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Nice combo play between Smith-Rowe and Pepe

We are playing some really nice football out here

Spy360:
Yes. It's good to have a left footed winger since Cedric is right footed.

Yeah....I just hope pepe will justify the faith that has been put in him

Decent line-up

Dyt:
I 8 nairalanders

Aswear rude people full this cyberspace....I laughed real hard at the comments

Roland17:
Willock - Newcastle (Loan until the end of the season)
AMN- WestBrom (Loan)
Mustafi-Schalke (Free agent)

I understand Southampton are also interested in Niles but Arsenal does not want to send him to a rival.. See our life? Na Southampton don become our rival abi?

We are on the right path. We move!

What are they doing about LB? It seems Tierney is the only natural senior LB we have now ; I hate to see Saka playing LB again or Xhaka being shunted there if Tierney and Cedric are both unavailable

sod09:
Beyond redemption
Anyways, arsenal have agreed to terminate mustafi contract,he will sign for schakle while kabak will move to LFC on loan option to buy.
I am glad it's sorted out everyone will be alright, no more mustafi to tag our defensive woes on

I wish him well in his future endeavors. More money to his bank account, more G-wagon to his garage and I hope he doesn't mark referee in future matches he will be playing for whichever club he decides to join

sod09:
Argh!!!
We never said Gabriel is not good but do we need him??
That's where you guys condemned the whole defence and made him look like the messiah

I've continued to answer you YES. We needed him at the time we signed him. The problem is u keep arguing otherwise even when I've told u the condition of our CB'S when he was signed

sod09:
Blueray made that award look ridiculous, I mean we were total disaster, losing and conceding while gabu was piling up awards no one pay attention to
I'm pretty sure he was nominated when he got red against Soton and his own goal, now I will look like hater

What if I bring out the player ratings for each of those matches he played on his way to being nominated for the 3 awards? Will u accept he's an instant hit like I claimed?

I fit do excel sheet show u the result of each player in those matches sef( yes I can go that length to prove a point I beleive is valid)

kokanepyramid:
Player of the Month in League or Arsenal? Arsenal player of the month which is a polling booth award in Raumdeuter’s voice? Was Guen not also an Arsenal player of the month? Perhaps Guen was a hit in our midfield too.

Yes it's a pooling booth award, but then u need to be in contest in the first place for u to be voted for.

kokanepyramid:
That’s because I don’t say Luiz is bad either. my point is if u guys will condemn Luiz, u should also condemn Gabriel since he has almost achieved Luiz’ milestone despite fewer appearances and much decent midfield compared to Luiz.

U keep making it about Gabriel but u wouldn't discuss whether it's mere coincidence that he racked 3 player of the month awards as a new signing in a totally new league.

If this was a man utd thread u would've seen people praising Gabriel to high heavens like they did for Bruno because they both became instant hit. Well we are Gunners and we will assume it's the improved Xhaka and Xavi-reincarnate Elneny that helped Gabriel track his man in the box, deal with set pieces and timing his tackles.

sod09:
And the digging game starts

Yes I called them useless cos of the way they defended but later realize it was midfield issue yet you and others claimed we need more defenders.
We now see how the saviour defender is doing now

U be that last bols wey no dey die quick for film

Well I didn't say the team should not get midfielders, in fact I celebrated Partey's signing and was hopefully we get Aourar ( even when I didn't really know how good he was/is) till th3 deal fell through. But I was very sure Mustafi should not be playing at arsenal and Papasthapopulous was all brawns and less brain.

That was why I supported Gabriel's signing above any other signing. That is what myself and Roland17 have been saying since. You are the ones making it seem as if we don't want the club to sign midfielders. Now that its looking like the defensive problem is solved I will be eager seeing more quality additions to the midfield like a true fan

sod09:
We never said mustafi was good
You guys claimed our defence was useless when kokane and I said we should get AM ahead of CB, Una talk say defence useless
Some said luiz is in the same WhatsApp group with mustafi
Holding is nothing to write home about, it's all good I'm glad we are all seeing what good midfield setup do to defence
Wolves next

Well as regards the bold, upon further investigation it seems you were also part of "we guys" that said our defence was useless. Below is a post u made as recent as July 2020 doing just that o

iamoyindamola:
Talk like this is one of the reason arsenal is a useless club, fans are quick to accept faith by looking for one stupid positive.
Same result and set of players since wengay days, that match was 200% winnable but some set of useless souls at the back did giveaway.
Why is luiz is playing or offered an extension?
I'm sure the stupid board will sleep on ceballos matter and loose him to another club
THE FACT IS THIS CLUB RECYCLE MEDIOCRITY OVER AND OVER AGAIN EVERY SEASON.
Some spark of brilliance and then fade away, how can I tell my unborn kids xhaka, luiz, mustafi and kolasinac are fvcking professional with big wages

It is actually funny u suddenly think Mustafi is not useless and Luiz is not part of the useless souls at the back tgat did giveaway

kokanepyramid:
The only thing Luiz has done and Gabriel is yet to do is to cause penalty. He has achieved all Luiz did that earned him the name clown except for penalty he achieved all these in even much fewer appearances. He wouldn’t have done any better playing behind a midfield of Guen, Xhaka and Willock.

