) dropping to the Bench...speaks volumes.

SIRcumalot:

Leroy rosenior

dopeJemi:


What about when we played against Southampton and hull? two good performances and 1 and a half bad performances but why dwell on the 1 and a half though?

Lana1:
Southampton was a good game. I'm happy we won at Hull. But can we really say that was a good game overall?? Hull simply parked their bus and allowed us play our game. We saw how Arsenal dismantled the same Hull City today.

2 Ls in 6 six days especially when one of those Ls was against a team we should ve won is enough to raise one or two eyebrows.

Anyways, make we dey look how Mourinho go approach the game tomorrow b4 we delve further into this discussion....

PietroRico:
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Lana1:
Azzin. Arsenal win na Pogba trend! I'm not understanding

UniqueGem:
Martial with a new haircut. He's always looking like someone with a lot on his mind. Please come good quickly, we love you #NoHomo

chrisley024:
Why won't he have a lot on his mind when he went into raising a family at this his age

Wingback:


Same way he's fixing it with 100m dollar dab fraudsters




Meanwhile the gods of football are definitely taking a piss at us...We get an 100m dollar haircut specialist,


Chicarito is somewhere in Bundesliga banging in Goals.

Van Gaal is raking in millions as "Director of football"

Fellaini is manning our CM


WHAT A CRUEL JOKE

UniqueGem:
Martial with a new haircut. He's always looking like someone with a lot on his mind. Please come good quickly, we love you #NoHomo

elrony:


"It is a new event, it is another match. It starts minute zero at 0-0 so I think it has nothing to do with the previous two matches.

"But obviously when you lose matches, the mood, the feeling, is not the same. That's normal. But I think we are experienced players and the players are very good guys and I know they want to win and work, so that's what we have to do."

José Mourinho

Diademk07:
Personally, I think the only way people can lay siege to City's train is if opposition teams take advantage of Silva absence and stifle De bruyne's play like we did last season under Van gaal (courtesy of Schneiderlin) or many opposition teams did to Fabregas at Chelsea.

In spite of his form, de bruyne can be easily dealt with unlike Silva. I still can't believe the amount of space he was allowed in the Bournemouth game or the game against us and it wasn't surprising he looked quiet as soon as we improved our pressing and denied him the space in the midfield in the second half but sadly, Pep easily dealt with it with his own master stroke.

All I know is they are all human in the absence of David Silva right now and I know his imminent return will only make them more formidable because Pep built his team around Silva. They are doing fine now because their attack led by Debruyne are on fire but that can be easily stopped if the opposition coaches use their brain right now.