You are too kind to him RR
There’s probably an Italian JA606 with Gaspo in and Gaspo out supporters arguing into the night about who’s right and wrong ..
‘Lookman is a legend and you Gaspoholics need locking up (insert Italian scrunched finger motion)’
‘No, Gaspo is a club hero and it’s that damnd Inglese who should arrivederci! (Insert more vigorous scrunched finger motion’
comment by ManUtdDaredevil (U9612)
posted 20 minutes ago
The manager is a clown
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As the OP highlighted, nobody was saying that 9 months ago.
Gasperini would have been under pressure since that club high. They haven't played well. Italian clubs haven't played well. Brugge have had an immense season.
Of course the protocol would have been for the captain to decide who takes if the designated taker doesn't fancy it. Would that have calmed Gasperini? Probably not - he's reacting to the loss of momentum from the outcome.
Other thing is you don't know the other stuff going on and maybe Lookman has been brewing for a public take down - I mean why wouldn't you be starting your supposed star man in crucial ties if you are not out of favour?
That injury time panenka was the worst penalty ever.
Lookman wants out anyway.
Silver, according to Transfermarkt, Lookman was out with a knee injury for three weeks from the end of January. Missed six matches, including the first leg, and coming on as a second half substitute in this week's match was his first football since the injury.
Prior to the playoff against Club Brugge, he played six out of seven CL group matches, scoring four and assisting twice. Has ten goals in 19 league appearances (mainly playing as a second striker), which puts him fourth in Serie A scorers this season.
Doesn't seem like he's having a problematic season apart from the injury.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/ademola-lookman/verletzungen/spieler/406040/
https://www.transfermarkt.us/ademola-lookman/leistungsdaten/spieler/406040
If lookman wants out, happily have him at utd…
comment by Baz tard - ineos your face (U19119)
posted 2 minutes ago
If lookman wants out, happily have him at utd…
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We spent a huge amount on his deputy instead
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 22 minutes ago
Silver, according to Transfermarkt, Lookman was out with a knee injury for three weeks from the end of January. Missed six matches, including the first leg, and coming on as a second half substitute in this week's match was his first football since the injury.
Prior to the playoff against Club Brugge, he played six out of seven CL group matches, scoring four and assisting twice. Has ten goals in 19 league appearances (mainly playing as a second striker), which puts him fourth in Serie A scorers this season.
Doesn't seem like he's having a problematic season apart from the injury.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/ademola-lookman/verletzungen/spieler/406040/
https://www.transfermarkt.us/ademola-lookman/leistungsdaten/spieler/406040
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Fair point - not followed that close since our away draw with them in the league phase though others are suggesting he wants away - there's your story, right?
But maybe he’s reeeeeealy sh-t at penalties in training?
I know it wasn’t the most professional thing to say but hasn’t Gasperini also been pretty instrumental in helping revive Lookman’s career?
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 11 minutes ago
But maybe he’s reeeeeealy sh-t at penalties in training?
I know it wasn’t the most professional thing to say but hasn’t Gasperini also been pretty instrumental in helping revive Lookman’s career?
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Maybe, but the penalty miss late in the tie wasn't the reason Atalanta lost. They lost because the shipped three goals in the first half of the home tie when Lookman wasn't on the field. Seems to me that Lookman should have been way down Gasperini's list of recriminations. Not only did he foreground the penalty miss, but chose to do it in an especially demeaning way.
others are suggesting he wants away - there's your story, right?
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Maybe he wants away. I haven't seen any reports that suggest he has been actively agitating to leave or that he's been unprofessional about it.
Pretty sure I’ve read that Lookman wants out before these recent comments. I think ever since his performance in the EL final last season he’s been angling a move to a bigger club.
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 46 minutes ago
Pretty sure I’ve read that Lookman wants out before these recent comments. I think ever since his performance in the EL final last season he’s been angling a move to a bigger club.
