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Roland17:
Guendouzi is my man of the match, we dominated possession and he was integral in our play.

Defensively this team is horrible, there is no better way to say it.

I feel a player should be judged based on how he plays when his team has the ball and when they don't. Guendouzi no doubt played well when we had the ball, but when we don't he's very very slow in making decisions as to marking out a player or going after a loose ball.

Forget about Xhaka, that one na olodo captain. We should get a replacement for him by January if we intend to take something out of thia season at all.

Guendouzi needs to work more on how he reacts when we don't have the ball. That was one thing Alex song has. He's Good when we have the balm and when we don't.

If Mike dean or any other referee was the one officiating, Xhaka would've gotten a red card long long time before he got yellow in this game.

I feel like cussing Kolasinac.

It didn't even take 45 minutes for us to know letting monreal go is a big and stupid mistake that shouldn't have happened at this point

I don't want to say Emery is an unfortunate being, but then how do u start Xhaka a liability in midfield, a slow Guendouzi and u don't have anyone taking the playmaker role?

Kahujadekadura:
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So u can't read ordinary article again. U never read where it was clearly stated dat they went in there with court order to conduct a search.

Google search the functions of a court bailiff.

I don't know what pachetinho is trying to do with those 3 centre back he is fielding, but if Xhaka comes to party our 3 front men should keep spurs really busy. Not forgetting David Luiz's long balls too. I just hope Auba converts early

Torreira starts. No ceballos in the starting line up

Eness:
⚽ *Werder Bremen vs FC Augsburg*
Score: 2 - 1
Min: 34

♦️ Red to Stephan Lichtsteiner!!
Augsburg

Somewhere in Germany Baba don collect Red card

thank God we released him

Bros u get time ó. U still remember that old man?

I Don even forget say the bàbà play for arsenal at any time ó. I forget am.lije Kim kaalstrom ni o

AFONAMARO:
Was it not the court notice they went to summit before Okorocha's men attacked them?

A court bailiff should serve a court notice na.......not that pot bellied man heading the recovery team

Can ihedioha just go to court please? All these naked village square dance ihedioha and Okorocha are dancing is just rubbish.

Why not just recover these alleged stolen government properties within the ambit of the law?

If ihedioha truly loves the people like he claims and he's trying to do right thing, then he should know he's endangering the people he was voted to govern by pitting his supporters against Okorocha's. Now u are claiming u Will storm his estate with "citizens". What if he has plans of repelling Ur "citizens" with another set of "citizens"?. Then it degenerates into total fracas and the state becomes ungovernable. Will that be in the best interest of Ur administration?

If state of emergency is declared in the state I hope he knows it won't serve his best interest

sod09:
aurier
poch can't risk peters against auba

But he risked him against sterling na

Spy360:
NLD
Who has the better eleven?

Arsenal:
Leno;
AMN, Socratis, Luiz, Kola;
Xhaka, Ceballos, Torriera;
Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Spurs:
Lloris;
Trippier, Aldeweireld, Sanchez, Rose;
Sissoko, Winks, Ndombele;
Son, Kane, Eriksen.

Substitute Trippier for Kyle Walker-Peters

LegoMetahuman:
liverpool definitely wining the league this time around

This same statement was made at the beginning of last season. We know how it ended

elampiro:
any link to stream this match?

Search for this guy 'lordjb'. Click on his profile, the link on his signature works wella.

sod09:
I'm doubting that will happen, smalling has gone to Roma instead

Mustafi helper will locate him in Jesus name

Elneny joins besiktas. Good riddance.
We earnestly await mustafi departure as well

sod09:

I just weak mehn. Allowing Ur first choice leftback leave on the eve of a Derby

Thank you Nacho!

Hey God!

What are they smoking at emirates na? Why should Monreal leave now ?

Shey she no dey alive when he was agreeing the move ni? Or she had a second thought?

I believe it should've been a joint decision before he put pen to paper and agreeing terms with the club

Roland17:
While I am not sure where I stand on this issue because both have strong points, it is important for us not to forget that the excitement of winning the FA Cup trophies was not in isolation of qualifying and playing the UCL. The consecutive qualifications for the UCL increased the value of winning the FA Cup. If we win the FA Cup this season and fail to qualify for the UCL, I can assure you there would be a lot disgruntled and disappointed fans because this is not a Europa League squad anymore especially if everyone stays healthy but if by chance we win the FA Cup and qualify for the UCL, it would be a greater achievement and Emery knows this.