In one breath u will say " I'm not saying Gabriel is bad tho "....then in another u will say Gabriel has done all Luiz has done enough earn him the title of a clown.



U see ehn, if u want to call Gabriel bad call him bad, but he has 3 consecutive player of the month titles to show he's not anything like Luiz. He played behind that same Xhaka doing that.

What u people are not getting is that a poor defender is not judged on what he did but what he refused to do like leaving Ur man in the box, failing to close down attacking players as a CB etc. If na by tackle, then dem mustafi supposed dey World IX for the years he played at arsenal; but we all know wassup

sod09:
We never said mustafi was good
You guys claimed our defence was useless when kokane and I said we should get AM ahead of CB, Una talk say defence useless
Some said luiz is in the same WhatsApp group with mustafi
Holding is nothing to write home about, it's all good I'm glad we are all seeing what good midfield setup do to defence
Wolves next

Who are "you guys"?

I hold it up to my chest that I said mustafi is as useless as they come. I will never deny that. I called out Luiz for making costly mistakes and giving out penalties. Holding hardly plays not until recently, he was mostly injured. When he plays really well like he did in the FA cup back then vs Diego Costa I was one of those who hailed the performance so also did I hail him vs Mane in the community shield.

I don't go about calling a player rubbish all the time if he's not rubbish all year. You have refused to acknowledge Xhaka's form improvement.

Let's just believe those of us that supported the coach's decision of signing a defender that became instant hit were wrong, but those who think he should've relied on Mustafi and Papasthapopulous if Luiz or Holding gets injured are right.

sod09:
I wasn't even dragging anyone but that statement that our defenders last season was useless beyond redemption irks me when I remember it, funny how same set of players are the one keeping CS with ease.
They wan drag mustafi that hardly play ball
Baba no play but his memory lives on

We specifically called mustafi useless, while others were called clowns. Mustafi was useless for real not just last year alone. This is the link to the post to the article: https://football-talk.co.uk/152203/a-tale-of-shkodran-mustafi-the-hope-the-downfall-and-failing-to-fix-arsenals-roof

I didn't write the article, the same thing I saw and complained about is what the author of the article buttressed.

Be rest assured any day anybody tries to downplay the level of uselessness Msuatfi displayed in the years past, I will be here to remind us how really useless he was

sod09:
Mustafi hardly play na
I know that's the player you will hand pick, have you forgotten how you condemned the entire defence line, if we bring up stats of errors leading to goal last season mustafi is not in top 5 in EPL, if we bring out mustafi v VVD last season they are almost on par with CS playing a major difference.
I ask again do you still want more defenders to partner Gabriel??
Btw I have been praising xhaka but I still want him out

I know u will bring up the bold, but it has already been addressed in the article. In case u missed it, please see below as attached.

As regards Ur question if I still want more defenders, read the second paragraph of that my previous post; the answer u seek lies therein

Mustafi continued

sod09:
We have always maintain the fact midfield was the reason our defence was trashy using xhaka as example
You condemned the whole defence and still want more defenders even when he explained VVD and koulibally will become clueless till our midfield get sorted out, now we have partey and ESR helping out xhaka you wan turn amala
It's all good

Quick question
Do you still want more defenders?
Well I still want us to sell xhaka and get bisouma

Well since u want us to go down the road of revisonism, then let's have it.

1. As at the end of last season we had a trashy CB in mustafi ( this is not even arguable, Mustafi has been trash from the days of John the Baptist). I have attached an article that talks about the uselessness of Mustafi that u have always defended in full details o . Then we had Papasthapopulous who wasn't better....then Luiz who has earned himself the title of a clown and Chambers on sick bed. We signed Pablo Mari on loan but he was signed injured.

Arteta took a very reasonable decision bringing in Gabriel at that time and I will continue to stand by it. Arteta being a defensive minded coach brought in a good defender that didn't disappoint him even when the rest of the team was faltering.

2. As regards Ur question, the coach has solved the defensive issues in the CB to an extent. I would be unreasonable calling for more defenders when Pablo Mari has shown his quality after returning from injury, Rob holding has stepped up his game, David Luiz is being less of a clown nowadays and Gabriel is still the quality but Arteta was right about.