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I checked the reports. There are indeed media reports about Lookman being open to a move from last summer. Lots of players decide they want to move clubs. I didn't find any reports of a fall-out or Lookman pushing for a move. Maybe there's a breakdown of relationships behind the scenes. But it seems unnecessarily destructive to single him out like this when the club has everything to play for over the next three months and has much more chance of glory with him feeling the love rather than the hate.
Lookman published a reply to Gasperini's outburst in which he spoke about his disappointment and alluded somewhat cryptically to other things that had gone on behind the scenes in his time there.
I suppose there are rumours in Bergamo as to what those problems are, but I haven't read about it in the media.
All that aside, the captain's sending off was absolutely superb. It was just a few scantily-clad lasses away from a Benny Hill sketch.
Like I said, Gasperini has been pretty important in Lookman's revival. Before he joined Atalanta he was a journeyman never really performing well or settling down at one club while also being considered very talented. Gasperini has been instrumental for quite a few player's careers at Atalanta and the other clubs he's managed I think and it's clear he's a very good manager.
It was unprofessional of Gasperini to single out Lookman but when you consider how much he has also done for the lad's career it's not that bad imo.
Sometimes I think people need to grow a pair when it comes to football these days (I don't mean you Russian). All he said was that he's terrible at penalties.
I remember when Ferguson singled out Nani for a defeat at Chelsea once. It seemed harsh but at the time I could totally imagine Nani driving you mad as a manager, maybe Gasperini felt the same.
1982, maybe I am reading too much into it. With Fergie everyone talks about how he was a genius at knowing what form of motivation different players needed - encouraging / berating - and when. I don't know whether Gasperini is that person. Also don't know whether he personally resurrected Lookman's career or whether the player happened to come to a system that suited him just as he was entering his prime years, and was yet another player who looked much better in Serie A than the PL.
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posted on 21/2/25
You are too kind to him RR
posted on 21/2/25
There’s probably an Italian JA606 with Gaspo in and Gaspo out supporters arguing into the night about who’s right and wrong ..
‘Lookman is a legend and you Gaspoholics need locking up (insert Italian scrunched finger motion)’
‘No, Gaspo is a club hero and it’s that damnd Inglese who should arrivederci! (Insert more vigorous scrunched finger motion’
posted on 21/2/25
The manager is a clown
posted on 21/2/25
comment by ManUtdDaredevil (U9612)
posted 20 minutes ago
The manager is a clown
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As the OP highlighted, nobody was saying that 9 months ago.
Gasperini would have been under pressure since that club high. They haven't played well. Italian clubs haven't played well. Brugge have had an immense season.
Of course the protocol would have been for the captain to decide who takes if the designated taker doesn't fancy it. Would that have calmed Gasperini? Probably not - he's reacting to the loss of momentum from the outcome.
Other thing is you don't know the other stuff going on and maybe Lookman has been brewing for a public take down - I mean why wouldn't you be starting your supposed star man in crucial ties if you are not out of favour?
posted on 21/2/25
That injury time panenka was the worst penalty ever.
Lookman wants out anyway.
posted on 21/2/25
Silver, according to Transfermarkt, Lookman was out with a knee injury for three weeks from the end of January. Missed six matches, including the first leg, and coming on as a second half substitute in this week's match was his first football since the injury.
Prior to the playoff against Club Brugge, he played six out of seven CL group matches, scoring four and assisting twice. Has ten goals in 19 league appearances (mainly playing as a second striker), which puts him fourth in Serie A scorers this season.
Doesn't seem like he's having a problematic season apart from the injury.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/ademola-lookman/verletzungen/spieler/406040/
https://www.transfermarkt.us/ademola-lookman/leistungsdaten/spieler/406040
posted on 21/2/25
If lookman wants out, happily have him at utd…
posted on 21/2/25
comment by Baz tard - ineos your face (U19119)
posted 2 minutes ago
If lookman wants out, happily have him at utd…
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We spent a huge amount on his deputy instead
posted on 21/2/25
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 22 minutes ago
Silver, according to Transfermarkt, Lookman was out with a knee injury for three weeks from the end of January. Missed six matches, including the first leg, and coming on as a second half substitute in this week's match was his first football since the injury.