Again, I am divided about it and just making a point for both sides to consider.

You are right. It won't hurt winning a cup this season and end up qualifying for UCL. That would be a successful campaign

Fkhalifa:
you'll be surprised fans opinion will be divided on this matter, Even Auba and Laca said at the start of the season, their ambition is to get back to UCL that they so want to listen to that Anthem from the dressing room again..

I also like trophies, going by what we faced from rival fans, but in recent times, UCL football has looked so lucrative that fans and players of teams like Lyon,Genk and Zenith take group stage games like a big colourful memorable festivals..

Also, personally, I prefer memorable nights like Liverpool's 4-0 at Anfield, Spurs at Etihad and Ajax etc to carabao and fa cup..

Till date, I don't remember the day I felt better as an Arsenal fan than these days:
Madrid 0-1Arsenal at Bernabue
Arsenal 2-0 Juve at Highbury
Ac milan 0-2 Arsenal San siro
Arsenal 2-1 barca Emirates
Those were my best nights, the joy I felt supersedes winning our recent trophies except when we ended the drought.

I understand what champions league football means to the players we parade and to the Financials of the team. I will never ever assume FA cup is better than getting to the semi's of UCL, but the issue is when last did we get to that stage of the competition. Even with our current team, if we are to feature in the UCL this year it is only by miracle we will go past the quarter finals. This is my grouse and that is why I would prefer us winning the FA cup in the interim rather than competing in all the 4 competition and end up winning none.

As regards ur point about not knowing when last u felt really elated about arsenal like when the wọn against Madrid, Milan, barca etc in the UCL; bàbà the last time me I felt like that was that FA cup final. I'm a complete gentleman(the kind they call officeman on the street). If I tell u that day immediately Ramsey scored I don't even know how, but I off my cloth throway am, I ran metres and shook almost all arsenal supporters in sight that day. The last few minutes of the match na better beer I dey sip dey shout upandan. Till date I still wonder what came over me.

Baba cup victory dey sweet no be lie

They should simply say they want to take time to process those that used long leg/connection and keep them one side before continuing with the rigorous process of selecting the few hundreds that will get in on merit

Jodera:
I think I understood where you and Fkhalifa is coming from. Winning minor trophies like Carling cup and fa cup(tho not a minor cup) and consistently been out of champions league, truth be told, we'll be termed as a small club. Heck even investors might shy away from us, and players might dread coming to us, coupled with the fact that we won't be able to hold our best players(lure of champions league and salary). We would even be trolled self...lol. And truth be told, we fans will be tired sef. (I remember our area, viewing center refused showing Liverpool matches, cos their fan refused to turn up, even after winning Carling cup in 2012, but now reverse is the case),
Also, been in top4 for years without having a trophy is good for biz aspect, we can even keep hold on players and even attract players.
If it's another league we're (in terms of money accrued for making top4 in epl and champions league booty), I would have gone for trophy any day anytime. But since it's EPL, hmm...lol. Truth be told I would want us to be going to champions league every year o.(my personal opinion o, since it'll always mk us relevant)
Tho if I'm given the option of at least Carling cup or an fa cup(without league or champions league trophy), once in ten yrs but a consistent top4, OR a consistent fa or Carling cup every year but a top4 once in ten yrs, I think I would go for the former.

Loserpool has never been a popular club in Nigeria when compared to other top 4 clubs in England. Loserpool has never boasted of the number of supporters Arsenal, man utd and Chelsea have. They only got few supporters following their 2005 champions league triumph. Viewing centres not showing their matches is because they have very few fans and it is not economical judging by their numbers when compared to other fans. Even in my area they are not more than 4 or 5. Even now that they've won the champions league, their numbers is still paltry.

See my point is this: Arsenal has been known to qualify for champions league for years now with nothing to show for it. That is no trophy. We won FA cup in quick succession and you see fans coming out and identifying themselves as Arsenal fan. I've been on nairaland since 2009(with another account) during those periods I just glance tru the european sports thread and don't even bother to comment.

However, following the FA cup win I started discussing Arsenal knowing fully well nobody would call us trophyless anymore like Nasri did in the screenshot I posted earlier. Even our supporters in the UK had to host a website to taunt tottenham . Thats how sweet the feel of winning a trophy is bro.

