nateevs:


Sterling breathing on Madueke's neck? What?

When did this happen Airmark?

When Pochettino was benching him for Sterling at the right wing last season.

Jodera:

Not yet tbh...

He needs to do it consistently cos I'm certain that it's after 15matches again that you'll start disturbing about Madueke

Sterling is no more breathing on his neck and I believe Maresca would continue to give him the needed confidence and work on his development.

All your bad wishes won't come to pass. You go bow last last.

Jodera:

Then why are you always saying Arsenal and Chelsea have same number of big chances and all those your explanations?

Abi you dey only compare to arsenal when e convenient for you?

When I compared their big chances, I was just talking about our wastefulness that kept us away from first 4, even with a striker. Nothing more.

There's a reason Arsenal are linked to getting a striker since the beginning of the window. If you get a prolific striker you will win the league as your other players are also scoring.

Arsenal are not my template for winning the league. I always used our last squad that won it with Costa leading the line. The last time your team also won it, you had Henry. Rest.

Jodera:


You always bring arsenal for comparison sometimes so I want to ask:
Which prolific striker did Arsenal have last season?
Is it prolific striker that's making us scoring 5 goals consistently last season?
Even your Chelsea, was it prolific striker that makes you guys scored 6 goals ystdy?

I'm not against prolific striker but good supporting casts is the way to go. With good supporting cast and good tactical system, you can break up any low block teams easily. Forget all these doubling up of wingers.

And before you call Haaland, know that Man City have been obliterating teams and setting records before the purchase of Haaland.
Liverpool with false 9 firmino have been obliterating teams just because of good supporting cast.

Just so you know...

Where did you see Arsenal in my post? You haven't even won Epl since 2004, why would I use you as example when Conte's Chelsea is there to use. Sit down.

Astrid4:


Thank God you mention guardiola, Top team this days doesn’t rely on a top nine as it used to be, tuchel won the champions league with no top nine and half of the goals from defenders, the like of Werner, Harvetz were blunt but yet we played so well, why was it that when we bought lukaku our woes didn’t stop we were barely creating goal scoring chances, the great guardiola in his Bayern team didn’t rely on his top nine the likes of Ribery, robben were balling for him, mandzukic and Pizarro went just an icing on the cake for them. Nicolas is playing a Trequartista forward role for us that’s why we seem to be creating tons of chances every game and it’s not like that when guiu is playing, funny how the Osihmen y’all want Us to sign is a similar profile to guiu(tho better in term of prolificacy) but they both rely on their strength which is their pace and physical strength, and this is not enough in the premier league where we have both fast and physical defenders y’all should cut Jackson some slack abegiii the likes of Nunez, holjund (with their expensive tag) are also missing big chances but yet he still manage to outscore them without penalty goals, this is his second year in the premier league he still has a lot to offer and has Shown promises so far let’s just stick with him and trust him even drogba had it worst in his first year too.

I don’t want us to have a team where we will have to rely on a top nine to score even now and then for us what happens if the top striker is injured or unavailable, our attack is getting prolific thanks to madueke’s improvement and nice signings in nkunku,Neto and Felix which are renowned for the prolificacy in front of goal we are no more cole Palmer FC.

Nobody asked our striker to be scoring all our goals, I just don't want the burden of goals to kill Palmer while the player with the primary role of scoring is unreliable in front of goal.

Yes, the goals should be distributed among the attackers but our striker must deliver excellently in order to compete with City armed with Haaland already.

Y'all will see how our opponents will adjust defensively to curtail our wingers and it's the striker that may get most of the big chances to go all the way like we had the last time we won Epl with Costa, flanked by Willian and Hazard.

Jodera:

Lol...
You no go wait make e shine first before you do receipts digging?

He is already shinning in your faces.

Jodera:

Do you need a goalscoring striker with all these goals ystdy.

Nateevvs talked about good supporting cast and supporting cast who can score. Have you seen the importance?

He wasn't the one that asked me to request for Sterling to be chased away in order for Madueke to be playing regularly and a new LWF to be bought.