Prior to the playoff against Club Brugge, he played six out of seven CL group matches, scoring four and assisting twice. Has ten goals in 19 league appearances (mainly playing as a second striker), which puts him fourth in Serie A scorers this season.
Doesn't seem like he's having a problematic season apart from the injury.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/ademola-lookman/verletzungen/spieler/406040/
https://www.transfermarkt.us/ademola-lookman/leistungsdaten/spieler/406040
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Fair point - not followed that close since our away draw with them in the league phase though others are suggesting he wants away - there's your story, right?
posted on 21/2/25
But maybe he’s reeeeeealy sh-t at penalties in training?
I know it wasn’t the most professional thing to say but hasn’t Gasperini also been pretty instrumental in helping revive Lookman’s career?
posted on 21/2/25
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 11 minutes ago
But maybe he’s reeeeeealy sh-t at penalties in training?
I know it wasn’t the most professional thing to say but hasn’t Gasperini also been pretty instrumental in helping revive Lookman’s career?
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Maybe, but the penalty miss late in the tie wasn't the reason Atalanta lost. They lost because the shipped three goals in the first half of the home tie when Lookman wasn't on the field. Seems to me that Lookman should have been way down Gasperini's list of recriminations. Not only did he foreground the penalty miss, but chose to do it in an especially demeaning way.
posted on 21/2/25
others are suggesting he wants away - there's your story, right?
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Maybe he wants away. I haven't seen any reports that suggest he has been actively agitating to leave or that he's been unprofessional about it.
posted on 21/2/25
Pretty sure I’ve read that Lookman wants out before these recent comments. I think ever since his performance in the EL final last season he’s been angling a move to a bigger club.
posted on 21/2/25
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 46 minutes ago
Pretty sure I’ve read that Lookman wants out before these recent comments. I think ever since his performance in the EL final last season he’s been angling a move to a bigger club.
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I checked the reports. There are indeed media reports about Lookman being open to a move from last summer. Lots of players decide they want to move clubs. I didn't find any reports of a fall-out or Lookman pushing for a move. Maybe there's a breakdown of relationships behind the scenes. But it seems unnecessarily destructive to single him out like this when the club has everything to play for over the next three months and has much more chance of glory with him feeling the love rather than the hate.
posted on 21/2/25
Lookman published a reply to Gasperini's outburst in which he spoke about his disappointment and alluded somewhat cryptically to other things that had gone on behind the scenes in his time there.
I suppose there are rumours in Bergamo as to what those problems are, but I haven't read about it in the media.
All that aside, the captain's sending off was absolutely superb. It was just a few scantily-clad lasses away from a Benny Hill sketch.
posted on 21/2/25
Like I said, Gasperini has been pretty important in Lookman's revival. Before he joined Atalanta he was a journeyman never really performing well or settling down at one club while also being considered very talented. Gasperini has been instrumental for quite a few player's careers at Atalanta and the other clubs he's managed I think and it's clear he's a very good manager.
It was unprofessional of Gasperini to single out Lookman but when you consider how much he has also done for the lad's career it's not that bad imo.
Sometimes I think people need to grow a pair when it comes to football these days (I don't mean you Russian). All he said was that he's terrible at penalties.
I remember when Ferguson singled out Nani for a defeat at Chelsea once. It seemed harsh but at the time I could totally imagine Nani driving you mad as a manager, maybe Gasperini felt the same.
posted on 22/2/25
1982, maybe I am reading too much into it. With Fergie everyone talks about how he was a genius at knowing what form of motivation different players needed - encouraging / berating - and when. I don't know whether Gasperini is that person. Also don't know whether he personally resurrected Lookman's career or whether the player happened to come to a system that suited him just as he was entering his prime years, and was yet another player who looked much better in Serie A than the PL.
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