European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 5:36pm On Dec 26, 2020 |
It seems Arteta really wants that sack  Xhaka, Bellerin starts once again
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 10:01am On Dec 25, 2020 |
Amoto94: Where is Benzema? Messi and Ronaldo are menaces! Just look at how those almost made every other person passenger in this generation  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 9:12am On Dec 25, 2020 |
Merry Christmas gooners
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 8:48am On Dec 25, 2020 |
Fkhalifa: Nobody said so.
BTW, Winaldum, Doucoure and Sissoko once relegated. This ur analogy is faulty ! Wijnaldum used to play for newcastle same with Sissoko. They were one of their best players ; bigger teams saw their potentials and snapped them up. The same applies to Doucoure. Guendouzi on the other hand is playing at arsenal that is one of the top teams in England but somehow has found himself in a lower league at one of the teams not doing so well in the league as well. The case of those 3 can be said to be progression while Guendouzi's may be from Grace to grass of he's not reintegrated back at arsenal after his loan deal |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 10:25pm On Dec 24, 2020 |
Wahala be like MTN on this thread ; everywhere you go  Me I just dey here dey wait the birth of baby Jesus with my red label on soft. Merry Christmas |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 4:20pm On Dec 24, 2020 |
airmark: I hope Arsenal are treating you and Roland well. Long may it continue.  We are watching with "relaxed mind". The weekend is upon us  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 1:06pm On Dec 24, 2020 |
sod09: You sabi better series na Try these too, they are have more than a season Okay thank you. I've watched banshee and money heist. I will try that the boys, warrior and Vis a Vis |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 12:25pm On Dec 24, 2020 |
sod09: You should resume power then, It has enough seasons already Then what type of series are you looking for(action, drug-related, adventure etc) I'm not going back to power. I didn't even finish watching it cos of all the wait here and there. I'm looking for action and drug related as well. I've watched queen of the south, narcos, narcos Mexico, breaking bad and the likes sha. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 12:12pm On Dec 24, 2020 |
@SOD09 Comman recommend series wey make sense for me make I enjoy this festivity period. I see what u are doing in the movies section when I popped in there yesterday.
NB: I prefer a series that has more than 2 seasons already( I hate waiting for season 2, 3 etc to come out after watching a season. That's why I stopped watching power) |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 7:29am On Dec 24, 2020 |
kodded: lol, merry Christmas in advance to all my fellow gunners on this thread, may this season bring forth a positive change for us and for our great club, I believe that this trying phase will pass too
now unto the topic of the day, my own opinion is that arsenal indeed prioritizes the defence over the attack but the signing of Gabriel and partey was not the main issue because those two players are top qualities players that can change the team around. The main issue was the signing of mari and soares during the January transfer window.
arsenal spent more than £20 million on mari and soares, and uptill now the both of them have not made upto 3 starts in the EPL. now imagine if we didnt bring those guys to the club, I'm sure that £20 million would have been added into that auoar deal that fell through. I think the signing of mari and soares is something that had already been done before.this season. Those guys were on loan with option of buy ; it is understandable we will consider the buy option considering the fact that Bellerin seems to be on the decline, and Mitland-Niles seem to be more useful in LWB, RWB, CM etc than RB.....Also with Luiz, Chambers in and out of the team, Mustafi out of favours ( deservedly so), Mari's move was likely to be made permanent. I think what messed everything up was the AM deal that didn't come tru. Let's look at what the club will do in that direction in this January transfer window sha |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 8:14pm On Dec 23, 2020 |
Jodera: So you sef don deh shalaye too .
Well, the bolded is true. If we like, let's carry 10 Gabriels full back (I'm not against Gabriel signing before someone will misconstrue me), if our attack and midfield dull, there's nothing we can do And we'll hardly win games.
One thing I know is that the best form of defence is attack, and if your midfield and attack is so good, defence will surely be less pressured. I know I've said such things lengthily before, and I don't intend to do such again.
Everybody have different opinions, and that's fine, as long as it's for the best interest for arsenal and there's no rancour among us then it's all good.