Teams will start to sit deep against us and double up on Madueke and other winger, that's where a prolific striker will be crucial. I believe Maresca can't be deceived by yesterday's result as Wolves thought we would be wasteful like last season and left their rear.

Unlimited22:

He just needs to cut out unnecessary dribbling and showboating and focus on his output.

He's the only winger we have that can hug touchline and get past his man.

I can gradually see some improvements, he can still do better with releasing the ball as at when due. It seems unlike Pochettino, Maresca talks to each player on their weaknesses and drill them.

Maybe the personal trainer he engaged during the holidays helped too, as he now moves and hit better with his right leg.

airmark:


I told him to shame you before the season ends and he has done that to you and Raumdeuter. Both of you are nowhere to be found with your, 'anything Airmark hypes turns bad' mantra.

Once Egbon adugbo, Sterling leaves, he will get needed game time to develop faster. Boom.

Jodera and Raumdeuter, I cast out every spirit of injuries you may want to inflict on my boy. With time you will shamefully give me my flowers.

Gucciboy:


Close to agreement, Napoli sef don tire for osimhen.

It would always be a matter of who blinks first.

Ibime:


84 matches played in that position. He only started this AM shït last season

Are you sure he can shield the ball when pressed? He nearly caused a goal under pressure today.

Popizaino, thanks for tagging me. This was as far back as 2015 o.

Barca even used Mascherano as CB. Yaya Toure even played Ucl final as CB.

codedguy1:


Na Moanrinho start to dey emphasize that nonsense trackback sh!t. Strikers that should be mainly concerned with scoring are being assessed based on tracking back as if the essence of the is preventing the opponents from scoring.


Barca that we all agree have defensive issues are known and feared because of their ability to outscore their opponents most of the time regardless of how many they concede.

Defence is important but scoring is the name of the game.

Gucciboy:
Hear me out ,We need a new defensive midfielder

Our midfield is too porous and open

I said this immediately I saw the lineup and no Lavia. Maybe Reece could be drafted there in some tough games.

popizaino:


As them no come concede 3 nko?

Na their prayer be that.

kingBolton:
We concede a goal from a set piece
Chelsea fans - improve the defence
We concede from sloppiness in midfield Chelsea fans -improve the defence.

Is it that you guys didn't see the express of a midfield we had in the first half and the disaster class Moises drop in the first half ?

The manager had to drop Enzo deeper in other to control the game in the second half but na defenders we dey blame.

A game that colwill dropped a very good performance but na defenders we dey blame.

Na agenda now.

They were even digging out my past post on Van Dijk.

Android17:
20-0 in 1 game is still just 3 points. Same as 20-19.

For your big chances argument to stand you have to demonstrably prove that you missed them in multiple games + that you defended well enough to not concede more than you scored before comparing with Arsenal's achievements. Do you know why?

If you missed 2 big chances against Arsenal when they walloped you 5-0. You still deserved to lose the game regardless of the big chance.

Let's say you then missed 20 big chances against Tottenham but still won 4-1, it means you still got the 3 points deserved in that game.

An unsophisticated thinker can just bring hurriedly compiled stats and say Chelsea missed 22 big chances in 2 games which should have been 6 points if we took our chances.

Have you seen now that that person will just be waffling? Talking nonsense like you are doing?

"I watched the games" is not a layered way of thinking.

Do better.

If you think I will waste my time to continue to bandy words with you when those that matter, have done the needful, you must be a dolt.

Kimbeast:

We saw how mangala, bravo, Clichy, kolarov etc enjoyed the sharpness of city attack in pep first season.

Do you know the number of Epl this Raumdeuter's slow mediocre defender, won with Man City?

raumdeuter:


LOL. Ferdinand best defender? All through Ferdinand who was a slow mediocre player like John Stones and was always bullied by regular strikers

Put Stones in Chelsea's defence of last season and see basket-full of goals conceded.

Android17:


How can you tell that the big chances created were not in games Chelsea still won?

Why do you always make hollow and vacuous arguments?