3. So to acknowledge Xhaka has been in good form hard u like this I didn't watch the man utd match but from what I was told Xhaka was head and heels above Partey on that day and from his recent matches this Ur story of ESR and Partey helping him out holds no water Jàre.

Let's just maintain the same energy we use in criticize players when they play rubbish and praise them when they are doing well too. Haba!

airmark:
They should force him to be sleeping in the gym or threaten to send him to Guantanamo bay.

I will drink to that

sod09:
I still stand by it xhaka is useless can you say the same about the defence you guys condemned
No changes yet they are balling keeping gabu on bench with safety belt

Well, we condemned mustafi for being trashy, we complained about holding for not stepping up his game and Luiz for being too error prone. If that is interpreted as condemning the entire defence, then that's fine; you did exactly the same by condemning Xhaka and entire midfield by saying we can't win with a Xhaka midfield ( the contrary has happened this year)

I think like a true fan we should be focusing on the team playing fairly well now instead of trying to drag dead issues out of the grave.

Be rest assured that if we all want to drag each other for statements we made at the time the team was down, there's enough of it to go round . Everybody record dey this thread, it only takes little effort to pull it out

sod09:
We should not forget this guy with other of our defenders were tagged useless beyond redemption

This table u are trying to shake no favour anybody, not even u sef. We have all called one or two players useless before because they were actually useless at that point in time. Below is u talking about Xhaka

iamoyindamola:
Can you ever win a midfield battle with xhaka

iamoyindamola:
The midfield is a total scrap
Arteta should never start xhaka and ceballos again
He should disobey the board and call ozil back till January and he can bin him if he get his AM

iamoyindamola:
When a coach retain xhakaand loan out torreira
At this stage we go prostrate for Jerry curl and ozil to come back
Ceballos is the mother of useless, willock is the father while xhaka is the grandfather

You even said we can't win a midfield battle with Xhaka but we did against Chelsea and other teams we've played in recent times. U see say that table u are shaking carry all of us join body .

In fact, the only person that may not be on this table here is spy360 cos he is optimistic to a fault when it comes to assessing our players.

I didn't watch the match yesterday, I was busy fixing things up at my place cos I recently relocated. From what I've read and the replay I watched it wasn't a bad result especially in the wake of Man utd's resurgence that saw them top the league ( Albeit for a short period).

This morning I was reading goal dot com suggesting Mitland-Niles might go on loan, loserpool being interested in mustafi ( I know my guy sod09 will hope this is true and come for me later for always criticizing mustafi ) and possibility of Reiss Nelson being sent out on loan as well.

I really don't know how they will do all that on transfer deadline day, but I hope replacements are gotten for some of them. We should prioritize LB cos after Tierney and Cedric as makeshift LB we have that LB open o

sod09:
I am putting on the jersey right now sef

Hope u had Luiz name and number imprinted on the jersey?

The North remembers
I will never forget this day ; just look at Luiz's face for 4ck's sake!

kodded:
I think it mignt be more of a blessing than a curse because the teams that we are to play in the premier league are both tough and the boys havenot gotten enough rest to cool off after the congested decemberfixtures.


atleast the 10 days qurantine will definitely keep the boys fresh for the remaining premiere league fixtures

U are not getting the gist.

The whole of the team that travels to Portugal to play benfica will have to quarantine for 10 days after they return. This means all those players will be unavailable for selection vs Levaister and man city which of course leaves us with our feeders team.

This in essence means we either field a strong team vs benfica and take a step closer to moving to the next round of europa or we prioritize advancing in the EPL by sending feeders team to Portugal and leaving the senior boys to rest at home and stay fresh for the clashes with Leicester and man city.

Spy360:
No club in Europe will offer a rookie 60k per week. They didn't give Messi not to talk of Balogun, Nigeria made.

I want to believe the news is a joke. Even Chelsea that gave Odson-Odoi better money did so because he had put in serious work as at that time and they wanted to ward-off Bayern Munich's interest in the young lad.

This Balogun never play anything sef

sod09:
If this is true then the boy and his agent can fvck off....radarada

I don't want to bother myself thinking whether it is true or not. A young player that hasn't "broken into substitute bench"( if there's anything like that) will not be guilible enough to do that irrespective of what his agent is telling him.

It is only normal for u to get some quality game time under u belt before making such demands.

I will regard it as beer parlor talk till proven otherwise

rationalmind:
He was referring to the lifting thing.

It's just the shock he will be fixing and the fixing. If there will be need for lifting he will decide afterwards. (That's what the mecho told me)

GAZZUZZ:
You will damage your from CV axles , and ride balance will be off totally .


The option below is better

But the mechanic confirmed the shocks are gone and needed fixing