Mk me just dey try observe for now ... For the sake of clarity let me address the bold part of your post. I ordinarily have promised myself to wash my hand off posts talking about prioritising defence ahead of attack/midfield in the last transfer window especially when I read how most people argued tooth and nail with Roland17 about it and kept on saying " I told u so"....blah blah. But I have to break my promise to myself. 1. At the end of last season arsenal fans and rivals alike identified that arsenal had a serious deficit in the CB deparment. A man utd fan like Afrodoc rightly pointed out the obvious that none of the clowns we parade at CB will make it to any top 6 team starting 11. The board/management probably feel the same way and decided to go for new CB in Gabriel who was lucky enough to hit the ground running and showed his quality. He was arguably our best player for 3 months running. 2. One of the reasons we agreed we suffered last year was a very bad defence in the middle of the park. We all agreed Xhaka was poor and not arsenal quality....he's the reason our defence gets pressured almost everytime. So our cry was heard by the board and they went full throttle in getting Thomas Partey which we all believe will not only be an enforcer in the middle but also capable of throwing those defence splitting passes when we are on the offensive. I've seen what he can do in our match against man utd; unfortunately he's been in and out of the hospital giving room for the Xhaka we all agree is not good enough to still be a regular in our matches. 3. I agree the team did not do well in the area of adding more attacking options to the team but then did they really neglect attack like some people are alleging? Arsenal bought a certain Nicholas Pepe whom everybody thought his first season in a new league was hard on him we all hoped will come out good (which has not been till now). Arsenal believed a veteran like Willian who has played in the EPL for a while now would help bolster our attacking options unfortunately the reverse has been the case. He's not lived up to expectations rather he appears to have gone empty and spent. Then we have young attackers like Saka, Martinelli, Nketiah etc whom the club was kinda willing to take chances on. 4. The one thing we all agree on is the fact that freezing out Ozil and not making provisions for a proven and tested replacement is affecting our attacking play and making it difficult for us to create chances. The fact that Arteta himself has refused to tinker with the team at his disposal and get results has made him come under fire and rightly so.....but that does not in any way mean Gabriel's buy should not have been a priority as at that time. 5. What most of u people and even me want is a balanced team that is very solid in every department. A team similar to loserpool actually; but what u should be willing to accept is that such team does not just appear after a rookie manager has spent a year or 2 in charge of a struggling team. The pix below was loserpool at a particular period. Some of us taunted loserpool much that time. In fact loserpool was 17th on the table before christmas in 2011 but most fans barely remember that now ; everybody only keeps talking about Arsenal being in 15th and saying we are headed for relegation ( I don't blame them tho)
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 1:32pm On Dec 23, 2020 |
Akinbahm: Bro, why do you like to single out one point out many just to twist and/or back up your claim.
Baba, inclusion of ozil wont take the fact away that our wingers are nth to write home about.
In a simple sentence Our attack and midfield is very dull especially the former which is affecting the defence. Liverpool midfielders is lacking AM but they are very good in shielding the back four which also give the front three to dazzle with the ball anyhow which made their attack to be deadly.
Now imagine if the midfield being blocked and the front three are very dull what do you think would happen to defence. PSG, Barcelona and Man city are typical example of what a deadly attack can do upfront irrespective of the clown at defence. Midfield nd attack won you games but defence get u the trophy.
Are we contesting for the trophy? NO, thus no need for paying much attention to the back.
Are we contesting for winning games and/or Top4? YES, thus we have to pay much attention to the attack.
With aforementioned up there am done having this convo bro one love COYG. 1. I'm not backing up any claim because I dint make any; you are the one who claimed Arsenal would've made top 4 if we had improved on the attack and not strengthened our defebnsive position like what with tried to do with signing of Gabriel in CB & Thomas Partey in midfield 2. Just look at you talking about Man City, PSG, Barcelona as if the quality of players in their ranks compare with ours...smh For your information, Man city has spent the combined defence budget of Kosovo and Tajikistan on their backline before you start refrencing them upandan. Arsenal was practically the butt of jokes . Below is what people have had to say about our defence in the past....If u've forgotten so fast, I will refresh your memory Fkhalifa: Arterta will probably probably reward him with contract extension.
If you know the number of errors Xhaka and Mustafi alone has cost us over the past few years, you'll think its the manager that caused it afrodoc2: Let me simplify it for you. I will take Aubameyang, Saka, Ceballos and Martinelli from your team into my squad right now. Nelson, Nketiah are to be decided. I no send Lacasera.
But I won’t touch any of your Clown’s conference of central defenders with a 785ft pole if the fate of the human race depended on it.
Is it until Holding, Chambers, Mustafi and Luiz wear dunce’s caps unto the pitch before you recognize them for what they are? vicenzo: Now that the party is down.
This wasn't a bad performance except the result. For first in a long while, we were able to pass the ball around for long periods in the game. A long period that ended with a glorious chance Auba should have converted for a 2-1 lead. Kolasinac also practically gifted them the equalizer.
Arteta has got this club playing the Arsenal way again, it's not yet obvious, because he has awful personel to work with currently.
