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birdman:
who is our resident bulls fan again sef. Come an collect your bulls abeg. Dem jus lay down like doormat

The yeye people gave me hope for like two games Now we are back to default mode

Ibime:
Bluemann, your girls just scored. Arsenal would have overtaken us to lead the league if we didn't find that goal

Omo I didn't see any of our matches today, thank goodness both teams won. Really happy for the women, being able to overcome the red card to get all three points.

donjazet:
Which player had this career path?

Omo see movement

Ibime:
Not been too convinced by Ampadu in CB. I see him more as DM

Those who watch reserves can update us on Mbuyamba

I really thought Mbuyamba would be the one getting the hype Colwill is getting now.

Maybe one season in the championship would do him favours; our youth team seem to have lost their way recently.

Spurs really chose the worst time to lose form

From the highest scoring PL side to no shots on target in two games.

With these plenty impending departures, Colwill will surely get a chance to impress in preseason.

The last offer made to Rudiger was £230,000 per week.

donstan18:
My point is that Rudiger is the person controlling and doing all the works in that defense.

The other Young blood just dey disguise with long pass.

Omo I'm tired of all these carrying nonsense. Look at their stats via the Squawka comparison matrix, does it look like anybody is carrying anybody? These stats are pretty evenly split; Silva wins more aerial duels but at a less successful rate, Rudiger wins more ground duels but at a less successful rate, Rudiger averages more tackles, Silva averages more interceptions, clearances and blocks, and on and on...so please, how is Rudiger doing all the work?

And u said Rudiger is controlling the defense? I thought the controller general tag was something u people used to mock Silva?

Rudi on the left, Silva on the right.

Has anybody ever called Robertson overrated? I don't think I've seen such a statement, at least not on this board. I for one admire him.

donstan18:
Another weekend to watch Young Blood Silva anchor the defense without Rudiger.

Young Mulla Beiber

Yes o...all hail young blood Silva!

Or you would prefer Danish Maldini? Or is it Air Sarr?

Meanwhile, see Rudiger agent o

Rudiger will not make it in time. He and Kovacic are the absentees for Sunday's game.

This means your Danish Maldini has recovered from his knock.

Tuchel: "We have looked into it and in 2022, we have 8 big mistakes that lead to goals."

Eight big mistakes.

EIGHT.

donjazet:
As I said earlier, I lay the blame for yesterday's loss on tuchel. It just did not make sense to entirely change your starting lineup when playing a tough opponent. It's bound to affect the rhythm and disorganize the team.

You're experimenting with James at center back, then you pair him with Christensen and malanga sarr, like WTF bro!! These are also players you pair with stronger defenders, they also need guidance. That defensive lineup made absolutely no sense at all.

Then you pair kante and RLC in the middle, are you okay?? Kante has been the only midfielder present in every single defeat we've had in the last 2 months, and you now pair him with loftus cheek who is also unfamiliar with the central midfield role. Kante is not in form right now, hasn't been for a while, why risk the exposure. You then decide to start Lukaku and Werner when havertz and Werner had just started building an understanding on the pitch.

This man just self sabotaged the team yesterday. I was really hoping we would win arsenal yesterday. A team that had just lost 3 consecutive games and that tuchel would bear in mind how troublesome arsenal have been to us recently and how he wouldn't want to lose to them again only to see that line up and shrivel badly. What the fuk was he thinking??

I've said before that James should be used at RCB only when dealing with pacy/tricky attackers, a la Vinicius and Zaha. In as much as I rate ESR, he doesn't possess the same threat as those two, the type of threat to which special attention needs to be paid. So playing James there made no sense, cos it meant sacrificing one of our best attacking outlets; yes Azpi scored, but there's no question who contributes more in offense. And Azpi would've provided leadership and experience in that backline. But he didn't play him there, and he left Silva on the bench. Instead, we were left with an inexperienced backline - and one that had never been used before, so cohesion was also a problem.

So what type of protection do you offer to this inexperienced backline? Only a midfield pivot that has barely provided satisfaction. To top it off, he decided to use this game to reinstate Lukaku into the XI, even though Mount - Werner - Havertz had been flourishing.

I hate the rotation excuse because if we win against Arsenal and then West Ham, UCL qualification is all but secured. Why not go all out in these two games, so you can have enough time to rotate all you want before Liverpool comes calling?

In any case, we were close to full strength when we swallowed seven against Brentford and Madrid. But I believe things would've been different with a stronger selection, cos of our recent form.

Our recent home form has me concerned.

Sugar Mummy Marina is going nowhere lol

Bruce Buck stays too, it seems

Meme god.

So Jokic had a considerably smaller Thompson sealed off on the post, but Will Barton decided to waive him off and instead heave from around 30 ft with Green as his defender?

Modified: Barton on defense late on; somebody said he defends like his analog button is stuck

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Not only have they turned it around, they've pulled away emphatically. Down 16 points to start the fourth, they lead by TEN with over a minute left.

What a comeback.

Wow. Just, wow.

Damn...the Grizzlies offense really stagnated again

BlueMann:
Damnnn...the Timberwolves are smoking the Grizzlies

They were trailing 47-21 at one point, but the Grizz have reduced the deficit to just 7 points; 51-44 at the break, thanks to a 15-0 run to end the quarter.

TWolves held scoreless for more than 4 minutes

Damnnn...the Timberwolves are smoking the Grizzlies

Probably would've been a DPOTY contender if not for injuries

God bless Pelinka

popizaino:
Ibime, Airmark and swiz123 what's your take on Silva's role in the third goal is he to be blamed for the goal?

Azpi made the errant pass, Sarr hit the ball back into a dangerious area but Silva who made a tackle which took the ball away from Nketiah is to be blamed...

Leave the trolls abeg.

philip0906:
Who’s going to avoid those goals? That Blackman running around the defense like a lunatic and costing us goals or who?

The first and third goal came from stray passes that were unforced. The third was even more painful cos we could have rescued the situation after Silva made the tackle, but Sarr was in his elements and the ball eventually pinballed between him and Kante onto the path in Nketiah. Fourth goal, Azpi keeps holding onto Saka even though it was clear the ball wasn't anywhere near him. All avoidable.

As for Sarr, this should be his farewell performance for the season.

Rudi and Jorginho had the game off, Silva played only 45 mins, Havertz played 30mins and Chalobah is very well rested. Sarr and Chris have no business in the starting XI for now. There are no extra competitions till the last day of the season so resting players should not be an excuse anymore for Tuchel.

Unlimited22:

The funny thing is that we will go on to beat West Ham on Sunday and e go be like say all is well.

Lmao.


Omo a lot of people legit need to go Make we see space abeg.

I seriously don't understand our home form recently...11 goals in three games? That's unthinkable!

I don't know what is wrong with these guys, but they need to stop making these schoolboy errors. Literally every goal was avoidable, most of them were outright gifts.

raumdeuter:
popiziano multiple people are saying the same thing about Silva is this true

They're all high on sh!t

No more radical selections please

We keep dragging ourselves back into this too four race when we should have consolidated our place by now.

dostr4:
Charity fc i see u . Nonsense ingredients

Seems we're always in Charity FC mode whenever we face Arsenal. Exactly what I was afraid of.

Just look at the rubbish display

How many giveaways in one game?

Smh

This man no dey fail to shock us

Seems Lukaku is starting tonight.

popizaino:
How?

Like I said, I saw one too many instances when he stifled an attacking move by going backwards when a forward pass was on the cards, and the crowd expressed their displeasure on those occasions. I'm not talking about Hendo as a player generally.