I watched almost all Chelsea's matches last season. Go and sit down.

popizaino:


Things we only hear on Nairaland sport section. Just because you wanted to have be on the side of the majority you had to twist your sentence. Just read the bolded again and ask yourself if it makes any sense.

Set awon Lordfalcao and Timbros. Team dey fear defenders.

Jamiuokolaa:


Ramudeen Ramuzaki

Raumdeuter is catching fun, for being irresponsible.

lordfalcao:
how many match did sterling play RWF last season to be the reason Madueke didn’t perform

He played in like 8 or 9 matches as RWF, and we failed to win in majority. It's depressing for a potential player that should be developing, seeing a useless player benching him in his wing.

Thank God Pochettino and Sterling are out of my team now.

lordfalcao:
an attack that scored 77 league goals last season was your major problem above Tottenham and Aston villa



Give me wetin you dy drink make I taste.

We created same number of big chances as Arsenal last season. While Arsenal scored 91goals, we scored 77 goals.

If I give you what I drink, you will start thinking properly.

nateevs:


Meanwhile, also Airmark.

Like I said during the attack and defence argument, our injured defenders would return and help out.

Fofana was bought at 75m, just like VVD was paid for, and gradually he will improve our defence. Reece James will soon rejoin the team as Colwill is an upgrade on Badiashile and he has deservedly benched him.

Please don't restart this argument, it has been won and lost with the way we spent in this transfer window already. Timbros already licking his wound.

Kimbeast:

so salah, mane etc was not ruthless when liverpool was conceding goals left, right and center before klopp broke the bank for Alisson and van dijk? This narrative is hilarious.

Na you dash us a paltry sum to get Fofana?

Astrid4:


We don’t need a natural CF we just need an attack where everybody can score

Fraudiola had this thought before but now he is wiser with Haaland, without Messi.

Kimbeast:
This is the moniker shouting outscore your opponent.

Defence was/is not our major problem. Attack plus your useless Sterling, was our major problem as we had injured defenders last season that could be managed with just one Thiago Silva's replacement.

As it stands now, we haven't even found/used Thiago Silva's quality. Rest.

lordfalcao:
Ina ako tuu

Sterling and Madueke dy play same wing?

Sterling never played RWF before while Madueke got benched?

Kimbeast:

The same moniker who told us contantly how van dijk is responsible for liverpool upturn in fortune when he was bought is shouting outscore your opponent. Agendaland for a reason bro

Your useless Sterling has been chased away and we are gradually bouncing back to where we belong, with my Madueke and other new attackers bought.

drisham:


It was literally the same attackers from last season that scored today 🌝🌝

Sterling would have started and got Madueke's confidence evaporated.

nateevs:


The way you reduce football to a select number of items is mind-boggling.

Meanwhile, everyone is engrossed in the main argument but forgetting that this is the same attack you criticised, saying cannot win anything...... but you are here taking the glory at the same time. Saying you are vindicated.

We have not invested in said top profile striker you so desperately wanted, yet we scored 6.

How do you explain this?

I wanted most of the funds to be spent on the attack and that's exactly what happened.

I also wanted Sterling to be chased out, to enable the likes of Madueke to get enough confidence through playing time, it happened.

This is not the same attack with Sterling missing empty net. Madueke like I had wanted got his confidence back.
Felix and Neto were a breathe of fresh air as they contributed to outscoring Wolves.

Why am I not vindicated when we have spent like over 150m on our attack and the amount spent on defence may not be up to 50m and result has started showing?

Get me a better striker, who is not goal-shy and we wont be afraid of even teams sitting back as Felix and Neto can operate swiftly in tight space.

We need to compete for Epl and not just aiming at top 4 please, we are not Aston villa.

popizaino:


Why not call back Santos instead of wasting money on another DM?

I forgot sha.

It's obvious Caicedo can't be the anchor to shield that defence effectively.

Ibime:


That's a bit # and unnecessary

So you still dey carry bad blood? 😭

It's highly necessary and he knows it. He threw some weird one at me few days ago unprovoked and I haven't lost my pen, the ink may not be plenty though.