[b]Our entire backline is not EPL standard and we need total clear out come season end. Kolasinac is not a footballer and for a bulky guy, is too injury prone and can't be relied on. Mustafi is always a second away from a blunder, Martinez (God bless his soul) saved his blushes today many times against Kane. Luiz is a clown and obviously cannot coordinate a defense. How exactly can Luis be there and Tierney was the one picking up Toby to mark. A better defensive commander would notice the disparity in size right away and assign taller player to mark Alderwereld.
Holding and Chambers are average and worst still, too injury prone. To be serious in this division, you need durable and less injury prone players who can at least play up to 34 league games together. The last time we came close to winning the league, Mertesacker and Koscielny were an ever presence in our backline. You need that stability. Unfortunately, our current backline is full of substandard and worst still injury prone players. A total clear out is in order. Kolasinac, Mustafi, Chambers,Sokratis and Holding have to go.
Arsenal should forget talks of buying a DM or an attacking midfielder, we should go all out to buy a statement Defender, a coordinator to marshall that defense, Upamecano comes to mind, we should put all our budget into getting him or his type. Get Marlang Sarr on free from Nice to play that left CB, let him rotate with Mari.
Next season CB options should be like this :
Saliba, Marlang Sarr, Mari, Luiz, Upamecano.
Work on team cohesion next season.
Playing without Europa league distraction next season might yet be a blessing in disguise. Finishing strongly this season could have as well pappered over the cracks and meant that many of the current dead weights are retained in the name of false dawn.[/b] DTaj: You should be gone already, slow, error-prone, calamitous, daft irritant!
How Emery signed this 35-year old spent clown last summer remains a miracle!
The guy belongs to the "worst-ever signing" group which includes Djourou, Silvestre, Cygan, Mustafi, Santos, Xhaka, Senderos, Baptista, and many others on whom Wenger wasted precious Arsenal funds... solomonbrown64: .Oga, this one is on the coach....he played a similar line-up against Everton and he saw how it panned out but he still went ahead with the same stupid line-up with zero creativity. The match would have been over in the first half as 57% of our ball went through Kolasinac but he kept doing the same thing expecting a different outcome. The coach fvcked up leaving Iwobi on the bench. I am not mad about the midfield because there was literally nobody else to put in there but five defenders who couldn't defend in a must win game was too naive abeg.
.....That should be Mustafi and Jenkinson's last game for Arsenal. I can't believe Wenger bought this clown for 35m when Van Dijk was waiting to be snapped up. He left a squad with no single winger and wasted precious resources on useless players. Wenger really made stupid decisions that we might regret for the three years.
... Imagine Mustafi blaming Leno for the goal. I wish I could punch the idiot for the nerve. Mavro is not ready. We need a new center back next season. I am personally ashamed for Mustafi and trusting stupid players will be Emery's undoing. Aystarz: Unai will be doing himself a great disservice if he doesn't get a replacement for that clown in January. That German excuse of a defender is even worse than David Luiz..... Brain farting everywhere! 3. These posts u see up there were majorly made at a time Arsenal was one of the top attacking sides in the league(We actually were the number 3 highest scoring team in the league in 2018/2019) and our attacker was one of the joint top scorers in the league. No matter how much we scored then ur clownish MCM and his gang will always find a way to rubbish the efforts of the frontline; It is only reasonable for the club to try and find solution to it. In fact u saw a post from Vicenzo talking about how our backline is EPL standard. 4. You can blame the club for not getting someone to fill the AM role that has been left vacant since ozil has been out of favours, but saying Gabriel's recruitment as at that time wasn't a necessary one as at that time is just a display of short memory about how bad things were back then. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 6:00am On Dec 23, 2020 |
Akinbahm: Baba with due respect and I mean no insult if you happen to be a legal practitioner not sorry to say majority of your clients would be in jail and those who at the point of winning their case would end up loosing it with the way u argue. Once again no insult or harm intended...
We clamored for attack did we single out a position in attack? When we are talking about attack I remember vividly we write off Auba away from wing even Mr cut, cut and cut we write him off not good enough or not ready plus mr ozil has passed it we need a modern 10 like KDB or Bruno.
In summary the attack we talking about is a modern 10 and a proven wingers both left nd right. Forget about goals Auba is bashing from the wing he is useless like bro kola, comot Pepe dribble Iwobi is more of a threat than him.
