slimshay:

A-40, err. . . .erm . . . .er . . .*scratching my head* . . . . .I coulda sworn we won them twice Yeah I know what you mean.

Well, as Debo has stated, contrary to last season when our first team was down for the run in, now our first team bar defense is coming back for the run-in.

Yes team defense can cover a shaky back line, Manure has done it several time *spits*. With Song back and well rested, Im counting on his providing good cover for the back line.

slimshay:

Seriously? There is a rule that says this? First Principle of the Basic? God help those taking the advanced course

Abeg let us talk true when we see it, Squillaci has now had 2 good premier league games in a row. Bounce or no bounce that ball was absolutely, totally and every other ly-ly no threat to him or our goal, even with the akward bounce he still had it covered. . . .until Dr Kit jazz start to work on unto Almunia, he even pushed Squillacci to prevent the recovery.

dipo2much:

Yeah,right. But its arsenal we are talking here. Arsenal cant 'team defend'. We are natural attackers.

slimshay:

Seriously? There is a rule that says this? First Principle of the Basic? God help those taking the advanced course

Abeg let us talk true when we see it, Squillaci has now had 2 good premier league games in a row. Bounce or no bounce that ball was absolutely, totally and every other ly-ly no threat to him or our goal, even with the akward bounce he still had it covered. . . .until Dr Kit jazz start to work on unto Almunia, he even pushed Squillacci to prevent the recovery.

HNIC:

@Jencejyde
I disagree
That wasn't Squills fault at all.
Blame vanilla Ice
Osaze would have just taken the ball out wide and probably try to square for a team mate.
He saw the opportunity when he had a gaping goal ahead of him.
For all the squills abuse, he got down to block a Fortune's goal bound shot after the nucca had waltzed his way through our defence.
scores were 2-2 then.
9 wins on the bounce
Possibly Yes
Probably No
Do you think Manure would win all their matches also?
Some seconds before Jussi's gaffe(wonder why goalies have MOTM performances against Arsenal and 'lie down' for other teams')Taylor had a glorious chance to put Bolton in front and messed up
[/quoteFrom my own angle as an analyst and player as well, I would blame him, Not that he did not have an altogether somewhat convincing performance, but the key here is when IT matters most, No disrespect to West Brom, but should we be conceeding cheap goals to a team like that.

Again my question is and that is what our gaffer back in the days will say, Who is Responsible for who and what, I remain adamant that that ball was up in the air for God knows how long, (it was just a hopeful ball from Mulumbu) and there was squills and kos up against Osaze with squillacii being the nearest to the ball, Why on earth was he not telling Kos to go and cover while he attacked the ball and prevent it from bouncing,

Again stats have shown over and over again that 80% of goals are conceded when you allow the ball to bounce in your 18 yard, Watch the likes of terry, dawson and Vidic, They are simply Predators in the air, bar the fact that Check himself is a good keeper and would not make to many mistakes in goal. Forgive me for saying he was poor on the day, but haba, I played at high levels myself and you just have to take serious responsibilities when it matters, where was the communication, a shout out like ALLOW would make Almmunia stay on his line and even if he misheaded there is sufficient back up to clear the lines, C'mon peeps, For how long are we gonna be making excuses for a scenario we all know should be handled professionally

Even the commentator said we were defending like children, That's unforgivable, Okay so he made a block intercepted a couple of balls, but that one Decision that could turn the game on its head, How did he handle it?. I mean, weve got to make teams sweat for a goal, not just be giving them a 1-0 lead at the beginning of every match?

slimshay:

Jencjyde I go start to question Osu footballing arsenal oh

How can you in one sentence say there was no threat and in the same sentence say he should just have headed out according to Rule 1.0, Fifa Basic Principles. No threat meant he had the option not to nod out. I still belive na Dokto jazz Alumi , I can find no plausible explanantion for his coming out.

And yes, making blocks, winning one on one tackles in the box, winning headers when played high, safely sheperding attackers to the by-line, last ditch tackle when covering for fullbacks, usually when you do all this things in a game, I'm sure your coach willl tell you you've had a good game.

I maintain he's had 2 good games in a row. We whip him when he's done bad, abeg lets commend him when he's done good. But as you be defender sha, you might not see it as such.

V3 abeg never return your HD 59inch Flat Screen jare , YES HE PUSHED SQUILLACI OH  

duduspace:

@Jencejyde

I totally disagree with you, what Alumina did was nigh unforgivable and this one no dey the class of Tech9 and Kos mistake sef, Squillaci might have misjudged the flight of the ball or just been unable to reach it for any of so many reasons but he definitely had enough time to correct the initial problem but was never given the chance to by Almunia.

A-40:

@Slimshay
A team that could not win 1 match against Birmingham na him go win 9! I laugh in Waka Flocka Flame. There is nothing team defense can do when goalies and center halves conspire to throw games away

4llerbuntu:

honestly, that cougar chap takes the whole thing a bit too far, and can be pretty bad with his choice of words

all this is supposed to be ribald harmless ribbing, but when the invectives start pouring u tend to wonder, not that most here are any better.
i stopped commenting even with my fellow gooners when it seemed they simply didnt know where to draw the line in arguing and insulting.

duduspace:

No wahala Jencejyde, we go send Squills come do crash defending course for OSU for this 2 weeks international break since dem no invite am go French camp. I sure say no aerial ball go land inside our half of the pitch again everything go be nodding as Djorou dey do am before Bac almost break him hand.

hannie:

@Jencejyde

stop rubbishing your 'OSU' pedigree with this ridiculous defence of ALUMINA . . .meanwhile with all u spurt here about basics of defending I dont recall having read OSU or OOU won NUGA games, so what are you yapping about ?

were u the chief ball boy in OOU or the most senior Male Cheerleader 

@Slim

I no need jazz Alumi .  .the guy himself stinks of pure unadulterated jazz, i wonder how u guys dont puke when he shakes his dyed head whenever he records his ever many howlers . . .

That guy has been brought over to come and make bad anything potentially good for Arsenal, na me talk am say hin be AGENT ALUMINA!!! 

ask Debo . . .na tay tay for upward of 5 years here I don talk am say as long as say na ALUMINA dey post we no fit win anything, even if na COINS dem wan give us 

or what do u think explains how TECH9 went out just because of a seemingly harmless freekick by Alves   

as per Song, I don talk am also say as long as SONG no dey our team is almost non-effective, peeps like Debo argued otherwise and I remember u also mentioned CESC as one very influential figure, in fact IBIME mentioned his being the best player in the Premership . . .I KEEP HAVING MY LAFFS!!!

NASRI is better than CESC, u guys need to start keying in stats and realities, if CESC goes today let AW hand over the baton to either Song or NASRI, make una come see results!!!