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With few seconds to go, Ruiz was practically begging AJ to comman chop blow, but bàbà declined. I guess AJ was not hungry

So who was that idiot on suit dragging Sowore on the floor of the Court?

Can we take a look at the video and see whether dem shift Ur jaw or not with beating

iamoyindamola:
ditch the whole defence, he should try Dino chambers and holding
These 3 can't be worse than those 2 agberos we are parading

Mavropanos is not ready. The game he played before he was injured back then showed it.

I'm cool with Holding Chambers. If only Ljunberg will have the balls to play Luiz in that 4 postion and allow Torriera to partner him going to and fro in midfield

Yesterday's match could've ended differently, but Ljunberg's inexperience was his undoing. At the point we were tied at 1-1, he could've taken out Ozil whose only contribution to that game is the corner-kicks he played all night. Taking out Ozil and introducing martinelli would've mounted pressure on Brighton's backline making it difficult for them to leave their defence to attack us which led to their second goal.

I think going forward he needs to also ditch Sokratis for Chambers in that CB role. Sokratis just finds it so difficult to play ball with his feet. He excels in Jam-body only.

Fkhalifa:
Mehn the bolded is on point,
Observe how the Brighton players were doubling on Pepe and our attackers, they allowed us no room to breathe..
Our defenders are either scared or lack energy to do such..
My Brother, the truth is most players outside top6 are better physically and mentally than us.

Xhaka, I'm not his fan, but he tried, but notice he's very poor on the ball, he only stands and spray passes all day, compare him to Aaron Moy, Moy was doing everything I'll like from a midfielder, dominant, good with the ball,drives it up,winning duels easily, confident and bullying our small frame players. He was a CM,DM and CAM yesterday.

How many of our players have more than 2 special talent? How many can shoot,dribble, cross, create defense splitting passes, good in the air,shielding the ball,natural scorers, free kicks etc..

I urge you to see games from midtable teams in England SeriA,LA liga,Bundesliga etc and compare their players ability, strength and spirit to ours. It'll be v.clear bro.

This was exactly what I was saying the other day. Xhaka can never ever play in the middle of the park either as a CM or DM. All he wants to do is stand at a particular spot and spray passes to the end of the earth. None of the CM/DM of top 6 teams play that way(This explains where we are where we are). He seem to slow for premiership where one has to make decisions in an instant.

Sincerely Xhaka needs to go to make way for somebody faster and mobile. At a point yesterday i wished Torriera had Xhaka's stature whcih Xhaka was obviously wasting away

Madam, I'm here to tell u that Ur husband is the president-general of the bad people association.

With that him long neck like tolotolo oesophagus

Ljunberg's inexperience as about to be his undoing

iamoyindamola:
we blame officiating for everything, our players are not helping either.
It's going to be a longgggggg season, we better concentrate on Europa if we no relegate na small go remain

I wasn't blaming the officiating, just stating the obvious. Lacazzette was pulled 3 times in the box without the ref taking a decision, that Brighton player was pulled once by Bellerin outside the box and a freekixk that nearly scored was given

Fkhalifa:
According to fans, Ozil,Auba and Laca upfront and you must be blowing teams away.

Pass, pass and pass, no one is threatening from either wings and the middle.

Brighton have men bossing and slicing through our middle and wings, ball possession stats says it all

The fans u are referring to aren't expecting Auba to be playing on the right wing. They expect Auba as CF, ozil playing behind, pepe on the right wing.

The officiating has not been favorable thus far, but then our players can do better. We shouldn't be relying on penalties to win at home against 4cking Brighton.

Willock should be taken out of this game, pepe introduced and Auba should be moved to CF.

Willock is just a 4cking passenger in this game!

Auba Ẹ̀yán cannot play this position he's being forced to play. He can't track back at all.

Lacazette's shirt has been pulled, tugged and nearly torn at least 3 times in the box now. I'm sure VAR is not being used for this game.

Same ol'same

Why can't Bellerin and Tierney play at once na?