Podence of wolves what he did against Chelsea reminds me of what Hazard did to us during his era in Epl and especially that Europa final without sentiment he single handedly won that trophy for Chelsea nd dont forget immediately Emery brought in Iwobi Chelsea started to panick which gave us a goal imagine him doing that at the beginning of the match instead of stupid kola wasting our chances we might end up lifting that trophy nd save Emery job the way F.A nd C.shield is still saving Arteta. Alaye miss my mention with ur long shalaye. Didn’t you make the comment below : And dont forget we didn't say defense doesnt need recruitment but it is still good enough to make Top4 provided the attack is very sharp our stand and opposed if attack is dull and defense is sharp it wont make Top4 as we are all seeing it now which you nd spy attested to I watched silently on the sideline how Roland17 tried everything possible to make u see that Gabriel’s addition was not only necessary but also led to some improvement at our back even though the attack has not consolidated on this. Last year we all unanimously agreed our defence was Crap and we named them clowns for the horror show they put up week-in week-out. Abi u are saying the mustafi horror show vs Chelsea and so many others would’ve earned us top 4? We saw what a Luiz-Mustafi pairing at the back did to us also ; it was only right for the club to bring in somebody that will give the back solidity which is what we saw with the introduction of Gabriel to the backline. We also agreed our midfield needed a tough solid DM/CM who will be ball playing and snuff out any attacking threat; we got that in Partey (it’s unfortunate he’s been out injured).....we all saw what he can add to our team in the game vs Man utd. Spy360 and I don’t agree on some things but he’s spot on when he says the only problem he has with the team is freezing out Ozil and not getting an AM to replace him is our undoing thus far. You on the other hand trying to infer Gabriel’s signing was not necessary just dey turn my belle. Gabriel 4cking won our player of the month thrice for his contributions to the team! |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 10:45pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
Just lookat again Gabriel making timely clearance with Mustafi nowhere to be found and some people are chatting nonsense that we had “okay “ defence prior to signing Gabriel and we would’ve made top 4 if we signed AM instead of Gabriel.
Talk about delusions of grandeur |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 10:39pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
Weyrey Mustafi disguise all tru the match . Imagine Gabriel covering both LCB and RCB in one match ....smh |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 10:33pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
I guess with Runnerson I Can say we have our own Kepa on our hands |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 10:13pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
This Runnerson no be keeper Abeg |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 10:07pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
Ceballos has been playing nonsense , misplacing passes and making questionable judgements all day ....... smh |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 9:45pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
Martinelli is down  |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 9:33pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
1-1
Martinelli with the assist for Lacazette to score |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 9:24pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
If u know u can’t start play from the back against man city why not just launch the ball inside and contest for the ball against them in their half ? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 9:00pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
Fkhalifa: Hope Hope Hope upon Hope Hope and Hope Hoping to Hope
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 8:10pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
mostob: This line up looks OK. They just need to add the will and the passion. Yeah. Let’s hope we will see a motivated set of players lining up to play this evening |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 8:09pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
Talk of two coaches that like cup competitions pas anything .
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 8:02pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
Line up : Martinelli is back  ; so is mustafi 
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Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by BlueRayDick: 12:49pm On Dec 22, 2020 |
Hathor5: This looks just perfect. What kind of fish is it? Honestly I don’t even know the kind of fish it is. But I bought at a Chinese restaurant and the attendant encouraged me to try it and trust me it was delicious....  It was seasoned in garlic kinda soup sod09: What fish is this |
Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by BlueRayDick: 4:00pm On Dec 21, 2020 |
Lunch
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Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by BlueRayDick: 11:07pm On Dec 19, 2020 |
Explorers: Happy weekend. Is that "kick and start" or "baby oku" I'm seeing beside the McDowel's?  More bullet to Ur machine gun sir! |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 10:44pm On Dec 19, 2020 |
popizaino: Willian has produced one shot on target in his 15 appearances for Arsenal in the Premier League and Europa League this season.
https:///rlJZ3BFX72
One a scam will always be a scam .
Willian has no business playing professional football . One yeye man at the bar where I was watching the match said Willian is a good player, it's just that since his mother died he hasn't regained his mojo back. I almost broke big stout bottle on the man head  . Shey na 5 years he go use mourn him mama ni? |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 10:37pm On Dec 19, 2020 |
Fkhalifa: If we look around europe, one could find a young coach who understandsquality football and players. I mean the type that will freeze out these bad/average lots and bring in hidden talents who are ready to die on the pitch at a cheaper rate. At this point I have a feeling if a new coach is brought in and this present board is still the same board that will be running the affairs such new coach may still run into the same problem others have run into in the past. Something is wrong with the management of this club itself |
Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by BlueRayDick: 10:19pm On Dec 19, 2020 |
The book of Elders chapter 44 vs 99: "No matter what you are going tru; eat first! "
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fans Thread: The Red & White Army: 2025/2026 EPL Champions! by BlueRayDick: 10:08pm On Dec 19, 2020 |
Nezzjnr: What did I miss abeg Obviously we now have 2 Sulele in town; the real one and the imposter. Only God knows which of them is riling iamoyindamola up  Or maybe it's just one person sef; I'm confused |