Jodera:
I think I understood where you and Fkhalifa is coming from. Winning minor trophies like Carling cup and fa cup(tho not a minor cup) and consistently been out of champions league, truth be told, we'll be termed as a small club. Heck even investors might shy away from us, and players might dread coming to us, coupled with the fact that we won't be able to hold our best players(lure of champions league and salary). We would even be trolled self...lol. And truth be told, we fans will be tired sef. (I remember our area, viewing center refused showing Liverpool matches, cos their fan refused to turn up, even after winning Carling cup in 2012, but now reverse is the case),
Also, been in top4 for years without having a trophy is good for biz aspect, we can even keep hold on players and even attract players.
If it's another league we're (in terms of money accrued for making top4 in epl and champions league booty), I would have gone for trophy any day anytime. But since it's EPL, hmm...lol. Truth be told I would want us to be going to champions league every year o.(my personal opinion o, since it'll always mk us relevant)
Tho if I'm given the option of at least Carling cup or an fa cup(without league or champions league trophy), once in ten yrs but a consistent top4, OR a consistent fa or Carling cup every year but a top4 once in ten yrs, I think I would go for the former.

Loserpool has never been a popular club in Nigeria when compared to other top 4 clubs in England. Loserpool has never boasted of the number of supporters Arsenal, man utd and Chelsea have. They only got few supporters following their 2005 champions league triumph. Viewing centres not showing their matches is because they have very few fans and it is not economical judging by their numbers when compared to other fans. Even in my area they are not more than 4 or 5. Even now that they've won the champions league, their numbers is still paltry.

See my point is this: Arsenal has been known to qualify for champions league for years now with nothing to show for it. That is no trophy. We won FA cup in quick succession and you see fans coming out and identifying themselves as Arsenal fan. I've been on nairaland since 2009(with another account) during those periods I just glance tru the european sports thread and don't even bother to comment.

However, following the FA cup win I started discussing Arsenal knowing fully well nobody would call us trophyless anymore like Nasri did in the screenshot I posted earlier.

Fkhalifa:
That's the reason I said "mostly" I'm sure most Nigerian fans will choose trophies, but when I saw them debate it on AFTV and other top oyinbo forums,most are rooting for UCL football.
Wenger made that statement of UCL is like a trophy, and the white people celebrated him for bringing us UCL for good consecutive 16yrs..
Klopp in his first pre match conference said top4 is his target and doesn't see his side as title contenders..

So all these made me see UCL football as success and I may be wrong.

Barca and Madrid have no top4 or UCL football issues, financial or any big issue other than enriching their history.

You are referring to 16 years of consecutive UCL football as a success, but u didn't bother to talk about the the taunts arsenal fans endured during this period. See u gaffed even saying mostly sef cos no true fan who is interested in his team being regarded as one of the best in England would throw away a chance to win a trophy just to mark attendance in the champions league.

In case u still think bragging about trophies is mostly a Nigerian team, take a look at the screenshot below and see if any Nigerian was involved in these tauntings directed at arsenal. Even uncle Cech sef troll us before he played for us

For u to even know how important trophies are see Arsenal trolling Tottenham when we just win FA cup despite years of UCL football o

Fkhalifa:
Your 2nd paragraph, it's mostly a Nigerian thing, fans brag with trophies...

This is not true. Arsenal fans worldwide have been trolling spurs for years now for not winning a spoon; Are these fans mostly Nigerians?

Madrid and Barca bragging about who has won which competition the most, is that also a Nigerian thing?

If u are picking appearance in champions league over winning league cup, it is only because u are looking at the business side i.e the potential revenue that may accrue to the club as a result of the team playing the competition. However, as a fan I am mostly concerned about my team winning trophies. Afterall, I started supporting the club because of its history and that history is entrenched in cups won in the past, memorable display in crucial matches( of course not losing 10-2 on two legs in a champions league match) and great Players that have played for the club in the past.

Fkhalifa:
Let me even throw this open..

Which would you prefer as a fan?

Finishing top4 or winning Carabao or Fa cup?

There's nothing special about finishing top 4. If u are not finishing top of the league, then u should be winning a cup( F.A cup in particular) for a decent team. What is the essence of finishing top 4 (without a trophy) and getting knocked out of the champions league in the second round or quarter finals the next year?

I will go for F.A cup any day any time. We got trolled for finishing top 4 each season without having anything to show for it until we won the FA cup. E get reason why na