Fkhalifa:
My point is a player in a team fighting for relegation or relegated doesn't mean they can't be good for a top team

Oga we sold iwobi because he was toeing the same path Walcott toed. He was dishing out inconsistent performances year in your ar out.

We've had this talk before. We didn't lose a gem letting Iwobi go. At least he's not proved us wrong till now. Iwobi is gone and that's that. We even got good money for him.

Let's support the players we have now and watch them blossom

I don't get it. Why does a governor need to first organize a ceremony over a road yet to be constructed?

Is it not sensible that the roads should be constructed and then the ceremony comes afterwards?

I just don't understand this flag-off nonsense. Fix the damn road and come back to cut the nonsense ribbon if u must cut one.

Spy360:
Me too really. We want to see beautiful football and get back to winning.

Reintroduce zonal marking which I think is better, and allow players to shoot from a reseanable distance.

Yes o, let them try shooting. I still relish the several shots Sanchez took including the FA cup final against Aston Villa.

Jodera:
I swear, we were so slow and worst of it predictable during Emery. I remember how we passed the ball from back against Norwich and within seconds we're in midfield... But if na Emery, na even opposition go deh arrange in front of our box as if dem be defenders.
Mehn, dat man do us strong thing o

No be small thing.

It was appalling watching the yeye build-up from the back by shaky players. Imagine a player like Sokratis who would rather do jam-body than playing ball with his foot being made to play from the back.

Spy360:
Ljunberg is reintroducing Wengerball no doubt. Quick two touch exchange heavily dependent on movement on and off the ball, with players forming little triangles.

If Ramsey was still available he would have been captain/leader because he so much understands the tactics. Also expect the best from Ozil and Auba.

I'm all in for that, provided he teaches them to shoot along with the passes.

Freddie Ljungberg is already looking to stamp his own identity on Arsenal’s playing style and gave away a few clues as to how he wants the team to play in training this week.

The Swede was handed the reins after Unai Emery was sacked last Friday following a dismal run of results, having not won a Premier League match since beating Bournemouth at the start of October.

Although Ljungberg’s reign did not get off to the ideal start, only drawing against relegation candidates Norwich City, he had only been given one session to work with the players. Ljungberg instructed the players on how to avoid the opposition’s press. But his ideas came though more clearly in footage from this week’s training, with Ljungberg and assistant Per Mertesacker putting the players who did not start at Carrow Road through their paces.

Arsenal were often criticised for their slow, pedestrian build-up play under Emery, but the Spaniard’s successor is looking to bring quicker, more incisive passing to the team and that was evident in his drills and instructions. In a two-touch exercise, Konstantinos Mavropanos got an excitable reaction from his manager when he took four players out of the game with a defence-splitting diagonal pass.

‘Yes! That’s the pass I like,’ yelled a delighted Ljungberg, who got the players together to explain his ideology further. ‘The pass, when Lucas [Torreira] is here and we find the diag [diagonal pass], is amazing. No team can defend against that diag into the pocket.’

There was clear emphasis on Arsenal playing out through pressure and finding pockets of space, with Ljungberg demanding intensity throughout the session. He also pulled up youngster Gabriel Martinelli for taking too many touches in the drill and explained the best way to avoid pressure from the opposition: ‘If you stand closed, you have to take two touches. We try to work on. Give me the ball, I’m open, then you don’t get done on your press.’ Ljungberg reportedly failed to see eye-to-eye with Emery on a number of tactical decisions and will have the opportunity to try and implement some of his own methods when Brighton visit the Emirates on Thursday

https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/04/arsenal-freddie-ljungberg-teaches-new-approach-training-11271127/?ito=cbshare

I've always had the opinion that the useless Emery-ball nonesense must be flushed out of the boys' system for them to be great. I think Freddie is moving in the right direction. Even if that will be the only job he does before a permanent manager takes over, I'm okay with it.

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Jodera:
Young and Raw bro...not just young. I'm not taking him out cos he's solely young. That's why I said martinelli is an upgrade on him, even tho both are age mates. In a proper setup sef, martinelli sef no suppose dey, but it's just with respect to the 442 formation, that's why I'm even thinking of those two

True sha